Chapter One:
Honey Baby Dearie Poo

"Yo, my homey G!"

"Huh?" James Potter said, turning to see his best friend walking toward him, decked out completely in leather, and pulling off what appeared to be...gloves? James decided to put that in the back of his mind for a moment.

"Wuzzup, my DAWG!" Sirius said, making bizarre motions with his hands. James raised a dark eyebrow.

"You have been in America far too long, Sirius. YOU'RE the dog, remember?" James said. Sirius rolled his eyes.

"It's an EXPRESSION!" He said. James picked up a trace of an American accent through the British. This was not good. The best course of action would be to divert Sirius's attention. Which wouldn't be too difficult because, in most cases, Sirius had the attention span of a stapler.

"Listen up, Padfoot, I have a plan." James said, lowering his voice so that it wouldn't echo off the stone walls of the deserted platform.

"Really, Master James?" Sirius said, grinning.

"Now, the way I look at it the later it takes us to get to school the better-"

"DUH!" Sirius interrupted.

"WOULD YOU QUIT SPEAKING LIKE A BLOODY AMERICAN!" James screamed so loudly that a group of American tourists on the other side of the magical barrier separating the two from the Muggle world became quit offended indeed.

"Sorry," Sirius replied, not sounding sorry at all. James rolled his eyes again.

"As I was saying before I was so RUDELY interrupted..." James said, looking pointedly at Padfoot before continuing. "The best way to delay school is to delay the train."

"Brilliant," Sirius breathed. James grinned and reached into his bag. This was, of course, no ordinary bag. It was bottomless. You couldn't stuffed an elephant inside and had room for more. From within it James pulled out several jars of honey.

"Hold on a sec, does this require magic?" Sirius asked, remembering the paragraph C of whatchamacallit.

"Of course," James replied, handing Sirius a couple of the jars.

"Won't the Ministry....?"

"Nope, they watch the our HOUSES, and magic here could be anybody.

"Brilliant. Absolutely wonderful." Sirius replied, kneeling down and spreading the honey up and down the rails. When they were done, James cleaned off the sticky goo, and turned the honey the color of the rails.

And, working hard to keep a straight face, Sirius and James exited the platform.

"So, where'd you stash you Nimbus?" Sirius asked casually. James had a Nimbus 1000, the newest prototype.

"Back here," James said, motioning to a clump of bushes. "And your Thunder?" He said, referring to Sirius's broom. It was exactly what Sirius thought he would say.

"I didn't bring my broom," Sirius said, grinning. James stopped short.

"WHAT?" He said. "How did you..." But the words died on his lips as they went around a hedge to the parking lot of a motel next door. Parked there, seeming to shout its glory, was a gleaming motorcycle.

"Wow." It all James could say as he stood gaping at the dream of every sixteen year old boy, wizard and Muggle alike. Sirius grinned so wide that it should've been fined as James went forward and examined it.

"This is...wow. Sirius, how the hell did you pay for this?" James asked, not taking his eyes off the bike.

"I've been saving up for America, you know that."

"You spent all you money on a motorcycle?" James asked sarcastically.

"Yep."

"Didn't you do anything productive in America?" James asked, struggling not to laugh.

"Hardly." Sirius replied, grinning. His parents had never gone on holiday, something James, who went on holiday every year, felt slightly guilty about. James just laughed.

"See ya tomorrow, Sirius." He said, and walked over to his broom.

* * * * * *

The next day Sirius and James met at 10:00, right after the train arrived. They waited around, until a whole giggling group of Slytherin girls arrived, 15 minutes later. They split up, taking two separate compartments, one empty one in the middle.

"I have a plan, Padfoot..."


Lily entered Platform 9 3/4 giggling, Julia Jenkins grinning next to her.

"That was the worst joke in the history of the universe." Lily said, gasping for breath.

"I know," Julia replied, a few giggles escaping her as well.

"What's the 'worst joke in the history of the universe'?" Mindy said from behind us, coming through the barrier.

"Why did-" But Julia was cut off as Willow and Crystal came running through the barrier.

"Just tell me on the train," Saturn said, rolling her eyes. The chose a compartment and stuffed themselves into it. They went out to say goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, who had let Willow, Lily, and Saturn stay at their house with Crystal and Julia over the last two weeks.

They still had fifteen minutes before they were supposed to leave when the five friends formed a circle in their compartment. Lily looked around, looking over her friend's smiling faces.

There were Julia Christine and Crystal Janine Jenkins, twin sisters, but thankfully NOT identical. Crystal had short chocolate colored hair and eyes to match. She was the shortest of the group, and the quietest. But if you pissed her off you'd better hide, she only LOOKED innocent. She had a good head on her shoulders, and she was a lot sharper than she let on.

Julia, on the other hand, was hardly ever quiet. She was almost always happy and hyper, and she was full of good advice. Much more optimistic than her the-glass-is-half-empty-thank-you twin. Her hair was auburn, wavy, and longer than Crystal's, falling just past her shoulders. But their eyes betrayed their twin status, that same chocolate brown.

