The three girls got off the Hogwarts Express and the only carriage they could find that they could all fit in was with no other then the marauders.

"Hello ladies, come have a seat" said Sirius showing them their seats

"Hello Sirius, Peter, Remus" said Lily forgetting James on purpose

"Hey, no hello for me?" asked James pretended to be hurt

"fine, Hello, Potter" said Lily with an annoyed look in her eyes

Holly rolled her eyes and took a seat beside Remus "think they'll ever at least be friends?" she whispered to him

Remus shrugged "only time will tell, but I have a feeling about this year"

"Yeah me too" Holly agreed "plus the Prefects have to open up the ball with the opening dance"

"Yeah I know, I'm sort of scared for James" Remus said with a smirk

Holly nodded her head in agreement

"Why Hello to you to Lily" said James politely

Lily rolled her eyes and went to take a seat but the only seat left was beside James

"Oh great." she muttered and took a seat

"So Lily, are you looking forward to the ball?" asked James trying to talk to her without her getting mad at him

"I suppose." said Lily forgetting who she was talking to for a moment

"You going with anyone yet?" asked James hesitating to ask her

Lily looked at him and shook her head

James nodded thinking it wasn't the right time to ask her, so they sat in silence

"So Sirius who are you taking to the ball?" asked Dianne sitting beside him

Sirius looked at her and shrugged "no one...yet" he said with a knowing smirk "you?"

"Nope, we haven't even got to school yet so you never know" she said smiling

"Yep you never now" echoed Sirius, 'why had his stomach just turned', he asked himself

The carriage stopped and they all got out and headed to the Great hall

"Man why cant we eat before the sorting?" whined Sirius "I'm starving!"

"You are always starving" said Remus "besides of we ate before the first years couldn't eat"

"That's their problem" said Sirius his stomach growling "do you have any chocolate frogs left over from the train moony?" he asked hopefully

Remus sighed and handed him a chocolate frog "here" he handed it to him

Sirius' eyes lit up and unwrapped it and stuffed it in his mouth

"umm, Sirius you have a little something, all over your face" laughed Dianne

Sirius blushed and took a napkin and wiped it off, wait Sirius Black blushing, thay can't be true

McGonagall took out a long scroll and began to call out names

"Bell, Rose" she called and a very young looking girl with golden brown hair stepped up

"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled and everybody at the Gryffindor table cheered

"One down a hundred to go" muttered Sirius

"Oh quit whining Padfoot" said James talking for the first time since they got off the carriage

"But I'm hungry" he whined

"We all are Sirius" said James "you're not the only one"

"Snape, Serpent" said McGonagall looking at the first name weirdly

"hey I didn't know had a Snivellus baby brother" said Sirius laughing
"yeah, Snape hates him" said Lily looking at the greasy haired 11 year old
"how do you know?" asked James
"oh i live next to him, unfortunately" sighed Lily
"i thought you and him were friends?" asked Remus
"we was until he started calling me a mudblood and making fun of me and my friends" explained Lily
everybody nodded their head understanding

"guys I think its time to play a beginning of the year prank on Snivellus" whispered James to the marauders
"yeah, I was just about to say the same thing" agreed Sirius
"so what do you have in mind?" squeaked Peter for the first time since they got to Hogwarts
"ok here is what I was thinking..."

The sorting ended and Dumbledore stood up to give his speech
"Welcome back our student, and welcome here our new" Dumbledore started his speech "First I would like to go over a few rules..."
He explained about the Forbidden Forest and all the other rules and curfew like he did every year
"So enjoy the year, especially seventh years, who we will miss" Dumbledore stated "And enjoy the feast" he finally finished and sat down

Everyone clapped and food appeared on their plates
Sirius smiled brightly and piled food on his plates, as did the other marauders
"The girls looked at them for a moment and started eating as well
" o' at' re' ou' irls' oing' is' ning' " asked Sirius with his mouth full
"pardon" the girls asked
Sirius swallowed, "I said- what are you girls doing this evening?"
"well I have prefect duties-" started Lily
"no I mean after that" said Sirius taking another bite
"nothing" the girls said at the same time
the marauders smiled
"well how about you sneak up to Hogsmeade for the first night at Hogwarts?" asked James
The girls looked at each other
"we do it every year" said Sirius "everybody goes to bed after the feast so they wont notice were gone"
"we don't know-" said Holly
"How would we sneak out without being seen?" asked Lily not liking the idea at all
"We will tell you if you decide to go, please?" said James with puppy dog eyes
Lily looked away "if you promise not to try anything with me" said Lily trying so hard not to look at his eyes
"really?" asked James
Lily sighed and nodded "so you want to girls?"
They girls nodded "yeah sure"
"cool" said Sirius and high-five James

