Disclaimer: I put one of these on the first chapter letting you all know that I don't own Harry Potter so if you think the ownership has changed to me that quickly, you need your head examined.

A/n the disclaimer applies to all chapters from now on and I wont be putting them on anymore if any of you have a problem with that I am sorry but I don't own Harry Potter know matter what the voices in my head say. *insane grin* well that's enough of my rambling. ON WITH CHAPPIE 2

Chapter 2

James, Remus, and Sirius nearly broke down the door with their excitement to get out of the compartment and onto the school platform; and they weren't the only ones. Many of the other first years were just as anxious as they were. The older students had a happy smile on their face; it seemed that they were all happy to be at Hogwarts, young or old. The boys were pushed off the train more than they walked since all the students were excited. They could hear one girl who they assumed was Muggle born talking to another girl who seemed about her age.

"Yes my parents were so proud you know but my older sister loathes me now and we used to be real close. I am looking forward to going to a magic school it seems so interesting you know? Wow I can't believe I am really here." The girl finished talking to the other girl who was laughing at her friend and told her to close her mouth.

"Honestly Lily we aren't all that different from Muggles except that we use magic. Oh alright we are a lot different but we are all human so don't worry about it. I am sure you will have a great time here and don't worry about your sister she sounds like a right prat." The slightly plump blonde girl with blue eyes said to her companion; a girl with long red hair and almond shaped green eyes and a pretty face.

Sirius looked at James then at the red head and grinned evilly. "Got your eye on the little red head then do you James?"

James had a dreamy look on his face but glared at Sirius "Well I mean just look at her, she is so pretty."

Remus and Sirius laughed. "James you don't know anything about her besides you are eleven it's only a little crush. She might turn out to be a real witch and I don't mean a good one." Remus said to James. He was obviously more practical and acted older than his years.

James sighed and rolled his eyes at his new friends he didn't have time to retaliate since they heard a booming voice and a large man calling "Firs' years, firs' years follow me please." The gigantic man looked at Remus and smiled. "Alrigh' there Remus?"

Remus blushed and nodded at the huge man who smiled. Remus, Sirius and James along with all of the other first years followed the huge man and learned that his name was Hagrid. They walked to where there was a huge lake a many little boats.

"Four to a boat please." Hagrid said.

The three boys climbed into a boat and were soon followed by a very tiny brown haired girl who wouldn't speak at all. After a few attempts of trying to get the shy girl to talk they gave up and started talking amongst themselves.

"So like I said before; what house do you want to be in?" James asked

"I hope to be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw would be alright as well." Remus told them

Sirius sighed and looked away. "I am going to be in Slytherin I know it. I would love to get into Gryffindor but my whole family has been in Slytherin; well except for Andromeda who is in Ravenclaw and Uncle Alphard who was in Gryffindor." He shrugged "I will get into Gryffindor I am not like my family." Sirius stated defiantly with a steely glint in his eyes.

James grinned at Sirius. "You are right you are not like your family you will be in Gryffindor I am sure. Remus mate I hope you are in Gryffindor as well. I hope I am in Gryffindor and your right Remus Ravenclaw wouldn't be all that bad but I would prefer Gryffindor." James said with a grin

The other boys smiled at him and then looked at the girl hoping she would say something.

"What house would you like to be in?" Remus asked her kindly

"Hufflepuff" the girl managed to squeak out.

They nodded and smiled at her hoping that she would get into Hufflepuff because she seemed like a dud to them. The boys soon fell quiet because they got their first look at Hogwarts and it made their mouths drop open. The girls eyes widen and she just gaped at the school.

"Alrigh' get out of them boats carefully now. Don' wanna get hurt." Hagrid said as they arrived at the other side of the lake. Hagrid led them up to the castle where they met a very stern looking young witch. "The firs' year Professor McGonagall." Hagrid said to the lady.

The woman nodded and began a speech that the boys didn't listen to because they were so astounded by the castle. They managed to catch the end of her little speech though.

"..I will leave you now. Try to make yourselves presentable." She said looking directly at James and his messy hair.

James absently tried to flatten his hair while the other first years fidgeted with their clothing. After a few minutes Professor McGonagall returned to where she had left them.

"Follow me into the hall and line up." She said and with that led them into the hall that had four long tables with lots of students looking at the new first years wondering what house they would be in.

James, Sirius, and Remus looked around in awe and then at the ceiling which made them wonder if their really was a ceiling or if it just went out to the heavens. They heard the red haired girl Lily whisper behind them.

"I read it is bewitched to look like the night sky."

James looked at the ceiling again with awe wondering what spells they would have used to make it that way. Sirius nudged him in the ribs and pulled him back into the line. When they reached the front of the hall their was a tall grubby looking hat sitting on a stool. Once all the first years had reached the front the brim of the hat opened and the hat began to sing.

