DISCLAIMER: Yes! I own Harry Potter! cackles insanely Yay! Now I get to
go to the room with the pillows on the walls... (I don't actually own it,
just to let you know...)
A/N 5-17: No, the internet's not working... still. I'm gonna call my dad and tell him to fix it, but he'll just tell me to work on my report using all the tapes and stuff that my mom has, seeing as she's obsessed with The Beatles... hums Can't Buy Me Love But this, I believe, is my favorite chapter so far. You'll see why...
CHAPTER 3- Aboard the Hogwarts Express
(Whitney... I believe this is the first time I've ever actually started a chapter)
James had counted down the days until the first of September. He walked as fast as he could from the car to King's Cross Station, racing down to Platform 9 ¾. Mrs. Potter wiped tears away with a handkerchief, saying something about how proud she was of him. After holding him in a tight hug, she let him go to find a seat on the train. "We'll send you an owl as soon as we get home!" she called as he stepped onto the train.
As James walked down the corridor, he watched his fellow students with interest. A tall, thin girl with blonde hair and braces (a muggle device used to straighten teeth) sat in a compartment, along with another tall girl, this one with shoulder length red hair. They both seemed to be in fifth year and they were giggling insanely. "Anna, d'you know where Whit is?" the blonde asked.
"Nah, she said something about going to find her mum, though..." the other girl answered.
James was about to walk down the corridor to search for a free compartment when a girl with long brownish blonde hair bumped into him. "Hey, watch it!" She said, going into the compartment with the giggling girls. He heard, "Beth, I found-"before deciding to walk on.
Finding a seemingly empty compartment, James sighed in relief and sat down, only to jump up in surprise.
"Ouch! You're sitting on me!"
James looked around confusedly. "Huh? Who's there?"
Out of thin air, a voice said, "I'm invisible... my name is Robert. Robert T. Orange."
"Oh, well, sorry to bother you, Robert," James said as he ducked out of the compartment.
(Okay, so that wasn't as long as I thought it was... Anna!)
He wandered up and down the cars, trying to find a seat, which was made a very hard task, as he now had to avoid invisible people as well as visible-
"Oi! James!" called a voice.
"Sirius! Great to see you, mate!"
"What do you say we find ourselves a compartment?"
"Uh- you pick one. Last time I sat on an invisible guy..."
"Brilliant! Could we go see him?"
"You can't see him, he's invisible-"
"That's not what I meant..."
"STUDENTS. FIND YOUR SEATS! STUDENTS TO YOUR SEATS! THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS WILL BE LEAVING IN FIVE MINUTES!" announced the magical speakers on the top of each car.
"Okay, then, let's just go to the one farthest back."
"Right," agreed James.
Reaching the last compartment, they saw it was already occupied by a thin boy with dark circles under his eyes and an ill-favored look about him.
"Any invisible people in this compartment?" asked James.
The boy jerked, then asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Guess there isn't any, then, James," said Sirius, flumping into a seat opposite the peaky-looking boy. When James seemed reluctant, Sirius said, "C'mon, he doesn't bite," gesturing to the unhealthy looking boy.
The boy stiffened, but didn't say anything. "So, what's your name?" asked Sirius.
"Remus- Remus Lupin," he muttered.
"Great to meet you!" Sirius grinned, pumping Remus's hand.
Remus jumped, then smiled wanly. "So- y' don't mind-"
"Mind what?"
Remus's pale face flushed. "Nothing... nothing..."
But he said it too quickly for James to believe it.
"D-d'you mind if I-I-I-"there was a small boy, almost the opposite of Remus Lupin. Plump, with red cheeks and mousy hair.
"Sure, you can come in!" said James.
"Okay..." the boy edged furtively... "I-I'm Peter- Peter Pettigrew- I'm, ah, It's my first year here, I mean, H-Hogwarts, too- not just the train- I mean, um..."
"Hello, Peter!" said James happily. "Now we'll each have three friends first day at Hogwarts, you can't do much better than that."
"O-okay-"said Peter. Remus stared at his shoes.
James thought, 'Well, they're okay. Could be worse people for friends. Besides, these two could probably use more help fitting in than Sirius or me...'
"Pettigrew,... haven't heard that name before. What do your parents do?"
"Uh- my mum's a-a... y'know. She works at a store- for clothes."
"Madam Malkin's?" asked James politely.
"No-not a-a wizard's store or anything..."
"So you're a muggle born?" asked Sirius.
"I dunno. W-what's a m-m-mu-"
"Muggle," said James. "It's what wizards call non-magic folk."
"W-well, then my mum and dad are, y'know, m-muggles."
"Brilliant!" said Sirius.
"W-why?" he whispered.
"'Cause I'm staging a rebellion! I'm tired of all my mum's pureblood nonsense! I'm gonna make friends with all the muggle-borns in the school!"
"R-really? I couldn't, y'know, d-do something like that... rebellion, y'know..."
"Sure, you could!" said James. "Anyone could!"
"N-no. I'm too scared. But you're really brave..."
"Thanks," said James and Sirius, flattered.
"I'm not brave," mumbled Remus.
(WHITNEY! giggles)
"Why d'you say that?" James asked.
