HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF MAGIC- 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, 1975

JAMES POTTER WAS smart. For some people it was shocking that the young man actually received good grades in all his classes. The fact that he got good grades didn't also mean that he put in effort though. He was just one of those people who were naturally good at school. His friends, except one, were also smart.

Peter was often jealous of how his friends were able to score so high on tests without having to study hard. He however, was the exact opposite. He studied days and days just to get a grade which he wouldn't receive a howler for.

James Potter might've been labelled as smart, but he certainly didn't act in a very smart way. The main reason he found himself in detention every week was because of his dumb actions. At Least that was what Remus told him every time. James did not think that his pranks were dumb, rather the opposite, in his eyes they were exceptional. They were his masterworks, and would gladly take a detention if that was what it took to see his pranks flourish.

So even though he was smart, James Potter found himself lost and confused.

The year had started all the same, with the ceremony and the magnificent dinner. His friends acted the same and the first years were as nervous as always.

But something had changed.

After the ceremony, where he and his friends cheered on the new editions to their house, dinner was served. He ate and laughed with his friends as Peter told a funny story about some girl he met over summer break. She apparently had gone to a party with him and had gotten stuck with her boot in the mud. The mud was so deep and thick that she had to leave it behind.

It wasn't the greatest story but, Sirius had no fun stories from his front and Remus was more of a listener than a talker. Because James had already told all his stories, Peter was left to tell his.

James was usually a great listener, but something was bothering him. A sort of strange feeling in his heart and a strange pull in his stomach.

He found the source of the feeling when he looked away from Peter and behind him.

There at the ravenclaw table was the source in the form of a blonde haired girl staring at him. She had pale skin and her hair was slightly wavy. He noticed she was quite pretty, but the thing that confused him was the fact that he didn't recognise her. She looked about the same age as him, so she couldn't be a new 1st year.

While they were having a intense staring contest, the girl seemed to realise James was looking into her eyes, and her eyes widened as she did.

"James"

"James?"

"James!"

James realised it was his friends that were calling him. He broke eye contact with the girl and looked towards his best friend. Sirius stared at him with a confused expression.

"What were you even looking at?" Sirius asked scanning the ravenclaw table where James' focus was just on.

James turned to the table again and said; "That cute girl with the blond hair and pale skin."

Now the attention of all his friends was on the ravenclaw table.

"What girl, I don't see anyone," Sirius replied with a confused tone to his voice.

"Maybe you've gone crazy because Lily cursed you," Remus said, "all that teasing had to stop somehow."

"She probably made a blood sacrifice just to get rid of you," Peter added into the conversation, agreeing with Remus.

"Or maybe, you're seeing ghosts," Sirius added to the tease, with a spooky voice for added effect.

Then something occurred to James, a forgotten memory returning, he remembered the girl from the train as being the same girl he saw sitting with the other ravenclaws.

But his friends kept teasing him and James quickly cut them off, stating in a deadpanned voice "ha ha, very funny guys." But for the rest of the dinner, they kept teasinggg him about the fact that he could see ghosts and was being haunted by one. He laughed it off with them , but could think of no other explanation of why he could see the girl and other couldn't.

Maybe he was being haunted.

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