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James walked over to the boy Sirius had collided with.
The boy was standing alone in a corner.
"Hi," James said and smiled at him," I'm sorry about my friends."
The boy looked up and smiled shyly.
"It's ok," he said shuffling his feet.
"What's your name?" James asked curious.
"Um, Peter."
"So , Peter, want to join us?"
Peter stared disbelievingly at James. Was he really asking him to join them?
'Wow' he thought. What a stupid question, of course he wanted to join them!
Peter couldn't believe his luck. One of the most popular boys at the entire school was actually talking to him.
He had to be careful not to make a fool of himself, as he always did.
He nodded 'yes' to James.
"I haven't seen you that much around," James said as they walked over to the dormitory.
"I transferred from another school last year," Peter explained, "I used to live in Germany."
"Oh, is there a wizard school in Germany?"
"Um, not exactly in Germany Peter," stuttered. He couldn't tell anyone where it was. It was a secret.
James took the hint and didn't ask Peter more questions about his old school.
As they reached the top of the stairs, they saw Sirius sitting on the floor.
"What are you doing?" James asked.
"What do you think?" Sirius answered glumly and pointed at the lock.
From the inside they heard someone laughing.
"Remus, open the door." James called.
"So Sirius can get in?" Remus replied," No."
"What if Sirius stays here?"
"James," Sirius stared at him.
"Can't you two continue later?" James suggested," Just call a truce for a while."
"Nah, this is more fun," Remus laughed.
"Just for a little while. Come on Remus," James pleaded.
"Ok," Remus agreed.
He took out his wand and made a special swish-and-flick movement.
A 'click' was heard and the door opened up.
"Finally," Sirius muttered.
He gave Remus a glare as he passed him.
He then looked at the boy who was sitting on the edge of James' bed.
It was the same boy he had run into earlier.
There was something familiar with him, but what?
Maybe he had bumped into him in Diagon Alley while he was getting his school supplies?
That was possible. He always met lots of Hogwarts students there.
Settling his mind with that, he gave him a smile and said 'Hi'
James introduced them to Peter, and they started talking about quidditch.
The boys were so busy talking, they didn't notice the time. They only noticed how late it was when Remus yawned and fell backwards on the bed.
James looked at his watch.
Amazed over how fast the hours had passed, he told the others what time it was.
They all decided to go to bed. After all they couldn't risk falling asleep on the first day of school.
They all got up and went to their four-posters.
As Sirius opened his trunk to get his toothbrush, he heard James let out a scream of horror.
He rushed to his side wondering what had happened.
"James what is it?" he asked giving him a puzzled look.
In response James just opened up his trunk again.
"Look."
When Sirius saw what the problem was, he burst out laughing.
"Its NOT funny!"
By this time both Remus and Peter had gotten there, and they too were laughing.
"I'm going to kill the one responsible for this!" James looked at his clothes again, everything was coloured. Even his scarf!
But the worse thing was - it was pink!
He hated that colour.
James searched through his belongings to see if the prankster had done anything else.
"I'm missing a tube of superglue," he counted the tubes again, Five.
Normally James would have tried to find out who had done it, but he already knew.
The only Gryffindors who had been there, alone, were Lily, Catty, Nat, Dave and Richard.
James knew Dave and Richard would never do anything like that to him.
Besides they wouldn't have dared to touch his stuff, especially not Dave.
He was probably too busy with his reading. He always had his nose in a book.
He was a real Bookworm, read everything he came across. Except schoolbooks that is.
There were only three suspects left.
"Ill get them tomorrow," he said to himself.
"Who?" Remus asked.
"Guess three times," James replied. He got his, now pink, pyjamas and went to the bathroom.
They all changed, got ready for bed, said good night to each other and went to sleep.
The last thing that was heard was Sirius' snort. He found James situation very funny.
James walked over to the boy Sirius had collided with.
The boy was standing alone in a corner.
"Hi," James said and smiled at him," I'm sorry about my friends."
The boy looked up and smiled shyly.
"It's ok," he said shuffling his feet.
"What's your name?" James asked curious.
"Um, Peter."
"So , Peter, want to join us?"
Peter stared disbelievingly at James. Was he really asking him to join them?
'Wow' he thought. What a stupid question, of course he wanted to join them!
Peter couldn't believe his luck. One of the most popular boys at the entire school was actually talking to him.
He had to be careful not to make a fool of himself, as he always did.
He nodded 'yes' to James.
"I haven't seen you that much around," James said as they walked over to the dormitory.
"I transferred from another school last year," Peter explained, "I used to live in Germany."
"Oh, is there a wizard school in Germany?"
"Um, not exactly in Germany Peter," stuttered. He couldn't tell anyone where it was. It was a secret.
James took the hint and didn't ask Peter more questions about his old school.
As they reached the top of the stairs, they saw Sirius sitting on the floor.
"What are you doing?" James asked.
"What do you think?" Sirius answered glumly and pointed at the lock.
From the inside they heard someone laughing.
"Remus, open the door." James called.
"So Sirius can get in?" Remus replied," No."
"What if Sirius stays here?"
"James," Sirius stared at him.
"Can't you two continue later?" James suggested," Just call a truce for a while."
"Nah, this is more fun," Remus laughed.
"Just for a little while. Come on Remus," James pleaded.
"Ok," Remus agreed.
He took out his wand and made a special swish-and-flick movement.
A 'click' was heard and the door opened up.
"Finally," Sirius muttered.
He gave Remus a glare as he passed him.
He then looked at the boy who was sitting on the edge of James' bed.
It was the same boy he had run into earlier.
There was something familiar with him, but what?
Maybe he had bumped into him in Diagon Alley while he was getting his school supplies?
That was possible. He always met lots of Hogwarts students there.
Settling his mind with that, he gave him a smile and said 'Hi'
James introduced them to Peter, and they started talking about quidditch.
The boys were so busy talking, they didn't notice the time. They only noticed how late it was when Remus yawned and fell backwards on the bed.
James looked at his watch.
Amazed over how fast the hours had passed, he told the others what time it was.
They all decided to go to bed. After all they couldn't risk falling asleep on the first day of school.
They all got up and went to their four-posters.
As Sirius opened his trunk to get his toothbrush, he heard James let out a scream of horror.
He rushed to his side wondering what had happened.
"James what is it?" he asked giving him a puzzled look.
In response James just opened up his trunk again.
"Look."
When Sirius saw what the problem was, he burst out laughing.
"Its NOT funny!"
By this time both Remus and Peter had gotten there, and they too were laughing.
"I'm going to kill the one responsible for this!" James looked at his clothes again, everything was coloured. Even his scarf!
But the worse thing was - it was pink!
He hated that colour.
James searched through his belongings to see if the prankster had done anything else.
"I'm missing a tube of superglue," he counted the tubes again, Five.
Normally James would have tried to find out who had done it, but he already knew.
The only Gryffindors who had been there, alone, were Lily, Catty, Nat, Dave and Richard.
James knew Dave and Richard would never do anything like that to him.
Besides they wouldn't have dared to touch his stuff, especially not Dave.
He was probably too busy with his reading. He always had his nose in a book.
He was a real Bookworm, read everything he came across. Except schoolbooks that is.
There were only three suspects left.
"Ill get them tomorrow," he said to himself.
"Who?" Remus asked.
"Guess three times," James replied. He got his, now pink, pyjamas and went to the bathroom.
They all changed, got ready for bed, said good night to each other and went to sleep.
The last thing that was heard was Sirius' snort. He found James situation very funny.