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Author's Note: This chapter is incredibly boring, but don't worry. Just get through this chapter and there will be tons of fun stuff in the future ones.

Chapter One

Five years had slowly passed for Lily, James, and their friends. But during those five years, many relationships had been established.

Marlie, Lily, and Dorca were all the best of friends, but all very different. While Dorca was loud and wild, Marlie was calm and down to earth. Lily fit in the middle with her fiery temper and mood swings, she didn't have her red hair for nothing. All three girls were brilliant in school and each had her own best subject. Dorca excelled in Defense Against the Dark Arts, Marlie excelled in History of Magic, and Lily excelled in Charms.

James and his gang were also very close. Over the years they become known as The Marauders, a name given to them after they're many pranks on the school. James was known as Prongs, Sirius as Padfoot, Remus as Moony, and Peter as Wormtail. No one really understood the history or meaning of their nicknames, which was for the best. James and Sirius were the two that held The Marauders together. They were both mischievous and both trying to out do the other for the most detentions in a year. Remus was the most studious and serious of the group. He was the adult of the group, but still enjoyed the fun Sirius and James supplied. Peter was a whole other story. No one really knew why he even was a Marauder. His cluelessness, stupidity, and clumsiness were all characteristics that were the exact opposite of the other Marauders. The rest of the group spent a large amount of their time just trying to get Peter to pass his grade. On the other hand, James exceeded in Transfiguration while Remus did best in Potions. Sirius had the skill and capability in him, but never seemed to really care. But when he applied himself to his studies, he did extremely well.

Both groups were sorted into Gryffindor five years ago and participated in the Quidditch games in some way. As Gryffindor's captain, James played seeker while Sirius and Dorca both played beaters. The others went to the games and cheered the three players on.

It was an early Saturday morning when Lily found herself in the Great Hall with only James for company.

'Five years has done nothing to mature that boy..' Lily thought to herself as she watched James pour what looked like salt in the pumpkin juice pitcher that sat on the Slytherin's table. Looking at her watch she realized that it was only 7:30 in the morning and James was already at it.

"Uhh.. James are you sure you should be doing that?" She asked from her spot at the Gryffindor table.

"Well I guess that depends that on your point of view doesn't it? 'Cause I mean to you, no I shouldn't. But on the other hand, I should. I think it's more than necessary.. for the improvement of all humanity," James replied to her while emptying the rest of the container's contents into the pitcher.

"And how is putting salt in the Slytherin's pumpkin juice going to help improve humanity?" Lily asked while she rolled her eyes.

"Can you honestly tell me that you won't get some entertainment when you see one of the Slytherin's, hopefully Snape's, reaction? And besides, who said it was salt?"

"Oh wonderful, what is it then if it's not salt?"

James opened his mouth to respond but never got the chance. Looking over Lily's shoulder, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"What the heck.." Lily said as she turned around. But she wasn't heard, her voice was drowned out by Dorca's yells.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL SIRIUS IN THE NAME OF ALL THINGS HOLY ARE YOU DOING?!?"

Dorca was attempting to walk towards Lily but finding it a hard thing to accomplish. With Sirius skipping backwards and singing a pointless song at the top of his lungs it was no wonder why Dorca looked torn between amusement and anger.

"STOP IT YOU GREAT PRAT BEFORE I TRIP YOU!"

Sirius paid no attention to Dorca's yells and continued with his song, "Laaaaaa laaaaa laaa leeee leee DEEEE!! Laaaaa laaaa leee leee DEEEE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

With each 'de' and 'da' Lily and Dorca had to cover their ears, it was to painful to hear Sirius's attempt to hit his high notes. Sirius finally stopped when they reached the table where Lily and James were.

By the time Marlie, Remus, and Peter had joined the others, the Slytherin's pitcher was completely forgotten. That was until Snape decided he was thirsty. Out of nowhere Snape starting hacking and rolling around the floor, which caused James, Sirius, and Dorca to crack up. When smoke started to steam from Snape's greasy head, the three of them lost control. Marlie was to engrossed in her current book to comprehend what was going on and Peter couldn't figure out what everyone found so funny anyways. Lily and Remus were both torn between laughing and anxiety.

"Prongs -gasp- what the hell -gasp- did you do?" Sirius asked between laughs and breathing.

"I nicked some -HAHAHAHA- pepperup potion -gasp- from the hospital wing. Haahaaa I am sooo good!"

Dorca couldn't even string two words together, she was too busy laughing her head off.

Lily finally seemed to find her voice. "Oh that's so mature! Really Potter! What the hell are you thinking??"

"Aww come on Lily, even you have to admit that was priceless," Dorca said as tears streamed down her face.

"It certainly was not! I can't believe this.. Really Dorca! Get yourself under control! Come on Marlie, lets go," Lily said she grabbed her bag and Marlie's upper arm.

"That's nice Lily," Marlie said she turned a page in her book and pulled her arm away.

"ARRHHH!! FINE THEN, I'LL GO BY MYSELF!!!" And with that Lily got up and stormed out of the Great Hall.

Marlie finally looked up when Lily yelled and asked Remus, "What's up with her?"

"No idea."

Dorca stopped laughing and got a serious look on her face. She said, "I do, she's to stressed out about her grades. That girl must spend at least 5 hours on her homework every night. It's no wonder why she's so mad all the time. She needs to get out and live a little!"

"Well.. we could help her out in that area. How would you guys like to help us out with a prank tonight?" Sirius replied.

At that, Marlie finally put her book down. "Ohhh no. That will go over REAL well. Absolutely not. You saw how she reacted just now. We need to try and relax the girl, not stress her out by getting her mad. Can't we think if something else?"

"What about a Quidditch game tonight? Not a real one, just a sort of practice game," Remus asked.

"That's a great idea.. but how are we going to get her out of her dorm?"

"Easy, we'll kidnap her. So anywho.. Now that that's taken care of who's up for a game of exploding Snap??" Sirius asked everyone as he got the cards out of his pocket.

"Sirius those don't look like ordinary cards.."

"That's cause they aren't. They're one of the experimental decks that the makers had to throw out. The guy said they were too powerful or something.. I don't know. He said something about taking it down a notch.. I wasn't really paying attention. Wanna play?" He asked Dorca.

"Uhh.. no thanks, I'll just watch," she replied with a frown on her face.

"I will I will I will I will!!! And I bet you 20 galleons that I win," James yelled.

"Your on!"

"Oh wonderful.. Oh golly gee.." Marlie said as she returned to her book.

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Well there you go.. Hope you liked it, and if you didn't that's ok because it wasn't all that great of a chapter. But just wait for the future chapters!

EllA