Chapter 9 – Hopes to be Answered
The train in contrast to last time was a buzz of excitement over Snapes Howler. Lily Evans wasn't amused, but for once, James didn't care at all.
"Remember to ring me on the number I gave you…we have a muggle phone and my parents know how to use it, so just be careful and not be so loud…" said James to both Remus and Sirius still trying to keep the tears of laughter flooding their faces.
"Ok, and I'll ask if you can both stay round my house," said James.
"Yeah, I doubt my parents will like me again. My mother may start crying when she sees me…"Why did you go in Griffindor? So Why not Slytherin then eh? Are you abnormal or something boy?" he said putting a voice supposedly sounding like his mother.
"My dad will be at Kings Cross waiting for me…" said Lupin, "They'd like you too. He was a prankster at his school too."
"Where did he go…?" said James interestedly.
"Beauxbatons or Durmstrang…more likely Beauxbatons." Said Lupin, "Never much of a dark arts man. He does like muggles an awful lot. So yes James, I know how to use a muggle phone, it's dear Sirius here I worry about!" he said. James and Remus laughed, Only Sirius frowned.
"Sorry, but my parents love everything anti muggle, though when I got the TV, I told them it was a "Dark Arts antique"…not muggle made. If I told my mum the truth she'd chuck it out the window and then batter me…but then again she'd have to dig my up first, My dad would have killed me…"
James and Remus turned to each other and then stared back at their friend worried. "You sure you'll be alright at home Sirius…"
"Don't worry. I can take it…just try to get me up north with you ASAP!" said Sirius, it was a joke, but there was that plead in his eyes which made it seem otherwise.
"I'll try," said James and the three of them turned silent as the sounds of Petigrew's snoring filled the air.
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Joseph Lupin waited anxiously at the station for any signs for his son. He ruffled his own silvery brown hair and rubbed his hands restlessly as he waited. The train compartment doors opening and them bringing out their trunks and bags
"Come on boy…" he said quietly to himself, when he saw who he was waiting walk forward through the crowd, with two black haired boys glued at his hip. One with chestnut brown eyes and the other a cerulean pair staring about when Remus targeted his father in the crowds and ran up to him dropping all bags.
"Dad!" said Remus smiling and they embraced, Sirius and James behind him sighing. James slowly noticed that Sirius had that kind of look on his young face.
"How I wish I was like that with my father." Sirius thought sadly.
"Hey Moony." Said Joseph beaming at his son. "Good school year…"
Remus nodded. "Oh Dad, This is James Potter, and Sirius Black…"
Joseph shook hands with both. Remus turned to his father. "I was wondering that during the holidays if I could stay with James, just for a while…please!"
Joseph went tense and whispered in his ear. "But what about your erm well…"gift"
Remus smiled. He loved how his father called it a gift, though to him it was more like a curse. "They know dad," he said. "Don't worry, there my best friends…"
Joseph Lupin smiled. When Remus Joseph Lupin made a friend, he was a friend for life, and that came hard on a half-breed Werewolf cub, Once he remembered his son making friends with a girl at about nine, when he told her he was a werewolf, she never spoke to him again.
"It's good to meet such kind people who appreciate the gift my son has…" said Joseph smiling, James noticed the merciful look in his eyes for being friends with his only son even though he was werewolf. "He can stay with you in the hols…but not too soon, I want to spend a little time with my Moony first…"
Sirius smirked. "Moony?" and Lupin went blood red as he blushed. Forgetting about his father's little nickname for him. However Sirius smiled. "I like it…See you round…Mr Moony"
Lupin smiled. "Yeah see you both soon I hope…" and then Lupin and his father walked away.
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Two Marauders down, two more to go. Peter had run off for his mother, like the small boy he was, Sirius was waiting around for his parents, trying to stay out of sight as long as possible.
Then James's mum and dad turned up, and his older brother who looked around 20 who Sirius found out was called Harry.
Sirius like the Potters, they were polite purebloods, but polite, James's father Henry like Sirius straight away, after the two first years bragged about their prank on Snape.
"Honestly, I've never usually liked the Black Family…they used to pick on me at school…" he said. "No offence!" he added not thinking of whom he was talking to.
"None taken…" said Sirius very seriously. "I don't like them much either. Slytherins are not too good at anything except sending Howlers!"
Mr Potter chuckled "Well anyway, You seem alright to me boy, and if your friends with Prongs here your friends with us all…your very welcome to stay at our home during the summer"
"Thanks," said Sirius touched by the friendliness, he'd never been told that by any of the purebloods that his parents knew. "By the way why call James Prongs."
"Oh well you see, we're a very old Scottish family which goes back far, and you see every James born in our family is known as a Stag. As every Harry is a Phoenix, and as every Henry is a Dog and so on…and since the nickname "Stag" isn't too good we call him Prongs…I used to be called "Paws" in my day. It sounded better whilst I was at school".
"Cool," said Sirius, How come both his friends were called different names at home than at school.
When James walked away, leaving just Sirius Black standing on a practically empty platform. When he noticed something, Bellatrix wasn't here, they'd already left and gone who without him.
Sirius swore under his breath and since his family didn't have a telephone or any means of contact, he began to walk home slowly, just as it started to rain around him.
The rain pounded on his young shoulders. He walked out of Kings Cross and an hour later reached 12 Grimmauld place with a sigh and an aching body. He could already here the screaming inside. Probably at Bella for not beating him in the duel they had.
"God help me!" he muttered sadly. Just wanting his hopes to be answered then, after praying and hoping that these few weeks won't take to long so that the Marauders can meet up again he used his key and walked in.
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Finished (bangs head against table and wants to fall asleep, for it has taken so long…)
First year done! I know it was quite short and I could have done more like X Mas and Halloween and Animagi training. So please don't hurt me I will include it in the sequel.
But I still need your opinion about what year I should do next, because I am not JK Rowling and cannot write for every single year and make exciting things happen, so I will only work on the important ones e.g.-
Owls…Newts…graduation…and maybe a few chapters on James and Lily's wedding and things…so help me out please and tell me which ones and I will put your names on the next fic. I promise you!
If you want you can contact me and give me ideas or ask me questions about my work you are most welcome too. I will send you an email back, hopefully if my PC doesn't crash again…
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