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[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?).

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"That was a great class," Philip said as he left the room.

"She is kind of strange though." Allen looked back in the room at the Professor, "Just look at her."

"Dad says she has always been strange, but very helpful in the many battles against Voldemort," James pulled Allen away from the doorway.

Carson's eyes bugged out of his head, "You say his name, even after all these years people don't say his name. "

James shrugged his shoulders, and the boys continued down the hall.

"Stop you guys," Serena was yelling as she and Penelope were running toward them.

James held out his arm to stop everyone, "What do you need Serena?"

"I thought you might ought to know that Duke and his friends are going to try and get you guys in trouble, Penelope overheard them talking in the common room last night, they are not to happy about you not getting in trouble yesterday, "Serena looked over at Penelope and shook her head at her , "Right Penelope that is what you heard wasn't it?"

"Slow down Serena. What are earth are you talking about? I missed everything after Duke. Do you think you can tell us a little slower this time, " Philip seemed a bit annoyed .

"What is he planning on doing to us?" James asked having been able to understand everything Serena just muttered.

"I didn't hear the plans , but I would watch your back if I were you. I don't know Duke, but Claude is my cousin. He is very mean. He has even wrote his mother to tell her I befriended a Gryffindor." Penelope dropped her head. " I just know I will get a howler for this one."

Serena and Penelope walked away leaving the boys standing there almost as dumbfounded as Professor Lovegood.

"I can't get in trouble. My folks will kill me." Allen was now worried.

"Let's get to our next class we can figure this out later." James looked behind him at Duke and his friends who were all whispering and laughing.

"I hope the History of Magic class is as good as that one," Carson said trying to change the subject.