The feast ended and everybody got up to go to the common room
since James and Lily weren't heads until seventh year they went ahead to the common room
They got to the portrait and Lily said "pear" and the fat lady opened
"so when do your have till go patrol the halls?" asked Dianne
"in about thirty minutes" said Lily sitting on the couch across from the fire place
The boys went up to the dormitory to start to figure out how they were going to do the prank on Snape
"So Lily, how come you haven't been an ass to James since we were on the train?" asked Dianne
Lily shrugged "i don't know, I guess i just got tired of arguing with him"
"so you are going to try to at least be his friend this year?" Holly asked Lily
"what do you mean at least?" she asked
"I didn't mean it like that" Holly lied "I just meant are you going to try to be his friend?"
"well I'm tired of hating him, so I guess" Lily shrugged
"but its you and James, we know you two are still going to bicker" Dianne said sitting in a chair that was closer to the fire
"yeah I know, but I just think that...he would make a good friend" Lily said looking for the right words to say
"ok well lets go up to out dorm and start unpacking" said Holly getting up
They nodded and followed

"So James did you notice that Lily was actually acting like your friend today?" teased Sirius
James shrugged and said "maybe." with a smirk
"she's starting to warm up to ya Prongs" Sirius said unpacking his clothes
"so what was that I saw with you and Dianne?" asked James with his eyebrows raised
Sirius looked up immediately "Wh-what do you mean?" He stuttered
James laughed "Padfoot, your stuttering"
"so what" Sirius snapped
"wow, no reason to get your wand in a knot" said James smiling "I just saw you two glancing at each other"
"she was looking at me?" asked Sirius without realizing it and mentally kicked himself when he realized what he had said
James laughed again and nodded "well i got to go, prefect duties, see you in a bit" he said and walked down the stairs

James walked down and saw Lily waiting for him and they walked out of the portrait
"so how are we going to get out of Hogwarts without being caught?" Lily asked curiously
"ok i said I would tell you, but you got to promise not to tell" James said looking at her
Lily smiled and raised her right hand "I, Lily Evans, promise not to tell a soul" she joked
James laughed "ok for Christmas in my first year my dad gave me his invisibility cloak" James explained
"oh well that explains how you don't get caught" said Lily "that makes since"
James nodded "and we also made this thing called the marauders map" he said "its a map of Hogwarts that shows where every student is"
Lily looked up at him in shock "you mean it shows where every person is at Hogwarts at that time?"
James nodded "remembered you promised not to tell"
"yes I know, and I wont tell" said Lily truthfully "I'm just shocked, that's really advanced magic"
James nodded "yeah it was really hard, but we finally got it done"
Lily stopped and asked "do you have it with you?"
James stopped as well "yeah" he said and took it out
"good, our rounds can go faster with it" she explained
"wow I never thought of that, damn I'm stupid" James said smiling
Lily agreed "yes you are" she took it and opened it
"its a blank piece of parchment" she said confused
James took out his wand and pointed to it "I solemnly swear I am up to no good" and the map revealed itself
Lily opened it and her eyes widened "wow, that's cool"
James looked over her shoulder "well well well, look who we have out at this time at night" he said pointing to two name
Lily smiled "well lets go" she said and they walked towards where the two names were since they were close

(A/N so what do ya think? I tried to make it longer then the last chapter! yay Lily and James are friends! I know its not how it really goes but i just like writing it better when there friends, but don't worry, they have a lot of arguments on the way! I am really proud of myself for this chapter, and you might not like it, so any suggestions or stories you want me to read just Review and tell me! R&R!!! I wont write another chapter until I get at least 4 reviews, or 2 weeks! now press the pretty little review button and type me a review...PLLLEEEAASSEE!)