James was in his Father's study, cleaning up papers, when Sirius came bounding in.
"Guess what!" said Sirius, climbing into the big leather armchair that was sitting behind the desk.
"You are actually a dog in a human's body?" guessed James.
"Nope. Better." Said Sirius, swiveling around on the chair.
"What?" asked James, wanting to know if Sirius had thought up a new scheme.
"I just got my acceptance letter to Hogwarts, which you would have known had you gotten accepted yourself." Sirius said gloatingly, "But you have been such a good friend to me, and that even though you will spend the rest of you're life at home, and never going to Hogwarts, I will let you enjoy the first opening of my letter." As Sirius opened his letter, his face fell. ""WHAT?" yelled Sirius, "It says that I didn't get in because your sanity is required to get in!"
James started laughing hard as Sirius continued, "I can't believe this! What kind of Headmaster wouldn't let me in! Let me see, it says his name is Professor James Potter. Well I'll show that Pro-" Sirius suddenly realized who the person was that was the professor, and rounded on his best friend. "JAMIE!"
"Don't call me that, and hey, you would have done the same thing!" said James, still grinning.
"How did you get this anyway?" asked Sirius, still glaring at James.
"I woke up at a usual time this morning, and got the mail, I got my letter from a great snowy owl, and I looked over at your house and saw a owl leaving at the same time too, so I just took your letter and dropped in one of my own creation." Explained James, looking like his words were the wisdom of the ages.
"Hey! That's not fair! You opened your letter without me!" protested Sirius, "Some best friend!"
"Actually, I didn't. I've been cleaning up all morning from yesterday. Mum doesn't understand how two boys could make this big of a mess, a she is even madder that we were playing Space Invaders in Dad's office." Said James with a grimace, "At least he is gone on business, he would have killed me."
"Oh, heh heh." Said Sirius with a chuckle, "I had forgotten about that. Good thing we played it here, other wise I would have had to clean up."
The next month was full of smuggling brooms, dung bombs, and Filibuster Fireworks in and out of trunks. (In by the boys, out by their mums.) Clothes were bought and packed, then strewn about the house , textbooks were read, and then burned. A taxi was called to take them down to the train station(A/N If they are wizards they then they don't have a car.) That was canceled, and a limousine was called that had a full service of soft drinks and video games, (guess who called it.) All and all, with several confused chauffeurs, James, Sirius, both of their mums, and two very harassed looking owls, arrived at platform nine and three-quarters at six to the hour.
"I don't think it would work."
"What won't work?"
"Asking the conductor if we could drive."
"It might."
"How?
"If we say that we are the people who are supposed to be driving it."
"But what about the person who is really supposed to drive it?"
"We could kidnap him."
"Uh, I don't think getting suspended from school before we even got there would really thrill our parents, and being sent to Azkaban definitely wouldn't impress them."
"We could say somebody else kidnapped him, and then still be able to drive."
"If we say that he has been kidnapped, then they will probably be more concerned about getting him back."
"So back to the asking plan?"
"Yep."
Sirius and James dumped their stuff in an empty compartment, and started heading to the front of the compartment. They were catching parts of different conversations.
"-and then this huge monster came running at us! It's a good thing that new school rules say that kids aren't allowed to die at a sorting. It would be awful to have a repeat of that year…"
James and Sirius exchanged nervous looks as they continued walking through compartments. "What exactly do they do at the Sorting?" asked James, in the bravest voice he could manage.
"I don't know, Mum and Dad never told me." Said Sirius, wondering just how bad he was going to hurt after the Sorting. "Do you think they really will set a monster on us?"
"I'd hope not." Said James putting on a brave face. "Hey look, this is the Engine Room."
"Should we just go in? Or do we need to knock first?" questioned Sirius.
"Since when do you knock?" asked James, "I think that if we are going to try and drive it, we can probably just go right on in."
As Sirius was about to open the door, it opened, and another boy about their age was coming out of it.
"This is the worst thing that has ever happened!" said the boy, rather annoyed.
"What is the worst thing that ever happened?" asked James, with an air of haughtilyness.
(A/N I don't think Haughtilyness is a real word…At least my spell checker doesn't think so.)
"They won't let us drive the train!" said the boy, looking like his best broom had been snapped in half. "Can you believe them?"
"They won't let us drive!!!" said James looking like the pits of despair.
"Why not?" asked Sirius as though Christmas had been canceled.
"Something about to many buttons, and we can't be trusted." Said the boy.
"What? They think we would push the buttons? I would never do such a thing." Said Sirius, receiving a look from James that clearly said otherwise. "So maybe I would, but still, they don't know that!"
"Another with my own soul." Said the boy, "Nice. I'm Remus. Remus Lupin."
"I'm Meredith, and this is Rachel." said Sirius pointing to himself and then James.
"Ah, split personalities? In a way I have that too." Said Remus.
"Let me guess, you're an Elizabeth, right?" asked Sirius.
"Something like that." Said Remus.
At this James pushed Sirius out of the way and introduced himself and Sirius, and invited Remus to come back to their compartment with them. Soon they were talking of anything and everything. That train ride separated their lives from childhood, and growing up. Seven years later they took a similar train ride, except they were leaving Hogwarts, and were grown up, with more knowledge of life, love, and magic.
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The end of my first chapter, yea! Please R/R, and does anybody want to be my beta reader? Anybody at all? Anyway, the next chapter will be the sorting, and maybe some more like the first few weeks of school. Read the rest of my stories to, and thanks to all of you who reviewed! (Jo, frostlily, Kirioko, and Megan)
