Hi this is my new fic! My last one really sucked so ( I must've been drunk)
I decided to make a new one!!
DISCLAIMER: Dude, I can't be J K Rowling! I'm much better than her! Only joking' and I wish I were better than her! Anyhow this entire world belongs to Rowling but I was wondering if J K ever reads this: Wanna swap one of Lily's pals for Dumbledore?
Anyway on with the story! It picks up where Snape's worst memory left off! U BETTER REVIEW!
Chapter One:
"Right!" said James who looked positively furious. "Right who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?" The crowd cheered as James and Sirius pointed their wands at Snape, moving in for the kill. James raised his wand bellowed the incantation and just as the words left his lips something knocked James of his feet, sending his spell harmlessly of into the sky.
"POTTER!" It was the Transfiguration teacher Minerva McGonagoll, her wand raised and pointing in Sirius and James' direction. James stood up slowly, rubbing his back, bracing himself for whatever was coming next. "In all your years, this is by far the most atrocious thing you have done! If I weren't coming down here anyway Merlin knows what you would have done to Mr. Snape! Detention!" James' groaned loudly as McGonagoll led a rather grateful Snape to the castle.
"Lets go," said Remus, who finally put his book aside, as McGonagoll and Snape disappeared from sight.
"Old Snivellus got lucky. If it weren't for McGonagoll I would have had the greasy git," said James rather disappointedly as he and the Marauders trooped up to Gryffindor Tower.
"Yeah," piped up Peter. "He deserves it, and maybe, also a change of pants." James and Sirius laughed loudly at this. Remus slipped through the portrait hole leading to the common room. The others followed him inside.
***
"And then! He asks me out! What a jerk!" Lily Evans was deeply immersed in one of her trademark rants about James Potter.
"Well Lil," said, a very pretty girl with dark brown hair and coal black eyes, called Helen Marchbank slightly hesitantly. "Have you ever considered the possibility th-that he actually likes you?"
"Ha! As if! He only wants to go out me with me for a week. Then he'll get bored and dump me!" Lily half-shouted.
"Lil," said Emelline Johnson, a friend of Lily who had blonde hair and brown eyes. "Why don't you just go out with Potter? Once. Then he'll dump you and never bother you again.
"For your information Em, I wont give Potter the pleasure of adding me to his list of conquests!" said Lily who was getting extremely annoyed at her best friends for not giving better advice. Both Em or Helen didn't speak for a while and lily took a seat in the armchairs by the fire, trying to forget about Pig-Headed Potter, but she didn't get her wish.
"Hey Evans, why did you run away like that?" Said a pleasant male voice that Lily was trying to forget about. Ignoring James, she stood up and stormed away to the girl's dormitories without even saying a word to her best friends. 'Stupid Potter!' she thought angrily as she lay in her bed. She heard the door creek and saw the outline of two people enter the room.
"What was all that about, Lil? Asked Em closing the door behind her.
"I just wasn't in the mood for saint Potter and his fan club!" Lily replied harshly.
"You know, I reckon you're jealous of them." Said Helen with a bit of a grin on her face, before she could stop herself.
"Helen! I would never throw my self at James Potter; he is the most insensitive, bigheaded and annoying jerk in this school." Hissed Lily angrily at her friend for even thinking that she would be jealous of James Potter's fan club.
"What about Snape?" Said Em.
"What about Snape?" Lily asked with more anger in her voice than she wanted.
"He keeps calling you m-mud-mudblood" said Helen disgusted at the very thought.
"Just because Potter doesn't care about who my parents are doesn't make him perfect. Him and his stupid friends." Snapped Lily.
"Sirius is brilliant!" said Helen in an awed voice. "B-but Lupin and Pettigrew are nice too," she added quickly her cheeks turning pink. Lily and Em sniggered. Helen threw a pillow at her best friends.
"He is good-looking," Lily said in agreement after she had stopped laughing. "But he's as bad as Potter. And Pettigrew joins in with them all the time. If you ask me Lupin is the only decent one out of them.
***
"I can't believe Evans turned me down again," said James bitterly in the boy's dorm.
"Probably 'cos I'm so good-looking," said Sirius nodding arrogantly.
