Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did would I be shipping in the book from England for like $10 extra?
AN: First off, this is dedicated to YinsYang, who won my contest and provided the challenge for this fic. She owns it, I just wrote it. The first chapter, as with most of my fics, is rather short, just because I'm trying to set up the plot. Not that most of my chapters are long, because they really aren't, but the first chapter is always terribly short. So read and enjoy.
Sunlight streamed through windows of the Hogwarts Express, shining on a compartment that held four boys and a girl. The girl had settled herself on the lap of a bespectacled boy with black hair whose arms were wound tightly around her waist. A boy with light brown hair that was highlighted with golden streaks was sleeping against the window, while a boy with wavy black hair who was sitting next to him chatted to the girl and her boyfriend. The final occupant of the compartment was sitting in the corner reading a book on travel in Greece. These were the infamous marauders (plus a girlfriend), and it was their last time on the Hogwarts Express. Yes, that's right. Our favorite pranksters had graduated.
The one with the girl in his lap; that was James Potter. He had finally gotten what he had wanted for over five years. Lily Evans, the girl in his lap. She was his everything and he was happier than ever. The fiery redhead didn't seem too displeased either. Remus Lupin was the boy asleep against the window. The transformation had occurred two nights ago and he was rather tired himself. The rhythmic rocking of the train had been the only persuasion he had needed to take a nap. The boy next to him was Sirius Black. While Sirius was sad about leaving Hogwarts he felt that the future was rather bright for him.
He would begin auror training in two months, his best friend was deliriously happy, he had a flat far away from the waste of air he used to call his family, and best of all, he had finally convinced Remus to move in with him. His flat was horribly big, and using all that space for himself would be a crime. He needed a roommate, and who better than one of his closest friends? Or at least that's what he had told Remus. Truth be told, he worried about the werewolf. Being a lycanthrope made it difficult for him to get a job and support himself, and Remus's parents' household held no love or promise for the boy. Sirius didn't want to see his friend more starved than he already was and out on the street.
The boy who was reading in the corner was Peter Pettigrew. Peter liked to read, maybe not as much as Remus, who often chose the company of a book over that of his friends, but despite popular opinion, Peter was fairly intelligent. His parents would be taking him on one last family vacation later this summer, and they would be staying on a small Greek island that was mainly populated by wizards. Peter was, suffice to say, very excited.
But before they all went their separate ways, all five of the teenagers were to spend a month at the Potter's family cabin. It was a small house (small by pureblood standards, which was like a mansion to everyone else), up in a quaint little community surrounding a lake. There were some wizarding families up there, but there were also some muggles. Thankfully, the woods were fairly thick up there and therefore blocked any magic from prying muggle eyes.
It was sure to be a vacation to remember.
AN: You can review if you like. I would appreciate it. So would my socks.