Then there was Miranda, known to the world as Mindy. Mindy, with her long blonde hair and green eyes, looked very pretty when she was happy, and downright evil when she was pissed. Of course, the madder she got, the more blue her eyes became. Her parents were a little obsessed with astronomy: her name was Miranda Pandora Himalia. Apparently, because 'Himalia' was a moon of Jupiter, they insisted to use the names 'Miranda' (moon of Uranus) and 'Pandora' (moon of Saturn). Mindy was hyper most of the time, but she went through stages where she was just....depressed. However, at the moment she was bouncing off the walls.

Willow. Willow was shy and reserved at first, but once you got to know her she became extraordinarily hyper. Her name was...er...intersesting. 'Willow Isis Weeping'. Lily began to grin. When McGonagall had read 'Weeping, Willow' at her sorting, she had done a double take. Willow had curly black hair and piercing blue eyes that looked similar to Dumbledore's.

"Okay, the JOKE!" Mindy said, a gleam in her eye.

"Why did Mozart-" Julia began.

"What are YOU doing here?" Lily interrupted. They all looked up at the door, where a tall, handsome sixth year with flashing black eyes and a devilish smile was standing in the doorway. He swaggered inside, shortly followed by another black haired boy with smoky eyes, a lighter haired, more seriously looking one, and a mousey haired pudgyish boy. They sat down.

"Hello?" Said Willow. "This compartment is TAKEN!" At this point Crystal put a hand over her friend's mouth.

"You can stay here if you want to." Crystal said, blushing slightly in the direction of the first black haired boy. Julia rolled her eyes.

"Sirius, get OUT!" She yelled at him.

"I think, as of right now, this is the best compartment on the entire train."

"And why would that be?" Mindy demanded. Then she saw that too-familiar gleam in his eyes. She grinned. "One of your ever famous pranks, Sirius?"

"Of course, madame." Sirius said, bowing. "It was James's idea however."

The second black haired boy stood and bowed as well. He was grinning a grin that Lily didn't particularly like the looks of.

"What did you do?" She asked uneasily. James grinned.

"Hey!" Crystal said suddenly, checking her watch. "It's 11:06!"

"Yeah....?" Mindy, Willow, and Julia replied in unison. But Lily gasped.

"The train was supposed to leave at 11:00!" Lily screeched. Sirius and James were grinning wildly. Remus was shaking his head, and Peter was looking as if he had no clue what was going on.

"WHAT?!" Mindy screamed.

"Has the train ever been late before?" Willow asked anxiously, hurrying to a window.

"Not that I know of." Julia replied, joining her at the window.

"Wait a second..." Lily said, frowning. "Did you do something to this train, Sirius Black?" Sirius grinned.

"But, of course m'lady. With help from Master James as well." He said, bowing. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Honey, Baby, Dearie-Poo," Mindy said quietly. "What did you do?" Her eyes were alight.

"We can't tell you, it would be no fun at all." James said. Mindy stuck out her tongue and giggled. Lily noticed that when she did, Remus blushed.

"Omigod, here comes that conductor lady. What was her name?" Julia said.

"Eglentine Longbottom." Willow replied immediately.

"Isn't that Frank Longbottom's mum?" Crystal said, giggling.

"One and the same." Willow said, tossing her black curls and grinning.

"Hey, my ol' Ravenclaw buddies. Deserting me for a bunch of Gryffindors?" A new voice added was added to the already overcrowded compartment. Everyone spun around to see one of Hogwarts' prettiest sixth years. Her auburn hair fell around her face perfectly, like charmed silk, and sparkled gold in the light. Her eyes were a deep brown, and were lit up with a mischievous golden twinkle as they landed on Willow and Crystal, her fellow Ravenclaws.

"Rhiannon!" Willow squealed, running over to Rhiannon Romandle and throwing her arms around her.

"No touchy." She said, pushing Willow away, but smiling nonetheless.

"So, if it isn't my favorite pranksters." She said walking over to them. "What did you do to the train?"

"Just-"

"She's trying to CURSE the train!" Crystal screeched, having snatched the window. They all crowded around it and, indeed, saw Mrs. Longbottom trying desperately to undo the damage done to the train with her wand.

"Okay, you two." Lily said, standing up. "You march out there and tell poor Mrs. Longbottom what you've done to-"

"Shhhhh." James said, holding up a hand to silence her.

"What?" Rhiannon demanded.

"In five...four...three...two...one-"

A scream of terror erupted from the compartment on their left.

A/N uh...okay then. Just wanted to say that, for future reference, I am Mindy, Snape's niece (formally known as Nany) is Julia, SPW is Rhiannon, and Star*dust is Crystal. Sorry, just had to get that out of my system. Next chapter, it's time to figure out that annoying scream, and off to Hogwarts, where James and Sirius will probably get into trouble....