Hey guys! Sorry the dividing of different parts in my Chapter didn't work! Oh well, I'll see if it works this time or else I'll just have to right a whole bunch of x's. Sorry about that! Anyways without further ado! Chapter two (that rhymed, I'm good!)
Oh yeah I forgot a Disclaimer, sorry!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything you recognize from Harry Potter at all, alas the wonderful creation belongs to J.K Rowling, or else I would be filthy rich, and writing book 6 right now! Anyways enjoy!
Chapter 2- Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
When James and Jade arrived at the train station, they waited for James' father. They looked around and saw an enormous red train bearing the name Hogwarts Express. A small red sign stated Platform 9 ¾. Many children old and young were fighting their way to get on to the train. Many of them were pulling trunks onto the train, or kissing their parents good bye. When George Potter arrived, James and Jade quickly said goodbye and got on the train. Before James could leave, his father had grasped his hand and said "wait a minute boy, I've got something for you." Then making sure no one was looking he snuck a silvery cloak into James' trunk and whispered "I hope you'll find good use out of it." James smiled at his father, then hopped onto the train with Jade. As the train was extremely crowded, James and Jade couldn't find a compartment of their own, so they entered a compartment with a blonde girl sitting in it.
"Mind if we sit here?" Jade asked.
"No, hey I'm Lexi," the girl said.
"I'm Jade, and this is James," Jade said sitting down beside James.
Lexi smiled. They sat there for a while in peaceful silence, until a loud voice rang from outside their compartment. "Oh Jamesie boy! Where art thou?"
James groaned. Lovely, he had finally found Sirius. James poked his head out of the compartment and called to Sirius, who had a nervous looking Lily trailing behind him.
"Ah, James, there you are. Dearest Lily and I were just looking for you," Sirius said, apparently in a very good mood. Sirius entered the compartment and shot James a questioning look.
"Oh Sirius, this is Jade and Lexi. And Lily, Jade, Lexi," James introduced everyone.
"Hello beautiful ladies!" Sirius said getting down on one knee and taking a hand from Jade and Lexi. He then planted a kiss on their hands.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Sirius Black," he said.
Jade giggled, then got up and bowed elaborately. "Lovely to meet you Mr. Black," she declared.
Sirius raised his eyebrows at James, then glanced over at Lily, who was immersed in a book.
"Sirius," James started, changing the subject. "You'll never guess what my dad got me!"
Sirius twirled a fake goatee, then said. "Enlighten me Jamesie boy."
James smirked. "A new broomstick and a pensieve thingy," he said proudly.
Sirius' face lit up. "What kind of broomstick? I thought he would get you one. Your dad rocks!" Sirius cried.
"Yeah, I knew he would get me one. It's a Starlight 3000," James answered.
"Those basically just came out! That's amazing, they actually come out today! Sweet, I want to give it a go! Please?" Sirius begged.
Before James could tell Sirius to grovel at his feet, the lunch lady arrived.
"Anything off the trolley dears?" she asked.
"I'm starving," James stated, then started grabbing all the food he could handle.
Sirius pulled out a handful of gold and paid for all his things. Sirius suddenly started wolfing down all his food, without chewing.
"Finished yet Sirius?" Lexi asked disdainfully.
"Uh sarvg" Sirius said, as if that explained everything.
"Right. Well, number one, could you please swallow before taking another bite, and number two, come again? In English please?" Lexi said.
Before Sirius could start arguing, the compartment door opened, and a light brown haired, pale boy walked in. He looked a little bit nervous about barging in on everybody, but eve Sirius had stopped eating to see the new visitor.
"Hey guys. Do you mind if I sit with you? It's just some idiots at the back are bugging me," he asked.
"Sure," Sirius answered happily, having finished chewing and swallowing. "Lexi, squeeze a cheek!"
Lexi looked at Sirius as if he were mental, and had merely asked her to jump off a building.
"Squeeze a cheek?" she asked stupidly.
"Yeah as in MOVE DOWN!" Sirius shouted. Lexi moved down a little.
"More girl," he said.
Lexi shifted a little bit, clearly enjoying annoying Sirius.
"Make some room for our new guest!" he shouted at her.
Lexi finally moved down all the way, and the newcomer took a seat.
