After all this time I still remember.
Chapter One: The train ride
A man with deep brown eyes and black hair is sitting in a cave with only the company of an animal. He's hiding from the Ministry of Magic, for a crime he didn't' commit. As he sits stroking the bird like animal next to him, he remembers what it was like when he was young, before everything changed, when love was a major part of his life, he drifts back to a memory and feels as if he is there, sitting next to the young boy that is him.
"Hello," A boy about 15 years old said as he walked into a train compartment. This train was a maroon color, and not an ordinary train. This boy wasn't just an ordinary boy; he was a wizard at his 5th year at Hogwarts a school for witches and wizards. He was in the train compartment with a girl the same age as him with curly brown hair and deep crystal blue eyes. She was his best friend along with his other three friends, all five of them were known as the Marauders, the troublemakers of the school. The members were Melanie, the girl with curly brown hair, James, a boy with jet black hair and deep green eyes, Remus, a boy with gray eyes and light brown hair, Peter, and himself, Sirius. Sirius noticed that Melanie had changed over the summer, she was taller and she seemed prettier then normal.
Melanie looked up from her book, "Hello Sirius, play any good pranks over summer?" she said smiling at him. Her eyes sparkled when she smiled at him, it seemed to Sirius as if he was staring into the bluest sky in the world. Sirius smiled at her, stalling for time to try and take his eyes off of her. She giggled when his cheeks started to turn red and she put her book down under her seat and patted the seat next to her motioning for Sirius to sit down with her.
"Yeah I played some good pranks," Sirius said sitting down, "What do you think I would do over the whole summer?" Sirius smiled at her and started to stare into her eyes again.
"Well I'm sure that James enjoyed doing those with you." Melanie said smiling; Sirius lost the smile on his face. 'Why'd she bring up James?' Sirius said to himself, 'She always seems to bring up James'.
"Yeah." Sirius said hoping to stop talking about James. Melanie smiled at Sirius and gave him a hug.
"I missed you over summer," Melanie said smiling at him, Sirius blushed and moved a little closer to her after she finished saying that, "I missed everyone." Sirius looked at the floor and made a face, he didn't' feel very special anymore she missed "everyone" and by everyone that included James, the guy that almost every girl in the world had a crush on.
'Why does that girl that I just happen to like,' Sirius said to himself, 'Have to like James? With her liking James, then I've got no chance with her' Sirius frowned as he thought about this, 'But then again maybe she doesn't like him'.
"Sirius." Melanie said looking at him, "Are you ok. you seem to be. upset about something. what is it?" Sirius frowned, he couldn't tell her what he was thinking, he'd be to embarrassed, but if he told her James wouldn't have a chance to ask her out.
"Um well I kinda-" Sirius began to say, but he was cutoff by a pair of deep green eyes looking at the girl he was in love with. It was James; he walked into the compartment with his trunk behind him. He stopped when he walked in and saw Melanie. 'She is beautiful.' Sirius said to himself, 'BUT SHE'S MINE JAMES STAY AWAY!' James smiled, and he kept looking at Melanie. He finally stopped staring and sat down in the seat across from Melanie. As he walked over to the seat Sirius's eyes followed James glaring at him. James was popular with a lot of girls; they all thought he was "extremely cute!"
"Hi James," Melanie said turning her eyes from Sirius to James, "How's it been going?" Her eyes seemed to sparkle more then when she saw Sirius, and Sirius frowned knowing that the girl he liked didn't like him back.
"It was good," James, said still looking at Melanie, she noticed him staring at her and she blushed. James winked at her, and turned to Sirius who was glaring at him, "How was your sum- um, Sirius any reason why you look so upset?" James said not even making eye contact with Sirius, still looking at Melanie.
"Nothings wrong." Sirius said frowning, and feeling as if he wasn't wanted in the compartment. "I got to change into my robes." Sirius walked out of the compartment, with no eyes on him, or any thought of why he was upset. At least he thought that.
Sirius walked out of the compartment and walked into an empty one and locked it. He changed into his robes and sat down for a minute thinking about Melanie. She was beautiful to him, her eyes, her nose, and her lips. She was tall and had a tiny figure, she was smart and funny. Melanie was nothing like Sirius, except for the fact that she liked to play tricks on people. Sirius looked at his reflection in the glass of the window. He looked nice; his black hair was messy, but not too messy. His eyes were a deep brown; if they were any darker they'd be black. Sirius was tall and muscular, he wasn't so smart, but he had a sense of humor and loved to play tricks on people.
Sirius walked out of the empty compartment and saw his two friends Remus and Peter. They were carrying a trunk onto the train and a girl with long wavy red hair followed behind them.
