Hogwarts Train of Surprises

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A/N: Mwahaha, I needed to work on it soon, so..I did lol. Thanks for ur GREAT reviews that made me write faster..literally, too. Hope you like this!

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Remus returned home only a few hours later, all his stuff for school with him. He managed to live through the day without causing attention towards himself.

"That wasn't to bad, was it?" his mum said, setting his things on their table. "You're just overreacting about this school stuff."

"Mum, it was only a few hours. School's going to be a few months," Remus said, sighing. "But I guess you never know."

"See, that's all you need to think," His mum said. "Why don't you go and put your things in your trunk so you'll be ready for to go to school tomorrow."

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'It's morning already..I need to sleep in..' Remus thought, hiding the sun from his eyes. Then he just remembered something important. 'It's THE NEXT DAY! SCHOOL!' He quickly recovered from his sleep mode and jumped out of bed. Remus got dressed, grabbed his trunk, and looked around the room for anything that wasn't in there that he needed, and headed downstairs.

"There you are, Remus. I was just about to go upstairs and wake you," his mum said as Remus entered their kitchen while he sat his trunk down by the door. His dad was at the table, as well, eating some toast and having tea. He looked up when Remus sat himself down.

"Ready for school?" he asked with his eyebrows raised. Remus already had his cloak on. "You don't need to wear that yet, son."

"Oh..well..I thought I was late," Remus responded, taking a piece of toast and eating it. He ran back upstairs to change into regular clothes and put his cloak in his trunk with the rest of his things.

"Nervous?" his mum asked and Remus nodded his head.

"Don't worry; you'll do fine," his dad said. "But 1st, we need to talk about..well, you know." Of course Remus knew, he just didn't want to be reminded.

"I should stay away from any human contact?" Remus asked, as if to answer one of the things his father was going to say.

"What? Oh, no, of course not," his dad said, laughing a little bit. "It would be best if you DID take part in some school things, really. I'm talking about what you'll do when the full moon comes. Here, it's a letter from the headmaster; it'll explain things a lot better then if I tried." Remus's dad handed him a piece of parchment.

Mr. and Mrs. Lupin,

We are happy to have your son Remus to come to Hogwarts. As for where
he should go on the full moon, we have finally found the perfect
place. A little bit away from the castle there will be a Whomping
Willow, or as I'd like to call it. It will lead to a little, but
locked up, shack. No one will be able to enter it because of the
willow's attacking vines. There will also be a knot to open up to a
tunnel so he can get in and out safely.

Our school nurse, Madame Pomphrey, will lead Remus to the Whomping
Willow and after he is better, she will be there to lead him back up
to the school to be treated with any scratches.

I hope that he will enjoy his stay here.

Sincerely,

Albus Dumbledore

"So that means I'm safe in there? I mean, I won't be able to hurt anyone, right?" Remus asked as he finished the letter. By any means, he trys hard not to be close by any humans incase he ever got loose.

"Yep, you won't be able to hurt an animal, even," his dad said, and he looked at his watch. "We best get heading towards Kings Cross. Your train leaves in 45 minutes and it takes 30 to get there."

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They finally made it to the train station with only 15 minutes to spare. Remus wanted to get a seat in the way back before it started to quickly fill up.

"Remember, Remus," his dad said when he was about to board the train with his things. His mum had to go to work and couldn't make it. "Don't worry about school. When you make friends and they find out about, you know, and they don't want to talk to you anymore, they aren't real friends."

"Thanks, dad," Remus said. "I'll try to write as often as I can." He waved good-bye to his dad and went to find a compartment in the back. Luckily, there was one opened so he took it. Now all he had to do was wait for the train to start and to head to Hogwarts.

"SIRIUS, STOP PUSHING ME!" someone yelled outside in the hallway. "I HAVE BIG ENOUGH HEAD INJURIES WITHOUT YOUR HELP!" Without even looking, Remus knew it was James from the shop.

