Hello! This is my first fanfiction so please review and tell me if it is ok. It's a story I've mainly come up with about the Marauders.

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Harry Potter. I own most of the plot, some of it is from the books though. Credit to J. K. Rowling.

Now this is how I imagined how the first day at Hogwarts for the Marauders would have been:

Chapter 2-Sorting

James let his hand rest upon the dark water, and felt the ripples and waves beneath his fingers. Suddenly his hand began to sting. He looked down and saw the figure of a Giant squid gliding below him. He smiled. Peter had seen it too, however instead he screeched 'Agggghgghahhhhgh!' And nearly fell off, if Remus hadn't grabbed him just in time.

After coming out from under the tunnel, the first years got their first glimpse of Hogwarts. Several long turrets and towers, reaching up to the sky, Long corridors, a grand hall, it was massive and magnificent. All of the first years had gasped, and Remus was having trouble closing his mouth. The boats abruptly stopped but most the students were too busy gaping in awe at the castle to notice they had arrived. 'Firs' years! Come on we've arrived at 'Ogwarts!' Came a booming voice nearby them.

'Woah, he's big' James said, making no effort to keep quiet. The half giant smiled. 'But you don't look scary or anything!' James hastily added. And he wasn't really lying. The man has a short mop of fussy hair, and a small beard, but his eyes were warm and welcoming.

' Rubeus Hagrid's my name. I'm gamekeeper 'ere. Look after the grounds. Keep naughty kids out o' the way. '

'You're going to have a hard job then!' James muttered to Sirius as they made their way to the vastly doors. Sirius opened his mouth to reply when someone behind them said:

'Oi, Black!' Sirius swivelled around and his face formed into a frown.

' Nott. Avery. Lestrange.' Sirius said. 'What do you want?'

'Why are you hanging out with him? He's that Potter guy. The one in the Gryffindor family. He's a bad influence. Oi!' Lestrange yelled as Sirius turned around to face James. They both chucked, and this seemed to be a final straw for Avery, who quickly whipped out his wand. If James hadn't had heard it, and pushed himself and Sirius to the side, they would have been hit by a well done Jelly-Legs jinx. Instead it hit a girl in front of them, who screeched as she fell down.

'W'as goin' on?' Hagrid boomed.

'That boy j...j...jinxed me!' She wailed. 'I can't stand up!'

'Perform the counter curse. NOW.' Hagrid instructed Avery. He sniggered.

'Do it yourself, if you learnt basic defence against the dark arts, you could do it. Or are you a wizard at all?' Nobody really knew what it was, but Hagrid seemed to snap, and after a few minutes Avery gave in and performed the counter curse, and apologised.

Nobody noticed the young witch standing at the doorway.

'Welcome to Hogwarts, First years.' She said. Everybody turned to face her. She looked like she was in her late 20s. She had a tall witches hat on, and dark red robes. She had a golden chain around her neck and if you looked closely, it had a small charm with the letter 'M' on it.

'I am professor McGonagall, and I am the transformation teacher here. Come along, we need to get you sorted into your houses. Gryffindor' she started, with a wide beam on her face, 'Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or ...Slytherin' she ended, barely concealing the coldness in her voice at the last house. James smirked at Snape, who seemed to be frantically telling Lily about Slytherin, the look on her face suggesting Snape was failing at giving it a good name. James turned to make a comment about this to Sirius, when he saw Sirius' face. His face was paler than a ghost, and he looked absolutely terrified. James thought he might faint.

'Sirius, don't worry. I'm certain you won't be in Slytherin. I won't care if you are put in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. Your parents will hate you all the same if you were put in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff . Don't. Worry.' Sirius gave a hint of a smile and, what James thought was, an attempt to laugh, before clutching his fists determinedly and saying:

'Don't worry parents. I'll be a son you can be disappointed in. I can do this!"

'Amorrow, Anguis.'

'Hmmmm... SLYTHERIN!'

'Avery, Albiorix.'

'SLYTHERIN!'

'Bergelmir, Viridi.'

'Interesting...I see...SLYTHERIN!'

'Black, Sirius.' James heard Sirius squeak:

'I can't do this!' beefore nervously approaching the stool. He slowly sat in it, looking at the sorting hat apprehensively. McGonagall placed it on his head, and after a second...

'GRYFFINDOR!' Sirius' eyes widened. His mouth fell into an 'O' shape, before splitting into a wide grin. He calmly took the hat off and strolled to the Gryffindor table, trying to look careless, but James knew he was trying his hardest not to dance. James beamed even wider when he saw the reactions of the Slytherins and future Slytherins. The Blacks were a well known pure blood family, so it wasn't surprising that there were some interesting reactions. Two that James identified as Nott and Lestrange looked like they had been hit. A boy that looked a lot like a pug had his hand over his mouth, his eyes popping. James' eyes flicked to the Slytherins table. Avery's mouth was opened so wide, James felt like shoving an orange in it. A tall blonde boy with a prefects badge had his eyebrows raised high, and his eyes were wide. Near him, A girl with crazy, black hair was looking throughly repulsed, almost like she could be sick, a girl with similar, but lighter hair and less defined features stood besides her, looking slightly confused, while another girl with blonde hair and quite blue eyes looked thoroughly ashamed. Probably another Black thought James. Trying his hardest not to laugh, he turned his attentions back to the sorting.

'Evans, Lily.' McGonagall shouted. James blinked. They were on E?

