Journey To Hogwarts, old - thread closed Options

[evlpez]

Okay folks. I know many of you have no care to explore 'ships and alt universe stuff, but I wanted to get something else moving in our brains.
Here is a short installment of an AU story about James Potter, son to Harry and Ginny. This is all that is written so far.

Rather than chapter-long installments, let's try just a few paragraphs at a time and see how it develops.

The story begins with James' first ride on the Hogwarts Express. I see James as a bit of a loner, coping silently with being related to a celebrity and unsure about his own place in the world. He is more mature than his age and is intelligent, brave and has a darkness about him. (He isn't evil or bad, though.) I see a bit of a 'young Remus' in this James. I have written in one baby brother, but there may be up to 5 children in the Potter family, considering Ginny's experience with a large family and Harry's feelings about having a different, lonlier childhood.

JOURNEY TO HOGWARTS

James Potter sat in an otherwise empty compartment of the Hogwarts Express, looking out the window and eagerly waiting for it to pull away from the platform. He could barely sit still. He felt only a twinge of guilt at his hasty good-bye to his parents, having felt awkward as always standing there with one of the most famous wizards in history. He needed to get away and be by himself on this train before he was bombarded by cousins and other curious people. He loved his cousins, but he always felt a little different from all of them. Not better, but something about being who he was had made him… alone. He preferred being alone at important times like this; important to him, anyway. His first trip on the Hogwarts Express, this was the beginning of his journey to become someone. To make a name for himself that wasn't automatically followed by 'the son of Harry Potter'. He glanced at the cage he had set on the bench opposite only moments before. His new owl, a young brown Tawny, stared back at him. He still hadn't given him a name, despite his mother's prodding.

"Just pick something, James. He's just an owl, not your firstborn child," she had said that morning while juggling a breakfast pan with her wand hand and his baby brother with the other. His father intervened as he took baby Albert off her hands.

"Now, now… this isn't just any owl. It's his owl. James will name him when he needs to. It's important to some people, Gin. This little guy is going to be more than just his owl, he'll be a friend." James smiled at his dad then. He understood. He understood a lot of things about James that his mother just couldn't, not that she didn't try.

James' new owl hooted, reminding him of a penny whistle. It was such a different voice than Hedwig's. James smiled. His father had known that this owl should be as different as he could be from Hedwig.

Continue, introducing at least one new character, maybe a Weasley Cousin (one of the twins' kids?).

[bakbam]

The two boys made their way to Professor Longbottom's office with their heads hung low. James whispered to Philip, "My father is going to kill me and I didn't even do anything."

Philip tried to keep from laughing when he said, "I thought it would help you, knowing everyone and all."

With a chuckle James replied, "Me too."

The office was fairly small, but only because of the many plants that filled up the room. James and Philip looked around very curiously at the strange plants that bubbled and spewed at them.

Professor Longbottom entered the room. He noticed the boys standing in front of a large plant which looked similar to a cactus. "That is a Mimbulus Mimbletonia" Professor Longbottom stated.

James curled his nose. "That is a disgusting-looking plant".

The Professor laughed, "Yes, I agree Mr. Potter. He's not as beautiful as he was years ago. I got this plant for my fifteenth birthday. It started out the size of this one here." He pointed to a small plant which was not as ugly.

"Wow! What is this boiling stuff?" Philip asked as he started to poke at the plant.

The professor quickly stopped Philip "I don't reccomend you touch those. They have a tendency to explode. Your father and I learned that the hard way, James.
Back to buisness now. Please have a seat".

James was not ready to hear any sort of lecture from the Professor so he quickly began telling him about the argument after class.

The Professor listened quietly as James told his side of the story. "I don't expect I will be seeing you two boys in my office again. Get on to your next class."

"I can't believe he didn't punish us." Said Philip excitedly as they were running to Charms class.

"I'm surprised myself, but I bet he will tell my parents about it anyway." James stated.

Class had already started when the two burst in the room. Everyone had heard what had happened after Herbology class. They all were whispering to each other about the fight. James apologized for being late before he took a seat in the front next to Serena. She lowered her head in shame when James looked at her. The teacher hushed the class and began the lesson.


**the next person can deside who our Charms teacher will be.**

This post has been edited by evlpez: Jan 8 2004, 03:26 PM