A/N: This story has been in my head for nearly a year and I'm just now getting around to writing it.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the canon characters...damn! I do own the idea/plot of this story and a few OC that are in here.
Chapter 1 - Marauder's Style
James Potter and Sirius Black beamed at each other waiting for the sorting of the first years to be done with so they could go and put into action their first prank of their Sixth year. Remus Lupin found himself looking at them rather worriedly, not wanting to let them go about the travesty they were about to commit, but knowing he wasn't going to be able to stop them. As usual Dumbledore stood before the podium, starting up his annual speech.
"Welcome first years and welcome back older students. Congratulations to the houses for gaining more members, if you will. As some older students know...," at this the headmaster coughed, directing his eyes to the group of four boys sitting near the middle of the Gryffindor table. "That the Forbidden Forest is forbidden so please keep out of it."
"Was he directing that comment to us?" Sirius asked raising an eyebrow chuckling.
"I believe so, Padfoot," James replied, a smile rising to his lips. "I think we'll have to get back at him for that."
Dumbledore continued on with his speech, but instead of telling the whole to go ahead and stuff their faces, he stepped out from behind the podium and spoke once more.
"On another note, after nearly three hundred years, we have a student who has transferred here to Hogwarts," Dumbledore paused listening to the mumbled conversations that had broken out.
"She is transferring from the Salem Witches' Institute which reside in the States to the---- ah there she is!"
The double doors gave way to show that a young girl---- no more than sixteen---- had stepped into the Great Hall soaking wet from head to toe, her short dress that she must have thought she was cute in, just as wet as she was. Giving her wand a wave she dried out immediately and began her way up the hall between the staring groups of tables.
"Sorry about that; just got your owl and Apparated as soon as possible," she smiled giving a chuckle as she reached the headmasters outstretched hands and embraced him in a hug.
"Completely forgot I couldn't on the grounds and ended up at Hogsmeade!" she said, laughing together with Dumbledore.
"What an idiot," James whispered critically; causing Peter Pettigrew to snort out a laugh. Remus tried to keep himself from rolling his eyes at his friends and continued to listen to the headmasters' explanation.
"Due to certain reasons, she has transferred here to join her follow sixth years! So if you will," he said this time, directing her to the stool that still sat before the podium. "We can get you sorted and everyone can tuck in!"
Taking the seat offered, she watched with a raised eyebrow, as Professor McGonagall placed the large, dirty looking, Sorting Hat upon her head; upon which its seams ripped open immediately spill out its words.
"AVRIL POTTER!" the hat suddenly shouted, laughing hardily. "Your brother James Potter I sorted; and was told I would sort you one day, but five years later and in the same year how queer!" the Sorting Hat said aloud.
At this sudden news, James' friends and many other people at the Gryffindor table turned to the aforementioned boy with questioning looks, only to find his face deformed in disgust and the purest loathing seeping from his eyes; no one was brave enough to ask, but Sirius let his question slip.
"You've got a sister?!" he demanded to know, his head swiveling back around to get a good look at her. "Why did I just notice it now; you two do look alike! Why didn't you tell me you had a sister, mate?!"
It was James' turn to raise his voice. "Because I don't!" he snapped.
"Well, obliviously you do! The proof is fifty feet away," Remus joined in, absent-mindedly looking at her and then to his friend.
"I don't!"
"You do, mate!" Sirius laughed. "When did this happen and who's the oldest?"
"When did it happen? She appeared right after the aliens abducted me!" James said sarcastically.
"Aliens?" Peter whimpered.
Remus joined in Sirius' uproarious laughter. "There's no such thing as aliens, Wormtail," Remus replied to disconfirm the pudgy boys' fears.
"Oh...good," Peter smiled weakly, not really believing his friend.
"Aliens? Aliens? Where did you come up with that one?!" Sirius continued his laughter.
As two of the four Marauders laughed at their friend's sudden confession of alien abduction, the Sorting Hat continued in its out spoken thoughts which were usually held within the students mind.
"Blocking your mind from me are you?" the ripped seams that formed the mouth of the hat asked.
"Well exactly who would want an inanimate object talking in their head? Only nutters that's who!" the girl known as Avril retorted to only hear the laughter of the hat.
"You definitely have the cunning to be in Slytherin...," at this the Gryffindor table broke out into bows and hisses, while the Slytherin table cheered just a loudly. "You've the wit for Ravenclaw, and you know where your loyalties lie; perfect for Hufflepuff, but your courage and sense of adventure outweigh the rest!"
"Isn't that bad?" Avril asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Not at all," said the Sorting Hat. "A hard one you are!"
Sirius gave a low chuckle. "The hard one is m---"
James' wand snapped into Sirius', tan face. "You finish that and I won't hesitate to hex you into oblivion!" his voice harsh and dangerously low.
Sirius put his hands up defensively. "You're the one that said you didn't have a sister."
"Just because I think my sister's a prat and a git doesn't mean you can start, finish, or think of any sentence with her in mind that has the words, hard on, woody, snog, or shag! Got it?!" snapped James, who only put his wand down when Sirius nodded his head in agreement.
"From a great line of Gryffindor's we have here!" the Sorting Hat continued still not entirely sure where to place the girl, but nevertheless sorting through her mind. "...GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor table broke out in cheers, whoops, and yells; Remus and Sirius leading them on.
