A/N: I know it's taking me forever to get the story back online but i was having a friend read it and notice to many errors. Slowly but surely i will get all the chapters back up. and maybe a new one or two.
It was the beginning of a new school year and all of the students on Platform nine and three quarters were saying their good-byes to their families. Lily Evans hugged her mom, dad, aunt and cousin Joseph. Her cousin Catarina, aka Reene, did the same.
"You two behave, now." Mrs. Hales said to the two girls.
"Aunty." Lily said. "When do we not behave?"
Joe snorted, then instantly got a playful punch to the arm from Reene. Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Evans smiled in amusement. The two girls said their final good-byes then turned to board the train.
"Hey Kit-Cat." Joe yelled to his sister. Reene turned to look at him. "Be bad." He said with a cheeky smile.
Reene shook her head at Joe and said. "Hey, Joey Bear, be good." He winked at her just before she and Lily got on the train. It didn't take long for the girls to find an empty compartment. And it also didn't take long before Jessi Carmichael and Abigale Bones found them. They sat and talked for a while before Lily stood up.
"Come on, Abby." She said. "We really need to head to the prefects carriage.""In a minute, Lily. We have time." Abby retorted.
"I'm Head Girl! I have to get there early."
"Then go, I'll leave in a minute then meet you there."
"Nope." Lily said grabbing Abby's arm. "You have to be with me to meet the new Head Boy." Then a smile crossed Abby's face. "See, I knew that would get your attention." Abby and Lily left, talking about who might be the new Head Boy.
Jessi and Reene sat there talking about there summer activities.
"My summer was so boring." Jessi sighed. "I stayed here the entire time! I did go to some night clubs here but other than that my summer was nothing compared to yours. Tell me more about America." She pried.
"Oh yes. Do tell Reene." A voice said from the door. Of course. Sirius Black Reene thought to herself. Jessi and him are going out for the one millionth time…no it's one million and one, now. Sirius came in followed by James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, George Cooper, and Derek Madison.
"Hey, cuz." Jessi said to James. "You gonna behave this year, Boger?"James narrowed his eyes at his cousin, he hated being called that nickname, and Remus just laughed. "He better! He made Head Boy this year." Remus informed the girls.
"That's great James!" Reene commented, while Jessi began to laugh.
"You?" Jessi shrieked in laughter. "Head Boy?! What was Dumbledore high when he picked?"
James rolled his eyes and grabbed Remus' arm. "C'mon, Moony. Let's go before Jessi, here, turns into a banshee." James dragged Remus out of the compartment and towards the prefect carriage. Sirius picked Jessi up and sat down in her spot pulling her onto his lap. "Love, it's supposed to be my job to make fun of Jamesikins."
Reene shook her head, yet again, as George and Derek sat down on either side of her. Peter started to stumble away….
"Where are you going, Wormtail?" Sirius asked.
"I….I have….to go…….m-meet someone." He stuttered.
Sirius had a look of shock on his face. "Someone?" he asked. "As in a girl? Bloody-hell, Wormtail's got himself a girlfriend! It's 'bout time, mate. Me and the boys have been wondering about you for a while now." Sirius said barking with laughter.
Peter's cheeks flashed bright red before he ran out of the compartment. "Was that really necessary, Sirius?" Reene said sharply. "He acts weird enough as it is. He doesn't need you and the rest of the Marauders making him feel more uncomfortable." Sirius didn't respond. Instead he just rolled his eyes and continued to laugh.
Jessi hit Sirius' arm. "Enough, Siri, I want to hear about America! So, spill, Reene!"
Reene smiled widely. "It was amazing! I saw so many things, it took my breath away."
"Yawn." Sirius said, faking a yawn. "You're boring." This got him another hit to the arm from Jessi.
Reene rolled her eyes, that was all she seemed to do around the Marauders lately. "I assume you want to hear that I went out clubbing every night, right? Is that what you want me to say, Sirius? That I'm a party girl?"Sirius nodded with a smug smile.
"Yep. Pretty much." He mused.
Reene opened her mouth to respond but then heard something. "…This is where your life begins…." She knew the voice singing that song. Her face lit up.
