Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I am not J.K. Rowling, so I do not own Harry Potter or anything in his world.
Chapter 1: Becoming the Marauders
Harry Potter was sprawled across his bed in Number 12, Grimmauld Place. He had just arrived there from the Dursleys' and just found out from Ron and Hermione why he was there. It had been a long day.
First, a bunch of aurors broke into the Dursleys' house (thankfully, they weren't home) and took Harry to a place he had never been to before. Then, he found out that there is this top secret organization called the Order of the Phoenix. Hermione, the Weasleys, the professors, his godfather, and a lot of other people knew, but Dumbledore apparently didn't think it was necessary for Harry to know about it. Then he exploded at Ron and Hermione, his two best friends, for obeying Dumbledore's orders of not telling Harry about the Order via owl post. He sighed. Could this day possible be going any worse?
Just then, a shaggy, black dog appeared in the doorway. Harry smiled as the animal changed from a big dog into a tall, lean man with shoulder-length dark hair and light gray eyes.
"Hey Sirius,'' Harry told his godfather.
"Hi Harry. I heard about the little...er...brawl you had with Ron and Hermione...'' Sirius responded.
Harry's smile vanished as he remembered the 'brawl' that he stupidly began. Sirius, sensing Harry's bad mood, tried to think of a way to cheer him up and get his mind off of things. He looked up at Harry and saw the messy black hair and the bright, emerald-green eyes behind his round glasses庸eatures that reminded him of people he had loved more than anything.
"Hey, do you want to hear a story?'' Sirius asked.
Harry, a bit puzzled at the sudden change of conversation, eyed his godfather curiously, before replying with a quick, ''Er, sure.''
"Brilliant. So you know that your father, Remus, me, and that stupid, lying, good-for-nothing, betraying, excuse of a person''
"Uh, Sirius?'' Harry questioned.
"What? Oh. Right. The story. Anyway, so you know how when we were in school, we were the Marauders, right?'' Harry nodded, and Sirius continued. ''Well, here's the...interesting story about the time that the Marauders met for the first time...''
Sirius Black ran through the wall between platforms nine and ten, absolutely furious. His parents had been going on and on about how he had to be sorted into Slytherin. He had been looking forward to going to Hogwarts for many years, and the only thing that would ruin his Hogwarts experience would be getting sorted into Slytherin. Why would anyone want to spend seven years living with arrogant, selfish, attention-seeking gits who only cared about blood purity and the Dark Arts? Sirius just didn't understand why his parents believed in all of that crap, but he did know one thing: he would most definitely not be sorted into Slytherin. He would be perfectly happy as long as he was anywhere but Slytherin. Except maybe Hufflepuff. I mean. What the hell is a Hufflepuff, anyway? he thought.
Sirius made his way to the train, without saying a final goodbye to his parents. From the compartment he was in, he looked out the window and saw a scrawny boy with messy black hair and glasses who was saying goodbye to his parents. They were hugging and telling him how much they would miss him. Sirius looked away. A feeling of emptiness overwhelmed his insides, but he pushed it away.
A few minutes later, the kid with the glasses came into his compartment. ''Hello, do you mind if I sit here?'' he asked.
"No, not at all,'' Sirius replied as the boy sat down.
"I'm James Potter, by the way,'' James told him.
Oh god, Sirius thought. Of course, the first person he met at Hogwarts just had to be someone from a family that his family disliked. No, 'disliked' was an understatement. His family utterly despised the Potters. Sirius didn't have a problem with people like the Potters, people who were the exact opposite of his parents. In fact,he preferred people like that. What bothered him was that once James found out he was a Black, he would probably never want to speak to him again.
"Hi, I'm Sirius Black,'' Sirius replied, wearily. James's eyes widened. This was it, he thought. But to Sirius's surprise, James just burst out laughing.
"Wow. Well who would've thought that the first friend I met at Hogwarts would be someone from a 'Dark family','' James said in between laughs.
Sirius's emotions were mixed. He was pleased that James already thought of him as a friend, but how could he say that, if he knew that he came from a Dark family? ''Wait. You mean you don't care that I come from a Dark family?'' Sirius asked James.
"No, you don't seem to be too bad. You seem like a good enough bloke,'' he said, kidding around.