"Prongs, I think you need to stop showing off in front of her. In case you haven't noticed she only gets annoyed when you do that." Said Remus shooting Sirius a warning look.
"Why don't you go out with someone else James?" Peter suggested.
"Yeah! Why don't you? Her friend Emelline Johnson! She's much prettier than Evans!" said Sirius thinking this would cheer James up.
"Padfoot old friend. Evans is different, she's got something about her." Said James wishing he knew what that something was.
"Why don't you try a different approach, Prongs?" said Remus thinking hard.
"And what do you mean by that?" asked Sirius.
"I meant actually try to know her a little better, being nice to her and like her for who she is. Something you will never be capable of Padfoot!" finished Remus.
"I can't help it if I never have any problem with girls!" said Sirius proudly.
"That's because you never stay with a girl long enough for any problems to arise," said Peter. Sirius scowled and Remus grinned at his Peter.
"Well said, Wormtail." Said Remus glad that Sirius had finally shut up.
"You know Moony, I'm gonna try what you just advised." Said James very seriously.
"Ha! Good one! You'll be back to normal after a good night's sleep!" said Sirius; amused at the thought James would give up his ways.
"I'm serious Padfoot."
"No you're James! I'm Sirius!" said Sirius very confused.
"Padfoot my brain dead friend, go to sleep," Remus suggested. James and Peter laughed and Sirius, finally figuring out what James had just said went to bed.
"Night Padfoot!" said James from his bed.
"See you in the morning my dear Prongs" replied Sirius stifling a yawn.
"Brain dead friend, that's a good one!" Peter muttered, chucking, to Remus. He shut up when Sirius hit him on the head with a pillow.
***
"Good morning," said James to his friends as he joined them at the end of term feast a week later.
"Don't worry you'll be back to normal by the end of the holidays!" Sirius remarked brightly.
"You just don't get it do you, Padfoot?" James asked as the four friends boarded the Hogwarts Express.
"All this for a girl! I'm ashamed!" said Sirius with a grin.
***
"Hey! Moony! Padfoot! Wait up!" shouted a seventeen year old James Potter looking for his friends almost a year after he had promised to change his ways.
"Lay the carpets, Moony old chap! The High-Headboy is here," said Sirius rather ridiculously.
"At once, sir! At once!" said Remus bowing towards James.
"Shut up!" said James as he drew closer to his friends.
"Hey Prongs, guess who's head headgirl?" said Sirius bursting with laughter.
"Who?"
"Lily Evans!" said both Sirius and Remus.
"That's good for her." Said James not greatly concerned.
"And you! Gonna be snogging her during all your little meetings?" asked Sirius, highly amused at the very thought.
"Whatever!" said James trying to rid the image of Lily Evans, in his arms, from his mind.
"Hey!" It was Peter, his head sticking out of a window. "Hurry up! Train leaves in five minutes!"
"Oh yeah!" said James, shoving his trunk on the train and proceeding to the compartment where Peter was sitting.
"All right there Wormtail?" asked Sirius as James and him sat down opposite of each other.
"Hey Prongs! Me and you have to go to the prefects carriage and you and Evans have to give out instructions." Said Remus.
"What? Oh yeah, I forgot! See you two later." Said James following Remus to the front of the train as the last whistle sounded and the train began to move."
"Hi!" said James brightly upon entering the Prefects carriage.
"What are you doing here, Potter?" James turned around to see a disapproving Lily Evans looking back at him.
"Well, Evans, I have been made Headboy" said James trying not to puff out his chest.
"Dumbledore must have gone senile!" Lily snapped as he walked to the top. "OK! I am the new Headgirl and Potter is the new head boy!" She said loudly getting the attention of all the prefects.
"So anyone want to take the first patrol?" James asked the Prefects. No one volunteered. "Anyone?"
"I'll take the second patrol with Fortes!" said Remus brightly.
"OK." So, nobody wants the first patrol. I suppose I'll do it. Anyone wanna do it with me?" Lily said. No one replied.
"Well I'll patrol with you Evans!" said James hopefully.
"No one?" Lily almost pleaded. "Fine, Potter lets go." James followed Lily out of the carriage, receiving a wink from Remus.
