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A/N: Thanks to my following reviewers...
Blue Firefly: Actually, James is in year 4 at Hogwarts and he just happened to stumble on Lily's pensieve and he's just visiting...but you'll find that out later. And yes, Lily will begin to dislike him after a while but you'll find out that later also. Thanks for reviewing!
Super Flying Monkey: Well here's ch.4. I've been reading them thru so they aren't as boring as they originally were...thanks for reviewing!
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Now on to the story!
P.E.
Chapter Four: The Hogwarts Express and Introductions
James is swirled into the memory in the Hogwarts Express.
They were some of the last people to board the Hogwarts Express and they couldn't find an empty compartment, but instead found on with one girl in it. The girl had brown hair streaked with blonde, soft gray eyes, and a lonely expression on her face. Her face seemed to light up when she saw Lily, James, and Sirius walk in.
"Can ve sit herrre, señorita?" drawled Sirius, rolling the R's.
The girl blushed and looked down, and then looked up at Sirius. "Sure," she whispered, still blushing furiously. "My name is Renée Morgan."
"I'm Lily Evans."
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm Sirius Black."
Lily took a seat next to Renée and Sirius sat next to James, across from the girls. Then, the compartment door slid open. A boy with sandy brown hair and a studious manner and a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes came and sat down next to James. "Hello," the boy said cheerfully. "My name is Remus Lupin. You don't mind if I sit here do you?"
"And I'm Emily Janifer, could I sit here as well?" asked the girl.
"I don't mind at all!" cried Renée, just as cheerfully as Remus. Obviously she was happy about meeting new people. "I'm Renée Morgan."
"I'm Lily Evans."
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm Sirius Black."
"Wow, a welcoming committee," stated Remus with half a smile.
Just then, the compartment door slid open again and in stumbled a boy with mousy hair and watery blue eyes and was a head shorter than James. He looked dazed for a minute and then said in a squeaky voice, "Can I sit here?"
Everyone looked either Sirius or James, to see their faces, and then Lily said, "Sure, go ahead."
The boy sat down and introduced himself. "I'm Peter Pettigrew," he said.
The introductions started again.
"I'm Renée Morgan."
"I'm Lily Evans."
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm Sirius Black."
"I'm Remus Lupin."
"I'm Emily Janifer."
Peter looked dazed again from hearing so many names at once and then collected himself. "I'm going to be going into first year."
"So am I," rang six voices. Peter looked dazed again.
This continued on for a while until the compartment door slid open again. Three kids with smirks on their faces stood in the doorway. One boy had sleek blonde hair and nasty gray eyes. The other boy had greasy black hair, a large nose, and tiny brown eyes. The girl had sleek black hair tied in a ponytail and fiery blue eyes, strangely like Sirius's.
The blonde haired boy spoke first. "My name is Lucius Malfoy," he drawled with a sneer.
The girl talked next. "I'm Bellatrix Black." Sirius suddenly became very interested in his shoelaces. "I'm a relative of Sirius here," continued Bellatrix.
The greasy haired boy drawled, "And I'm Severus Snape."
Again the introductions began.
"I'm Renée Morgan."
"I'm Lily Evans."
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm Sirius Black." (Bellatrix Black said, "I know.")
"I'm Remus Lupin."
"I'm Emily Janifer."
"I'm Peter Pettigrew."
Only Bellatrix Black was still smirking. "You sound like a support group."
"Well we're here to support your leaving," Sirius replied coldly.
Lucius Malfoy drawled ignoring Sirius, "I've never heard of 'Evans.'"
"I'm Muggle-born, that's probably why," stated Lily, scowling. "James told me about you. You and your pure-blood fancies."
"I don't like that kind of talk, you filthy little Mudblood."
Lily didn't understand what he meant, but it must have been something bad because Renée, James, Sirius, Remus, Emily, and Peter stood up angrily and pulled their wands out.
"Take that back!" yelled Emily.
"I'll curse you," threatened Sirius.
"How dare you!" shrieked Renée.
Lily stood up because everyone else was.
"Get out," said James, shaking with anger.
The trio left. Everyone sat down. Sirius was shaking as well as James. "Stupid cousin," snarled Sirius. "You remember Andromeda? That's her sister. Poor Andromeda, having to listen to something like that everyday...."
"But I don't understand," voiced Lily, "what did Malfoy mean by 'Mudblood?'"
"Um...Lily..." started Emily.
"'Mudblood' is a really foul name for someone who's Muggle-born," continued Renée.
"Really foul," added Remus.
"I mean," put in James, "it's the most foul name you can call a Muggle- born."
"It was terrible," snarled Sirius. "I bet they end up in Slytherin, like the rest of my family. Bet I do too because all the other Blacks have."
"No, Sirius," comforted Renée. "You're not going to end up in Slytherin just because your family was. It's the thought that counts, right?"
"What's Slytherin?" interrupted Lily. Everyone stared at her like she had something nasty smeared on her face. "I mean," she continued quickly. "It's one of the four Houses right? Doesn't it have a reputation for criminals?"
"Yeah, it does," said Sirius dully.
Sirius was in a dull mood for the rest of the journey. When they finally got out, they heard a loud, grunty voice calling, "Firs' years! This way please! Come on now, firs' years! Don' be shy!" (A/N: I'm not sure I have Hagrid's accent right, but work with me here!)
Lily, James, Renée, Sirius, Remus, Emily and Peter all followed this voice. Peter stumbled along the way—no one noticed—and he had to run to catch up to the rest.
"Firs' years!" the voice was still calling. "Come on now!"
Lily spotted a huge man, about twice as tall as a normal man, and at least three times as wide. He had long bristly hair and moustache and beard and was wearing a long, brown overcoat and was clutching a pink umbrella.
"Whoa!" Lily heard Sirius's voice behind her.
"I've heard of him," said another voice, unrecognizable to Lily. "he's Rubeus Hagrid, keeper of keys and grounds of Hogwarts. I think I've read it in a book somewhere." The voice kept talking, "I want to be a nurse when I grow up. Maybe even at this school!"
Lily turned around. "What's your name?" she asked a girl behind her, the one who was talking about Hagrid, and being a nurse.
"I'm Poppy Pomfrey," she said proudly. "Who're you?" she added suspiciously.
"I'm Lily Evans."
"Oy! Who're you talking to?" Sirius's voice came out of nowhere.
"Her name is Poppy Pomfrey!" Lily called back.
"Who was that?" questioned Poppy interestedly. But Lily wasn't able to answer because the crowd moved towards a large lake. Hagrid led everyone to a row of boats.
"Four to a boat!" he called.
Lily, Renée, Poppy, and Peter ended up in one boat. James, Sirius, Remus, and geeky looking girl with pigtails and abnormally large glasses ended up in another. Hagrid had a boat for himself. The geeky looking girl was talking rapidly to a bored looking James, Sirius, and Remus.
The boats were going for a time until they saw the magnificent Hogwarts with its many towers and turrets. The vast black castle was even more beautiful than Lily had expected it to be.
James is caught in light and color changing around him and he is in the Entrance Hall.
A/N: Ok, so did u like it? The next ch is going to be the sorting and that's when you get introduced to all the characters (well not all of them) so read and maybe, perhaps, possibly...review? Ch. 5 hopefully out tomorrow or day after...