A/N: So, hope you like the new chapter, and that you liked the change I made to Chapter 17. I like it muchbetter, but I hope you guys did too. Thanks to everyone who reviewed for keeping my morale up and God Bless!!!

I made it back to the common room, I don't know how, but I did. I was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open. I crept up the stairs, into the dormitory, and straight into bed.

The next morning, our first full day at Hogwarts, was rainy, and damp, but not even the rain could crush my spirits today. This was the day I got to meet the teachers that I would have for the next seven years, and the classes, and all the new people. It was terribly exciting.

In the morning when we went down to breakfast, it wasn't nearly as crowded as it had seemed the night before. It seemed Hogwarts had a lot of late sleepers. Lily and I found a spot at the Gryffindor table next to Molly Turner and started grabbing at the bacon, sausage, and porridge.

"Hey, here's your schedule!" Molly turned to Lily who was closest to her and handed her two sheets of paper. She passed one to me and kept one for herself.

"Today we have Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Double Transfigurations, and Astronomy at eleven at night." Lily said.

"Tomorrow, we have Potions, Flying, Herbology, and History of Magic. It seems we alternate on each day of the week." I continued

"Yeah, flying! Can you believe it Lor?"

"No, I still can't believe it. It's probably wonderful to fly isn't it?

"I could only guess. Trans-fig-ur-ation..." Lily said sounding out the syllables. "That sounds a bit gruesome."

"Mmmhmm..." I said with my mouth full of eggs.

"We better get going. Charms starts at 8:00 and it's already 7:45 and we still have to find our way to the classroom." She stood up, put her bag over her shoulder, and started walking away. I swallowed my eggs and gulped down a glass of milk.

"Lilly! Wait up!" I said following suit.

Charms was interesting. The professor was a portly little man who wore a blue silk robe and a teeny pair of glasses right on the tip of his nose. Sometimes the spectacles got so close to the edge, I feared they would fall off. His name was Professor Tillandius and was very strange. He was rather skittish and very paranoid. The class was a challenging one (he had us starting the Alohomora charm straight away), but was still rather fun, on account of he didn't pay much attention and you could get away with a lot of stuff. Lily refused to mess around, but I didn't.

Defense Against the Dark Arts was pretty boring. We didn't do much and the teacher, Professor Gringe, just gave us a big lecture about watching our backs and being alert. I'd wondered if he'd been talking to Professor Tillandius lately.

Lunch was shoved in here, and James spent the whole time irritating Lilly. At one point, I thought she was going to punch him, but she kept her cool just like always. I wish I had that sort of calm.

Then was double Transfigurations. During the first half, Professor McGonagall lectured us about how difficult Transfiguration was and how if we didn't keep up, we'd fail her class. This was a bit unsettling, so I decided I'd be on the good side of her class. The second half, she set a paperclip on all of our desks and told us to change it into a safety pin. None of us succeeded, not even Lily.

Then there was dinner, more of the James-irritating-Lily-profusely show, but this time Sirius came up behind me and beckoned me to the very end of the table, where no one was sitting.

"So, how was your sneak last night?" he asked.

"Very well actually."

He seemed to want a more detailed response, but since I didn't give him one he continued on. "You were really sneaky."

"Well, that's kind of the point isn't it?"

"Of course," he said, thrown off by my remark. "Anyway, even when you stormed off, I couldn't hear a thing. You were like a mouse, but quieter. It was creepy."

"Really? Hmm, that's interesting."

"Yeah, so James, Remus, Peter and I were talking last night and we decided that we really like to play tricks, pranks, and jokes on people."

"So?"

"Soo..." he continued, "None of us are really that quiet, we're like elephants when we try to be quiet. So, we decided we needed to enlist someone as "Official Sneaker" of the Marauders."

"The Marauders? You've already given yourselves a name?" It seemed strange that they had so soon.

"Yeah!" he beamed, "Isn't it awesome?"

"I guess so..." I said, wondering where this was going, "but what's your point?"

"You! You're perfect! Sneaky, agile, able to fit through small areas, and...well...extremely quiet unless you want to be heard. Like a cat."

"You want me?" I laughed, knowing this had to be a cruel joke.

"Yeah, but I haven't talked it over with the rest of the Marauders yet, so don't get too excited."

"Oh, I don't think you'll have to worry about that." I stood up and went back to where Lilly was sitting, shaking my head the whole way.

"What was that about?" Lilly asked, and I know she thought that we were flirting.

"Nothing."