"Thanks," The girl said after the two put her trunk into a compartment with a few other girls inside of it.
"Any time Lily." Remus said walking out with a bunch of giggles following after the compartment door shut. "Hey Sirius, where's the rest of the Marauders?" Peter was pushing his trunk into an empty compartment where Remus's was also sitting.
"They're in a compartment." Sirius said glad to see his friend after the long summer then Sirius realized that James and Melanie were in the compartment alone together, "alone, together." Sirius finished with a hint of panic and jealously in his voice.
"That wasn't a good idea," Remus said laughing, "You know how much James flirts, anything could have happened while you were gone." Sirius tried to smile trying to take it as a joke, but Melanie was in the compartment with James, the possibilities of things that were happening were endless. James, for a 15-year-old boy, was a big flirt. Sirius thought of the things that could be happening as Remus, Peter, and Sirius reached the compartment.
"James!" Melanie's voice said from inside the compartment with some laughter after it, "James Harry Potter stop t-" She was cut off when Remus, Peter and Sirius walked into the compartment. She was on James lap and he had his arms wrapped around her waist. She pushed his arms off of her and finished her sentence. "Tickling me" Sirius gave out a quiet sigh happy that they weren't doing anything else. Melanie walked over to her seat and sat down.
Remus smiled at her and sat down next to James and across from Sirius. "How was your summer Melanie?" He asked as he bought some snacks and gave some to her. She smiled and took a pumpkin pasty.
"It was good how was yours?" She asked nibbling on the pumpkin pasty and giggling at James who kept making faces at her.
"It was good, I wish I could have spent more time with my friends," Remus said smiling and hitting James in the ribs to stop mimicking him. "But other then that it was good, at least I didn't have to deal with Malfoy and Snape." James mouthed 'Ow!' and then rolled his eyes when the two names were mentioned.
There were some yells from outside the compartment and the only person that seemed to care was Melanie. "Did you hear that?" Melanie said sitting up.
"Yeah, but it's probably just Malfoy playing some trick on another Gryffindor." Sirius said shrugging, "No big deal, not like Malfoy knows any real magic."
"No but it sounded like a girl." Melanie said standing up and walking out of the compartment, James shrugged then followed her, and so did the rest of the Marauders. Melanie glared at the boy who was cornering Lily in the corner of a compartment. It was Servus Snape, a Slithern who was friends with Malfoy, the Marauder's enemy. "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?" Melanie said, Snape turned around and glared at the five people in the compartment.
"It's none of your business," Snape said glaring at the four boys then noticing Melanie for the first time. He backed away from Lily who was red in the face with anger. Melanie lost the glare off her face and started to back up. Servus kept walking towards her until Sirius punched him in the face. Sirius was red in the face with anger, and he stood there looking at his fist for a moment wondering where the punch came from when he heard a shout from behind him "Pertrificus Totalus!" Sirius dropped to the floor unable to move. Sirius saw Malfoy walking over to Snape and trying to get his nose to stop bleeding. Sirius heard the compartment door close and after a few words came from Melanie and he could move again.
"Are you ok Sirius?" Melanie said getting on her knees next to Sirius. Sirius sat up and shook his head for a moment trying to get the feeling of numbness out of his body. "Don't worry, James, Remus, and Peter are dealing with Malfoy and Snape right now, and Lily's ok just a little angry."
Sirius smiled, 'Wow she's so beautiful' he said to himself, Wait if the other three are out there, I'm in this compartment alone with Melanie.. YES!' Sirius smiled again, and sat down. Melanie moved next to him and smiled.
"Why'd you punch him?" Melanie said brushing his black hair out of his eyes; Sirius felt a chill run through him as she brushed his forehead with her hand. He sighed wishing never to have to move again.
"I had to punch him," Sirius said grabbing her hand and holding it, "I couldn't let him torture you. you don't deserve that." Melanie smiled and gave him a hug. Sirius stood up, and smiled and Melanie. "Are you ticklish?" Sirius said smiling. Melanie covered her stomach with her arms and smiled playfully at him.
"No." She said giggling. She bit her lip and Sirius pulled her up out of her seat and started to try and pull her arms away from her stomach. Sirius pulled her arms away and started tickling her, she laughed but at the same time she was looking Sirius in the eyes smiling at him. Sirius stopped tickling her and held her hips for a moment; they just looked into each other's eyes for a minute. Melanie blushed then pulled out of his grip, and looked at the floor.
"Sirius. there's something I need to tell you." Melanie said not looking him in the eye. Sirius smiled at her, and pulled her close to him, she shuddered a little as if feeling something she hadn't felt before. She looked him in the eye and a tear ran down her cheek. "Sirius. I'm going out with James."
