It was the morning of the 1st of September. The King Cross Station looked like the usual, bustling with noises and overcrowded platforms. Nothing was new there. But if you looked more closely, you may find people vanishing through the wall between platforms 9 and 10. For those people, it was a very special day, the day they start a new year at Hogwarts.

And this is where we can find the main characters of the story. A certain Harry James Potter and Teddy Remus Lupin (or should I say Harry Jack Parker and Teddy Romulus Lupa?) were standing along with the Potter family, ready to board the train to the magical school.

James Potter was pretty excited to board the train as it was his first year and was excited to go since his letter had arrived. Harry was excited of course but his excitement was more sentimental. After all he was going there after a long time and for once, he won't be in any dangerous situations like fighting a Basilik or participating in a dangerous tournament.

He was wishing for some peaceful time here before he lands up in a mess again well... should he say in the past or future? Nevertheless, he was totally eager to see Hogwarts before it was destroyed in the battle again, his home that housed him for the past 7 years and going to house him again for another 14 years? You never know.

Sirius Black was standing at the platform, obviously excited to see Hogwarts but more eager to escape his parents. He was promising his brother that he would write to him often, at least once a week. He didn't want to be a follower of Voldy or in Slytherin as his family expected him to be though. He wanted to be different.

He wanted to set an example to the pureblood families that there was no need to join old Voldy's side if you are pursuing dark arts or are any pureblood. He wanted to prove that not all Blacks are the same. He wanted to show that he is unique and was not the same as the others in his time at Hogwarts.

Remus Lupin was excited but nervous. He was very worried about his 'furry little problem' and scared whether anyone will find out and if they do find out, its consequences. He wanted to make friends, be normal but also knew that he could never be normal with his problem. He was wary of making friends, not wanting to hurt anyone.

Peter Pettigrew was excited and scared and nervous on going to a new place and learn magic. He wanted to make friends and have fun but was scared of anyone making fun of him and teasing him as he was a slow learner.

Severus Snape was relieved that he was finally leaving and was determined to prove himself in magic at Hogwarts during the time he is there. He wanted to make friends of course but also wanted to stay with Lily, his first ever friend. He just wanted some peace finally and learn something.

Lily was outright excited and joyous. She was entering a totally new world, going to learn something new, gain new experience and so much more. She felt special, feeling overjoyed on learning something different, being unique. She felt bad that her sister couldn't come with her but... she could do something new and unique.

All six, after bidding goodbyes to their families, boarded the train, eager to start a new journey. James and Harry, who was carrying Teddy, searched for a compartment and finally settled down at the compartment that Harry guessed was his compartment the last time he went to Hogwarts. They were having a light chat when someone knocked at the door.

Harry and James stopped talking only to find a man with blue grey eyes and shoulder length black hair. "Can I keep you company here? All the other compartments are filled" he said. "Hey! Sirius right? Come on and join us. We have no problem!" Harry said as excitedly as he could and James nodded.

Sirius came in and stretched out his hand to James. "Sirius Black. 1st year" he introduced himself. "James Potter, first year." James said, shaking his hand. "Hey Harry! Nice to meet you here. And who is the cutie there?" Sirius asked. "You two know each other?" questioned James. "Yes Jamie, we met at the robes shop. And this little cutie here is my cousin and godson Teddy Lupa, 8 months old" Harry said, pointing at the sleeping Teddy.

"Looks cute and mischievous. And I am going to be the most famous prankster here!" boasted Sirius. "Na... I will be" said James. "No way! I will be the number one prankster. Want a chocolate? It is American." Harry said, offering Sirius a canary cream to Sirius, who took it immediately and ate it.

Harry and James shared a smirk, which Sirius noticed a little too late as the next second, he was turned into a canary. James and Harry laughed hard at this, causing Teddy to wake up with a small cute yawn and look up at Sirius the canary and started giggling. "Biwdy" Teddy said giggling. A minute later when Sirius transformed back, he pouted, causing the 3 to continue giggling and laughing.

"That was a prank toffee!" exclaimed Sirius as the three started to calm down. Harry nodded and Teddy suddenly sneezed lightly, causing his hair to turn from the black colour he was having to a turquoise blue. Sirius was stunned at the display. "Is he a metamorphagus?" he asked in awe.

"Yes he is and so am I" said Harry, changing his hairstyle to look like Sirius and changed it back. Before Sirius could comment though, someone knocked at the door and poked their head in. "Sorry to interrupt... but may I join you?" asked Remus.

"Surely you can. I am James Potter and these guys here are Sirius Black, Harry Parker, all firsties and Teddy Lupa, Harry's 8 month old godson. And you are?" James asked, pointing at each one of them as he introduced them. "Remus Lupin. Nice to meet you again Harry." Remus said as he sat down.

"Are you a prankster or know it all or moderate?" asked James. "I can be called a moderate I guess. But I do love reading." Remus replied. "Nice. Some chocolate?" Harry asked, offering him a chocolate bar, "Thanks" Remus said, accepting it. "What was your best prank Sirius?" James asked.

