Chapter One:
"Black! Potter! Irving!" Came the shrill voice of Professor Holdsworth. "Wait behind all three of you! Class dismissed." Somewhere in the castle of Hogwarts a loud bell rang as the fifth year made their way to lunch. "Black! How many times have I told you to let Potter and Irving get on with their work?"
"But Professor, it was James," replied a boy with brown eyes and dark hair that reached down to his eyebrows.
"Don't 'but professor' me! Detention! You too Potter! You didn't have to rise to it, go to lunch." The two boys exited and Professor Holdsworth rounded on the one standing in front of him. "Now, Irving. Your marks in charms haven't always been the pride of our school, but lately they are getting worse and I will have to drop you from my classes if you do not improve. You will be given detention to redo your last homework assignment and please, for your own sake, lose the company of Black and Potter. Nothing but trouble they are. Very well you may leave."
The boy named Irving walked past the glass cabinet and saw a skinny boy with hazel eyes and black hair grinning back as he wrenched the door open.
"About time!" Said a voice out of the shadow. "So what did he say to you?" It was a boy with untidy black hair, brown eyes and he was also somewhat skinny. "Daniel? Daniel, you awake?"
"What? Oh yea. He says you two are bad for my concentration" replied Daniel with a smirk.
"Detention as well?" Asked Sirius from behind James.
"Yea," said Daniel. "Apparently I'm dismal at charms, personally I'd say I was better than Evans."
"Yea you are," said James smiling, "better than her when it comes to being crap at charms." He and Sirius laughed as the boys made their way to the great hall to satisfy their hunger. They sat down next to a boy called Remus Lupin who was very pale and skinny. Sirius sat down next to a girl and began to 'talk' with her rather flirtatiously. Typical thought James. Almost every girl in Hogwarts thought that Sirius Black was drop-dead gorgeous. Linda Smith, a fifth year girl, had even went as far as saying that he was the best looking male she had ever laid eyes on.
Then there was Remus, the quiet and wise one. He was good at most subjects, in particular defense against the dark arts. Daniel was the athletic, good at dueling sort of boy. A bit quiet at times, a good laugh. He, Sirius and James were on the Gryffindor quidditch team. James was a chaser, Daniel the seeker and Sirius the beater. Daniel's parents were dead as were all other member's of his family, in their second year the foster family Daniel was living with was also brutally murdered. Murdered by a wizard called Lord Voldemort.
One of James' friends who was missing from lunch was Peter Pettigrew. Peter was very slow in all their subjects and had dragged James, Sirius and Daniel back while they were becoming Animagi. He had watery boy eyes and was a little on the tubby side.
Himself James didn't need to think because Lily Evans, a girl with dark red hair and bright green eyes, was describing James in what he thought was a cruel manner.
"Oh don't get me started on Potter." James heard her saying to her friends down the table and began to rumple up his hair. "I mean Black is bearable but Potter! What a big head. He doesn't even study and he's still good at every subject. Can't stop showing off can he?"
"I think he's kinda cute," said one of Lily's friends with curly brown hair. Her name was Gabrielle Downshill.
"Cute!" shrieked Lily. "Did he get you with a curse Gab? Oh and that too! He can't help himself has to curse everyone in sight.
"So you think I'm cute, Evans?" James had made his way down the table accompanied Daniel (Sirius was now making plans with the girl for next weekend).
"Yea you're as cute as the giant squid, Potter!" Said Lily coldly.
"Bad luck Prongs" Said Daniel in an amused tone. "You don't hate me now do you Evans?"
"Who said she hated me?" James said slightly annoyed.
"I did!" Lily replied. "And no I don't hate you Daniel."
"You don't?" asked Daniel. "Well in that case, Lily, you wouldn't mind giving me a few lessons at charms do you?"
"I dreamt this would be coming" Lily whispered to her friend, Gabrielle.
"Oh so you dream about me as well?" said Daniel holding back a laugh. "Well Evans, tell you what, you promise to tutor me in charms and I'll go out with you, see you Friday for the first lesson! C'mon Prongs!" James followed him and they stationed themselves around Remus and Sirius. Down the table Lily was utterly confused at what had just happened. James on the other hand was feeling very annoyed.
"I told you Evans is mine Gold-fur!" he said to Daniel.
"Just a joke Prongs, I wouldn't go out with her anyway" replied Daniel before turning to talk to Remus. The rest of the day was bad. James had got another detention for painting Severus Snape's cauldron red and gold. He went up to the common room and spent the evening annoying Lily so she raged at him and went to bed. This had put on a very entertaining show for the rest of the Gryffindor especially Daniel, Remus, Peter and Sirius who were all in stitches after Lily had stuck a sign on James' back saying BIGHEADED POTTER. After an hour Sirius got up yawning and went to the boys dorms. James, Remus, Daniel and Peter the remaining marauders followed him up the stairs and to bed.