"Hey, I'm Remus Lupin," he said.
"Jade Boulevardez,"
"Lexi Rewerts,"
"James Potter,"
"Sirius Black,"
"Lily Evans,"
Everyone introduced themselves.
"So Remus, do you like pranks?" James asked excitedly.
"Their ok," Remus answered.
"Well, me and Sirius have some good ones already. Now I really want to prank Jade," James said lowering his voice.
"After the summer, oh I'm going to kill her, but we have to be careful because she's good at pranking as well. You should've seen this summer. It was like a prank fest. Quite annoying really," James said.
Sirius and Remus nodded.
"Cool, ok here's what we can do," Sirius said, beginning an amazing prank.
The train finally pulled into the Hogsmeade station. Everyone in the compartment scrambled to get their luggage and get off the train, eager to see their new school. James was the first one out followed closely by Sirius.
A huge burly man with a gruff voice was calling, "firs' years o'er 'ere!"
James and his friends looked up to see a huge man, with scruffy black hair and a beard. He was about twice the size of a normal man and about three times the width. James was determined not to look scared in front of the girls.
He approached the man and said, "Hi, I'm James."
The man looked down at him.
"Rubeus Hagrid, keeper of keys and games at Hogwarts."
James smiled at him, and the man leaned down and whispered.
"Those are some pretty looking girls you got there." James blushed and returned to his group of friends.
The huge man started speaking.
"Ok, I'm ter take yer te the castle. Yer foller me and then ye'll be sorted. Is that all o' ye? Alright then, foller me!" he said loudly, then turned around and set off. James, Sirius, and Remus walked behind Hagrid bravely, as all the other first years were afraid of him. James distinctly heard a girl say "ooh! They're so brave, I could never walk behind him!"
Hagrid led the group to a huge lake; it's silent waters whispering. Many small bats were located at the shore of the lake.
"Alright, five ter a boat, don't crowd it all," Hagrid said, his bushy beard moving everytime he spoke.
James, Sirius and Remus jumped into a boat.
"Hey ladies, would you like to join us?" Sirius asked the girls.
Lily and Jade jumped gleefully into the boat, but Lexi said, "I think I can find a more not obnoxious boat to be in."
Sirius glared evilly at Lexi as she walked away and joined a boat with four boys.
"She's just jealous, she wants to sit with us," he said.
James nodded, not
really listening to his friend.
As the boats started moving
across the lake, James noticed no one was rowing them.
"This is one cool bit of magic! I can't wait until we can learn how to do all this!" Lily said.
Sirius rolled his eyes, but James thought Lily was right. He couldn't wait to learn new magic so he could hex people and prank people he didn't like.
As James was staring dreamily at the lake, he saw a giant tentacle just floating on the top of the water. He turned around to nudge Sirius, but when he looked again at the water, the tentacle was gone. About halfway across the lake, the magnificent castle appeared from between the trees.
A huge iron gate flanked by stone pillars with winged gargoyles seated on top loomed before them. A sloped driveway led up to the castle. Huge oak doors were at the top of stone steps.
"Oh my!" Lily and Jade gasped. "It's beautiful!"
James viewed the grounds and saw what looked like a tree swinging its branches and shaking violently.
"Sweet, look at that tree!" James said to Sirius, who got up a little to quickly to look at the tree.
Next thing everyone on the boat knew, they were all sopping wet and attempting to get out of the freezing cold water. James saw Lily swimming like a pro and laughing as she did the backstroke. Before he could say anything he started sinking. He felt a huge tug on his foot and looked down to see another giant tentacle. James started to panic as he attempted to break the surface. He was going to die, but he couldn't! And suddenly Lily's face came into his mind and he fought as hard as he could to the surface. A hand grasped his flailing one and pulled him up. James emerged coughing and spurting.
"James! I'm so glad your alive!" Jades face came onto view.
"What? Who?" James spluttered.
"Lily saved you, she pulled you out of the water," Jade answered.
It took James a while to realize they were back in their boat, and everyone was alive. He sat up a little too quickly, and grimaced.
"Man, we thought you were gone, if Lily hadn't…" Sirius said.
"No, if some prat hadn't of tipped the stupid boat over, we wouldn't be sopping wet yet," James retorted.
