James Potter {S1EP1} - Moons with Moony

Disclaimer: This is a fan-written TV show following the Marauders lives through their fourth year, right up until the death of Lily and James. Each year will have a separate book, and each episode should have separate chapters (although their may be some part twos.) I also plan to have a book of bonus and deleted scenes. Although script writing may seem easy, it can be difficult, so please don't think I can just whiz all of this out of nowhere. - Happy reading!

PART ONE

Episode One — The First Moon With Moony

Scene One: Kings Cross Station

James is on Platform 9 and 3 quarters with his parents.

Mrs Potter: No doing anything dangerous this year, you hear me, James? (She brings James into a hug) Because this time I really will send a howler and I'll embarrass you in front of that Lily girl. Won't we Fleamont?

(James looks up at Fleamont [Mr Potter], who is smiling down at his son, through the hug)

Mr Potter: (confused) Huh? What? Oh! (Suddenly stern) That's right we will.

(James grins at him and Mr. Potter winks) (Mrs Potter finally pulls away from James)

James: Cor blimey, ma! You almost suffocated me! (Mrs Potter slaps his arm playfully and he laughs)

Mr Potter: (Claps his hand on James's back) Go have a good year, son, and make sure to send us letters!

(Sirius and his family [Mr. Black, Mrs. Black, Regulus] have just walked onto the platform. Sirius is avoiding eye contact with others as his mother loudly complains about the mudbloods also on the platform)

James: I will. (spots Sirius) I should probably go. Love you! (Runs off towards Sirius)

(Mrs Potter laughs at how enthusiastic James is to see Sirius as Mr. Potter puts his arm around her, watching his son go) (As James is running, Sirius looks up and catches sight of James and he suddenly stops running. They smile at each other and start slow-mo running towards each other, exaggerating the love usually implicated in these kinds of runs and as they finally meet, James picks Sirius up and swings him round. They fall onto the platform, laughing at their idiocy.)

Remus: (From out of nowhere) (Bored tone) Honestly, you two are killing me here.

(Sirius, who is on top of James, and James look up)

James: Remus, my little Moony baby!

(Sirius rolls off of James, who jumps up and pulls Remus into a hug)

James: (Exclaims in an exaggerated, romantic tone) Oh, how I've missed you!

Remus: (Completely, dead straight face) Really? Hadn't noticed.

James: Oh God how I love you, Remus Lupin!

Remus: (shoves James away in mock hurt) Then what were you doing with him (points to Sirius)

James: (shakes his head and clasps his hands together) He means nothing to me, I swear, Moony. You're the only one for me.

(Suddenly shows Peter, who has joined Sirius, watching the scenario with an unimpressed face.)

Peter: (Raises eyebrows and looks at Sirius) Again?

Sirius: (Sighs) same as last year.

Remus: Do you mean it James? Do you really love me?

James: Bro, I love you so much it hurts.

Remus: How badly?

James: This badly. (James begins to pretend to die from a heart attack, falling to the floor and choking violently.)

(Mrs Black suddenly grips Sirius by his arm, her nails digging in and pulling him aside violently)

Peter: (shouts but Mrs Black has taken him pretty far away from the boys) Hey!

Mrs Black: Don't you dare stand with that kind of filth on my watch, do you understand me boy?

(Sirius's back suddenly straightens)

Mrs Black: (quietly, so nobody around them can hear)(bending down so she is at eye level with Sirius) If I can't hit the idiocy and the disgusting amounts of humiliation you have tainted our names with out of you, what chance do you have in the world? Those stupid little boys, they don't love you. Do you ever wonder what your cousins hear them say when you're not here? Oh, because I've heard. You're worthless to them just like you are to me.

(As James approaches at a distance, he looks around alarmed)

James: (hesistates) (walks over grinning) Sirius! How was your summer? (acts as if he has only just noticed Mrs Black) Oh, hello Mrs Black. Sorry, were you two talking?

Mrs. Black: (straightens up slowly, never breaking eye contact with Sirius.) No. Goodbye, Sirius. See you next summer. (she walks away)

(Sirius lets out a breathe suddenly and looks at James, who smiles at him)

Scene Two: Hogwarts Express

James: (walking into their carriage) Home sweet home! (he twists around and jumps onto the seat as if it was a bed. He knocks his head and winces)

Remus: (walks in and laughs) James we sit here for about five hours a year. If that's what you call a home I'd like to see what you'd call that cardboard box we replaced your bed with last year.

James: Julie. And we were on very good terms, thanks.

Peter: (just sitting down next to James, pushing his legs down) Really? I heard you swearing at her a good few times a night.