"Black! Potter! Irving!" Came the shrill voice of Professor Holdsworth. "Wait behind all three of you! Class dismissed." Somewhere in the castle of Hogwarts a loud bell rang as the fifth year made their way to lunch. "Black! How many times have I told you to let Potter and Irving get on with their work?"
"But Professor, it was James," replied a boy with brown eyes and dark hair that reached down to his eyebrows.
"Don't 'but professor' me! Detention! You too Potter! You didn't have to rise to it, go to lunch." The two boys exited and Professor Holdsworth rounded on the one standing in front of him. "Now, Irving. Your marks in charms haven't always been the pride of our school, but lately they are getting worse and I will have to drop you from my classes if you do not improve. You will be given detention to redo your last homework assignment and please, for your own sake, lose the company of Black and Potter. Nothing but trouble they are. Very well you may leave."
The boy named Irving walked past the glass cabinet and saw a skinny boy with hazel eyes and black hair grinning back as he wrenched the door open.
"About time!" Said a voice out of the shadow. "So what did he say to you?" It was a boy with untidy black hair, brown eyes and he was also somewhat skinny. "Daniel? Daniel, you awake?"
"What? Oh yea. He says you two are bad for my concentration" replied Daniel with a smirk.
"Detention as well?" Asked Sirius from behind James.
"Yea," said Daniel. "Apparently I'm dismal at charms, personally I'd say I was better than Evans."
"Yea you are," said James smiling, "better than her when it comes to being crap at charms." He and Sirius laughed as the boys made their way to the great hall to satisfy their hunger. They sat down next to a boy called Remus Lupin who was very pale and skinny. Sirius sat down next to a girl and began to 'talk' with her rather flirtatiously. Typical thought James. Almost every girl in Hogwarts thought that Sirius Black was drop-dead gorgeous. Linda Smith, a fifth year girl, had even went as far as saying that he was the best looking male she had ever laid eyes on.
Then there was Remus, the quiet and wise one. He was good at most subjects, in particular defense against the dark arts. Daniel was the athletic, good at dueling sort of boy. A bit quiet at times, a good laugh. He, Sirius and James were on the Gryffindor quidditch team. James was a chaser, Daniel the seeker and Sirius the beater. Daniel's parents were dead as were all other member's of his family, in their second year the foster family Daniel was living with was also brutally murdered. Murdered by a wizard called Lord Voldemort.
One of James' friends who was missing from lunch was Peter Pettigrew. Peter was very slow in all their subjects and had dragged James, Sirius and Daniel back while they were becoming Animagi. He had watery boy eyes and was a little on the tubby side.
Himself James didn't need to think because Lily Evans, a girl with dark red hair and bright green eyes, was describing James in what he thought was a cruel manner.
"Oh don't get me started on Potter." James heard her saying to her friends down the table and began to rumple up his hair. "I mean Black is bearable but Potter! What a big head. He doesn't even study and he's still good at every subject. Can't stop showing off can he?"
"I think he's kinda cute," said one of Lily's friends with curly brown hair. Her name was Gabrielle Downshill.
"Cute!" shrieked Lily. "Did he get you with a curse Gab? Oh and that too! He can't help himself has to curse everyone in sight.
"So you think I'm cute, Evans?" James had made his way down the table accompanied Daniel (Sirius was now making plans with the girl for next weekend).
"Yea you're as cute as the giant squid, Potter!" Said Lily coldly.
"Bad luck Prongs" Said Daniel in an amused tone. "You don't hate me now do you Evans?"
"Who said she hated me?" James said slightly annoyed.
"I did!" Lily replied. "And no I don't hate you Daniel."
"You don't?" asked Daniel. "Well in that case, Lily, you wouldn't mind giving me a few lessons at charms do you?"
"I dreamt this would be coming" Lily whispered to her friend, Gabrielle.
"Oh so you dream about me as well?" said Daniel holding back a laugh. "Well Evans, tell you what, you promise to tutor me in charms and I'll go out with you, see you Friday for the first lesson! C'mon Prongs!" James followed him and they stationed themselves around Remus and Sirius. Down the table Lily was utterly confused at what had just happened. James on the other hand was feeling very annoyed.
"I told you Evans is mine Gold-fur!" he said to Daniel.
"Just a joke Prongs, I wouldn't go out with her anyway" replied Daniel before turning to talk to Remus. The rest of the day was bad. James had got another detention for painting Severus Snape's cauldron red and gold. He went up to the common room and spent the evening annoying Lily so she raged at him and went to bed. This had put on a very entertaining show for the rest of the Gryffindor especially Daniel, Remus, Peter and Sirius who were all in stitches after Lily had stuck a sign on James' back saying BIGHEADED POTTER. After an hour Sirius got up yawning and went to the boys dorms. James, Remus, Daniel and Peter the remaining marauders followed him up the stairs and to bed.
