James and Sirius are crashing their trolleys into to people on platform 9 ¾ their first day of their first year at Hogwarts, when they first meet.
James crashes into another little first year and, as he's running away, he sees another boy doing the same thing. "That little bugger! He's obviously is copying me! I am the master of pranks!"
Mean while Sirius is thinking, "Who is that jerk!? He's stealing my style!"
The boys, both wanting to get the other one for stealing their styles, run their trolleys into each other. "Ow!" Rubbing their heads they looked at the other.
"I'm James."
"Sirius."
They look toward the platform entrance, where (in James' eyes) a goddess had just walked in. James walks over to her with Sirius following. "Hi. I'm James," he started, unable to keep his voice steady, "I'm- I'm- I'm rich!"
The girl rolled her eyes, "I'm Lily, and if you're so rich, why does your hair look like a hobo's?" then walked over to someone she obviously knew, muttering, "Wow, what an absolute idiot!"
"Yeah, and he needs to brush his hair," said her friend, before they walked away, talking.
James glared after them. "I do not," he said, trying to flatten his wild hair. "It just grows that way."
"Smooth." James hit Sirius on the head. They talked a bit more before Sirius finally said, "Whatever, man, I'm out of here." He pushed his trolley to the luggage compartment and went to find a compartment to sit in. He found one near the back. It had one person in it, who was completely absorbed in a rather large novel. Even with his nose in the book, Sirius immediately recognized him as his best friend, Remus. "Hey, Remus ol' buddy, ol' pal!"
"You hug me, you die," came the voice from behind the book.
Sirius stopped, his arms were outstretched, and he was inches from hugging Remus. "Meany," he said dropping his arms to his sides and plopped into the empty seat next to his friend. "How're you holding up?"
"I'm fine. How about you?" He answered, never taking his eyes off his book.
"I'm great! I'm going to school! Pranks! Pranks!! Pranks!!!"
"Typical Sirius."
"I get to do pranks!! On teachers! Think of all the possibilities!"
"Oh don't you dare," he answered, finally putting down his book, and putting it in one of his bags on the other side of him. "You'll be expelled in a day!"
"Like I'll get caught," Sirius swelled with his over bloated ego.
"Like, you will."
"Will not!"
"You will too. Dumbledore knows all."
Suddenly Sirius gasped, "You're right!"
"I'm always right."
"But Dumbledore won't expel us!" Then he thought about what Remus had just said. "No you're not!"
"I'm am too so there." He received a scowl from this, so he quickly changed the subject, "Who's you're friend?"
"Huh? Who?"
"I saw you run into some kid and start talking with them. Who was he?"
"Oh, him. He's just this weird kid I met who has a crush on this weird girl he just met. Great prankster!! Think we should team up?"
"With a guy you've barely met?"
"Yeah, so?"
Remus rolled his eyes, "So, does this 'weird kid' have a name? Or were his parents really mean?"
Sirius laughed softly, "Nah, his name is James." Then his eyes suddenly lit up and grew as big as dinner plates, "Or maybe, his parents were really mean, and he lied to me about his name being James!"
His eyes got big and round, but Remus just rolled his eyes and shook his head, "Grow up."
Sirius' eyes returned to their normal size, "Hey! I'm perfectly mature, thank you very much."
Remus rolled his eyes again, "I'm sorry, yes you are. You're perfectly mature for a two-year-old."
"Hey! I'm 11, thank you, and I act like a 18-year-old." Sirius said proudly.
"If that's so, I don't want to see you, or any one for that matter, at 18."
Sirius glared at him, "Meany. Just because you act like you're 80, doesn't mean everyone else has to!"
The compartment door suddenly opened and a young girl walked in. The same girl the James had ran into on the platform. She looked around the empty compartment, "Uh, do you mind if I sit here?" It was obvious that she really didn't want to. "All the other compartments are full..." She flicked her red hair back to reveal her bright green eyes.
Sirius ignored her completely, "No, go away. We're busy." He turned back to Remus and then did a double take, "Wait..."
Remus, sensing trouble, quickly said, "Sirius, play nice."
But Sirius wasn't listening, "You're that girl that James...erm...doesn't like."
Remus shook his head softly and muttered, "Very subtle."
The girl laughed at the two boys and said, "Is James that idiot who's back there in the other compartment?"
Remus truly didn't know, but to save this James fellow's butt and whatever dignity he had left he said, "Sure, you can sit here," in the hope that this might make her forget about what Sirius had said.