Sirius: (smiling slightly but still seems kind of sad) just admit it prongs, the prank got to you.

James: Did I ever once get fed up and sleep in one of your beds instead?

Remus: (shakes his head and smirks) it a hundred per cent got to you, prongs.

James: Did not!

Sirius: Did to

James: (leans back and folds his arms sulkily) (looks out of window dramatically) whatever.

Peter: (laughs)

(Remus pulls out a notebook and begins flicking through it before arriving to a page and staring at it for a while) (Sirius and Peter are bantering in the background but cannot really be heard) (James looks over and notices that Remus is looking at the notebook)

James: (leans away from the window and talks to Sirius and Peter) hey boys, why don't you go and find the trolley lady? Or maybe go find Evans's carriage, put in a good word for me.

Sirius: We've been on the train for like five minutes.

Peter: Uh Padders, it's been about half an hour. Don't forget we stopped to berate Snape on the way here.

Sirius: (frowns and looks at Remus) Berate?

Remus: (kind of preoccupied) criticise or have a go at.

Sirius: (nods) ahhhhhhh. Still, it feels kind of early.

James: But I want some chocolate schlopers (motions his head towards Remus.)

Sirius: (sudden realisation) OH. Oh right, okay. (laughs to cover up) You owe me big time, loser. Come on, Pete.

Peter: (nods to James with a kind of 'good luck' subtext and gets up and leaves with Sirius)

(James gets up and moves next to Remus, leaning his head on his shoulder) (Remus abruptly closes his notebook and inhales deeply)

Remus: You know, chocolate sclopers don't exist and if it's code for 'I need to talk to Moony about something please go away' you didn't do a very good job at... you know... not making it obvious that it's a code.

(James moves his head to look at Remus, still resting on his shoulder, so that his chin is on top of Remus's shoulder and looks up at him)

James: Okay you got me. But I caught you too.

Remus: (avoiding eye contact) what do you mean?

James: (sits up) The notebook, Rem.

Remus: and?

(brief pause)

James: Are you nervous about tonight?

Remus: Hm, let me think, first day of our fourth year and I'm going to turn into a monster and not only one, but four of us are going to be absent from the feast as well as the fact that this is the first time you guys are going to become animagi to help me. What if... (hesitates and shakes his head)

James: What if what?

Remus: (quietly) what if I hurt one of you?

James: You won't. I'd trust you with my life.

Remus: But would you trust a werewolf?

James: Remus we can handle ourselves. We wouldn't have done this if we weren't at least sixty per cent certain that we would be able to handle you while you were in your-

(Lily opens the carriage door and leans against the side and folds arms)

Lily: Hey, Remus, how was your holiday?

Remus: Good thanks. A little bit boring. How about yours lil?

Lily: Yeah good.. Potter?

James: Yes?

Lily: Just checking you were functioning since you hadn't talked in the last four seconds.

James: (laughs) good one, Evans.

Lily: (taken aback, opens and closes mouth a few times, kind of like a goldfish) Thanks, Potter. How was your holiday?

James: Great. Uh, if you don't mind, I need to talk to Remus.

Lily: (silent briefly) Oh! Oh yeah, of course, sure! (stumbles a bit on way out) By the way the train stops soon, so you might wanna change. (She slides the door shut and presses her back against it, closing her eyes and then looking up) Shitballs.

Scene Three: Carriages towards Hogwarts

James, Sirius, Peter and Remus are in the second from last carriage together. However, behind them is a carriage filled with Bellatrix, Rodolphus, Rabastan and Andromeda. Andromeda looks bored to be there and has her arms folded. Suddenly, Bellatrix, who uses her wand to force the thestral forward, bashes into the marauders boat.

Bellatrix: (leaning forwards with a cocky smirk) Hey, cousin dearest, how's it going with your sad life at home where nobody loves you?

Peter: (standing up)(small, slightly scared voice) do you want to say that again?

Remus: Oh no (goes to pick up wand, but James stops him to listen to hear what Bellatrix is saying)

Bellatrix: Sit down, rat boy. You're nothing but a scared little kid who can do absolutely nothing except hide behind his more popular, for god knows what fucking reason, pals.

(James stands up)

Rabastan: (laughing) and what exactly are you going to do about it, Potter? You can't even get that stupid red-headed mudblood.

James: Moony don't hold me back. (James launches himself into their carriage and lands on top of Rabastan and begins punching him)

Remus: (cocks his head to the side, sighs and rolls his eyes as Rodolphus goes to hit James) Affligo!