"Shut up, James, you wimp," Sirius said. "Now giddyup, pony!" Remus was now confused, but as soon as he was, the compartment door opened and revealed James pulling Sirius on his trunk.

"Hey, again, Remus," James said, out of breath. "Do you mind if we join you?" Remus shook his head and they sat next to him (the back had a larger compartment..don't ask why..you'll figure it out lol).

"Hey, you want to play Exploding Snap?" Sirius asked, taking a card pack out.

"What's that?" Remus asked. He never really got into the wizarding games.

"You never played?" James asked, gasping. "There's so much we need to
tell you!"

**AN HOUR LATER **

"BEAT YOU AGAIN, BLACK!" James yelled at the top of his lungs, pointing at Sirius and laughing. "Dang, you SUCK at this!"

"Shut up," Sirius mumbled, setting the cards down. "But Remus still stands with the highest record."

"That's a first for me," Remus said smiling.

There was then a knock on the compartment door. A small boy with blonde hair came in.

"H-Hi, um, I was wondering if I could join you guys. I've looked around the whole train and there's no more empty compartments," he said, but it was barely heard.

"Sure!" James said, and the boy came in.

"I'm Peter, by the way," he said.

"I'm James Potter, that's Sirius Black, and this is Remus Lupin," James said, pointing at each of them while he told Peter their names. "Where's your trunk?"

"W-Well, someone..took it," Peter said without looking at them.

"Who?" Sirius asked.

"I dunno his name, but he has dark, long, black hair," he said.

"Well, then, he's in for trouble now," James said, getting up, along with Remus and Sirius. "Where is he at?"

"I-In the front, but-" Peter tried to say, but by then the three were already on their way to the front.

"Is that him?" Remus asked Peter while pointing inside a compartment. There was a kid with the same description Peter said, along with a kid with blonde hair and another with brown. When Peter nodded, James and Sirius went in.

"Who are you?" the black hair kid ask, glaring at the four of them. Peter was hiding in the back behind Remus.

"I'm James Potter, and I believe you have someone elses trunk?" James said, no trace of being the tinniest bit afraid.

"So?" the blonde said.

"Yeah, he was too much of a baby for it, anyways," the black haired kid said, and the other two laughed.

"Well, it isn't yours, so why should you even care?" Sirius asked, cracking his knuckles just to scare them. "Who are you idiots, anyways?"

"I'm Severus Snape," the black haired kid said. "This is Lucius Malfoy." He pointed to the blonde haired kid. "And that's Geromey Goyle." He pointed to the brown haired kid.

"And trust us," Malfoy said, "compared to you, we aren't idiots." Remus saw Sirius clench his fist, but he didn't say anything.

"Just give back the trunk," James said calmly.

"What if we don't want to?" Snape asked, and he got up along with Malfoy and Goyle.

"That's not a choice," James said, and he took out his wand and started to spin it around his fingers. "So hand it over."

"Do you think you can make us hand it ove with that little wand of yours?" Snape asked, smircking. "Conceited, are we?" James quickly pointed his wand right at Snape's chest and shouted a spell. Snape started to turn different colors and then sprouted ugly flowers all over. He then fell over, knocked out. Malfoy and Goyle looked at James, wide-eyed and with fright.

"Anyone else disagree?" James asked, spinning his wand again. Malfoy and Goyle shook their head and gave them the trunk. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter left with back to their compartment with it.

"Chickens," Sirius said.

"Where'd you learn that from, James?" Remus asked, amazed.

"A bit of light reading," James said, shrugging.

"You know, Peter, when you said what Snape looked like, you should've added 'greasy' for the hair," Sirius mumbled, and everyone laughed.

"Thanks, guys," Peter said, smiling.

"No prob," James said, pushing him playfully. "What are friends for?" They all exchanged smiles. . . . . . . . . .

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A/N: And we meet the slimbags..I mean..Snape, Malfoy, and Goyle. Who's next? I WONDER!!! Lol yeah I'm ok. Anyways, PLEASE REVIEW!! Thanks!