Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 02:50:09 -0600
From: Gregory Lawrence <glcatfish@hotmail.com>
Subject: High Times At Hogwarts: Chapter 1

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BEFORE WE BEGIN YOU SHOULD KNOW:

(This story does not really contain any of the characters of the Harry
Potter books or movies except one.  If you don't know the Harry Potter
universe enough to know who it is it really isn't important. But this is
about the universe and does have some mention of the characters from the
books, and this timeline takes place before Harry Potter himself attends
Hogwarts but after the attack on him. So he is alive somewhere but is not
at Hogwarts yet.  Now that that's out of the way...)

CHAPTER 1: A Meeting On The Train

Early mornings. Where all was still quiet. Most people still asleep or just
waking up. It was always a time that James Waters always loved.  No one to
bother him while he thought up in his room.  No parents or little sister to
bug him about this or that. Just a quiet time just for James.  Granted even
if he wanted to sleep he wouldn't have been able to. There was too much
excitment going through him as it was the first day of school, and James
would be heading off in a few hours.  Granted it was James' 6th year and
first to last year, he would be attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizadry, but he was always a little anxious the first day back.  He hadn't
seen his two best friends Violet or Giedon in ages, and even though they
had sent each other letters through owl mail, he couldn't wait to see them
on the train.  But through all the excitement and anxiety that James had
pent up he still decided to sit at his open window as the morning breeze
swept across his face, his short black hair blowing as much as semi-low cut
hair could blow.

Blinking his green eyes as the sun began to rise, James thought about his
last year at Hogwarts. Nothing particular had happend, just your average
year

 '*Well as average as you can get at a school for witches and wizards*'

James thought to himeslf smiling a little.  A little noise came from the
corner of his room and he looked over at a cage ontop of a dresser. which
was now partly empty it's contents in a trunk below it.  Inside the cage
James could see his owl Gaffery looking at him through knowing black
eyes. James smiled and walked over to the cage

"Oh allright Gaf, I'll let you out one last time before we have to
leave. Just don't go to far."

 James opened the cage and with a satisfied "*HOOT*" Gaffery flew out of
the cage and through the open window. James re-sat himself at the window
ledge and delved back into his head, thinking about how this year might
go. It was his step-sisters first year attending the school, which was a
surprise to his mother and step-dad for they didn't think Stephanie would
have any magical abilities. But about two years ago at the mall, thought
she lost Stephanie but found her levitating towards the candy store.  James
smiled at the memory of his little sister and was even more nervous knowing
he'd have to watch over her this year.  They already went shopping for her
thing at Diagon Alley, getting her couldron, books and her very first wand.
James took out his own wand from his jacket pocket and twirled it through
his fingers remembering getting his first wand, the one he now held in his
hands.  He remembered walking into Olivanders and the old man smiling
through yellow teeth and blue eyes that were unhumanly birght.  After
hearing a speech James was sure Olivander had told hundreds of times about
how "*The wizard doesn't choose the wand as much as the wand chooses the
wizard*" he walked out with a Unicorn hair cherrywood nine and three
quarter inch wand.  Thinking back to his sister, he wondered where the
sorting hat would put her.

Again his mind fell back towards his first time standing in front of the
whole school in the giant eating hall under the enchanted roof made to look
like the sky. He remembered looking foreward and seeing an old peculiar hat
ontop of a stool in the middle of the highrise infront of the staff and
students.  Waiting for his name to be called people being put in either
Gryfindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin.  Some people took longer
than others, but the second James sat on the stool the hat placed upon his
head it yelled "Gryfindor!" and a smile fell upon his face glad not to get
Slytherin.  James had heard too many things about that house to want to be
a part of it.  Especially since Professor Snape was the head of that house
and Snape wasn't one of his favorite teachers at that school.  James heard
a bark from an angry dog in the distance.  It was a bit chilly outside and
he was probably angry to be outside.  James hoped that Stephanie got
Gryfindor for it would be a lot easier to keep an eye on her without her
knowing.  He knew if she found out he wanted to watch her at all times to
keep her safe she would never talk to him again.

