Disclaimer-I do not own any of these characters except my original characters all other characters belong to J.K. Rowling ^_^
Author's Note- OK! Now, hopefully this story will start picking up, sorry about the delay in updating but this one's longer than the others so that makes up for it, right? :)
Chapter 3
The next morning all five boys awoke in their four poster beds, they got dressed and then Sirius shouted, "Breakfast!" and very nearly sprinted out of the dorm, the other four following at a normal pace. They all sat together at breakfast, talking about the classes the would have next (Transfiguration was first) when James announced "I want to play on the house quidditch team." "Then it's a shame," began Remus, "that they never take first years." "What position do you wanna play James?" asked Sirius. "Well,it'd be cool to be seeker, but I'm a lot better at being chaser so probably that." "Cool, hey maybe I'll try out too, I've always liked quidditch," said Sirius "What about you guys?" he asked looking pointedly at Remus, Peter, and Max. "Oh, um no I'm no good at quidditch." said Peter. "Well, I'd like to but I'm not very good, so I'll just watch." said Max sheepishly. "Nah, I don't think quidditch is that interesting." said Remus distractedly while staring down at his transfiguration textbook. "What?" he asked after he noticed James, Sirius, and Max gaping at him. "How can you not like quidditch?" questioned Sirius "It's awesome!" added James and Max in unison."Sorry it's just not really my thing." answered Remus. Sirius snorted but Max called to Chris who was sitting halfway towards the other end of the table, "Hey Chris!" The girl's silver wolf ears perked up at the sound of her name before she answered without looking up from her book, "What?" "Come here a second, we need you to settle a dispute." Chris rolled her eyes before walking over to the boys. "What?" she asked again. "Please, tell Remus here how awesome quidditch is." She popped him in the back of his head with her transfiguration textbook. "You called me over here for that?" "Yes" said Max while rubbing the back of his head. She rolled her eyes again. "Ya, quidditch is great, but to each his own." she said before going back to her seat. Remus smirked. "Oh, shut up." said Max to Remus's silent mockery.
After a bit the boys rose out of their seats and began to walk to class when they were joined by Crystal. "Hi guys," "Hi" they all said back. Today her sandy hair hung loose a few inches past her shoulders with a pink bow settled next to her ear and she had brushed her tail so instead of being bushy the fur laid flat and silky."Oh, this all feels like a dream y'know? Like going to Hogwarts is just really a dream come true!" said Crystal dreamily, brushing the hair out of her blueberry eyes. Max sighed and said quietly "Ya, a dream..."
The next 2 months found the five boys growing closer and closer together, and soon enough, without them really saying it or deciding anything, they were best friends,closer than best friends...they were brothers... And so one day Sirius came up with a brilliant idea- "Guys, I think that since we've formed this...group." "We've done what now?" interjected Remus. "Oh, nevermind that Remmy," said Sirius. "anyway as I was saying, we need a name!" "How about the Hogwarts Pranksters?" suggested Peter. "Pete...isn't that a little obvious?" asked Max. "How about..." Max looked thoughtful, then Remus said, without looking up from his potions book, "The Marauders?" "What's that?" asked Peter. Max answered before Remus could say anything, "A marauder is...kinda like an outlaw. Someone who doesn't really follow the rules. Well, that's what it means nowdays, way back when, a marauder was usually someone who raided and plundered villages." finished Max thoughtfully. "That" PERFECT!" said Sirius excitedly, "Ok that's it then, we're the Marauders!" And so they were...The Marauders...a band of brothers...outlaws (much to Remus's displeasure)...pranksters...marauders...