A/N: Here is update...thanks to those who reviewed...I very much appreciate it! I hope you enjoy the next chapter, let me know either way :D Oh and if I haven't already mentioned this, the pov of this story is going to shift between the 4 Marauders.

Sirius, Peter and Remus made their way over to the Gryffindor table as they entered the Great Hall. The hall, as usual, was decorated for the feast and the enchanted ceiling reflected the clear night outside, making the hall sparkle under the glistening light from the stars sprinkled through the night sky. The three of them were looking forward to seeing if James would carry off the prank that they had planned. The boys sat down at their house table opposite Lily's dorm mates, and friends. The boys had gotten to know the girls well during the course of their time at Hogwarts, as they were often subject to many of their pranks, but they had spent a lot more time with them during the last year as they were in the same classes and had become pretty good friends.

"So how were your summer's ladies?" Sirius asked as he sat down.

Lily's best friend Alice was sitting opposite him, "Yeah they were okay I guess, much like any other summer."

"So you fall in love every summer do you Alice?" August asked from next to her looking at her amusedly.

"Shut up Augie," Alice muttered going red.

"So who is the young man that has claimed Miss Matill's heart?" Remus asked smiling.

"Frank Longbottom. You know the Ravenclaw that was a couple of years older than us?" Augie provided, whilst Alice sank lower into her seat still blushing furiously at the knowledge that the boys were now getting a view into her love life, thanks to Augie.

"Oh yeah," Sirius replied, remembering Longbottom. He was on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team and they had gotten to know him well because of that. Despite the fact that his team beat Gryffindor in the cup in his last year, Sirius had thought he was a decent guy. "He's a nice guy, what is he up to now anyway?"

"Training to be an Auror," Alice answered quietly.

"Well tell him we said hi next time you see him," Remus said politely.

"How about you Augie?" Sirius asked, watching as she tried to subtly move away from Peter. Sirius knew Peter kind of liked her, but Augie couldn't stand him; and not in the way that Lily couldn't stand James.

She shrugged, "Same same. Went away with my family for a while and then just hung around."

"How are your sisters, what are there names? January or November or something?" Sirius remarked grinning. He knew this would hit a nerve. He was right.

She glared at him, "April, May and June. And you know damn well its because my Mum's got rocks in her head. By the way, May is still peeved that you didn't write back to her over the summer. You're lucky I'm not protective Black."

Sirius grimaced ever so slightly. He had started seeing May at the end of last year; she was a year ahead of him, and as nutty as her mother, Julie (who preferred to be called July). Sirius never intended to write to her, and he knew Augie would have known that also.

The doors to the Hall swung open and Professor McGonagall strode through holding the Sorting Hat. Lily and James followed behind her, carrying the stool and scroll of the list of first years. And sure enough, a line of very small, very timid first years clambered behind Lily and James.

The boys didn't have to wait long to see their plan go into action. As McGonagall walked down the hall, the Sorting Hat spurred into life, spinning uncontrollably out of McGonagall's hands and emitting different coloured sparks through the hall as it whirled through the air.

After the initial shock wore off the students, the hall erupted in fits of laughter and cheers as they watched the hat whiz through the air, calls of "Woohoo" and "Yippee" coming from the brim of the hat. Most of the students appeared to be enjoying the show, bar a few Slytherins who attempted to ignore what was happening, the majority of first years, that looked even more frightened at the thought of having to touch the manic hat, and Lily, who was glaring at James knowingly.

The Hat made its way over to the Slytherin table and jumped from head to head of a group of seventh year students. Sirius laughed, if possible even harder, as Snape tried to stop it from landing on the top of his greasy head. At that point James placed the stool down at the front of the Hall, causing the Hat to cease emitting sparks, and zoom back over so that it came to rest on the chair. Sirius could tell James was refraining from doing or saying something to cap off what the hat had done to Snape, two years ago he wouldn't have had a problem, but Sirius knew James knew that would be pushing things too far, especially with Lily.

"Now that's what I call fun," the hat said gruffly, a few remaining sparks flying out of the rip at the brim. Causing a bunch of students, and Dumbledore to laugh appreciatively.

The hat commenced its new song for the new year, captivating the students once more. Sirius listened to the song, a few things sticking in his brain. Points about interhouse cooperation, enjoying your time at Hogwarts and working together to build a strong school. Sirius glanced at Remus who shrugged in return, both not sure what to make of the hat's proclamation.

McGonagall proceeded to read through the list of first years; not really recognising any that stood in the line. It wasn't until he heard McGonagall call out, "Nymphadora Tonks," that he jerked his head over to pay attention to the small girl that was being sorted. He had forgotten his cousin was starting this year, and hoped that she would avoid being put in Slytherin, a task her mother had not even managed to achieve. Although Sirius would have been thrilled if she were placed in Gryffindor, he was immensely relieved when the hat yelled out "RAVENCLAW!" Sirius threw some blue sparks in the air in celebration, happy that she had at least managed to take after her mother than the majority of her and his family.

"What did you do that for?" Peter asked looking at Sirius curiously.

"Better Ravenclaw than Slytherin," he shrugged.

The boys listened idly as Dumbledore spoke briefly, before the plates filled up in front of them, with a wide array of foods. As much as he enjoyed Mrs Potters cooking, it didn't live up to the house elves cooking at Hogwarts, especially on special occasions like tonight's welcoming feast.

He felt someone sit down beside him, and looked to see James pulling a plate of roast towards him.

"I didn't think you would actually go through with it," Sirius said mockingly.

"Well than I guess that shows you are more of a berk than I am," James replied.

"What did Lily say?"

"Nothing yet. But I think it will be something along the lines of James you're still an immature git who should be setting more of an example now that you are Head Boy. Does that sound right?"

