Chapter 6
The Hogwarts Express
Now a month had come and gone. It was September 1st and James and I were
making sure we had everything. Since James is not good at reading lists
out loud, I did.
"Uniforms? ".
"Check. ".
"Seven text books? ".
"Check. Was that including your library? ".
Whack!
"Ouch! ".
"No, you idiot! It means the textbooks for school! ".
"Oh, okay. Check. ".
"Wands? ".
"Check. ".
"Cauldrons, phials, telescopes, scales? ".
"Check, check, check and check! ".
"I guess that-", I started and James stopped me.
"Shh! ".
"Why? ", then I heard it too. I heard (and so did James) two owls hooting
like crazy. We raced out of James' room, down the stairs, down the hall
and to the left. We looked around the front room and there was a barn owl
and a snowy owl, their feathers glistening in the morning sun, shinning
through the curtains.
"Your aunt and uncle in Canada sent them! ", mom said with happiness. Mom
said that she was going to get one owl for us to share and we started
fighting over a name for the dumb thing.
James called the barn owl and I was quite happy with the snowy owl, which
I named Hedwing. (Why? I have now idea but I like it).
So we loaded up the car, with two trunks in the trunk of the car, mom and
dad in the front and James and I in the back with an owl cage each, we
were on our way to King's Cross, at 10:00 am. All the way James kept
babbling on about him going to try out for the Quidditch team, even if he
isn't in Gryffindor House. And then he changed his mind because I
reminded him that first years weren't allowed to try out for the house
teams yet. When I realized this I was reading 'Quidditch Through the
Ages'.
We arrived at King's Cross at quarter after to eleven.
"How do we get to the plat-? " James asked, wondering.
"You walk through the barrier between nine and ten." I answered, knowing
because of the letters we received.
"Jamesie-Boy must be losing some brain cells! " came a voice from behind
us. I recognized the voice so I said hi. (James punched him in the arm).
"Hi, Sirius! " I said, not turning my head.
"How did you know? " Sirius answered sarcastically
So the three of us walked through the barrier with our trolleys. There,
standing before us was the Hogwarts Express, gleaming scarlet red. We
stood there with our mouths gapping open. It seemed and looked like a
fairy tale til I saw Jennifer my old friend from Muggle school.
"Anja! " she shrieked.
"Jenny! " I screamed back.
We hadn't seen each other since, forever! Then I turned to James and
Sirius because I heard something like "Girls! Jeesh!" under their
breathe.
"What was that my darling brother? " I asked glaring at him.
"Nothing! " he glared back at me.
I looked at Sirius but he was looking at Jenny.
"Oh! Jenny this is Sirius. " then I whispered in her ear, "Don't take his
name seriously okay? ".
Jenny nodded back.
"Jenny? " Jenny and I turned to see who called her. A red headed girl
with green eyes, came running towards us. Then I realized who she was.
"Lils? Lily Evans? " I said.
"The one and only! " she replied, staring oddly at James. I turned to
James and he was drooling!
"James! You animal! Close your mouth! " Sirius yelled at him.
"Who-what- how do you know these girls Anja?" James said staring at me,
finally closing his mouth and wiping it.
"Remember, I went to that all girls Muggle school? " I answered. This was
weird because James never acted like this before and he knew that Lily,
Jenny, and I are best friends.
"Oh yeah! " he said. There was an odd silence.
"Never mind them! Let's go find a compartment! " I said wanting to break
that silence.
Jenny and Lily followed me we found a compartment not to far away from
the boys. I had to go say good-bye to mom and dad, while jenny and Lily
did the same. When I reached mom and dad, mom was speaking to James.
"Now remember James, a clean pair of underwear each day." I heard mom
say, in a caring way.
"MOM! " James said desperately, because Sirius and I started to laugh so
much we fell to the ground! It was now my turn to talk to mom.
"Anja, dear, remember to look after James for us." She whispered to me.
"Why? " I asked, still trying not to laugh.
"You know, his pranks and tricks." She looked at me sternly because I was
laughing silently.
"Okay I will! Bye mom, dad! " and with that I ran to the train.
"'Bout time you got here! " Jenny said as I entered the compartment,
"This is Chloe. ". Jenny pointed to a girl who (who was sitting beside
Lily) had blonde hair and blue eyes. She waved. I introduced myself, and
then mentioned I had to go check on my brother.
On the way to my brother's compartment, I ran into a boy I didn't want
to. He had steel eyes, which put a chill down my spine.
"Hello." The boy said in a voice that matched his eyes, "My name is
Severus Snape"; he put his hand out to shake mine.
"Pleasure." I said sarcastically. I went to walk around him but he
stopped me.
"You know what? You're really getting on my nerves! ".