"So what've you been up to Evans?" James asked in what he hoped was a mature voice.
"Nothing much, Potter." Said Lily resisting the urge to stick a needle in his 'overlarge' head. "You?"
"You know, the usual." Replied James. "Bet you didn't think I'd become Headboy though?"
"No I honestly didn't," said Lily sincerely. "Did you think I'd become head girl?"
"Defiantly!" said James with a grin. "Who else? Sirius' cousin, Bellatrix Black! As if!" Lily went slightly red and then wondered why Potter hadn't asked her out a hundred times by now. Lily and James continued to patrol for a few more minutes in quiet until Lily walked into someone.
"Out of my way, Mudblood!" It was Severus Snape, his hair as greasy as ever. "Move it you filth!" he sneered at her. James stepped in front of Lily, his wand pointed threateningly at Snape.
"Apologize to Evans!" He roared at Snape, his voice seeping with hatred.
"Ah, Potty likes the Mudblood." Sneered Snape, his lip curling as he drew his wand.
"So what if I do?" Yelled James. "Apologize to her or you'll pay, Snivellus!" Lily, sensing danger grabbed James' arm above his elbow pulling at him.
"Potter! No!" shouted Lily. "I don't need you to make him apologize! C'mon lets go! Potter!" Very reluctantly James' allowed himself to be pulled away by Lily.
"Evans! He was insulting you!" said James after they had put a carriage between themselves and Snape.
"I don't care Potter! You don't need to be in trouble, on the first day back!" said Lily. "And I didn't ask for an apology, so, next time keep out of it!"
"What!" James shouted in disbelief. "I was standing up for you Evans."
"I don't need you to stand up for me! "Lily also shouted get very angry. "I think our shift is over! Tell Lupin to take over with Fortes!" And with that she hurried away. James felt very angry. He was trying to defend her after Snape had called Lily a-a you-know-what! Why did she have to turn on him like that? Hadn't they just enjoyed a nice peaceful shift and a pleasant conversation? But she had to ruin it. 'Well back to square one' James thought miserably as he joined Sirius and Peter in their compartment.
The three boys played exploding snap and wizard chess. Later Remus rejoined them. When the lady with the trolley came James and Sirius bout almost half the trolley and the rest of the journey was spent seeing who could eat the most chocolate frogs in one minute and other games like that. It grew dark and the boys changed into their school robes, eventually the train skidded to a halt and James followed his friend out of the Hogwarts Express.
"Alright there Hagrid!" shouted James as Hagrid waved to the Marauders.
"James!" He said. "Nice ter see yer. Watch it there Sirius!" He added as Sirius let of a few dungbombs to ring in the new term. The Marauders sat in one of the horseless carriages and talked about the chances of Gryffindor winning the quidditch cup this year.
After half and hour or so the boys were sitting hungrily at the Gryffindor table looking down at the old sorting hat.
"I may not be so pretty But I tell you I'm very witty Witty enough to choose a place for you You could belong to Gryffindor Where they are brave and true Set Gryffindor aside You could belong to Slytherin Those cunning folk make real friends Pure of blood and mind Hufflepuffs and just and loyal Those people aren't affected by greed or toil You could belong to Ravenclaw They're keen of mind and in all their plans There hasn't ever been a single flaw Enough is said enough is done Put me on and try to have fun!!"
With that the hat finished its song and the great hall burst into applause. Professor McGonagoll proceeded with the sorting:
"Adams, Jonathan," she said.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted. And slowly the long line of first years began to thin until there was just one student left.
"Yuleson, Sarah," said McGonagoll.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat screamed as the great hall burst into applause. When the applause died down, Dumbledore stood up.
"Welcome, and welcome back." He said smiling. "Since Mr. Black looks as if he is going to eat Mr. Lupin's robes, lets begin the feast." With that the plated filled with food and the Marauders began to stuff their mouths until their stomachs gave up. The food vanished and Lily threw Sirius, who had just burped loudly, a very disgusted look. Beaming, Dumbledore stood up to once again address his students.
