This is Katie! This story is written by me and my friend Elaine and we write different chapters then give them to the other to read and we make alterations and corrections and such. I'm not going to say which chapters are mine and which are Elaine's but I would like to know if you can tell a difference in the of writing. Thanks Katie.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters which are copyright of JKR and Warner Bros but I do own the characters which came out of mine and Elaine's imagination, these are the characters and situations that you don't recognise. Get it?

Chapter Five

James couldn't sleep that night, he was too excited. His mum had told him the night before that they were going to Diagon Alley in the morning and James loved Diagon Alley. It was one of the only places in England that belonged solely to wizards and contained many magic shops such as Madam Malkin's robes for all occasions, the book shop Flourish and Blott's and James' personal favourite, Quality Quidditch Supplies.

He knew all the staff at Quality Quidditch Supplies and talked to them about the latest brooms and equipment. He had huge debates about which team would win the league (James was sure that it would be Puddlemere United but Thomas Davill, the owner of the shop was sure that it would be the Montrose Magpies.) James could spend hours in there with Sirius and Gemini who were both avid Quidditch supporters too.

James got up really early that morning and couldn't back to sleep so he decided to see what he needed from Diagon Alley. Well there was all his school stuff and he did need some more practical jokes. He was a real prankster.

He walked over to his window where he kept his Cleansweep nine on it's stand. He knelt down and opened his wooden Quidditch chest where he kept his Quidditch related things.

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He heard Sirius snore from behind him. "Oh shut up Sirius" he whispered angrily. He looked in all of the jars that were in the chest. He was out of handle wax, better remember to get some more of that. Oh, and he needed some new tail clippers, his were totally blunt.

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"Shut UP Sirius!" James said. "God, you're really irritating sometimes you know! Really irritating!"

HNNNNNNNnKRKRKRK "what?" asked Sirius, waking up suddenly. "What? Sorry, did I miss something? What?"

"Never mind Sirius, go back to sleep" James said whilst flicking through his Quidditch autograph book.

"Nope!" said Sirius, leaping off the top bunk. "I'm awake now!" he strolled over the room and switched on the radio, channel 27 on the WWN (Wizarding Wireless Network) was playing the latest chart topper, Wonderful Wizardry by Magi and Cal.

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooh! Nderful wizardry!" Sirius sang into an imaginary microphone. "It's the best thing in the world!"

There was a knock on the wall followed by a "SIIIIIIIIIIRIUS! SHUT UP! I'm trying to sleep and you can't sing!" Sirius grinned evilly and his eyes lit up as he ran to the wall, used it as a drum and sang "Woooooooooooooooooooooooh! Nderful wizardry!" into the wall.

"Sirius don't make me come in there!" Gemini warned from the other side of the wall.

"NO! Or so I've heard! Wooooooooooo…" but Sirius never got chance to finish the word as a very angry Gemini flung open the door and smacked her brother round the head and walked out again. James laughed and received a death glare from Sirius.

James switched off the radio and said "Breakfast, coming Siri?"

"Would I miss a chance to eat?" said Sirius and they raced downstairs.

Shirley Potter, as the two boys thought frequently, was the best cook in the whole world. She used recipes from her favourite chef, Janie Olivia, and changed the spells very slightly. She had worked out when she was younger that if she changed the pronunciation of the incantation then it changed the taste. So instead of saying "comidamos spaghetti" and pronouncing it com-ee-da-moss you pronounced it co-mee-day-mose and it tasted much nicer.

The boys and Gemini and Aries who had just joined them quickly ate their breakfast.

"We're leaving at ten so I want you all ready for five to. Wrap up warm, it's chilly outside." Said Shirley Potter using the scourgify charm to clear the table.

Gemini went upstairs into the spare room, which was hers during the summer. It was an average room with white walls, blue curtains and a blue bed spread. She made it her own however with her vast collection of posters. She had three frames up on her wall which Mr Potter had charmed to show a different poster every day. The three that were on the wall today were her Quidditch team, Puddlemere United, Magi and Cal, the famous wizard singers and Johnny Depp a muggle actor who had become quite famous in the wizard world.

She opened her wardrobe and got down her coat and scarf and put them on. Then she reached into the pockets of her coat and pulled out her gloves. She shoved them on her hands and wiggled her fingers so that they fit. She then went back downstairs. James and Sirius were sat at the table playing wizard chess. They were obviously not ready.

"Mrs Potter's not going to be happy with you two!" Gemini giggled sitting next to James and surveying the chess board.

"We'll be fine" said Sirius, leaning back on his chair with his hands behind his head.

"SIRIUS BLACK!" came a shrill voice from behind Sirius. He panicked and fell off his chair. James and Gemini laughed as they saw Aries standing in the doorway with his hands on his hips doing a very accurate impression of Shirley Potter. Sirius, who thought they were laughing at him, scowled and said "I'm sorry Mrs Potter, I'll clear up immediately" He stood up, picked the chair up and then he saw Aries.

"You! Why I………you are dead mate!" and he ran after him. James and Gemini just laughed as they started to clear up the chess board. Two of the chess pieces were having a fight. One kept shouting "Cheese!" and the other one was shouting "Cake!" A third was rolling on the floor, giggling and saying "Cheesecake!" James picked up the two that were fighting and shoved them in the box whilst Gemini picked up the one that was giggling. James put the board in and then closed the box up and they left the room.

"Cheese!"

