Chapter 3 – Aboard the Hogwarts express
James and Sirius stood on platform 9 ¾ with identical grins on their faces. They had spent their holidays reading their books (which surprised Mrs. Potter) and using the spells they learned and the potions that they attempted to cause trouble in the Potter house (which didn't surprise Mrs. Potter). One memorable day they had turned Mrs. Potters robes bright pink before she went to work, she hadn't realised until she saw the boys grinning and apparently holding back their laughs. The punishment had also been memorable as they had had their clothes turned pink for a week, and it would've lasted longer if they hadn't worked out the counter charm (you can't change the colour of clothes that are under the influence of a spell). From this they learned with great power comes the greater responsibility to know how to undo what they have done.
"James will you come here for a minute?" Mr. Potter called to James "But dad, the trains about to leave!" "Its important," James told Sirius to save him a seat. As he walked over to his dad he noticed a long cloak that looked like it had been woven out of water in his hands. "What's that?" James asked, as his dad handed him the cloak. "This, is an invisibility cloak, and I have decided your need for it is greater than mine" His father winked at him as he looked at the cloak in awe. He heard the trains whistle, stuttered his thanks and jumped onto the moving train. Mr. Potter was a prankster at heart, just like he was. James had been told that he had changed when he fell in love with James's mother, and James had made a mental note never to fall in love with a girl. Besides they were just giggling prats, he thought, as he walked along the train looking for the compartment that Sirius was in.
When he found Sirius at a compartment quite close to the back of the train, he put on his cloak and sat down. Sirius was with a boy slightly smaller than them with fair hair and a tired look on his face. Currently he was reading the standard book of spells grade 1, which he and Sirius had mastered easily. "Where is James?" Sirius said impatiently as the fair-haired boy looked up from his book. "Don't worry, he probably hasn't found the compartment," the fair-haired boy had said, and James thought that he must be a good kid if Sirius was talking to him. "Oh I found the compartment easily," James said, pulling off his fathers cloak and looking at the surprised faces. Sirius recovered first. "That was bloody brilliant James," "Who's he?" James asked, he didn't want to go through the whole ride naming him in his mind after the tone of his hair. "I'm Remus Lupin," he said with a grin on his face, and James knew he'd be a fun guy to hang out with from the look on his face. "And you must be James Potter." "That's right, nice to meet you" he shook Remus's hand "Odd name. Remus was Romulus's brother right. The ones who were raised by a wolf?" "How'd you know?" he said grinning again. "You read any of the books yet. They're amazing" "Yup. Me and Sirius got through them in a week." Remus looked at them, clearly impressed. They started to talk about Hogwarts, and which house they hoped to be in. They all wanted to be sorted into Gryffindor, but Sirius thought he'd go into Slytherin because all of his family had been sorted into it. Remus said he'd probably go into Ravenclaw, but he'd leave if he was put into Slytherin, and they all agreed.
After the snack trolley had passed (and Sirius and James had bought half of its contents sharing them with Remus, who came from a poor family) they changed into their robes. Sirius took a chocolate frog and changed its colour to make it look surprisingly real, then let it out of the compartment. After it bounced around awhile, causing complete chaos, he shouted out into the train "Warts! I've lost my frog. Oh please someone catch him! My poor Warts!" Remus and James fell onto the floor laughing at this, but stopped abruptly as a girl walked into the compartment holding the chocolate frog. After picking himself up, James studied the girl. She was quite shorter than them, had long red hair that covered a clever looking face. Her eyes were an amazing green and James thought she was possibly the most beautiful girl he had seen, although she was a girl and therefore a prat. She had an angry expression but her eyes betrayed her, showing the worry for Sirius. "Your frog was bouncing around my compartment, while I was trying to read!" she glared at Sirius, but then gave him the frog. "Oh thank you! I've got Warts!" he said holding up the frog. Then he finished his joke, pulling the frog towards him and biting its head off. "Tastes good! Thanks" he said with a grin on his face. The girl looked horrified and everyone who had heard Sirius's cry looked disgusted. James and Remus fell on the floor, quite literally. The driver could probably hear their laughter as they tried to speak. "That.... was...." James said in between laughter fits "Brill...iant..." Remus said screaming with laughter. The girl was surprised at their laughter and so were numerous others. "It's a chocolate frog, I changed it's colour to green and let it hop off so people would think it was my frog" Sirius explained after eating the rest of the still realistic chocolate frog. Everyone except the girl had laughed very hard at the explanation of the prank, but the girl still looked disgusted. "I don't think that was very funny," the girl said as James recovered and then burst out another time, with Remus still rolling on the floor laughing. "Well then you're in the minority miss..." Sirius left the sentence hanging in the air "Lily Evans" Lily said still glaring at Sirius. "Well miss Evans, you should lighten up," Lily left the room without asking for their names.
