The Early Years

Recap:

"Yah, erm, bye" said Remus as he walked out of the common room.

The girls, James and Sirius watched him go.

"Now what?" asked Kat

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"Well, I remembered seeing Remus walking towards the forbidden forest on the day he was suppose to have 'detention'. Come to think of it now, he could have been walking towards the whopping willow instead," said Jo.

"Wait, what if we're wrong? What if Remus' uncle really just died? Don't you think we were a little too cheerful?" Kat asked worried.

"Don't be silly. Remus doesn't have an uncle. He told us his parents didn't have any siblings. That's why he didn't have any cousins to play with! Remember?" James said.

"The whopping willow, whopping willow, hey! Wasn't the whopping willow planted last year? The year we came to Hogwarts?" asked Sirius, completely ignoring everyone else.

"Yeah! You're right!" replied James.

Sirius bowed.

"For once," said Jo very softly but loud enough for Sirius to hear.

"What was that?" asked Sirius getting ready to tickle Jo.

"Erm…" Jo said nervously. She was getting ready to run.

She was saved by Lily who said, "Back to the matter on hand, is Remus a werewolf?"

Immediately, Sirius began thinking. Jo couldn't help but smile. Sirius thinking, imagine that.

"Well," said James putting up his hand.

"Yes James?" asked Lily.

"Well, if Remus is really a werewolf, then he definitely would need some place for his transformation so maybe he uses the whopping willow or something," said James

"Possi," before Lily could finish, Kat shouted, "Look! It's Remus!" and pointed to the window.

Everyone crowded round the window. Jo was right. Remus was walking towards the whopping willow.

"Well, at least we know now that Remus is keeping something from us," said Lily.

"There's a very huge possibility that Remus is a werewolf right?" asked James.

Everyone nodded.

"But that doesn't mean that we shun him right?" asked James

"Right."

"It doesn't mean he won't and can't be our friend anymore right?"

"Right."

"It doesn't mean that Kat would like him any less right?"

"Right." Kat said absentmindedly

Looking at the expressions on her friend's faces, Kat suddenly realised her mistake.

"No! I mean, I don't even like Remus!" Kat protested.

"You admitted it!" said Sirius grinning evilly.

Kat gave Lily, Jo, Sirius and James the death glare. Kat seldom stares but when she does, no one wants to be in her way.

"Erm, Sirius and I are really sleepy, aren't we pal?" said James nervously.

"Erm, yeah, um, let's go to sleep," said Sirius faking a yawn.

They proceeded to run up to the boys' dormitories.

"Well, eh, you need help on your charms homework right Jo? I can help you now," said Lily hoping Jo would catch on.

"Huh? Oh yah, yeah, I need help on this really difficult question," replied Jo.

Jo and Lily hurried over to a dark corner to do the 'question'.

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The next morning, the girls, Sirius and James confronted a sleepy looking Remus.

"You were at the whopping willow yesterday weren't you?" asked James.

Remus had actually wanted to deny it but upon seeing the determined looks on his friends faces, he sighed then said, "Yes, I was. So I guess you somehow figured out that I was a werewolf right?"

His friends nodded their heads.

"I knew I couldn't keep it from you all for any longer."

He proceeded to tell them how he got bitten and how difficult it was to get accepted into Hogwarts.

"… So that's basically what happened,"

"Why didn't you tells us in the first place?" asked Jo

"I thought you all would stop being my friends," replied Remus.

"Nonsense! Last night we were discussing about this and Kat even…" Sirius was silenced by a glare from Kat, "Nothing…"

Remus smiled.

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"Wake up you sleepy-head,"

Lily was awaken rather rudely (in her opinion) by Kat.

"Huh? What?" Lily asked half asleep

"Obviously Lily here isn't much awake," said Jo.

"That was really helpful," muttered Kat.

"Well, you would be after sleeping so late at night," replied Lily, rather annoyed at her friend.

"And for what reason did you sleep so late at night?" inquired Kat.

"Detention," said Lily flatly.

Both Kat and Jo nodded knowingly (Sly had given Lily detention for talking loudly in class).

"Anyway, it's time for BREAKFAST!" shouted Jo.

"I know, you didn't have to announce it to the whole world," said Lily, now very annoyed at her friend.

"Honestly Jo, you spend too much time with Sirius. You are beginning to talk like him," said Kat.

"But I'm hungry!" protested Jo.

"Yup, she definitely is spending too much time with Sirius, she's even beginning to have Sirius' appetite!" exclaimed Lily who, had by now, changed.

"Quit talking, let's go have breakfast!" said Jo dragging Lily and Kat to the great hall.

The girls were seated opposite the Marauders and they were laughing about something.

"What's so funny?" asked Lily

"Nothing…" replied Sirius still laughing

The girls shrugged and continued eating breakfast. They were just having an argument about which teacher was the strictest ("I tell you it's Sly," "No, it's McGonagall, Sly is only strict when it comes to Gryffindors,") when suddenly a scream could be heard. The girls looked up from the conversation and saw a green monster. It had 4 arms, 3 legs, 5 heads and 7 eyes. Worse, it had Snape's greasy hair… ("EW!!!") The green monster was advancing towards the Gryffindor table. Everyone was running away. The Marauders, however, were laughing and laughing and laughing.

"Is that you, Snape?" asked Kat holding back laughter. Lily and Jo had already burst out laughing.

"dkf;akldjfeiow35-454896nmvklskja[io3u9u#$&%Jkajid (translation: I'll get you for these Potter!)" said Snape.

"What was that again? Alien language?" asked Sirius unable to control himself.

Professor McGonagall was already walking or rather, storming towards the girls and Marauders.

"Who did this? Own up. NOW!" Professor McGonagall screamed, literally shaking with rage.

