Title: Family Reunion
Authors: Ness and Sarah Potter
Rating: G (for all people young and old)
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Why, hello every one this is our story that we wrote. It is during the sixth year of Harry and James Potter (and the rest of the Marauders along with Lily). This is our first joint story.
Disclaimer:
We do not own any of the people, places, or things that you recognize from the Harry Potter books. If either one of us were J.K. Rowling, this fic wouldn't exist.
Thank you for your time.
Sarah
On with the story...
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Chapter 1: The Hogwarts Express
It was September first and James Potter was sitting in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express waiting for his three friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Petigrew. Sirius, who now lived with him when they weren't at school, was off somewhere, 'probably flirting with some girl' James thought. Sirius lived with the Potter's because in the summer he ran away from home because he disagreed with his family's beliefs.
Just then Remus and Peter (and we all hate Peter, don't we) came into the compartment where James was sitting.
"Hi James. We were looking all over for you and Sirius." Remus said.
Remus has a secret that only the teachers and the Marauders knew about. He is a werewolf.
"Yeah, we saw Sirius and he said that you should be in this compartment." The last of James's friends, Peter said.
He is the smallest and quietest of the group of four, but can be loud when he wants to.
The group of four make up a group called the Marauders. They like to terrorize the school and pull pranks, (especially on Severs Snape).
"Yep, well here I am", James replied. "So how was your guy's summer?"
"Fine"
"Mine was ok, how was yours?"
"It was fine".
Just then Sirius entered their section of the Hogwarts Express, except that instead of being in a human form, he was a huge black, dog.
"Padfoot, what are you doing?", Remus asked. "You could get caught".
"No, I won't . No one saw me transform. I'm hardly recognizable.", Sirius replied after he returned to his human state.
Ever since James, Sirius, and Peter learned that Remus was a werewolf; they decided to become animagus to help him through the sometimes-difficult transformations. Sirius changes to a big, black dog, James to a stag, and Peter to a rat. (Which he is. grrr...)
"Whatever Moony, leave him alone. I'm positive that he made sure that nobody was looking as he transformed." James said with a touch of laziness. Of course, he didn't really care if Sirius got caught right now because he was too busy thinking of schemes to get Lily Evans to out with him. After all, he's been trying since fourth year, but has had a crush on her since the first time he saw her in first year.
So most of the train ride went on by playing games, such as chess and exploding snap(e hehehe...) then around noon the lady with the food trolley came.
"Would you like your usual, boys?" she asked them.
"Yeah, can we have it please?"
"Of course boys, here are your bags filled with everything that you like." she responded to them.
They paid five galleons each for the four bags consisting of snacks. Also fifteen sickles and four Knuts for some pumpkin juice.
Once they finished all their food and juice (which was A LOT), they got changed into their Hogwarts robes. Then continued to goof off.
"Hey why don't we go and prank Snivelus?" Sirius said.
"Sure, we don't have anything better to do since Moony is at a prefects meeting." James said lazily.
So the three Marauders started talking quietly about what they should do to poor Snape.
About fifteen minutes later everyone on the train heard a loud bang.
"POTTER, BLACK, PETTIGREW! WHAT DID YOU DO NOW!?!?!" The infamous Lily Evans yelled.
There was laughter at the end of the train. Lily walked, closely followed by Remus, down to the last compartment of the train. When she opened the door she found three of the four Marauders laughing their heads off (not literally).
"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING BACK THERE! YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ALL THE FIRST YEARS!!!" Evans yelled.
"Good, they need to be scared." was James's casual response.
"-YOU GO PUT HIM RIGHT, NOW POTTER!"
"What if I don't want to Evans? You can't make me!"
"Oh yes I can, I'm a prefect, now turn him back before I take off house points!"
"But you can't do that. We're not even at Hogwarts yet!"
"Watch me Black."
"Sorry, but it doesn't wear off for 48 hours. Face it, you can't reverse it Evans."
"Then maybe you'll be the ones describing to Professor McGonagle why Severus Snape now resembles a giant, greasy, French fry."
At this comment the boys admitted defeat. Snape was returned to his usual snivelly self, and even Lily Evans had to admit it was a rather good piece of magic, even though it was cruel.
As the train slowed down 15 minutes later, the Marauders could not help but be glad to be back at school. They exited the train without incident, but heading towards the horseless carriages that would take them to the castle, Snape decided to get his revenge in the form of a Leg Locker curse. As Sirius fell onto the ground, James quite clearly muttered, "Pitiful." while restoring Sirius to his rightful state. As the troupe of friends climbed into their carriage, they anticipated the beginning of a new school year, hardly waiting to see the place where they had spent the previous 5 years of their schooling lives.
As the magnificent castle came into view on this darkening evening, a single thought slipped into their minds. 'Home at Last.'
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Well how do you like it? Read and review and more will be posted.
luv,
Ness and Sarah Potter