"Now, since we have all eaten why don't I make the notices quick?" Said Dumbledore, his blue eyes twinkling. "Lets see, First years please note that the Forbidden Forest is well forbidden. Some of our older students," he looked directly at the Marauders, "could also do with remembering that. Quidditch tryouts are on Friday. Now off you trot! And Mr. Potter, Miss Evans a word with you please?" As the students made their way up to the dormitories Lily and James walked up to Dumbledore.
"Hello!" said Dumbledore brightly. "Congratulations, both of you! I am trusting both of you to behave yourselves this year, especially you, James."
"And why would I not?" asked James with a mischievous grin.
"Anyway," Dumbledore continued. "James you have also been made Quidditch captain. I trust you will do well. Lily, the results of your Preliminary NEWT exams were so excellent you topped every subject apart from Defence against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration. And St. Mungo's has offered you a job as a trainee healer when you leave school! So, to both of you, congratulations-" the rest of his words were drowned out by a very large explosion outside the great hall. As McGonagoll rushed outside Dumbledore smiled.
"I see Mr. Black has decided to start things of with a bang! Well goodnight!" With that James and Lily exited through to the great hall.
"Congratulations on the job offer Evans!" said James with such sincerity that Lily smiled at him for the first time since their Third year.
"Thanks, Potter and I hope being captain doesn't re-inflate you recently deflated head." Replied Lily still smiling.
"Cheers Evans," said James as they entered Gryffindor tower to find Sirius surrounded by a large group of girls. James and Lily rolled their eyes, said good-bye to each other and went to their friends.
"So you changed your mind about Potter?" asked Em her dark eyes glinting.
"No, he's just deflated a bit. He still has a long way to go." Said Lily.
"Oh so now he has a chance, even if a small one!" said Helen grinning.
"No!" said Lily feeling the slightest of blushes creeping to her face. "He doesn't have a chance."
"Whatever you say hun." Replied Em as the Marauders burst into laughter.
"Lets go before they set of another dungbomb," suggested Helen.
"Yeah." Said Lily and she followed her friends up the stairs to their dormitory.
***
Well that just the beginning, tell me how do u guys like it? Please, Please, please REVIEW!! If you have read it please let me know if you like it or hate it. PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE!!! Oh and I'll post next chapter when I get my first review!! SEE YA oh and REVIEW!!
DISCLAIMER: Dude, I can't be J K Rowling! I'm much better than her! Only joking' and I wish I were better than her! Anyhow this entire world belongs to Rowling but I was wondering if J K ever reads this: Wanna swap one of Lily's pals for Dumbledore?
Anyway on with the story! It picks up where Snape's worst memory left off! U BETTER REVIEW!
Chapter One:
"Right!" said James who looked positively furious. "Right who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?" The crowd cheered as James and Sirius pointed their wands at Snape, moving in for the kill. James raised his wand bellowed the incantation and just as the words left his lips something knocked James of his feet, sending his spell harmlessly of into the sky.
"POTTER!" It was the Transfiguration teacher Minerva McGonagoll, her wand raised and pointing in Sirius and James' direction. James stood up slowly, rubbing his back, bracing himself for whatever was coming next. "In all your years, this is by far the most atrocious thing you have done! If I weren't coming down here anyway Merlin knows what you would have done to Mr. Snape! Detention!" James' groaned loudly as McGonagoll led a rather grateful Snape to the castle.
"Lets go," said Remus, who finally put his book aside, as McGonagoll and Snape disappeared from sight.
"Old Snivellus got lucky. If it weren't for McGonagoll I would have had the greasy git," said James rather disappointedly as he and the Marauders trooped up to Gryffindor Tower.
"Yeah," piped up Peter. "He deserves it, and maybe, also a change of pants." James and Sirius laughed loudly at this. Remus slipped through the portrait hole leading to the common room. The others followed him inside.
***
"And then! He asks me out! What a jerk!" Lily Evans was deeply immersed in one of her trademark rants about James Potter.
"Well Lil," said, a very pretty girl with dark brown hair and coal black eyes, called Helen Marchbank slightly hesitantly. "Have you ever considered the possibility th-that he actually likes you?"
"Ha! As if! He only wants to go out me with me for a week. Then he'll get bored and dump me!" Lily half-shouted.
