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"Hey guys," James said taking a seat by Remus in the Great Hall.
"Here's your schedule," Remus handed him a piece of parchment. "Today we've got double Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, and Transfiguration. And I've got Arithmancy as well."
"Bugger. We haven't had double Potions since fifth year. But if that's what it takes to be an Auror, I guess I'll have to deal with it," James said taking a bite of his eggs. "But Transfiguration is always fun," he said with his mouth full.
"Most definitely," Sirius replied. "Look, Prongs, here comes Evans." James looked up so fast it hurt his neck. He stared at her for a moment until—
"Potter, what are you looking at you stupid prat?" Lily said, glaring at him. James ran a hand through his hair, making it stand up.
"You, my precious. Won't you do me the honor and go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?" James pleaded.
"No," Lily stated with finality in her voice. She sat down and immediately started chatting with her two best friends Lauren Cornett and Sara George. James looked back at the marauders. Remus and Sirius both looked amused.
"Shut up," he said after a moment of them staring at him.
"We didn't say anything, Prongsy. Honestly, you should get your ears checked," Sirius grinned. James looked around.
"Where'd Peter go?" he asked noticing the empty space beside Sirius.
"He had some stuff he 'had to do' before Potions. He said he'd meet us in the dungeons," Sirius explained. "We had better go. We don't want to be late for Montague's class, he'd probably Crucio us." He said standing up and grabbing his bag. James and Remus followed suit and the three of them walked out of the Great Hall together.
"Where is Peter," Remus muttered under his breath while Professor Montague was talking about the illegal potion, Veritaserum. The three boys were in their usual seats in the back of the classroom.
"I don't know, but he'd better get here soon," James whispered.
"OUCH!" Sirius called, causing the majority of the class to turn around.
"Mr. Black, what is wrong?" Professor Montague asked. Sirius looked down at his ankle and saw a small grey garden rat looking up at him.
"I...I just stubbed my toe," Sirius lied. He looked over at Lily, who was sitting by a Hufflepuff girl, and she rolled her eyes at him.
"Five points from Gryffindor for disrupting the class," Montague stated and went back to his lesson. Sirius poked James in the side, "Look who's here." James glanced down and saw the rat. Sirius glimpsed around to see if anyone was looking, and then nodded to the rat. The rat transformed into Peter, and he went to his seat by Remus.
"When did you get here," Remus whispered quietly.
"Just now," Peter replied just as quietly.
"Honestly, Peter, you're going to get us caught one of these days," James whispered over to him. Montague turned around.
"You four, are you done conversing for the moment?" he sneered.
"Sorry, Professor," Remus replied for the four of them.
"Five more points from Gryffindor," their fellow Gryffindors groaned. "Honestly, a prefect and the Head Boy disrupting the class..." he drawled. "I would expect better. On we go. Veritaserum is..."
James glanced at each of the marauders in disgust from their point loss, and then continued to take awful notes and stare at Lily from behind.
The marauders walked back up the castle having just finished their first Care of Magical Creatures lesson. It was warm September day, and the boys were sweating after a long lesson in the outdoors.
"Did you see Professor Kettleburn's hand? He was missing one of his fingers!" Peter laughed.
"Yeah, I wonder what he did to lose it. Maybe he was trying to tame a dragon," Sirius said in a mystified tone.
"Yeah, that's it Padfoot. The teacher that knows everything there is to know about magical creatures tried to tame a dragon. Uh huh," James replied sarcastically.
"It was just a suggestion," Sirius said walking up to two boys who were deep in conversation. "Oh lookie! It's Snivellus and Mail-boy! What a bloody-good surprise." Lucius and Severus stopped their conversation and looked up at Sirius.
"Hello Sirius," Lucius sneered.
"Hi Lucius! How are you? I can't wait 'til you marry my dear cousin, Narcissa! Then we will be related! How wonderful!" Sirius said giddily.
"Pleasure," he said as if he were disgusted by the thought. "Pity you won't be at the wedding."
"Yeah, that is quite a bugger. But!" Sirius said, pulling out his wand. "I did get you a wedding present!" He conjured a large, gold platter, and then waved his wand again and it filled with a generous amount of boogers. The marauders all started into fits of laughter, and Snape glared at each of them. "Here you go!" Sirius added and shoved the platter into Lucius's face. James, Remus, and Peter were all rolling on the floor laughing, and Sirius grinned. "Have a wonderful day Lucius! Snivellus." He nodded his head in farewell. Snape reached for his wand.
"Oh no, I wouldn't do that. Head Boy Jamsie can take as many points as he wants from Slytherin if he has good reason," Sirius grinned. "Let's go boys," he said, helping each of them up, and they made their way to the Great Hall for lunch.
