Before they knew it a week had passed and it was time to go to Hogwarts, Lily's parents were giving Severus a ride to Kings Cross Station. By ten o' clock everyone, with the exception of Petunia, was packed into the car and ready to go. Severus and Lily were in the back seat, with Mrs. and Mr. Evans in the front. The trunks were in the rear, and as they pulled out Petunia stood moodily in the driveway.
It took about half an hour to reach Kings Cross, when they got there the two young children pushed their trolleys into the station. Remembering what the man from the ministry had said, Lily went up to an apparently solid brick wall in between platforms nine and ten, and casually pushed against it. She went through and was on platform 9 and ¾ she was soon joined by her parents and Severus. She said goodbye to her parents and after hugging Lily for a while, Mrs. Evans pulled Severus into a quick embrace, and Mr. Evans shook his hand. As Severus and Lily walked away there was a slight pinkish shade to his cheeks. "Come on Sev, let's find a compartment." Lily was pushing ahead and Severus had no choice but to follow.
They couldn't find an empty compartment and had to sit with two other people. A friendly girl with shoulder length brown hair, who said her name was Mary McDonald, and a shy boy, with light brown hair, and a cut on his cheek who said his name was Remus Lupin. Remus sat in a corner reading a book, but Mary sat across from them and initiated conversation. It was mostly Lily who did the talking and Severus rarely intervened, he preferred to just sit and listen to the girls talk.
By the time it became dark it seemed the girls had run out of things to talk about, and Lily, who hadn't been able to sleep very much the previous night because of her excitement, began to feel extremely tired, and she lay her hear on Severus's shoulder and soon fell asleep. He rested his head on hers and dozed off too.
They both woke to the sound of students talking as they exited the train. They got up stretched, and joined the mob of students congregating on the platform. "First years this way! First years over hear!" they heard a voice shout over the tumult. They both followed the sound of the voice, and before long they saw who it belonged to. The man must have been sixteen feet tall, and was holding a lantern a loft and calling for first years to follow him. Lily and Severus exchanged glances before following.
He led them to a fleet of little boats, and they were told to have four people in each. They got in a boat and before long two boys joined them, already in a conversation. "And what house do you recon you'll be in?" said a boy with shaggy black hair said.
"I bet I'm in Gryfindor, like my dad. How about you?" The boy who answered also had black hair, that was incredibly untidy, and glasses.
"Well my entire family has been in Slytherin," at this the other boy made a face, "but I'm hoping to break that tradition." The way he said it you could tell he didn't like Slytherin. Severus was hoping that both he and Lily would be in Slytherin, but he wasn't one to butt into someone's conversation uninvited, and he didn't think his input would be appreciated, especially since he believed in what they opposed.
The boats started moving of their own accord, and it was then that the other boys seemed to just notice Severus and Lily. The one with the glasses immediately messed up his hair further with his hand, and said smoothly,
"Why, hello, my name is James Potter, this less attractive bloke is Sirius, Sirius Black." Lily giggled at that, and Severus scowled. When no one said anything James inquired "And what might your name be?" the question was directed at Lily, but Severus decided to answer for both of them.
"I'm Severus, and this is Lily." He didn't give an explanation, or any background information, these people didn't need to know about his or Lily's life. He hoped the rest of the ride would pass in silence, but of course the other boys wouldn't let it be so.
"Can Lily talk for herself, or are you going to answer all the questions she's asked?" The boy named Sirius asked, this time the question was directed at Severus. He was about to retort when he herd a gasp from Lily. When he turned to se what it was he saw that they had rounded a bend, and Hogwarts had come into view.
Authors Note: There a decently long chapter, it may not be very long but its longer than my other ones and seemed to take forever to write. What do you think about how I added James and Sirius? You like? You hate? tell me, please review. Sorry about leaving it right there but I was tired.