Wolfs & Stars

3. Platform 9 3/4

Remus:

As Remus walked onto the train, he had to wipe tears from his eyes from the hysterical fit of laughter he had, just a few second ago. A few moments after he walked I on, Remus felt the train start to move forward.

He dragged his tattered, 2nd hand trunk along the thin corridor between the compartments. He checked inside every single one only to stutter a terrified apology each time found them full. He continued all the way down the corridor until he got to the very last unchecked compartment. As he slid open the door he saw a familiar face.

" What are you doing here?" The messy haired boy said to Remus, angry. With a quick glance to his left, Remus saw a semi-long haired boy, looking at him, confused.

"T-ther were n-n-no oth-other open co-com-compartments so I-I have t-to go with you guys" Remus said looking at his feet. He quickly shoved his tattered trunk up onto a shelve and sat the corner next to the window. He curled into a ball.

He felt the wolves thoughts rushing into his head. Telling him to things to the messy haired boy that he would never have thought of on his own. He started slowly rocking back and forwards. Go away, stop if, no, stop, Stop, STOP! It was then Remus realized he was talking aloud to himself. He looked to the two other boy's wide eyed faces, terrified. He was ready to be burned with silver and ready to be sent to the ministry at once. But all he got was,

" Guess I was right Sirius, he is loopy" the messy haired boy said to Sirius, but looking directly at Remus as he said it. Though only two other boy were staring at him, judging his every move, he felt has he had hundreds of eyes, staring down upon him.

Remus sat there, frozen for a long time, not sure what to do. What if they had discovered who he was and were thinking of what terrible this to do to him.

But instead they just looked at each other and continued talking. Remus wouldn't know whether they were talking about him or not, he had already blocked every thing out trying to keep the wolf at bay.

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Sirius:

Sirius didn't know what to make of the boy in the corner of their compartment. He kept on mumbling things to himself and it was starting to scare him. Maybe James is right and he is a bit loopy.

"James are you sure he is okay?" Sirius said, looking straight at him. He didn't know why he was worried, he just couldn't help it.

"Why should I care, he laughed at my mum!"James said, still looking to Sirius. He guess James was right,if he was rude he would be rude back. It was only fair.

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When the train came to a stop at the Hogsmeade station, Sirius was surprised. Time seemed to fly so fast. He and James made their way out of the station,  when he was outside, he looked at the scenery. He just couldn't believe he was there!

Sirius started to hear a great voice yell, " Firs years! Over here! Firs years with me!" He looked over to where the voice was coming from to see a massive man, about 8 or 9 feet tall, bellowing out the message. He looked to his right to see James, looking to the man, eyes just as wide as his.

"That bloke is huge!" James yelled, as he and Sirius walked towards him.

" 'Ello first years! I'm Hagrid, the gamekeeper at hogwarts. If you would step into the boats, no more than four in each!" Hagrid said, as he stepped into a boat of his own, being to huge to fit others into the boat.

Sirius and James rushed into a boat together, rocking the boat a little from jumping in. When Sirius looked behind him, he saw a short boy with blonde hair.

" Can I go with you guys?" He asked, looking at the other two. James and Sirius looked to each other a nodded.

"Sure, why not!" Sirius said, looking to the boy as he sat into the boat.

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Remus:

When Remus got off the train, he looked around, trying to figure out where to go. He then heard someone yelling for first years to come with him. When Remus looked to him, he thought he was more crazy then he already was. He was this biggest man Remus had ever seen! That was until he heard the boy from the train yelling next to him.

"That bloke is huge!" Remus felt thankful to hear this to know he wasn't to crazy. He walked up to him to find that he was supposed to go into one of the many boats he saw. Remus looked around for a boat, he was about to go to a carriage because why would a monster like him deserve to go with all these kids? He then noticed an empty seat in the boat that held the kids from the train. There was no other choice than to go to the boat.

"What are you doing?" One of the boys asked, though Remus didn't see who.

"There a-are no o-other op-open boats f-for me t-to go to." Remus said, ready to be punished for even attempting this. But instead James just scoffed and looked forward.

Remus, surprised, sat down in the boat. The moment he did, the boat seemed to start moving on its own accord. Even Remus's lycanthropy couldn't distract him from the beautiful sight in front of him.

He looked up at the large castle in front of him, lit up by the glow coming from its large windows. He felt cool water splash on his face as the boats sped up towards the castle. He would never be ready for the many events that would change him in this castle.