  "*She probably won't talk to me anyway this year for fear I'll embarass
her*". Again James went to the past in his brain and remembered his first
time on the Hogwarts express, the train that had the destination of
Hogwarts on Platform nine and three quarters.  He sat in one of the carts
alone for he did not live in the wizarding world with most of the magical
community, but at his step-dads house in east London with the Muggles like
his step-dad and didn't really know anyone there.  But a knock came from
the door about ten minutes after departure and a curious boy with shoulder
length blonde hair and a look of confusion, which James learned later was
always attached to this particular face, walked into the compartment and
asked if him and his friend could join him.  Loving to have some type of
company he violently shook his head yes and in came the boy, his trunk and
a girl, taller than the boy and a lot slimer with long dark brown hair and
a smile that could make even the most depressed person smile walked
in. They introduced themselves as Gideon, the boy giving his hand to James
for a shake and Violet she nodded saying "Hi' and ever since that train
ride and the fact that all three of them were in Gryfindor house they have
been best friends ever since.

The sun, now risen awaking the morning songbirds and a few workers leaving
thier houses James was still deep in thought when he heard a scream echoing
down the hall and through the house, but James knew that the scream came
from Stephanie.  Tightening the grip of his wand, even though he was three
months away from being able to use magic outside of school without it being
illegal he knew if he had to defend his family he would.  Throwing open his
door and running down the hall towards the bathroom where he saw the back
of his mother looking into the bathroom he can to a halt. "What....What
happend?" HIs mother turned around saw james in his pajamas, wand in hand
and smiled a little.

"A bit jumpy are we James?"

she said patting him on the head even though he was a bit taller than she
was.

"I heard a scream, what was I suppose to think mum?"

"WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK!" Stephanie cried from the bathroom behind thier
mother, still being blocked by her "I HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM!"

 James shot his mother a '*What the hell?' *look which apparently she read
quite well because she said

 "Your sister has a first day of school zit and shes over-rea..." Stephanie
screamed cutting her mother off "I am not over-reacting mother! Can't you
just magic this thing away?"

 As their mothe argued how you can't use magic to fix everything James
began to head downstairs to see if he could shove some food down his
throat. He was never hungry on this day, but his mother always made him eat
anyway.  As he reached the first step-his mother called to him. "Hey James
sweetie, don't take too long eating.  If we wait too long we'll have to use
the Floo network again and you know how much your sister hates it." James
grunted a response and headed downstairt.  He didn't mind the Floo Network,
standing in a fireplace, throwing down Floo powder and traveling through a
network of connected fireplaces sounded confusing, but was fun to do.  His
sister just hated getting a little dirty.  Opening he kitchen door he saw
his step-dad was sitting at the breakfast table writing in his little black
book. James never knew what it was about, but being a lawyer his step-dad
was always working on something.  Upon entering his step-dad looked up and
smiled a bit.

"Mornin James." James smiled back

"Morning to you Sam".  Sams eyes fell onto James wand still clutched in his
hand and a confused look fell upon his face.  James noticed "Oh, sorry," he
put it back in his jacket pocket "heard a scream so I-" "Oh, it's fine
James just was odd. interupted Sam.  James always respected Sam for taking
to him, his sister, and thier mother being magical and even was excited to
take Stephanie out of public school and add her to the student population
of Hogwarts.

"What was that scream about anyway?" Sam asked putting down his pen

"Stepanie has a zit and is now trying to convince mom to 'Magic it off'"
James said using air quotation marks

Everything else went smoothly after the tiny excitment of Stephanie
convincing thier mother to use a concelment charm to make the little flaw
on Stephanies face dissapear, James coaxing Gaffery back into his cage and
packing up everyone into the car now full of trunks, books, Gafferys cage
and Stephanies cat carrier with Tilly inside of it.  At the train station,
after running through the brick pillar between platform 9 and 10 to reach
platform 9 3/4 thier parents showed their true worry as James and Stephanie
said thier goodbyes and headed onto the train they kept calling to her

"Don't forget to write everyday" or "Don't get into trouble like your
brother did his first day"

Reffering to James yellling at Snape for picking on him.  James went from
compartment to compartment looking for his friends until finally he opened
a door and before he could see who was inside everything went dark.

"Oh James it's been ages, It's soooooo good to see you!!!"

'I'd say the same about you Violet,' James muffled voice said "but you're
sort of strangling my head."

"Oh, sorry!" violet said releasing James from her grip.  Now that he could
see clearly he saw Violet beaming at him as Gideon was sitting down with
his white rabbit, Kay, on his lap.

