A/N: Yay! New story...So this really is about their friendship but it still also focuses on their relationships with other people like family, people at school, e.t.c. This story goes gradually from their first year to the second year and then third year and so on and so forth. I literally have their whole lives planned out ;) Anyways, I'll let you read now.

Disclaimer: I absolutely do not own Harry Potter, so save the paper work, but I do own the OCs (there are many in this story). Farley Greengrass also does not belong to me. He belongs to a Fanfic author that i absolutely love.

This story is about how an extraordinary group of young wizards and witches came together to form the second generation of the Marauders during their time at Hogwarts. Their mutual love of pranking, eating chocolate frogs, figuring out how muggle devices work, and picking on a mean but sickly looking boy with greased hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin, really ensured they became friends in the first place. But as time flew by, they became more than just friends, they became family, and together they went through life's ups and downs and even found love. But let's get to know them first.

(James Sirius Potter)

James is the eldest son of Harry James Potter (saviour of the entire world, duh) and Ginevra Potter (bad-ass redhead Weasley). He has messy black hair that always sticks out in places just like his father's, deep brown eyes like his mother's, a knack of meddling in other people's lives like his uncle Ron Weasley, and a habit of getting into trouble like his namesakes James Potter and Sirius Black. He also has two younger siblings, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter, whom he loves more than life itself.

(Victoire Weasley)

Victoire is the eldest daughter of Bill and Fleur Weasley. She is part Veela, one-eighth to be exact. She has straight white-gold hair and deep blue eyes like her mother's, is tall and has a tendency to be a little too positive sometimes just like her father. She is James's cousin and best friend because they practically grew up together. She and James are also best friends with Teddy Lupin, who is two years older than them. She also loves playing quidditch.

(Olivia Hannah Longbottom)

Olivia is the youngest child of Neville and Hannah Longbottom. She is the same age as James and Victoire. She has curly brown hair and bright hazel eyes. She takes after her father in a way because she is a little shy to make new friends and usually too scared to socialize, but she is really smart and has a certain way with plants and magical creatures that no one does. She is also very interested in Muggles and is obsessed with figuring out how they live their lives without magic.

(Orion Alphard Black)

Orion is the only son of the late Cygnus and Antlia Black. He lives with his grandmother Marlene at the new Black manor. He has dark hair that falls into his eyes with a casual elegance, intense grey eyes that can make you lost and a certain way with words. He's a real charmer and can probably convince you into doing a lot of things that you wouldn't even normally dream of doing. Although his grandfather knew the potters well, he has never met any of them. His grandmother tells him that after his grandfather was convicted of a crime he didn't commit, she had to run away to a safer place, like France. Orion's parents both attended Beauxbatons and he knew nothing about Hogwarts, besides the fact that he was going to study there once he turned eleven. His existence, along with the rest of the Sirius Black's family, was well hidden secret from everyone up until the day his parents died. Even after the secret was out, his grandmother never let him meet any of the Potters for reasons unknown to him. His hobbies included playing quidditch and watching muggle movies because they fascinated him.

James couldn't believe it, as he sat on his bed, looking at his mostly empty room. He was finally leaving for Hogwarts! He had been looking forward to it since the time he found about it, and now that the time was finally here, he was more excited than ever. Granted, he was a little sad that he would be leaving his brother and sister at home, but he was happy about the fact that he would make new friends there. Victoire would be starting at Hogwarts with him this year too. He was glad that they could finally join Teddy Lupin (their best friend) there for he had left them two years ago and it had slightly strained their friendship.

His thoughts were not so gently disturbed by his mother shouting at his father and then at him.

"Harry, get a move on! We're getting late by the minute. And James Sirius Potter, get your lazy bum down here! You don't want to miss your first train to Hogwarts, do you?!"

"Coming, mum!" said James as he picked up his trunk from the floor and moved down the stairs with incredible speed.