"Well that wasn't trying to intend to do." Snape said, thinking he could
charm me.
"Well, leave me alone then! " I hollered at him.
By now many people had come out of their compartments to see what the
ruckus was.
"You heard her. ". James came down the corridor.
"And what are you going to do? " Snape looked at him.
"Oh, I'll tell you what-" but he was cut off by my whisper.
"James don't. Remember what mom said! ". But Snape heard.
"Aww! Family! Th-" but Snape never finished, because Sirius said
something.
"Leave her alone. Now! ". He roared.
"Why? ".
"Because-" he walked up to me and kissed me, smack on the lips, and
turned to Snape "she's mine! ".
Snape stopped off, obviously angry with Sirius.
"Why did you do that? " I asked him, once we were in his compartment,
angry and confused.
"Yeah! Why? ". James was just as confused as I was.
"Because I told him to." I turned to face Remus.
"Remus! " I said with happiness flowing through out me. "But Why? " I
asked curiously.
"Well it was obvious he wanted to be your boyfriend. ".
I stared at him, amazed that he knew. He looked really pale.
"Yeah, I knew that! But why not you? " I asked.
"Too shy." Said a boy I had not met yet. "Oh, my names is P-Peter." He
said stumbling with words
I looked back at Remus, and said, " Remus you're different." His smile
faded, then I whispered quickly "Good different! ". He smiled again, as I
finished whispering in his ear.
I sat in between Sirius and Remus til lunch was eaten. During that time I
gave them some ideas and told them that they didn't hear it from me.
Before I left I told Sirius he was pushing his luck with me and bid them
all good-bye, but gave Remus a kiss because he deserved it.
When I reached my compartment, everyone was worried when I didn't come
back sooner. Lily said they heard yelling. Then I told Chloe, Jenny, and
Lily what happened.
"Well aren't you Miss. Popular with the guys!" said Chloe.
"I guess! But you guys would too! If you were there." I mentioned.
"Good thing to!" said Jenny, "But we could have beat the living. bloody
hell! " she screamed. She was looking out the compartment window. And
there was nothing there. But I looked again and there was a spider! We
all sprinted out the compartment and to the boy's compartment.
"SPIDER! " we all screamed, when we opened their door.
They marched down the corridor like the big men they think they were and
killed the spider. Our heroes! Not really but you know! For the rest of
the train ride they sat with us, (except when we were getting changed).
The Hogwarts Express
Now a month had come and gone. It was September 1st and James and I were
making sure we had everything. Since James is not good at reading lists
out loud, I did.
"Uniforms? ".
"Check. ".
"Seven text books? ".
"Check. Was that including your library? ".
Whack!
"Ouch! ".
"No, you idiot! It means the textbooks for school! ".
"Oh, okay. Check. ".
"Wands? ".
"Check. ".
"Cauldrons, phials, telescopes, scales? ".
"Check, check, check and check! ".
"I guess that-", I started and James stopped me.
"Shh! ".
"Why? ", then I heard it too. I heard (and so did James) two owls hooting
like crazy. We raced out of James' room, down the stairs, down the hall
and to the left. We looked around the front room and there was a barn owl
and a snowy owl, their feathers glistening in the morning sun, shinning
through the curtains.
"Your aunt and uncle in Canada sent them! ", mom said with happiness. Mom
said that she was going to get one owl for us to share and we started
fighting over a name for the dumb thing.
James called the barn owl and I was quite happy with the snowy owl, which
I named Hedwing. (Why? I have now idea but I like it).
So we loaded up the car, with two trunks in the trunk of the car, mom and
dad in the front and James and I in the back with an owl cage each, we
were on our way to King's Cross, at 10:00 am. All the way James kept
babbling on about him going to try out for the Quidditch team, even if he
isn't in Gryffindor House. And then he changed his mind because I
reminded him that first years weren't allowed to try out for the house
teams yet. When I realized this I was reading 'Quidditch Through the
Ages'.
We arrived at King's Cross at quarter after to eleven.
"How do we get to the plat-? " James asked, wondering.
"You walk through the barrier between nine and ten." I answered, knowing
because of the letters we received.
"Jamesie-Boy must be losing some brain cells! " came a voice from behind
us. I recognized the voice so I said hi. (James punched him in the arm).
"Hi, Sirius! " I said, not turning my head.
"How did you know? " Sirius answered sarcastically
So the three of us walked through the barrier with our trolleys. There,
standing before us was the Hogwarts Express, gleaming scarlet red. We
stood there with our mouths gapping open. It seemed and looked like a
fairy tale til I saw Jennifer my old friend from Muggle school.
"Anja! " she shrieked.
"Jenny! " I screamed back.
