Disclaimer: I worship JK Rowling. She's really one of the best authors I
know. Well, you should know where I get the characters from then. =)
Author's note: I really hope you will like the story. It has not gotten to its main point yet, so I'm not expecting much people to read it. But if you have, please do r/r! I really need some opinions.heh. Pls also note that Peter will not be mentioned much in here.I don't like him. I think he's.well, to put it in a nice manner, mean and cruel. Hah. Betcha lots of you out there share the same sentiments!
By the way, thank you very much fireangel and Arorra for your reviews! It really means a lot to me. I will try my best to present a great story! =)
Chapter Two
Lily stood at platform 9 ¾ nervously.
"Mum, erm, how are we going to get to platform 9 ¾?"
"Darling, I'm afraid I don't have any idea how to.why don't we just observe those- er, people who look more special and see how they get there?"
"Great idea!"
And thus the observation plan started.
"Mum.there's someone carrying an owl over there.he's walking in the direction of-.what's he thinking he's doing?! Is he crazy or what? Trying to perform a stunt, like walking through a- "
"LOOK LILY! HE REALLY WALKED THRO-"
Here Lily quickly hushed her mother. She knew enough that nobody would think them normal if they screamed about people walking through walls like that. Well, more like into walls anyway. She certainly didn't see anyone coming out from the other side.
"Mum! People will think we are crazy, shouting about people entering walls! But...do you think it is possible I can enter platform ¾ in this manner.?"
"Lily! Are you out of your mind? I won't have any of my daughters walking into walls like that. It is simply-"
"MUM! Look! Another one with a (is that a toad?) disappeared through the wall! I tell you, this is really the way to get into platform 9 ¾ !"
"Still, it's very unsafe.oh gosh, here goes another one again."
"See Mum? I really should go. It's nearing 10! Bye Mum!"
With that, Lily gave a big grin, waved goodbye to her worried mother, closed her eyes and ran towards the extremely solid-looking wall, which did not look like it would shimmer and let her enter any minute.
However, when her trolley touched the wall, instead of finding herself a crumpled heap on the ground, she ran right through. Of course, since she was closing her eyes, she didn't know.
Before Lily knew it, someone suddenly shouted, "Whoa! Be careful with that trolley!"
Another voice added, "We know Peter here is kind of ugly (ouch!), but still, you don't have to close your eyes and bang right into him. He's still human, you know."
Lily opened her eyes to find two friendly boys smiling at her. One of the boys, with mousy brown hair, which was neatly combed, and had a boyish face, held out his hand.
"Peter Pettigrew here. Nice to meet you! First year?"
"Uh, ya. I am Lily. Lily Evans. What year are you in? And uh, sorry for knocking into you just now."
"Oh, yeah. It's ok. Doesn't really hurt much anyway. I'm in first year too."
Lily flushed. "Urm ok."
"Hi, this is Remus Lupin here! It's great to know you! I'm in the first year too. Guess we will be seeing lots of each other then."
"I guess. Nice to know you too!" Lily replied, smiling at Remus. He returned her smile.
As they both, Lily started to warm up to Remus. He was one of those who looked like he didn't like to talk much, yet when he did, it was extremely entertaining and interesting to listen.
"Lily, are you from a muggle family?" Remus asked, making light conversation as she, Peter and him walked along, trying to find an empty compartment in the train.
"What's a muggle?" Lily asked before she could stop herself. Then she realized what she had just said, and blushed, having displayed her ignorance in front of both of them.
However, Remus, who was obviously from a pure wizarding family, just answered her question with a friendly laugh.
"Oh, it's what we call the non-magic folks. I guess you are from a muggle family then."
"I guess so. Sigh. I hope I won't be too behind in studies. The lessons sound kind of.weird, and extremely difficult."
"You won't! Nobody reads up on the first day anyway."
Here Peter interrupted with a confused look. "But I did! I thought it was compulsory!"
Remus rolled his eyes and winked at Lily.
"That's Peter for you. I, for one, will choose to remain as normal as possible."
Lily couldn't help it as she looked at Remus. She laughed. Inwardly, she felt absolutely delighted. She had friends! And to think she was actually so frightened of being alone in a strange world just the very night before.
