DISCLAIMER~ I do not own the characters you recognize, they're JK Rowling's. However, the characters you don't recognize are mine. A/N--At the end of 5th year, the Marauders got mad at Peter and kicked him out. Sean Anderson and John Bernadette transferred in and were made Marauders. Yes, I know these characters are the same as Laria's Beatlemania, but we're friends and are using the same characters. Completely different plot, though. R/R please!

~CHAPTER ONE~
A certain red head had comfortably seated herself on a bench in the train station. She seemed to be alone, yet impatiently waiting for a certain someone. Looking around the crowds constantly for a familar face, Lily Evans gave up. Nobody had arrived yet, at least nobody worth talking to. Picking up the book "Quidditch Through the Ages", she leaned back deciding to make the best of her time. Suddenly familar hands covered her eyes.



"Guess who, Lils?" James whispered softly in her ear.



Firefly (Lily's nickname) breathed in the sweet aroma of James' coat. It had seemed like forever since she'd last seen Prongs. Taking advantage of the position she was in, Lily traced his face. Smiling to herself, she ran her fingers through his hair. He was so familar...so soft...she had no idea how she'd lived the summer without him.



"James..." Lily whispered. His warm hands slowly uncovered her eyes allowing his soft touch to linger on her face.



She turned around and stared into James' playful hazelnut eyes. Smiling at her shyly, he squeezed her gently. He couldn't help but think about how gorgeous she looked. Her fiery red hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail with a few strands falling softly around her face. James' stomach was flopping around as he stared into her emerald green eyes. It was almost as if she was staring right down into his soul...



Out of nowhere, a slender girl popped around the corner. Her dark hair fell down to her waist and her bright blue eyes were shining happily. Although she came to about 5'7, she could not beat Lily's 5'8. Laria Black, Lily's best friend, had finally arrived. As always, she was carrying her rubber duck with her. Mr. Jingles, to be exact. Lily couldn't help but laugh.



"LOVE!!!" Laria shouted as she spotted Firefly. Reluctantly, Lily broke away from James and tightly hugged Shadow (Laria). Laria pulled out a list of pranks she had thought up over the summer. James rolled his eyes and sat down not even attempting to keep up with their conversation.



Looking up, he spotted his best friend, Sirius Black (AKA Laria's twin) making his way towards them. The sight was pitiful. Sirius had thrown his girlfriend, Kylie, over his shoulder. Her short blonde hair was a mess, who knows what they had been up to. As Si put her down, it was obvious that he and Kylie were complete opposites, Kylie was short (about 5'2), blonde hair, light blue eyes which made her seem like she didn't know how to have fun. (totally not true though--looks can be misleading). She smiled at the Marauders and brushed her hair out of her face.
After putting his screaming girlfriend down, Si turned and grinned at James. Although his smile was very charming, Si's friends weren't about to be fooled by it. Over the past 5 years, Sirius had grown to be about 6'1 nearing James' 6'2. He had become muscular from playing quidditch and...CUT HIS HAIR?!?! a neon blue BEARD?! A purple tail...resembling that of an elephant...? What was going on here...? Lily's mouth fell open. She was wondering who would have the guts to pull this kindof prank on Si. James raised an eyebrow and decided not to question. He didn't want to know.



At a distance, you could see Remus Lupin and his girlfriend LeAnna (Anna for short) walking hand in hand over to them. Remi's light grey eyes were sparkling mischieviously and he ran his fingers through his dirty blonde hair. Turning his head, he leaned down and whispered something in Anna's ear. Anna's eyes widened, looked up at her 6' tall boyfriend, glanced at Si, and broke down in laughter.



Sirius, Lily, Laria, Kylie, and James all turned to see who was making a commotion. They all rolled their eyes and smiled. Their other best friends were obviously up to no good. Remus was leaning up against a wall trying to hold himself up because he was laughing so hard. On the floor, they spotted a thin girl with tears on her cheeks rolling around. Shaking her head, Laria walked over offering a hand to Anna. After helping her up, Laria bounced Anna's dark, curly hair. Anna shot Shadow a dirty look with her brown eyes.



"Aw, you mean only Remi is allowed to do that?" Laria asked smiling.



"For your information, yes." Anna smiled sweetly.



"Nice work on Si, by the way." Said Laria, trying not to laugh at Sirius.



Glancing up after hearing his name, Padfoot yelled, "IT WASN'T ME!!!" His beard grew a few more inches.



"That's right, boy, it was I." Remus loved Anna, but not enough to allow her to get credit for what he'd done.



Lily smirked, "So, love, where's Sean? Is he waiting in bed for you? Something you might want to tell us there?"



"He's spying on Rose and Jon." Laria simply stated. She was used to her friends picking on her. It had become tradition.



Everyone laughed and got onto the Hogwarts train in search of the other Marauders. Sirius tripped over his tail on his way in.



"Ouch! Hey, watch where you're going next--" He was cut off sight of the purple elephants tail that had split through his pants.



"REMI!!!" The doors shut on his tail and the train started on its way to Hogwarts. Reaching around for his wand, Sirius discovered Laria still had it from the wrestling match (A/N--no, NOT like that) from the night before. Still couldn't believe he lost...oh well, that's off the subject.



"I'M GONNA KILL YA, REMES!!!" Sirius rested his chin in his hands hoping they would eventually come back for him.



"Great," Sirius thought, "now i have a bright blue beard too...just great. Kylie had better come save me..." After waiting about thirty minutes, he realized nobody was coming to help him out. Making himself comfortable, Sirius slowly drifted off to sleep.