Many many years ago when I was freshly made,

Their were four brilliant people who are still spoken of,

Now I bring you this story of how Hogwarts was created,

These for people made a house; for each their very own,

Their was Ravenclaw who only took those with lots of brains,

While there was Slytherin who wanted the purest verse the rest,

Good Gryffindor who said the bravest were the best,

Sweet Hufflepuff took all of who were left,

Their was one problem stated at who would fit their test,

After they were dead and gone who would pick the best?

That is how I came to be separated from a normal hat,

It was Gryffindor, who said "The Hat" and whipped me off his head,

They all put their smarts in me and named me "The Hogwarts Sorting Hat"

So come over here and try me on,

I do my best to sort your house,

Good luck to all from the Hogwarts Sorting Hat!!!!

When the hat finished singing the Great Hall broke into applause and the hat went back to looking like an old tattered piece of rubbish. Professor McGonagall took out a big piece of parchment and turned to the students.

"When I call your name please step up, sit on the stool and put the hat on your head. It will then sort you into your house." She pointed to the tables "That is Slytherin, that is Ravenclaw, that is Hufflepuff, and that is Gryffindor. Once the hat has sorted you, you will join your house at the table. Your house will be more like your family so I suggest you make friends with them. I am the head of Gryffindor the other Head of Houses will introduce themselves later. Now on with the ceremony." She unraveled the parchment scroll and began to read off names. "Amole, Gerry"

A very tall boy with glasses ran up and put the hat on his head. He was shaking and soon.

"RAVENCLAW!" shouted the hat and Gerry Amole headed to the Ravenclaw table to be met with cheers and handshakes. What looked like an older sibling gave him a hug.

"Alma, Jessica"

"SLYTHERIN!" shouted the hat before it could even settle on her head. The girl looked relieved and ran over to the Slytherin table to be greeted much the same way as Gerry had been.

The sorting continued and after two more Ravenclaws and one Hufflepuff..

"Black, Sirius" was called out by Professor McGonagall

Sirius and James smiled at each other and nodded a silent 'Good luck'. Sirius seemed to pale slightly but he held his head high and walked to the Sorting Hat and placed it on his head. The Slytherins leaned forward in their chairs and watched as the youngest member of the Black family at Hogwarts was sorted.

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"Ahh another Black I see. Well you would do well in Slytherin that is where much of your family already is. You would also do well in Ravenclaw; you have the smarts for that house as well. You would be a great asset to Gryffindor though. Now I ask you young Sirius Black, where do you think you belong? You are different from your family and you bring honour to your name even if your family doesn't see it." The hat spoke inside of Sirius's head making him nervous but he answered strongly all the same.

"I am nothing like my family I wish to be in Gryffindor." Sirius whispered to the hat hoping it heard him

"Very well," the hat spoke in his head "GRYFFINDOR!!" and Sirius hopped off the chair looking very relieved and headed towards the Gryffindor table where he was met with lots of applause from the Gryffindors and boos from the Slytherins.

James looked at Sirius and gave him a thumbs up which Sirius returned. James moved closer to Remus and they stood in silence next to each other while the sorting continued.

"Caloon, Erik"

"GRYFFINDOR" the hat shouted after a minute or two of thought.

The sorting continued much the same way for the next half hour or so until the Professor called Remus.

"Lupin, Remus!"

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"Ahh a werewolf. Your kind should be in Slytherin but I do not think that is where you belong. You could be in Ravenclaw you are very bright. You have courage too I see. I have just the house for you," the hat said to Remus inside his head, making Remus afraid. "GRYFFINDOR" the hat shouted and Remus sighed in relief and went to go sit down with Sirius.

Their were three more Slytherins, six Hufflepuffs, seven Ravenclaws and four more Gryffindors until it was James's turn.

"Potter, James" professor McGonagall called out.

James hoped he would be in Gryffindor so that he would be with his new friends. He sat on the chair and waited for the inevitable.

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"Oh a Potter I haven't had one of you since your father. I know just where you belong, loyal to your friends yet you enjoy a good joke. You and young Sirius Black are a lot alike Mister Potter." The hat said to James in his head. James wasn't frightened the hat hadn't given him any bad news. "GRYFFINDOR" the hat shouted and James ran to the Gryffindor table and sat down with Sirius and Remus deaf to the cheers that were going on around him.

Their, were only a few kids left to be sorted but James, Sirius, and Remus didn't care they were ready to eat.

"We did it! We are all in the same house." James exclaimed happy that his new friends were in the same house as he was.

Sirius grinned. "Yup pretty good huh mate?"

Remus laughed "Oh I think this will be an adventure. You two did say that you enjoyed fun."

The other boys laughed and clapped Remus on the shoulder "Remy my boy you haven't had fun until you have lived through one of Sirius Blacks famous pranks." Sirius said laughing

James looked at Sirius and grinned "You do enjoy pranks then do you?" he asked with an evil grin on his face.

