Chapter 01 _This is Worse! _

50 years ago

"Pothead! Give that back to me!" Lily squealed to James. James Potter and Lily James were bad enemies at HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDY. The worst thing is, they belong to the same house (Gryffindor Lions) and it was their fifth year here.

"Run for it Lily!" Peter Pettigrew shouted hopelessly.

Remus Lupin and Sirius Black were laughing hard like maniacs.

"Ten points from Gryffindor!" A voice broke in. It was Professor Albus Dumbledore, the Transfiguration teacher and the head professor of the Gryffindor house. "As far as I'm concerned, students are not allowed to laugh too hard! You're disturbing studious students." He was looking sternly at Remus and Sirius. "No one is allowed to shout and run in the corridors."

"We are sorry for what we did professor. It was James. He got my diary and -"

"That's enough Lily. You and the boys are to go back to your dormitory at once or proceed to the library and do your homework." Professor Dumbledore interrupted Lily's confession and went back to his office.

Lily stomped her foot, grabbed her diary back and ran off to the Gryffindor common room. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter on the other hand didn't go back to the dormitory or to the library either. They went to the grounds outside. It was a fine, sunny day.

"Marauders, are you ready?" James asked.

"Yes we are!" The three replied enthusiastically.

They went to the Quidditch field, got their brooms and flew away. The Marauders played the whole afternoon, not remembering that they have loads of homework to do.

"Looks like those gits are having a great time, Severus." Lucius Malfoy commented.

Severus Snape and Lucius Malfoy were students from the Slytherin Snake house - the enemies of the Marauders.

"Why don't you play with them?" Severus asked.

Lucius got his wand. He directed it to the bludger and CRACK!!! Mr. Argus Filch's window has been hit.

"Someone broke my window!" Mr. Filch, a dropped out student and now the castle's caretaker, yelled. He looked outside and saw James, Sirius, Remus and Peter.

"I guess we broke something." Sirius informed them.

"Oh no! It's Filch's window!" Peter shouted.

"We need to apparate back to our house." Remus said.

Then, they vanished.

"Where are they?" Mr. Filch was puzzled.

"Phew! That was close!" Sirius sighed.

Unfortunately, they apparated to Professor Dumbledore's room.

"Oh no!" Peter shouted. "We're in trouble."

"Oh, Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin and Mr. Pettigrew," Professor Dumbledore said calmly. "It seems that today, you've violated several school rules; not to mention breaking Mr. Filch's window. I think you boys deserve to be punished." Professor Dumbledore said. "Don't you think?"

"What Sir? Take out points from Gryffindor again?" Sirius asked, crossing his fingers.

"I won't take out points this time Mr. Black. Instead, you're going to receive detention." Professor Dumbledore demanded. "Peter, you clean the dungeon and the rooms in the 1st floor. Remus, you clean all the rooms in the 2nd floor and the North Tower. Sirius, you clean all the rooms in the 3rd and 4th floor. and. James, you will clean all the rooms in the 5th and 6th floor.no explanations, no exemptions." Professor Dumbledore ordered. "You'll start your detention at 19 hundred hours and you are going to do all of this without magic! You are all dismissed."

The Marauders went out of the room, bearing their "What's?!" in their mind. As they were heading to their common room, they met Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape who blocked their way, their wands out.

"So you guys are going to have detention, eh? Poor gits."

"They're going to clean the whole castle."

"Stand out of the way or else-" Sirius confronted their enemies with a hothead.

"-Or else what?" Lucius asked pathetically.

"Let's get out of here." Remus suggested.

James, Sirius, Remus and Peter went back to the Gryffindor common room. At exactly 7 in the evening, they got their cleaning gadgets and proceeded to their respective assignments. James, Sirius and Peter finished their tasks at 10 in the evening. They met up in the Great Hall.

"Where's Remus?" James eyed them in bewilderment.

"Brought to the hospital wing again and in the Shrieking Shack because of the 'Full Moon mania'." Peter answered.

They decided to go back to their common room. There, they waited for Remus until it was dawn.

"I guess we need to help Remus." James said, yawning.

To his astonishment, Sirius and Peter had dozed off. He laid there on his four-poster, gazing outside the window, waiting for Remus. After several minutes, snores ruled over the lightly lit room.