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Part Two
Author's Note
Thanks for the reviews! I love reviews! Now it's on to Part Two! Woopee! Heh. REMEMBER to review! This part is a little short... read the A/N below to find out why. Thanks again to Numair for proofreading this! ~ Khaki
Thanks
Thanks to sirius'gal for pointing out the "Harry and Sirius" bit... I made Numair proofread it, but apparently even she didn't spot it. Eep. *hides in a corner*
Thanks to Numair for that wonderful poem thingy... no, I didn't realise I made James's sister Jessie. Eep.
Disclaimer
I told you before... DON'T SUE ME. Nothing belongs to me. My brain doesn't belong to me. One is glad to be of service. *takes a bow* *leaves*
... Sirius fell of his chair in shock.
"Sirius!" Lily cried as he fell out of his chair. Lily got out of her seat and helped Sirius up. "You all right?" she asked. "Yeah, I am..." Sirius mumbled as he dusted himself and sat back down on his chair. Just at that moment, Peter came running toward the table and plopped down beside Remus. Remus grimaced, and shifted his chair a little away. Peter then began talking at top speed, relating what happened while he was on the stool getting sorted. Everyone groaned. James tried to ignore the endless chatter and concentrated on the sorting. A couple more students were made Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs and Slytherins, and they started to sing the Hogwart's school song. Everyone sang to different tunes and finished at different times. Sirius, who had brought with him a Filibuster Firework, set it off the moment the song ended. Everyone stared at him, and James blushed a deep shade of red. "Don't embarrass me in front of everyone! I'm sitting with you, you know... they'd think I know you!" James shuddered, but Sirius just grinned his goofy smile.
After that, the feast started and delicious food filled the gold plates in front of them. James tucked in and for the first time, realised how hungry he was. There was lots of food, and the plates automatically refilled themselves after you finished with them. By the time everyone was due to go up to their dorms, he was full to bursting. Everyone lined up and followed the prefect to their dorm. The moment James lay down on his bed, he fell asleep straight away.
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Lily yawned. She glanced at her watch and realised that it was time for breakfast, and hurriedly washed up and dressed, then made her way downstairs toward The Great Hall. On her way down, she met Sirius, James, Remus and Peter. "Mornin' people..." Lily said as she yawned. "It's not ladylike to yawn so loudly, you know," teased James. "I don't give a damn, really," Lily shot back. "PMS-y, eh?" Sirius grinned. "Stop making fun of me..." Lily grumbled. "Someone's touchy today," Remus commented, smiling at Lily.
Breakfast wasn't as good as the day before, but it was much better than what her mum would prepare. Everyone ate in silence, mostly because the food was too good. The silence was broken once in a while with Peter's chewing.
"Shut up, Peter..." mumbled Sirius. Peter stopped eating.
"What? I wasn't making any noise!"
"Stop chewing with your mouth open." James said.
"Why?"
"It's disgusting and rude." Lily added.
"And it makes you sound like a pig!" Remus said, making pig noises after that. Everyone cracked up, even Peter, who was laughing so hard the food in his mouth flew everywhere. "Eeeww!" everyone exclaimed. "Sorry..." Peter said meekly, and everyone lunged at him.
***
The first class that day was double potions with the Slytherins. Their potions master was an aged old witch with a temper, named Professor Farnee, but everyone called her Farty, so it wasn't difficult to remember. James wanted to set off a Dungbomb in the dungeons, but Remus said it would be better to give a good impression on the first day. James reluctantly agreed, while Sirius said it was a waste of a perfectly good opportunity.
The dungeon was noisy. You could hear the noise about two levels up from the dungeons. Of course, the sound was mostly coming from the Slytherin's side. Suddenly, the door of the dungeon opened, and old Farty swept into the room. Everyone immediately shutted up - everyone was afraid of Farty's temper... who knows if she was in a good or bad one now? James kind of pitied the Slytherins for having her as head of house, but let the feeling pass - after all, the Slytherins deserved it. Farty took the attendance before beginning class.
"Potter!" She barked. "Do you know what a mackhamony is?"
"Um, no."
"Stand up when you're talked to!" James stood up, and realised that a boy with black greasy hair and a hooked nose was laughing at him. He turned red in fury, but kept his anger from showing further.
"No, Professor," he said again.
