Whoooo, so I just realized, after reading it over again, that chapter 4 sucks. So, I hope I make it up in this chapter.

-Aiss. ----- Busyyyyy

Ryan stumbled onto the train awkwardly, following behind Sirius. The tall, cheerful boy startled him somewhat, his friendliness near overwhelming to someone who had never had a friend his entire life. At least as far as he could remember. The other boy.... James.... he was so quiet, so shy. A mystery. That bothered him somewhat. People he couldn't figure out, where usually not good to be around. They were too perceptive, too curious. And those eyes.... that blue mixing so thoroughly into the grey made him think of a sea.... being lost in that ocean, so deep he would never see shore again.

He was jarred back to his senses by a somewhat rough, but friendly tug on the arm; he bit his lip slightly as Sirius's fingers closed around a bruise on his forearm but kept silent as the older boy pulled him into an empty compartment. James followed, still silent. They all arranged themselves on the seats, setting the luggage they had carried on down in what seemed like random places. Typical boys. James seemed much neater than Sirius. James had put a few things on the seat, and most of his things near him, his cage holding a large black cat with oddly pointed ears and a narrow, silky body next to him on the seat. The cat let out a deep growl that might have been a meow, had she not been raising her fur on end. Her large emerald eyes watched Ryan with a sort of fervor and the boy edged away nervously.

"Hamunaptra!" James scolded, and the feline fell quite, though her eyes still flickered to the strange amber eyed boy every so often. "I'm sorry," he began. "She can be very grumpy when we travel." He carefully placed a dark blanket over the top of the cats cage and then turned to look at Ryan, "Though, sometimes she senses things most humans can not." Ryan shifted his gaze away from James's eyes, afraid of being lost in those endless, searching pools.

Sirius laughed, "Stupid cat, can't go anywhere without making a fuss. Ignore him Ryan." Sirius's animal turned out to be a hawk, one which seemed even more cranky and spoiled than Hamunaptra. Sirius however didn't seem to mind and fed him small bits of mice while James looked like he was holding himself back and Ryan had switched seats and was holding his cloak over him like a shield. After finishing the tawny hawks feeding the long haired boy finally turned to the other two grinning. "Isn't he a beute?" Ryan just stared wide eyed at the bird as if afraid to move lest his hand be chomped off. James nudged his shoulder gently. "It's alright. Tariel might be ugly, but he's not all that mean." Ryan looked over in confusion. Ugly? The bird was far from ugly. Scary yes, ugly, no. But the wide grin on the dark-haired boy's face made him realize the teasing behind his words. Just in time to be flattened on the floor as Sirius lunged at James and the two began wrestling.

He laughed as Sirius began tugging on James's hair and the other retaliated by kicking him in the ribs. The sound made James pause for a split second his eyes finally meeting the strange golden ones, savoring that sound as if it were water and he had been stranded in the desert for years. It was beautiful. Soft, near silent. But it was wonderful. The pause in his actions gave Sirius the upper hand and after a long struggle James was pinned under the taller boy and Sirius was beaming with pride. "Ha! Call my hawk ugly will you?" Ryan smiled as James shoved the other boy off and regained his composure, straightening his robes and sitting down, his hair looking rather ruffled. A knock at the door brought all their attention to the huge cart of sweets now being presented. Sirius leapt up as if he'd sat on a pin and starting pulling things off the shelves as the woman selling the candy smiled at his antics.

James rolled his eyes but got up and joined his 'brother', taking more time and fewer sweets than the other boy. Sirius turned around finally and looked over at Ryan. "Hey, you gonna get some?" Ryan flushed slightly and shook his head, looking down and mumbling something about money. Sirius smiled and grabbed a hold of his hand, pulling his to his feet, "It's alright, pick out what you want." He wouldn't let the boy argue, though he laughed a bit at the pinkness of Ryan's ears. After getting their fill of candy on the cart and the witch had left, James slid the compartment door shut and they began methodically, or rather sloppily on Sirius's part, tearing open the boxes and wrappers and munching happily. Hamunaptra made a small meow and James looked over at the two boys, "Were almost there."