A/N: Hi everybody! This is the new and improved version of ASLTW – with the irrelevant notes etc cut out! Hope you enjoy it!

This story was inspired by the book So Much To Tell You by John Marsden. The character of Lily is based loosley on Marina from So Much To Tell You.

I did not make her up. Or any of the other characters you recognise from the Harry Potter series.

This story, however, does NOT follow the entire storyline for the book.

Chapter One – Meet the Marauders.

"You turned his broom into a mosquito!?" a 14 year old Remus Lupin asked incredulously whilst struggling to hold back sniggers.

"Yep!" said a tall boy with black hair proudly.

"You should have seen the look on his face!" said his partner in crime.

Those two troublemakers just happened to be Sirius Black and James Potter, respectively. Sirius was quite tall, with black hair and brown eyes. He was what almost every girl in the school labelled as "hot". He knew it, too. Although his name suggested your sincere, hardworking kind of guy, his actions definitely contradicted any notion you had of that. James Potter was almost the same, except he treated girls better. Not by much though. The two might have been brothers if you didn't know better.

Remus Lupin, on the other hand, was the relatively sensible one of the group. He kept them from being expelled when one of their many pranks went wrong, he was always the one to lend them their study notes... but not that sensible. He too had discovered girls at the end of third year, but at least he let them down gently.

The sound of the boys' loud, raucous laughter woke the fourth occupant of the compartment. Peter Pettigrew lifted his slightly pudgy blonde head and muttered

"Wassat?"

"We just turned Malfoy's broom into a mosquito!" said James. Well actually, he yelled.

Now Lucius Malfoy and his friends, on the other hand, was almost the opposite of James' group, known as the Marauders. Malfoy, Lestranger, Avery and Snape were definitely not people the average person would like to meet in a deserted alleyway in the middle of the night. Malfoy and his group were, of course, in Slytherin, whereas the Marauders were all in Gryffindor, said to be the bravest house.

"And do you know what the best thing was?" shouted Sirius at his normal loud volume.

"What?" asked Peter.

"Malfoy SQUASHED it!" James, Remus and Sirius all burst into laughter, while Peter just said "oh" and went back to sleep.

~*~After dinner, in the Great Hall~*~

After everybody, first year to seventh, was thoroughly fed and watered, Albus Dumbledore stood up.

"Just a quick message, would all fourth years stay after dinner tonight. All of the aforementioned year groaned, most of all the Marauders. "Thankyou," he said sitting down.

"Wonder why…." muttered James.

"Jamie – boy, you think too much!" said Sirius, shovelling even more food down his throat. Apparently 5 three course meals weren't enough for a growing boy.

A/N: The chapters get a lot longer as you go.

Thanks for reading!