Chapter 25

James' POV

"Well, here it is! The last day of our first year, are you all ready?" I asked when I jumped out of bed.

"Absolutely." Sirius said while grinning wildly. We all got dressed in a hurry, while simultaneously packing. We wanted to be the first ones in the Great Hall, even though we had to wait for everyone to be in the Great Hall for our prank.

We walked in, and the Hall was still decorated with the Hufflepuff banners from the feast last night. They had won the House Cup, just barely beating us.

Besides that, nothing was different, it was just like every other day. Most people seemed happy to be able to go home, but not Sirius. Whenever he thought someone wasn't looking, he looked sad. I knew it was bad at home from what happened over Christmas, so I made a mental note to write often.

"Alright, do we all know what we're doing?" I asked my three friends in a hushed whisper. They all nodded in response. Sirius was grinning wildly, Peter looked overly excited, and Remus was just happy that he made it. "Then let's go, Remus?"

Remus nodded, whispered a spell, and all the lights went out. They were sounds of shock, whispers of surprise, screams of fear, but they only lasted for a little bit. The lights turned back on a few seconds later, and everyone saw why. I was standing on the edge of the Gryffindor table, facing the teachers, while Remus was on Ravenclaw's, Sirius on Hufflepuff's, and Peter on Slytherin's.

"Hello everyone!" Peter yelled.

"We are the Marauders." Sirius continued.

Then I joined in, "And we're the ones who like to cause mischief around here."

"But that's not what we're here to do today." Remus assured them.

"Today, we would like to send all of you home on a happy note." Peter started again, and we continued in the same order.

"Firstly, we would like to thank all of the wonderful teachers whom we have learned so much from." There was a small applause.

"We would also like to say farewell to the seventh years, you will all be missed." There was a bigger applause.

"And finally, everyone here has made this year amazing for someone, and hopefully yourselves too, so be proud of that!" This statement got the biggest applause.

While everyone was still clapping I yelled to my friends, "Ready?"

"Hell yeah!" Sirius screamed.

Remus began counting, "One… two… three!"

"Facere nix!" We all said, and at once the Great Hall was filling with snow. Every reaction was something pleasant. Even though it was slightly cold in comparison to the hot summer day, nobody cared. Everyone was having fun, and that was exactly what we wanted.

We all came down from the tables and met in the center. While we were celebrating with ourselves, Dumbledore and Mcgonagall began approaching us. But they didn't look like they were going to punish us, they almost looked pleased with us.

"As soon as you boys stood up on those tables, I was expecting trouble, but I was," Mcgonagall paused to find the right words, "Pleasantly surprised."

"Yes, we know you four have been behind most of the mischief going on this year. Thank you for planning such a nice surprise for everyone." He leaned in closer to us, "I expect nothing less next year." And winked.

"Have a nice holiday boys." Mcgonagall said while walking back to the staff table.

We went back to the Gryffindor table very happy with ourselves, and enjoyed the rest of the feast.

When it was time to get on the train, we raced to get there first so we could find the car that we sat in on the way to Hogwarts. It was exactly the same as before, except for the slight sadness in the air. Friends were leaving each other, but a festive atmosphere still pervaded throughout the Hogwarts Express.

"So any summer plans lads?" I asked, trying to figure out when I could write to all of them.

"Not at the moment." Sirius said.

Remus just shook his head.

"Yeah actually, my family likes to travel a lot, so we're going to go all around Europe, I'll be writing to you guys lots and sending postcards."

"What are postcards?" Me and Sirius asked in sync.

"They're muggle pictures of places that you send to friends to show them where you are." Peter explained.

"Cool! Send them everywhere that you go!" Sirius said.

"Well, if us three aren't doing anything, then we should meet up at some point." I offered.

"That sounds great James." Remus said.

"Yeah, maybe this summer won't be so bad after all." Sirius said, and we all agreed.

This is it! The end of the Marauder's first year! Thank you so much to those of you who have been following this story and second year will be up soon!