The four boys finished their steak-and-kidney pie and got up to go to Transfiguration. As they were walking of the Great Hall, Lucius and Snape walked in. They were, again, in deep conversation and not paying attention to where they were going. Lucius bumped into Sirius and looked up. "Lucius, I believe you missed one," Sirius said, picking a green piece of booger out of Lucius' long silver-blonde hair. Lucius snarled at him and walked off. Sirius grinned. "First prank of the year was a complete success."
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all took their seats in the back of McGonnagal's classroom. James and Sirius sat at one of the desks, Peter and Remus at one beside them. James and Sirius were both at the top of their class, although they never listened and rarely took notes.
"Honestly, Prongs, I don't see why we came to school this year. We are uncommonly brilliant and witty. We could have started our own shop or something!" Sirius said aloud to James.
"Honestly, Mr. Black, it's the beginning of your last year here, and you have already begun the annoying disturbances! Would you kindly keep your chatting with Mr. Potter to a minimum? Some people in this class want to learn!" Professor McGonnagal snapped.
Sirius stood up. "I am terribly sorry, Professor. Next time I want to talk to James, I'll be quieter," he grinned.
She stared at him over her tiny, rectangle-lensed glasses, "I guess that's better than nothing." She turned around and tried to hide a grin. Sirius and James were by far two of her favorite students, but she was the hardest on them.
James smirked at Sirius and turned back to the front. Lily was sitting in the third row from the front, directly in front of James. He stared at her for a moment and then back to Sirius. "The only reason I came back was to see Lily everyday."
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Prongs, you are lovesick!" he whispered.
"So?" James muttered, resuming his deep stare at Lily.
After another hopeful attempt of James asking Lily to Hogsmeade, Lily, Sara, and Lauren were the first to make their way back to the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Really, Lily, why won't you give him a chance?" Lauren asked. She brushed her long dark brown, almost black, hair behind her ear. Lauren was shorter and more petite than Lily, and she had round blue eyes. She was half-blood, her mum a witch; dad a muggle. Of the three of them, she was the most outgoing.
"Because he's an arrogant git, that's why!" Lily replied, nearly shouting.
"He's not an arrogant git! He's really nice," Sara suggested. Sara had shoulder length, shiny, auburn hair, and almond-shaped brown eyes. She was the child of a wizard and a witch, but each of her parents had been muggle- born. "I mean, he might rumple his hair a lot to make it look messy, and he might show off with that awful snitch too often, and he might walk around school as if he were a king, but really he's not that bad!"
"Yes, he is," Lily stated, walking up to the Fat Lady. "Fortuna Major."
"No, he really isn't that bad, Lily. You really, REALLY, should give him a chance. And put in a good word for me to Remus, would you?" Lauren grinned and sat down in her favorite armchair by the fireplace.
"For you to Remus?" Sara asked, smiling and sitting by Lily on the couch. "Do you fancy him?"
"Maybe," Lauren stated, beginning to blush. Lily had her mouth open in awe.
"So that's who you were staring at today in Arithmancy, huh?" Lily inquired.
"Yeah," Lauren grinned. "You're lucky, Lily. One of the marauders fancies you. I would absolutely love to go to Hogsmeade with Remus for a day."
"Well, I would most definitely not want to go with James," Lily said in indignation.
"We can't change your mind for you I guess. It would be really fun if the three of us were dating marauders, and we got to go on triple dates or something though," Sara added.
"Which one have you fallen for, Sara?" Lily asked. "Is it Sirius or Peter? Please say Peter. Sirius is so dumb."
"Ugh, Peter? He's so...ratty. But Sirius, he's so perfect," Sara swooned.
"My gosh," Lily said, exasperated. Her friends were going mad. "You two are both weird you know."
"Yeah, so?" Sara and Lauren said simultaneously.
"Come on, we've all got Arithmancy and Transfiguration homework to do."
"But it's the first day back to classes, and we don't have either of those classes again until Wednesday!" Sara moaned.
"But I don't have rounds tonight, and I do tomorrow. Come on, let's go get our books and go to the library," Lily suggested. Lauren and Sara huffed and followed Lily up to their dormitory.
As they were walking out of the portrait hole, the three girls bumped into the marauders.
"Hello again, Lily!" James exclaimed. "I'll ask once more, would you l--"
"No James. Remember you have rounds tonight," Lily said pleasantly.
James frowned; Lauren and Sara rolled their eyes and sighed. The four boys went on into the common room.
Lily began walking very fast in the wrong direction.
"Wrong way, Lils," Sara called out.
"Oh...right," Lily turned around. "I will never go anywhere with that stupid James Potter...EVER!"
Lauren and Sara stayed a step behind her. "She likes him, she just doesn't know it yet," Lauren whispered. Sara nodded, silently agreeing, and they jogged to catch up with Lily.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone you recognize. =)
"Hey guys," James said taking a seat by Remus in the Great Hall.