"Thanks," she sat down gracefully in the seat across from them.
Sirius looked her up and down, "What happened to your friend?"
"Who?"
"The person you were talking to. After you walked away."
"Oh her. I don't know. I told her I'd give her three Galleons if she walked we me and pretended she knew me so I could get away from that imbecile," even Sirius had trouble no laughing at that.
"What's your name?" said Remus finally.
She smiled, and said very politely, "Lily Evans. Yours?"
"Remus Lupin. Nice to meet you, Lily."
"Nice to meet you too, Remus."
Sirius was staring out the window, and said mockingly, in a high pitch that sounded nothing like Lily, "'Nice to meet you too, Remus.'"
Remus ignored him and added, "This is my friend, Sirius Black, who thankfully is keeping his mouth shut."
"Hey!" They glared at each other, "Just to let you know, I am an intelligent individual who is simply misunderstood."
Remus said, "You sure are, because I thought you just said 'intelligent'"
At the same time Lily said, "Wow, look at all those big words you said! Can you count to 10?"
Sirius glared at them both.
"Good one, Lily."
"Ditto, Remus." She smiled, "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Sirius looked disgusted. "Remmie!!! Don't take her side! I'm you best friend! Remember?!"
Remus sighed heavily, "No. I'm sorry, I have amnesia."
Lily laughed slightly, trying to keep from bursting, and rolling on the floor. Sirius glared at her, then looked confused, "Is amnesia where you can't move your arm or where you have failing eyesight?"
Lily and Remus exchanged amused looks before Lily said, "I'll let you live in bliss of your own ignorance."
Sirius scowled at her, "Don't use such big words! It's not my fault you all are little smarty-pants!"
Lily looked down at her lap, "I'm not wearing pants." Both boys looked at her. "I'm wearing a skirt," she said with a smug smile on her face. Sirius glared at her.
Remus, holding back laughter said plainly, "It means, she'll let you be stupid."
Sirius nodded his head, "Oh okay...Hey! I am not!"
Quickly changing the subject Remus asked, "So...What year are you in, Lily?"
"First!" She said excitedly.
"Same here!"
Her face lit up. "Are you both from wizarding families?! I'm muggle born...this is all so exciting! I'd never imagined that magic was real!"
"Idiot," Sirius muttered as Remus elbows him in the side.
"Says the world's stupidest person," Lily said with a smile as Sirius screamed in pain and tried in vain to slap Remus.
"Yes," Remus said, again ignoring Sirius as he made another attempt to slap him, "we're both from wizarding families." Sirius lunged at him again and fell face first on the floor as Remus ducked.
"Really?" Lily was trying not to laugh too hard at Sirius' pain, but she was failing badly and looked like she was about to cry. "What's it like?"
Remus who wasn't expecting that question looked around not knowing what to say, "I don't know...pretty normal, I mean to us. What's it like living as a muggle?"
"Normal... I mean, we watch TV, go to movies, go to school..."
"TV? Movies? What's that?"
"Don't you know? They're like...visual stories. Don't you have them?"
Sirius, who was walking sheepishly back to his seat still rubbing his head, muttered sarcastically, "Would we ask if we had them?"
Remus elbowed Sirius and hushed his yelp. "No," he said returning to Lily. "We don't have anything like that."
"Oh." The compartment was suddenly thrown into a long awkward silence as no one could figure out what to say next.
"So..."Remus said trying to start back up the conversation. "What are your parents like? How'd they react when they found out you were a witch?"
"Oh, they're great! After they figured out it wasn't just some prank, they were really supportive and just loved the idea of a witch in the family." Her lit up and her green eyes sparkled like diamonds as she spoke of them. It was obvious that she cared very much for her family. "Though...my sister looked a bit freaked out about the whole thing. Oh well, she'll get over it, right?"
"But will she get over you? You need a personality change." Remus suddenly jabbed his elbow into Sirius' said harder then he had before. "HOLY CRAP! OW!!!!!!" Lily giggled slightly.
"Is it just the one sister then?" Asked Remus ignoring Sirius' death glares.
"Yes," Lily said when she had got her giggles under control. "Do you have any sibs?" Sirius looked back and forth between Lily and Remus trying to figure out what "sibs" meant.
"Um...no. I don't."
"WHAT DID SHE SAY?! USE EASY WORDS!!!"
"Brothers or sisters," Remus answered plainly.
"Oh. Mine's a—"
"Sirius!" Remus suddenly clasped his hand over Sirius' mouth.