"It was us Professor, we were just trying to celebrate seeing that the examinations are over," answered James casually.

"Celebrate? By turning a fellow student into a, a green monster?" Professor McGonagall lost her cool.

"I don't consider Snape a fellow student though," whispered Lily to Jo.

"DETENTION! And 50 points off Gryffindor!" shouted Professor McGonagall. ("Told you it was McGonagall,")

The Marauders were past caring; they were laughing and pointing at Snape a.k.a. the green monster.

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The great hall was noisy, as usual, but it seemed noisier than usual (Am I making any sense?).

Kat asked Remus what was all the excitement about. Everyone seemed to be discussing quidditch.

"While, actually, the first quidditch match of the season is next week!" said Remus.

"And we're on the team of course," added Sirius referring to James, Remus and himself.

"Oh, who's the commenter anyway?" asked Lily.

"I don't think anyone has offered to be yet, Minny (James was referring to Professor McGonagall's new nickname.) will probably choose that person I guess," replied James.

"You don't say…" said Jo with an evil grin similar to Sirius'.

Lily shivered at that thought, "This is so not happening."

The next afternoon

"YOU WHAT?!"

Lily's shout could be heard all over Hogwarts. Jo could only grin.

"I asked Minny if I could do the commentary for the quidditch match," said Jo grinning a little.

"Either Minny has finally gone over the edge or she must have been drinking too much butterbeer when you asked her," said Kat, a little amused.

"Still, I'm doing the commentary and both of you are doing it with me," said Jo. She was obviously out of her mind.

"WHAT?!" both Lily and Kat screamed.

"Oh, come on, it'll be fun anyway, Minny won't let me do the commentary if someone 'responsible' is not with me,"

"And who's this 'responsible' one?" asked Lily with an eyebrow raised.

"Why, Kat of course," said Jo sounding a little too surprised.

"Me?" asked Katpointing to herself, "the 'responsible' one? You have got to be kidding,"

"So," said Jo a little impatient now, "Are you going to do it with me or not?"

Lily and Kat looked at each other.

"Oh alright, I'll do it only if I can hurl insults at James Potter," said Lily grinning wickedly, rubbing her hands together.

"So what do I do?" asked Kat.

"Well, you could comment on the weather or on how wonderful Remus was looking that day," said Jo.

Kat promptly tackled Jo.

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On the day of the quidditch match (By the way, it's Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw) the Marauders were too nervous to eat.

"Come on Sirius, just a teeny little bite?" said Jo trying to coax Sirius to eat breakfast, "You usually eat non-stop, why not today?"

"Because there is a quidditch match today!"

"All the more you should eat your food," Lily said as she shoved food down James' throat, "By the way James, I'm doing this for Gryffindor and not for you, you had better win this match..."

Kat following Lily's example, did the same to Remus.

"Erm, did anyone tell you that we three would be doing the commentary?" asked Lily casually.

"What? You three? I'm doomed, I'm doomed, I'm doomed," muttered James.

"Take it easy, Lily wants Gryffindor to win too right?" whispered Sirius to James.

James calmed down a little.

(Fast forward to the match)

A/N I'm doing this in script form so that it would be less complicated

Jo: Now we have the Ravenclaw team! Thomas, Brown, Peters, Ray, Crick, Julian and Willy! (Ravenclaw cheers)

Kat snatches megaphone away from Jo

Kat: Next, we have the Gryffindor Team! Davidson, Black, Blythe, Potter, Lupin, Slain and Hans. (Gryffindor cheers with the loudest for Sirius, James and Remus)

Jo snatches megaphone from Kat

Kat snatches it back

Jo snatches it back

Lily: Stop! Let me solve this (Lily says a little spell and two other megaphones appear out of nowhere). There!

Kat: Wonderful! Back to the match.

Jo: Wait a minute! Where's Minny?

Lily jerks her head towards a very drunk Professor McGonagall.

Kat: Who gave her butterbeer?

Lily: Who else? Yours truly.

Kat: Okay…

Jo: The game starts! (Referee blew the whistle) The quaffle is immediately taken by Potter of Gryffindor. He passes it to Lupin and he heads for the goal at an incredible speed. Dodges a few bludgers and does he scores? Yes!

Kat: Ten points to Gryffindor!

Lily: Yeah! The quaffle is taken by Slain of Gryffindor but oh, the quaffle is intercepted by Ravenclaw chaser, Brown! Quaffle is passed to fellow teammate, Crick! Does he scores? Yes!

Jo: Ten points to Ravenclaw!

The match proceeds until…

Kat: Ah! Remus behind you! (Remus turns back and saw a bludger coming straight at him. He ducks and it narrowly misses him)

Jo: Sirius, you idiot! You're a beater! Hit the bludger! ("I'm not an idiot!") Whatever!

Lily: Ravenclaw has the Quaffle! Gryffindor is currently leading. Will captain Julian be able to score?

Kat: No! It's a good save for Gryffindor keeper Hans!

(A bludger is hit by a Ravenclaw beater to James since he was the one making most of the goals.)

Lily: Potter! Don't duck! There's a bludger behind you! (James ducks) Hey! I told you not to duck!

Kat: Wait a minute, the Gryffindor seeker has spotted something, it's the golden snitch!

Jo: Will he get it? The Ravenclaw seeker has spotted it as well!

Lily: Catching…

Kat: Catching…

Jo: Caught! The snitch has been caught!

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Ok, I know. James and Sirius only discovered Remus was a werewolf when they were in their third year but let's just ignore that little fact and pretend they found out in their second year ok? (: Oh yes, another thing. In the movie, James was a seeker but somehow, I remembered James was actually a chaser. Hmm.. oh well, let's ignore that little fact also. Haha. Another thing, REVIEW PLEASE! I am very desperate for reviews.