Chapter 1
A/N: My first attempt at a longer fanfic. Please give it a try! Oh, and for those who've already read what I've posted I've done some minor "fixing" on this chapter,, nothing that will do anything to the story, only descriptions and such (it was sort of not good). I don't want to change a lot because it's my first try and I want that to show, but some thing's were just to corny, so I fixed it a little.
Disclaimer: J.K owns it all..I own nothing.. except Margaret Brown (whose name I stole from my aunt, that I love very much)
Seventh and last year, for a group of students, was soon to come. The students were all safely inside the train that would take them to Hogwarts. Here they sat, in small compartments, divided up. All students from 1st year and up had boarded the train and were ready to begin their new (or first) year at Hogwarts.
Inside one of these compartments sat three seventh year girls. The good friends were eagerly awaiting their new year at Hogwarts. This threesome was made up of Marlene McKinnon, Margaret Brown and Lily Ayanna Evans.
Marlene McKinnon was clearly the shyest of the group, although if it was only her and her friends she was quite a wildfire. Her humor never stopped surprising the girls, and could go from good to bad in a second. She had dark-blond hair and unusually bright blue eyes.
Margaret Brown was what you could call the laugher of the group, and would always manage to make the others smile. She had dark brown hair, almost black, and deep olive skin. Her charcoal eyes were profound and deep.
Lily Evans, was the third and last girl of the group. She cared a lot for rules, but that wouldn't stop her from having fun. She had deep red hair and emerald green eyes. Lily Evans was also the one known for her temperature, she could fire up like only a red head can, but was mostly a warm and nice person.
"Head-girl, I'd never a guessed" teased Margaret
"Oh, ha ha, you're so funny Margy"
"I know"
"No, seriously, I'm laughing my eyes out over here"
"Enough with the bitching, alright?" Marlene snapped
"Woach, somebody's going pre-menstrual on us here" laughed Margy, while making foul, but funny, facial expressions.
This cracked Lily up, and brought grins to the faces of the other two. After Lily was done laughing, Marlene asked who the head boy was.
"I honestly don't know" replied Lily.
"What? How can you not know?" asked a bewildered Margaret.
"There was no mention of it in the letter, I'll just have to wait and see"
"It's probably one of the prefects. Remus maybe? Or that guy, Amos?"
The girls spent the rest of the ride pondering over whom the head boy could be and playing cards (they'd learned it to Marlene, who was the only pureblood of the three).
In a compartment further down on the train 4 boys were barking with laughter as they watched the hexed Slytherin limping away. These four boys were known as the Marauders, and were the most sought after boys in Hogwarts, with the exception of a boy named Peter, who was slightly pudgy and spent most his time beside a food platter. They too were going to Hogwarts for their seventh and last year.
The group consisted of Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew and James William Potter.
James was said to be the leader of the group, even though they all played an equal part. He was tall with black messy hair and deep brown eyes. He was bespectacled, but most girls only found this as part of the package. As a Quidditch captain he got his fair share of admirers, and his muscled body and framed face certainly had its appeal.
Sirius was the lead pranker, and the boy who would never grow up. He loved being childish and often used his good looks to achieve what he wanted. Sirius was looked upon as the most handsome guy at Hogwarts, and he would never stay with a girl for too long.
Remus Lupin was the responsible of the group and more withdrawn when it came to girls. Still, he had huge groups of admirers that would do his bidding for almost anything. Too bad (for him) that he was too much of a gentleman to ever take advantage of a girl like that. Although Remus seemed responsible, he too had a streak of mischievousness about him, and few knew that he was the mastermind behind all of the Marauders pranks.
There was not much to be said about Peter, except for his extreme love for food. He was slightly dimwitted, but occasionally he, too, would have a glance of genius.
"So whats your plan on getting Evans this year James?" snickered Sirius. He often teased James about his persistence with Evans and found it very amusing.
"OH shoot. I forgot all my plans at home. I had it all figured out, written down and everything. It had something to do with the Giant Squid, water and The Kitchens, but I can't seem to remember anything else than that" James replied, not catching up on the teasing.
"What about you just trying being nice to her, for a change?" Suggested Remus.
"I TRY. I really do, but when I'm around her my mind just blacks out, and the only words my mind can form are "Will you go out with me" " said an exasperated James
"And we all know the answer to that, don't we" snickered Sirius.
"What about trying to practise a conversation with her ?" suggested Peter.
"WOW... PETER! I didn't know you could say such large words", Sirius cut in.
Much to his dismay, he was completely ignored by the others, while they tried working on Peters plan. In the end they figured out that he would buckle under the pressure anyway, so he should just try to act mature.
"After all, you are going to work with her all year" Remus reminded him
"how do you know it's her, though?" Peter wondered.
"Oh, she sent me an owl, and told me. She's head-girl. Did I forget to tell you this?"
"YES!!" came the exasperated outburst of Sirius and James.
"why didn't you tell me earlier? This is going to be a major breakthrough, I can feel it. Now she HAS to spend time with me, whether she likes it or not. Oh I'll change her ways, I'm certain of it!"
"Just as certain every year" teased Sirius, while the other boys burst out in laughter.
A/N: So. I know this chapter isn't the most exciting, but I wanted to get the basics down first. It will get better, and more interesting as time goes by, at least I hope so:P
Advice is greatly appreciated. R&R please!
Hope you liked it!
-AddictedToPotterAndProudOfIt