"Hey mate, I would get up, but I wouldn't want to wake up Kay here." Gideon
said smiling, James knowing Gideon was just lazy

"Of course, your rabbit." James said as he put up his trunk and changed
into his school robes as the other two had already done. "And how was your
summer Ms. Man?"  Violet asked sitting opposite Gideon

"It was quite boring to be honest, just hanging around the house a few
family members coming from the States to visit us" James said used to being
called 'Ms. Man' by Violet poking at the point that three years ago he came
out of the closet to these two and knowing she was joking never took
offense to it.  As James finished putting on his robes and Gryfindor colors
explaining that his sister saw two of her friends from her old school on
the train and joined them, he picked up his jacket and put his hand into it
then noticed that the little piece of wood he was searching for was
missing.

"Bloody hell!" James exlimated

"What?" his two friends asked looking at him

"My wand, it's gone...I think it dropped from my jacket.  I'll be right
back"

They nodded in understanding as James opened the car door walked out, it
shutting behind him and looked up and down the hallway.  He decided to go
left since that was the way he came from and looked down trying to spy the
little sliver of wood that would be his wand.  Looking so intentely down he
didn't notice the whole person standing in the hallway looking out of the
window with an intent look on his face.  Crashing into this person, both of
them falling to the ground James automatically felt embarassed. He started
to apologize right away, speaking so fast that his sentences sounded like
whole words.

"I am so sorry, I dropped my wand and was looking for it so I didn't see
you there and I was just looking down and I am so so-" cutting himeslf off
after looking up to see the victim he crashed into he saw someone who was
somewhat familar.  His colors ontop of his black robes were green and
silver which meant he was part of Slytherin house.  He had ear lenght black
hair, black eyes and an odd shape to his face but none the less James
thought he was really cute.  Seeing that he bumped into someone he found
attractive he looked back down as to not embarass himself further but as he
looked down it clicke in his mind that this guy had been crying.  The
nameless yet familar guy he ran into, quite literally, seemed to be crying.
James dared another look up and saw that his eyes were indeed puffy.

"Are you okay?" James asked looking into his eyes and seeing sadness.
James didn't know what it was but he felt for this guy.  Whoever he was he
was truly sad.  He wasn't sure quite how he knew this, but this guy was
uttlery miserable.

"I'm fine" said the guy quickly wiping his face, his voice a bit more gruff
than James would've thought.

He stared at James and James returned the stare.  They seem to connect for
a moment, but for James it felt like was forever.  They began to stand up
slowly not taking thier eyes off each other.  Not quite sure what was on,
but his mind wasn't in a thinking state in this moment they just stared.
The noise of the kids in their compartments silenced, the roaring of the
trains engine and it whizzing through the forrest was no more. Just silence
as these two stared at each other. The only noise that seemed to echo
through his ears was his heart beating a little faster and harder than he
had ever felt.  He could feel his whole chest vibrating as his heart had
not stopped beating hard and then there was darkness.  All James saw was
this guy, no name or anything but James felt like he knew everythihg about
him.  The seconds that passed felt like years that these two had spent in
this hallway when reality came crashing back into James' head when he heard
a voice

"Flint! What are you doing?"

James turned around and saw another Slytherin sticking her head out of a
compartment.  He turned back to Flint who was looking passed James at the
girl

"I was uh...just coming back from the uh..." He looked at James again
"bathroom when I ran into uh" "Uh, I'm James" James said to him, then
turning his head back to the girl " I bumped into him accidently"

The girl looked from James to Flint then back to James "Of course a
Gryfindor doesn't mind where they're going," she sneered then looked back
to Fling "Come on sweetie, Pravatti is showing us some trick she picked up
in the Netherlands. You've got to see it"

Flint walked passed James who followed him, even turning around when he was
by him.  The girl, contempt that Flint was coming back now went completely
back into the compartment, and before dissapearing into it himself Flint
took one last glance at James then was gone.  James stood there for a
second wondering what just happened.  Did Flint cast some spell or
something to make his reality leave like that?  Sure he was cute, but he
was a Slytherin, so not only could it never be, he would do something like
that.  Making someone forget where they are or what not.

"*Would've gone through with it if that girl hadn't shown up*" James
thought to himself, but even as he thought it he knew it wasn't true.
There was not way that this guy Flint could've done any type of jinx or
curse becasue they weren't learning non-verbal spells until this year.
Almost completely lost in his thought, James barely registered the thin
piece of light brown wood down the hall.  Clicking in his head that his
wand was the other way from his compatment, guessing that it must've been
kicked went over and picked it up.  With his wand back in his hand James
re-entered where his friends were.  Upon entering they looked up smiled
then back to what they were doing to begin with.  Violet at a book, and
Gideon at a cup sitting in his lap.  GIdeon raised his wand swished it and
said.

