This one's kind of short but I ended up making some plot changes during my absence, something that will not affect how you, my readers, see the story (because we hadn't gotten to those parts yet) but it meant I needed to do a little reworking of things. Still, hopefully, this will make chapters come faster or at least more regularly. Also, we have arrived at Hogwarts!

The girl, who was evidently named Hermione Granger, eventually left after Luffy and Nami after they both swore they hadn't seen a toad. Nami was glad to see her go. The girl's know-it-all attitude reminded the redhead about his older brother Percy, and as much as Nami loved his siblings Percy was a pompous jerk.

"She was weird," Luffy said stuffing his finger up his nose.

Nami grimaced at his captain but nodded.

"How much longer until we get there, Nami? I'm bored!" Luffy shouted flicking snot off his finger.

Nami was surprised it had taken Luffy this long to get bored. The former rubber boy had too much energy and could barely handle being aboard a ship for hours on end, and this train car was significantly smaller.

"We've got a few more hours, Luffy," Nami said peering out the window. He didn't have a map handy but guess from the speed of the train and the look of the land outside they were still a few hours off from their destination in Scotland.

"Awww man!"

"I've decided," Luffy said suddenly slamming his fist into his open palm.

Nami looked up from his tattered geography book, a gift from his older brother Bill and felt a feeling of dread come over him. One never could tell just what was going to come next when Luffy said something like that. "What have you decided?"

"I'm going to buy more mystery candy," Luffy said nodding his head firmly.

"You don't need anymore!" Nami shouted punching his captain in the head. "We still have a pile of candy here and the feast when we get to school."

"But Naaaaami!" Luffy whined.

"No!" Nami said forcefully and crossed his arms. The sky has grown dark and the English scenery blurring past the windows had long since given way to the distinct Scottish land.

"We are starting to slow down Luffy, we are almost there," Nami said trying to reason with his captain. "The trolley lady is probably packing up right now, anyway."

Being told the train was slowing and that they would soon arrive at Hogwarts put Luffy's mind off getting more candy. Instead, Nami watched as his captain's bright green eyes sparkled and he practically bounced around the cabin. "Put your robes on Luffy," Nami said pulling his own second-hand robes from his trunk. "At this speed, we should be pulling into the station in about 30 minutes."

It took 15 minutes for Nami to convince Luffy to put his robe on, but the redhead was well practiced in forcing his captain to do things he didn't want to do. Nami managed to stash a few pasties in his pockets before Luffy devoured the rest of the candy haul as the train came to a stop.

A strange voice echoed through the express and instructed the students to leave their luggage aboard and leave the train. Nami followed his bouncing captain onto the train platform where a giant man stood shouting for the first years to gather around him.

"First years! First years! Over 'ere!" The man called.

"He's huge!" Luffy said gleefully staring up at the large man. "Like a giant!"

Nami refrained from pointing out that while the man was much bigger than anyone else he had met in this life, the large hairy man wasn't quite giant sized. Nami had very clear memories of Little Garden and the warriors of Elbaf who lived there.

"This way!" The man called waving the group of eleven-year-olds away from the platform. The children were lead to a collection of small boats along the shore of a dark lake. Nami and Luffy fearlessly climbed aboard when the giant man instructed them too. "No more than three to a boat!" The man cautioned.

Nami jerked when the boats began moving seemingly at the large man's direction. Even growing up with magic as he has, Nami twitched in irritation. There were no currents, no wind and no way to propel the boat forward. It shouldn't be possible.

Luffy, of course, thought it was the best thing. The black haired boy had taken his seat at the front of the boat, arms stretched out as wide as he could go laughing.

"Whoa! Nami! Did you see that? It was a giant tentacle!" Luffy shouted peering out across the lake, leaning half out of the small boat. Thankfully no one else had joined them, leaving the Straw Hats to themselves.

"Luffy sit down!" Nami snapped grabbing his captain's robes to stop the other boy from falling into the lake. "You're going to fall in!"

Luffy whined but sat back down still waving at the tentacle waving curiously back from the water.

"At least you aren't a hammer anymore," Nami muttered thinking that Luffy not having his devil fruit power wasn't all bad. The lack of devil fruit had bothered Nami since he had noticed Luffy didn't have his rubber abilities anymore. For as long as Nami had known Luffy in their other life, Luffy's rubber powers had been a part of him. Luffy had been a rubber man and that had been an important part of his life. It was strange seeing the boy without those powers.

The lack of stretching power hadn't seemed to bother Luffy, from what Nami could see. The boy just continued as he would normally sans stretching but Nami wondered just how much it bothered his captain.

"I can't swim," Luffy informed Nami, having heard the muttered comment, with a wide grin.

"Why not?" Nami asked bewildered. He had learned from his father in this life in an old pond not far from the Burrow, their home.

Luffy shrugged and dipped his fingers into the lake and giggled when the tentacle he had been waving at brushed his fingertips.

"Down!" The giant man called cutting off their conversation. Nami's eyes widened and the redhead shoved Luffy's head down to avoid them both hitting the low stone work.

Once the stone was cleared Nami and Luffy sat back up and they both gasped. A large castle stood in front of them. Dark stone, with towers that stretched up to the sky, Hogwarts glittered against the night sky.

Nami had known he would be attending Hogwarts for years but seeing the castle in all its glory, the lights from the castle reflecting on the water was magical.

Luffy had never seen anything like it. The closer the boats got to the school the more magic Luffy could feel. The warm, tingly sensation added to the shimmering glow of the castle. The pair of pirates sat in silence, eyes glued to the castle until the boats ran ashore and the giant man instructed them to join him on land.

From the shore to the stone steps of the castle it was a short walk, it took longer than one would expect because many first years were still staring up at the castle in wonder. The giant man gently herded the children from the lake's edge to what appeared to be a waiting chamber just passed two large wooden doors. Nami watched as the giant man muttered something and disappeared leaving the group of eleven-year-olds alone.

"So you're Harry Potter," a voice said.

Luffy spun around and stared curiously at the pointy faced blond who had spoken. Nami turned too and gave the boy a disinterested look. "Do you know him Luffy?" Nami asked crossing his arms.

Luffy scratched his head and took a step closer to get a good look at the blond. "Oh, you're that kid from the robe shop."

"Draco Malfoy," Draco said pompously.

Nami coughed to try and cover up a laugh but Draco heard it and turned to the red head. "Think my name's funny do you?" The blond sneered. "No need to as who you are, my father has told me all about your kind. That red hair, those robes, obviously a Weasley."

Nami glared hatefully but Draco turned back to Luffy before the redhead could react. "You'll soon learn that some wizarding families are better than others Potter, I can help you there," Draco said smoothly holding out his hand to shake Luffy's.

Luffy cocked his head to the side and looked at Draco's hand before flicking his eyes up to meet Draco's. The Strawhat captain shook his head and very purposefully did not take Draco's hand. "You were mean to Ron," Luffy began, barely remembering to use Nami's name from this life. "We can't be friends if you are mean to my nakama."

Nami sniggered into his hands at the furious face Draco made at Luffy's words. The blond huffed and jerked back his hand like something had bit him. "You'll regret this Potter," Malfoy spat before stomping off.

Luffy watched the blond go with a frown.

"Luffy?" Nami asked. "What's wrong?"

"I know him."