A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates, I went on a quick weekend trip. I have written up Chapter 13, and 14 is almost done with 15 on the way. (I had a lot of time to write on my trip.) I will type the three chapters as soon as possible. Thanks for all the reviews of support and encouragement I truly appreciate them!

The four boarded the Hogwarts train loading into the same compartment as the year before, the last compartment on the right. After everything was loaded into the compartments above and below the seats the four began to inquire about each others summer while the train made its way out of the station.

"So, Peaty-Pie, how was you summer?" asked Sirius.

"Don't call me that!" exclaimed Peter going red at the mention of the nickname.

"Come on, it fits you so well," argued Sirius.

"I don't want to be called that!" pouted Peter.

"Aw, poor little Peaty-Pie doesn't like the name his mommy calls him," continued to egg Sirius. He sometimes didn't know when to stop a joke.

"Quit!" cried Peter getting very upset.

Sirius tried to continue on but James stopped him by saying, "That's enough, let Peter be."

"Fine," reluctantly agreed Sirius as he changed the subject, "Are you guys going to try out for Quidditch?"

"Yeah," answered James excitedly he loved the sport more than anyone else.

"What about you Moony?" asked Sirius.

"I don't think I should, what with my problems and all," answered Remus, he loved Quidditch and had talent for it much like Romulus had.

"It's not that big of a deal," cajoled James, "Besides we need a good keeper this year and you'd be perfect."

"I'm not that good," lied Remus, he knew he came by his talent honestly.

"Never lie, Moony," ordered Sirius, "Everyone, knows your good, we've seen you during flying lessons last year."

"What positions are you guys trying out for?" asked Remus shifting the topic off him playing Quidditch.

"Chaser! What else?" answered James as a fire of excitement danced in his blue eyes.

"Being a Beater isn't half bad either!" added Sirius.

"Are there that many spots open?" asked Peter

"On the Gryffindor team, yes," answered James, "Three of the players last year were 7th years."

"What positions?" asked Peter.

"Geeze Peter, don't you even pay attention to the games?" exclaimed Sirius.

"A Chaser, a Beater, and a Keeper," answered Remus before another fight could ensue between Sirius and Peter.

Talks of Quidditch continued until the plump witch with the trolley of food came by.

"Hello boys what would you like off the trolley?"

Between the four of them at least two of everything was bought.

"Pass the Bertie Bott's," called Sirius.

Peter reached over and handed Sirius the box of beans. Sirius reached in the box and pulled out a pure white bean popping it into his mouth and started to chew. Well Sirius never actually chewed the bean but took one bite down upon the bean and turned green with his eyes bulging.

"What is it Sirius?" asked Remus who was sitting next to him. As Remus finished asking the question Sirius spewed the bean.

"Ugh," reacted the other three as the putrid smell of sulfur filled the train compartment.

"What is that smell?" asked Peter plugging his nose, face still cringed.

"What ever it is it's revolting!" answered Remus who got the full blast of the smell.

The smell came from the Bertie Bott's bean that Sirius had eaten, on more like spewed out. The flavor of the bean was rotten egg.

"The smell is nothing!" exclaimed Sirius, "You should have tasted it!"

"No thanks," answered James as he held the collar of his shirt over his nose.

Remus got up and opened the window to help air out the compartment.

"What flavor was it?" asked Peter.

"I don't know, all I know was that it was awful," answered Sirius.

The four eventualy grew accustomed to the smell when the compartment door flew open.

"What is that smell?" demanded a voice as it opened the compartment door.

The voice was that of Severus Snape, "Oh, never mind, I see what the stench is, it's you four." Snape sneered at the site of the four Marauders and continued on, "No wonder it reeks in here!"

"Speak for your self, slime-ball!" answered James.

"I say someone here needs to take a shower and it's not one of us four," added Remus.

"I don't think soap would get rid of all the slime!" agreed Sirius.

At that Snape became indignant and left fuming at the four Marauders getting the best of him.

"Comutatus Rebesco," whispered Remus turning Snape's hair pink. It was his favorite thing to do.

The four counted, "One . . . Two . . . Three . . ."

"Potter!" yelled Snape from the compartment next to theirs.

"Works every time," smiled Remus as he grabbed a Bertie Bott's bean to eat.

"Wait!" yelled Sirius just before the bean reached Remus' mouth.

"What?"

"It's a white bean and the one I ate was white," explained Sirius.

"Thanks for the warning," answered Remus.

"Just got a great idea," smiled James evilly.

"What?" asked Peter.

"What if we slipped this bean into Snape's food?"

"How do we do that?" asked Peter which was surprising, because he normally would be cowering away from the idea.

"Um. . ." came James' reply, "I hadn't thought that part through yet."

"I guess we can't do it then," concluded Peter happily.

"Yes, we can," objected Remus, "We can just use a banishing spell."

"A what?" asked Sirius.

"A banishing spell," explained Remus," the opposite of the summoning spell. Honestly didn't you do your homework?"

"Homework? I didn't even know there was homework," answered Sirius.

"As usual," sighed Remus in disgust.

"It's about time we changed into our robes," suggested James as he looked down at his watch.

Once the four were settled back into their compartment in school robes the compartment door slid open. In the door way stood Lily Evans.

"Sorry, wrong compartment," she mumbled and left.

"Whatever," mumbled Sirius bristly, he had taken a disliking to Lily, "Right James?"

James just sat there staring at the compartment door where Lily had stood.

"James?" asked Sirius, "Earth to James, oh, Jamesie Boy!"

"Huh? What?" answered James as he snapped out of a daze.

"You were gone for a second there," explained Sirius.

"You like her don't you?" blurted Remus.

"What . . . no!" denied James turning slightly pink.

Before any more protests could be made the Hogwarts express came to a halt and the four had to get off the train.