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Hello to anyone who might read my story. This is probably going to be my first and last Author Note unless something is really needed to be said. Obviously story is AU. I do not own any of it, it is called fan fiction for reason. I spent years reading fan fiction so if you do see anything, any joke or prank that someone else wrote (and those things will happen) it is not intentional , it just stuck in my mind. Now if someone happens to have a problem with me using something they wrote let me know and I will change it accordingly. You will also recognize parts of Harry Potter books that are nearly copped, it is intentional, and while this is AU I still want to fallow the story. Also first two chapters are planned to be fillers and will be a bit shorter. Thank you
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First Year
Eleven year old James Potter rushed through barrier at Platform 9¾ on September 1st. His eyes grow wide when he noticed scarlet steam engine. This is it, he was waiting for his whole life to go to Hogwarts and now the day is finally here. After few moments his parents appeared behind him.
"Really James, do try do behave" his mother scolded him for running away from them like that. He turned around and grinned at his parents, his father snickered but stopped when he received stern look from his wife. Her eyes twitched amusingly. She bent down to hug her son and placed kiss on his cheek "Now James please don't do anything stupid at Hogwarts for at least month and I will get you new broom. Do we have a deal?" His eyes widened and he quickly nodded.
They turned toward the train and started walking among students. It was 10:55 when James jumped on the train and his father helped him with flick of his wand with his trunk. He quickly searched for empty compartment and found one just at middle of the carriage. Stepping in he pushed trunk aside and walked to the window to say goodbyes to his parents when he noticed pretty young girl with vibrant auburn hair talking with older blond girl. Few moments later older girl rushed away and younger one sniffed, than straighten up and went to two people who seemed to be her parents.
Train started moving and with last wave to his parents he threw himself on bench and grin spread across his face. "This year is going to be great" he told himself just before compartment door opened and dark hair boy bit taller than him walked inside.
"Mind if I sit here? Everything else is full or tainted by Slytherins."
"Sure thing, I'm James by the way"
"Sirius" said the boy outstretching his hand so James shook it.
They were in middle of heated discussion about quidditch when door slid open and the pretty girl James saw on platform stepped in.
"Can you let me sit here? Everything else is taken." Sirius just waved his hand for her to come in and James said "Of course you can sit here" than gave her broad smile. She just nodded and sat down and pressed her face on window.
Few minutes later pallid looking boy with long oily hair opened compartment doors. James raised his eyebrow as newcomer without even glancing toward James and Sirius walked across the compartment and sat down across the girl. She glanced at him and then looked back out of the window. She had been crying.
"I don't want to talk to you," she said in a constricted voice.
"Why not?"
"Tuney h-hates me. Because we saw that letter from Dumbledore."
"So what?"
She threw him a look of deep dislike.
"So she's my sister!"
"She's only a—" He caught himself quickly; Girl, too busy trying to wipe her
eyes without being noticed, did not hear him.
"But we're going!" he said, unable to suppress the exhilaration in his voice.
"This is it! We're off to Hogwarts!"
She nodded, mopping her eyes, but in spite of herself, she half smiled.
"You'd better be in Slytherin," said the boy.
As poked James turned to them. "Slytherin? Who wants to be in Slytherin? I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" he asked Sirius who replayed without the smile.
"My whole family have been in Slytherin"
"Blimey," said James, "and I thought you seemed all right!" Sirius grinned.
"Maybe I'll break the tradition. Where are you heading, if you've got the choice?"
James lifted an invisible sword. "'Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!' Like my dad."
Boy made a small, disparaging noise. James turned on him. "Got a problem with that?"
"No," he said, though his slight sneer said otherwise. "If you'd rather be brawny than brainy—"
"Where're you hoping to go, seeing as you're neither?" interjected Sirius. James roared with laughter.
Girl sat up, rather flushed, and looked from James to Sirius in dislike. "Come on, Severus, let's find another compartment."
"Oooooo. . . " James and Sirius imitated her lofty voice; James tried to trip Severus boy as he
passed. "See ya, Snivellus!" Sirius called, as the compartment door slammed.
Rest of the trip went pretty fast and before he knew it James was in Great Hall waiting to get sorted. He was behind Sirius in lane when strict looking professor brought in Sorting Hat and started calling names. When she called "Black, Sirius" James saw steering at Slytherin table but Sirius walked to the hat and put it on. After few long minutes hat announced "GRYFFINDOR" and Sirius with broad smile walked to his new house table.
Twenty minutes later professor called "Evans, Lily" and the auburn hared girl walked forward on trembling legs and sit down upon the rickety stool professor dropped the Sorting Hat onto her head, and barely a second after it had touched the dark red hair, the hat cried, "Gryffindor!"
She took off the hat, handed it back to professor, then hurried toward the cheering Gryffindors. James saw Sirius move up the bench to make room for her. She took one look at him, seemed to recognize him from the train, folded her arms, and firmly turned her back on him.
The roll call continued and after three more boys and few girls were sorted in Gryffindor professor called "Potter, James". Hat just hovered over his head and yelled "GRYFFINDOR" so he proudly walked and sat down across Sirius who high fived him. Boy Snivellus got sorted in Slytherin and James just huffed.
Dumbledore stood up: "Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. There are few things I wanted to say and those are umbrella, elbow, broom, instrument and bed. Thank you for listening, now dig in." Whole hall looked at him dumbfounded that no one noticed food appearing on tables for few moments. Lily's eyes grow wide when she saw all the food and quickly took a little bit of everything on her table and started eating. When the welcoming feast was over Gryffindor prefect lead them to Gryffindor common room in one of the towers.
First year girl's dormitories had only four four-poster beds and Lily's trunk was already at bottom of one. Her bed was next to the window so she could if wanted look at the moon at night. She loved it, the whole round room was white with hint of pink in it, it looked airy and clean. Just how's room supposed to be.
Since she was first at her dormitories, so she sat down on her bed and waited for girls she would share room for next seven years. Not full minute after door opened and three girls walked inside. "Hi, I'm Lily, Lily Evans" she greeted them.
"Marlene McKinnon" said pretties and tallest of three. She had black hair that reached almost to her waist and stunning black eyes.
"Alice Prewett" said blond one with blue eyes.
"Mary Macdonald" the one with brown hair and eyes stated.
"Well nice to meet you all" added Lily "This is going to be awesome." All four of them grinned.
On the other side of Gryffindor tower boys also introduced themselves. Four of them instantly clicked and talked like they knew each other for ages. Well James did know Frank for ages, they were both only heirs of strong and influential pureblood families. Not that they cared about that. More imploringly they were friends since they were little. Their fathers Charlus Potter and Adrian Longbottom worked together as Aurors, James's father being Head Auror and Frank's second in command. So the practically grow up together. Sirius was son of Orion Black a political opponent of Potter's and Longbottom's. The forth boy, Remus Lupin, was a bit shy and happy to be included. They joked, planed pranks, or in Remus case tried to prevent pranks, laughed and told stories never paying much attention to fifth boy who didn't even have common curtsy to introduce himself when he got to dormitories.
Rest of the year passed in pretty much same manner. Girls become in matter of weeks inseparable. They went everywhere together, always laughing and joking.
Boys pranked everyone that crossed their road or just happened to be at wrong place in wrong time. After very successful prank of turning all Slytherin robes pink for whole month Professor McGonagall yelled at them that she will not have Marauders running around the school and gave them detention and they pretty much loved it. The name, not the detention. Not even full month after whole school knew them by that name and it stuck with them.