"You couldn't be bothered to spend time reading school books?! Five points off Gryffindor for your insolence, Potter!" James sat down. What a horrible start... argh. And he stared in front of him, brows furrowed, for the rest of the class. He was lucky they were doing any practical stuff yet - he would have been caught daydreaming.
***
After Potions was over, and the Marauders and Lily were on their way to their next class, Transfiguration.
"God! That was my first lesson, and I'm off to such a bad start..." James complained. Then he added, "Do you guys think it's a bad omen?"
"Well, no, I don't think it's a bad omen, James," Remus piped up. "You haven't seen bad luck yet... and I don't think you would want to."
"Let's talk about something else... this Potions thing is driving me up the wall..."
"Literally, James? I think I know a spell which I can use to drive you up the wall."
"Sirius!"
"Okay, okay..." And they sped off at the direction of the Transfigurations classroom.
***
Professor McGonagall had an air of authority around her. Everyone knew that she was in charge, and everyone was silent when she spoke. She took attendance, then proceeded with an explanation on how difficult Transfiguration was. She transfigured the teacher's desk into a lizard, and back again. Everyone oohed and ahhed at the sight. She then gave everyone a matchstick and told them to change it into a needle. She paired everyone up, and James ended up with Lily while Sirius ended up with Remus. (A/N: I could care less about Peter since everyone hates him and all, but...) Peter ended up with some other guy in Gryffindor that the Marauders didn't recognise. Lily went first, and she pointed her wand at the matchstick and said, "Inaium Dreagarious!" Nothing happened. Lily tried again, this time saying, "Inraiut Dregaris!" The desk they were working on wobbled, and turned into a beetle. "Oh my GOSH!" Lily shrieked. Professor McGonagall saw what happened and immediately rushed over and turned the desk back into a desk. James was on the floor laughing. He couldn't stop. Lily glared at him. Why, it was just a small mistake! The nerve! And he dared to laugh at me? As James slowly stopped laughing and stood up, Lily shot a murderous look at him, and he said, "You said it all wrong Lily, watch me!" James pointed his wand at the matchstick and said, "Inarium Dreagarkius!" The matchstick turned into a needle. Professor McGonagall saw James succeed in his task, and awarded Gryffindor ten points for his effort. James smiled smugly at Lily, while she just stuck her tongue out at him.
***
"I can't believe we got so much homework! After all, it's our first day, you know..." grumbled Sirius.
"What did you expect then, huh?" Lily sneered.
"Well, I thought we shouldn't have homework on the first day..." said James.
"You know what? They should ban homework forever," added Remus.
"Lily wants to do HOMEWORK?!" Peter exclaimed.
"Well maybe I do! Then why the heck did I come to Hogwarts anyway?" screamed Lily. Everyone else turned to look. "Erm, sorry..." she mumbled, and her face turned red.
"Hey chill, guys. It's just homework," Sirius said in disgust. "And Lily, with that attitude of yours, you'll never get anywhere. I mean look. This is the first day, and all I said was I can't believe that we got so much homework. You don't need to flare up like that!"
"Well Mister Happy-Go-Lucky, not everyone is cheerful today, so bug-off!" With that, Lily stomped away and sat furthest away from the Marauders. James shrugged. "Weeird... she's behaving strangely. She's either PMS-ing, or she's pissed off at me for embarrassing her in front of the class today." "Maybe I should go after her?" asked Remus. "She'll be fine Remus," Sirius sniggered. "It's not like she'll die without our, ahem, manly protection now would she?"
"I know!" James said. "She needs fish!" The three Marauders stared at him and asked in unison, "FISH?" James frowned, and said, "Why? Yes, duh. Fish! She needs foul smelling fish... we need to cheer her up see. And we need foul smelling fish. You see, I saw this spell in a spell book earlier today when we were in the library." The Marauders stared at him. "Are you feeling okay, James?" Sirius said, feeling James's forehead. "Yes, I am," he said irritably, brushing Sirius's hand off. "After dinner, we're going to make the potion." James said, grinning evilly before tucking into his dinner.
Author's Note *again?*
Okay, I'm done. I wanted to leave all of you at a cliffhanger, so I stopped here. I could go on and on if you wanted me to though. PLEASE REVIEW! If you want to keep yours private, you can email me at aphro3214@hotmail.com to give me comments. 'Kay? ~ Khaki