1Authors' notes: I have decided to tell the story of Lily and James Potter starting from the beginning all the way to the tragic end in my own style. I would like to say a few thing first. I have been reading through some Lily and James fan stories and have been very impressed by the creativity and brilliance of some of the plot lines and characters that the people have created. There are a few things that I do not like though. One of the biggest problems is how much the authors of the stories neglect and pick on Peter before he even thought of betraying his friends so I have decided to give him just as much of a role in this story as the other Marauders. Don't get me wrong I dislike Peter as much of the rest of us but he was one of the Marauders and certainly deserves a little mor credit. I always notice how authors don't put Hagrid in the story enough. It always says in Rowling's story how Lily and James were good friends of Hagrid so he needs to play a good part in the story as well. The story will be sorted into three parts. Part one will mostly be the story how the marauders came to be best friends and their earlier years at Hogwarts. Part two will be the story of the last three years at Hogwarts for the marauders and due to the age they are at they will start noticing the opposite sex a little bit more. This part is where the marauders find love. It will also be the harbor for the dark times ahead of them as well. Part three will be the tragedy that would befall the Marauders and the Order of the Phoenix. It will give you a little feel how it felt to live during the height of Voldemort's power. Some of the ideas in this story will be original but I have done the utmost care to keep this story as true to how J. K. Rowling had set it. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have had sharing it with you.
With all due respect,
Patrick Huber
Disclaimer: I solemnly swear that I am up to no-good but anything that seems familiar such as the characters, plots and scenes belong to our dearest J. K. Rowling
Just another Marauder Story
By: Patrick Huber
Chapter 1
The Rise of the Dark Lord
31 October 1944
In a small remote town in Albania a young man returned to his hometown for the first time in seventeen years. His visit was
not for warm welcomes or for good cheer. He was here for a dark purpose. He just needed to get the job done and get away
as soon as possible. As he approached the large house overlooking the town he pulled out a small, thin object out his pocket
and tapped on the lock of the back door. He smiled for he knew that by doing this the grounds keeper would get blamed for
what he was about to do. The door slowly opened without a sound and as he crept into the house he heard voices in the
adjacent room. His heart started racing so intensely that he was afraid that they might hear it. He crept near the door and
peeked his head in the room. He saw his father and some woman that his father must have taken as his new wife. They were
sitting near the fire drinking tea and happily chatting about trivial things of the day. When the young man saw his father, such a
rage filled him it took all his strength to keep himself from barging in and cursing him into oblivion. He had to this a little more
slowly. He then slowly walked into the room and saw his father drop his tea cup. The look of terror that was projected on his
father's face pleased the young man so much that he couldn't help but crack an evil grin. For a moment the two men just
stared each other down. After a few moments the young man's father gathered enough courage to say something. "Tom it's
uh. It's, it's so good to see you I wasn't expec- silence you old fool." Tom then spat and approached his father. His father
knew what his son was and was terrified. He had moved to Albania from London so that his son would never find him. We
could just say that was just his luck that it didn't work. His son had found him and he knew what was about to happen. About
eighteen years ago he had found out the terrible truth about his first wife and fled when she told him she was a witch. She was
so heart broken that after she had her first son she died of exhaustion from having him. Tom was forced to live in an
orphanage for about eighteen years of his life. He now wanted revenge. He raised his wand and under his breath he muttered
a few words. Immediately his father dropped to the ground screaming for mercy. "Mercy father? I don't think so." The
woman next to toms' father was so shocked she fled into the corner now breaking into violent sobs. "Don't worry women
you get your turn next." Hearing this, she made a very loud whimper. Tom then smiled and muttered the counter for the spell.
His father writhing on the floor then let out a yelp and sighed very loudly. He had never felt anything so terrible in his life. Tom
then turned to his father's wife and his father then said "not her." Tom glared and then said "give me a reason not to!" Then
Tom muttered a similar spell and watched with evil pleasure as the woman fell in an identical fit of pain that her husband was
in just moments ago. Tom's father then looked at his son and pleaded, "son please stop." Tom turned to his father and replied
"very well." Tom broke his hold of the woman and then spat, "I think I'm satisfied." Relief the came over his fathers face and
saw his son turn to leave. He unfortunately celebrated too soon for then Tom turned around and said, "by the way, Tom is no
longer my name so please if you will call me lord Voldemort. He then pointed his wand at each of the fallen victims and
muttered something and the room then filled with a flash of green light and the whole town then heard the most unearthly pair
of screams anyone had ever heard. Tom looked at his handiwork and smiled. He had to leave soon but he would return when
all the commotion that his actions caused would die down for he knew this would be the perfect place for him to plan his evil
deeds. With a turn of his cloak he then vanished without a sound.
