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Chapter 1: At the Park

April 29th, 1981

In a park just down the street from his home on Godric's Hollow, young Harry Potter played happily in a sandbox. Playing quite happily with his little bucket and shovel, the 9 month-old's only worry was the itchiness of the sand. Harry glanced up to see if his mummy was still under the big tree.

Lily Potter was indeed under the big oak tree. She looked up just in time to see a man come up behind Harry and pick him up. Lily smiled.

"All right. I surrender. Take Harry. But you can be the one to explain to James that his only child has been kidnapped."

"Isn't kidnapping if a child is taken unwillingly?" the man asked.

"Unwillingly?" said a second man, coming around from behind the tree Lily was leaning against, "That's a rather large word for you Sirius."

Lily smiled again. Sirius Black was her husband James's best friend, and also Harry's godfather. It was he who had snuck up behind Harry and lifted him up. A young man in his early twenties, Sirius had dark black hair and greyish eyes. He was handsome and knew it, as did all the girls who had fallen for him at Hogwarts. Harry, of course, knew who Sirius was and delighted in the attention that the animagus gave him. Sirius and James, as well as their other friend Peter, had managed to become animagus in their fifth year and had many adventures. James had often said that the biggest adventures they had had were on a full moon. When Lily had begun dating James, Lily had been told the greatest secret that the group, known as the Marauders, had.

The other man, who had now positioned himself next to Lily at the base of the tree, was the third Marauder. Remus Lupin was a young man who was one of the nicest, kindest, most sensitive men Lily had ever known. Lily and Remus had instantly become friends since the second day of their first term.

FLASHBACK

Lily was walking past the edge of the bookshelf in the library when she collided with someone. Oh no, she thought, I've been here one day and have already made a fool of myself.

Looking up to see who it was that she had walked straight into, Lily noticed a young boy who was also in first year, another Gryffindor to be exact. He had light brown hair, with amber coloured eyes. What was his name? Lily thought, Remus? Something like that.

"I am so sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going," Lily was a bit upset. She had not been watching where she was going and she hated meeting people like this.

"It's ok. If it makes you feel better, I'm sorry too. I had my nose in a book. My dad tells me not to read when I'm walking, but I guess I didn't listen. I'm Remus Lupin, by the way."

"Lily Evans," Lily was glad that she wasn't the only one to not be looking where they were going.

END FLASHBACK

Lily was glad to meet Remus that day. He was a good friend who was ready to help anyone. He was also responsible, an area that Sirius lacked knowledge in, so he was asked to assist Sirius in babysitting Harry whenever James felt a need to whisk Lily away for a romantic dinner, which happened about once a week.

Lily was snapped out of her daydream by Sirius, who had just taken Harry's shovel away. Harry had yelled out "Siri" and was now sitting extraordinarily still giving Sirius a look, one that had taken 3 years for Lily to master. The look, which Remus called the give-me-that-back-or-you-will-pay-for-it look, was one that Lily used on James when he teased her by taking something. It was also one of the most useful looks when dealing with Sirius and he obviously was a bit worried that his 9 month old godson had inherited it from his mother.

Remus started laughing when Sirius worriedly gave Harry the shovel back.

"Hey Sirius, never in the nine years that I've known you, have you been afraid of someone younger then you. Harry's not even one yet!"

After shooting Remus one of his death glares, Sirius started tickling Harry. He sat there for about 10 minutes before he noticed a grin on his friends face.

"Remus? What's up?" Sirius knew that look. That was a look that Remus got whenever he was up to something. Sirius looked down to see Harry crawling back to his bucket. Why was Remus smiling about that?

Remus watched as a man with messy black hair, sapphire blue eyes and glasses snuck up behind Sirius and tackled him. This man was James Potter, leader of the Marauders, father to Harry and husband to Lily, and one of the best friends that Remus had ever had. James was a mischief maker, and was well known for being from an influential family. But it wasn't the fact that he was rich that people were drawn too. Unlike many of the purebloods, like the Malfoy's or the Flint's, James did not care whether people were Muggle born, half-blooded or pure, he liked everyone. Except, of course, for the Slytherins, who thought that everyone who wasn't pure-blood deserved to die. Raised by parents who were popular and not concerned about your background, James's childhood was much different to Sirius's, who was raised to believe in the purity of blood. Thankfully for James and Remus, Sirius never cared about what blood type you had (causing many jokes from Lily and Remus, who claimed that their blood type, A+ and O- respectively, were none of anyone's business). While Sirius, James and Peter were all pure-blooded, Remus was only half. His Muggle mother and Wizard father had raised him with knowledge of both Muggle and Wizarding communities. Lily was the only member of the group to be Muggleborn. Both her parents were Muggles and she had been raised without magic.

Unknown to Remus, his and Lily's knowledge would aid him in the Marauder's up-coming adventure.

TBC

A/N This is my first ever FanFiction so any reviews are welcome. Like? Don't like? Please review.

Thank you,

The Munchkin