"Sirius, use appropriate language," Lily scolded as if she had suddenly become his mother.
"Um...he has one brother," Remus started, choosing his words carefully. He knew one wrong word might set Sirius off like a time bomb. "He doesn't like him very much."
"'He doesn't like him very much.' I hate him! He's like my mom only worse...he's himself!!"
"I was putting it lightly. Anyway...new subject. What house do you think you're going to be put in?"
"Griffindor!! No doubt about it," Sirius suddenly lightened up a considerable amount. "If they try to put me in any other, especially Slytherin, I will let them...erm...talk to you, Remus, on one of your 'days'."
Remus rolled his eyes and turned to Lily, who looked utterly confused. "Um...I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't really want to know...but, I'm not exactly sure what the houses are..."
Remus slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand. "Of course you don't. There's Griffindor, and Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, and the other one, (if you're in there we'll probably never speak to you again,) is Slytherin. Everyone's convinced I'll be in Ravenclaw."
"What do the houses mean? I mean, what's so bad about Slytherin?"
"Slytherins are evil!!!" Came a sudden shout from Sirius, getting answered only by yet another elbow in the side by Remus.
"Slytherins tend to be...uh...not so nice."
"Oh..."
Remus noticed that Lily now looked really worried that she might be in Slytherin, and the first people she talked to might never talk to her again. "Uh...you probably won't be in there anyway, you're muggle," Lily looked up suddenly, hurt that he would say something like that, so he quickly added, "Slytherins don't really like muggles," to show that he didn't think that, it was just what usually happened.
"That's prejudice!"
"That's Slytherins."
"We can be just as good as any other witch or wizard! It said so in those textbooks! If they don't like me, then I don't like them."
"Then most likely you wont be in there."
This made Lily smiled satisfactorily, "What do the houses mean?"
"Well, Griffendors are brave," Remus numbered them off on his fingers, "Ravenclaws are smart, Hufflepuffs are loyal, and Slytherins call themselves clever and ambitious,"
"Though most of them are complete idiots, and only ambition is to kill as many muggles as they can," Sirius added with a scowl.
"Oh," Lily now seemed a bit scared of Sirius. She turned back to Remus, "What house do you think I'll be in?"
"I don't know, only the hat can tell. But you seem pretty smart, maybe you'll be in Ravenclaw with me."
Remus could have sworn he saw Lily blush a little, or maybe that was just a trick of the light, because next second it was gone. "That's great! Then I'll have a friend I can talk to in the house."
"Yeah right! Remmie's coming with me into Griffindor! You can't have him!" Sirius said grabbing Remus in to a tight hug that felt more like a headlock, and sticking his tongue out at Lily.
Remus somehow got out of the "hug" by hitting Sirius on the head. After regaining his breath, he added calmly, "You really can't choose which house you're in. It's all based on your abilities."
Sirius rolled his eyes, "So?! You're coming with me, or I'll bash that hat in!!!"
"I'd like to see you try," Remus said in a stern voice.
Sirius, who misinterpreted the voice as egging him on, just said, "Watch me."
"I'd love to. Dumbledore will send a troll on you in a second without a second thought. That hat is centuries old. It was made by the founders of the school!"
"You're right," said Sirius taking a deep breath and sinking into his seat.
Remus, who was amazed to see his friend give up so easy, could only say, "I am?"
"Yeah. It's centuries old, it time they found a replacement!" He said grinning from ear to ear.
Remus rolled his eyes, he should of known. "If Dumbledore doesn't send a troll on you, you know Filch will."
"Okay guys, what's with the hat, and who are Dumbledore and Filch?"
"They're teachers or...no. Dumbledore is the headmaster, and Filch is the caretaker," Remus explained.
"And that makes the hat a teacher?"
"No the hat puts you in the houses."
"Oh. Are they nice? Dumbledore and Filch I mean."
"Filch is evil!!!!!" Sirius suddenly shouted, only to get himself elbowed by Remus once again. "OOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Would you quit with the elbowing! I'm going to have a bruise there, and if Madam Pomfrey asks, I'll be forced to tell her that my ex-friend hit me repeatedly!!"
"Um...we haven't really met them. But people say that Dumbledore is really nice and Filch is...not quite so."
"Oh."
"Yeah." Remus put his forehead up against the cool windowpane of the compartment window. He looked out over the landscape and suddenly realized something, "Oh crap." The other two students looked at him bewildered, and so he added, "We're almost there, we should have changed into our uniforms by now." The three had just enough time to exchange worried looks when the train stopped suddenly at the Hogsmeade station. "Uh oh."
