:Marauders Era FanFic:
:Chapter One:
It was the first day of class and James Potter was looking forward to seeing his best friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. But most of all he was looking forward to seeing the one who hated him most, Lily Evans. Now, most people wouldn't look forward to see the people who hated him, but James had a little crush on Lily. He knew eventually he'd break her down, but they only had two years in school together left. James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, and Peter were all fifteen-years-old along with their fifth year classmates. All the students went to a school called Hogwarts. It was a school for witchcraft and wizardry.
"Hey!" James said, laughing as he slid down the banister of one of the moving staircases. He jumped off to be landing right next to Sirius.
"Hey Prongs." Remus said, laughing as well as he called his friend by their old nickname.
"Look, there's Prongs' little girlfriend!" Sirius teased as Lily Evans walked by.
"He wishes." Remus said, still laughing.
"That's right I do." James said, running away from them. He ran right in front of Lily, turning to face her.
"Hullo miss." He said nodding his head in greeting. Then James ruffled his untidy black hair as if it might get too neat.
"Get out of my way, Potter." Lily said as she pushed past him. He watched her long auburn hair bounce on the back of her black school robes and the robes as they rustled around her feet. James ran his hand through his hair again.
"Dude, you were dissed." Sirius said, laughing a little as James came back to his friends.
"She'll come around." James said, grinning again. Peter just smiled, not wanting to offend anyone. Peter Pettigrew was the smallest of the bunch and he didn't want to offend any of them in case they hurt him.
"Hey, let's go listen to the Sorting and see our new first years." Remus suggested.
"Good idea. James seemed to have bounced back fast, maybe he'll try to sit next to the Queen now." Sirius teased. The boys often called Lily the 'Queen' because she always seemed noble around them.
"Shut it." James said, pushing his friend in the shoulder playfully. The bunch made their way to the Great Hall and sat down at the Gryffindor table. Lily sat only a few seats away and James couldn't help staring at her, she was so beautiful.
She'll come around, James told himself.
"Hello? Can you hear me!" A girl next to James asked him. He shook his head, noticing it was Jade, Lily's best friend.
"Oh, sorry, what?" James asked, drawing his attention to Jade. Jade was a small girl; she had mousy brown hair that went to her shoulders in waves and bangs as well. Jade had brown eyes that seemed to be spiked with green. She wasn't very pretty in James' opinion but he had a feeling Remus fancied her.
"I said, why are you staring at us?" Jade repeated.
"Oh, er, I was just tired… you know, woke up early for school." James lied. Sirius and Remus burst out laughing, trying to hide their laughter by disguising it as coughs. However, even though James' friends didn't believe it, Lily and Jade seemed to believe his story.
"You're an awful liar, Prongs." Sirius said.
"She bought it didn't she?" James asked.
"Give Prongs a break." Peter said, though he was shaking at speaking up to the bigger guys.
"I'm fine Wormtail." James said to Pettigrew, though he was glad that someone was on his side.
"Sorry." The small boy apologized quickly.
"S'alright." James said absently, he went back to staring at Lily.
"Dude, they're gonna catch you again." Remus said, nudging James. James shook out his head.
"Yeah, I s'pose." He sighed. After the Sorting and dinner, the students went up to their dormitories. The fifth year boys of Gryffindor went up to their dormitory, but they didn't go to sleep. They started talking right away.
"Some day she's gonna realize you like her." Remus said.
"Hell, if she doesn't realize it yet! Sorry Prongs, but you've got a dumb one." Sirius laughed.
"She's not dumb!" James yelled.
"He was just kidding!" Remus said, James had moved and it looked as if he was about to strangle Sirius.
"Padfoot, get off their case." Remus directed his next comment to Sirius.
"Moony's no fun." Sirius pouted.
"He's right." James said. The bunch fought for a little while longer before laughing again. Soon after though, they were all so exhausted they fell asleep.