Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters, places, or things (though I know we all wish we did). It all belongs to the great author J.K. Rowling. I only own Melissa (a.ka. me cause I wanted to be a character), Kelly, Shannon, and any other character you've never seen before.
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Chapter 2: The First Journey to Hogwarts
"I knew—we were—going to be—late," eleven year old Sirius Black panted, leaning heavily on his trunk just as the train started moving.
"So did I," James Potter agreed breathing harder than normal. "The always start arguing whenever we get together."
"It's not even your parents so much as it's mine," Sirius said, once he'd regained his breath. "I'm just glad they didn't start a brawl on the Platform."
The they Sirius is talking about is his parents and James's parents. Before Sirius and James came along the Potters and the Blacks barely tolerated each other. They didn't count on their sons becoming friends. James and Sirius were in fact best friends, having met at a New Year's Eve party when they were both 7. At the end of the party their parents had found them in the kitchen of the house, pranking the servants. Their parents were furious and ordered the two not to talk to each other again but the two had already formed a bond and met whenever they could.
The Potters soon learned that Sirius wasn't like the rest of his family. He didn't support name-calling muggleborns, like his cousins and brother. He didn't care an ounce about what kind of blood you had and he wasn't into the Dark Arts. The Potters came to like Sirius and had him over their house whenever he could come. This caused the tension between the two households to grow. Only time would tell what would happen.
"Come on. Let's try to find a compartment," James suggested lugging his trunk up and walking down the corridor.
Sirius sighed and picked up his trunk to follow him. The looked in each compartment window but they couldn't find an empty one. Nearing the end of the train they came across a compartment with a pretty red head and a cute brunette. Sirius wanted to go in there but James dragged him away saying something about controlling his hormones. In the last compartment they found a small boy with light brown hair. He looked pale; like he'd been sick lately but his light blue eyes sparkled with excitement and barely repressed energy.
"Do you mind if we sit here? Everywhere else is full," James explained.
"Sure, make yourself at home," the boy said eagerly.
"Awesome," Sirius bounded in with his trunk and put it in the rack above him. James did the same and they both settled down opposite the boy.
The boy looked at them curiously. "Are you two twins?" he blurted out.
James and Sirius laughed. They got this a lot. Of course they weren't twins but they looked so similar they could pass as some. They both had coal black hair yet James's had an untidy looked to it (no matter how often he brushed it). They were both the same height, which was a bout 5'2. They were a little on the scrawny side but had some muscles from playing their favorite sport Quidditch. The major difference was their eyes. James had hazel eyes while Sirius had gray eyes. James also wore thin framed glasses.
The boy looked ashamed and he hung his head. He thinks we're laughing at him, James thought to himself. He sought to reassure the boy. "No, we're not twins, although a lot of people ask us. My name's James Potter by the way."
"Remus Lupin," the boy replied. He looked towards Sirius who was looking out the window.
James nudged him. "Oh sorry! Sirius Black at your service. If you know the Blacks than let me assure you I'm not like the rest of them."
James rolled his eyes. Sirius went through this spiel every time he introduced himself to new people. Not that James could blame him. Remus looked amused. "Don't mind him," James advised. "All that time with his family has meddled with his brains."
"You got that right!" Sirius cried. "But now I'm free! Free, free, free, free!"
Sirius did a little dance around the compartment while James and Remus looked on interested. As suddenly as it started Sirius stopped dancing and sat back down. He pulled something out of his pocket. "Anyone up for a game of Exploding Snap?"
They all played for about a half and hour. During that time James and Sirius learned a little about Remus. He was an only child and a half blood wizard. His father was a wizard and his mother was a muggle. They also learned that Remus had a good sense of humor and was known to raise a little ruckus. Remus wanted to get into the Gryffindor house just like James and Sirius. They soon finished their game.
"So do you guys like Quidditch?" Remus asked.
"Do we like Quidditch?" Sirius repeated. "That's like asking an owl if it delivers mail!"
"What Sirius is trying to say is we love Quidditch!" James said enthusiastically. "It's the best sport there is."
"I know what you mean. I-," Remus paused and cocked his head. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?" James and Sirius inquired simultaneously.
"I don't know. I think it's coming from outside," Remus told them. "Let's go check it out."
Without hesitating, James and Sirius followed him as he slid open the compartment door and went out into the corridor. In the corridor there was a small dirty blond haired boy being ganged up on by a couple of Slytherin second years. The boy had his wand out in an obvious attempt to defend himself.
"What are you going to do with that, loser?" one of the Slytherins taunted. "S' not like you know any spells."
"I-I know p-plenty of spells!" the boy cried indignantly.
"Yeah right. Well let's see if you can block this," the other Slytherin raised his wand.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Sirius shouted. He pulled out his own wand and James and Remus did the same.
The Slytherins turned to them. One of the Slytherins recognized Sirius. "Ah, look it's Black."
"Lestrange," Sirius acknowledged coldly. "Get away from him."
"You always were on the soft side, Black. So different then the rest of your family," Lestrange sneered. He looked at Remus and the other boy. "What would your mother say about you hanging out with half bloods?"
"Does it look like I bloody care what my dear mother would say?" Sirius growled. "Now get out of here before I really get angry."
"Fine. I think I'll just go have a visit with your lovely cousins," Lestrange mocked. He turned to his companion. "Come on Avery. Let's jet."
With a last glare at them all he and Avery sauntered down the corridor. Remus turned to the small boy and asked kindly, "What's your name?"
"Peter Pettigrew (I couldn't just write him out of the story like we all wish we could)," he responded, pocketing his wand. "Thanks for helping me. Those guys were prats. They kicked me out of my compartment and then proceeded to hex me."
"If it wasn't for Remus and his keen sense of hearing we wouldn't have noticed anything was amiss," James admitted.
"It was nothing," Remus said modestly. He changed the subject. "Do you want to join us in our compartment?" He asked Peter.
"That'd be great," Peter replied. James helped him with his trunk and the proceeded back into their compartment.
"Firs' years over here! Firs' years!"
Lily and Melissa stumbled along on the Platform, dodging the upper classman, and trying to get to the loud voice that was calling them. As they got closer they saw a large moving form at the end of the Platform. Lily and Melissa exchanged looks but kept on moving forward. When they got close enough they realized the object was actually a very large man. He looked down on them.
"Are yeh firs' years?" he asked them. The girls nodded too scared to do anything else. The man nodded and looked up again. "Firs' years down here! Follow me now and mind yer step!" he called. Soon all the first years were around him. "Alright, this way! Follow me!"
He led them down a narrow, steep path. It was very dark and Lily was having trouble keeping up with Melissa. "Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec!" the giant man told them. Soon they came to a giant lake and in front of them, on a cliff, was the castle. It was magnificent in Lily's opinion. Better than she imagined it would be. It had lights shining all over it and it had many turrets.
"Wow," Melissa breathed. She exchanged an excited glance with Lily.
"Alright, no more'n four to a boat!" came the order. Lily noticed some small boat over to the side and she and Melissa got in one. They were followed by a blond girl and another girl with light brown hair. "Everyone in? Right then-FORWARD!" the man bellowed, having an entire boat to himself.
The boats neared the cliff and just when they thought they were going to crash the giant yelled, "Everyone duck!" and so they did and soon they came to a small little harbor underneath the castle. The small first years climbed out of the boats and up the stairs. Their large leader came to a great door and knocked three times.
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