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Chapter 2—Hogwarts Express

James was tearing apart his house looking for his Invisibility cloak. There was no way possible he was going back to Hogwarts without it. He completely messed up his closet in his bedroom from looking and his clothes all over the place, and his bed unmade. He ran down one of the staircases in the entryway. There were two, both following the curvy wall and met at balcony at the top.

As he jogged down the steps he remembered that once when they were twelve (yes, twelve, when most are maturing), he and Sirius thought it would be fun to jump over the balcony and land on pillows. Needless to say, it was a disaster. James actually landed on his feet on a pillow, but the pillow slipped on the shiny floor and he ended up breaking his arm. Sirius completely missed the pillows and fell flat on his face, the air knocked out of him, and a bloody, broken nose. The Potter's had to take both of them to St. Mungo's and forbid them to do it ever again.

He continued his search through the sitting room, throwing pillows all over the place. He felt bad, because the house elf would have to clean it all up, but James had no time to clean. They were leaving for Hogwarts the following morning and half of his possessions were still missing.

"Whatcha' doin', Prongs?" Sirius came down the stairs.

"Looking for my cloak." He answered, not looking up from digging in the couch.

"Oh, why didn't you tell me? It's on my bed." Sirius told him.

James let out a long breath and made a sound of annoyance. He stomped up the stairs and down the long, bright hallway to Sirius's room. He located the cloak, continued stomping to his room, and threw the cloak into his trunk. Sirius was leaning on James's door frame, looking highly amused.

"Oh, shut up, Padfoot. Like you never get in a bad mood." James told him grumpily. "Why aren't you packing?"

"It takes like, two seconds for me." Sirius replied. James raised his eyebrows.

"Your room is like a hurricane. How can you find your school stuff?" James accused.

"Hey," Sirius raised his arms in surrender. "It's cleaner than yours."

James made that groaning sound of annoyance again, but much stronger, and Sirius began to run. James grinned and ran after him. Sirius slid down the railing, falling off where it curved but quickly got up and continued running. James was just behind him. Sirius led him all the way outside, halting when he reached the side of the pool. Unfortunately, James did not notice this and ran right into Sirius, causing them both to fall in the pool. They got above water in time to see Remus leaning against the side of the house, eyebrows raised. They quickly got out of the water, their clothes soaking the stone patio.

"Aren't we seventeen?" Remus asked.

"Prongs was getting grumpy, and it's like, as bad as me when I'm grumpy, so I annoyed him to chasing point, which cheered him up." Sirius grinned. Remus rolled his eyes but smiled. He was staying overnight to catch the train with them in the morning. After James and Sirius changed into dry clothes, they helped Remus carry his trunk inside and in the guest room. As they passed James's room, Remus noticed the mess and a slightly aggravated house elf beginning to clean it up.

"What happened in there?" Remus asked, shocked.

"I was looked for my cloak, but Padfoot had it and never told me." James said, looking at Sirius who shrugged innocently.

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Lily carefully placed her neatly folded robe on the top of the trunk. She looked around her room and it seemed as though she packed everything needed for school. She slid the trunk closed and locked it. The housekeeper had folded all her clothes, making it easier to pack everything. Lily opened the fancy French doors in her room, leading to a balcony. It felt cool and peaceful outside. One of Lily's favorite things to do was sit outside on her balcony and watch the sun set. There was a slight breeze and her hair blew behind her. She watched the beautiful pink, yellow and red sunset, smiling. She loved evenings like this. Just as she stepped back inside, she found her sister in her door frame.

"What do you want?" Lily asked. She wished she got along with her sister, but that would never happen.

"Mother's been calling you for ages, Freak." Petunia sneered.

"Oh, stop calling me that. You're just jealous." Lily crossed her arms.

"Jealous of what?" Petunia made a face.

"That my life is better than yours." Lily told her.

"It is?"

"Yeah, you're jealous that I'm prettier than you, and smarter than you, I have friends, and even a best friend, lots of guys want to be my boyfriend, and I will actually have a career!" Lily snapped. A few years ago, she let Petunia say all the mean stuff, but Lily just couldn't stand it. She isn't naturally mean, she just has a unkind spot for Petunia and James Potter.

