James Sirius Potter's Story

"Mum! Ah~cut it out!" James Sirius Potter complained as he pushed against the shorter woman holding her son captive. Now, normally, James was rather close to his redheaded mum, often enough that he would kiss her on the cheek before boarding the Hogwarts Express himself.

However, he'd caused a tiny bit of trouble before leaving the house (something to do with his sister not being able to find her cat...) and, as punishment, Ginny Potter was holding her son in a death grip around the neck as she covered his face with kisses. James Sirius, unfortunately, wasn't going anywhere.

"Come'on dad, help me out!" he complained, trying desperately to wiggle his way free. "Mum, the train's going to leave soon!"

Harry Potter was of no help to his eldest son, instead standing there with a smile on his face, one arm tossed over the middle child's shoulders as though both tried, pointlessly, to hide their smiles.

Ironically enough, it was said little sister who saved him from his capture. "Mum, as I much as I love this, James is right...the train will be leaving soon and I don't want to miss it..."

Ginny laughed at Lily's interruption of her embarrassing her oldest child. "Oh, alright," she says with a sigh and finally let him go. Probably because it was Lily's first year, and more important stuff needed to be done.

James Sirius stumbled out of her grasp and immediately began straightening his clothes and rubbing kisses off his cheeks. He cracked a smile as Lily promised she'd make the boys write and not get into too much trouble. He was actually sure she'd remind the boys to write, but as for getting into trouble...

"Do try, sweetheart," Ginny mumbled, trying to ignore the smirk on James' face as she hugs her only daughter goodbye. After that she waved as Lily climbed onto the train.

James Sirius glared at his mother--all in good fun--before hugging his father. Then he gave his younger brother a playful little shove towards the train.

"Ah, Sirius, cut it out," Albus complained as he stumbled away.

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Eden looked up just barely when she heard a male voice, her nose resting on the cold ground and her big brown eyes staring up at him. He was younger than her, she could tell, but he struck some sort of familiarity. She probably just knew him from around school.

It was, however, rare for people to stop and help her. They were used to her issues by now, and generally they didn't even bother to laugh anymore. But, she figured the lovely display of flying artifacts and the yelping cat might have had something to do with the unwanted extra attention.

"Come on." He said. "Trains about to leave, get up."

She snapped out of her own thoughts when she realized he'd offered his hand to her. She took it gratefully and pulled herself to her feet. He didn't sound entirely sympathetic, but to be honest she couldn't blame him. She was the idiot that'd crashed, and his smile and offered help definitely made up for it.

"Thank you," she whispered, a bright blush appearing on her face. "People don't...do that very much..."

Then she realized the mess she'd caused when she'd fallen. Her trunk was split open, she'd been waiting for that to happen after one too many falls. "No, no, no," she begged under her breath as she dropped to her knees and tried her best to gather up her fallen things.

"Oh my Merlin I'm going to miss the train and have to go back home, and I don't even know why I try anymore I should just drop out and admit that I'm not good at anything and..." she trailed off, still whispering to herself between clinched teeth.