"What's with you?" Sirius asked, but was shushed by Reene. Then Jessi heard it as well. The girls ran out of their compartment and into the one next to it. All three boys followed. The girls watched and listened to their friend, Nicky Brown singing along to a bewitched record player.
"Remember where we are now. Open your eyes. Let love begin,
Remember where we are now. Oh, this is where your life begins,
Oh, remember, remember. Oh, remember. This is where your life begins."
Everyone applauded when he was finished. Everyone that is, except for George, Derek, and Sirius. Nicky saw Jessi and Reene and smiled. "Oh look what the wind blew in. My back up singers." He said in a teasing tone. The girls threw him a nasty look before running to give him a hug.
"Sounding good there, Nicky." Reene said. "Choir, this year, should be amazing!"
He nodded in agreement. "I heard Dumbledore even hired a teacher just to teach it. No more Flitwick."
"Really?" Reene and Jessi asked in unison.
"That's what I heard." Nicky replied. "Oh, by the way, Dumbledore wants you two to sing just before the feast.""What?!" Jessi and Reene yelled together, again.
"Okay, that's starting to get a little creepy." Nicky said with a laugh.
The girls stayed in Nicky's compartment to decide on what song they were going to sing, while Derek, George, and Sirius went back the other compartment.
Lily and Abby arrived at the prefect's carriage before anyone else. "Did it say who the Head Boy is in the letter that was sent home to you this summer?"
Lily shook her head no. "But it has to be Remus or Ted. There's no way it's gonna be Sam."
Abby laughed. "You're right about that. But what about Oliver?"
"I don't think so." Lily replied. "He's to shy. He wouldn't be able to take the lead. If it wasn't for Andromeda, Hufflepuff would have been completely hopeless." Abby nodded in agreement.
"So, are you going to bunk in our room again this year?" Lily asked
Abby nodded. "I don't know why I was even sorted into Ravenclaw! I talked to Alexa Wilson, the girl who's been switching rooms with me for the past three years, and she couldn't be happier in Ravenclaw. I think the Sorting Hat mixed us up. Anyway, it's not going to be the same without you living in the room with us. You get your own room and share a common room with only one other person. You're so lucky!
Lily laughed. "Yeah, well, it'll have to wait. According to my letter the Heads Rooms wont be ready for a little while. They're apparently adding to them.
"YAY! Then you get to spend more time with me!" The girls were laughing when the doors to the carriage opened, and in walked Remus and James. "Potter." Lily said with distain. "Remus doesn't need a chaperone where ever he goes. You on the other hand, I can understand needing one."
"Evans, I love how you're always so happy to see me." James replied sarcastically. "And contrary to what you believe, I am not Moony's chaperone. And he is not mine." He added before she could say a word. "I made Head Boy." He said flashing her his badge with a giant smile on his face.
Lily shook her head in disbelief. "You're lying." She said sharply. "You weren't even a prefect, how could you possibly be Head Boy?"
James shrugged. "Dumbledore must have come to his senses, I guess."
"No!" Lily exclaimed. "No, no, no, no, no! This is not happening!" She looked to Remus for help. "Remus, tell me he's joking. That's your badge, right? Tell me this is just another one of James' stupid little pranks and that badge really belongs to you!"
James spoke before Remus had the chance to respond. "Stupid?!" he yelled. "My pranks are not stupid!" Remus rolled his eyes. "And I am Head Boy. You can even ask Dumbledore yourself when we get to Hogwarts."
"You can be sure I will!" Lily retorted.
James opened his mouth to say something but was silenced by Remus' voice. "Shut up, Prongs." He snapped. "Lily, let me save you the trouble." Remus held his hand out to James, who just gave him a quizzical look.
"What?" James asked.
Remus shook his head "Merlin, you're dense." He went into James' pocket, pulled out a piece of parchment and handed it to Lily. Lily read through it and sighed. Remus is right. She thought. Crap! She handed the letter back to Remus, who gave it back to James. Lily looked to Abby for some support but all she got was laughter. Lily threw her hands into the air while making a disgruntled sound. "I give up! I can't get any help here!" She rounded on James. "Fine, Potter, I'll accept the fact that you are Head Boy, but if you fall out of line or you abuse your power and use it as an excuse to mess with people, I swear to God, I will make your life a living hell. Do you understand me?"
