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Solaria- You had better be. Do you know you haven't written anything in over 6 MONTHS!

I'm sorry. I'm been really put off writing for a while because my English teacher says I need a tutor and I think I'm failing her class. But I promise to update some more.

Solaria- Hurray now let's start the chapter.

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Disclaimer- Don't own anyone or anything in this fic. At least I don't think I do...

Rising Stars

"Ackly, Robert" Professor Kendall called out to start the sorting.

A tall boy with dirty blond hair cautiously stepped up to the stool. A few seconds and the hat opened up at the seams and shouted out "Ravenclaw!" The table to the right burst out in applause.

The three boys zoned out for a bit staring at he stars covering the ceiling.

"Black, Sirius!"

Sirius looked up at Kendall and then to the hat sitting innocently on the stool. Hesitating a bit he stepped to the stool and dropped the cap on his head.

'Aah. Sirius Black. Hmmm… strange.'

'What?'

'I see you really are an odd one. A bursting ambition yet the courage to go against all you were raised to believe in. All because you believe they are really wrong. You're smart I'll give you that.'

'Anywhere but Slytherin' Sirius pleaded in his head.

'Are you sure? You're family won't like it.'

'I don't care. This is my life. I won't let them control me any longer.' Sirius thought vehemently.

'Then it's settled…' "Gryffindor!"

Sirius opened his eyes and looked immediately over to his cousins. Bella was glaring at him like he was a traitor, and in all accounts he was one. As he took his seat he caught Andy's eye. She gave him a small smile as a girl with light brown hair and dark eyes took the hat. He smiled right back proud that he was finally able to break free. He was a Black of a different breed.

Ignoring the shocked whispers behind him he looked at his new friends. James gave him a thumbs up and rolled his eyes at something Remus whispered to him. Turning his attention back to the sorting, another boy had taken the hat from a red headed girl who took a seat at the Gryffindor table a few seats down from Sirius.

Sirius sat back and waited for the rest of the students to be sorted.

After a few more people were called "Lupin, Remus" was called.

Remus took a the hat tentatively and sat on the stool.

'Ahhh…' Remus could hear the hats amazement as it searched through his head.

'Amazing. You've gone through so much and still you're so strong. I can feel the need to show everyone what you can accomplish. Never loose hope young one. Now where to put you?'

'I want to be someplace I belong… where I can finally live a normal life.' Remus pleaded with the hat.

'Normal is a tad overrated, but I can understand your fear. You've had great courage to make it this far, and courage will help you get though life… so you had better be…' "Gryffindor!"

Remus took the hat off his head and looked over at the Gryffindor table. He smiled as he realized this was going to be his new family. He took a seat next to Sirius who hit him in the back and pulled him into the seat next to him. The two boys grinned at each other and turned to watch the rest of the sorting.

"Pettigrew, Peter." Kendell called out. Peter looked determidly at the hat.

'This is it.' He thought to himself as he lowed the hat on hi head.

'Well, well. Hmmm…'

'Well? Where do I go?'

'Impunante little boy.'

'I'm not going to be pushed around this year.'

'No? Strange to say but I know where to put you. Your desire says it all. I wish you luck and I hope you learn to keep your goals in sight. You're going to…' "Slytherin!"

Oncae again the hall was silent. The only noise could be heard was from the Slytherin table trying to see if anyone recognized the name.

"To think the eldest Black son wasn't sorted into that house but a muggleborn was." A 6th year Ravenclaw whispered to his friend.

"Maybe the hat's finally lost it?"

Once again Kendell looked down at his list and called out a name. "Potter, James"

The two headed boy looked at both his friends at the Gryffindor table before his eyes were covered by the hat.

'So Mr. Potter…'

'Can I go to Gryffindor?'

'Was that a request or a demand?'

'What do you think it is?' James smiled and twiddled his thumbs.

'Brave.'

Thank you.'

'Interesting ideas. I especially like the last one.'

'Remus came up with that one.'

'Yes, he's a clever one.'

'So can I got to Gryffindor?'

'Persistent as well. Yes, I don't think you belong anywhere else but…' "Gryffindor!"

