The Story of Peter
chapter 2
Peter
went and sat in an empty compartment in the big scarlet steam engine that would
take him to the school. Slowly the door to his compartment slid open. A boy
about his age stepped in. He had shiny black hair and large nose.
"Can I sit here?"
he asked, looking around.
"Sure," said Peter.
His dad had told him to make some friends, so of course he had to obey.
"What's your name?"
the boy asked with a sneer growing on his face.
"Peter. Peter
Pettigrew. What's yours?"
"Severus Snape.
What house do you think you'll be in?"
"I don't really
know. My parents never really told me much about the houses, they wanted
everything to be a surprise."
"Well, I know I'm
going to be a Gryffindor. No doubt about it."
"Really? I hear that's
where Dumbledore's from."
"It is, but I
thought you didn't know much about the houses."
"I don't, but
that's one thing I do know." Just then, the door slid open, and 2 boys walked
in, both with black hair, although the first one had glasses.
"Mind if we join
you?" asked the one with the glasses.
"Umm," Peter
couldn't say anything. He talked the first time because he had been ordered to
make friends, and he made a friend. He wasn't very outgoing, so he just sat
there.
"Sure, why not?"
said Severus. The sneer was back on his face.
"My name's Sirius
Black," said the second boy, as he brought in him trunk.
"And my name's
James Potter."
"I-I'm Peter
Pettigrew."
"My name's Severus
Snape."
"I heard of your
dad," said James, "he went to school with my dad. My dad says your dad was
really mean and nasty and he was in Slytherin." Sirius made a gagging noise and
the two boys erupted with laughter.
"Yeah? Well my dad
says your dad was a show off. He always showed off in Quidditch and he says
that you probably will too. But I know
I can beat you."
"Oh yeah? All
right. Since I'm going to be in Gryffindor, and you'll be in Slytherin, next
year-"
"What? I'm not
going to be in Slytherin, I'm gonna be in Gryffindor. Why'd I be in Slytherin?"
"Well, your dad was.
But once we're second years and we can play Quidditch, your on."
"Deal." The rest of
the ride, James and Sirius were talking quietly, glancing at Severus, while
Severus just sat there scowling at them.
"Oh, I'll get
that Potter," he thought to himself,
"him and his no good friends. They'll see."
"We'll be reaching
Hogwarts in 5 minutes time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be
brought to the castle separately," blared a voice through the train. The boys
changed into their robes and finally, they were at Hogwarts.