James crashes into another little first year and, as he's running away, he sees another boy doing the same thing. "That little bugger! He's obviously is copying me! I am the master of pranks!"
Mean while Sirius is thinking, "Who is that jerk!? He's stealing my style!"
The boys, both wanting to get the other one for stealing their styles, run their trolleys into each other. "Ow!" Rubbing their heads they looked at the other.
"I'm James."
"Sirius."
They look toward the platform entrance, where (in James' eyes) a goddess had just walked in. James walks over to her with Sirius following. "Hi. I'm James," he started, unable to keep his voice steady, "I'm- I'm- I'm rich!"
The girl rolled her eyes, "I'm Lily, and if you're so rich, why does your hair look like a hobo's?" then walked over to someone she obviously knew, muttering, "Wow, what an absolute idiot!"
"Yeah, and he needs to brush his hair," said her friend, before they walked away, talking.
James glared after them. "I do not," he said, trying to flatten his wild hair. "It just grows that way."
"Smooth." James hit Sirius on the head. They talked a bit more before Sirius finally said, "Whatever, man, I'm out of here." He pushed his trolley to the luggage compartment and went to find a compartment to sit in. He found one near the back. It had one person in it, who was completely absorbed in a rather large novel. Even with his nose in the book, Sirius immediately recognized him as his best friend, Remus. "Hey, Remus ol' buddy, ol' pal!"
"You hug me, you die," came the voice from behind the book.
Sirius stopped, his arms were outstretched, and he was inches from hugging Remus. "Meany," he said dropping his arms to his sides and plopped into the empty seat next to his friend. "How're you holding up?"
"I'm fine. How about you?" He answered, never taking his eyes off his book.
"I'm great! I'm going to school! Pranks! Pranks!! Pranks!!!"
"Typical Sirius."
"I get to do pranks!! On teachers! Think of all the possibilities!"
"Oh don't you dare," he answered, finally putting down his book, and putting it in one of his bags on the other side of him. "You'll be expelled in a day!"
"Like I'll get caught," Sirius swelled with his over bloated ego.
"Like, you will."
"Will not!"
"You will too. Dumbledore knows all."
Suddenly Sirius gasped, "You're right!"
"I'm always right."
"But Dumbledore won't expel us!" Then he thought about what Remus had just said. "No you're not!"
"I'm am too so there." He received a scowl from this, so he quickly changed the subject, "Who's you're friend?"
"Huh? Who?"
"I saw you run into some kid and start talking with them. Who was he?"
"Oh, him. He's just this weird kid I met who has a crush on this weird girl he just met. Great prankster!! Think we should team up?"
"With a guy you've barely met?"
"Yeah, so?"
Remus rolled his eyes, "So, does this 'weird kid' have a name? Or were his parents really mean?"
Sirius laughed softly, "Nah, his name is James." Then his eyes suddenly lit up and grew as big as dinner plates, "Or maybe, his parents were really mean, and he lied to me about his name being James!"
His eyes got big and round, but Remus just rolled his eyes and shook his head, "Grow up."
Sirius' eyes returned to their normal size, "Hey! I'm perfectly mature, thank you very much."
Remus rolled his eyes again, "I'm sorry, yes you are. You're perfectly mature for a two-year-old."
"Hey! I'm 11, thank you, and I act like a 18-year-old." Sirius said proudly.
"If that's so, I don't want to see you, or any one for that matter, at 18."
Sirius glared at him, "Meany. Just because you act like you're 80, doesn't mean everyone else has to!"
The compartment door suddenly opened and a young girl walked in. The same girl the James had ran into on the platform. She looked around the empty compartment, "Uh, do you mind if I sit here?" It was obvious that she really didn't want to. "All the other compartments are full..." She flicked her red hair back to reveal her bright green eyes.
Sirius ignored her completely, "No, go away. We're busy." He turned back to Remus and then did a double take, "Wait..."
Remus, sensing trouble, quickly said, "Sirius, play nice."
But Sirius wasn't listening, "You're that girl that James...erm...doesn't like."
Remus shook his head softly and muttered, "Very subtle."
The girl laughed at the two boys and said, "Is James that idiot who's back there in the other compartment?"
Remus truly didn't know, but to save this James fellow's butt and whatever dignity he had left he said, "Sure, you can sit here," in the hope that this might make her forget about what Sirius had said.
"Thanks," she sat down gracefully in the seat across from them.
Sirius looked her up and down, "What happened to your friend?"
