Chapter 2 – First Year
Fall 1971
Maggie swiftly walked down the crowded corridor of the Hogwarts Express. She is smiling broadly and nearly shaking with excitement for her first year at Hogwarts. She walked up to a compartment that has one boy who looked to be her age. He has his head buried in his book but looks up when she opens the door.
"Do you mind if I join you?" she asks.
"Not at all." He replies.
"I am Maggie Weasley. What's your name?"
"Remus Lupin." He replies while brushing his shaggy light brown hair out of his face.
"It is nice to meet you Remus. What are you reading there?"
Remus then goes into how he is currently rereading Hogwarts a History and has been reading anything he thought might be useful all summer to prepare for the school year. She then directs the conversation to pleasure reading and they both find that they have similar taste in books.
"I have a secret for you, Remus."
"What's that?"
"You are my first Hogwarts friend, and you can't change my mind." She says with a smile.
"What if we get sorted into different houses?"
"Nope, not likely."
"What if you are Slytherin and I am Gryffindor?"
"First off that is not even possible, second off if the world is ending and that somehow happens, we are still going to be friends."
He laughs.
The compartment door opens again, and 3 boys quickly rush in. Laughing, they throw themselves onto the bench across from Remus and Maggie.
"Can we sit with you guys?" asks the dark-haired boy with glasses.
Maggie shrugs and Remus replies, "Sure, I'm Remus Lupin and this is Maggie Weasley. We are first years. Are you?"
"Yep, I am James Potter, and this is Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew." the bespeckled boy replies while gesturing to the taller boy with dark hair and the short pudgy boy with mousy brown hair.
"So, do you guys know how the sorting happens? My brother Arty says that there is a test for each house and that how you score on each test decides how you are sorted." Maggie asks while sitting more comfortably in her seat.
The boys look at her wide eyed.
"When you say test do you mean like an exam or a physical test?" James asks curiously.
"If that is true, I think it may be a mixture of both like an exam for Ravenclaw and a physical test for Gryffindor." said Remus looking slightly worried.
"I heard we would be sorted by an old hat." Sirius said.
"That sounds too easy. I think being tested makes more sense." Said James while Remus nodded in agreement.
"What do you think Pete?"
"Yeah, you are probably right. That means I will probably end up in Hufflepuff." Peter sighs.
"So, what do you think the tests will be like?" Sirius asks looking worried.
"Arty told me that he was sorted into Gryffindor after recovering an egg from an occamy." Maggie said.
"Your brother stole an egg from an occamy!" Remus looked shocked.
"That's what he said." Maggie shrugged.
"What's an occamy?" Peter asks looking confused and worried.
"An occamy is a bird/snake/thing that can get bigger or smaller when it wants to. It is known for being extremely protective of its eggs. It can be extremely dangerous." answers Remus still looking surprised.
They all sat quietly thinking.
"Well, we need to think bravely so that we can all get into Gryffindor." James said.
They all went quiet again.
They were then interrupted by the Trolley witch approaching them.
"Want to pool our knuts and get as much as we can?" James asked.
They all quickly agreed and soon they were all enjoying a shared hoard of candy.
From their first trip to Hogwarts the five friends knew they had something special. They learned that Remus and Maggie were the brains of the bunch, Sirius and James were the brawn, and Peter was the emotional support that helped glue the group together. They quickly found out that they all have a strong sense of humor and began pranking the rest of the school. In the beginning it was mostly small pranks, but as they learned more about magic the pranks became more elaborate. They began earning a reputation as troublemakers and this could not have pleased them more.
They all grew closer as the years progressed. Though things started to change as well…
AN: Thank you for the feedback and the follow! I will be posting chapter 3 soon. Please let me know what you think. All opinions and criticisms are welcome!