"My best prank would be the time I had stolen my mother's wand and turned her into a chicken in a party. She never knows who did that till today though" Sirius said and everyone laughed at this. "And mine will be when I changed my dad and mum's closets before Harry came. They thought that the house elves did this." James said and everyone chuckled.

Then Teddy sneezed again and sprouting two tiny wolf ears and changed his hair to a blonde just like Remus and suddenly started to cry. Harry immediately started to coo at him and took out some chocolate from the bag for him to suck while muttering "Remembering mama and dada?" Or "Just go to sleep. Mama and dada love you" constantly and put him to sleep.

"What happened? Why did he start crying? What happened to his parents?" Remus and Sirius asked rapidly. Before he could answer though, he heard some noises outside near their compartment. "Give me a moment. I will tell you guys later" Harry said as he handed over Teddy to Remus and Teddy immediately snuggled into the boy.

Remus too felt that his other part had felt something about the boy in his arms, almost like he was related to him and his wolf had immediately liked the child and the boys around him. Smiling, he thought that maybe, he could be normal around this group.

Meanwhile, Harry went outside and closed the compartment door, only to stand in between two groups, one group with Peter Pettigrew, Severus Snape and Lily Evans. 'Not the time to feel emotional Harry' he thought as he turned to the other side to see Lucius Malfoy and two others he didn't recognise. Lucius and Co seemed to be teasing Severus and Co and Harry intended to stop it.

"Ladies... what is the problem here? Can't you stop fighting for a bit and please go to your own compartments? We are trying to have some peace here!" he said, looking at Lucius and Co. "And stop picking on them." he added.

"And who are you to tell us what to do brat?" Lucius asked. "Well, I am one of the students who found you and your group picking on these three and came to stop you." said Harry and shrugged. "And you, a firstie will stop us?" he asked. "Well of course I can. But before that... care to have a candy? They are good. Have it and then we will talk." Harry said.

The three snakes looked at the candy weirdly before shrugging and popping it into their mouths. "Ok. Now go back inside and-" The speech was cut of when their tongues started to grow due to the side effect of the Ton-Tongue toffee. The four first years started laughing at the sight while the snakes looked embarrassed at the spluttering. "Youh Wihll Nhoth beh lhefth alhone fhor thhish" Lucius said as the three retreated.

The four first years, still laughing, went inside the compartment, startling the trio there at the laughter. "What happened?" James asked. Once the four calmed down, they narrated the incident once again, causing everyone into fits of laughter again, waking Teddy, who woke up crying.

They immediately quietened down as Remus slowly cradled Teddy back to sleep. "I guess introductions are in order." Harry said, looking at the three people who just settled down, while taking back Teddy from Remus.

"I'm Peter Pettigrew, first year" said Peter. "I'm Severus Snape and that is Lily Evans, both first years" said Snape as he pointed at themselves. "Nice. I'm Remus Lupin, that is Sirius Black, the one next to him is James Potter, the one who gave the toffee is Harry Parker and the child is Teddy Lupa" said Remus, pointing at everyone.

"Now that all the introductions are over, who is going to which house?" asked Harry. "I'll be in Gryffindor for sure." said James. "I don't know. I'll most probably be a Gryffindor even though my parents expect me to be in Slytherin. Stupid reputations" said Sirius. "Gryffindor or Ravenclaw" said Remus. "I don't know" said Peter and Lily. "Slytherin mostly" said Severus. Now everyone turned to Harry.

Harry thought for sometime before saying "I think I will fit in all houses but mostly Gryffindor or Slytherin." said Harry. After talking about Hogwarts for some more time, a lady popped her head inside and asked "Anything from the trolley dears?" Harry, James and Sirius ended up buying some chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, some cauldron cakes and sugar quills.

While working their way through the candy and a small game with the every flavour beans, someone asked about their wands. After everyone except Harry said about their wands, all eyes turned to Harry. "Well... my wand is Zebrawood, 12 inches, delicate with a...chicken core? Hey! I'm Serious!" said Harry at the looks everyone gave him (Except James of course)

"No. I'm Sirius! But I've never heard of a and with a chicken core" said Sirius. "I'm Lupin out of this.' said Remus as everyone who got the pun chuckled. "But seriously? Chicken cores doesn't exist. What is your core?" said Remus.

"No comments alright. My core is a... werewolf core?" said Harry, nervously looking at Remus, who didn't notice the look sent his way. "Wow mate! That one is an incredibly rare core as far as I've heard of it. Anyways... who is interested in Quidditch?" asked Sirius, diverting the topic.

And so the talks went on, the group of 7 became best friends quickly in their journey to Hogwarts. Soon the ride had come to an end, the seven were lead to the boats by Hagrid and to the castle. The mission and adventure of for Harry had begun officially.

A/N: Chapter 10 of my story. Hope you all liked the chapter! And gods... one of my quickest chapters actually. Anyways... All comments and criticism accepted. So... what happened during the school days for Snape and Lily to hate the Marauders when they were fast friends now? Find out in the upcoming chapters!

Thank you all for reading!

Rasi10 signing off

Published on 4 August 2018