"Who?"
"The person you were talking to. After you walked away."
"Oh her. I don't know. I told her I'd give her three Galleons if she walked we me and pretended she knew me so I could get away from that imbecile," even Sirius had trouble no laughing at that.
"What's your name?" said Remus finally.
She smiled, and said very politely, "Lily Evans. Yours?"
"Remus Lupin. Nice to meet you, Lily."
"Nice to meet you too, Remus."
Sirius was staring out the window, and said mockingly, in a high pitch that sounded nothing like Lily, "'Nice to meet you too, Remus.'"
Remus ignored him and added, "This is my friend, Sirius Black, who thankfully is keeping his mouth shut."
"Hey!" They glared at each other, "Just to let you know, I am an intelligent individual who is simply misunderstood."
Remus said, "You sure are, because I thought you just said 'intelligent'"
At the same time Lily said, "Wow, look at all those big words you said! Can you count to 10?"
Sirius glared at them both.
"Good one, Lily."
"Ditto, Remus." She smiled, "This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
Sirius looked disgusted. "Remmie!!! Don't take her side! I'm you best friend! Remember?!"
Remus sighed heavily, "No. I'm sorry, I have amnesia."
Lily laughed slightly, trying to keep from bursting, and rolling on the floor. Sirius glared at her, then looked confused, "Is amnesia where you can't move your arm or where you have failing eyesight?"
Lily and Remus exchanged amused looks before Lily said, "I'll let you live in bliss of your own ignorance."
Sirius scowled at her, "Don't use such big words! It's not my fault you all are little smarty-pants!"
Lily looked down at her lap, "I'm not wearing pants." Both boys looked at her. "I'm wearing a skirt," she said with a smug smile on her face. Sirius glared at her.
Remus, holding back laughter said plainly, "It means, she'll let you be stupid."
Sirius nodded his head, "Oh okay...Hey! I am not!"
Quickly changing the subject Remus asked, "So...What year are you in, Lily?"
"First!" She said excitedly.
"Same here!"
Her face lit up. "Are you both from wizarding families?! I'm muggle born...this is all so exciting! I'd never imagined that magic was real!"
"Idiot," Sirius muttered as Remus elbows him in the side.
"Says the world's stupidest person," Lily said with a smile as Sirius screamed in pain and tried in vain to slap Remus.
"Yes," Remus said, again ignoring Sirius as he made another attempt to slap him, "we're both from wizarding families." Sirius lunged at him again and fell face first on the floor as Remus ducked.
"Really?" Lily was trying not to laugh too hard at Sirius' pain, but she was failing badly and looked like she was about to cry. "What's it like?"
Remus who wasn't expecting that question looked around not knowing what to say, "I don't know...pretty normal, I mean to us. What's it like living as a muggle?"
"Normal... I mean, we watch TV, go to movies, go to school..."
"TV? Movies? What's that?"
"Don't you know? They're like...visual stories. Don't you have them?"
Sirius, who was walking sheepishly back to his seat still rubbing his head, muttered sarcastically, "Would we ask if we had them?"
Remus elbowed Sirius and hushed his yelp. "No," he said returning to Lily. "We don't have anything like that."
"Oh." The compartment was suddenly thrown into a long awkward silence as no one could figure out what to say next.
"So..."Remus said trying to start back up the conversation. "What are your parents like? How'd they react when they found out you were a witch?"
"Oh, they're great! After they figured out it wasn't just some prank, they were really supportive and just loved the idea of a witch in the family." Her lit up and her green eyes sparkled like diamonds as she spoke of them. It was obvious that she cared very much for her family. "Though...my sister looked a bit freaked out about the whole thing. Oh well, she'll get over it, right?"
"But will she get over you? You need a personality change." Remus suddenly jabbed his elbow into Sirius' said harder then he had before. "HOLY CRAP! OW!!!!!!" Lily giggled slightly.
"Is it just the one sister then?" Asked Remus ignoring Sirius' death glares.
"Yes," Lily said when she had got her giggles under control. "Do you have any sibs?" Sirius looked back and forth between Lily and Remus trying to figure out what "sibs" meant.
"Um...no. I don't."
"WHAT DID SHE SAY?! USE EASY WORDS!!!"
"Brothers or sisters," Remus answered plainly.
"Oh. Mine's a—"
"Sirius!" Remus suddenly clasped his hand over Sirius' mouth.
"Sirius, use appropriate language," Lily scolded as if she had suddenly become his mother.