"Lil," said Emelline Johnson, a friend of Lily who had blonde hair and brown eyes. "Why don't you just go out with Potter? Once. Then he'll dump you and never bother you again.
"For your information Em, I wont give Potter the pleasure of adding me to his list of conquests!" said Lily who was getting extremely annoyed at her best friends for not giving better advice. Both Em or Helen didn't speak for a while and lily took a seat in the armchairs by the fire, trying to forget about Pig-Headed Potter, but she didn't get her wish.
"Hey Evans, why did you run away like that?" Said a pleasant male voice that Lily was trying to forget about. Ignoring James, she stood up and stormed away to the girl's dormitories without even saying a word to her best friends. 'Stupid Potter!' she thought angrily as she lay in her bed. She heard the door creek and saw the outline of two people enter the room.
"What was all that about, Lil? Asked Em closing the door behind her.
"I just wasn't in the mood for saint Potter and his fan club!" Lily replied harshly.
"You know, I reckon you're jealous of them." Said Helen with a bit of a grin on her face, before she could stop herself.
"Helen! I would never throw my self at James Potter; he is the most insensitive, bigheaded and annoying jerk in this school." Hissed Lily angrily at her friend for even thinking that she would be jealous of James Potter's fan club.
"What about Snape?" Said Em.
"What about Snape?" Lily asked with more anger in her voice than she wanted.
"He keeps calling you m-mud-mudblood" said Helen disgusted at the very thought.
"Just because Potter doesn't care about who my parents are doesn't make him perfect. Him and his stupid friends." Snapped Lily.
"Sirius is brilliant!" said Helen in an awed voice. "B-but Lupin and Pettigrew are nice too," she added quickly her cheeks turning pink. Lily and Em sniggered. Helen threw a pillow at her best friends.
"He is good-looking," Lily said in agreement after she had stopped laughing. "But he's as bad as Potter. And Pettigrew joins in with them all the time. If you ask me Lupin is the only decent one out of them.
***
"I can't believe Evans turned me down again," said James bitterly in the boy's dorm.
"Probably 'cos I'm so good-looking," said Sirius nodding arrogantly.
"Prongs, I think you need to stop showing off in front of her. In case you haven't noticed she only gets annoyed when you do that." Said Remus shooting Sirius a warning look.
"Why don't you go out with someone else James?" Peter suggested.
"Yeah! Why don't you? Her friend Emelline Johnson! She's much prettier than Evans!" said Sirius thinking this would cheer James up.
"Padfoot old friend. Evans is different, she's got something about her." Said James wishing he knew what that something was.
"Why don't you try a different approach, Prongs?" said Remus thinking hard.
"And what do you mean by that?" asked Sirius.
"I meant actually try to know her a little better, being nice to her and like her for who she is. Something you will never be capable of Padfoot!" finished Remus.
"I can't help it if I never have any problem with girls!" said Sirius proudly.
"That's because you never stay with a girl long enough for any problems to arise," said Peter. Sirius scowled and Remus grinned at his Peter.
"Well said, Wormtail." Said Remus glad that Sirius had finally shut up.
"You know Moony, I'm gonna try what you just advised." Said James very seriously.
"Ha! Good one! You'll be back to normal after a good night's sleep!" said Sirius; amused at the thought James would give up his ways.
"I'm serious Padfoot."
"No you're James! I'm Sirius!" said Sirius very confused.
"Padfoot my brain dead friend, go to sleep," Remus suggested. James and Peter laughed and Sirius, finally figuring out what James had just said went to bed.
"Night Padfoot!" said James from his bed.
"See you in the morning my dear Prongs" replied Sirius stifling a yawn.
"Brain dead friend, that's a good one!" Peter muttered, chucking, to Remus. He shut up when Sirius hit him on the head with a pillow.
***
"Good morning," said James to his friends as he joined them at the end of term feast a week later.
"Don't worry you'll be back to normal by the end of the holidays!" Sirius remarked brightly.
"You just don't get it do you, Padfoot?" James asked as the four friends boarded the Hogwarts Express.
"All this for a girl! I'm ashamed!" said Sirius with a grin.
