A plump lady with a trolley full of sweets came along about half way through the ride. "Would you like anything dears?" Mum had given us each a pouch full of coins and we bought at least one of everything from the cart. We sat some chocolate and other sugary treats by the boy for when he woke up.

We were sitting there talking and eating our sweets. Our voices were pretty loud (well, at least higher than a whisper). We had realized that this boy was a very heavy sleeper he had surpassed James and Sirius, Lily and I, the food trolley lady, and the jerky movements of the train.

The candy was stranger than any I had ever seen. I was expecting normal candy, but we got Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pastries, Licorice Wands, Fizzing Whizbees, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Chocolate Frogs, and Drooble's Best Blowing Gum.

I liked the gum the best. It blew bubbles bigger than Lily and I's heads put together. I had to take them out of my mouth and pop it with my quill to get it to burst. We were giggling and talking and eating when a man's voice came resounding throughout the train. "We are about 10 minutes away from Hogwarts, please leave your trunks on the train. They will be delivered to your dormitories during the feast. Thank you."

"I guess that means we should probably put our robes on then?" Lily asked.

"Hmm...I guess so." We opened our trunks and pulled out our plain black robes. "We should probably wake R.J. Lupin up too."

"Oh, right." Lily walked over to him, and slightly poked his shoulder. "Excuse me," she said as the boy slowly woke up. "Hi!" Lily said when he opened his eyes completely. "I'm Lily Evans, I just thought I'd let you know that we're about to arrive at Hogwarts."

"Oh, thank you!" he said, "I can't believe it's time to get off already!" He pulled his robes on over his clothes and thanked us again.

"And those are for you." I pointed to the sweets on his seat.

"Thank you! I love chocolate. Well, I've got to go find someone! Thank you!" he waved and left the compartment.

When we stopped, there were older students leaving the train with a crest sewn on their robes. We fretted that we had gotten the wrong robes. But when a large man called all first years over to him, we noticed that none of our peers had them either. That made us feel better.

Lily and I were both filled to bursting with excitement. "I wonder what Petunia's doing now, Lor?"

"I don't know Lily, but it can't even be close to as exciting as this."

"Mum's probably spoiling her now, or talking about us constantly. Either way, she's probably about ready to explode."

"You're probably right."

The first years were now the only people left on the platform at Hogsmeade Station (at least that's what the sign said where we were at). The rest of the students had gotten on some horseless carriages and rode away in to the distance. The large man's booming voice filled the still night air.

"Follow me!" The man walked to the edge of a large lake, where a tiny fleet of boats was floating serenely on the sky reflecting water. "Four to a boat!" he cried, "And try not to tip them over!"

Lily and I climbed into one floating on the edge, Sirius and James appeared and climbed into the boat after us. Lily sat up front and James sat in back.