"Um...he has one brother," Remus started, choosing his words carefully. He knew one wrong word might set Sirius off like a time bomb. "He doesn't like him very much."
"'He doesn't like him very much.' I hate him! He's like my mom only worse...he's himself!!"
"I was putting it lightly. Anyway...new subject. What house do you think you're going to be put in?"
"Griffindor!! No doubt about it," Sirius suddenly lightened up a considerable amount. "If they try to put me in any other, especially Slytherin, I will let them...erm...talk to you, Remus, on one of your 'days'."
Remus rolled his eyes and turned to Lily, who looked utterly confused. "Um...I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't really want to know...but, I'm not exactly sure what the houses are..."
Remus slapped his forehead with the palm of his hand. "Of course you don't. There's Griffindor, and Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, and the other one, (if you're in there we'll probably never speak to you again,) is Slytherin. Everyone's convinced I'll be in Ravenclaw."
"What do the houses mean? I mean, what's so bad about Slytherin?"
"Slytherins are evil!!!" Came a sudden shout from Sirius, getting answered only by yet another elbow in the side by Remus.
"Slytherins tend to be...uh...not so nice."
"Oh..."
Remus noticed that Lily now looked really worried that she might be in Slytherin, and the first people she talked to might never talk to her again. "Uh...you probably won't be in there anyway, you're muggle," Lily looked up suddenly, hurt that he would say something like that, so he quickly added, "Slytherins don't really like muggles," to show that he didn't think that, it was just what usually happened.
"That's prejudice!"
"That's Slytherins."
"We can be just as good as any other witch or wizard! It said so in those textbooks! If they don't like me, then I don't like them."
"Then most likely you wont be in there."
This made Lily smiled satisfactorily, "What do the houses mean?"
"Well, Griffendors are brave," Remus numbered them off on his fingers, "Ravenclaws are smart, Hufflepuffs are loyal, and Slytherins call themselves clever and ambitious,"
"Though most of them are complete idiots, and only ambition is to kill as many muggles as they can," Sirius added with a scowl.
"Oh," Lily now seemed a bit scared of Sirius. She turned back to Remus, "What house do you think I'll be in?"
"I don't know, only the hat can tell. But you seem pretty smart, maybe you'll be in Ravenclaw with me."
Remus could have sworn he saw Lily blush a little, or maybe that was just a trick of the light, because next second it was gone. "That's great! Then I'll have a friend I can talk to in the house."
"Yeah right! Remmie's coming with me into Griffindor! You can't have him!" Sirius said grabbing Remus in to a tight hug that felt more like a headlock, and sticking his tongue out at Lily.
Remus somehow got out of the "hug" by hitting Sirius on the head. After regaining his breath, he added calmly, "You really can't choose which house you're in. It's all based on your abilities."
Sirius rolled his eyes, "So?! You're coming with me, or I'll bash that hat in!!!"
"I'd like to see you try," Remus said in a stern voice.
Sirius, who misinterpreted the voice as egging him on, just said, "Watch me."
"I'd love to. Dumbledore will send a troll on you in a second without a second thought. That hat is centuries old. It was made by the founders of the school!"
"You're right," said Sirius taking a deep breath and sinking into his seat.
Remus, who was amazed to see his friend give up so easy, could only say, "I am?"
"Yeah. It's centuries old, it time they found a replacement!" He said grinning from ear to ear.
Remus rolled his eyes, he should of known. "If Dumbledore doesn't send a troll on you, you know Filch will."
"Okay guys, what's with the hat, and who are Dumbledore and Filch?"
"They're teachers or...no. Dumbledore is the headmaster, and Filch is the caretaker," Remus explained.
"And that makes the hat a teacher?"
"No the hat puts you in the houses."
"Oh. Are they nice? Dumbledore and Filch I mean."
"Filch is evil!!!!!" Sirius suddenly shouted, only to get himself elbowed by Remus once again. "OOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Would you quit with the elbowing! I'm going to have a bruise there, and if Madam Pomfrey asks, I'll be forced to tell her that my ex-friend hit me repeatedly!!"
"Um...we haven't really met them. But people say that Dumbledore is really nice and Filch is...not quite so."
"Oh."
"Yeah." Remus put his forehead up against the cool windowpane of the compartment window. He looked out over the landscape and suddenly realized something, "Oh crap." The other two students looked at him bewildered, and so he added, "We're almost there, we should have changed into our uniforms by now." The three had just enough time to exchange worried looks when the train stopped suddenly at the Hogsmeade station. "Uh oh."
