Me: Yay! My first Harry Potter story! I absolutely LOOOOOOVE the Marauders. They have such a beautiful relationship and their stories are so sad. One of their best friends tears them apart. Now James and Lily are dead, Remus is alone, and Sirius is in Azkaban. Petigrew used to be such a nice boy. Why did he do it? WHHHYYYYYYY?!

Whale: Calm down! Do you want them to stop reading before they even start? (I shake my head) No? Then calm down. (As if talking to a 3 year old) Good. Now do the disclaimer.

Me: Sigh.], I do not own. If I did, there would be a pre-quel about the Marauders and a tv show as well. I have a job for anyone who loves the Marauders. Spam J.K. Rowling's email and get her to write a book about them or make a tv show about them. Here is my reasoning (this will be a bit of a rant):

1. The Marauders have a wonderful friendship that she can expand upon. They are practically brothers! She can add in angst and friendship in between them which would be a good storyline.

2. There is also the whole James/Lily thing going on. At first Lily hated James, but she ends up marrying him. How does that happen? What happened in between? She could go into that

3. What about Snape? Why does Lily leave him? How did James save his life? What did the Marauders do to him? I'm sure that would be interesting to hear about.

4. How about the whole werewolf and animagus thing. How do the Marauders find out about Remus? How did they become animagus? What were the troubles of keeping it a secret? What happened exactly on full moons?

5. So we know this is during a war. Lots of people are scared and wondering whether or not to join Voldemort. It would be cool to see how they face it. What are some of their reactions? What are their feelings about everything? What about Sirius? His family is very Pro-Voldemort and his brother becomes a Death Eater. That would be good place for some comfort/angst.

6. Or Sirius running away to live with James. How does that play out? What brings about this change?

7. She could even write about later years. Maybe when they join the Order and watching friends be killed or turn evil. That would be a very good mini-series for tv or something.

That is 7 good things J.K. Rowling could write about. She could use them separately, or smash them all together. I'm sure they would make a good book. Now I now what you are thinking, 'We already know their futures. It is like knowing the ending of a book. Won't that make it less interesting?' The answer is: no. Just because we know the endings, doesn't mean it is any less interesting. It just makes it more so. Think about it. We know what the end result is, but how did it get there? Why did it end up like that? These will be some questions to drive the books. I knew the ending of the Percy Jackson books, but that didn't make me like it any less. That is proven by my other stories. I know some people don't like it, but there are always critiques.

Okay, so I know there are fan fictions, but I want to know what J.K. Rowling was thinking when she wrote Harry Potter. It's like listening to an audio book. It always sounds best when it is read by the author. Well, that is all I have to say. I really need to get that out. If you agree, please tell your friends or post this on your account. I want people to spam J. 's email with emails about this. If we all work together, I think she will write a book about it.

Again, I do not own!

Chapter 1

"James Potter, GET UP!" James heard his best friend, Sirius Black, shout. From the sound of his voice it hadn't been the first time. He opened his eyes blearily, wondering what was going on. When his eyes had adjusted to the light, he saw his friend leaning over him. He looked relieved.

"Wha?" He groaned, feeling like his mouth was stuffed with cloth. He sat up in his bed.

"It took you FOREVER to wake up. Usually you are a light sleeper, so what's different about today? Plus it's, like, 8:13, and Moony and Wormtail have already gone down to breakfast." Sirius said. James didn't reply, wising more than anything that he could go back to sleep right now. Slowly, he pulled his aching body out of bed. Wait. Aching? It's not like he had Quidditch practice last night or something. Why did he hurt so much?

"You okay?" Sirius asked noticing him hesitate.

"Uh… Yeah." He replied uncertainly, wincing at how scratchy his voice sounded.

"Then lets go! I'm starving!" Sirius shouted, not noticing the wince. Sirius had dragged him out of bed and into the common room when he realized that he was still in his pajamas.

"Sirius!" He shouted. Sirius turned around noticing the problem, laughed, and let him go get changed. By the time he got back it was 8:30. They walked into the corridor and down to the Great Hall.

Remus POV

I looked up to see James and Sirius approaching. Sirius sat down and quickly began piling food onto his plate while James stumbled into his seat and put a few pieces of bacon, an egg, and a pancake onto his plate. While Sirius had already finished half of his plate of food, James hadn't even picked up a fork. He was slouched in the seat and was resting his head in his palm. Under his eyes there were dark circles which were very prominent against his abnormally pale skin. I just brushed it off as being tired. I turned back to Peter and continued our previous conversation.

Pretty soon (like usual), our conversation turned to pranks. Peter had brought up that we hadn't done a prank in a few days and should do one.

"You're right, Wormtail!" Sirius exclaimed, "We haven't done one recently. When do you think we should do one and what should we do?" We all turned to James seeing as he was our unofficial leader and the one who typically came up with the ideas. We were surprised to see him just sitting there, staring at his still untouched food, and seemingly not listening.

"James?" I asked. He didn't answer.

"Prongs?" Wormtail tried. Nothing.

"Prongsie!" Sirius said, a little louder while shaking him roughly. Finally, he realized we were talking to him and turned toward us, confusion clearly written on his pale face.

"What?" He asked. We all shared worried glances. We knew something was wrong.

"Didn't you here us? We called your name 3 times!" Peter asked anxiously. This time he looked surprised.

"You ok?" I asked.

"Yeah, why?" The look on his face showed he wasn't ok. No matter how good a liar he was I could always tell.

"Because: 1. You haven't touched your food. You love eating almost as much as Sirius. (Sirius huffs indignantly) 2. You haven't said anything. You always talk. 3. You spaced out. You never do that. 4. You woke up late. You always wake up first. And 5. We started talking about pranks and you didn't know it. You ALWAYS know when we talk about pranks!" I listed off, slowly getting more intense. For a moment he just sat there. Then he got up and walked away as he started coughing.

"I'm not hungry. Remember there is Qudditch practice today, Sirius, Remus." He called back without looking at us.