"Here's your schedule," Remus handed him a piece of parchment. "Today we've got double Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, and Transfiguration. And I've got Arithmancy as well."
"Bugger. We haven't had double Potions since fifth year. But if that's what it takes to be an Auror, I guess I'll have to deal with it," James said taking a bite of his eggs. "But Transfiguration is always fun," he said with his mouth full.
"Most definitely," Sirius replied. "Look, Prongs, here comes Evans." James looked up so fast it hurt his neck. He stared at her for a moment until—
"Potter, what are you looking at you stupid prat?" Lily said, glaring at him. James ran a hand through his hair, making it stand up.
"You, my precious. Won't you do me the honor and go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?" James pleaded.
"No," Lily stated with finality in her voice. She sat down and immediately started chatting with her two best friends Lauren Cornett and Sara George. James looked back at the marauders. Remus and Sirius both looked amused.
"Shut up," he said after a moment of them staring at him.
"We didn't say anything, Prongsy. Honestly, you should get your ears checked," Sirius grinned. James looked around.
"Where'd Peter go?" he asked noticing the empty space beside Sirius.
"He had some stuff he 'had to do' before Potions. He said he'd meet us in the dungeons," Sirius explained. "We had better go. We don't want to be late for Montague's class, he'd probably Crucio us." He said standing up and grabbing his bag. James and Remus followed suit and the three of them walked out of the Great Hall together.
"Where is Peter," Remus muttered under his breath while Professor Montague was talking about the illegal potion, Veritaserum. The three boys were in their usual seats in the back of the classroom.
"I don't know, but he'd better get here soon," James whispered.
"OUCH!" Sirius called, causing the majority of the class to turn around.
"Mr. Black, what is wrong?" Professor Montague asked. Sirius looked down at his ankle and saw a small grey garden rat looking up at him.
"I...I just stubbed my toe," Sirius lied. He looked over at Lily, who was sitting by a Hufflepuff girl, and she rolled her eyes at him.
"Five points from Gryffindor for disrupting the class," Montague stated and went back to his lesson. Sirius poked James in the side, "Look who's here." James glanced down and saw the rat. Sirius glimpsed around to see if anyone was looking, and then nodded to the rat. The rat transformed into Peter, and he went to his seat by Remus.
"When did you get here," Remus whispered quietly.
"Just now," Peter replied just as quietly.
"Honestly, Peter, you're going to get us caught one of these days," James whispered over to him. Montague turned around.
"You four, are you done conversing for the moment?" he sneered.
"Sorry, Professor," Remus replied for the four of them.
"Five more points from Gryffindor," their fellow Gryffindors groaned. "Honestly, a prefect and the Head Boy disrupting the class..." he drawled. "I would expect better. On we go. Veritaserum is..."
James glanced at each of the marauders in disgust from their point loss, and then continued to take awful notes and stare at Lily from behind.
The marauders walked back up the castle having just finished their first Care of Magical Creatures lesson. It was warm September day, and the boys were sweating after a long lesson in the outdoors.
"Did you see Professor Kettleburn's hand? He was missing one of his fingers!" Peter laughed.
"Yeah, I wonder what he did to lose it. Maybe he was trying to tame a dragon," Sirius said in a mystified tone.
"Yeah, that's it Padfoot. The teacher that knows everything there is to know about magical creatures tried to tame a dragon. Uh huh," James replied sarcastically.
"It was just a suggestion," Sirius said walking up to two boys who were deep in conversation. "Oh lookie! It's Snivellus and Mail-boy! What a bloody-good surprise." Lucius and Severus stopped their conversation and looked up at Sirius.
"Hello Sirius," Lucius sneered.
"Hi Lucius! How are you? I can't wait 'til you marry my dear cousin, Narcissa! Then we will be related! How wonderful!" Sirius said giddily.
"Pleasure," he said as if he were disgusted by the thought. "Pity you won't be at the wedding."
"Yeah, that is quite a bugger. But!" Sirius said, pulling out his wand. "I did get you a wedding present!" He conjured a large, gold platter, and then waved his wand again and it filled with a generous amount of boogers. The marauders all started into fits of laughter, and Snape glared at each of them. "Here you go!" Sirius added and shoved the platter into Lucius's face. James, Remus, and Peter were all rolling on the floor laughing, and Sirius grinned. "Have a wonderful day Lucius! Snivellus." He nodded his head in farewell. Snape reached for his wand.
"Oh no, I wouldn't do that. Head Boy Jamsie can take as many points as he wants from Slytherin if he has good reason," Sirius grinned. "Let's go boys," he said, helping each of them up, and they made their way to the Great Hall for lunch.
