Summary: Basically a story about Lily and James, along with the infamous Marauders and there times at Hogwarts, possibly even after they graduate. Follow the thrilling lives of the Marauders and company as they stumble through their Hogwarts years, and attempt to survive exciting lives... and each other.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter related themes and characters. I only own the additional characters I have made up. :-)

A/N: I think I may be switching around points of view, but I'll tell you guys if there is a specific point of view that you need to know!

By the way: Italics thinking (or emphasis on a word - if it's only one word that's italicized)

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"This school is horrible!" complained a first year named Sirius Black on his way towards the lake with his best friends James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew (A/N: glares murderously at Peter).

"Just come on!" James yelled over his shoulder. "We have plenty of time to rest now! Thank Merlin it's the weekend!"

They all plopped down under a shady tree near the wide, glossy lake, and dumped all their books into a haphazard pile on the dewey grass. Sirius Black, the elegantly laid-back bad-boy, had flowing black hair that fell into his glittering silver eyes. He was the one all the girls fancied, hoping to get a chance with him - even if they were only his "girl of the week". James Potter was equally popular and handsome. He had a messy forest of jet black hair on his head and warm hazel eyes that seemed to hold all the mysteries of the world. He continuously showed off and all of the girls following him in the masses only inflated his ego even more. Remus Lupin, the quiet but awfully cute one of the bunch, had sandy blond hair and rich, dark amber colored eyes that seemed to capture fire in them. Peter Pettigrew was a bit of an oddball in the devilishly handsome, talented, and suave group. He was kind of stout and held no grace whatsoever. Peter acted more as a follower in the group, only speaking up when necessary. Together, they formed the group Hogwarts would admire and idolize forever, the Marauders.

"I need to take my mind off of work!" Sirius yelled out-of-the-blue.

James, on the other hand, couldn't be more concerned. In fact, the people directly in front of him were possibly the farthest thing from his mind. His eyes had caught sight of a glimpse of red and his eyes were staring at a pretty girl who had her nose in a book.

"James? James..." Remus called to him, snapping his fingers. "James, what are you looking at?"

"Huh? What?" James asked, blinking around furiously. "Oh... sorry... was I spacing out?"

"You could call it that..." Sirius ventured slightly, a mischievous smirk on his face. "More like staring at a certain Potter-hating redhead by the name of Lily Evans."

"She does not...!" James began heatedly, then faltered. "Oh... well... yea... I suppose she kinda hates me... but if she would just give me a chance..." James Potter had fallen head-over-heels for Lily Evans the first time he saw her bouncing up to the Sorting Hat and her dazzling smile. He had gaped for a full five minutes at her flowing red hair and bright emerald green eyes, before Sirius had quite abruptly brought him down to earth again by kicking him hard in the shin.

I need to make Lily see that she really loves me... James thought to himself. Maybe if I just put on a cheekily charming performance and give her my full attention, she'll like me more...

James snapped quickly out of his little reverie and marched straight towards Lily with a large bucket full of water. Silently James rehearsed lines that he had made up in his head mere minutes ago. His hands were shaking and his breath began to quicken as he approached the girl of his dreams.

"Hi Lily," James said cautiously.

"Hello Potter," Lily replied tersely.

"Er... right," James mumbled before dumping the entire bucket of water onto poor Lily Evans' head.

"POTTER!" Lily shrieked. "WHAT IN THE BLOODY... WHY... WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, POTTER?!"

"I was just dousing your hair, Lily dearest, it looked like it's on fire," James replied cheekily while the surrounding students laughed. James gave Lily a brilliant grin, hoping for the best.

"Potter," Lily began in a voice so menacing, the Bloody Baron would have fled in cowardice. "I will hate you for the rest of my life. And from now on, you call me Evans." Lily turned curtly on her heel and strode angrily away towards the towering castle.

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"Hey Prongs, what's up?" Sirius asked happily while he devoured a full plate of sausages and pancakes at the breakfast table.

"Prongs? James?" Remus asked cautiously, then with a smile, he nodded at Sirius.

"Oh Jamesie... Would you like to accompany me, the wonderful Lily Evans, to Hogsmeade two weeks from now?" Sirius whispered in a voice uncannily close to that of the real Lily Evans who happened to be sitting 7 people away on the Gryffindor table.

"Yeah..." James replied dreamily, still in his little flashback, then suddenly realizing that Sirius, his best friend, had tried to ask him out, he jumped out of his seat, scrambled across the table and squeezed himself in between Remus and Peter. He wanted to be as far away as possible from Sirius at the moment.

"Just jokes, man," Sirius laughed at him. "I just love the ladies too much. I'm sorry, but it would never have worked between us." Sirius put on a dramatic finish and then laughed his arse off afterwards.

James rolled his eyes and began to day dream again. What was it he was thinking about again? Oh yea. Lily and her hair that looked like it was on fire... a very pretty fire... James mused. At that moment, the bell rang, and the group headed off to their first class, Transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs.

A/N: Hi! Hope you liked it… it's only the first chapter, so I hope it'll get better… well, it would be much appreciated if you review – this is only my first fic, so plz no flames (I'm not really sure how to do all of this, but I'll try anyway)  thanks so much!