The first years shuffled silently into the Great Hall. James was one of the few who were trying to act natural, but even he was nervous for the sorting.

A tall strict women, Minerva McGonagall, stood at the front of the Great Hall. Behind her, sat a stool with a very worn looking hat placed on top. Peter was very startled when the hat began to sing.

The old hat's song spoke of unity and bonds, but the first years were much too nervous to pay any attention.

Once the hat's song was done and the applause started to diminish, McGonagall started role call.

"Abbott, Gracie!" she called. Remus pitied the girl, looking quite terrified as she raced a little too eagerly to the stool. The hat was placed on her head, and after about a minute or so, it cried out, "HUFFLEPUFF"

The girl smiled and joined the Hufflepuff table.

Amelia Bones was sorted into Hufflepuff as well. Sirius could hardly care because he felt a sickening sensation in his stomach. What if Sirius was destined to be another supremacist Slytherin? He glanced towards the rest of the Black family, staring at him from the Slytherin table. Sirius swallowed and looked away pointedly.

"Black, Sirius!"

Sirius strode over to the hat, trying to act as nonchalant as possible. He placed the gigantic hat on his head, and instantly found it breaking into his thoughts.

"Another Black, eh? You lot belong in Slytherin."

Sirius gulped.

"But not you. You're different, you've got a different fire in you. Quite brave? Very accepting. Unusual in a Black, but I quite like it. Better be 'GRYFFINDOR!"

A grin crept towards Sirius's face. He couldn't bring himself to care about the booing that had exploded from the Slytherin end. The Gryffindor cheers lifted his spirits, and he practically sprinted to an open seat at the table.

Once seated, Sirius caught James's eye and grinned.

Sirius watched as Remus, Peter and James were also sorted into Gryffindor. They smirked as Severus frowned as Lily was sorted into Gryffindor as well, when he had been declared a Slytherin as soon as the hat had touched his head.

After the sorting had been completed, the hall fell silent as the headmaster, Dumbledore, stood to give a speech.

"It is my pleasure to officially welcome you to Hogwarts! We look forward to getting to know our first years, and we welcome our returning students with open arms. To those who need a refresher on the rules: the Forbidden Forest is once again, forbidden. This year the Whomping Willow has been planted, and for your safety, please avoid at all costs. The use of dungbombs, stink pellets, and other items are banned. To see the full list, check the declaration posted outside the caretakers office." Dumbledore paused. His eyes twinkling. "Tuck in!"

"Congrats make, you're not a snake! I'm pretty glad, because now I can be seen talking to you," James said.

Remus smiled and nodded in agreement. Sirius beamed at his friends.

"Did the hat talk to you to?" Peter said timidly. "Or just me?"

"Nah, mate, he did with me to. Not much discussion though, I'm a Gryffindor, through and through." James said proudly.

Remus and Sirius exchanged a glance and smirked. James was certainly a unique character.

"You did take forever though, Peter. Longest of them all. What did you and the bloody hat talk about?" Sirius asked.

Peter flushed and shrugged. "I dunno…".

"Doesn't matter, you're here now." Remus said, with a kind smile.

The talk of the sorting died down, and the boys started examining each rule Dumbledore had given, and all the different ways of breaking them.

"I've already got a stash of dungbombs in my trunk, we need an endless supply!" James exclaimed.

"What about that Whomping Willow? Seems dangerous, so we should definitely check it out." Sirius added.

Peter and James laughed, and Remus paled. He recovered quickly though, already prepared with a retort.

"I dunno Sirius, you're hardly good enough at magic to levitate your trunk. How are you gonna defeat an evil tree?" Remus said playfully.

"I'll manage," he replied, smirking.

A Gryffindor prefect suddenly approached the boys. "If you're done banting, follow me to the common room." he said with a slight sneer.

The four boys looked at the prefect pointedly, but followed his orders.

Gryffindor tower was one of the tallest in the entire castle. The common room was hidden behind the portrait of the Fat Lady. Once the boys observed the common room thoroughly enough, they headed up to their dormitory.

"These are quite nice," Peter observed.

Sirius nodded enthusiastically in agreement, before running and crashing onto his bed with joy. Remus laughed and rolled his eyes. James winked at Sirius, before doing the same thing. Remus rolled his eyes playfully once more, before joining the others.

The four talked late into the morning, until the red-headed girl from before appeared at the doorway telling them to shut up. The boys didn't argue only because they were all quite exhausted.

"Tomorrow, we are totally going exploring," Sirius said excitedly. The groggy boys nodded in agreement before turning around and crashing onto their bed, fast asleep.

Author's Note-

Second chapter! I tried my best to get a list of the people in the Marauder's year so I could match them with the plotline.

Did you know Argus Filch didn't come to Hogwarts until the Marauder's third year?! I'm trying to decide if I should follow this or just make him caretaker from the beginning.

Please leave reviews, as this is my motivation to continue! I know there are a lot of Marauders stories so I understand one won't be very popular, but I'm still working towards it.

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Thanks for reading!