The four boys finished their steak-and-kidney pie and got up to go to Transfiguration. As they were walking of the Great Hall, Lucius and Snape walked in. They were, again, in deep conversation and not paying attention to where they were going. Lucius bumped into Sirius and looked up. "Lucius, I believe you missed one," Sirius said, picking a green piece of booger out of Lucius' long silver-blonde hair. Lucius snarled at him and walked off. Sirius grinned. "First prank of the year was a complete success."
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all took their seats in the back of McGonnagal's classroom. James and Sirius sat at one of the desks, Peter and Remus at one beside them. James and Sirius were both at the top of their class, although they never listened and rarely took notes.
"Honestly, Prongs, I don't see why we came to school this year. We are uncommonly brilliant and witty. We could have started our own shop or something!" Sirius said aloud to James.
"Honestly, Mr. Black, it's the beginning of your last year here, and you have already begun the annoying disturbances! Would you kindly keep your chatting with Mr. Potter to a minimum? Some people in this class want to learn!" Professor McGonnagal snapped.
Sirius stood up. "I am terribly sorry, Professor. Next time I want to talk to James, I'll be quieter," he grinned.
She stared at him over her tiny, rectangle-lensed glasses, "I guess that's better than nothing." She turned around and tried to hide a grin. Sirius and James were by far two of her favorite students, but she was the hardest on them.
James smirked at Sirius and turned back to the front. Lily was sitting in the third row from the front, directly in front of James. He stared at her for a moment and then back to Sirius. "The only reason I came back was to see Lily everyday."
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Prongs, you are lovesick!" he whispered.
"So?" James muttered, resuming his deep stare at Lily.
After another hopeful attempt of James asking Lily to Hogsmeade, Lily, Sara, and Lauren were the first to make their way back to the Gryffindor Common Room.
"Really, Lily, why won't you give him a chance?" Lauren asked. She brushed her long dark brown, almost black, hair behind her ear. Lauren was shorter and more petite than Lily, and she had round blue eyes. She was half-blood, her mum a witch; dad a muggle. Of the three of them, she was the most outgoing.
"Because he's an arrogant git, that's why!" Lily replied, nearly shouting.
"He's not an arrogant git! He's really nice," Sara suggested. Sara had shoulder length, shiny, auburn hair, and almond-shaped brown eyes. She was the child of a wizard and a witch, but each of her parents had been muggle- born. "I mean, he might rumple his hair a lot to make it look messy, and he might show off with that awful snitch too often, and he might walk around school as if he were a king, but really he's not that bad!"
"Yes, he is," Lily stated, walking up to the Fat Lady. "Fortuna Major."
"No, he really isn't that bad, Lily. You really, REALLY, should give him a chance. And put in a good word for me to Remus, would you?" Lauren grinned and sat down in her favorite armchair by the fireplace.
"For you to Remus?" Sara asked, smiling and sitting by Lily on the couch. "Do you fancy him?"
"Maybe," Lauren stated, beginning to blush. Lily had her mouth open in awe.
"So that's who you were staring at today in Arithmancy, huh?" Lily inquired.
"Yeah," Lauren grinned. "You're lucky, Lily. One of the marauders fancies you. I would absolutely love to go to Hogsmeade with Remus for a day."
"Well, I would most definitely not want to go with James," Lily said in indignation.
"We can't change your mind for you I guess. It would be really fun if the three of us were dating marauders, and we got to go on triple dates or something though," Sara added.
"Which one have you fallen for, Sara?" Lily asked. "Is it Sirius or Peter? Please say Peter. Sirius is so dumb."
"Ugh, Peter? He's so...ratty. But Sirius, he's so perfect," Sara swooned.
"My gosh," Lily said, exasperated. Her friends were going mad. "You two are both weird you know."
"Yeah, so?" Sara and Lauren said simultaneously.
"Come on, we've all got Arithmancy and Transfiguration homework to do."
"But it's the first day back to classes, and we don't have either of those classes again until Wednesday!" Sara moaned.
"But I don't have rounds tonight, and I do tomorrow. Come on, let's go get our books and go to the library," Lily suggested. Lauren and Sara huffed and followed Lily up to their dormitory.
As they were walking out of the portrait hole, the three girls bumped into the marauders.
"Hello again, Lily!" James exclaimed. "I'll ask once more, would you l--"
"No James. Remember you have rounds tonight," Lily said pleasantly.
James frowned; Lauren and Sara rolled their eyes and sighed. The four boys went on into the common room.
Lily began walking very fast in the wrong direction.
"Wrong way, Lils," Sara called out.
"Oh...right," Lily turned around. "I will never go anywhere with that stupid James Potter...EVER!"
Lauren and Sara stayed a step behind her. "She likes him, she just doesn't know it yet," Lauren whispered. Sara nodded, silently agreeing, and they jogged to catch up with Lily.