Sirius got a very similar look on his face and nodded "Oh very much so. What about you Remus?"

Remus paled slightly, he was afraid to get into trouble for fear of getting kicked out of school. He enjoyed a bit of fun but it sounded like these two were terrors. "I enjoy a prank as much as the next person as long as it doesn't hurt anyone." He told them.

They nodded satisfied. "Yeah it is funny to embarrass someone but I don't want to cause any permanent damage. Take Snivellus over there." Sirius said pointing at Severus Snape.

"Snivellus?" James asked confused

"Yeah, the bloody git used to sneeze on me all the time when we were little. That was before my family hated me." Sirius said with a tone of finality

"Well anyways Snivellus is fun to prank but I don't want to break any bones. The fun would be over then!" Sirius said with a very creepy smile on his face making James laugh and Remus roll his eyes.

"Well you two have your fun I will join in when I can." Remus said. The others nodded understanding that Remus' record was important to him.

James elbowed Sirius in the ribs "Hey Snivellus is being sorted now." He whispered

Sure enough Severus Snape was sitting on the stool with the hat over his ears. The boy was shaking and twitching all over.

"SLYTHERIN" the hat yelled after about thirty seconds.

Sirius turned to the others with a face of disgust "I knew the bloody git was a bad egg."

The others nodded absently and watched the last ten kids get sorted into Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Soon the sorting was finished and the hat and stool were taken away. A man with a long white beard and half moon spectacles soon stood up and walked towards the front of the teachers' tables. This great mans name was Albus Dumbledore.

"I do not want to keep you from your feast your bellies must be rumbling. So I will not bother you with the rantings of an old man. Eat up." He said to them with a smile and in the blink of an eye the empty platters filled with food and the pitchers and goblets filled with drink.

The boys' eyes widen and their stomach rumbled; they were hungry. The hall was quiet while the students and teachers ate. The chatter growing louder, as they started to get full. Their was a loud "OOOOOOOOO" and many ghosts came out of the wall and settled at their tables. One ghost came to their table but sat too far away from the boys that they couldn't hear what he was saying. They shrugged not really caring and continued to eat their dinner.

After what seemed only minutes the food disappeared and lots of different types of sweets appeared in their place. Sirius grinned and took all of the peppermint Humbugs he could. James and Remus stared at him; 'that is so weird' the both thought.

After everyone in the hall had eaten their fill and were starting to feel very sleepy from that days events; Dumbledore stood up.

"Oh I hope he doesn't have much to say." A girl who looked about in her fourth year said. The boys nodded at each other; they agreed with the girl.

"I know you must all be quite tired so I will make the announcements quick. First years please note that the Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all students hence the name. You must also all note that a very rare Whomping Willow has been planted on the edge of the forest. Please no students get near it as it will fight if you attempt to touch it. Our care taker Mr. Argus Filtch has posted a list of banned items inside of his office and also wants me to remind you that there is to be no magic in the hallways." He looked around the room and smiled "I think that is all oh an by the way I heard a very lovely joke when I was in Ireland this summer it goes like this." he stopped as Professor McGonagall cleared her throat. "Ah well maybe I will save it for another time. Sleep well classes begin tomorrow."

They were dismissed and they all got up to go when they heard a voice. "First years over here." It was a girl wearing a shiny badge on the front of her school robes. "Hello, hello I am Samantha your Gryffindor Prefect. Follow me and I will show you to our common room." Samantha had a very cheery voice and looked very sweet. She had dark brown hair with blonde streaks from the sun and dark green eyes. She looked very pretty.

The boys and the other first years followed Samantha through multiple hall ways and corridors up many stairs and tons of secret passage ways. The boys were too sleepy to look at where they were going and let their feet lead the way. After about nine minutes they reached a portrait of a very large lady in a silken dress.

"This is the secret entrance to our common room" Samantha told them "and the password is Phoenix Tears." The passage swung open to reveal nice roaring fires, cushy armchairs and very squashy couches. It looked like a good place to take a nap. Along the walls were tables and chairs for doing homework but the boys ignored that at the moment, the only wanted to sleep. "Boys dormitories up the stairs and to the left girls it is the same on your right. You will find your belongings in your room four to a room your trunks are in your assigned rooms."

All the first years nodded and headed up to their dormitories. Remus, Sirius and James found that they had been put in the same room. Their had only been seven new Gryffindor boys and the other four where in a room together so, they had theirs to themselves. They smiled at the thought.

"This is going to be fun ey mates?" Sirius asked

The other two nodded ad just sunk onto a bed ready for sleep to claim them. Sirius fell onto his bed and all three boys fell asleep not bothering to change their clothes.

A/n well what do you think? I think I did pretty well. One review yay! Thanks to Isil.

Isil: hehehe I had fun writing that convo. Hope you like this chappie and review again!