~*~
Finally, the threesome, with Lily and Remus chatting, and Peter at one side, arrived at an empty compartment.
"At last! I thought my legs were going to give way, with all the walking and the luggage and stuff," Lily sighed in contentment as she plopped herself down on the plush seats of the train, closing her eyes for a moment.
Remus grinned at her. "Don't be too happy yet."
Lily's eyes opened. "Why?"
"Look at the side of the seats."
Lily did, and she groaned. There were already several luggage bags there, and the tags read, "This belongs to the Great James Potter of All Time. Touch at your own peril" and "I am Sirius. Yes, I am Serious that I am Sirius. Yeah. Rhymes?"
Boys, Lily thought, as she looked at the careless way the luggage bags were thrown onto the floor, and at hers, which was placed neatly resting at the side of the compartment.
"Who cares about them. I guess we will just take this compartment. They will just have to share with the three of us then." Lily stifled a yawn as she stretched, and leaned to one side of the window.
However, before Remus could reply, another voice did it for him.
"It is exceedingly rude to barge into one's compartment, see their luggage and not care about them, young lady," the voice whispered to Lily evilly.
Lily looked up in shock. "Who is it there? Where are you?"
Just then, a cloak of some kind fell, and two boys appeared in front of the three, cracking with laughter. One of them had a mixture of brown and black hair, while the other has a mess of black hair and wire-rimmed glasses. Both were pretty good looking though, Lily had to admit, despite the irritation she felt at that moment.
"Who are you two?" Lily asked, looking at them from head to foot with apprehensive eyes.
"Sirius here, complete with his charms and personality," Sirius answered, grinning at her.
The other boy adjusted his glasses (after wiping tears of laughter off his face), answered in a sober tone, "James Potter the great at your service, m'am. By the way, you are sitting on my toad."
Here, Lily gave a big scream as she jumped up from her seat, only to find a pile of slimy gum underneath her. The funny thing was that she didn't remember seeing it there when she sat down.
Seeing her confused face, James provided the answer with a huge self- satisfied grin.
"I put it there while we were in the invisibility cloak. Nice welcome present for you?"
Author's note: I really hope you will like the story. It has not gotten to its main point yet, so I'm not expecting much people to read it. But if you have, please do r/r! I really need some opinions.heh. Pls also note that Peter will not be mentioned much in here.I don't like him. I think he's.well, to put it in a nice manner, mean and cruel. Hah. Betcha lots of you out there share the same sentiments!
By the way, thank you very much fireangel and Arorra for your reviews! It really means a lot to me. I will try my best to present a great story! =)
Chapter Two
Lily stood at platform 9 ¾ nervously.
"Mum, erm, how are we going to get to platform 9 ¾?"
"Darling, I'm afraid I don't have any idea how to.why don't we just observe those- er, people who look more special and see how they get there?"
"Great idea!"
And thus the observation plan started.
"Mum.there's someone carrying an owl over there.he's walking in the direction of-.what's he thinking he's doing?! Is he crazy or what? Trying to perform a stunt, like walking through a- "
"LOOK LILY! HE REALLY WALKED THRO-"
Here Lily quickly hushed her mother. She knew enough that nobody would think them normal if they screamed about people walking through walls like that. Well, more like into walls anyway. She certainly didn't see anyone coming out from the other side.
"Mum! People will think we are crazy, shouting about people entering walls! But...do you think it is possible I can enter platform ¾ in this manner.?"
"Lily! Are you out of your mind? I won't have any of my daughters walking into walls like that. It is simply-"
"MUM! Look! Another one with a (is that a toad?) disappeared through the wall! I tell you, this is really the way to get into platform 9 ¾ !"
"Still, it's very unsafe.oh gosh, here goes another one again."
"See Mum? I really should go. It's nearing 10! Bye Mum!"
With that, Lily gave a big grin, waved goodbye to her worried mother, closed her eyes and ran towards the extremely solid-looking wall, which did not look like it would shimmer and let her enter any minute.
However, when her trolley touched the wall, instead of finding herself a crumpled heap on the ground, she ran right through. Of course, since she was closing her eyes, she didn't know.