***
"Hey! Moony! Padfoot! Wait up!" shouted a seventeen year old James Potter looking for his friends almost a year after he had promised to change his ways.
"Lay the carpets, Moony old chap! The High-Headboy is here," said Sirius rather ridiculously.
"At once, sir! At once!" said Remus bowing towards James.
"Shut up!" said James as he drew closer to his friends.
"Hey Prongs, guess who's head headgirl?" said Sirius bursting with laughter.
"Who?"
"Lily Evans!" said both Sirius and Remus.
"That's good for her." Said James not greatly concerned.
"And you! Gonna be snogging her during all your little meetings?" asked Sirius, highly amused at the very thought.
"Whatever!" said James trying to rid the image of Lily Evans, in his arms, from his mind.
"Hey!" It was Peter, his head sticking out of a window. "Hurry up! Train leaves in five minutes!"
"Oh yeah!" said James, shoving his trunk on the train and proceeding to the compartment where Peter was sitting.
"All right there Wormtail?" asked Sirius as James and him sat down opposite of each other.
"Hey Prongs! Me and you have to go to the prefects carriage and you and Evans have to give out instructions." Said Remus.
"What? Oh yeah, I forgot! See you two later." Said James following Remus to the front of the train as the last whistle sounded and the train began to move."
"Hi!" said James brightly upon entering the Prefects carriage.
"What are you doing here, Potter?" James turned around to see a disapproving Lily Evans looking back at him.
"Well, Evans, I have been made Headboy" said James trying not to puff out his chest.
"Dumbledore must have gone senile!" Lily snapped as he walked to the top. "OK! I am the new Headgirl and Potter is the new head boy!" She said loudly getting the attention of all the prefects.
"So anyone want to take the first patrol?" James asked the Prefects. No one volunteered. "Anyone?"
"I'll take the second patrol with Fortes!" said Remus brightly.
"OK." So, nobody wants the first patrol. I suppose I'll do it. Anyone wanna do it with me?" Lily said. No one replied.
"Well I'll patrol with you Evans!" said James hopefully.
"No one?" Lily almost pleaded. "Fine, Potter lets go." James followed Lily out of the carriage, receiving a wink from Remus.
"So what've you been up to Evans?" James asked in what he hoped was a mature voice.
"Nothing much, Potter." Said Lily resisting the urge to stick a needle in his 'overlarge' head. "You?"
"You know, the usual." Replied James. "Bet you didn't think I'd become Headboy though?"
"No I honestly didn't," said Lily sincerely. "Did you think I'd become head girl?"
"Defiantly!" said James with a grin. "Who else? Sirius' cousin, Bellatrix Black! As if!" Lily went slightly red and then wondered why Potter hadn't asked her out a hundred times by now. Lily and James continued to patrol for a few more minutes in quiet until Lily walked into someone.
"Out of my way, Mudblood!" It was Severus Snape, his hair as greasy as ever. "Move it you filth!" he sneered at her. James stepped in front of Lily, his wand pointed threateningly at Snape.
"Apologize to Evans!" He roared at Snape, his voice seeping with hatred.
"Ah, Potty likes the Mudblood." Sneered Snape, his lip curling as he drew his wand.
"So what if I do?" Yelled James. "Apologize to her or you'll pay, Snivellus!" Lily, sensing danger grabbed James' arm above his elbow pulling at him.
"Potter! No!" shouted Lily. "I don't need you to make him apologize! C'mon lets go! Potter!" Very reluctantly James' allowed himself to be pulled away by Lily.
"Evans! He was insulting you!" said James after they had put a carriage between themselves and Snape.
"I don't care Potter! You don't need to be in trouble, on the first day back!" said Lily. "And I didn't ask for an apology, so, next time keep out of it!"
"What!" James shouted in disbelief. "I was standing up for you Evans."
"I don't need you to stand up for me! "Lily also shouted get very angry. "I think our shift is over! Tell Lupin to take over with Fortes!" And with that she hurried away. James felt very angry. He was trying to defend her after Snape had called Lily a-a you-know-what! Why did she have to turn on him like that? Hadn't they just enjoyed a nice peaceful shift and a pleasant conversation? But she had to ruin it. 'Well back to square one' James thought miserably as he joined Sirius and Peter in their compartment.
