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Summary: The story of James and the Marauders through their seven years at Hogwarts.

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews, guys! I'm sorry I had to change to a new name…long story. Anyways, here's chapter two!

Chapter Two: Who's That Girl?

James and Sirius waved a final goodbye to their parents as the train turned, obstructing their view of the station with a grassy green hill.

James turned towards Sirius, giving him a mischievous grin. "What prank should we pull first? My dad snuck me a bunch of Dungbombs…he said it would annoy Filch to no end."

Sirius smiled right back, his face mirroring James's enthusiasm. He raised his arm, shoving his baggage in James's face. "What do you say we put these things away first?"

James sighed and nodded, and they started walking through the narrow hallway in search of an empty carriage. Sirius sprinted ahead of James, his luggage being lighter; his mother hadn't made him carry everything he would never need. James sniffed. My mum's an overprotective, loony old bat.

"James!" Sirius beckoned to him, finally having found a suitable vacant cabin and they sprinted in, tossing their suitcases carelessly on the floor. Jumping over their bags, the two sunk into the plush velvet benches that adorned the sides of the room. Finally sitting comfortably, the two gazed at each other and grinned simultaneously. Time to return to our planning…

"So, do you think the Dungbombs are a good idea? My dad also put a bunch of Filibuster's Wet Start Fireworks in my bag for me. He even made me vow to break the number of detentions he got when he attended Hogwarts - 293. My mum would have a cow if she knew."

Sirius laughed. "I wish my mum and dad were like yours. Both my parents would go starkers if they knew what I was planning to do."

"My mum gave me a right talking to before I left for Hogwarts. She'd have to be mad to actually think that I wouldn't pull something while here. It's hereditary. Anyways, Dungbombs or Filibusters? The Dungbombs would give Filch a head start about our …tendencies," here James grinned nastily, " but Filibusters would attract so much more attention. But do we really want to get on McGonagall's bad side?" His hazel eyes twinkled, revealing the answer to his own question.

Sirius opened his mouth to reply, when he was cut off by the glass door opening. They both turned their heads towards the disturbance, annoyed at being interrupted in the midst of their conniving. However, the girl who was staring at them uncertainly from the doorway definitely made up for it…

"Um, hello. All the other cabins are full…may I sit here?" The girl gazed at them, tilting her head to one side, which made her long red hair sprawl over her shoulder. She had a pale, high cheek boned face with beautiful emerald eyes.

Sirius recovered first, smiling at the girl, clearly interested. "Helloo, there. Sure, you can sit here." He leaned back in the chair, grinning up at the girl cockily. "I'm Sirius Black and this bloke here is James." He gestured towards the boy sitting opposite him, who was staring rather blankly at the redhead.

The girl looked at Sirius suspiciously, as if she had never been the source of a boy's interest before. "Thanks. I'm Lily Evans." She walked into the small room, carefully sidestepping the boys' possessions which lay haphazardly over the floor. She sighed. Boys will be boys.

But this is such a mess! I'm sure they would like it much better if it was nice and neat. And so Lily bent over on the floor, picking up various objects and putting them neatly in the corner seat opposite from her own. She then stood up, satisfaction clear on her face. "There! Much better." Cuddling up in her own chair, which was coincidentally as far as possible from the boys' own, she picked up her pack and rifled through it. There it is. I don't want to fall behind…I mean, all these people have been wizards all their lives! I better study as much as I can. Lily pulled out her book and began to read, conveniently isolating herself from the other occupants with the pages of the book

Sirius observed this whole process with a raised eyebrow. It went even higher as he caught sight of the title of her reading material. "Standard Book of Spells Grade 1? Y'know, we're gonna be learning enough in class; you don't need to read that rubbish right now - me and James are much more interesting." He winked at her, the 'famous Black wink', although that was lost on Lily, for she was still avidly studying her textbook.

Lily eventually looked up, smiling at Sirius. "Oh, no! This really is interesting! I've already learned a few spells - I hope I won't be behind, can you imagine getting a B in a class?!" She shuddered, returning her attention to her book, pointedly trying to ignore the strange bespectacled boy who was still gazing at her.

Sirius smirked, now sure of this girl's dorkiness, and turned to James, a plan already forming in his mind. "Eh, James, she seems rather loony, don't you think? And y'know how I feel about people who are starkers. Lets revise our plan, and target this one here first. What d'you say, James? …James? Helloo, mate, you there?" Sirius waved his arm in front of his friend's face, and when that didn't yield any response, he promptly slapped James.

"…Huh? What happened?" James reddened from embarrassment upon realizing he had been noticed, and turned his head hurriedly from Lily to Sirius who's smirk, if anything, had gotten even more pronounced. "What?!" he huffed, pretending as if nothing at all had happened.

"As I was saying, I think we should let Evans here know exactly who we are. Y'know, as practice for our big one at the Sorting Ceremony." He looked at James expectantly, thinking his friend would think it brilliant. He was not prepared for…

"NO!" James hissed, looking surprised at his own vehemence. "I, uh, mean, she's nice enough…no need to prank her…"he finished lamely.

Sirius smiled knowingly. "So you do fancy her, then? Just admit it, mate."

James reddened even more, if possible. "I do not!"

"Then you won't mind if I mess with her a little?" Sirius reached into his back pocket, pulling out his wand. "She's asking for it, after all. Imagine, reading textbooks when we haven't even stepped inside the school yet!" Sirius looked appalled at the very thought. He slowly raised his wand, racking his brain for a decent hex.

"No! Don't!" James whipped out his own wand from within his robes as he saw Sirius's lips forming words, preparing to deflect the spell -but it was too late. He stood frozen, watching, as if in slow motion, as the purple ball of light sped towards the oblivious Lily.

It finally reached, her, resulting in a flash of purple light as it made contact with her skin. She looked up from her book, startled and angry. I might be muggleborn, but that doesn't mean I don't know what a hex is!" Her eyes took in the room until they finally settled on James, or more accurately, James's wand.

"What do you think you're doing?!" she hissed.

Ahh, I'm sorry it's so short! Well, I hope you like.

Now, does anyone have any ideas what Lily should be cursed with? I'll give you a cookie if I like your idea!

And do you guys think I should do the story in different peoples' points of views - not only James, but Sirius, Lupin, Peter, and Lily too? …I guess I already did some from Lily's point of view…ah, whatever.

And another thing…I'm attempting to write in the British-style, but if anyone has any tips for me, I'd welcome it!

Please review! How else will I know if I'm failing miserably at the whole Marauders' thing? ^^ Thanks for reading!