Uh yeah this is the start of my first fanfiction so dont be too tough on it ... unless i suck worse then i think i do.. in which case fire when ready..anyway please RR

disclaimer: i do not now nor have i ever owned the harry potter series its characters settings none of it. I mean if i did would i really be writing online fanfictions?

"Come on Pads let it go… I said let go!" mumbled a tall raven haired boy trying to wrestle what looked to be a damp piece of parchment covered in a messy scrawl from a large shaggy dogs jaw. The pair stood outside of what looked to be a less then popular pub in the local town of Hogsmeade.

"Come on snuffles give me the paper… give me the paper boy." said the boy plastering a fake smile upon his face as a robed couple passed by.

"Pads I think this has gone on long enough now just give him the paper. "started a sandy haired youth watching his friend wrestling the black dog.

"Yah pads listen to Remus give me th- you bloody son of a – you… you just ate my potions essay. Why when I get my hands on you your gonna ... ." yelled the raven-haired boy.

"Now James maybe you should think about-"

"Think about what Remus? How I spent 4 bloody hours making up that essay to impress bloody prefect Lily Evans? You know essays don't write themselves- where are you going? Get back here!" thundered the boy as he made to chase the retreating dog.

The sandy haired boy, Remus, watched the boys retreating back as he made a turn down a narrow alley. He sighed and slowly walked into the pub to sit and wait for his fiends' return.

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"Prongs think about what your doing. I mean just think of the consequences. Every girl in Hogwarts would be hunting you down trying to get a piece of you." Pleaded a lanky black haired boy cornered in some back alley of Hogsmeade.

"Speaking of doing 'things' to you I was just wondering, why the hell you ate my Potions essay?" yelled prongs.

"Well let me just start by saying that it tasted much better then it sounded." Padfoot started only to be interrupted by the a sharp crack of the knuckles from prongs. "Not that your essay wasn't good in fact id say it was good enough to eat." Prongs took a menacing step forward. "But let me say it sounded much less appealing after your twelfth oral revision. I mean we both know you'll never be any good at potions so why even try?" he said ignoring the growl rising in prongs' throat.

"I told you because-"

"Because of little miss fancy pansy prefect Lily Evans. Everythings got to be perfect for THE Lily Evans. Well let me just say Bros before Hos man. No man should have to sit through another mans essay twelve times. Now if you wanted to read it to Moony…"

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An hour later Remus emerged from the pub only to be greeted to be sight of a more then slightly tipsy Peter Pettigrew. Now Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter and Sirius Black formed a group called the marauders, a group united by their love of pranks and a dark secret, and not the good kind either. They were the bane of every teacher's existence and could set any girl swooning.

"Oy speak of the devil… Remus is that you?" yelled a voice from down the road a ways.

"That depends on who's asking now doesn't it?" murmured Remus to peter as he watched what appeared to be a rather portly boy stumble down the road towards them with a frail looking boy dangling off his arm.

"Oy Ernie is that you?" yelled Remus

"Aye," he replied as he dropped the thin boy at remus's feet.

"And I see you brought Fred with you." Stated Peter as he stared at the boy lying at their feet.

"Aye had a little too much to drink he has" said Ernie, "and id heard you might be willin to you know get him out of my hair."

"I won't kill him if that's what your asking," Remus joked as he hefted the boy onto his shoulder. "But ill get him back to the castle for you…"

"That'd be great," said Ernie.

"Right meet me outside the hospital wing in about half an hour ill have him sober and ready for you," he said while scanning the side alleys for signs of the usual mops of black hair. "Peter could you…" Remus trailed off and nodded toward a side alley from which two tall boys had just appeared. Peter simply nodded and ran towards the pair. Remus sighed as he lumbered off toward the giant castle that dominated the skyline.

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"Well isnt that just like Remus abandoning us so he can go on his own drunken adventures..." joked sirius as he watched remus stumble off.

"I dont think.." started Peter.

"That sly dog," said james as he watched Remus stumble into a trash bin.

"Dont you think we should..." asked Peter gesturing at remus .

"Nah, so uh sirius when are you gonna start that potions paper for me?"

"Slow down there Prongs that wasnt part of the deal. You were just gonna borrow a bit of Remus's..."

James merely shrugged and said "I decided the look on your face while you write it would be th worth the T im gonna get on the paper." and with a 'warm' smile he embraced his friend in aheadlock and dragged him up the road toward the castle.

"But prrooooonnnnnnggggggggs" sirius moaned as he was dragged through the center of hogsmeade. "We're gonna miss the girls, and zonkos, and the girls, and theirs a sale on licorice wands at the... ow ease up ease up."

"Now Sirius how many times have i told you you have to finish your homework before you go out and play." said james in a mock sweet voice.

For the rest of the day and ong into the night anyone unwise enough to approach Gryffindor tower would recieve an earful of the pained shrieks of sirius orion black

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And thats that ... is it just me or did that feela little thin... i think it felt a little thin... anyway might be a while before i update...then again might noy just depends on how lazy im feeling lol please read and review though