James stayed seated; clapping mildly and cynically saying, "Whoopee fuckin' doo," doing circles with his finger in the air, showing his displeasure.
As soon as the Sorting Hat was removed and she stood; with a short wave of her wand her clothes changed to that of the Hogwarts uniform and Gryffindor colors, and made her way to the table down the Great Hall. Passing by her brother and his friends, very much to James' relief, without giving them a once over she took a seat next to someone that had their hand waving in gesture to join them. Leaning over the table a bit to see who it was; James felt his heart drop to see it had been---- Lily Evans---- that his prat of a sister had sat by. The two; who hugged as though they knew one another, sent a jolt a fear and anger running through him. That should be him hugging Evans, not that evil git!
"What are you lookin' at?" Sirius asked while he attempted to direct his eyes to where James' were, only to find Avril Potter and Lily Evans on the receiving end. Sirius stared a bit before standing and declaring he was going to introduce himself; upon which James snapped up, wanting to get his own answers. Like how the hell did that prat know Evans?
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"Great there come the gits," Lily Evans sighed, pushing her red hair over her shoulder to get it out of her eyes.
"Wha---," Avril interrupted from their conversation turned her head to see her older brother and one of his friends heading their way.
"Prepare yourself," Lily muttered.
Sirius wiggled himself onto the bench, pushing some fifth year over to make room for James, who took a seat, shooting daggers at his sister. Avril laughed, finding her brother rather amusing, but ignored the sudden presence and continued her conversation with Lily as though the two never had appeared.
"James never told me he has a sister," flashing her one of his best smiles, which gave into a right cornered smirk, Sirius continued. "So how old are you?"
"What did you do winter break? Did you have fun?" Avril asked, directing her questions to Lily; the two completely ignoring them.
"My family took me skiing. I can't ski for my life, nearly ended up against a tree!" Lily laughed, causing Avril to as well.
"I can just see you know, splattered against the tree," replied Avril, who put up her hands and imitated being pressed against something. "Eeeeeeeeccckkk," she slid her face down the imaginary wall.
"Yeah sanity is definitely in question here," laughed Sirius, who got James to chuckle.
Still being ignored, James looked like he was about to blow a gasket. "So, do your new friends know you're a vampire?" This time Avril's blue eyes shot her brother a glare that would have made Snape proud. "You know, you being a life sucking parasite and all."
Lily looked absolutely livid, and her voice dropped while she leaned towards James. "You're the parasite! This is why I'd never go out with you if you were the last man on Earth!" She snapped.
James seemed to deflate, but Sirius pressed on. "The name's Sirius Black! How about you tell me about yourself? I already know that you've no sanity what-so-ever...," Sirius played out his fingers listing off things he knew.
Suddenly Avril looked to him and James with an astonished look on her face. "Oh my god; Lily why didn't you tell me cockroaches could talk here at Hogwarts! I wouldn't have come!"
"I was afraid if I told you, you'd leave me here with 'em. They're rather frightening!" Lily and Avril roared into fits of giggles before they stood and left the Great Hall still laughing.
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"She called us cockroaches?!" James raged on, once in the common room. Lily and Avril had already gone to bed by the time the four made their way up the moving stairs. "She's the parasite!!"
Sirius laughed watching his friend raging around the room, causing some first years to stare at him precariously. "Don't worry it's his time of the month."
The first year looked rather assaulted, and bolted away from them, her books almost spilling across the floor.
"I don't think I've heard that one yet," Remus smiled, settling himself down into one of the overstuffed chairs in front of the fireplace; in the Gryffindor Tower with his potions book. "Wish I could have seen your faces."
"...It's time for a little pay back!" James declared after some thought.
Sirius perked up and stood as still as a dog. "Marauder's style?"
"Marauder's style!"
"Don't count me in," Remus responded suddenly.
James and Sirius rained down upon him. "You're comin' Moony! If we've gotta drag you kickin' and screamin'!"
A/N: Sorry it's kinda slow. It'll pick up once I get past the formalities. Which believe it or not, there are. Lol. I know some of you are like. "Wait you can't Apparate legally until your 17!", but there is an explanation behind that and her magic use to come up in later chapters.
Ignore this, this is not a bitching to my readers or reviewers. I love you guys! This is a rant to a particular person. Grrrr!!!!
I'll try to keep James and the others as canon as possible. It's rather hard to at their age in the story because we don't know much about them, except for Sirius and Remus when they were older. People piss me off when they assume to know how the canon characters are suppost to act at this age and tell me I've written them out of character, just reading the 1st chapter. I'd like to say:
1. Did you write the orginal? No, so don't assume to know how their teenageselfs would act in canon. We've one chapter to work off of, so sod off.
I know some people are not going to read the whole chapter before reviewing and bitching along the lines of "Rowling stated that the are no transfer students and no American's would attend Hogwarts." (grrrrrr) Nothing more than that pisses me off.
1. Avril is not an American you fuckin prat! She's British and if you'd have read the rest your small, feeble mind would have picked that up, but no --- it seems that it's to small to comprehend that.
2. I know Dumbledore does act a bit out of his regular character, but there is a reason for that and why he's a bit soft for Avril. (hint: later chapters explain)
Okay I'm done. Sorry you had to witness that.