Chapter 2
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter I'd be living in a mansion… too bad I don't
"Harry! James! Hurry or were going to miss the train!"
"Coming mum!" replied an 11 year old James Potter
"Just a sec!" yelled Harry
It was all coming to him. Him and his twin brother James were now 11 and were going to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He threw in his books into his trunk and ran towards the front door
"Jeez, Harry took you long enough" said James, smirking.
"Mum!" complained Harry
"Now James don't tease your brother, you can't blame him for being more organized than you"
"Ha-ha, mum called you a packrat" teased Harry
"I said no such thing" said Mrs. Potter rather calmly. "Now get in the car before we miss the train"
While Harry and James rushed to the car Mrs. Potter entered James' room. She knew he would forget something in his hurry to get to Hogwarts. Why couldn't he have a calmer demeanor like Harry? Mrs. Potter shook her head. It was like James to forget something. Half his books were spread across under his bed. She didn't even bother to check Harry's room she trusted him when it came to remembering things.
"James! Come here and get your school books" bellowed Mrs. Potter
James swore under his breath (just soft enough so his father wouldn't hear) and raced up the stairs. He came back carrying an armful of books. Harry shook his head.
"Way to go bird-brain, guess going to school without your books didn't turn out to be suck a good idea" teased Harry
"Hey!" James replied "I was just a little excited"
Mrs. Potter groaned while Harry laughed. They were finally on their way. After James asked "Are we there yet?" for the 127th time they final arrived at King's cross.
"Okay now see the wall between platforms 9 and 10?" asked Mr. Potter
James and Harry nodded
"When the muggles aren't looking just lean on to that wall and you should fall through" continued Mr. Potter "Now, if you're a little scared just run into it and don't worry about crashing. I'll go with James and Harry follow us with your mother"
James and Mr. Potter casually leaned against the wall and slide right through.
"Mum?" Harry asked
"Yes, honey?"
"Umm… would you mind if we ran through the wall? I'm a little…"
"Nervous?" Mrs. Potter laughed "don't worry I won't tell James" Harry gave a relieved look.
Once the area cleared of muggles Harry ran through the wall while clutching his mother's hand.
"What took you so long?" inquired James
"Stupid muggles wouldn't clear out of the way" answered Harry
"Hurry!" Mrs. Potter said while pushing Harry and James into the train. "Have a good year, dears, and James don't get into any trouble.
"Hey! What about Harry?" asked an angry James
Mrs. Potter laughed and shook her head while Harry burst into a fit of giggles.
Harry and James found an empty compartment near the back. Well except for one kid who just sat in the corner.
"Hi, my name is James Potter and this is my brother Harry? What's yours?" asked James kindly
The boy merely ignored him and James shrugged and commenced putting their trunks into the compartment.
"Hi" said a blond haired boy with strangely amber eyes "would you mind if I sat here? No more compartments left"
"Sure, go ahead" replied Harry friendly "My names Harry. What's yours?
"Remus, Remus Lupin" answered Remus "and who's he" he asked pointing at James "he sure looks a lot like you except you have green eyes and his is hazel"
"Oh, that's my twin brother James. James meet Remus"
"Hello" replied James
After this James and Remus went into a large conversation about Hogwarts. All of which Harry found boring considering he already knew all this information from Hogwarts: a History. Harry fell into a nice slumber.
Harry awoke to someone knocking on their door.
"Would you get that Harry?"
Harry groggily got up and opened the door. There stood a small boy who looked extremely frightened. He was extremely skinny and from the way he talked Harry could tell he was a shy boy.
"Hi, my name is Peter Pettigrew" said the boy "by any chance have you seen a frog around here? I happened to have lost mine."
"I'm sorry we haven't seen a frog around. Hope you find him soon" replied Harry while smiling
"Thanks" and Peter scurried off. His movements reminded Harry of a rat sort of.
"We have 5 minutes until we reach Hogwarts. Please change into your robes and leave your trunks here we will take them to your dorm"
"I guess we should change" and the three boys started to change into their school robes. The boy sitting in the corner stood up.
"Jeez, about time" said James "I was starting to wonder if you were still alive"
The boy said nothing and started to change. After he was done he just sat back down in his corner.
"You think he's mental?" whispered James
Remus and Harry laughed.
"We have now arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hope you have a fabulous year"
"I'm so excited" and with that James ran off
Harry rolled his eyes
"Is he always like that?" asked Remus
"Only when he's calm" replied Harry
With that Harry and Remus attempted to catch up with James. This of course ended in failure.
"First years over here'" bellowed a booming voice
"Hi sir" James said
The giant man laughed "ahhh… finally parents are starting to teach their kids some manners. Black messy hair, extremely hyper… You must be a Potter!"
James nodded while grinning
"Now, four to a boat"
Harry, James, and Remus filed into a boat. Afterwards followed the boy from the train, Peter.
"Hi Harry" said Peter shyly
"Hi Peter. This is my twin brother James and this is Remus. I don't think you've met them yet"
"This year is going to be great" said Harry hoping to start a conversation "I really hope I'm in Gryffindor with James. How about you guys?"
