OK some of you readers may have read this before but I've changed it to try and prevent it sounding plastic and fake like it did before thanks to the good advice off some old readers of mine!

Hey! This is my first Fan Fiction SO BE KIND! I would be most appreciative if you give me your opinions and criticisms – but please be nice! I know its may start off slow, but please just try and keep on reading. Iv already written a few chapters, just have to type them up. Hope you like! Also I have R rated it just to be on the safe side for upcoming chapters!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that is already previously owned by J K Rowling.

Eight seventh year Gryffindor's were sat in the front carriage of the Hogwarts Express, ready to embark upon their last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, this was were they had sat every year since they first boarded the train seven years previously. Ever since that very first day they all became the closest of friends, well, most of them.

7 years ago

"Yo James! Hurry up dude and get your ass in the cart now! There's a fit bird down here, o and Tara's there too, she's saved us a seat!" Yelled Sirius Black, a dark haired, dark eyed boy of eleven years.

"O charming Sirius! I love you too!", replied Tara sarcastically.

"Awww shut it 'princess', like you really care"

" Is he always like that?", questioned a slender red headed girl.

" Pretty much", Tara answered.

" Hey Black get your scrawny little ass outta here and give me a hand with this luggage… yeh bye mum, bye dad. Jesus mother will you stop trying to straighten out my hair, it's FINE! NO, don't kiss me! Please mum, think about my image!"

" Hey, I'm gonna miss you, you know sweetie…will your hair never stay straight, please try and sort it out, what kind of impression are you going to give?! Hey Sirius sweetheart!"

" Hi Mrs Potter, Mr Potter – James COME ON! We gotta go!"

" Go on you guys, I suppose you gotta board and bag good seats eh…ahhh I remember my first day at Hogwarts??" Grinned Mr Potter, James' father, trying to tear his wife Annie away from James. She eventually grabbed James and planted a huge wet kiss on his cheek, much to his disgust. She then turned on Sirius who, to James' surprise, welcomed a hug and a kiss off her.

" Sirius hunny, where are you parents and brother? Have they not come to see you off?" She asked although she did not expect a positive answer.

" Mrs Potter, you know my folks, did you really expect to see them here? They are probably at home fawning over my git of a 'widdle' brother Regulas. I'm glad they didn't come anyway."

Mrs Potter looked down sadly at Sirius, she knew his parents only too well, they were a pureblood wizarding family who hated the fact that their eldest son detested their ways and ideas, especially their cruelness and hate towards Muggles. The Black family came from a long line of 'Pureblood' wizards and did not approve of any kind of relationship with Muggles, and disowned anyone in their family who had any other ideas to this.

" Boys, you really have got to go now, Annie, let them go, they are going to miss their train!"

" Now you to, behave and don't get up to any mischief! Do you hear me?? I know what you boys are like when you get together, don't get into trouble!"

"We won't", grinned the boys simultaneously.

And with that, both boys dashed off and jumped into the front carriage of the train were, as Sirius had said, Tara had saved them seats. Though there really wasn't much point because the carriage was hardly full. As they walked into the carriage they saw that it was now occupied by one small sandy haired boy and three other girls beside Tara. Tara introduced the red – haired girl to be Muggle born Lily Evans, who Sirius had mentioned to James earlier to be the 'fit bird'. She was indeed very pretty, she had long, shiny, fire red hair and glistening emerald green eyes. She had creamy white complexion and a petite figure. The guys found out the other two girls were called Sophia Currie who was pureblood and Kitty King who, like Lily, was Muggle born and all this new wizardry and witchcraft was new to her. Kitty was short and a little chubby, she appeared to be shy and reserved, she has sparkling blue eyes and short, Barbie blonde hair. She had a pretty round face and rosy apple cheeks. Sophia was tall and very slim. She had long gleaming black hair which contrasted against chalk white skin. She had a very gothic appearance which made her oddly beautiful. After a little conversation she appeared to be sweet, rather quiet, but sensible. Sirius decided that she wasn't his type.

After a while the girls paired off in the carriage and chatted. Tara was chatting away avidly to Lily when James interrupted her. He had just remembered the quiet sandy haired youth sitting alone in the corner of the carriage.

" Hey Tara, you haven't introduced us to your other pal, rather rude of you I think"

"Your one to talk!", retorted Tara.

The boy had been staring out of the window ever since he had boarded the Hogwarts Express, trying to go unnoticed. He had never really had any friends before, and if he did, by some miracle, make some, it wasn't for very long. As soon as they discovered his secret they abandoned him.

James rose from his seat, he was a skinny, lanky, tall boy, with the stretched appearance that he had grown much in a short space of time. He had scruffy black hair which never stayed straight, he wore glasses and had dark brown eyes.

" Hi, I'm James Potter and this…" but he didn't get chance to finish because Sirius knocked him flying out of the way.

" Sirius Black, How d ya do?!"

James snorted and Sirius' attempt at a cockney accent and rose to his feet.

The boy smiled for the first time, "Remus Lupin, Im alright thanks."

He was quite a thin, gangly creature, with a mass of sandy blonde hair, grey eyes and the odd cut and bruise on his skin, like any other eleven-year-old boy. James and Sirius were covered in them.

"So are you lookin' forward to starting Hogwarts? What house do ya want to be in?"

"Actually, I've been dead nervous. I don't know anybody."

"Yeh, not many people do though, well you've got us now mate!" Grinned James

"So do you have any idea which house you want to be in?" Sirius queried.

