DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING FROM THE HARRY POTTER SERIES. I only own Elliot, Kendall, and I think those are the only OC mentioned in this chapter. Oh, and I own the random kid too!

A/N: Okay. I love this story with a passion, and I know my spelling and grammar may be off a bit, I'm not cool enough to have a functioning spell/grammar check (yeah my computer sucks that bad) I'll try and proofread at school when I get the chance. So go ahead and say what you have to, but please review!!

Chapter 1: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

King's Cross Station was as crowded as ever on September first. The only real difference on this particular day of the year was the many people who would randomly disappear in between platforms nine and ten during the morning hours. Otherwise, it was a perfectly normal day at the popular London station.

At about 10:50 a.m., the front doors opened and four boys walked in. The first one had extremely messy raven hair and was tall and lean. He looked like he could be a track star. He quickly ruffled his hair with one hand before pushing his trolley towards platform nine, his hazel eyes scanning the crowd as if he was searching for someone.

The second boy followed closely behind the first. He was almost exactly the same height, and his hair was also black and reached down to his shoulders, but it darker. His silvery eyes seemed to glitter in the light, and as he followed the first boy through the station, he smiled a nearly perfect smile at a young woman. She stared after him for a minute before regaining her senses.

The third of the four boys was somewhat scraggly, and sort of looked like he had just gotten over a bad bout of flu. He had light brown hair that was messy, but sat a lot more neatly on his head than the first boy's hair. He turned back, as if to check that the fourth boy was still with them before following the first two down to the platform.

The fourth was the neediest looking. He was a bit shorter than the others were, and quite plump. He had sort of mousy features, and walked quickly, as if trying not to loose the other three that he had come in with. The boy seemed nervous, and continuously turned around as if he was scared that someone was following him.

These boys seemed like no one to the people inside of King's Cross. Infact, not many people took notice of them, even as they disappeared into the brick barrier between platforms nine and ten. However, on the other side of that barrier, in the world of wizards and magic, everyone seemed to know these four boys. James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.

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The Hogwarts express let off a loud whistle as it departed from platform 9 3/4. The four friends had found a compartment in the back to sit in. Sirius flopped down across one seat, and Peter sat on the other. James ruffled his hair again, "Alright, now that you're both settled, Remus and I have to go to the front. He's gotta be with the prefects and I am Head Boy..." There wasn't really much excitement in his voice. It seemed he'd rather be in the compartment with his friends. "Okie Day. See you soon mates." Sirius said smiling wickedly at his best friends, clearly glad to be able to relax while they attended to their duties. James shook his head and pulled Remus out of the compartment with him, making sure to close the door loudly. Sirius turned to look at Peter, "So what are we going to do until they get back?"

James left Remus in the second compartment of the first car with all the other prefects, and headed to the first compartment on his own. He opened the door only to realize the Head Girl hadn't arrived yet. "Come ON!" He slumped down onto the seat, "I just want to get this over with..." James sighed and leaned his head back, closing his eyes.

Not a minute later the compartment door opened again. James didn't even have time to open his eyes before he heard a familiar voice say, "Not you!" He smiled to himself, "I should've known you'd be Head Girl Lily." James opened his eyes and turned to the girl. She was still standing in the doorway, her auburn hair pulled back into a high ponytail, staring at him with her piercing emerald eyes. "You've gotten even more beautiful over the summer Lilz." She rolled her eyes and kicked him in the shin, "Shut up. It's not going to work." She pulled him to his feet and pushed him out of the compartment. "Feisty!" James exclaimed as he turned to look at Lily. "Let's just instruct the prefects and then I don't have to see you for a while."

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After about half an hour of listening to Lily instruct the prefects and half falling asleep, James and Remus headed back to the compartment in the back of the train where Sirius and Peter were waiting. When they opened the door, Peter was gagging on something while Sirius watched him in amusement. "Sirius!" Remus sat down next to Peter and looked at the poor boy, "What'd you do?" Sirius let out a small laugh, "I dared him to eat a whole box of Bertie Bott's at one time." James smirked, "Like what I had you do in first year?" He smacked Sirius's leg, "Move Padfoot, Lemmie sit down." Sirius let out a low growl of annoyance and sat up. "Good doggy, maybe you can have a cookie later." Sirius wasted no time punching his friend in the gut.