Sirius smiled. Just then, a small boy with sandy brown hair knocked at the compartment door, and stood outside, unsure if he should come in. Sirius looked at James, who shrugged. ''Er, come in,'' Sirius said awkwardly.
"Hi, I'm Remus Lupin,'' the boy said, quietly and shyly.
''Hi, I'm James Potter and this is Sirius Black,'' James told Remus.
"It's nice to meet you both,'' he replied, and took a seat next to James. Just as he sat down, another boy came in the compartment. He had light brown hair and was on the chunkier side.
"Uh, hi, I'm P-Peter Pettigrew,'' the boy stuttered.
"Well, hiya Peter! I'm James, and this is Sirius and Remus,'' James said, in a welcoming manner.
"Hi Peter, take a seat,'' Sirius told Peter, amiably.
Peter did as he was told, and took a seat next to Sirius. The four boys began talking and getting to know each other. Just then, a boy with greasy black hair and a girl with green eyes and fiery red hair appeared at the door, interrupting their loud and exciting game of Exploding Snap.
"Have you boys ever heard of manners? You're disturbing the entire train with all of this obnoxious racket!'' the boy snarled angrily.
"Actually, we have heard of manners, but have you ever heard of shampoo, because it sure doesn't seem like it,'' Sirius retorted, coolly. The boy was boiling with anger; Sirius wouldn't have been surprised if steam came out of his ears. The boy stormed off without another word.
"That wasn't very nice, what you said to poor Severus, you know,'' the girl said, a bit irritated at Sirius, but he just shrugged. ''I'm Lily Evans, by the way."
"Well, hey there, beautiful. I'm James, and this is Sirius, Remus, and Peter,'' James said, flashing Lily a smile.
Lily rolled her eyes. ''Well, it was not particularly a pleasure to meet you, so I won't say that it was.'' And with that, Lily Evans was gone.
"Well, that went well!'' Sirius exclaimed with a grin on his face. ''That kid was a git though, definitely a Slytherin, don't you think, James?'' Sirius asked, but James didn't respond. He was too preoccupied by staring at the exact spot where Lily Evans had been standing just moments ago.
Remus, putting two and two together, realized what was going on, and started laughing hysterically. ''Oh my god, Potter! You fancy Lily Evans already, don't you?'' he said, in between laughs. Sirius and Peter joined in, now that they realized what had happened.
"Wow, James. 'Hey there beautiful'? Real smooth, mate,Sirius teased.
James blushed, and murmured something that sounded terribly like, ''Well, she was attractive."
It was going to be a long year, Sirius thought. But as long as he was in the same house as James, Remus, and Peter, it was going to be a great one.
When Sirius finished, Harry had a huge smile and a look of complete shock on his face. ''Are you serious? I can't believe my dad's crush on my mom started the second he met her. I mean, I knew he liked her for a long time, but really? The first day?'' Harry said, amazed.
Sirius snickered. ''Well first of all, of course I'm Sirius.'' Harry rolled his eyes, but smiled, at the over-used pun. ''And I know, at first it was just a little crush, but then he was hopelessly, head over heels.'' He snickered some more.
"And I love what you said to Snape about the shampoo. It was great, and definitely true,'' Harry praised his godfather.
"Ah, well Snivellus deserved it, the little greasy git,'' Sirius responded, with a look of disgust on his face.
Harry laughed. ''I can't believe you started torturing Snape on the first day of school."
Sirius smiled, obviously thinking of more good memories.
"And did you really think that my dad wouldn't like you because of your surname? Was Sirius Black actually worried about what other people thought of him?'' Harry asked, amused.
"Well, I was young and innocent back then,'' Sirius defended himself.
"Oh, how times have changed!'' Harry teased.
"Hey!'' Sirius exclaimed, making Harry smile.
Finally, Harry Potter had someone so close to family to talk to. Finally, Harry Potter could connect with someone that knew his parents more than anyone ever had. A feeling of gratefulness for his godfather pervaded his body as he thought about, for the first time in his life, how great the summer would be.
A/N: This is my first fanfiction ever so it would mean so so so much to me if you reviewed. I'm dying to know what people think of this story so far :) And I want to see if I should continue or not.
Also, I would like to thank UndesirableNo.5 and Ginnyweasley124, who helped me out with my first chapter! Check out their stories too! (theyre in my favorites)
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