Notes: Alright so, first Harry Potter story. Hopefully I can capture the personalities of Sirius and the Marauders. I'm doing my best with research. I check out the details that I'm not totally sure about. Anything that seems off let me know.

I am not against constructive criticism. Don't be a jerk about it though, I take the notes seriously and try to make myself a better writer.

Part One
The Chase

Chapter One
Mrs. Peter Pettigrew

"Sirius, over here!" James yelled out to his best friend. Sirius Black laughed and tossed the notebook over the greasy head of Severus Snape and into the waiting hands of James Potter.

"Give it back." The Slytherin boy snarled at his tormentors. James just grinned and tossed it back to Sirius, who opened it up, dancing away from Severus as he attempted to get his notebook back.

"Dear Diary," Sirius pretended to read, "day three hundred and twelve without touching shampoo. My hair is starting to resemble a puddle of oil. I resolve to not wash it until I pop my cherry." Sirius closed the notebook and threw it to James again.

"Looks like you'll be saving a lot of money on soap Snivelly. What woman would want to touch you," James cut off as the book was snatched from his hand. Behind him stood a red haired teenager with a sour look on her face.

"That's not funny." Lily Evans held the notebook out to Severus, who snatched it from her, stalking off without a thank you

"Lighten up Evans, it was a joke." Sirius sauntered back to the tree, where they had left Remus and Peter.

"No, Sirius, it was the two of you bullying Severus again. Why can't you two just grow up?" Lily asked.

"Well James can't, not when you have him by the balls." James shoved his best friend as soon as he said it and Sirius just laughed. "Everyone is so touchy." He plopped down in the grass next to Remus, who has reading his transfiguration textbook. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Really Remus, I would think, as a prefect, you would do something about this."

"Yeah Remus, detention us to death." James managed to say, sitting down as he attempted to regain his usual cocky manner. Something about Lily just threw him off his game.

"Shut up." Remus had been prefect for all of a month and hadn't heard the end of it. The tips of his ears turned light pink and he kept his eyes glued to his book. Lily let out a disgusted sigh and walked away, leaving the four boys alone.

"Smooth James, you'll have her eating out of the palm of your hand in about sixty years, when she's too senile to remember who you are." Sirius tried to move out of the way, but James's fist connected with his arm. "So violent." Sirius rubbed where he'd been hit. Peter watched the two of them with big eyes. He took in every movement, later, when he was alone, he would practice that, wanting to look as smooth and carefree as his friends.

"You don't know what it's like." James shook his head. "One day she will be Lily Potter."

"You just have to have a conversation that doesn't end with," Sirius mimicked Lily's disgusted sigh. "Sometimes I think she mistakes it for your name." James gave his friend a dirty look and pulled hi stolen snitch from his pocket.

"In the meantime, there are plenty of girls willing to try for the Mrs. Potter position." He smirked, looking over at a group of Ravenclaw girls who were eyeing them.

"James, I'm supposed to be the dog." Sirius smirked, referring to their current secret project. They had decided they weren't doing enough with their lives. They wanted to be extraordinary and this project would be the first of many that would be sure to get their names in the history books. Of course the real reason behind their experiments was Remus, but, being fifteen year old boys, they claimed it was so they would be special, not because of any emotional support.

"Nonsense Black, both of you do a fine job of dogging around." James and Sirius fell silent, their gaze moving to the girl walking by them.

"Maybe, but no one does it quite like I do." Sirius replied to Ophelia Vander Wende as she slowed a bit.

"You certainly won't get an argument from me." Ophelia shook her head and kept walking. Sirius scrambled to stand up, following the blonde.

"Of course you wouldn't truly know, not until you agree to a date." Sirius walked alongside her.

"Ignorance is bliss." Ophelia didn't turn to look at him.

"You and I both know you don't really believe that."

"You have no idea what I believe. Now go before I have you jumped for stalking me." It was well known that Ophelia's four older brothers were quick to go after anyone that upset their baby sister.

"One day Vander Wende, you can't turn me down forever."

"I bet I can.' Ophelia called back. Sirius smirked, watching her walk away before heading back to his friends.

"Lily may have me by the balls, but Ophelia Vander Wende has yours." James commented.

"Hardly," Sirius looked over at his best friend lazily, "There will probably never be a Mrs. Sirius Black and if there is, Ophelia certainly won't be it. My parents would approve of her, and I simply cannot do anything they would approve of."

"She could be Mrs. Peter Pettigrew."

"Shut up Peter."