We hadn't seen each other since, forever! Then I turned to James and
Sirius because I heard something like "Girls! Jeesh!" under their
breathe.
"What was that my darling brother? " I asked glaring at him.
"Nothing! " he glared back at me.
I looked at Sirius but he was looking at Jenny.
"Oh! Jenny this is Sirius. " then I whispered in her ear, "Don't take his
name seriously okay? ".
Jenny nodded back.
"Jenny? " Jenny and I turned to see who called her. A red headed girl
with green eyes, came running towards us. Then I realized who she was.
"Lils? Lily Evans? " I said.
"The one and only! " she replied, staring oddly at James. I turned to
James and he was drooling!
"James! You animal! Close your mouth! " Sirius yelled at him.
"Who-what- how do you know these girls Anja?" James said staring at me,
finally closing his mouth and wiping it.
"Remember, I went to that all girls Muggle school? " I answered. This was
weird because James never acted like this before and he knew that Lily,
Jenny, and I are best friends.
"Oh yeah! " he said. There was an odd silence.
"Never mind them! Let's go find a compartment! " I said wanting to break
that silence.
Jenny and Lily followed me we found a compartment not to far away from
the boys. I had to go say good-bye to mom and dad, while jenny and Lily
did the same. When I reached mom and dad, mom was speaking to James.
"Now remember James, a clean pair of underwear each day." I heard mom
say, in a caring way.
"MOM! " James said desperately, because Sirius and I started to laugh so
much we fell to the ground! It was now my turn to talk to mom.
"Anja, dear, remember to look after James for us." She whispered to me.
"Why? " I asked, still trying not to laugh.
"You know, his pranks and tricks." She looked at me sternly because I was
laughing silently.
"Okay I will! Bye mom, dad! " and with that I ran to the train.
"'Bout time you got here! " Jenny said as I entered the compartment,
"This is Chloe. ". Jenny pointed to a girl who (who was sitting beside
Lily) had blonde hair and blue eyes. She waved. I introduced myself, and
then mentioned I had to go check on my brother.
On the way to my brother's compartment, I ran into a boy I didn't want
to. He had steel eyes, which put a chill down my spine.
"Hello." The boy said in a voice that matched his eyes, "My name is
Severus Snape"; he put his hand out to shake mine.
"Pleasure." I said sarcastically. I went to walk around him but he
stopped me.
"You know what? You're really getting on my nerves! ".
"Well that wasn't trying to intend to do." Snape said, thinking he could
charm me.
"Well, leave me alone then! " I hollered at him.
By now many people had come out of their compartments to see what the
ruckus was.
"You heard her. ". James came down the corridor.
"And what are you going to do? " Snape looked at him.
"Oh, I'll tell you what-" but he was cut off by my whisper.
"James don't. Remember what mom said! ". But Snape heard.
"Aww! Family! Th-" but Snape never finished, because Sirius said
something.
"Leave her alone. Now! ". He roared.
"Why? ".
"Because-" he walked up to me and kissed me, smack on the lips, and
turned to Snape "she's mine! ".
Snape stopped off, obviously angry with Sirius.
"Why did you do that? " I asked him, once we were in his compartment,
angry and confused.
"Yeah! Why? ". James was just as confused as I was.
"Because I told him to." I turned to face Remus.
"Remus! " I said with happiness flowing through out me. "But Why? " I
asked curiously.
"Well it was obvious he wanted to be your boyfriend. ".
I stared at him, amazed that he knew. He looked really pale.
"Yeah, I knew that! But why not you? " I asked.
"Too shy." Said a boy I had not met yet. "Oh, my names is P-Peter." He
said stumbling with words
I looked back at Remus, and said, " Remus you're different." His smile
faded, then I whispered quickly "Good different! ". He smiled again, as I
finished whispering in his ear.
I sat in between Sirius and Remus til lunch was eaten. During that time I
gave them some ideas and told them that they didn't hear it from me.
Before I left I told Sirius he was pushing his luck with me and bid them
all good-bye, but gave Remus a kiss because he deserved it.
When I reached my compartment, everyone was worried when I didn't come
back sooner. Lily said they heard yelling. Then I told Chloe, Jenny, and
Lily what happened.
"Well aren't you Miss. Popular with the guys!" said Chloe.
"I guess! But you guys would too! If you were there." I mentioned.
"Good thing to!" said Jenny, "But we could have beat the living. bloody
hell! " she screamed. She was looking out the compartment window. And
there was nothing there. But I looked again and there was a spider! We
all sprinted out the compartment and to the boy's compartment.
"SPIDER! " we all screamed, when we opened their door.
They marched down the corridor like the big men they think they were and
killed the spider. Our heroes! Not really but you know! For the rest of
the train ride they sat with us, (except when we were getting changed).