(I do not own any of the characters (Owned by J.K Rowling) , I am borrowing them for fun. )

Chapter 1: The Marauders

It was a clear, blue morning; the sun drilled through the windows, bounced off the golden murals etched in the pillars that held together the light stone arch way above the Hogwarts Express. The station was filled with people, scurrying their way to board the train, loud sounds of babies crying, mothers saying goodbye, and the conductor yelling "All aboard! Train leaves in 5 minutes!"

"Hurry up, will you?" A young man's voice called after the conductor blew the whistle, in warning the train will leave soon.

"Well hang on! This bloody bag weighs two of you, Prongs." A separate voice said shortly after.

Two boys emerged from the pool of people on standby, waving at their friends or relatives on the train.

"Just drop it here Padfoot, or we'll have to run after the train." Prongs wheeled his suitcase next to Padfoot's who of which heavily dropped his suitcase with a loud thud.

Prongs, a nickname for James Potter, is a fifth year student at Hogwarts School. He had slightly short, dark wavy hair, and large round glasses that framed his face quite perfectly.

Padfoot, another nickname given to one of James' closest friends, Sirius Black. Sirius is a fellow classmate of James, who had long black hair that reached his shoulders, and grew much taller than James over the summer, which was another reason to grab girls' attention.

James looked by Sirius' feet and noticed his trunk flew open and items began to spill out. He quickly tapped Sirius on the shoulder and they began, hurrying, picking things up and throwing them inside the suitcase.

"really, Sirius, I mean really?" James lifted in front of him a magazine, which on the cover was a skinny, good looking witch, wearing what James would not even categorize as realistic clothing, clutching her wand in one hand and laying the other around her hips, with the title 'Wanting Witches' arched above her head.

Sirius snagged the magazine out of James' hands and stuffed it inside his suitcase. "We all don't have a Lily in our life, Prongs. This is my alternative." James laughed and began to shove school books in the sides of the suitcase.

Sirius grabbed the last item, a rather small green box labeled 'Stink Pellets', which is an item that releases a disgusting odor. "Just wait till Snivellus gets a load of these." Sirius said, carrying a large grin and placing the box inside his suitcase.

James took his wand out from his pants pocket and pointed it directly at the suitcase. "Reparo".

The Hogwarts Express released a loud whistle, followed by large puffs of smoke and began to roll its enormous wheels down the rusty tracks.

"C'mon!" James yelled, and they both broke off in a run, jumping in the first opening they reached, landing roughly on the train.

The two staggered down the aisle looking for an empty compartment as the train began to pick up speed. They were in their Hogwarts house' section, Gryffindor, passing compartment after compartment, for each was filled with students laughing, talking, or eating. As they passed each compartment James ran his outstretched fingers along the compartment doors, 14C. . . 15C. . . 16C. . . then suddenly his fingers stopped and trailed around the cold handle, sliding it open smoothly.

"Evans." James said almost charmingly as his eyes darted towards a girl sitting in the corner of the compartment, her long red hair being slightly pulled by her crossed arms, and her saturated green eyes staring right back.

"Potter." She replied as she then crossed her legs as her friends giggled around her.

James leaned against the compartment opening, with Sirius resting his head on his propped up arm against the window behind him.

"How'd your summer go?" James said, refusing to look even for half a second at the giggling that was going on around Lily.

"Quite ordinary. Mum got me cat. Bought a few books. Learned a few spells." Lily said, pushing her long red hair behind one of her ears, swaying her foot slightly.

"Losing her Prongs." Sirius said, still resting himself on the window, grabbing a small treat from the cart and biting into it.

"You can show me those spells when we go to Hogsmeade next weekend." James said, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his finger.

The giggling girls began once more, and Lily showed a smile she tried to hide. "Alright."

"See you then." James closed the compartment door, and saw Sirius stuffing his face with small rounded chocolates. "bloody hell, aren't dogs supposed to not have chocolate?"

The two continued walking through the aisle till they reached 22C. James opened the compartment door roughly, allowing the door to give a slight bang and wheel back shut. James took a spot with Sirius, facing two other boys sitting in the compartment with them.

Moony, or Remus Lupin, was another close friend, who had short light brown hair and a skinny scar that was engraved on his right cheek. He was also wearing a Prefect badge and holding a rather large book that seemed to tire his arm out.

Wormtail, who was also Peter Pettigrew, completed the quad, he too had short, light brown hair. Yet unlike the other three, Peter was a bit on the larger side, and quite shy.

"Took you guys some time." Remus said as he heaved his book more comfortably in his arms.

"James took a stop at 16C." Sirius said, dropping two more chocolate balls inside his mouth.

"16C?" Remus questioned.

"Lily's compartment." Sirius said, with a mouth full of candy.

James began to blush, grabbing a chocolate ball that fell in midair between Sirius' finger and his mouth, and ate it. Sirius felt around his pants to see if he had dropped it.