"Well at least I'm not a freak! I don't go around playing with a stick of wood making things fly!" Petunia raised her voice.

"Whatever, you don't know the half of what magic is, so if you'll so kindly excuse me, Mother was calling me." Lily said coolly and making extra care to hit Petunia's shoulder on the way out, so Petunia smacked her (hard) on the back.

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"Sirius! Let's go!" James shouted from the bottom of the stair case.

"Wait!" Sirius cried. James shook his head, yeah right 'two seconds to get ready'.

5 minutes later, Sirius was still upstairs. "Sirius! We're going to miss the train!" James called.

"WAIT! I CAN'T FIND MY FAVORITE BOXORS!" Sirius yelled. James and Remus instantly started laughing until Sirius came down the stairs, boxors in hand and tossing them in his trunk.

"Ready." He nodded, breathless from running around upstairs. James let out an exhausted breath and followed his parents out to the rented Ministry car. James's dad had to pay 10 Galleons to borrow it and had to return it without a scratch. The ride to Kings Cross Station was short and after good-byes, the three guys stepped through the barrier and came to face the scarlet Hogwarts Express. Suddenly remembering, James dug his Head Boy badge out of his pocket. It wasn't too much of a deal to him, but it would be nice to have his own room and get to stay out after hours without getting detentions if caught. They quickly boarded and Sirius and Remus went to find a compartment while James went to the Prefect's compartment. He walked into the compartment only to face a too-familiar red-head.

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Lily said a quick good-bye to her parents. She didn't talk to them much ever since she went to Hogwarts. They just drifted apart.

"Lily!" Lily turned and saw Katie running towards her. She gave her a little hug and walked through the barrier with her.

"Katie, I have to go to the Prefect's compartment for a while, since I'm Head Girl. I promise to meet you for lunch." Lily told her and set off to the compartment. She was the first one there, so she looked out the window at all the wizard parents waving good-bye to their children. She wished her parents were magical. It just wasn't fair. She could never live in a house always full of magic things. She always felt like she didn't belong in her family. Deep down in her heart, she knew Petunia was right, she was a freak and didn't fit in.

Lily heard the compartment door slide open and she looked up. None other than James Potter, wearing a Head Boy badge, entered.

"Oh, you've got to be kidding me!" Lily exclaimed.

James grinned, "Nope."

"Well there goes my great seventh year." Lily said grumpily.

"Aw, come on, Lily, it won't be that bad sharing a common room." He sat down next to her and put his arm around her. Lily glared at him. "What?" He asked.

"Potter. Get your arm. Off my shoulder." She broke up her words. He quickly removed his arm and stood up, shoving his hands in his pockets.

After a meeting with the new Prefects, instructing them what to do, James and Lily set off to find their friends. Much to Lily's dismay, she found them sitting together. Katie was sitting next to Sirius, laughing at something he said. Remus was having a lively conversation with another one of Lily and Katie's friends, Ashley. Lily sat next to Katie, and after receiving Lily's glare, James sat next to Remus.

"Sorry, Lily, but Sirius wanted me to sit with him. We're friends, just cause you hate Potter, doesn't mean you have to hate Sirius and Remus. They're nice guys, and James is too, but well, I can see how he gets on your nerves but…" Katie tried, but Lily held up her hand.

"No, Katie, it's fine. Being friends with Sirius and Remus is fine, I'm just so sick of Potter asking me out. He doesn't realize it's so annoying!" Lily replied. Katie gave a sad smile and a half-hug to Lily, before turning to talk to Sirius.

"So, Lily, how was the rest of your summer?" Remus asked her.

"Oh, it was fine. What did you think of the History of Magic essay assignment?" Lily started talking to Remus. It turned out, he was very interesting and a nice guy. Lily could tolerate him very well. She could tell Katie would be hanging out with Sirius a lot this year, so she was stuck hanging around with them if she wanted to be with Katie. Remus was someone she could actually have an intelligent conversation with.

The train ride wasn't that bad. James pretty much got the hint that Lily didn't want anything to do with him for the day, so he mostly talked to everyone else. They finally arrived at Hogwarts, all ready for the great feast to begin, Lily hoping this year wouldn't be awful.

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