Luffy gets to the Hogwarts Express in this chapter! Things are getting fun and I can't wait to see what you guys think when the ball gets rolling! I'm super excited for Hogwarts and the different plots I've got going on. You have to let me know what you think of this chapter and the little surprise at the bottom. Next chapter I'll be answering some questions so ask 'em if you've got 'em!

Luffy woke to a pounding on the door of his room. The eleven-year-old yawned widely and stretched his arms out wide. "Time to get up, lad!" Tom, the barman, shouted through the door. "You've got a train to catch today!"

Luffy jerked out of his half-asleep state and smiled. Today he was going to Hogwarts. The green-eyed boy jumped out of bed and rushed around his room throwing all of his school things into the large wood and metal trunk Brook had helped him pick out. His dumb robes and the school books he had flipped through after buying them were tossed haphazardly into the bottom of the trunk.

Luffy's wand, cedar and phoenix feather, was tucked into one of his pockets; the smooth reddish wooden handle was in the perfect position to grab if Luffy needed it. Luffy wasn't sure how he felt about his wand. The wood was pretty and the thing about the blue feather the old man had mentioned seemed strangely familiar but Luffy couldn't remember why. The issue was, the green-eyed boy hadn't ever really used a weapon and after skimming his books to look at the neat moving pictures Luffy had found his wand could indeed be a weapon.

In his old life, Luffy's body had been his weapon but this new body wasn't like his old one, yet. Living in the Alley for a month had given the boy a chance to slowly improve his strength and speed again, but Luffy knew he wasn't anywhere near the level he had been at this age in his old life. He blamed it on the lack of alligators and tigers to fight.

Speaking of alligators and tigers Luffy needed to go grab breakfast before he went to Mystery School. The hyperactive boy flung himself out the door, pausing just long enough to pull on his ragged pair of sandals and a red T-shirt.

"Tom! I need meat!" Luffy shouted jumping up on one of the bar stools. Several of the regulars gave the boy a look of mild annoyance. He was always so loud.

The barkeep laughed and slide a plate piled high in front of Luffy. "Got your usual order right here, boy," Tom said. "We can't send you off with nothing in your belly, now can we?"

"No way!" Luffy said through a mouthful of bacon.

"That's why I made you some lunch too," Tom said jerking his thumb to the side. Luffy's eyes widened when he was a neatly wrapped parcel. "Some sandwiches and pasties for the train ride."

"Thank you!" Luffy shouted giving a short boy from his seat.

"Can't have my favorite customer wasting away on the way to Hogwarts, now can I?" Tom asked with a grin. "Finish that up and we'll go get your things and get you to the station."

"Now the key to Floo powder is to speak very clearly," Tom explained.

"Make sure ta' close your eyes, or the soot 'ill get ya' something awful," one man said.

"Tuck your elbows in dear," an older witch cautioned.

Luffy nodded looking serious. His luggage was stacked high beside him and Shirohige was tucked safely in her cage watching the show with wide amber eyes. "Right, close my elbows, watch my eyes and speak keyly," Luffy said trying to repeat the instructions given to him.

Tom and the patrons that had gathered around to help the boy shared an exasperated look. "How about, we get you and your stuff in the fireplace and I'll throw the floo powder," Tom suggested getting nods from his customers.

Luffy was easily tucked into the fireplace with his trunk and owl in front of him with Tom and the others smiling. "Have fun lad!" The older witch said happily.

"Bye, everyone! I'll see you all again someday!" Luffy said waving his hand.

"Be good, lad," Tom said with a final smile before tossing the powder into the fireplace. "Platform 9 ¾, Kings Cross Station."

Luffy shouted with glee at the fast moving sensation of floo travel. He had never felt anything like it before. After what seemed like only seconds the ride stopped and Luffy felt himself falling out of the fireplace and fell heavily onto his luggage with a loud thump.

"Ouch," someone said from above Luffy.

"I'll give him a six for style but only a three for his dismount," another voice said brightly.

Luffy groaned and pushed himself up and blinked in confusion. There were two people in front of him. They looked exactly the same how funny.

"Nine for determination," the first one said. "Most firsties would be crying but now."

"True," the second agreed. Luffy blinked and took the two hands that were thrust into his face. The identical boys pulled him to his feet and set out piling his luggage up as well.

"Ah! Whitebeard!" Luffy shouted rushing to his squawking owl. The cage had ended up on its side and Shirohige wasn't pleased.

"Whitebeard? Is that your owl?"One of the redheaded copies asked.

"Yeah!" Luffy said with a wide grin. "She's the same color as this old guy's mustache that I saw once. So Whitebeard!"

"Mustache?" One twin asked.

The other shrugged it off and the boy turned to the green eyed boy. "He's Fred," one twin said.

"He's George," the other finished.

"We're the Weasley twins," The said together with matching grins.

"And since we don't recognize you-" Fred said

"And we know everyone," George interrupted.

"That must make you a first year," Fred said finishing his sentence.

Luffy laughed. "Yep! Harry Potter, but call me Luffy!"

"Blimey," Fred said with a little awe in his voice.

"Are you really Harry Potter?" George asked peering at Luffy's forehead .

"That's me," Luffy said reaching through the bars on Shirohige's cage to stroke her soft feathers.

"Smaller than I would have expected," one twin muttered and Luffy scowled up at the taller boys.

"Shut up! I'll be big and strong one day!" Luffy said crossing his arms with a huff.

The twins grinned and grabbed an end of Luffy's trunk. "'Til then guess we will have to help you with this huh?" Fred asked cheekily.

"I can do it!" Luffy insisted but the twins ignored him and started walking off his the trunk.