Remus shook his head and pulled a book out of his bag, "So, James, what about that Head Girl? A cutie isn't she?" Sirius smiled, "Ah Ha! Lily's Head Girl isn't she?" James nodded, still trying to get his breathing back to normal. Peter, who had finally finished eating the beans, cocked his head, "Isn't that a good thing though?" Sirius shrugged, "It is forced contact." James took in a deep breath, "You really think that'll help me in any way?" Sirius rolled his eyes at his friend and ran a hand through his hair, "You're still going to go after her?" Remus laughed, "Of course he is! Prongs is in love. And he might actually have a chance with Lily this year if he tries to be a bit less egotistical, self-centered, arrogant, and downright annoy--OW!" James stomped on Remus's foot and shot him a glare, "Thanks Moony. That helps a lot!" Remus rubbed his foot, and then opened his book, "Sorry Prongs, but the truth hurts sometimes."

Suddenly, the compartment door opened and a girl stood in the doorway smiling at the four boys. Her dark brown hair fell around her face perfectly ending about an inch or so under her ears, her bangs resting just above her eyebrows. She was staring at them with sapphire eyes and she just beamed. "Hey guys!" She hopped into the compartment and flopped onto Remus's lap. "Hi Elliot." Remus said as he closed his book and the girl pushed the door closed with her foot. "Hey Moony! How was your summer?" Remus tilted his head to the side, "Alright. How was Hawaii?" Elliot smiled even more, "Wonderful! So warm and sunny and I was at the beach almost-every-day!" Sirius leaned over to James, "I would have liked to see her lying on the beach..." James snorted and they both bust out laughing. Elliot shook her head and turned to Peter, "How about you Peter? How was your break?" Peter just smiled his mousy smile and nodded, "Fine."

"Don't you want to know about our summers Ellie?" James asked. Elliot shook her head, "Not really." Remus raised his eyebrows and opened his book. "Moony, it must be hard to read with this little one on your lap." Sirius said while grabbing Elliot around the waist, "Allow me to steal her." He pulled her over to his lap and she began squirming and fidgeting, "Let me go Sirius!" Elliot began flailing her legs and James put up his arms to shield himself, "Hey hey! Don't kick me!" The girl gave him a swift kick in the leg, "Then get him off of me!" Sirius laughed and put his head on Elliot's shoulder, "Actually Elle, you're on me." Elliot stopped moving and turned to Sirius, "You are such a wiseass." He smiled at her, and she slapped him, "Let me go!" He let go and she quickly jumped to James's lap. "You're best friend is such a perv Prongsie." James laughed a little. Sirius just turned and looked out the window.

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The train entered the station and the 7th years loaded into the carriages. Sirius ended up in one with James, Elliot, and his ex-girlfriend Luella. He tried his best to keep Luella off him so that he could talk to Elliot, but that was next to impossible, especially with James egging the girl on. When they finally stopped in front of the castle Luella ran off to join her friends. Sirius took this as the moment to pull Elliot aside. "So...How's the love-life Ellie?" he asked as he rapped his arm around her shoulders. "Not involving anyone named Sirius Black..." She slowly removed his arm, "I can tell you that much." Sirius stopped dead in his tracks, but Elliot continued walking up the stairs. He regained himself and yelled after her, "Why?" but she just went on into the castle. He sighed and shoved his hands in his pockets, continuing up the stairs.

Elliot had been Sirius's good friend since their first year. Apparently, she'd had a crush on him since the middle of first year, but he'd ruined that when he became the guy who every girl wanted to get with and got with in fifth year. Now, Sirius wanted nothing more than to give it all up and just be with Elliot. However, that didn't seem like it was a possibility anymore. She'd moved on. What else could she have done? He had turned her down so many times, why should he get another chance?