"Are you listening to me?" The seventeen year old boy asked his sister, who was staring at him blankly.

"Not even a little." Ophelia answered. She looked past him to the Gryffindor table, where Sirius and his band of merry men were being as loud and obnoxious as they always were. Adrian snapped his fingers to get his sister's attention and she whipped her head around to look at him. "I am not a dog Adrian, do not snap at me."

"Well, let me know when you're done ogling Sirius Black and then I will tell you about the package mum sent."

"Bullocks, mum didn't send a package." Ophelia challenged. "Maybe the house elf did."

"Such lovely young language, You're really making our family proud." Adrian said drily, taking a bite of the chicken that had been served for dinner. "The house elf probably did send it, but it would have been under mum's orders."

"And I repeat: bullocks." Ophelia ate her last bite of potatoes and got up. "I have homework to do."

"Why bother?" Severus asked darkly, his potions book open in front of him. "You're just going to end up a trophy wife like the rest of these girls." Ophelia glared at him, reaching over and flicking his book shut, knowing the ink from his newest note wouldn't have had time to dry. Severus looked up, furious, but she was already walking towards the doors. Adrian just shook his head and continued to eat.

Ophelia made her way down to the Slytherin common room, heading up to the sixth year boys dorms, she walked in, ignoring the only boy in the room, she grabbed the package off her brother's bed and took it down to the common room. She tried to shake off the inevitable chill of the Slytherin dungeon. The rooms were heated, of course, but there was just a constant chill to the room. Rumors flew around that it was because of vengeful student spirits, or from the combined ice in the hearts of all Slytherins. Honestly it was probably just because they were underground and surrounded by stone. Ophelia sat on the couch and crossed her legs, opening the box. There were three smaller packages inside, one was already opened, and she left that alone, but picked up the one with an O on the top. The third one, the N package, was for Nikolas; he apparently hadn't made it back to the dorms yet. She opened the small package, finding the usual inside, a few sweets and more money. She looked at Adrian's package, he'd gotten more sweets, of course he didn't have to watch his figure. He didn't have a ball gown to fit into for the winter ball season. She took two of the candies from Adrian's 'care package' and then put it back with Nik's and carried the lot back up to the boy's dorm.

Once she was safe from prying eyes, behind the thick curtains of her four poster bed, Ophelia unwrapped a candy and held it up to her mouth. Halfway there, she stopped and let out a sigh, wrapping it back up. Adrian may not have had a gown to fit into… but she did.

"Mr. Potter, do you know the answer?" Professor Binns floated around the room, droning on about history. His attention momentarily torn from his lecture, and on the four boys in the back of the room, whispering. They quickly sat up, Sirius flipping over his parchment to hide whatever they had been writing.

"No sir." James answered

"Mr. Lupin?"

"1864." Remus answered. As usual, he had very detailed note, getting down everything the teacher said, even as he was talking to his friends about their second project. This one he could have more of a part in at least. Binns nodded at his answer and turned back around to go back to his lecture, and the boys went back to whispering. Ophelia glanced over at them, curious, but quickly looked away.

Ophelia had known Sirius since they were kids. Her mum and his were… kind of friends. She'd also known James, but not as well. Silas Vander Wende and James's father were about as close as Adelaide was to Walburga. Of course, she hadn't known Peter or Remus until their first year in school. He'd been in the same boat as Remus. She'd thought of him as a skinny kid who needed to get more sun. She hadn't even realized Peter existed until he started hanging out with Sirius and James. Of course no one had really known Peter existed. She glanced back over at the paper, trying to get a good look at it, but Sirius's hand moved to cover it up. She looked up at his face, blushing lightly when she realized she'd been caught.

Professor Binns released them to go to their next class and she hurried to gather her stuff. She thought she was free but Sirius appeared in front of her, blocking her way out.

"I like it when you stare at me, Ophelia."

"You would, wouldn't you?" She tried to move past him but he just stepped in her way.

"If you want to know what we're doing, all you have to do is ask."

"Would you tell me the truth?" She asked him

"No, I wouldn't, but you could still ask." He smiled, a smile that would turn most girls' knees to jelly, Ophelia gripped the table top to keep her knees solid and stepped around him.

"Black, the only thing that could leave me interested in you and your friends is an hour with Professor Binns. That hour is over and so is my interest. Sorry I'm not sorry." She quickly turned and walked out of the room, refusing to look back at him

Ophelia Vander Wende may have found Sirius as attractive as everyone else did, but she refused to join his list of exes.