Authors notes: ok, MORE REVIEWS! I am a very vain person, and like being told how wonderful I am. And thanks to the people that reviewed, it really made my day. Sorry it took so long. Sooo much homework.

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Lily was frantic. She could have sworn that she had heard - and seen a boy yell out something about her platform, but he was now nowhere to be seen. She couldn't tell if anyone else on the station was magical, so she couldn't ask for help. Just as she was about to give up, she heard a voice in her ear

"Are you Lily Evans?" Lily looked up – way up – at the biggest man she had ever seen in her life.

"Oh my god" she whispered faintly. The man was twice as tall as an average man, and at least three times as wide. He had thick, matted black hair and black eyes. When she nodded in reply to his question, his face broke into a smile.

"Good. I've been sent to take yer to the platform, since yeh're muggle born and wont know how to get there. It's not usual that I find someone on the first shot. I usually ask the wrong person if they are the person I'm lookin' for. But yer match what Professor Dumbledore said you'd look like exactly. Red hair, fair skin, petite and pretty." Lily blushed at the compliment. "But not many of the people at this station have red hair, apart from the Weasly's, and I knew yer weren't a Weasly, because you don't have many freckles. And – "he cut himself off, looking at Lily and her approaching mother. "I haven't introduced myself yet have I?" Lily shook her head. The man smacked himself on the head with a hand the size of a dinner plate. He then extended his hand toward Lily "I'm Hagrid. I'm keeper of grounds and keys at Hogwarts. My other job is fetching firs' years that get lost on the way." Lily shook the offered hand. The man – Hagrid, Lily remembered – turned and shook her mothers hand "you must be Mrs Evans. I was just talking to yer daughter about Hogwarts. I'm the one sent to take her to the platform. "Lily's mum smiled relief lighting up her face

"Oh good, we were afraid that we had misread the letter"

"No, you read it ok" said Hagrid "but there's sommat that they left off the letter."

"What's that?" asked Mrs Evans, her face falling slightly at the hint of something not good.

"Well, um, the platform is only accessible to magicals, so yeh wont be able to see Lily onto the train" Mrs Evans face fell. So did Lily's.

"Oh, that's alright then. I'll just have to say good bye here," Mrs Evans said bravely. Lily felt a bit upset. She had really wanted to share the first glimpse of the magical world with her mother, and now she couldn't. Still, it was no good crying over spilt milk, as her grandmother would say. She would have to say good-bye to her mum now. It seemed her mother had the same idea, as she swept lily up into a big hug.

"Have fun at school sweetie', she murmured into her daughters ear. "Make sure you send me lots of owls."

"I will mum. Make sure you say good bye to everyone I missed for me."

"Of course".

After one last hug, Lily walked with Hagrid to the barrier between platforms 9 and10.

"Now there's a few things yeh should know," Hagrid whispered to Lily.' Some wizards and witches look down on muggle borns. They don't think that they are good enough to be magical. There's only a few people like this at Hogwarts, but don't be surprised if you get a few not-nice remarks for the first few days. After that things will settle down, and you'll get your own group of friends and the bullies will find someone else to pick on. Ok? Yeh wont have much to do with them after that, because you'll be in differen' houses – you know about the differen' houses don't you?" Lily nodded her head "good. Now, to get to platform 9 3/4, we need to walk straight through that barrier" he pointed at the very solid looking column of stone next to them." Ok?" Lily nodded and walked resolutely towards it, Hagrid on her heels. She closed her eyes, expecting a crash, but it never came. Instead, she opened her eyes upon a beautiful red steam train, with hundreds of students walking around and on it.

"Wow" Lily whispered, in awe of her first real sighting of the magical world

"I cannot believe I just walked through a wall," repeated James more firmly, looking around at his surroundings in disbelief. "I thought only ghosts could do that"

"Only ghosts can walk through walls by themselves James. I thought you knew that," reprimanded his mother "and what did you think you were playing at back there?"

James ignored his mother's question "But then how come I just walked through that wall, if only ghosts can?"

"You didn't walk through it, it moved around you. Its charmed to do that when magicals come near it. Now lets get you on that train, you're going to be late."

It was only then that James realised he was standing in front of a huge scarlet steam train.

"Ok, lets go' agreed James readily, impatient to get to school and make new friends. He was one of those people that have got to have a lot of people knowing who he was. He liked being the centre of attention, and, with his good looks and wicked sense of humour, he usually was. He walked very fast towards the train (at least, as fast as possible with a trunk to carry) jumped aboard, and heaved the heavy trunk on board. Or at least, he tried to. His foot managed to get caught on the step up and he went sprawling, half in, half out of the train. His trunk landed on the platform with a big clatter. Nearly half the station turned to look. James pulled himself up and looked to his mother for reassurance, and help getting onto the train. He was disappointed. His mother was standing in the front of the crowd, laughing fit to burst, all dignity forgotten.

"You... attention...splat!' she choked out in between laughs. After she had calmed down a bit (a lot) she helped him onto the train.

"Well James, that was certainly one way to get attention." James wasn't happy, but privately he had to agree. He had got attention all right. Just not the right sort. He managed to formulate a plan. Look cool, act funny, get more friends. It wasn't much but it would do until he managed to think up a better one. Suddenly he was in shadow. James thought that something awful was happening, until he looked up. Way up. There was the biggest man that James had ever seen. He was huge. No doubt about it. The man leant down to help James up from the ground.

'Up you go'. James felt himself being hoisted into the air as though he weighed nothing more than paper. He was set down on the ground and patted on the back. In the process, his knees buckled, and he found himself sitting on the ground again. Clearly the big man didn't know his own strength.

'This one your's Meredith? The man asked Mrs Potter. She smiled at him

'Yes, he is. James, this is Hagrid, Hagrid, this is James.

'Please' to meet yeh James. Are yeh firs' year?'

'Yeah', was the feeble reply. God he was tall. He couldn't recall ever seeing anyone even half that size.

'Oh, then you'll hafta meet this young lady', said Hagrid, stepping to the side, revealing a medium hight, absolutely gorgeous girl with red hair.

'Her name's Lily' continued Hagrid. ' She's in firs' year to ' Lily smiled shyly at James. He grinned back. His mother was saying something, but he wasn't paying attention

'Won't you James' repeated his mother, looking sternly at him. He gazed back at her, completely clueless

' Won't I what?'

'Won't you look after Lily and show her around' Meredith replied, shooting James a murderous stare. James goggled at his mother. How could he show Lily around? He'd never been to Hogwarts before. When he mentioned this to his mother, she replied

'Well at least make her feel welcome'. He was about to talk back with a cunning reply when the train whistle went. His mother and Hagrid pushed Lily and James onto the train, followed by their trunks. They ran into an empty compartment as the train started to move, and watched Mrs Potter and Hagrid until they were no more than a speck in the distance