Chapter One: The train ride
A man with deep brown eyes and black hair is sitting in a cave with only the company of an animal. He's hiding from the Ministry of Magic, for a crime he didn't' commit. As he sits stroking the bird like animal next to him, he remembers what it was like when he was young, before everything changed, when love was a major part of his life, he drifts back to a memory and feels as if he is there, sitting next to the young boy that is him.
"Hello," A boy about 15 years old said as he walked into a train compartment. This train was a maroon color, and not an ordinary train. This boy wasn't just an ordinary boy; he was a wizard at his 5th year at Hogwarts a school for witches and wizards. He was in the train compartment with a girl the same age as him with curly brown hair and deep crystal blue eyes. She was his best friend along with his other three friends, all five of them were known as the Marauders, the troublemakers of the school. The members were Melanie, the girl with curly brown hair, James, a boy with jet black hair and deep green eyes, Remus, a boy with gray eyes and light brown hair, Peter, and himself, Sirius. Sirius noticed that Melanie had changed over the summer, she was taller and she seemed prettier then normal.
Melanie looked up from her book, "Hello Sirius, play any good pranks over summer?" she said smiling at him. Her eyes sparkled when she smiled at him, it seemed to Sirius as if he was staring into the bluest sky in the world. Sirius smiled at her, stalling for time to try and take his eyes off of her. She giggled when his cheeks started to turn red and she put her book down under her seat and patted the seat next to her motioning for Sirius to sit down with her.
"Yeah I played some good pranks," Sirius said sitting down, "What do you think I would do over the whole summer?" Sirius smiled at her and started to stare into her eyes again.
"Well I'm sure that James enjoyed doing those with you." Melanie said smiling; Sirius lost the smile on his face. 'Why'd she bring up James?' Sirius said to himself, 'She always seems to bring up James'.
"Yeah." Sirius said hoping to stop talking about James. Melanie smiled at Sirius and gave him a hug.
"I missed you over summer," Melanie said smiling at him, Sirius blushed and moved a little closer to her after she finished saying that, "I missed everyone." Sirius looked at the floor and made a face, he didn't' feel very special anymore she missed "everyone" and by everyone that included James, the guy that almost every girl in the world had a crush on.
'Why does that girl that I just happen to like,' Sirius said to himself, 'Have to like James? With her liking James, then I've got no chance with her' Sirius frowned as he thought about this, 'But then again maybe she doesn't like him'.
"Sirius." Melanie said looking at him, "Are you ok. you seem to be. upset about something. what is it?" Sirius frowned, he couldn't tell her what he was thinking, he'd be to embarrassed, but if he told her James wouldn't have a chance to ask her out.
"Um well I kinda-" Sirius began to say, but he was cutoff by a pair of deep green eyes looking at the girl he was in love with. It was James; he walked into the compartment with his trunk behind him. He stopped when he walked in and saw Melanie. 'She is beautiful.' Sirius said to himself, 'BUT SHE'S MINE JAMES STAY AWAY!' James smiled, and he kept looking at Melanie. He finally stopped staring and sat down in the seat across from Melanie. As he walked over to the seat Sirius's eyes followed James glaring at him. James was popular with a lot of girls; they all thought he was "extremely cute!"
"Hi James," Melanie said turning her eyes from Sirius to James, "How's it been going?" Her eyes seemed to sparkle more then when she saw Sirius, and Sirius frowned knowing that the girl he liked didn't like him back.
"It was good," James, said still looking at Melanie, she noticed him staring at her and she blushed. James winked at her, and turned to Sirius who was glaring at him, "How was your sum- um, Sirius any reason why you look so upset?" James said not even making eye contact with Sirius, still looking at Melanie.
"Nothings wrong." Sirius said frowning, and feeling as if he wasn't wanted in the compartment. "I got to change into my robes." Sirius walked out of the compartment, with no eyes on him, or any thought of why he was upset. At least he thought that.
Sirius walked out of the compartment and walked into an empty one and locked it. He changed into his robes and sat down for a minute thinking about Melanie. She was beautiful to him, her eyes, her nose, and her lips. She was tall and had a tiny figure, she was smart and funny. Melanie was nothing like Sirius, except for the fact that she liked to play tricks on people. Sirius looked at his reflection in the glass of the window. He looked nice; his black hair was messy, but not too messy. His eyes were a deep brown; if they were any darker they'd be black. Sirius was tall and muscular, he wasn't so smart, but he had a sense of humor and loved to play tricks on people.
Sirius walked out of the empty compartment and saw his two friends Remus and Peter. They were carrying a trunk onto the train and a girl with long wavy red hair followed behind them.
