Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. If I did, my writing would be considerably better and I would live in England.
Marauder Girls has been completely RE-DONE :)
I re-read it and thought it needed MAJOR improvement (in other words, I thought it was shitty). It's still not 100% where I want it, but this is all I have time to do.
Chapter One: Did you see those stems?
It was a bright summer's day at the Potter Mansion. Four teenage boys came thundering down the stairs chatting and laughing.
"I wonder If Lily-Flower got my love letters?" James wondered aloud.
Sirius snorted, "I'm sure she did Prongs. It would have been hard to miss all eighty thousand of them!"
"Oh shut it Pads!" James exclaimed defensively before continuing in a softer tone, "One day, she'll realise that my love for her burns brighter than a thousand suns!"
There was a moment of silence as three of the boys glanced at each other before exploding into fits of laughter.
"Shut UP you guys!" James exclaimed.
"James Henry Potter, be nice!" James looked up to see his mother enter the kitchen with a stern, yet rather amused look on her face.
"Yes mum," James mumbled.
"Are you excited for today?" She asked as she piled the table high with a rather large feast of a breakfast.
"Um...should I be?" James asked, puzzled.
Anne sighed and shot her son an exasperated look, "Holly is arriving today James, have you forgotten?"
"Holly's coming?" he exclaimed "Brilliant! I haven't seen her in ages!"
"Who's Holly?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, who is she Prongs?" added Sirius excitedly.
"She's my cousin. I hardly ever get to see her though. She lives in Australia with her parents." James explained.
"Holly and her friend Megan are transferring to Hogwarts for their last year." Anne added.
"I thought Hogwarts didn't usually except students after first year?" asked Remus.
"Ah, that is usually the case but Holly and Megan applied through the Magical Student Exchange Program. Cost their parents a pretty galleon too."
"Sounds wicked, what's she like?" Sirius asked.
"Well, I haven't seen her since we were fifteen," James admitted, "But I don't think she's changed much. She's really into dancing and stuff. Great sense of humour, a little bit of a trouble maker but that's what we like to hear isn't it?" He added with a wink.
"What does she look like?" Sirius inquired, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
"Oi! Don't start that Padfoot she's my cousin!" James exclaimed, "But from what I remember she was a short little thing."
"I guess I'll just have to wait till she gets here," Sirius sighed at his friend's mediocre description. 'Short', Whoa, don't get too elaborate there Prongs!
"Which should be rather soon," Anne said "My sister insisted on sending her the muggle way. That poor girl will have sat through over twenty four hours on one of those horrid flying muggle contraptions."
"Oh! Is that where dad is?" James exclaimed.
"Yes, my oh so observant son, your father is picking Holly up from the airport. They should be home any minute." Anne replied.
As if on que, a large crash came from the living room. Anne, James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all leapt up from their seats and ran out of the kitchen.
Henry Potter lay sprawled on the living room floor with a large suitcase in his hand.
"You never were the most graceful at travelling by floo powder were you dear?" Anne shook her head and smiled at her husband before helping him off the floor and proceeding to dust him off.
"Not in the slightest," Henry chuckled.
"Hey Dad," James exclaimed.
"Morning son, good morning boys" Henry grinned and nodded at his son's friends. He was greeted by a chorus of 'good morning Mr. Potter' from Remus and Peter and a hearty 'Morning Mr. P!' from Sirius.
"Where is Holly dear?" Anne inquired.
"She should be here any second Annie," Henry replied, "She's still not used to using floo powder."
Anne looked anxiously towards the fireplace, "Do you think she'll get here okay?"
Suddenly, the fire place erupted into emerald flames and shot out a tall girl clouded in dust and ashes.
"Holly, darling!" Anne exclaimed rushing over to embrace the girl who had somehow managed to land on her own two feet.
The girl laughed and hugged her aunt. "It's good to see you too Auntie Anne."
"Oh my goodness dear, you HAVE gotten tall! I remember last time we saw you, you seemed so tiny!" Anne gushed.
"Yeah short stack, you've grown!" James exclaimed with a grin.
"Jamesie!" Holly exclaimed, running over and pulling James into a bone crushing hug. They both laughed as he picked her up and swung her around.
Sirius coughed, "Are you going to introduce us Prongs?"
"Yeah all right mate, keep your knickers on," James grinned, "Mates, this is Holly, Holly this is Remus, Peter and-"
"Sirius," He interrupted with a smirk, "Sirius Black."
Sirius stuck out his hand. Holly shot James a look and reached out to shake Sirius' hand, all the while sporting an expression that suggested that she was suppressing amusement.
"Holly," She mimicked in a smooth voice, "Holly Thompson."
"Wow, your accent is wicked!" Peter piped up.
Holly laughed and shot him a tired smile "Thanks."
"James can you show Holly up to her room?" Anne asked, "I'm sure you must be exhausted dear!"
"Yeah, a twenty-four hour flight certainly will suck the energy out of you." Holly admitted, "It was nice to meet you guys," she said, nodding to Sirius, Remus and Peter.
"Our pleasure," Sirius said with a smirk, "See you later gorgeous." Holly shot James another amused look before following him upstairs.
Remus sighed and raised an eyebrow at Sirius, "Must you crack on to every girl Padfoot?"
Sirius just smirked, "If they look like that I do. Did you see those stems? She's got legs for days that one!"
Remus rolled his eyes, "She's James' cousin Pads, show a little restraint."
Sirius' smirk grew, "Me, restraint? Never!"
AN: Yay! Marauder Girls has been re-vamped! Chapter one is still short, I know. I was going to combine chapters one and two but in the end I decided to separate them instead.
Yes, the character names have changed but the plot remains similar to the first. I hope you enjoy the new version :)