"We're there, we're there!!" Peter started jumping up and down causing the other boys to laugh. Together the three of them pushed open the train door and jumped off.
They then stood around wondering what to do next.
"Does anyone know how we're suppose to get to Hogwarts?" James asked his two friends. He watched as they both shook their heads and so they waited.
They watched the older students going further up away from the train. They were about to follow when they heard a loud voice boom out to them
"Firs'-years, firs'-years this way please"
The three turned at the same time each reacting in different ways. Sirius gasped as he looked up at the very tall shaggy looking man, while James tried to keep a laugh from his lips. Peter started to tremble with fright as they slowly made their way towards him. He was already surrounded by a small group of people.
James noticed a short girl with brown hair to her shoulders wave at Sirius. His hazel eyes met her chocolate brown ones, which he noted were surrounded by small frames, just like his own.
He felt someone hit him on the back as Sirius ran forward and pulled her into his outstretched arms. James couldn't help but notice how her lips pulled up into a small smile as she hugged the boy back.
"James, Peter, over here come and meet my friend."
James and Peter walked slowly over. Peter not noticing where he was walking banged into the same boy that had chased him earlier that very day, Snape.
"Watch where you're going Pettigrew."
Peter gulped and took a step backwards. James went to jump in when the girl Sirius had hugged beat him to it.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size you over grown germ."
The girl looked up at Snape with her hands on her hips, eyes narrowed with a threatening look on her face. James couldn't help but laugh because this girl was not much taller than Peter and barely came up to Snape's shoulders.
"Why don't you keep your stick of a nose out of it, mudblood?"
James felt anger come over him that was not something he liked to here people called. He thought that the girl might start to cry or something, but was surprised when she looked up at the boy and laughed.
"Mudblood, wow that's good I haven't heard that one before, I'm sure Aunt Amarantha will love to hear that you called me that"
"You wouldn't tell her, would you?"
James heard the fear in the bully's voice; he was scared of this small girl. He watched as she slyly smiled up at him.
"But Sevie you know I would, but I'll give you a chance, you stay away and keep your over grown nose out of others business and I'll keep quiet."
Snape turned and walked to the other side of the group while the girl grabbed Peter's hand pulling him towards her. James pushed past Snape's stunned cronies who glared at him before turning to his friends.
"Thanks, but you didn't have to do that." Peter whispered in a small nervous voice.
The girl just looked at him; he couldn't take the look and quickly looked at his feet. She however pulled his chin up so that they were eye to eye.
"Ignore him, he isn't worth the breath, he gives all Snape's and Herchicero's a bad name. I'm Amanda Dixon by the way."
Amanda smiled at Peter and he felt warmth inside that he had been missing for years.
"I'm Peter, Peter Pettigrew."
Sirius watched as his oldest friend brought a smile to the boy's face. Sirius watched as James introduced himself and then Sirius moved closer to them thumping Amanda on the back. They stood waiting for the rest of the first years to join them.
As the train pulled to a stop Ginny jumped up and pulled the compartment door open. Smiling she beckoned the others forward. The four exited and moved slowly through the crowds, none knowing where it was they were heading.
They heard a loud voice calling over the heads and headed towards it. As they got closer Lily saw that the voice belonged to either a very large man or a small giant. The man yelled again and caused Lily so much fright that she jumped and landed hard on Remus' toe.
"Ouch!"
"Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry Remus I didn't mean to do that, are you okay?"
Remus watched the girls green eyes fill with tears as if scared she had really hurt him. He leaned towards her pulling her under his arm and continued walking.
"Lily, I'm fine, although I think we are going to have to teach you to be less jumpy."
She smiled up into his friendly face, as they got closer to the man. Lily noticed a small group standing together, there were three boys, two who looked almost identical whom Lily guessed were twins. Then a short boy with thin blonde hair and a girl with dark hair in a mock fight with one of the twins.
"Is everybody here, ok then follo' me"
So they all headed off down a steep path. Lily found herself walking behind the girl with brown hair and the boys. Remus stood behind Lily with Branwen and Ginny behind him.
Lily found the path rather steeper than she first thought and pretty soon she had lost her balance. Lily fell forward landing on the girl who in turn knocked the boys over. Like the domino affect each person who had been in front of Lily landed on the floor.
"Amanda you're sitting on my legs, get off." One of the twins yelled back.
"Sorrrry but there's somebody sitting on my back, I can't get up." Came back a crude voice of the girl under Lily
"Never mind her Sirius, get off me, I'm squashing Peter."
Then they all heard Peter gulp as the girl he landed on, turned her head and yelled
"Would you mind moving you're hand, I'm not a fan of you placing it there."
Remus who had managed to stop before falling onto Lily looked at the pile and laughed it seemed that the blonde girl Peter had landed on had been further back and nobody in front of her had been affected.
Remus instantly stopped laughing as he pulled Lily to her feet. He felt so sorry for her; she was so red she looked sunburnt.
Remus then pulled the other girl up. She quickly rubbed any dirt off her robes and looked at Remus. She then turned and burst out laughing.
"Sirius it looks like you have to heads, you can't see any of James' body."
Branwen and Ginny who had been towards the back starting laughing when they saw the scene. The boy jumped up off the others and ignored them as James slowly got to his feet. Sirius grabbed Amanda and threw her to the ground and sat on her.
"How do you like being sat on hey Mand"
"Sirius get off you heavy lump, I didn't weigh as much as you now get off me."
Remus laughed at them and both turned to look at him.
"What are you laughing at?" asked the boy Sirius.
Quickly he had swept Remus off his feet and on top of Amanda. Remus landed hard on the girl's chest and knew instantly that he must have hurt her.
Then they heard a voice from further ahead yelling
"Okay everybody in, and here we go."
Branwen looked at the floor and shock her head, knowing that they had just been left behind.