"Well glad to see I don't have to tell you that now Potter," Lily commented as she sat down, causing James to go red.

"Ah Evans, we were just having a bit of fun. Besides the hat seemed to enjoy itself," James replied, attempting to cover his embarrassment.

"You don't get it do you James, if this is the example you are going to set over the year, do you know how much trouble we are going to have to clean up after a bunch of student's, who attempt to follow in your footsteps."

Sirius couldn't help but notice Lily appeared more uptight than usual. She normally would have just ignored such a mild prank, mostly because she enjoyed them herself.

Lily spent the rest of the meal shooting looks at James, who in turn looked uncomfortable under Lily's glare.

It wasn't until they were polishing off their deserts that James spoke up, "You know Lily, you need to lighten up and have some fun. We didn't cause any harm, Dumbledore enjoyed it so why can't you?"

As if to prove his point Sirius heard James mutter a spell under his breath, causing a stream of multicoloured sparks to explode over the staff table.

Dumbledore chuckled, "Well this has definitely been a feast to remember. I'm glad some of our students have remembered how to have fun, which is extremely important in these times."

Dumbledore continued on with his usual speech about the forbidden forest and Filch's list of banned items, but Sirius was too busy looking at James and Lily. Lily was shaking her head at James angrily and he looked at her defiantly. Sirius and the others could tell another brawl was about to begin, so they got up and left the table as soon as Dumbledore had excused them all.

Sirius started making his way out of the Great Hall, still chuckling at Lily scolding James. He looked a tad sheepish but defiant. He hoped Lily would see some sense with James soon, he didn't think he could take much more of his pining, but as he looked over his shoulder again he realised that the process may take longer than he hoped. He grinned knowingly at Remus and Peter who were also chuckling at James and Lily. As he started to turn back around he rammed into something with his shoulder.

"Can't you bloody watch were you're..." but the voice trailed off, being replaced by a familiar icy glare.

Sirius looked at the person he had run into and smirked, "You know Snivellus, you really should watch where you're going, you might run into someone," Sirius retorted, fully aware that it was his fault he had collided with Snape.

"Black," Snivellus drawled, "I see you still manage to distort the truth as to what has actually occurred."

"The only distorted thing around here Snivellus is you."

"Actually I believe your ego is the distorted element in question," a girls voice replied coming from behind where Snape was standing.

Sirius looked in her direction and watched as she stood out from behind Snape. The girl was slightly shorter than Snape, but very slim. She had dark skin, and her hair was a mess of extremely tight brown curls. Next to her, Snape looked like a ghost. Sirius eyes wandered down to see the Slytherin crest that was embroidered on her robes and a look of dislike came over his face. By this time, Remus and Peter had joined Sirius. Remus watched them carefully, but Peter had a worried look on his face.

Snape looked the group over, "I see you are missing your faithful sidekick this evening. But that's right, some fool appointed him to be Head Boy."

Sirius laughed, "Did you really think you were going to get the badge sent home in the mail? Honestly did you think they wanted some greasy git like you leading our school? The sorting hat didn't seem to want you."

"Better than a conceited git like you," the girl retorted, looking at Sirius sharply, her eyes glistening. He felt as if they cut straight through him. She had large round shaped eyes, which were a bright blue, providing a stark contrast to her dark skin.

Sirius was about to respond to her comment, when he was interrupted by Snape, "Least he chose a Head Girl with an ounce of intelligence. Though she is a mudblood, so I guess he still dudded out there too."

Sirius noted the girl's face falter at Snape's comment, he looked at her for a brief moment, before pulling his wand out threateningly at Snape. Snape produced his quickly, and both glared at each other menacingly.

"Watch your mouth Snivellus, or you might find you won't have one." Sirius said coldly, taking a

step towards him.

"Is that right," Snape drawled, not backing away.

"Come on Sirius, he's not worth the bother," Remus said to Sirius quickly.

Sirius continued glaring at Snape, not wanting to back away. He hated walking away from Snape; he felt he was giving in to him. But he knew that there was no point getting into a duel in the middle of the herd of students milling out of the hall, when he would be able to get back at him later, without drawing so much attention to himself.

"You're lucky James wasn't here Snivellus, he may not have let you go so easily."

With that Sirius turned to join his friends as they made their way up the marble staircase. He caught the girl's eye before completely turning away. Sirius couldn't read the look on her face, but her eyes cut right through him again, making him feel slightly uneasy.

"Who's the Slytherin?" Sirius muttered to Remus as they walked up the staircase.

"His name is Severus Snape, commonly known as Snivellus," Remus replied humorously.

"Funny Remus, I meant the girl," Sirius replied.

"Olivia Semasky, she was one of the Slytherin prefects in our year. Surely you know her?" Remus asked, raising his eyebrow slightly.

"I know the name, but I haven't seen her before," Sirius replied. "I don't like her," he added simply.

Remus didn't look at all surprised, "Why? Because she is a Slytherin, friends with Snape or because she doesn't like you?"

"All of the above. Plus she's obviously from a dark pureblood family to be hanging around with Snivelly. But if that were the case than I would know of her family." Sirius replied. He didn't know what it was about her, but she wasn't sitting well with him, and he didn't think it was just because she was a Slytherin.

Remus shrugged, "Don't worry about her Padfoot. You've managed to not notice her existence for 6 years, surely one more wouldn't hurt. Plus I think it's best to leave it be with that group or your list of enemies is going to keep growing." Remus chuckled lightly in an attempt to ease the mood.

"Enemies? Me? I don't know what you're talking about Moony, everyone adores me" Sirius grinned.

"Everyone with rocks in their heads maybe, or more precisely air."