A/N: Sorry this chapter is rubbish, but I hope now some of the more interesting stuff is going to start happening :)

1st September 1971

Well, I've done it. I've officially proved that I don't belong to my family because I have been sorted into Gryffindor! I think I can say without being dramatic that that has made me happier than I can ever remember being, although I'm sure that when my mother finds out she will break every photo of me that she can find. Oh well, what can you do? Ok wait, I'll go back to this morning.

After I said my not so sad goodbyes to Mum and Dad I jumped on the Hogwarts Express to look for a carriage. I was about halfway down the train when, I walked straight into someone.

"Sorry," I grinned apologetically.

"No worries," said the boy who I'd knocked into, "you looking for a carriage too?" The boy had messy brown hair and circular glasses.

"Yeah, no luck so far though."

"Same but there must be one somewhere. I'm James by the way."

"Sirius Black. Nice to meet you."

"You too, lets find that carriage then."

We wandered further down chatting to each other. I liked James, he seemed pretty similar to me. We reached a carriage finally and peeking inside saw only one other boy.

"This'll do," said James cheerfully, pushing open the door, "mind if we join you?" he asked the boy inside, who jumped slightly with a mildly shocked look on his face as though he hadn't expected anybody to talk to him.

"Sure," he mumbled quietly. Me and James entered the carriage and flopped down onto the seat.

"I'm Sirius and this is James" I announced to the boy.

"Peter," he replied sounding slightly more confident, "Peter Pettigrew."

"Pleasure to meet you," me and James said at the same time, we turned to grin at each other.

Just then there was a knock on the glass and the door slid open to reveal another boy about our age , hovering in the door frame.

"Sorry, everywhere else is full. I'm Remus, do you mind if I sit with you?"

"No problem," said James and then pointed to each of us in turn, "Sirius, Peter and I'm James."

"Hi," he replied. I noticed that he looked slightly tired but maybe he had just had a bad nights sleep, maybe he was nervous about starting Hogwarts.

The four of us talked for quite a while. James was basically my twin (I think our brains work the same way), Remus was easy to talk to although he seemed like he might be the one that would end up telling me and James off in the future. Peter stayed fairly quiet but he still shared his views with us as we talked about everything from the Hogwarts houses to Quidditch teams. I have a feeling that we will be able to stay friends for a long time. (Ugh, sorry that sounded cheesy.)

Harry laughed at that. Scanning the rest of the page, he briefly read through the rest of the day. When they had first met Lily and managed to annoy her, Sirius and James insulting Snape instantly after meeting him and then they insulted Slytherin house several more times after that. It became clear to Harry how these four had managed to build up such a strong. Their personalities fit together like a jigsaw. He skipped to the Sorting Ceremony. He read about the four of them and Lily being sorted into Gryffindor and Snape, much to Sirius's delight, sorted into Slytherin.

Apparently however, the rest of their first year was uneventful as their were very few other entries under that year, aside from a couple of Quidditch match reviews.

The second year followed a similar pattern apart from the insults and hexes exchanged between Sirius and Snape became worse and more frequent. It wasn't until the third year that Sirius's entries came more often and more intensely. Eager to find out, Harry turned the page...