James Potter and the Eight Marauders
Chapter 1
The Sorting passed by quickly in a blur. He watched the three boys he had shared the compartment with get sorted into Gryffindor. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. James remembers his name being called, him walking up to the stool, and having the Sorting Hat shout "Gryffindor!" into the hall. He remembers walking to the Gryffindor table, having his sister, Julia, in Gryffindor and his three new friends cheering him on. James remembers passing the Ravenclaw table, and having his brother, Joshua, give him a rare smile.
However, once Dumbledore started to talk, James Potter's head once regained the clear thoughts.
"I would like to welcome all the first-years to Hogwarts. I would like to remind everybody that first-years are not allowed any broomsticks, and that the Forbidden Forest is forbidden, hence the name..." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eyes.
"It seems as if we have a problem however, with the first-year girls," Dumbledore said. Instantly, all the girls seemed to look frightened. "Don't worry, nothing bad for most of you. But it seems that we had a little mix-up in which I will not go into detail. What I'm going to do is call out a random first-year girl from each House, and they'll live in the extra House that is being built right now by a couple of our teachers. The girls will still be able to go into their own Houses' common rooms, but nobody can enter the new House's unless one of the girls' gives permission."
A rustle of commotion started to weave through the Hall.
"That's not fair. Why can't the guy's have that too?" Sirius pouted.
"Would you like to live with a Slytherin for the entire seven years?" Remus asked, smiling.
"Ewww...no," Sirius said, changing his mind quickly.
Peter shot James a look, and James laughed. However, it dwindled down when Dumbledore started to talk once more.
"The new House's name will be chosen by the four girls' own decision."
"Whaaat?!" Sirius cried out in protest. "I think we should all choose a name!"
Peter smiled. "And what names would you suggest, Sirius?"
Sirius suddenly got that wicked grin on his face. "Boogerbrain, Cootiepootie, Wimpettes...I could go on and on."
Professor McGonnagall suddenly rose and handed Dumbledore a piece of paper."And now, the four girls are," Dumbledore said. The entire hall quieted. "From Hufflepuff, Lindsay Fletcher. Please come up."
A little, innocent Irish girl with wavy blonde hair and blue eyes stepped up to the teacher table, and stood, waiting while twiddling her thumbs for her three new roommates for the next seven years.
"From Slytherin, Alexia Quan."
Alexia, with her long, straight, black hair and grey eyes, also wound her way up to the teacher table. From what James could see, Lindsay was more than just a little afraid of Alexia.
"From Ravenclaw, Lily Oberlin."
Next, a cheerful bright auburn haired girl with green eyes bounced all the way up to the platform. James couldn't help but smile when Alexia looked at Lily with distaste.
"And finally, from Gryffindor, Katherine Blade."
A sudden whooping came from Remus and Sirius as a tough looking eleven year old girl with long dark brown waves and honey colored eyes stomped the way to the teachers table.
"She's my neighbor," Remus explained. James turned his gaze towards Sirius, who shrugged.
"She's my mom's best friend's daughter."
The evening passed by with laughter and smiles as James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter sang and chirped the night away.
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In the new House, things were being just as jolly. The four girls were currently unpacking and telling each other about their lives, and were quite enjoying the noiseless atmosphere.
"I've always wanted to be a ballet dancer," Lindsay said in her thick Irish accent while putting her folded clothes neatly into the drawers. "My mom was one, you know."
"Sounds great, but I want to go to college," Lily replied. "Nobody in my family has gone that far in education, and it'll be fun to go."
Katherine was trying to jam all her clothes into one drawer. "Well, I just want to live on my own, be independent. And why won't these clothes go in? I know I don't have that much clothes! Damnit!"
Lindsay and Lily immediately gasped and looked at Katherine in shock. They were eleven.
Alexia, however, just laughed. "Dude, I don't think they welcome profanity here." Katherine shrugged.
Lindsay and Lily still stared with their mouths wide open.
"Oh jeez, you guys," Katherine sighed, while picking up a heavy pillow. "You've got to liven up!" Katherine threw the pillow and it hit Lily square in the head, who shrieked with glee and got her own pillow. Soon, the entire room was filled with fluff and goose feathers while the girls laughed and swung until they were all on the floor, laughing so hard they couldn't move and their stomachs hurt.
"You know, this isn't as bad as I thought," Alexia said as they all settled in bed. "I thought it would be much worse."
"Yeah," Lily agreed. "You and Katherine aren't as stuck up as I thought Slytherins and Gryffindors would be."
"Hey!" Katherine said.
"I take it back," Lily said humbly. "I take it ALL back."
The room filled with little giggles.
"I wonder why they had a new house put in," Lindsay said thoughtfully.
"Who cares?" Katherine replied sharply. "This is the life."
Murmurs of agreement came from dark room, and even Lindsay agreed.
None of them would know the future. From their cheerful and happy eleven year-old point of view, who could have guessed that two would die before their 25 birthdays and one would have gone crazy, all caused by the man that loved the last one?