Before Lily knew it, someone suddenly shouted, "Whoa! Be careful with that trolley!"
Another voice added, "We know Peter here is kind of ugly (ouch!), but still, you don't have to close your eyes and bang right into him. He's still human, you know."
Lily opened her eyes to find two friendly boys smiling at her. One of the boys, with mousy brown hair, which was neatly combed, and had a boyish face, held out his hand.
"Peter Pettigrew here. Nice to meet you! First year?"
"Uh, ya. I am Lily. Lily Evans. What year are you in? And uh, sorry for knocking into you just now."
"Oh, yeah. It's ok. Doesn't really hurt much anyway. I'm in first year too."
Lily flushed. "Urm ok."
"Hi, this is Remus Lupin here! It's great to know you! I'm in the first year too. Guess we will be seeing lots of each other then."
"I guess. Nice to know you too!" Lily replied, smiling at Remus. He returned her smile.
As they both, Lily started to warm up to Remus. He was one of those who looked like he didn't like to talk much, yet when he did, it was extremely entertaining and interesting to listen.
"Lily, are you from a muggle family?" Remus asked, making light conversation as she, Peter and him walked along, trying to find an empty compartment in the train.
"What's a muggle?" Lily asked before she could stop herself. Then she realized what she had just said, and blushed, having displayed her ignorance in front of both of them.
However, Remus, who was obviously from a pure wizarding family, just answered her question with a friendly laugh.
"Oh, it's what we call the non-magic folks. I guess you are from a muggle family then."
"I guess so. Sigh. I hope I won't be too behind in studies. The lessons sound kind of.weird, and extremely difficult."
"You won't! Nobody reads up on the first day anyway."
Here Peter interrupted with a confused look. "But I did! I thought it was compulsory!"
Remus rolled his eyes and winked at Lily.
"That's Peter for you. I, for one, will choose to remain as normal as possible."
Lily couldn't help it as she looked at Remus. She laughed. Inwardly, she felt absolutely delighted. She had friends! And to think she was actually so frightened of being alone in a strange world just the very night before.
~*~
Finally, the threesome, with Lily and Remus chatting, and Peter at one side, arrived at an empty compartment.
"At last! I thought my legs were going to give way, with all the walking and the luggage and stuff," Lily sighed in contentment as she plopped herself down on the plush seats of the train, closing her eyes for a moment.
Remus grinned at her. "Don't be too happy yet."
Lily's eyes opened. "Why?"
"Look at the side of the seats."
Lily did, and she groaned. There were already several luggage bags there, and the tags read, "This belongs to the Great James Potter of All Time. Touch at your own peril" and "I am Sirius. Yes, I am Serious that I am Sirius. Yeah. Rhymes?"
Boys, Lily thought, as she looked at the careless way the luggage bags were thrown onto the floor, and at hers, which was placed neatly resting at the side of the compartment.
"Who cares about them. I guess we will just take this compartment. They will just have to share with the three of us then." Lily stifled a yawn as she stretched, and leaned to one side of the window.
However, before Remus could reply, another voice did it for him.
"It is exceedingly rude to barge into one's compartment, see their luggage and not care about them, young lady," the voice whispered to Lily evilly.
Lily looked up in shock. "Who is it there? Where are you?"
Just then, a cloak of some kind fell, and two boys appeared in front of the three, cracking with laughter. One of them had a mixture of brown and black hair, while the other has a mess of black hair and wire-rimmed glasses. Both were pretty good looking though, Lily had to admit, despite the irritation she felt at that moment.
"Who are you two?" Lily asked, looking at them from head to foot with apprehensive eyes.
"Sirius here, complete with his charms and personality," Sirius answered, grinning at her.
The other boy adjusted his glasses (after wiping tears of laughter off his face), answered in a sober tone, "James Potter the great at your service, m'am. By the way, you are sitting on my toad."
Here, Lily gave a big scream as she jumped up from her seat, only to find a pile of slimy gum underneath her. The funny thing was that she didn't remember seeing it there when she sat down.
Seeing her confused face, James provided the answer with a huge self- satisfied grin.
"I put it there while we were in the invisibility cloak. Nice welcome present for you?"