Scars (A marauders fanfiction)
Scars (A marauders fanfiction)
Chapter 1: The train
James Potter sat in a carriage, bubbling with excitement. His first year at Hogwarts was about to begin, he would be a Gryffindor, he was sure of it. Positive. Thoughts swirled around his mind as he stared out of the window of the train, waiting for it to move so that he could begin his journey to Hogwarts.
Soon, the door slid open and another, black hared boy stood in the doorframe, his head down and his hair obscuring his face. "Can I sit here?" The boy asked. James nodded and the other boy sat down, lifting his head. He had a cut on his cheek but a smirk on his face. "What you do to your face?" asked James.
"Fell, what's your name?"
"James Potter, and you?"
"Sirius"
"Got a last name to go with the face?" James raised his eyebrows.
"Irrelevant" smirked Sirius, not eager to share his dark heritage with James, he was a Potter, he would know of the blacks and hold him against it. James seemed satisfied and relaxed back on his seat with a grin.
"Do you know what Quidditch is?" James asked eagerly. Sirius nodded, his eyes shining. James's grin intensified as he started to ramble on about Quidditch, only to be interrupted with another knock. Sirius opened the door revealing a sickly pale boy with, mostly shallow and faded, scars littering his face. "You interrupted me" James said, though in a joking tone, his grin still plastered across his face like paint.
"S-sorry I can go, if you want, I-its fine, I'll go" The boy stuttered.
"Nah, stay, he was kidding, I'm Sirius by the way" Sirius motioned to a seat.
"Remus, Remus Lupin"
"James Potter!" James said gleefully, lying back in his seat. "Do you like playing pranks? My Dad was always breaking the rules" James asked.
"Yeah! Mine to" Sirius said, grateful he wasn't asked exactly how his parents where breaking the rules.
"Um, yeah" Remus nodded, eager to be accepted therefore agreeing.
James's smirked in a devilish fashion, putting his hands together. "Oh! We're going to have so much fun pranking everyone together!" James said. Sirius nodded eagerly and Remus gave a shy smile. The train suddenly jerked forward and they started moving along the tracks, James was waving to his parents. "Where're your folks?" asked James curiously, Remus pointed out a couple, the girl looking around wondrously and the man waving. "My mums a muggle, but dad is a wizard, he was a ravenclaw" Remus said, James nodded.
"Where're yours, Sirius?" asked James.
"Not here, they had to go" He mumbled.
"Oh" Remus said quietly. "Sorry"
"Doesn't matter" Sirius waved it away.
"What house where they, if they were magic?" James asked. Sirius tensed slightly, James raised his eyebrows didn't bring it up. He mumbled something. "hm?" James tilted his head.
"They were both Slytherin" He sighed.
"Maybe you'll be different" Remus suggested.
"I'm sure you will" James agreed.
"I hope so" Sirius nodded, staring out the window.
"We're here!" James and Sirius both yelled excitedly, waking the sleeping Remus.
"what?" Remus muttered, blinking the sleep out of his eyes.
"We're here!" Sirius repeated, opening the door to the compartment and sticking his head outside. Remus perked up and sat up, following James and Sirius as they ran out of the compartment.
A large, scruffy man with a brown beard and a lantern appeared in front of them. He introduced himself as Hagrid. "Do you think he likes being a half giant?" James asked.
"Dunno, I think It'd cool, towering above everybody." Sirius smiled. Hagrid took them to some boats and the three got on one with a small, mousey boy. "Hello" James grinned "Whats your name, I'm James Potter"
"P-Peter Pettigrew" Peter said.
"Sirius"
"Remus Lupin"
The four boys sat down as the boat started moving across the lake bringing the castle closer to them.
A witch, professor McGonagall, had just explained the sorting and had taken a list of names.
"Emmeline Vance"
"Griffindor!"
"Pandora Madien"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Severus Snape"
"Slytherin!"
"Alice Longbottom"
"Griffindor!"
" Xenophilius Lovegood!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Vincent Crabbe"
"Slytherin!"
"Sirius Black"
Sirius moved forward as the hat was placed upon his head.
"Now, now, another Black"
Sirius jumped as the hat spoke. It's a speaking hat? He thought.
Of course I'm a speaking hat boy! Godric Griffindor made me to sort the students! Surely a Black of all people would know that! Well, you're not like them, are you? No.
Not slytherin. Sirius thought urgently.
Yes, I agree, your ambitious, yes, but slytherin would not do. Your smart, no doubt there, you could be a very good wizard if you use your brain. But it's not your best quality, no, not ravenclaw. You're extremely loyal, but I don't think hufflepuff either.
Sirius sucked in a breath, there was only one more house.
There's never been a black whose not in Slytherin, but you are not a slytherin, yes, I think so.
"Griffindor!"
Sirius froze, McGonagall removed the hat from his head and Sirius got up. The hall was silent, no claps, until someone shouted something. "He's not a griffindor! He's a black!" Lucius Malfoy, the slytherin prefect, yelled from his table, eying Sirius with upmost loathing. "I've chosen" the sorting hat suddenly said.
"Your wrong. He's a disgusting bloodtraitor, yes, but a black, he's not a griffindor!" Bellatrix lestrange suddenly yelled. Sirius looked at the floor.
"He's a griffindor! And he'll be a bloody fine one!" a voice suddenly yelled, Sirius looked up to see James standing out from the crowd.
"The sorting hat chooses the house you belong in" Remus added. Sirius looked at the boys gratefully as he quickly hurried to the griffindor table, a few small claps greeting him.
"Susan Bones!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Walden Macnair"
"Slytherin!"
"Lorcan Scamander!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Marlene Mckinnion!"
"Griffindor!"
"James Potter!"
"That was a brave thing for your friend back there.
He's a griffindor, and he's my friend! I had to help him. Thought James.
Eventhough he's a black?Its just a name.
Your very loyal James Potter, I know your house though.
"Griffindor!"
The clapping was loud as James sat beside Sirius, he knew they'd both be griffindor, they would be best friends.
"Dolores Umbridge"
"Slytherin!"
"Remus Lupin"
Its brave, what you go through every month, very brave.
How do you know? Thought Remus.
I have to look through your head to find your house, you'd be a good ravenclaw, but no, I think…
"Griffindor!"
Remus grinned and went to sit next to the other boys, maybe the year wouldn't be so bad, no, he couldn't get close to the boys.
"Lilly Evans"
"Griffindor"
"Amos Diggory"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Peter Pettigrew"
Please griffindor! Please griffindor! Thought Peter as he went to sit on the stool.
Griffindor? I don't know, Difficult, a slytherin, perhaps, You have a tendancy to follow the powerful and are cunning, you could be. But I fear that putting you there would secure your future.
What do you mean? Peter thought. He was about to say the question out loud when the hat spoke again.
Placing you in Slytherin would put a seal on your fate, and yes I read your thoughts, now, listen to me, I'm going to put you in griffindor to give you a choice about your fate. Beware Pettigrew, remember the real enemy will grant you no power.
"Griffindor!"
"Dedalus Diggle"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Benjy Fenwick!"
"Ravenclaw!"
Peter went to sit with the other three boys he met on the train, turning to Dumbledore as he began his speech.