Okay, when I was writing this, I had a clear introduction, where the story skipped 6 years, but it was pointed out that I should give them some development before diving in the whole story. So, I opened a new document, and started over. It didn't come to me to make another paragraph, saying "6 years later, blah blah blahhhhh,"
because I still had the other version of this chapter. I also kept Lily and Snape friends, which is not canon. I have fixed these mistakes, and this is almost the same, but the wording is slightly slightly different. So sorry, and thank you to darkfairy14 who pointed these mistakes out. You're great!

James sniggered. His friends, Peter, Remus, and Sirius all turned to look at James, as if asking what he was laughing at. He pointed toward Lily Evans, a ginger girl James knew. She was sitting with another girl, with an irritated expression. With her wand out, she practically yelled, "Duhro!"

Immediately, the Marauders, as Professor McGonagall dubbed them, all began laughing. Everyone in the class, which was the Gryffindors and the Hufflepuffs, all swiveled their heads to the four. Lily also did, and her eyes narrowed in dislike. She stared for a second or two, then sneered, "What are you laughing at now, Potter?"

James smirked, then picked up his wand. "You are absolutely horrid at Transfiguration, aren't you?"

Lily flushed. "I have no idea what you mean."

"The Hardening Charm? It's not pronounced 'Duhro.' It's Duro, which is said... doo-roh... duh."

He pointed his wand at her Transfiguration book, and raised his tone just a bit, then said, "Duro!" And then her book was all grey stone. Lily's friend looked at the book, and gave a dirty look to James.

"Problem? Well, of course, I mean —"

"Is there any trouble, Miss Evans?" Professor McGonagall stood over the teens, her mere presence already sending many of the pupils back to their original seats.

James smiled up at her. "Of course not, ma'am, only helping Lily with her work. Teamwork and all, you know?" Lily turned into an even deeper shade of red, staring at her stone textbook. Professor McGonagall's gaze harden, as though someone cast the Hardening Charm on her eyes.

"And you decided to practice... on a student's textbook, instead of the assigned pillow?"

"Anything for the name of education, Minnie," said Sirius.

She looked at Sirius. "Ten points from Gryffindor, for disrespect and misusing other people's property, boys."

Half the class laughed, while the other half glowered at the two. Peter laughed, then turned back to his partially completed pillow, and Remus just sighed. "When will you two learn to not anger every teacher we have? It's like you have a personal vendetta against our Professors."

"We do!" said Sirius. James rolled his eyes.

"Shut up, Pads. And, sorry, Remus, we didn't mean to take ten minutes from your whole life just to have fun."

Remus glared, although a hint of a smile lingered on his face. "Whatever." Then, the class bell rung, and the class performed the spell to reverse the charm, ("Mollior!") Remus and Sirius departed, going to Care Of Magical Creatures with Professor Kettleburn, while James went to Herbology, and Peter to Muggle Studies.

James entered the large, warm greenhouse, (number 4), and waved to Marlene Mckinnon, a girl he'd grown up with. She walked to him, leaving behind a boy whom James thought was in Ravenclaw.

"Hey," Marlene said. "What are we even doing today? I didn't pay attention." She waved her hand.

James tutted. "Do you ever? Don't answer that; anyways, we're learning about Devil's Snare."

"I thought we did that already!"

"We learned the textbook version, not the hands on study."

Marlene rolled her eyes.

Professor Sprout came in the Greenhouse, and started giving instructions, while James passed pots of fertilizer down to the rest of the class. When the class had pots, James set his pot in front of him, and Professor Sprout cast a charm to tint the windows of the greenhouse darker. Then, she waved her wand once more, and girls in the room huffed as the humidity rose. Marlene herself began patting her hair down. She cast an angry look at James, who was almost doubled over laughing at her frantic attempts to keep her hair down.

"I will hex you so badly, you'll be crying for Mummy to take you home, if you do not shut up, Potter!"

James shook his head and pointed at Professor Sprout, who was taking a large box from behind, and setting in front of her. She carefully took the lid from it, and as she pulled on a dragon hide glove, a tiny tentacle poked out. Marlene shuddered.

"Alright, you all have to be really careful with these, and I suggest you cast a cooling charm around you," said Sprout, "because they'll get aggressive. Can anyone tell me why?"

A girl in Ravenclaw raised her hand. Sprout nodded.

"The plants we're studying today are young, which means they haven't had time to perfect their attack methods, so they'll be more likely to outright attack people, causing serious damage to wrists and other limbs."

"Right! So, class, when you get Snares, cast a Cooling Charm, twice should do the trick. And, remember, gloves. Pair up!"

Marlene passed the plant to James, disgust evident on her face. James sniggered. "Are you scared of the itty bitty plant?" Its limb stretched over his finger, and he laughed, holding it toward her.

She pulled out her wand, and cast the Cooling Charm, and the plant began to shrink back. James placed it on the counter in front of them. Marlene glared at it. "I hate this class."

James threw the gloves at her. "C'mon, put them on, we have to start. Or do you not know what to do?"

"I do... not?"

"Really. Honestly."

She shrugged. "I was too busy wishing I wasn't taking this."

"Well, you can drop it next year. I mean, we've already taken O.W.L.S., so this is just filler work for the rest of the year."

James also pulled on the dragon hide. "Anyways, we're just testing its reactions to the Cooling Charms and added humidity."

Marlene frowned. "Shouldn't people already know this stuff?"

"They do..."

"I'm confused," Marlene said. James rolled his eyes.

"They have nothing else to teach us this year, so they give us work like this, Marlene," he said impatiently.

Marlene pushed him. "Don't take that tone with me. Anyways, tell me, what do you do to dear Lily now?"

"What do you mean by that?" asked James, eyes narrowing.

Marlene shook her hair from her face. "You never act so rudely unless Lily's involved. Spill it, James Potter."

James exhaled. "I just teased her and got in trouble, the usual."

"You know," she said, as she poked at the Snares in front of her, "you really need to grow up, if you ever want her to like you. I mean - and I do mean this nicely, but you're kinda... childish with her. You're like those stupid first years who think being mean and pushing girls is a good way for them to like you. It's not. To be frank, you're worse than them."

James also began moving the plant around, his eyes focused on the reactions to his touch.. "When'd you get so smart?"

"I've always been smart, you're just thick enough not to notice," she said. James looked up and realized the time.

"It's almost time to go."

Marlene pulled her gloves off. "What hour do you have with Lily next?"

"Um, Double Potions."

"With Slytherin. Of course. Why does Dumbledore put the rival houses together?"

"To keep things interesting?" But then the bell rung; James gathered his things and headed out to lunch, anticipating seeing Lily and his friends. James raced to the Great Hall, suddenly ravenous and as he sat down, Sirius, Remus, and Peter burst into the hall. They caught sight of him, and Sirius led the way to James' seat.

"What are we doing in Herbology?" asked Peter, as he sat across from James, and reached out for the chips. Sirius began piling his plate, listening to James as he replied.

"Eh, just messing around with the Devil's Snares," said James. Remus sighed.

"I hate those stupid plants," Remus said. James then caught a flash of dark auburn, and slowly peeked from his eye to see Lily and her friend, Mary McDonald. Sirius nudged his shoulder.

"Staring at Evans again, James?" he said, slowly, and quietly.

"Marlene said I need to act my age; that I'm too... childish with her? Girls..."

"Marlene's also dated seventh years." Sirius raised his eyebrows.

"I don't know... maybe there's some weight to what she said," James said.

Sirius looked at James for a second.

"It's worth a shot, right?"