They spent the rest of the trip trying to stop laughing. They failed miserably. "Well this will be a very interesting year if there are a few more people like her in the school." Sirius said grinning. "Looks like the trains slowing down"
James and Sirius stood on platform 9 ¾ with identical grins on their faces. They had spent their holidays reading their books (which surprised Mrs. Potter) and using the spells they learned and the potions that they attempted to cause trouble in the Potter house (which didn't surprise Mrs. Potter). One memorable day they had turned Mrs. Potters robes bright pink before she went to work, she hadn't realised until she saw the boys grinning and apparently holding back their laughs. The punishment had also been memorable as they had had their clothes turned pink for a week, and it would've lasted longer if they hadn't worked out the counter charm (you can't change the colour of clothes that are under the influence of a spell). From this they learned with great power comes the greater responsibility to know how to undo what they have done.
"James will you come here for a minute?" Mr. Potter called to James "But dad, the trains about to leave!" "Its important," James told Sirius to save him a seat. As he walked over to his dad he noticed a long cloak that looked like it had been woven out of water in his hands. "What's that?" James asked, as his dad handed him the cloak. "This, is an invisibility cloak, and I have decided your need for it is greater than mine" His father winked at him as he looked at the cloak in awe. He heard the trains whistle, stuttered his thanks and jumped onto the moving train. Mr. Potter was a prankster at heart, just like he was. James had been told that he had changed when he fell in love with James's mother, and James had made a mental note never to fall in love with a girl. Besides they were just giggling prats, he thought, as he walked along the train looking for the compartment that Sirius was in.
When he found Sirius at a compartment quite close to the back of the train, he put on his cloak and sat down. Sirius was with a boy slightly smaller than them with fair hair and a tired look on his face. Currently he was reading the standard book of spells grade 1, which he and Sirius had mastered easily. "Where is James?" Sirius said impatiently as the fair-haired boy looked up from his book. "Don't worry, he probably hasn't found the compartment," the fair-haired boy had said, and James thought that he must be a good kid if Sirius was talking to him. "Oh I found the compartment easily," James said, pulling off his fathers cloak and looking at the surprised faces. Sirius recovered first. "That was bloody brilliant James," "Who's he?" James asked, he didn't want to go through the whole ride naming him in his mind after the tone of his hair. "I'm Remus Lupin," he said with a grin on his face, and James knew he'd be a fun guy to hang out with from the look on his face. "And you must be James Potter." "That's right, nice to meet you" he shook Remus's hand "Odd name. Remus was Romulus's brother right. The ones who were raised by a wolf?" "How'd you know?" he said grinning again. "You read any of the books yet. They're amazing" "Yup. Me and Sirius got through them in a week." Remus looked at them, clearly impressed. They started to talk about Hogwarts, and which house they hoped to be in. They all wanted to be sorted into Gryffindor, but Sirius thought he'd go into Slytherin because all of his family had been sorted into it. Remus said he'd probably go into Ravenclaw, but he'd leave if he was put into Slytherin, and they all agreed.
After the snack trolley had passed (and Sirius and James had bought half of its contents sharing them with Remus, who came from a poor family) they changed into their robes. Sirius took a chocolate frog and changed its colour to make it look surprisingly real, then let it out of the compartment. After it bounced around awhile, causing complete chaos, he shouted out into the train "Warts! I've lost my frog. Oh please someone catch him! My poor Warts!" Remus and James fell onto the floor laughing at this, but stopped abruptly as a girl walked into the compartment holding the chocolate frog. After picking himself up, James studied the girl. She was quite shorter than them, had long red hair that covered a clever looking face. Her eyes were an amazing green and James thought she was possibly the most beautiful girl he had seen, although she was a girl and therefore a prat. She had an angry expression but her eyes betrayed her, showing the worry for Sirius. "Your frog was bouncing around my compartment, while I was trying to read!" she glared at Sirius, but then gave him the frog. "Oh thank you! I've got Warts!" he said holding up the frog. Then he finished his joke, pulling the frog towards him and biting its head off. "Tastes good! Thanks" he said with a grin on his face. The girl looked horrified and everyone who had heard Sirius's cry looked disgusted. James and Remus fell on the floor, quite literally. The driver could probably hear their laughter as they tried to speak. "That.... was...." James said in between laughter fits "Brill...iant..." Remus said screaming with laughter. The girl was surprised at their laughter and so were numerous others. "It's a chocolate frog, I changed it's colour to green and let it hop off so people would think it was my frog" Sirius explained after eating the rest of the still realistic chocolate frog. Everyone except the girl had laughed very hard at the explanation of the prank, but the girl still looked disgusted. "I don't think that was very funny," the girl said as James recovered and then burst out another time, with Remus still rolling on the floor laughing. "Well then you're in the minority miss..." Sirius left the sentence hanging in the air "Lily Evans" Lily said still glaring at Sirius. "Well miss Evans, you should lighten up," Lily left the room without asking for their names.
They spent the rest of the trip trying to stop laughing. They failed miserably. "Well this will be a very interesting year if there are a few more people like her in the school." Sirius said grinning. "Looks like the trains slowing down"