Remus shrugged," I just am." He replied lamely.
"N-no! You're b-brave! You're brave t-to be my friend!" replied Pettigrew in his squeak-like voice.
Remus smiled wanly. "Okay, I guess I'm kinda brave..."
(BETH! giggles some more)
"Something from the trolley, dears?" asked a witch from the hall.
"Yeah. I'm starving!" James said as his (well, as his mom would say) tummy agreed.
"Um, nothing for me. My mom insists I don't have non- um, candy." Lupin said.
After they pigged out on candy (Even Lupin had a Chocolate Frog or two), the blonde with braces walked in. Sirius froze.
"Excuse me, have you seen an owl? My friend, Whitney, lost hers." It was the tall giggling blonde with braces that James had overheard.
"No, was that your friend who knocked me over?" James asked curiously.
"Yeah, sorry. She was in a hurry. By the way, I'm Beth."
Just then the other blonde walked in. "We found her! She was by some cute sixth years!"
"Oooh! Sixth years, eh? Well, bye firsties!"
"You know her?!" exclaimed Sirius.
"Well, I overheard her conversation. Why? Who is she? I know she's Beth, but what of it?"
"Oh, nothing. Except, of course, she's a Weird Sister!"
"A Weird Sister?" asked Lupin.
"Yeah, they're this killer band and they perform for the school sometimes. My cousin told me!"
"Wicked!" said James.
"So, who's the other girls?" asked Lupin.
"Whitney and Anna. They're really pretty and smart!"
For the next half hour they talked about the Weird Sisters.
"WE WILL BE ARIVING IN FIVE MINUTES!" called the voice on the intercom.
After a quick change, they started walking down the hall (Sirius looked in ever compartment for the Weird Sisters.) James was just wishing that his new friends would be in the same house as he was when the train stopped to a sudden halt. There was a great hustle and bustle to get out of the train.
"First years, first years this way!"
As James walked over to a very tall man with wild hair and small, black eyes that glittered like tiny beetles in the lantern light. He felt Peter shudder at his side. (Oooh... I added that stuff. Shh, don't tell her!)
The first years followed the man down to what seemed to be a steep and narrow path.
"You'll get yer first sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," yelled the man, still walking on. "No more'n four ter a boat!"
As they all stumbled into a boat, Peter said, "M-maybe I'm n-not really a w-wizard..."
"Of course you are!" said James confidently. He gasped as they passed through a curtain of ivy, getting his first glimpse of Hogwarts.
"Wow, I didn't think it would be that big!" said Lupin.
Well, no reviews yet, seeing as I'm not connected with the internet... frowns I'm never going to finish my report! AHHHH!
A/N 5-17: No, the internet's not working... still. I'm gonna call my dad and tell him to fix it, but he'll just tell me to work on my report using all the tapes and stuff that my mom has, seeing as she's obsessed with The Beatles... hums Can't Buy Me Love But this, I believe, is my favorite chapter so far. You'll see why...
CHAPTER 3- Aboard the Hogwarts Express
(Whitney... I believe this is the first time I've ever actually started a chapter)
James had counted down the days until the first of September. He walked as fast as he could from the car to King's Cross Station, racing down to Platform 9 ¾. Mrs. Potter wiped tears away with a handkerchief, saying something about how proud she was of him. After holding him in a tight hug, she let him go to find a seat on the train. "We'll send you an owl as soon as we get home!" she called as he stepped onto the train.
As James walked down the corridor, he watched his fellow students with interest. A tall, thin girl with blonde hair and braces (a muggle device used to straighten teeth) sat in a compartment, along with another tall girl, this one with shoulder length red hair. They both seemed to be in fifth year and they were giggling insanely. "Anna, d'you know where Whit is?" the blonde asked.
"Nah, she said something about going to find her mum, though..." the other girl answered.
James was about to walk down the corridor to search for a free compartment when a girl with long brownish blonde hair bumped into him. "Hey, watch it!" She said, going into the compartment with the giggling girls. He heard, "Beth, I found-"before deciding to walk on.
Finding a seemingly empty compartment, James sighed in relief and sat down, only to jump up in surprise.
"Ouch! You're sitting on me!"
James looked around confusedly. "Huh? Who's there?"
Out of thin air, a voice said, "I'm invisible... my name is Robert. Robert T. Orange."
"Oh, well, sorry to bother you, Robert," James said as he ducked out of the compartment.
(Okay, so that wasn't as long as I thought it was... Anna!)
He wandered up and down the cars, trying to find a seat, which was made a very hard task, as he now had to avoid invisible people as well as visible-
"Oi! James!" called a voice.
"Sirius! Great to see you, mate!"
"What do you say we find ourselves a compartment?"
"Uh- you pick one. Last time I sat on an invisible guy..."
"Brilliant! Could we go see him?"
"You can't see him, he's invisible-"
"That's not what I meant..."
"STUDENTS. FIND YOUR SEATS! STUDENTS TO YOUR SEATS! THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS WILL BE LEAVING IN FIVE MINUTES!" announced the magical speakers on the top of each car.
"Okay, then, let's just go to the one farthest back."