"*Veriverto*"

The goblet that was in Gideons lap seemed to melt and mold until his rabbit
was back to normal it's nose twitching.  Gideon smiled "I've been doing
that since our second year, and it's still too much fun"

"Mostly becaue it's the only spell you can do" Smiled Violet with a look of
friendly annoyance from Gideon.  James, putting his wand in his robes
pocket sat down next to Gideon and looked out of the window.  His mind
still stuck on Flint, if that was his real name and not like a nickname.
If was a nickname how did he get it? James thought to himself.  He was so
deep in thought that he didn't notice Gideon looking at him with interest
then to Violet who looked up from her book, looked at James then turned her
gaze to Gideon.  Both of them gave each other knowing glances then Violet
spoke

"Uh-oh, James is thinking, I thought I smelled something burning."

"What's burning?" Gideon said picking up his rabbit "I hope it's not Kay,
I've done the spell plenty of times to-" "Not Kay you twit, it was a joke
to...Nevermind Gideon" Violet said slapping her forehead

Coming out of his thoughts when the two started talking James looked to his
friends who were now looking at him.  Knowing that he had given himself
away and niether one of them would drop it until he told them something
smiled a litte.

"Have either of you ever heard of someone named Flint?"  Not being a common
name, if it WAS his real name, he was sure at least Violet would know
something since she was the one person at the school who knew who was
dating who before it even happend and all the other teenage gossip some of
which she herself started.  But when James looked to her she was shaking
her head and James lost a little bit of hope.  When he turned to Gideon
however there was a look of annoyance on his face.  A bit taken aback at
the daggers shooting from Gideons eyes he scooted back a bit as Gideon
spoke

"Slyrtherin? Black hair, goofy smile?" Gideon asked

"Didn't really see him smile, but he his Slytherin and has black hair."
James answered as Gideon rolled his eyes and put Kay on the floor.

"Yeah I know who he is, the goon," Gideon said getting a bit
mater-of-factly "He's a chaser and captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team,
wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't such an ass about it... And wasn't a
Slytherin"

Then James remembered where he saw Flint before.  It was just a glance, but
Gideon was the keeper for the Gryfindor team and understood why Gideon had
some anger against Flint, for the Slytherins won the Quidditch Cup last
year and Gideon was a bit touchy about the subject.

"Why do you ask?" asked Violet "Ran into him in the hallway when I was
looking for my wand."  Violet gave him a look, and James realized that just
seeing someone in the hallway is no reason to ask about them so he
corrected himself

"Quite literally, I ran into him." James said quickly

Gideon laughed a little "Hope you broke something so he can't play this
year.  It's his last year before graduating so we have to get our revenge
and win this years cup!"

And now realizing why he never saw Flint other than the few glimpses at the
games, he was a year older than them so he never had the same classes and
of course they didn't share the same house so he would never have crossed
paths with Flint.  About to be lost in his thought again he was pulled out
by Violet laughing

"Oh my god, you like him dont you?" She beamed like she did when she first
saw him "That is soooo cute!"

"WHAT!!?" Gideon shouted snapping out of stouper looking like he was
planning an assassination "You know I don't mind you being gay mate," He
continued "but I cannot i mean CANNOT allow you to infacuate yourself with
Flint Ireson!"

There was a moment of silence as Gideon breathed hard. "He's right ya now?"
Violet said softly then looked at Gideon "I know Gideon here over-reacted
just now, and has no right to tell you who you can and can't 'infacuate'
yourself with, but Flint IS a Slytherin. That means he hangs out with
Slytherins and everyone knows they only talk to other houses when they're
making fun of them.  I mean I know a few Slytherins to call me Mudblood, so
it's probably best not to go down that path."

James shook his head and put on a fake smile "First of all, I don't know
even know this guy.  Granted he could be different than other Slytherins
and not an tool-" "OH, he's a tool!!" interupted Gideon but James just
continued "Besides the point, I don't like him.  Sure hes cute in a weird
way, but I've bumped into him once. Actually bumped into him, and then his
friend made fun of me so don't worry," James looked out of the window
hoping that they couldn't tell he was lying not only to them but himself in
hopes that it would make it true

"nothing's ever going to happen between us."


END CHAPTER

I know this wan't fully of sex and/or magic like some people thought it
would but, but I actally want to write a story here.  I promise there will
be a bit more magic in the next chapter since they will be at school, and
since most of the characters have been explained in this onoe it shouldn't
be all that boring.  Please, I'm open to any questions or comments (good or
bad) I would appreciate any type of critique

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