Chapter 2: The Other Marauders
Sirius Black was in his room packing his things for Hogwarts. His parents, Walburga and Orion Black, had grounded him because he had argued with them that he was going to be in Gryffindor instead of Slytherin.
He disagreed with his family's belief that muggleborns shouldn't be allowed to go to Hogwarts, he thought anyone with magical abilities should be able to go to Hogwarts. Sirius was very thankful that he was leaving tomorrow, so he wouldn't have to deal with his family any longer.
He packed his wand, which was yew, with a phoenix feather core, and was eleven and a half inches. He shut his trunk and lay down on his bed, thinking about the days to come.
James Potter and his parents had just left Diagon Alley on August 30th. He went up to his room to pack his things, and when he came back down he realized he had forgotten his wand and owl on the kitchen table. His owl, a screech owl named Roy, nipped at his finger affectionately. He picked up his wand remembering what Mr. Ollivander said to him when he got it.
"This wand is mahogany, eleven inches, pliable. Quite good for transfiguration, Mr. Potter."
He took his owl and wand to his room to finish packing. He went down to have a nice lunch consisting of pumpkin juice and a pulled pork sandwich.
Peter Pettigrew, a half-blood wizard, stared in awe at the sight of Diagon Alley. His father was a squib in a long line of pure bloods so he never really grew up in the wizarding world. His parents went to exchange their muggle money for wizarding money while he walked around and explored a bit. He met back up with his parents to get his wand.
They walked into Ollivanders to see an old man bustling about, seemingly looking for something. He turned around and saw the family, looking pleased, he sat Peter down in a chair and had him get measured. After the measurements were collected, he started grabbing boxes off the shelves.
"Try this one," he said, handing him a wand, "just wave it around."
Peter waved it around, but soon had it snatched away. He tried multiple wands before he got to a wand that was made of chestnut with a dragon heartstring core, and was nine and a quarter inches.
They got his other supplies, then went back to the Leaky Cauldron for lunch.
When the family got home, Peter dumped his stuff on his bed and started packing for school. He was so excited that he got a calendar and started counting down the days until he left for Hogwarts.
A/N: I know, short chapter, sorry guys but don't worry, I will have the third up in a few days! Next is the train ride, where they will meet each other (it will be a much longer chapter!). As you may have noticed, I have a lot more with Remus, just because he is my favorite and I feel like he has a bit more of a back story than the other marauders. Also, I have Peter being a half-blood because I know a muggleborn wouldn't be accepted as a death eater, so I have him not knowing anything about magic (which will explain why he's so bad at it) I have him as a half-blood because it would be really weird to have both parents be a squib, so his father is a pure blood and his mother is a muggle.
-HP-LOVER3125