"Thanks," The girl said after the two put her trunk into a compartment with a few other girls inside of it.
"Any time Lily." Remus said walking out with a bunch of giggles following after the compartment door shut. "Hey Sirius, where's the rest of the Marauders?" Peter was pushing his trunk into an empty compartment where Remus's was also sitting.
"They're in a compartment." Sirius said glad to see his friend after the long summer then Sirius realized that James and Melanie were in the compartment alone together, "alone, together." Sirius finished with a hint of panic and jealously in his voice.
"That wasn't a good idea," Remus said laughing, "You know how much James flirts, anything could have happened while you were gone." Sirius tried to smile trying to take it as a joke, but Melanie was in the compartment with James, the possibilities of things that were happening were endless. James, for a 15-year-old boy, was a big flirt. Sirius thought of the things that could be happening as Remus, Peter, and Sirius reached the compartment.
"James!" Melanie's voice said from inside the compartment with some laughter after it, "James Harry Potter stop t-" She was cut off when Remus, Peter and Sirius walked into the compartment. She was on James lap and he had his arms wrapped around her waist. She pushed his arms off of her and finished her sentence. "Tickling me" Sirius gave out a quiet sigh happy that they weren't doing anything else. Melanie walked over to her seat and sat down.
Remus smiled at her and sat down next to James and across from Sirius. "How was your summer Melanie?" He asked as he bought some snacks and gave some to her. She smiled and took a pumpkin pasty.
"It was good how was yours?" She asked nibbling on the pumpkin pasty and giggling at James who kept making faces at her.
"It was good, I wish I could have spent more time with my friends," Remus said smiling and hitting James in the ribs to stop mimicking him. "But other then that it was good, at least I didn't have to deal with Malfoy and Snape." James mouthed 'Ow!' and then rolled his eyes when the two names were mentioned.
There were some yells from outside the compartment and the only person that seemed to care was Melanie. "Did you hear that?" Melanie said sitting up.
"Yeah, but it's probably just Malfoy playing some trick on another Gryffindor." Sirius said shrugging, "No big deal, not like Malfoy knows any real magic."
"No but it sounded like a girl." Melanie said standing up and walking out of the compartment, James shrugged then followed her, and so did the rest of the Marauders. Melanie glared at the boy who was cornering Lily in the corner of a compartment. It was Servus Snape, a Slithern who was friends with Malfoy, the Marauder's enemy. "What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?" Melanie said, Snape turned around and glared at the five people in the compartment.
"It's none of your business," Snape said glaring at the four boys then noticing Melanie for the first time. He backed away from Lily who was red in the face with anger. Melanie lost the glare off her face and started to back up. Servus kept walking towards her until Sirius punched him in the face. Sirius was red in the face with anger, and he stood there looking at his fist for a moment wondering where the punch came from when he heard a shout from behind him "Pertrificus Totalus!" Sirius dropped to the floor unable to move. Sirius saw Malfoy walking over to Snape and trying to get his nose to stop bleeding. Sirius heard the compartment door close and after a few words came from Melanie and he could move again.
"Are you ok Sirius?" Melanie said getting on her knees next to Sirius. Sirius sat up and shook his head for a moment trying to get the feeling of numbness out of his body. "Don't worry, James, Remus, and Peter are dealing with Malfoy and Snape right now, and Lily's ok just a little angry."
Sirius smiled, 'Wow she's so beautiful' he said to himself, Wait if the other three are out there, I'm in this compartment alone with Melanie.. YES!' Sirius smiled again, and sat down. Melanie moved next to him and smiled.
"Why'd you punch him?" Melanie said brushing his black hair out of his eyes; Sirius felt a chill run through him as she brushed his forehead with her hand. He sighed wishing never to have to move again.
"I had to punch him," Sirius said grabbing her hand and holding it, "I couldn't let him torture you. you don't deserve that." Melanie smiled and gave him a hug. Sirius stood up, and smiled and Melanie. "Are you ticklish?" Sirius said smiling. Melanie covered her stomach with her arms and smiled playfully at him.
"No." She said giggling. She bit her lip and Sirius pulled her up out of her seat and started to try and pull her arms away from her stomach. Sirius pulled her arms away and started tickling her, she laughed but at the same time she was looking Sirius in the eyes smiling at him. Sirius stopped tickling her and held her hips for a moment; they just looked into each other's eyes for a minute. Melanie blushed then pulled out of his grip, and looked at the floor.
"Sirius. there's something I need to tell you." Melanie said not looking him in the eye. Sirius smiled at her, and pulled her close to him, she shuddered a little as if feeling something she hadn't felt before. She looked him in the eye and a tear ran down her cheek. "Sirius. I'm going out with James."