"Cake"

"Cheesecake!!!"

James and Gemini were just walking into the living room, where the fireplace was, when they heard a scream from outside. They both ran out the front door, which was wide open, and into the garden. There was another scream and lots of giggles that came next. They followed the sound and saw Sirius playing with Aries. He had obviously 'caught' him but forgiven him. Sirius was like that, he never kept a grudge for long. Except if he thought that the other person didn't deserve his kindness, like his family. They really didn't deserve it. They had mistreated Gemini, Aries and him and that's why they spent the summer at the Potter's.

James Potter had been Sirius' best friend ever since he could remember. They had always played together and sometimes included Gemini. Gemini's friends had gone to a muggle school. Gemini, as with all wizard children, had been taught to read, write and simple spells at home with their parents.

When Mrs Potter had got all of the children ready she handed the floo powder box to James and he took a handful. He stood in fireplace, shouted "Diagon Alley" and threw the powder at his feet. Floo powder was a fast and effective means of transport for the wizarding world but it did have it's disadvantages. When two people entered to Floo network at exactly the same time and were going to the same place they would arrive at exactly the same time. This was a rarity but it did sometimes happen.

James felt the familiar, nauseating feeling as he span through the tunnels of the network. But the feeling soon ended when he crashed straight into someone. They fell out of the fireplace and onto the floor of the Leaky Cauldron.

"I'm really sorry! I don't know what happened. I went in the fire and the next thing I smacked into you! I'm so sorry!" a voice came from somewhere behind him. He stood up and saw a dark haired girl lying on the floor with the contents of her bag spilled everywhere. He held out his hand to help her up.

"Hi, I'm James Potter, pleased to meet you" she shook his hand "and I'm Katie Felton, pleased to meet you too! How old are you?" she asked looking at him.

"Eleven, twelve this year, I'm starting Hogwarts this year. What about you?" he looked at her, she was tiny but something told him that she was older than she looked. There was something about it, maybe it was the twinkle in her eyes or the fact that she hadn't stopped smiling since they met.

"Same as you. What house do you think you'll be in? My family have always been Ravenclaws so I'll probably end up in there but I'd much rather be in Gryffindor!"

"Gryffindor for me! My family have been for generations and I can't wait!" he said.

"I've got to go find my mum, I bet she's looking at the new Janie Olivia book, see you on the train!" she said leaving the pub.

"Jamie's got a girlfriend! Jamie's got a girlfriend!" Sirius sang from behind him.

"That's enough Sirius. James, who was that girl?" asked his mum.

"She said her name was Katie Felton, she's going to Hogwarts this year too and she is NOT my girlfriend!" he said, sticking his tongue out at Sirius. James, Sirius and Gemini headed straight for Quality Quidditch Supplies but were stopped by Mrs Potter, "We are not going in there today, well not now anyway, we're going to Madam Malkin's first, to get your school robes" she said and they followed her and Aries into the shop.

Madam Mary Malkin was a short, dumpy, middle aged witch with greying chestnut brown hair, which was tied back into a loose bun. Wispy strands of hair stuck out at odd angles from her head. She had a warm smile and bright eyes, which were framed at the sides with crow's feet.

She was making robes for a small, slightly podgy boy with watery blue eyes and a thin, pointed nose. He smiled at James and Sirius as he had his Hogwart's robes made for him by Madam Malkin. The patch on the robes showed the Hogwarts crest before the person was sorted and was charmed to show their house after the sorting ceremony.

"Come along now Peter, we don't have all day!" a woman said from the other side of the shop. The boy hopped off the stool, paid for the robes and left the shop after the woman, who was seemingly his mother.

James and Sirius got measured for their robes whilst Gemini, as all girls do, headed straight for the dress robes. There were two girls looking through the dress robes. Holding them up against themselves, posing and laughing.

"Excuse Me," said Gemini in a small voice, trying to get past. They didn't move. "Ex..ex..excuse me" they didn't move. Gemini was too intimidated by the girls to push past so was about to give up when she felt a hand on her shoulder, it was her brother.

"EXCUSE ME!" he shouted so loud that the shop stopped and turned to look at him. "My sister was trying to get past you but you ignored her."

"Oh, we're sorry!" one of them said, moving slightly so that Gemini could get past. "Hi! I'm Kate Thompson and this is my friend Robyn Howe. We're starting Hogwarts this September, what year are you in?" she said moving closer to him. Sirius grinned. Gemini rolled her eyes and continued to look through the dress robes.

"Nice to meet you! I'm Sirius Black and this is my twin sister, Gemini and this is…hey! Where did he go?" Sirius looked around madly. "James? James mate?"

"Yeah?" James said poking his head round the corner.

"That's my best mate James Potter and we're all starting Hogwarts this year too." Gemini left her brother to it and went to get her school robes. Kate kept giggling at Sirius really bad jokes and Robyn was twirling a strand of her hair round her fingers. Gemini had seen girls act like that around boys before. Once her and her cousin Nymphadora had seen a group of older boys and girls by the Quidditch stadium acting all dizzy and weird. Gemini just hoped that it didn't happen to her soon.

When they had everything that they need from Diagon Alley the Potters and the Blacks went home and al four children went to sleep straight about, tired from all the excitement.

I hope you liked it! I did! You met some of the main characters there! And my two favourites! Katie and Kate! Please review! We will use flames to toast our food whilst we write the next chapter!