I DO NOT OWN THE MARAUDERS

JUST AN ORDINARY DAY. RIGHT?

CRASH!
"Damn-it Pete! Watch where you're going!"

"Leave him alone Sirius, he hasn't slept in days. None of us have."

"Whatever."

Eyes shooting open, Remus froze where he was tangled up in his sheets. There was...strangers in the cottage?

'Burglers?!' Remus mentally panicked, 'What are they doing here?! There's nothing valuable for them here!'
Biting his bottom lip, slowly Remus slid out of bed and into the hallway.
He honestly wouldn't have known where to find them if his 'over-ly sensitive' hearing hadn't heard their hushed whispers coming from the living room.
Taking a deep breath in Remus reached for his wand from his back pocket and quietly walked towards the living room.
Peeking around the corner, he saw three boys, all seemed to be his age.

One had, an unruly mess of brown curls, and glasses, he was a bit taller than Remus.
The second one had shoulder length wavy black hair and startling silvery eyes, he seemed around Remus's height.
The last one was a dirty blonde haired boy with a bit of baby fat still on him and was a couple inches shorter than Remus.
The living room window was shattered with shards all over the floor.

"Y-You guys!"

Remus's head snapped up to look at the blond boy who was pointing towards him and the others were staring at him as well.
'Well shit.' Remus mentally deadpanned.

All three boys had out their wands and were advancing towards him.

"Dammit of course we just had to go and get caught by a muggle!" The boy with the black wavy hair and silvery eyes grumbled.

"Shush." The brunette with glasses snapped before looking at Remus, "We honestly mean you no harm...I'm James. And the grumbling idiot over there is Sirius, Blondie here is Pete. And...and you are?"

'So they think I'm a muggle?' Slowly hiding his wand back in his pocket, Remus raised an eyebrow at all of them before saying, "I'm someone who's not pleased to find a bunch of strangers in his living room."

"You live here?"

Remus nodded.

"Oh."

Just than like a chain of events Peter's stomach growled loudly and then Sirius's and James as well.
Both of Remus's eyebrows shot up as the three boys blushed in embarrassment and Peter wrapped his arms around his stomach.
Sighing lightly, Remus strolled past all of them and into the next room which happened to be the kitchen.
Subconsciously he noted how they followed him not even seconds later.
Moving slowly so they could follow his movement's, Remus set about grabbing a couple packages of bacon from the freezer and eggs to cook.

"...Uh...What are you doing?"

Remus humming answered, "Making breakfast, its still early. How do you like your eggs?"

"Huh?"

Sighing, he seemed to be doing that a lot lately, Remus paused in his cooking to turn around and face them.
Three dumbfounded faces stared back at him. He couldn't help it. He laughed at them,

"Y-you should see your faces!" Soon the others where laughing as well.

As he calmed down Remus smiled at them and gestured at the table, "Go on take a seat. They'll be done shortly. You never answered, how do you like your eggs?"
Three voices answered.

"Scrambled!"

"Over-Easy!"

"Normal!"

Chuckling Remus set to work.

The kitchen stayed silent as Remus made the food and then set it on the table, even tho the boys mouths were watering they didn't dig in.

"Is something the matter?" Remus's eyebrows knitted together.

"...Aren't you going to eat more?" Pete asked shyly.

Looking down it was clearly noticeable that the majority of the food was on the three other boys plates while Remus's was barely half filled.

Remus smiled, "It's alright. I'm not to hungry." 'After all the full moon was just last night.'

"You sure?" Sirius asked skeptical, "You're pretty scrawny... How old are you? 15? 16?"

"Sirius be nice!" James elbowed Sirius in the side.

"Ow! I am!"

Remus looked over at Pete, "Are they always like that?"

"Nah, they're usually louder and more mischievous." Pete grinned at Remus.

"Right..." Clearing his throat, "Since you asked, I'm 17 years old."

"W-wha? Really?!" James gaped at him.

"What?" It was obvious Remus was confused by James reaction.

"Uh...You don't look 17." Sirius blurted out after no one else spoke.

And it was true, Remus was very skinny and frail looking for his age. Almost as though one strong wind with pick him up and take him away. That's why he's always been sensitive about the way he looks, especially since he hasn't been outside in 13 years so his skin wasn't very healthy looking, giving him a sickly pale appearance.

Remus pouted at them, "I. Am. Seventeen!"

"OK okay! No need to bite our heads off!" Sirius waved his hands in front of him.
Remus winced at his poor choice of words, thankfully none of them noticed.

James snorted and shook his head, "Yay! You're as weird as us!"

'Oh trust me. I'm not anything like you guys...' Remus thought darkly.

Silently the four of them finished eating, and the boys watched as Remus starting doing the dishes.

"Stop that." Sirius got up and took the dish Remus was currently scrubbing out of his hands, "Move over. I'll do the dishes. Pete! Come dry them!"

Not wanting to annoy Sirius again Pete got up and sped over to the sink to start drying the dishes.
"What? You don't have too." Remus blinked.

"Don't worry about it!" James slung an arm around Remus's shoulders, "But I really think we should have a talk..."

"You mean about the fact that you three woke me up early, and broke into my home and left broken glass all over my living room?" Remus smiled at James innocently.

James scratch the back of his neck embarrassed, "Right...er... Yeah that. Sorry 'bout that. Here."

James turned around and walked into the living room and took out his wand, pointing it at all the broken glass he muttered, "Reparo."

Magically all the broken glass flew back into the window pane and shifted into place without any crack to be seen almost as though the window was never broken in the first place.

James stared at Remus.

"What's wrong?" Remus asked, not really sure why he was staring at him as though disappointed.

"How come you don't look like you're well... In shock or in awe? I just performed magic for you!" James pouted, crossing his arms across his chest.

"What're you complaining about now Jamey?" Sirius smirked.

"Don't call me that." James scowled, "Remy here wasn't awed by my awesome magic!"

"Well it is illegal to do magic around a muggle, but he's probably seen it before. Wizards are known to make mistakes like accidentally showing their magic." Sirius shrugged.

"Wait what did you call me?" Remus narrowed his eyes at James.

"Uh...nothing Remus." James chuckled nervously, to be honest Remus's glare was kinda intimidating.

Remus hummed before looking over at Sirius, "Why do you keep on calling me that?"

"What? Muggle?" Sirius questioned, "Oh! Sorry. Did I offend you? I didn't know what else to call you..."

"Uh..." Pete bit his lip, "Are you a Muggle? I-I'm sorry! You don't have to answer..."

Remus smiled warmly at Pete, "I don't mind answering. And no, I'm not a muggle."

Their eyes widened.

"You're not a muggle?!" Sirius yelled.

Remus rolled his eyes, "If I was a muggle, would I own a wand?"

"You...you have a wand?" James asked faintly.

"...Yes, I do..." Remus replied suspiciously, edging a bit away from them.

"Why didn't you use it?" Pete said so softly, Remus practically had to strain his ears to hear him at all, "A-against us I mean..."

Remus shrugged, to be honest he wasn't exactly sure himself.

"You're strange." Sirius stated bluntly, "I like you. Nice to meet'cha, I'm Sirius Black."

"Pete Pettigrew. ." slowly Pete stuck his hand out towards Remus just as Sirius had done.

James followed shortly after, "James Potter. I can tell you now this is the start to a beautiful friendship!"

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