"Right," agreed James.
Reaching the last compartment, they saw it was already occupied by a thin boy with dark circles under his eyes and an ill-favored look about him.
"Any invisible people in this compartment?" asked James.
The boy jerked, then asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Guess there isn't any, then, James," said Sirius, flumping into a seat opposite the peaky-looking boy. When James seemed reluctant, Sirius said, "C'mon, he doesn't bite," gesturing to the unhealthy looking boy.
The boy stiffened, but didn't say anything. "So, what's your name?" asked Sirius.
"Remus- Remus Lupin," he muttered.
"Great to meet you!" Sirius grinned, pumping Remus's hand.
Remus jumped, then smiled wanly. "So- y' don't mind-"
"Mind what?"
Remus's pale face flushed. "Nothing... nothing..."
But he said it too quickly for James to believe it.
"D-d'you mind if I-I-I-"there was a small boy, almost the opposite of Remus Lupin. Plump, with red cheeks and mousy hair.
"Sure, you can come in!" said James.
"Okay..." the boy edged furtively... "I-I'm Peter- Peter Pettigrew- I'm, ah, It's my first year here, I mean, H-Hogwarts, too- not just the train- I mean, um..."
"Hello, Peter!" said James happily. "Now we'll each have three friends first day at Hogwarts, you can't do much better than that."
"O-okay-"said Peter. Remus stared at his shoes.
James thought, 'Well, they're okay. Could be worse people for friends. Besides, these two could probably use more help fitting in than Sirius or me...'
"Pettigrew,... haven't heard that name before. What do your parents do?"
"Uh- my mum's a-a... y'know. She works at a store- for clothes."
"Madam Malkin's?" asked James politely.
"No-not a-a wizard's store or anything..."
"So you're a muggle born?" asked Sirius.
"I dunno. W-what's a m-m-mu-"
"Muggle," said James. "It's what wizards call non-magic folk."
"W-well, then my mum and dad are, y'know, m-muggles."
"Brilliant!" said Sirius.
"W-why?" he whispered.
"'Cause I'm staging a rebellion! I'm tired of all my mum's pureblood nonsense! I'm gonna make friends with all the muggle-borns in the school!"
"R-really? I couldn't, y'know, d-do something like that... rebellion, y'know..."
"Sure, you could!" said James. "Anyone could!"
"N-no. I'm too scared. But you're really brave..."
"Thanks," said James and Sirius, flattered.
"I'm not brave," mumbled Remus.
(WHITNEY! giggles)
"Why d'you say that?" James asked.
Remus shrugged," I just am." He replied lamely.
"N-no! You're b-brave! You're brave t-to be my friend!" replied Pettigrew in his squeak-like voice.
Remus smiled wanly. "Okay, I guess I'm kinda brave..."
(BETH! giggles some more)
"Something from the trolley, dears?" asked a witch from the hall.
"Yeah. I'm starving!" James said as his (well, as his mom would say) tummy agreed.
"Um, nothing for me. My mom insists I don't have non- um, candy." Lupin said.
After they pigged out on candy (Even Lupin had a Chocolate Frog or two), the blonde with braces walked in. Sirius froze.
"Excuse me, have you seen an owl? My friend, Whitney, lost hers." It was the tall giggling blonde with braces that James had overheard.
"No, was that your friend who knocked me over?" James asked curiously.
"Yeah, sorry. She was in a hurry. By the way, I'm Beth."
Just then the other blonde walked in. "We found her! She was by some cute sixth years!"
"Oooh! Sixth years, eh? Well, bye firsties!"
"You know her?!" exclaimed Sirius.
"Well, I overheard her conversation. Why? Who is she? I know she's Beth, but what of it?"
"Oh, nothing. Except, of course, she's a Weird Sister!"
"A Weird Sister?" asked Lupin.
"Yeah, they're this killer band and they perform for the school sometimes. My cousin told me!"
"Wicked!" said James.
"So, who's the other girls?" asked Lupin.
"Whitney and Anna. They're really pretty and smart!"
For the next half hour they talked about the Weird Sisters.
"WE WILL BE ARIVING IN FIVE MINUTES!" called the voice on the intercom.
After a quick change, they started walking down the hall (Sirius looked in ever compartment for the Weird Sisters.) James was just wishing that his new friends would be in the same house as he was when the train stopped to a sudden halt. There was a great hustle and bustle to get out of the train.
"First years, first years this way!"
As James walked over to a very tall man with wild hair and small, black eyes that glittered like tiny beetles in the lantern light. He felt Peter shudder at his side. (Oooh... I added that stuff. Shh, don't tell her!)
The first years followed the man down to what seemed to be a steep and narrow path.
"You'll get yer first sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," yelled the man, still walking on. "No more'n four ter a boat!"
As they all stumbled into a boat, Peter said, "M-maybe I'm n-not really a w-wizard..."
"Of course you are!" said James confidently. He gasped as they passed through a curtain of ivy, getting his first glimpse of Hogwarts.
"Wow, I didn't think it would be that big!" said Lupin.
Well, no reviews yet, seeing as I'm not connected with the internet... frowns I'm never going to finish my report! AHHHH!