"Ah there you are! I thought I'd have to come and rip you off from that bed of yours" said Ginny. She could be a little violent sometimes, when she was panicking. Like in situations like these, when her son was leaving home to stay away from her for the longest time ever.

"Mum! This isn't fair. I want to go with him" said Albus Severus, James's brother who was younger than him by two years.

"Me too!" said Lily, James's sister, younger than him by four years.

"Albus, Lily, honey, we've been over this. You'll go when you're of age—"

"But mum we want to go now—"

"Ah, then I guess you don't want to be here for the quidditch world cup. That's okay; I'll just give those special seats for the entire season to Rose and Hugo." Said Harry, feigning disappointment, as he emerged from his room, dressed sharply in black robes. He kissed his wife on the cheek, and then looked at his kids expectantly.

"Alright, alright, we can stay this year," Albus smiled sweetly, "but what do you have planned for next year?" and the signature smirk was back.

Harry was about to reply but Ginny cut him off saying they were getting extremely late. So they picked up James's things, held hands and apparated to the nearest dark street near King's Cross Station. They walked the rest of the way there. Once inside, James started looking for the platform 9 ¾. He was surprised when his parents directed him to a wall. He looked at them to ask them if there was some mistake, but they just smiled at him and told him to run into the wall. James, being the brave 11 year-old that he was, decided he could do it without his father's help. He started pushing his trolley towards the wall at a slight run and closed his eyes, bracing for impact. But when nothing hit him, he looked up to see the a whole new platform filled with witches and wizards bustling about and kids boarding the giant red train that had a plaque reading 'The Hogwarts Express'.

He turned around to see Lily and Albus and his parents join him on the platform. He exchanged a smile with his mother and pushed his trolley, which held his trunk and his owl Woody, forward. He finally spotted Victoire surrounded by almost the whole Weasley clan, including Molly and Arthur, who were of course excited to see off one of their eldest grandbabies to Hogwarts.

He reached there with his family, and then the hugging and embracing started. It was quite a lot, considering there were almost fifteen people participating. He finally managed to grab hold of Victoire.

"Jaaammmessss! I am sooooooo excited. I can't believe it! We can finally go! I'm so happy! Aaaaaahh!" she started shouting, every one of her sentences coming out as exclamations. Her mother chastised her from behind and told her to act civil. Victoire gave her a small apologetic smile and turned back to James.

"I know, me too!" said James excitedly.

"Come on, let's go find Teddy" she suggested but her mother caught her from behind before they could run off.

"Toire! Pick up your things and find a compartment first" said Fleur in her thick French accent. Victoire gave a low irritated growl but obeyed her mother nonetheless.

"Come James, let's go find a compartment first" she shot her mother a look "and then we can go find Teddy!" this time the look was shot by Fleur as Victoire ran to board the train. James turned to his parents whose face had a mix of emotions. Ginny and Lily were in tears; even Albus looked like he might cry. Harry, on the other hand, looked proud. He ran to them and gave everyone a hug. Then he turned towards the train and started putting his stuff on there like Victoire had done. He turned around and waved everyone goodbye, including the Weasleys.

As the train started moving, Victoire pulled him to start walking and find a compartment. He was about to go with her but they saw that someone was running to catch up with the train. James rushed to help the boy and offered him a hand but the boy in turn dumped his belongings into James's hand and then caught hold of the frame on one of the windows and climbed up into the train.

He looked at James and said, "Thanks…. Mate…." while panting uncontrollably.

"You're welcome. I'm James Potter" said James while offering his hand for a handshake.

"I'm Orion Black. Nice to meet you" he said grabbing hold of the hand and shaking it hard.

"And I'm impatient" said Victoire tapping James's shoulder "can we move now? I'm pretty sure that all the compartments are taken. James looked at her and then at his new friend.

"She's Victoire Weasley, she's my cousin and well yes, she's very impatient." said James. Orion offered her his hand and she shook it.

"Nice to meet you" he said.