"I definitely do not want to be in Slytherin, I can't stand those jerks – they all turn out to be evil twats." Replied Remus Matter-o-factly.

At this statement, Sirius moved shiftily on his feet.

"Practically all of my family have been in Slytherin, my great great grandfather Phineas Nigellus was headmaster at Hogwarts once – worst one they ever had like!"

"Aww crap Im sorry mate, I shouldn't of opened my big gob", stumbled Remus apologetically. "Oh my God what a dope I am, I've finally met some friends who like me and now look what I've gone and done."

"Not all the Slytherins are that bad… well they're…"

At the sound of Remus apologising both James and Sirius burst out laughing.

" Hey don't worry man! I hate Slytherin too, all my family are stupid twats. I hate 'em all, evil bastards aren't they James?"

James nodded in agreement and Remus looked relieved.

" Hey guys!" Tara burst in, " what ya chatting bout?!"

She bustled over to them, dragging poor Lily behind her and noticing Remus again, she made herself acquainted and plonked herself on Sirius' lap whilst Lily lounged in a seat next to James.

"Wow Sirius was right, she's drop dead gorgeous"Thought James. James sat there a few moments longer admiring Lily's beauty when he was rudely dragged out of his thoughts by Lily speaking to Tara and Sirius.

"So are you guys, like, together?"

Tara and Sirius exchanged bewildered glances – they had been caught off guard – and then right on cue they both began to laugh hysterically, James joined in with them as well. Tara was also a very close friend of Sirius and James having put up with then for most of her life. It seemed impossible to her that she would ever fancy Sirius. She had taken baths with him as a kid! Therefore she had seen him naked! Sirius and Tara were so very similar though in their looks and their personalities. They were both strikingly handsome, dark haired and eyed, and both had a gorgeous Mediterranean complexion, which was the envy of many. Tara had long dark hair, which reached her elbows, and like Sirius, had such a charm that she could turn many heads. She looked older than her eleven years and acted it too. To anyone who didn't know them at all it would be very easy to mistake them as family or by the way they acted, a very handsome couple. Though if you didn't know them but had seen them with each other you would just assume that they were a perfect couple.

After James, Sirius and Tara had managed to cease laughing, Tara and Sirius instantly began to act all lovey- dovey, because they were so close, they were comfortable with one another so they found it relatively easy to put on this little charade. Sirius grabbed her waist with one arm and drew her closer to him whilst she tenderly stroked his lips with her fingers.

James began to laugh hard now at the show they were putting on, both of them could act but James knew all too well that they could take things too far, as he saw a second later.

"Oh Tara I love you!" Mocked Sirius.

Whilst giggling slightly Tara whispered " Oh Sirius my darling!" With fake lust, and with that Sirius drew her into a passionate kiss – much even to James' surprise, he didn't think that even Sirius would take it that far. Tara had never kissed a guy before and Sirius had never kissed a girl before, neither had he. It appeared that James wasn't the only shocked one. Tara was startled at Sirius as he pressed his lips firmly on hers, but like a true actress didn't let it show when they drew apart grinning. James just gawped at them.

"So are you?" Questioned a puzzled Remus who had taken an interest in the performance and was looking from the shocked look on James' face to the smug and giggly looks on Sirius' and Tara's.

" No way!" Laughed Tara, "Not with this dorkus! James and Sirius are, like, my best pals ever since, like, forever. That's it."

Sirius backed her up, although James noticed that he looked a little hurt. He wasn't the only one to notice, so did Lily.

"Yeh, but you don't seem to act this way with James yet you do with Sirius and James is still your best pal." This came from lily.

"I know but James is different to me and Sirius, aren't you James? Sirius and me are so much alike in this way. Ill speak to you bout it later Lil!"

At this slight comment from Tara, James looked a little hurt at the thought of being different from the other two in her opinion. She was right they had known each other since they were babies. Their parents were great friends. Well, Tara and James', neither liked Sirius' evil family but both adored their eldest son.

James, Sirius and Lily were all curious as to what Tara was going to tell Lily about this absurd relationship that she had with the two guys. If anything it seemed clear to Lily that Sirius and Tara were more than just best friends but James firmly reassured her that it was definitely not anything like that and that there never would be.

Later on after many games of exploding snap and a huge feast of all sorts of goodies such as Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans (which Lily and Kitty found to be very exciting and alarming as this was all new to them), they arrived at Hogwarts. They travelled across the lake in small boats in groups of four. The four girls in one boat and Remus, Sirius and James in another. A plump, short blonde haired boy joined them he had watery blue eyes and was named Peter Pettigrew. The boys made complete prats of themselves – namely Sirius and James – by trying to drench the girls and nearly resulted in capsizing their own boat, much to Peter's horror.

They entered the huge stone castle and paused in the entrance hall, the crowd of first years stared silently in awe as ghosts appeared out of nowhere. James and Sirius, however, began to yell greetings to the ghosts and began to show off as normal. This was really the first time Lily had seen James in his normal character, as he had been unusually subdued on the train.

Suddenly a young pretty woman in her early twenties strolled briskly towards them through the double doors facing them. "Good evening first years and welcome to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. I am professor Mcgonagall, deputy headmistress here at Hogwarts. Now can you all please form a single line and follow me into the Great Hall so that you may be sorted into your houses."

With that she marched back through the double doors with a stretch of nervous looking first years in her tow.

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