"Come on Remus!" yelled Peter over his shoulder. "You're going to miss all the fun!" Remus slowly packed his bag and followed his friends into the Hogwarts grounds. The air was filled with talking and laughter. Remus seemed the only one who wasn't excited about the new tree; a Whomping Willow. "What took you so long?" squeaked Peter Pettigrew, a small boy with a pinkish face and blond hair. He dragged Remus through the crowd and went to stand next to James Potter, an average boy with yet black hair and round glasses (which he had to push up his nose from time to time), and watched Sirius Black (dark brown hair, blue eyes) trying to touch the tree's trunk. He didn't get near enough, because the tree was whomping very hard in Sirius' direction. When Sirius got smacked in the face by the willow, he decided to give up (for now) and returned to his friends. "Did you see that tree?" he panted, looking back at the willow, which was now tried by another student. "I almost made it!" "Made what?" came a cold voice from behind them. "You almost made it to get killed? What a pity you're still standing here." Sirius turned around and came face to face with Severus Snape, a Slytherin who attended the same year in school. "Snape! How wonderful to see you again. It's been a while." He said sarcastically. "tell me, did you poison anyone lately? I heard you're quite the man in Potions." Snape snorted. "If I did, you would be the first to know." He turned to Remus. "I would take your friend Lupin here to the hospital wing, if I were you. He looks a bit off-colour. Maybe he drank something wrong at breakfast." James got Snape's shoulder and pulled him away from Remus. "Leave him alone!" Snape faked a surprised look. "Of course Potter! I wouldn't dare to harm one of your friends." He gave a sneering laugh and stalked away. "I'll get that slimy git." Sirius said with a dark look in his eyes.

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