"Yes, yes, you too. So now if the pleasantries are over, can we go?" she tipped her head in the direction of the compartments. They started walking with their belongings and every compartment they passed was full, until the last where only one girl was sitting by the window, reading a book. This girl had curly brown hair and glasses on her nose. James interrupted her reading by opening the door to the compartment.

"Can we sit here? All the other compartments are full…" he asked.

"Sure" she replied quietly. And they all put their trunks above and took a seat. James sat beside Victoire whereas Orion sat beside the girl, trying to figure out what she was reading. He slowly started tipping his head to the side to read but as the train moved it hit her head instead.

"Oww…" she exclaimed rubbing her head. James and Victoire started laughing.

"Er, I'm sorry. The name's Black, Orion Black" he said introducing himself, Bond style.

"Did you just try and copy James Bond?" the girl asked to his surprise. He hadn't expected her to know that.

"Yeah… how do you know that?" he asked

"Well, I watched a few of those muggle movies" she said smiling. Orion noticed she had hazel eyes and a really sweet smile.

"My name is Olivia, by the way. Olivia, er, Longbottom." She said a little shyly. James and Victoire exchanged a glance.

"Hey, I know you!" exclaimed Victoire, "You're professor Longbottom's daughter, aren't you?" Olivia nodded.

"I knew it! I thought I saw you at one of those Weasley parties around Christmas. You sneakily put only earthworm flavored beans in your brother's Bertie Bott's, didn't you?'

"Yeah, I did." Olivia laughed. "How did you find out?"

"I guessed…' said James.

"That was actually revenge for stealing my chocolate frog" Olivia said.

"Oh, then they most definitely deserved it. Stealing chocolate frogs is like a crime against humanity. So insensitive..." Orion said. Olivia couldn't figure if he was being sarcastic or not. James and Victoire watched the conversation with interest.

"Are you making fun of me?" she asked a little angrily.

"Of course not, I meant everything I said. I absolutely love chocolate frogs, I can't live without them. I even brought my own stash to Hogwarts." He said and he moved to take the stash out. He removed a chocolate frog from a box and quickly put it in his mouth and then with his mouth still full, he smiled and asked Olivia, "Want one?"

Olivia and Victoire giggled and James let out a small chuckle. "Sure" said Olivia and took the box from him. The four of them spent most of their ride, eating candies, discussing Muggles, sharing more about them basically. They finally reached the topic of houses.

"I want to be in Gryffindor" said James proudly.

"Me too" added Victoire.

"I want to be a Ravenclaw" said Olivia and she and James started a debate on which house was the best. Victoire shut them up and asked Orion which house he wanted to be in.

"My parents didn't go here so I don't really know a lot about the school but Grandma said that she and Grandpa were in Gryffindor."

"So you'll be in Gryffindor then?" asked James.

"I guess… whichever house is the best" he said with a smile. That's when a girl with long red hair and a boy with greased black hair, a weird nose and sallow skin entered the compartment.

"You lot should change into your uniform, we're about to reach Hogwarts" said the girl who was also a first year.

"Okay" said Victoire but as the girl turned to leave, James asked, "Are you a Weasley that I don't know of, by any chance?"

"No, whatever your name is, just because I have red hair does not mean I'm a Weasley" said the girl.

"Oh I was just curious. It's James Potter by the way." James said, smiling at her.

"I'm Azalea Myers" she said, "and this is my friend Farley Greengrass"

"Come on Lea, we shouldn't be talking to this lot" said Farley.

"Why? What's wrong with us?" asked Victoire, eyes narrowing.

"Nothing…" Farley said, "You're a Weasley." As if that explained everything. Victoire became really mad but James held her back. James was about to say something when Orion asked, "What was your name again, mate?"

"Farley Greengrass" he said.

"Haha, more like Farty Greenass" said Orion laughing. Every 11 year old in the compartment, except Farley started laughing. Even his friend Azalea let out a little laugh but she regained her seriousness and shot James and Orion a mean look and pulled Farley and herself, out of the compartment. That was the day the future marauders found the ultimate target for their pranks.