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A/N: Okay majority rules the thanks to reviews will be at the bottom! So check there and now on with the story!!! Also about the last sentence in the last chapter, just ignore it! I went through it and it took me a whole ten minutes to figure out what I was talking about!

Chapter 14: Second Year

James walked through the train, checking every compartment in search for his friends. He eventually found them at one of the compartments near the back of the train.

"Hey James!" they all said in unison once he slid back the compartment door.

"Hey!" he said while looking at all of them. Sirius seemed to have grown a few inches. Peter seemed to have gained a few pounds, and Remus seemed pale and tired like usual.

"How was your summer?" James asked them as he chose a seat across from Sirius.

"Horrible, like usual," he said rather casually, "but what else would it be like if you had my family?" he added with a sarcastic laugh.

James just smiled a weak sympathetic smile at him. He had always had a family who loved him. He then turned to Peter and Remus.

"Ok, I guess…" Peter said rather lamely.

"It was fine," Remus said shortly, and then he turned his head and looked out the window.

James always had a feeling that Remus was hiding something from them, and he was determined to find out what it was. He then turned back to Sirius and started up a nice long conversation about Quidditch.

Before they knew it they had reached Hogsmeade station and got off the train and followed the rest of the students who were in second year and above. They reached an area with tons of horseless carriages; everyone started to pack into them.

The Marauders got into one that was later joined by Lily Evans, Athena Warring, and Alice Turner. James sat rather uncomfortablely for a while. He occasionally glanced at Lily, but it went unnoticed.

Sirius talked to him as usual, and didn't even seem to notice that James wasn't listening. Lily and her friends were having a rather pointless argument on whether this years exams would be easier or harder than last years.

The whole time James was trying to think up something to say to Lily. He was just about to ask her how her summer was when the carriage came to a stop and they all filed out and headed towards the Great Hall.

They sat down in their normal seats at the Gryffindor table. James didn't seem to notice that Sirius went rather quiet while the Sorting Hat sang its song. He wasn't really paying attention to the Sorting Ceremony, but one name caught his attention.

"Black, Bellatrix!"

A small girl while a rather large sneer on her face walked up to the hat confidently. It barely even touched her head before it called out, "Slytherin!"

She got up and strutted over to the Slytherin table, head held high. When she sat down James noticed she shot an evil glare at Sirius, while a large smirk grew on her face.

"Who is she?" James asked carefully.

"Cousin," Sirius answered maliciously, still looking at her with disgust written all over his face.

After about a minute or so he turned his attention back to the Sorting.

The feast was wonderful, just like James remembered it. There was every type of food imaginable. James and Sirius stuffed their faces like they had never eaten before in their life.

When everyone was finished they all headed back to their dormitories. It was just like they remembered it, except that the sign on the door now read 'second years'.

James plopped down on his bed, happy to be back at Hogwarts. No one seemed happier than Sirius, however. He ran around the room, when they first reached it, saying in a sing-song voice, "I'm home, I'm home!"

Then he started running around the room hugging his bed and even the toilet in the bathroom.

"Man, it must be really horrible there if you are so happy to see the toilet!" James said with a grin on his face.

"You have no idea," Sirius said as he also plopped down on his bed.

"You know, you can always come over to my house for the summer. My parents wouldn't mind," James said while sitting on his bed.

There was no reply.

"Sirius."

Nothing.

"Sirius!"

Nothing.

"Sirius! Are you listening to me?!"

Just then Sirius let out a long, loud snore. James just shook his head with a grin on his face. He would just talk to him about it in the morning.

James then got up and changed, before laying down on his bed, and quickly falling asleep.

A/N: Sorry this chapter is so short, but I really didn't have much to say. The next one shall be longer. This is what is to come in the next chapter: First week of school (Boring!), and Quidditch practice (yippee!) Okay well review please! Also sorry that Lily really isn't in this chapter, there wasn't anything to say about her.

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