"Because I've changed..." He thought to himself as he took a seat next to James in the Great Hall. James was busy listening to Lily talk, and barely took notice of his friend. Remus was buried in his book again, and Peter was watching James intently, nodding and agreeing with everything his friend said. Sirius frowned, realizing that he wasn't going to get much attention from his best friends at the moment. He scanned the room, and he noticed Kendall Goodrich walking towards his end of the table. She was one of his better-known ex-girlfriends, and was still a decent friend, which was rare. "Oi! Kendall!" He waved her over, and she shook her head at him, "What Sirius?" He smiled, "Sit by me?" She looked around, "Uhm, there's no room."

Sirius looked to his left where James was sitting and knew that he couldn't make James move from that spot for anything. He then turned to the right, where some fifth years were sitting. He tapped the boy sitting right next to him, "Mind if I steal your seat?" The kid raised an eyebrow, "Kinda... yeah." Sirius's happy demeanor suddenly diminished, "Let me rephrase that." He leaned closer, "I'm stealing your seat, unless you want some very unpleasant things to happen to you." The boy nodded and jumped up. Sirius turned back to Kendall smiling, "There you go," He patted the seat, "It's warm too!" Kendall sat down and ruffled Sirius's hair, "You are something else." He smoothed his hair with one hand and shrugged, "I know. It's a guy thing."

After the sorting and speech, the room became loud with the voices of the students talking about their summers or what was going to happen in school this term. James was focusing on what Lily was saying. "I really hope that I do better with my NEWT then my OWLS. I was cramming for weeks before the OWLS because I wasn't concentrating enough earlier in the year! I ended up with an Exceeds Expectations in Astronomy!" She said while lightly buttering a biscuit. James chuckled, "By one point, wasn't it? Because you had one star about a centimeter to far left!" Lily looked at him as if that centimeter was what determined if she passed or not. "Still Potter, if I had only measured correctly..." James shook his head. "You wouldn't have had to take fifth year over?" he said in a voice normally saved for Severus Snape. She rolled her eyes angrily, "Funny." James shrugged, "That's what you're acting like Lilz. That test didn't ruin your life, so what's the big deal?"

Elliot seemed to think that this was a good moment to cut James off before something ugly broke out. "I hope I do better, I mean I mostly got Acceptables. I only got two Outstandings and one Exceeds Expectations!" She picked up her pumpkin juice, "But besides that, I don't want to spend my whole year worrying about NEWTs you know?" James smiled to himself and was about to shove a spoonful of peas into his mouth when Lily looked directly at him. He stared at her, his spoon still half way to his mouth, "Yes?" Lily shrugged, "You looking forward to Quidditch this year James?" He nodded and shoved the peas into his mouth. He knew the sudden subject change wasn't because Lily didn't want to talk about tests anymore. "I figured. Did you practice over the summer?" James swallowed and grabbed a biscuit of his own, "Why do I have a feeling I know where this is going?"

"Did you practice?"

"Yes. I did."

"Did you study at all?"

James shoved the biscut in his mouth and shook his head. Lily smiled in triumph and turned to Elliot, "See. As long as you're not as single-minded as James you should be able to do alright on your NEWTs." James glared up at her through bits of hair that were hanging in his face, still keeping his head down. "You're calling ME single minded Evans?" Lily nodded and took a sip of her pumpkin juice. James sat upright and rested his head on his hands, "Cause last time I checked, all you think about is school. Isn't that pretty single-minded?" Lily took in a quick breath, "Well, school is MUCH more important than Quidditch, Potter." James laughed a little, "Alright Lilz, alright." Elliot couldn't help but laugh to herself at how immature the two always around each other.

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After dinner, everyone began heading back to their own houses. On the way, Sirius and James accidentally knocked Remus into the trick step and had to listen to him accusing them of doing so on purpose the rest of the way to the portrait hole. "Alright Head Boy, what's the new password?" Sirius asked as they came up to the Fat Lady. James shrugged, "I don't know. I forgot it." Sirius smacked James upside the head, "You moron! Now we have to ask someone." Remus walked up to the portrait. "Password?" The Fat Lady asked. Her speech was slightly slurred, but she seemed to know what was going on still. He turned and smirked back at James and Sirius before saying, "Mandragora." Sirius frowned as he watched the portrait swing open, "Oh yeah, Remus is a prefect..."

A/N: odd place to end I know, but what can you do? I could write more I guess, but I like it ending here. So yeah, review please!!!