Puffing his cheeks out pouting Luffy grabbed his owl and followed the identical boys sulking into the train and when they told him to pick a cabin Luffy pointed to one at random. It only took the twins a few minutes to stow the trunk and say their goodbyes and to promise to stop back by before they arrived at Hogwarts.

Luffy looked around his cabin and bounced slightly on the seat. He was going to magic school! He was away from the Dursley's and he was going to find his crew! That was the most exciting thing, hands down. Luffy was excited to learn magic, but the thought of seeing his crew again was what drove him.

When he thought about it, Luffy could remember a lot about his crew. He remembered their adventures; he remembered the battles they fought together, but Luffy couldn't remember how he died.

Brook hadn't mentioned it and Luffy hadn't honestly thought to ask. It seemed so unimportant in the face of his crewmate who had once again been alone for so long, but that was okay no because Luffy was back and he wouldn't leave Brook alone again.

"What do you think Shirohige? How hard do you think it will be to find my crew?" Luffy asked poking his finger in his owl's cage again to stroke her feathers. His beautiful snowy owl had been a great companion over the month he lived in the Alley. Of course, Luffy had promptly made the owl part of his crew and she would often follow him around, either by perching on his shoulder like that weird leopard guy's pigeon or flying wherever Luffy went.

Shirohige barked a call and nuzzled the boy's finger which made Luffy laugh. "Right! It doesn't matter! I found them all once and I'll do it again!"

"Fred? George? Are you there?" Luffy tilted his head and peaked out the open window of his cabin and saw a group of redheads.

"Coming, Mom," one of the twins who had helped him with his trunk earlier said.

A woman who was likely their mother had just taken out her handkerchief and was eying the youngest redheaded boy with a look that Luffy remembered getting from Makino when he came to the bar after training all dirty.

"Ron, you've got something on your nose." Yep, Luffy thought. Just like with Makino.

The youngest boy tried to jerk out of the way, but she grabbed him and began rubbing the end of his nose to get the dirt off.

"Muuuuum," the boy whined didn't try to jerk out of her grip once she got a hold of him.

"Aaah, has ickle Ronnie got somefink on his nosie?" One of the twins teased.

"Shut up," said the boy Luffy figured to be Ron.

"Where's Percy?" Their mother asked releasing her son.

The oldest boy came striding into sight. He was wearing his dress likely black Hogwarts robes, and Luffy noticed a shiny silver badge on his chest with the letter P on it. Luffy wondered what meant.

"Can't stay long, Mother," the older boy said. "I'm up front, the prefects have got two compartments to themselves-"

"Oh, are you a prefect, Percy?" said one of the twins, with an air of great surprise. "You should have said something, we had no idea."

"Hang on, I think I remember him saying something about it," said the other twin. "Once-"

"Or twice-"

"A minute-"

"All summer-"

Luffy giggled into his hands to keep the redheads from hearing him laughing at the twins. They sure were funny.

"Oh, shut up," Percy the prefect snapped.

"How come Percy get's new robes, anyway?" One of the twins said. Luffy thought it might have bene George.

"Because he's a prefect," their mother said fondly. "All right, dear, well, have a good term-send me an owl when you get there."

She kissed Percy on the cheek and he left. Then she turned to the twins.

"Now, you two- this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you've - you've blown up a toilet or-"

"Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet."

"Great idea, though, thanks, Mom."

Luffy giggled again and slouched down further into his seat

"It's not funny. And look after Ron." The woman gave her youngest a fond look and the boy sighed indulgently at his mother's behavior.

"Don't worry, ickle Ronniekins is safe with us."

"Shut up," Ron said rubbing his nose where his mother had rubbed it.

"Hey, Mom, guess what? Guess who we just met on the platform?" Fred, maybe, said cheerfully.

"Who?" The woman asked not guessing.

"Harry Potter!" A twin said happily.

"Fell out of the Floo practically right in front of us!" The other said. "He was all alone so we helped him get settled on the train."

"Poor dear!" The woman said fretting.

"Told us to call him Luffy, though, weird nickname," George said shrugging his shoulders.

Luffy turned away from the window and back to his owl. The twins were a lot of fun and their family seemed nice. The interaction between the brothers made Luffy sad, though. He didn't have his brothers in this life. Realizing there was no Ace or Sabo in this lifetime, as far as he knew, had been hard to accept.

Outside of the crew Ace and Sabo were the two people Luffy hoped to find at Hogwarts.

For ten minutes Luffy spoke to his owl about the crew, telling stories of their adventures in the old world and wondered what Hogwarts would be like until the train began moving.

It started slow and gradually built speed. Luffy grinned at the scenery speeding past from the window. He was going to magic school!

As he watched the world speed by Luffy was reminded of his leaving Foosha Village to gather his crew. Luffy wondered if this journey would be like that one? A sea monster, a whirlpool, and meeting Colby had been a great start to his first adventure what would start this one, he wondered.

Knock Knock

Luffy whipped around to the door to the cabin and watched as the door slid open. Standing there was the boy from the platform. Ron or something.

"Can I sit here?" He asked nervously. "Everywhere else is full."

Luffy smiled widely and nodded. "Yeah!"

The redhead shuffled in eyeing Luffy like one would a snake and sat on the bench across from him.

"So you're really Harry Potter?" Ron asked curiously after a moment of silence.

Luffy groaned and flipped his bangs up so the other boy could see the strange lightning bolt scar, Brook had explained came from Voldemort. "Yeah," Luffy said bored.

"I can't believe it," Ron said shaking his head. "I thought Fred and George were lying, but of course you'd be Harry Potter."

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Ron rolled his eyes and sat forward. "Luffy, don't you recognize me?"

Luffy smiled bemused and shook his head.

The redhead groaned and rubbed at his face. "It's me," Ron said. "Nami."