James' lips curved into a smile. "How can you make my life any worse, Evans? You break my heart every time you turn me down for a date. Which reminds, me what are you doing—"
"Not even in your sweetest dreams or your worst nightmares, Potter."
"Aww come on Evans! You know you like me."
"Eww." She said handing him a couple pieces of parchment. "Here, there are all the passwords to give to the other prefects and the patrolling schedule. We have a meeting with Dumbledore tomorrow to discuss dates for Hogsmeade weekends." James opened his mouth to speak. "Don't even think about it, Potter."
James turned his gaze to the parchments Lily handed him with a smile fixed on his face, while Remus just sat there smiling. Back to their usual selves. He thought.
The rest of the journey to the castle didn't take long at all. The usual horseless carriages where waiting for the student when they arrived. Abby, Lily, Jessi, and Reene got into one, while the Marauders got into another, looking rather mischievous. "What are they up to now?" Lily said annoyed. "It's the first day back! Can't they at least wait till next week? I don't want to deal with them tonight." Jessi and Reene shook their heads as they giggled. They had heard of the first Marauder's prank of the year from Sirius, but decided against telling Lily.
"Oh, let the boys have their fun, Lily." Jessi said. "No one's young forever. Plus everybody gets a kick out of their pranks."
"Not everyone get's a kick out of their pranks, Jessi. Especially not the ones on the other end of them." Jessi just shook her head and stayed quiet
Once everyone got to the Great Hall, everything was back to normal. The sorting hat did it's song, the first years were sorted, and Dumbledore did his usual speech. "…Now that that's all taken care of. I thought we could all use a little cheer. So, I have asked two of our seventh year choir girls to come and sing a song for all of us. Lets, all put our hands together for Miss Jessi Carmichael and Miss Catarina Hale." The entire hall burst with applause, especially from the Gryffindor table. The girls came up in front of the teacher's table, each with a guitar in hand.
"This is a song called Do you Believe in Magic." Reene said. They started to play. Reene was the first to sing. "Do you believe in magic? In a young girl's heart, how the music can free her whenever it starts and it's magic if the music is groovy it makes you feel happy like an old time movie."
"I'll tell ya 'bout the magic, it'll free your soul, but it's like trying to tell a stranger 'bout rock n roll. If you believe in magic, don't bother to choose, if it's jug band music or rhythm and blues." Jessi sang.
They both belted out. "Just go and listen."
"It'll start with a smile. It wont wipe off your face no matter how hard you try."
Reene danced as she sang. "Your feet start tapping and you can't seem to find how you got there, so just blow your mind."
"If you believe in magic come along with me. We'll dance until morning, just you and me."
"And maybe if the music is right, I'll meet you tomorrow, so late at night."
Then both of them danced around each other as they sang together. "We'll go a dancin' baby then you'll see, all the magic's in the music and the music's in me, yeah. Do you believe in magic, yeah. Believe in the magic of a young girl's soul. Believe in the magic of rock n roll. Believe in the magic that can set you free. Ohhhh, talking 'bout magic, yeah. Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in magic? Do you believe in magic, yeah? Do you believe in magic?"
Again the hall filled with applause. Dumbledore once again stood up. "That was excellent girls! Excellent!" he said as he clapped his hands together. "Now, let the feast begin." As he said it food appeared across every table.
At the end of the feast Dumbledore was about to dismiss the students when a loud bang came from above the Slytherin table. Everyone's head turned. A large purple cloud was hovering over the table with the words. "We're back and better than ever!" in gold writing in it. The hall filled with laughter when they saw that not only was the cloud purple but all of the Slytherin students were as well.
"SILENCE!" Dumbledore bellowed. The room went quiet. "Some how I knew I wouldn't be so lucky as to get through a first night feast without a prank from our infamous Marauders. Boys detention. And as for the Slytherin table, stay here when the rest are dismissed so we can return you to your natural skin colors. The rest of you, have a very pleasant night's sleep."
The hall emptied but the Slytherins. And on the way out the Marauders were getting high fives and slaps on the back for the first prank of the new school year.