and the Dark Mark
By: Jetteamer
Hogwarts
"Get up James I hoped you packed everything you need." Jenny was yelling from downstairs.
James was lying on his back just waking up from a terrible dream.
"Yeah been up for hours." James lied while stuffing his Hogwarts Supplies into a suitcase. A few minuets later after Jenny had come and inspected to make sure he had everything. He went banging down the steps and into the kitchen.
Damon was sitting there with the daily prophet in his hand, John staring at the paper over his Dad's shoulder, as Jenny and James walked in.
"Jenny the prophet found out the minister went away. He is coming back right away should arrive tonight. Is everyone ready? The ministry said we could use one of their cars one-time things. I think there making sure everyone who knows about the minister is safe although they should know that I am safe if I have a wand."
"Well let's just get outside we don't want to keep them waiting." She shooed James and John out the door and then shut it behind them. James's trunk rattled down the walk. The Ministry car was waiting for them outside and Damon opened the trunk and put both trunks in there including John's new owl Junalee somehow that didn't seem possible and James figured it was just magic.
Jenny, John, and James got into the back and had plenty of room for all three of them. Damon sat up front with the driver. He told him where we were heading and he started up the car. They lived along way away from London and it took them along time to get out of the country. They lived that far away so they didn't attract attention.
When they finally got into the city the traffic got more and more heavy and the driver didn't go very fast at all and was weaving in and out trying to get through the mess of cars. Damon kept checking his watch.
"We only have twenty minutes hurry." Damon said after looking at his watch.
"We have two more blocks to go sir."
"Yes well keep driving." Damon said. Then he muttered "Stupid muggle transportation."
We made it with ten minutes left and Damon was furiously ushering us in. When it was safe we wheeled are trolleys through the barrier between platform nine and ten and found a big locomotive with Hogwarts Express written in gold letters on the front of the massive engine.
Damon and Jenny came through after James and John and hurried us to the train. John saw someone he knew and hurried away. Damon and Jenny helped James with his truck and he got on the train.
"Well have a good time son and come back with some sense."
"Okay Dad." James said and turned to his mother. "I'll take care of myself." James knew she would say that.
"O James, take care of yourself." She said pulling him into a hug. She kissed him on the cheek.
On the steps of the next car down Snape yelled to them, "Touching." Then turned and got in the car.
"Who cares he's just like his father an idiot. Well see you at Christmas."
"Okay Dad bye Mom." He turned around and got on the train. Jenny was crying into Damon's shoulder then she looked up and waved her son off to school. They waved to each other until the train jerked around a corner and his parents were out of site.
James turned and went down the isle. He found a compartment with a boy with black hair and went to see if he could sit there. Everywhere else was full as far as James saw. He opened the door and the boy looked up.
"Do you mind? Everywhere else is full." James said.
"No not at all. Are you a first year?"
"Yeah. You?"
"Yeah." The boy said.
The compartment door opened and a witch stood there pushing a trolley full of snacks. Things like Chocolate frogs and cream cakes and liquorish wands. She turned to the boy across from James first and said, "Any thing off the trolley dear?"
"No."
"How bought you there?"
"Yes um lets see. Can I get some beans and five liquorish wands?"
"That will be five sickles and a knut." She said grabbing what James asked for from the trolley.
After counting out the money he put it in her hand and took the food. He handed the boy a wand and said, "What's your name?"
"Sirius. Yours?"
"James. Do you like quidditch?"
"Yeah."
Then the two, James and Sirius, started talking like two old friends from way back when. After awhile a prefect came by and told them to put on their robes because they were going to be there soon.
James and Sirius put on their robes got ready to get off and when the train gave the last jolt got off it was then James got the first glimpse of Hogwarts.
"Spectacular!"
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