'I hope she's not put in Slytherin.' Said a voice besides him. 'She was talking to one the group that were laughing at Peter, but she was extremely nice.' James turned around to see the tired-looking yet excited face of Remus Lupin, an anxious Peter Pettigrew besides him. The hat was placed on her head.

'GRYFFINDOR!' The hat announced. James saw Sirius cheering loudly as Lily made her way towards the Gryffindor table. He also stole a glance at Snape, who looked shocked and throughly upset. He seems to be on the verge of crying thought Remus, seeing where James was looking, and felt a twinge of sympathy for him. James however, felt only pleasure, seeing him look so downhearted.

James and Peter watched Remus, as he became more and more anxious as McGonagall approached the 'L's. Peter wondered if they needed to force him to walk. However when McGonagall called his name, he walked calmly up to the stool. Remus saw both McGonagall and Dumbledore give him a warm smile, as he sat down, and the Sorting Hat was placed on his head. After about a minute, the sorting hat exclaimed,

'GRYFFINDOR!' Remus gave a wide smile and hopped off before nearly running to the Gryffindor table. He sat next to Lily and Snape watched them jealously. Peter and James waited for the 'P's patiently.

'Parkinson, Prewll.' James watched excitedly as the pug faced person from before went up to the hat and got sorted into Slytherin. His turn would be in a few minutes!

'Pettigrew, Peter' Peter walked up to the hat, his face full of dread. He wanted to be in Gryffindor, like Remus, Sirius and James, who was bound to be in Gryffindor, but he wasn't very brave himself. The hat was placed on his head, and the hall entered silence. The sorting hat grumbled and looked confused. After a few minutes, a murmur started around the hall. James checked his watch. It had been five minutes. The hat had stalled. Just then the hat opened its mouth and said,

'GRYFFINDOR!' Peter dashed to the Gryffindor table and sat down, trying his hardest to look invisible. Remus, who sat a space away, put his hand reassuringly on his arm. He seemed to calm down a bit.

'Potter, James.' McGonagall read. James strutted up toward the sorting hat, and sat down. He saw Snape, looking up at him with a look of complete loathing. James smirked smugly, and the Sorting hat was placed on his head. Barely a second later, the hat yelled,

'GRYFFINDOR,'James wasn't surprised at all. He walked to the Gryffindor table and sat besides Peter. They proceeded to watch the rest of the sorting, and it gave James great pleasure to see Snape bring sorted into Slytherin, meaning he had to be separated from his beloved Lily. After the last person, Romulus Yawshaw, had been sorted into Ravenclaw, The wise Dumbledore got up and told everyone to start eating. They all ate very happily for a while, and Sirius moved closer to James.

'Congratulations! I told you you would be in Gryffindor! The hat didn't think anything else. You're a Gryffindor at heart. What did the hat say to you Remus?'

'Well, the hat mentioned Hufflepuff, but then argued a bit on whether I should be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, but in the end, it decided on Gryffindor.' Lupin replied.

'What about you Peter?' Sirius asked, 'The hat stalled for you. What was it caught on?' Peter looked like he was doing a bit of hard thinking.

'H...Huffle...Puff. Yeah. The hat was super confused, and...and...it argued on it and then decided to put me in Gryffindor. ' Peter said. Sirius raised his eyebrows while James gave him a 'really' face.

'Fine, I asked it to be in Gryffindor. It decided on Hufflepuff, so we argued a bit too.' It seemed the others believed him this time. He breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't tell them he had nearly been put in Slytherin! They'd never be his friends. After a few announcements from Dumbledore on things like not going in the Forbidden Forest ('Oh of corse we won't go anywhere near it' James whispered) and that they were having a temporary teacher for Care of Magic Creatures, while Professor Kettleburn was on probation again ('Again!' Muttered Sirius).

'Come along, first years!' A high pitch voice commanded besides them. 'I'm Belinda Bross, and I am a Gryffindor Prefect. I shall take you to our common room'. Belinda walked and they followed for about five minutes. Peter got stuck in a step that manages to grab his foot, and had to be hauled to by five people, much to his embarrassment. After passing through a second tapestry, they arrived at a final corridor. Belinda suddenly stopped at a painting of a Fat Lady, and Sirius, who was walking right behind James, walked straight into him, and they toppled over, laughing. However they missed the password to the common room, and looked around for help.

'The password is Lacewing flies.' Remus said as he pulled them up. 'Come on, they've already showed us the common room. We have to go to our dormitories. ' Pausing only to glimpse at the grand common room, James and Sirius were pulled into their comfy dorm. Peter and two other boys were already unpacking their things.

'Timmy Peakes and William Cootes' They introduced themselves.

'I'm James.'

'My name's Sirius.'

'Remus Lupin.'

The six boys all seemed to get on very well. After a little Quidditch talk, all of them found themselves stumbling lethargically into their beds. Most fell asleep instantly, but Sirius, James and Remus didn't.

'Know how your parents are going to react?' Sirius asked them.

'My parents were in Gryffindor, so it was only expected.' James murmured.

'My mums a muggle, however my dad was a Gryffindor, so he'll be expecting it too.'Lupin whispered.

'How do your think your parents are going to react Sirius?' James asked slyly.

'I'm sure they'll be thrilled!' Sirius said with mock enthusiasm.

Sirius slowly drifted into sleep, smiling at the thought of his parents reaction. Tomorrow's mail for him was going to be interesting.

This chapter is quite a bit longer than the last, but what do you think of it? Leave a review if you can! I'll try to come up with a schedule but I'm on holiday and the Wifi has been playing up. Next chapter will be brought out ASAP!