"Well most of my family's been in Gryffindor and Ravenclaw so I'm hoping to be in one of them" replied the ever so smart Remus
"I…" stuttered Peter "I guess I want to be in Gryffindor, but I don't see how I could ever get into it"
"I'm sure you'll get into Gryffindor" said Harry. He really doubted the scared little boy would ever get into Gryffindor.
"James" said Harry startled "you haven't said I single thing yet. Are you feeling alright?" Harry joked
"Huh?" said a dumbfounded James "uhh... right sure"
Harry looked into the general direction that James was looking. In it was a girl with flaming red hair and startling green eyes that looked so similar to his own
Harry laughed "were not even at Hogwarts and you've already started crushing on a girl?"
"I am not crushing on her!" said an angry James "I just find her… a little attractive" James said blushing
Harry and Remus burst out laughing. Peter just sat there wondering if it was a good idea to laugh at James. He sure didn't want to get on his bad side.
"Wer' her' n'w get off on' at a time" boomed Hagrid
James got off first followed by Harry then Remus and an ever so careful Peter.
"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" bellowed McGonagall "You will now be tested to see where you belong. The brave will go to Gryffindor, the wise to Ravenclaw, the hard-working to Hufflepuff, and the most cunning will go to Slytherin. Here is how the point system at Hogwarts works. When we catch any student doing something they should not be doing points will be deducted from their house. At the same time if a student does extraordinarily well he or she will earn points for their house. At the end of the year the house with the most points will win the House Cup"
"Now we will commence the sorting!"
All the first year students walked into a large Hall. There were four tables bursting with students. Each table seemed to be wearing a different color uniform. Harry guessed these were the four houses. In the front sat all the teachers and in front of them an old raggedy hat. The hat seemed to have a mouth and eyes. It opened its mouth and began to sing.
Many
thousand years ago
A hat was newly sown
Four wizards fully
grown
Whose names are very well known
Gryffindor, Bravery
beyond compare
Ravenclaw, the cleverest without a
doubt
Hufflepuff, the hardest working of the four
and
Slytherin, who one day wanted to rule the world
They shared one
wish, one hope, one dream
To teach young wizards to succeed
Thus
Hogwarts School had begun
For each house had different virtues to
include
The bravest sent to Gryffindor
Thought better than the
rest
The cleverest to Ravenclaw
Who were always the
best
Hardworking Hufflepuffs
Most worthy of admission
And
charismatic Slytherins
Of who all had great ambition
But who
would go in which house?
The wizards had all pondered
So they
made me
To choose for them
Now put me on your head
and snug
about your ears
I haven't been wrong yet
I'll have peek
inside your mind
And tell you where you belong
Just like the
rest
The children broke into cheers
"Let the sorting commence" said who Harry assumed was Dumbledore
Professor McGonagall came out holding a huge list
"Aubrey, Bertram"
I humongous first year walked up to the stool and McGonagall placed the hat on his head
"Slytherin!" the hat said almost instantaneously
"Black, Sirius"
The kid they had seen on the train walked up
"A Black!" James scowled "those cursed Blacks have been practicing dark arts for centuries. No doubt he'll end up in Slytherin where all the scum belong"
The hat seemed to be taking forever to decide. Apparently the hat and Sirius were having an argument
"Gryffindor!" yelled the hat while Sirius groaned
The whole hall went silent. Everyone had a dumbfounded look on their faces. If someone was paying attention they might have thought the look on everyone's face was quite funny. Too bad all the eyes were too occupied watching Mr. Black.
McGonagall (who also had a surprised look on her face) continued to list the names. She kept going until she reached…
"Potter, James"
James strutted up to the stool. He sure seemed confident. Harry wished he didn't have worries like James. He still wasn't entirely sure the hat would put him in Gryffindor and he didn't want to upset his parent's.
"Gryffindor!" yelled the hat immediately
"Potter, Harry"
Harry started to walk up to the stool. It seemed as if his legs were walking of their own according. Every step he took only seemed to make his journey seem even longer. After an eternity (at least it seemed that way to Harry) he finally reached the stool. McGonagall place the hat on his head. It was talking to him!
"Ahhh… interesting" said the hat "So Mr. Potter are you planning on telling Dumbledore what will happen in the future?"
Harry sat there confused. Then he remembered! His second set of memories that morning! Yet… he couldn't remember it.
"Yes… a nasty side-effect of time traveling if you wish to stay for a long time your memory slowly or in your case quickly disappears. Well I'll stand by the decision I made for you in the future. Gryffindor!" the hat yelled the last part.
"Jeez Harry" said James "what took the hat so long to decide?"
Harry looked around. In his nervousness he had not paid attention to where everyone else ended up. There was Black and it appeared they had 3 more male Gryffindor first years. Remus and Peter (which he found amazing) and a kid named Frank Longbottom.
After the prefects showed them the way to Gryffindor tower past the Fat Lady (who would only let them in if they told her the password which was Pride) and they arrived at the common room.
"This is the Gryffindor common room" yelled one of the prefects "it is where you will spend most of your time when you are not in class"
The other prefect started talking "the stairway to the left leads to the girl's dorms and the stairway on the right leads to the boy's dorm"
With that everyone left to their dorms. When they arrived at their dorms they found that all their stuff was there. Too tired to change all the boys fell into their four-poster beds and went into a fitful slumber.