Sirius looked hurt then said, "whatever, it was fun anyway. I had a nice swim!"
James glared at his friend, then realized he was dry.
"How am I dry then?" he asked.
Lily blushed a little.
"Lily did this really cool spell and all the water evaporated off all of us so we didn't look like idiots when we entered for our sorting," Jade said.
James smiled thankfully at Lily, who smiled back.
They moved across the lake without any more incidents. When they finally arrived at the castle, Hagrid led them up the stone steps and through the oak doors.
They found themselves in a cavernous hall, lit with torches. Straight across from James, a marble staircase twisted upstairs towards the classrooms. The first years looked about excitedly, then Hagrid spoke.
"Alright, This is the Entrance Hall. Professor McGonagall will be here soon to instruct you on what to do next."
He entered through doors on their right, from which a lot of sound was being emitted.
Not a second later, a tall witch with a tight bun propped on the top of her head, exited the doors and stood in front of the students.
"Hello everybody, I am Professor McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress and Transfiguration teacher. I am here to welcome you to the school. This is the Entrance Hall. To your right is the Great Hall, where you will be eating. Upstairs you will find most of your classes, although some are in the dungeons. Now I will bring you into the Great Hall, where you will be sorted."
James looked at Sirius nervously.
"I heard it really, really hurts," he said.
Sirius shrugged.
"I guess we'll find out."
The first years followed Professor McGonagall through the doors. The moment they entered the room they were in awe. Above them the ceiling resembled the night sky. It was very dark and cloudy.
"See, is that not a cool bit of magic? That resembles the night sky. It changes all the time. I heard that Dumbledore performed that bit of magic himself! He is such a great wizard! It goes more into detail in Hogwarts: A History" Lily said.
The Great Hall was lit with floating candles. Four tables decorated in different colours faced the front of the room where a table with all the Professors sat. Before the large table, a three-legged stool sat with an ancient hat on it.
"That's it?" James asked himself.
The first years gathered in front of the hat, which suddenly started to speak:
Four best friendsCame to this school
Hoping to teach
All they knew
The Founders Four.
Old Gryffindor
Bold and brave
Will take the ones
Who show courage
Great Ravenclaw
Cunning and smart
Will take the ones
Smart at heart
Sly Slytherin
Ambitious and skilled
Will take the ones
Whose blood runs pure
Good Hufflpuff
Courteous and kind
Will take the ones
Who are left behind
I am the sorting hat
Truthful and honest
I'll be the ones
Sorting you to your houses
The Great Hall erupted with cheers, echoing off the stone walls. When everyone had finished clapping, Professor McGonagall took a long list out of her pocket. She placed small glasses on her nose and started reading.
"Andrews, Bonnie!" she called
The girl who had marveled at James' braveness bustled up to the stool and sat down.
"Hufflepuff!" the hat called.
The girl ran over to a table wearing black and yellow. James zoned out until he heard his friends' name called.
"Black, Sirius!"
Sirius strutted up to the stool, and sat down. He looked very unafraid, but James could tell he was afraid of being placed in Slytherin. James prayed he wouldn't be put in Slytherin. The hat took a while deciding where to place Sirius, then it finally yelled.
"Gryffindor!"
Sirius strutted happily over to the table wearing red and gold, who were cheering loudly.
James waited as Lily, Jade and Remus were sorted into Gryffindor.
After "Pettigrew, Peter," was placed in Gryffindor, James heard his name.
He quickly walked up to the stool, and sat down.
Sorry the Sorting Hat song really sucked! I am a really bad poet though! So my apologies right now!
Review Thanks Yous:
x0xblue-diamondx0x: Thanks, I was hoping someone would say that. I've been hearing the term Mary Sue a lot…what does it mean? If it means like being all obsessed with make-up and stuff…no she will not be, neither will Lexi. Don't worry about it. Thanks for reviewing. Hope you read the next Chapter!
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msnorris12000: Thanks for reviewing! It means a lot! Yes, her side of the family isn't much to the plot, but I have some ideas…I wasn't sure if James was pureblood or not, so I was thinking of making his mothers side Muggles, but I have to do a little more research! Keep reading!
Next Chapter: lots of fun and games. Charms class.
