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Chapter 3: The Train Ride and The Sorting
"..." speech
/.../ thoughts
Remus Lupin's POV (well...sort of...its about him but not in first person...)
"REMUS! HURRY UP OR WE'LL BE LATE TO CATCH THE TRAIN!"
"I'M COMING! I CAN'T FIND ZOEBELL!"
half a minute later...
"FOUND 'IM!"
"GOOD NOW COME ON BEFORE WE'RE LATE!" Just as Venus was yelling this, Remus came bounding down the stairs, a basket in his hands.
20 minutes later saw 5 Lupin's arriving at the train station, 3 of them ready to board the train to Hogwarts.
On the Platform
"Now, Remus, you be careful and be on your best behavior, okay son?" Shawn Lupin said, holding onto Remus' shoulder, before giving him a hug and moving on to his older kids.
"You have fun dear and stay safe." Celia Lupin continued after her husband before giving Remus a bone-crushing hug and sniffling into his shoulder.
"Mum? Whats wrong?"
"I'm just so happy that you have the chance to learn magic...we always thought..well..thats not important now..whats important is that you can..and even if you couldn't we would still love you just as much as we do."
"Alright you three...the train is about to leave, so you might want to start getting on there."
Remus lugged his trunk onto the train and into an empty compartment, with some help from Romulus. He was thinking about how great it would be to be at Hogwarts before he was interrupted by the compartment door opening, showing two boys standing out in the hallway.
"Hey mate, 's it alright if we sit here? Everywhere else is full."
"No, I don't mind...come in and sit down. I could use the company."
"Thanks. By the way, I'm James Potter and this ugly beast next to me is " The boy, James got interrupted by his friend smacking him on the head.
"I'm Sirius Black. Don't mind James...he's not all there in the head, if you know what I mean.." This statement caused James to hit his friend back and Remus just had to laugh at their antics.
"So, whats your name?"
"I'm Remus Lupin. Nice to meet you both."
"So Remus.."
"Umm...yes?"
"Ever pull any pranks?" Remus shook his head and both James and Sirius looked shocked, before telling them many of the pranks they had pulled, most of which make Remus laugh. This was how it went until the train arrived at Hogwarts.
Leilani Vang's POV (same as above...)
Panting, Leilani got on the train just as it was pulling out of the station and began the long and tedious work of finding a compartment to sit in. After about 10 minutes of searching she found a fairly empty one except it had one boy in it. She opened the compartment door and the boy looked up from his book.
"Is it alright if i sit here? Everywhere else i passed seems to be full." The boy motioned for her to take the seat across from him and she smiled thankfully at him. After settling in, Leilani examined the boy across from her. He had gone back to reading. His robes showed her that he had yet to get a house so she deduced he must be a first year.
"It's rude to stare you know." She jumped slightly at getting caught looking at him.
"Sorry, I was just wondering what house you think you will be put in. I'm Leilani by the way." She stuck out her hand, and after a few minutes of getting scrutinized the boy finally took her hand and answered her.
"Severus. My whole family has been in Slytherin, so most likely I'll be put there." Just as she was about to reply the compartment door opened again revealing a girl with red hair and striking emerald eyes.
"Umm...is it alright if i sit here? No where else seems to be open." Severus nodded and Leilani smiled and got up to help her drag her trunk in.
"My name's Lily Evans by the way. Thanks for letting me sit here." Both Severus and Leilani introduced themselves to her, and included her in their discussion of what it would be like at Hogwarts. The three soon became fast friends, and when the train pulled into Hogsmeade station all of them were nervous about starting Hogwarts.