(Rodolphus moves back slightly, winces and puts a hand to his face)

Sirius: (smirking, sitting back pretty relaxed) (swishes wand casually) Aqua Eructo!

(water squirts from the end of his wand all over Bellatrix, who shrieks. Extremely annoyed, she points her wand at one of Remus's books)

Bellatrix: Ararchnifors!

(The book turns into a spider and Peter shrieks) (The thestrals become quite restless) (Rodolphus has managed to pull James off and is now holding James up for Rabastan to punch. Sirius jumps into their carriage and an entire fight breaks out.)

Andromeda: (irritated, she jumps into the carriage Remus and Peter on) Sorry, I just wanted to get away from them.

(Bellatrix silently casts stupefy spell to cause the carriage to stop, consequently knocking it down)

Remus: (rolls onto ground, wincing) fuck! (wand rolls away from him) (he sees it, runs over to it, picks it up, thrusts his arm in front of him and shouts) ARCUS!

(A cluster of trees appear in front of the carriage and it crashes) (Peter gets up) (Remus is smirking)

Peter: You do realise that our friends were in that carriage too, right?

Remus: (face falls slightly and he closes his eyes as if to say 'I am such an idiot') (he opens his eyes and purses his lips) yeah I'm just beginning to remember that…

(Literally out of nowhere, McGonagall comes storming over, her wand out)

McGonagall: What on earth is going on?

Scene Four: McGonagall's Class

McGonagall: I want a fair account of what happened. I don't want to be dealing with you eight all night. I was supposed to be sorting the kids, but Professor Slughorn is seeing to it instead. He feels I'll be much harsher in how this is dealt with.

(Bellatrix sighs, rolls her eyes and folds her arms.) (Rodolphus, who is sitting besides James, tucks out his chair to put his feet up on the desk. James looks over and scowls.)

McGongall: Rodolphus Lestrange get your filthy shoes off of my desk before I make sure you scrub the bottom of every single one of them.

(He turns to James, smirks and winks, before taking his feet off.)

McGonagall: Miss Black. You're, I hope, a trust worthy source of information for how exactly this happened. Would you like to enlighten me?

Andromeda: (looks around at the others and folds her arms, shrugging her shoulders and shaking her head, indicating a firm 'no.')

McGonagall: You're telling me nothing happened?

Andromeda: (hesitant) I wasn't really paying attention, in all honesty, Miss McGonagall. I didn't exactly think that anything was going on until all of the dueling happened.

McGonagall: (looks at her pointedly, raising her chin, before resigning) Remus, would you like to begin with an account of what happened instead?

Bellatrix: (sitting at the desk behind his, leans forward with her wand under the desk) (whispers) Imperio.

Remus: It was all our fault, Professor McGonagall.

James: (outraged) what?

Remus: We picked a fight for no reason. Looking to antagonise some innocent students, 's all.

Peter: (shocked) Remus? (turns to McGonagall) but they (looks around hesitantly at the slytherins, as if he doesn't want to be a snitch, but then decides to carry on anyway) they started it!

Remus: Give it up, Peter. We both know that we all started it. They hardly did anything to provoke us, did they?

Sirius: (looking around at the four slytherins) one of you have done something. That must be it. Someone hit him over the head, professor. That has to be it.

Remus: (Lifting his hands up) They haven't done anything to me, padfoot.

McGonagall: (sits and assesses the situation for a few seconds) blacks, lestrange's, you are dismissed. Professor Slughorn shall deal with you.

(Smugly, they all stand up with casual slowness, attempting to intimidate the marauders as they go, except for Andromeda, who just waits aside for the other three to get going. As they begin walking away, Mc Gonagall interrupts)

McGonagall: Oh, and Miss Black?

(Both Blacks look over, but McGonagall makes a point of staring directly at Bellatrix in a rather unsettling, almost threatening way)

McGonagall: If you would like to lift Mr Lupin of the imperius curse., I'll make Dumbledore aware of your illegal witchcraft and he can deal with you. There will be no tolerance of dark or illegal arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Do you understand, young lady?

(Bellatrix holds her gaze for a while, before finally lifting Remus of the curse and she and the others walk away. As they get towards the end of the room, Bellatrix mocks what she says, putting an arm around Andromeda, and says some inaudible but horrible things about Professor McGonagall)

James: (stands up abruptly, almost knocking his chair over)

McGonagall: (warning) James.

James: (outraged) Did you not just hear what she said about you?

McGonagall: And you believe that picking yet another fight is going to stop her from using (begins opening tin) low blows in order to offend some old woman like me? (tilts tin towards the boys) Biscuit?

(James grins at her)

To be continued