The three boys played exploding snap and wizard chess. Later Remus rejoined them. When the lady with the trolley came James and Sirius bout almost half the trolley and the rest of the journey was spent seeing who could eat the most chocolate frogs in one minute and other games like that. It grew dark and the boys changed into their school robes, eventually the train skidded to a halt and James followed his friend out of the Hogwarts Express.
"Alright there Hagrid!" shouted James as Hagrid waved to the Marauders.
"James!" He said. "Nice ter see yer. Watch it there Sirius!" He added as Sirius let of a few dungbombs to ring in the new term. The Marauders sat in one of the horseless carriages and talked about the chances of Gryffindor winning the quidditch cup this year.
After half and hour or so the boys were sitting hungrily at the Gryffindor table looking down at the old sorting hat.
"I may not be so pretty But I tell you I'm very witty Witty enough to choose a place for you You could belong to Gryffindor Where they are brave and true Set Gryffindor aside You could belong to Slytherin Those cunning folk make real friends Pure of blood and mind Hufflepuffs and just and loyal Those people aren't affected by greed or toil You could belong to Ravenclaw They're keen of mind and in all their plans There hasn't ever been a single flaw Enough is said enough is done Put me on and try to have fun!!"
With that the hat finished its song and the great hall burst into applause. Professor McGonagoll proceeded with the sorting:
"Adams, Jonathan," she said.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted. And slowly the long line of first years began to thin until there was just one student left.
"Yuleson, Sarah," said McGonagoll.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat screamed as the great hall burst into applause. When the applause died down, Dumbledore stood up.
"Welcome, and welcome back." He said smiling. "Since Mr. Black looks as if he is going to eat Mr. Lupin's robes, lets begin the feast." With that the plated filled with food and the Marauders began to stuff their mouths until their stomachs gave up. The food vanished and Lily threw Sirius, who had just burped loudly, a very disgusted look. Beaming, Dumbledore stood up to once again address his students.
"Now, since we have all eaten why don't I make the notices quick?" Said Dumbledore, his blue eyes twinkling. "Lets see, First years please note that the Forbidden Forest is well forbidden. Some of our older students," he looked directly at the Marauders, "could also do with remembering that. Quidditch tryouts are on Friday. Now off you trot! And Mr. Potter, Miss Evans a word with you please?" As the students made their way up to the dormitories Lily and James walked up to Dumbledore.
"Hello!" said Dumbledore brightly. "Congratulations, both of you! I am trusting both of you to behave yourselves this year, especially you, James."
"And why would I not?" asked James with a mischievous grin.
"Anyway," Dumbledore continued. "James you have also been made Quidditch captain. I trust you will do well. Lily, the results of your Preliminary NEWT exams were so excellent you topped every subject apart from Defence against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration. And St. Mungo's has offered you a job as a trainee healer when you leave school! So, to both of you, congratulations-" the rest of his words were drowned out by a very large explosion outside the great hall. As McGonagoll rushed outside Dumbledore smiled.
"I see Mr. Black has decided to start things of with a bang! Well goodnight!" With that James and Lily exited through to the great hall.
"Congratulations on the job offer Evans!" said James with such sincerity that Lily smiled at him for the first time since their Third year.
"Thanks, Potter and I hope being captain doesn't re-inflate you recently deflated head." Replied Lily still smiling.
"Cheers Evans," said James as they entered Gryffindor tower to find Sirius surrounded by a large group of girls. James and Lily rolled their eyes, said good-bye to each other and went to their friends.
"So you changed your mind about Potter?" asked Em her dark eyes glinting.
"No, he's just deflated a bit. He still has a long way to go." Said Lily.
"Oh so now he has a chance, even if a small one!" said Helen grinning.
"No!" said Lily feeling the slightest of blushes creeping to her face. "He doesn't have a chance."
"Whatever you say hun." Replied Em as the Marauders burst into laughter.
"Lets go before they set of another dungbomb," suggested Helen.
"Yeah." Said Lily and she followed her friends up the stairs to their dormitory.
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