"Not upset at you is she?" Remus asked James, as he turned to look at Sirius who had now just gotten up and began searching underneath him for his chocolate ball. "For what happened last year?"

"Come on, Moony. It was last year. Why would she hold a grudge –"

"Especially for that poor bloke." Sirius said, interrupting James.

Remus raised his eyebrows, yet reluctantly agreed.

"What'd you do this summer, Moony?" Sirius asked, resting his back against the window, propping one leg on the chair and wrapping his hands around his knee.

"Homework. Erm, it was my cousin's birthday so we did that. She's not an animagus, nor understands what that even is, so she kept asking where I was when the full moon appeared one night I stayed over. The outhouse they locked me in was nothing compared to the tree. Cramped, no light, cold." Remus said, as he lifted his book to his chest and stared at his fingers.

"Please Remus, this got upsetting." James said, giving a look of thoughtfulness.

"We'll return to our little tree soon enough boys." Sirius said, fixing his posture, and slamming his leg down to the ground, tapping them on the shoulders.

"How was your summer, Sirius?" Remus asked, loosening his grip on his book.

"I'll tell you what his summer consisted of…" James began. "Looking at Wanting Witches Weekly, swooning over witches wearing nothing but a mere cloth." James laughed.

Sirius pushed on James' shoulder and crossed his arms. "Definitely not. Okay. That's just for downtime reading." Sirius reassured his friends.

"Right, a great piece of literature." Remus laughed.

"Shut it Moony." Sirius said coolly, turning himself to face Peter.

"What about you, Wormtail, anything interesting?"

Peter looked out the window of the train, and watched the hills roll by for a moment, possibly thinking for an answer. "Nothing new." Peter said, still staring out the window.

"Old man won't stop?" James asked.

Peter looked at James momentarily, then noticed all his friends were staring at him from each angle, so he quickly dropped his neck and stared at his feet.

"He got fired recently. So what does he do? Goes straight back to the Hogs Head for more swigs with his friends."

Sirius placed an arm on Peters shoulder and smiled reassuringly.

A loud bang on the compartment door, interrupted the moment Sirius had with Peter, and he released his hand and looked, just like everyone else, at the compartment door.

Two girls, one with long blonde hair and the other with slightly long black hair waved and smiled awkwardly at Sirius. The blonde girls' hands were clutching her friends shoulder, and the black hair girls' hand was running oddly down the compartment glass, making an uncomfortable squeaking sound.

Remus continued to look at the two girls, his eyebrows slightly raised, Peter went back to staring at the window and James looked nowhere else but the ceiling, messing up his brown wavy hair, hoping for the girls to go away. Sirius gestured them to leave, then face palming when one of the girls blew a kiss before walking off.

"I mean… they're cute…" James said, finally looking back at his friends, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Cute? They're bloody awkward. Been following me around school for two years." Sirius replied, pulling his long hair back.

Remus put his book beside James, standing up with one hand on the compartment door handle. "Will you bring my bag and book inside?" Remus asked as he opened the compartment door. "Prefect duty, we should be arriving soon."

James nodded away Remus, and watched Sirius pull out his magazine from his sweatshirt.

"Thought you stuffed that in your suitcase?"

"That was edition four." Sirius said, flipping to the first page. "Come on, have a look. It's a small cooking segment."

"Right, oh wow… okay. Padfoot get that away!" James began to push the magazine away from himself when Lily passed by the compartment and stopped to look at the commotion.

"James Potter." Lily said, in a very motherly tone.

James and Sirius both stood still at the new voice that traveled in their compartment. James' hand slipped up from the open magazine and hit Sirius in face, causing both of them to fall backwards.

"Keep an eye on them, Peter." Lily said as she strode out of the compartment and disappeared down the aisle.

"Great, now she thinks I read these." James said, pushing himself off the compartment floor.

"Might do you good Prongs, there is dating advice in here." Sirius said as he messed up James' hair even more.

The Hogwarts Express began to slow down, followed by a loud screeching noise and a rough halt, for James was thrown forward, catching Remus' book that almost slid off.

The three gathered their things and stepped off the train. Around them, many students were in large groups, talking as they walked mindlessly to the dirt trail that lead through the grounds, to the two large oak doors, that was the entrance to Hogwarts.

"First years! Line up here please!" James caught sight of Remus yelling for the first years to line up in front of him, throwing his arm out and pointing at the developing line of students.

"Skip the ceremony, go to the tower?" Sirius said, his hands behind his head.

"No thanks, I'm going to go. A family friend is being sorted today." Peter said, as he continued farther on the path, walking ahead of James and Sirius.

"Alright, you?" Sirius said, looking at James.

"Of course. I've got to leave something for Lily anyways." James said, with a look of delight, yet nervousness seemed to take over, all while his cheeks began to blush a light rose colour.

The two continued to walk with the crowed, yet at a much slower pace, waiting for Professor McGonagall to look away, till they darted the other direction and began to walk up the stone stairs towards their tower.