James took off the hat and went to sir with his friends. Giving Sirius a high five he sat across from the other two. Turning back to the sorting the three watched as the last few students were sorted, the final person was placed in Huffelpuff.

Then Dumbledore got up to speak. "Welcome back to Hogwarts. We would like to introduce the newest addition to our staff Professor Martin. He'll be teaching Defense Against the Dark Art. Now let's get on with the feast." Clapping his hands and snapping his fingers twice the food appeared on the table.

The muggleborn first years looked started as the food appeared but quickly began digging in as much as everyone else. James, Remus, and Sirius quickly started up a conversation with the two other first year boys in Gryffindor about Quidditch. They were both muggle born so they had a fun time explaining all the rules and tactics to them. Well James and Sirius had fun; Remus listened attentively while occasionally glancing over to look at the other children in their new house.

They were all glancing down to the First years' end of the table then turning back to their friends. Remus had a feeling it had a lot to do with Sirius. The young Black was getting strange looks from all across the hall.

Sirius didn't notice the odd looks he was getting nor did her care much. In fact he gained even more attention by standing up at one point dramatically flailing his hands around so he almost hit Remus in the heat. He was attempting to describe a particularly difficult chaser formation using his two hands.

The food had finally all disappeared and everyone was chatting with the people closest to them. Dumbledore call attention once again to the front of the room. Giving some last minute announcements he dismissed the student body for the night.

Remus got up to follow the Gryffindor prefect. Making sure his two new friends were right behind him he fell into step with a girl with chestnut brown hair.

She looked over at him and smiled. "You were in the boat that tipped over in the lake, weren't you?" She asked him in a whispered tone as the prefect babbled on about the architecture of the castle.

"Yah." He responded embarrassed. "Though it was mostly those two prats that caused the spill." He gestured behind him to James and Sirius. Looking back he noticed that Sirius was still using his hands to demonstrate Quidditch moves and to the utter dismay of the red-headed girl next to the two dark haired boys James had joined in with his own arms flailing about.

Turning back to the girl he was talking to he noticed the smile on her face as she watched the red-head duck as James's arm almost missed hitting her over the head.

"Oh poor Lily." The girl giggled.

"Lily?" Remus asked.

"The red-head. I met her on the train. She's muggle–born and a bit nervous about her magic still."

"And how about you?"

"I love magic. I wouldn't know how to live without it."

"Are you a pureblood?" Remus looked at her curiously as she blushed a bit.

"I really don't know. I'm adopted. I can't remember my real parents. My father adopted me when I was little."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's alright. I love my father more than anything. My name's Alyssa by the way. Alyssa ." She extended her hand.

"I'm Remus." He looked down at her hand as a habit before taking it.

They continued to chat until they made their way to a picture of a fat lady wearing a large pink dress.

"Taggerglass." The prefect announced to the lady. She looked at him critically for a moment before opening up to reveal the Gryffindor common room. The fire crackled merrily and the few students that had made it up before the crowd looked over to watch the first year's expressions as they set eyes on their new home.

James poked Sirius in the side and whispered to him about a new idea. Sirius's eyes lit up and nodded in agreement. Giving each other one finally look they tuned in the prefect who was explaining the rules of the castle more in depth than what Professor Kendal had told them.

By the time he was finished most of the rest of Gryffindor house had come in. Most of them had gone immediately up to their dorms to unpack but there were still some lingering in the common room. Holding back some yawns the new first years climbed up the stairs to their new dormitory.

When they reached the room they stopped momentarily to take in the layout of the room. There were a total of five four-poster beds set around one heater placed in the direct center of the room. Each bed had a dark scarlet comforter with a trim of gold to show house unity. The floor was covered in a nice carpet the same shade as the bead sheets. Between every bed there was a large window and window seat, one for each of the boys.

"I guess that's one good thing about having to climb all those blasted steps to get up to our room." Sirius commented as he looked out a window.

"Yah, what's that?" James asked.

"We have a great view of the grounds."

"It's so dark, how can you tell?" Ryan, one of the other Gryffindor boys, asked him.

"I can't but they must have given us all these windows for some reason." He turned to face his roommates grinning. "So who gets which bed?"

"This one's yours." James called out from the other end of the room. He was already laying on the bed on the right of the doors. The dark haired boy waved his had to the one next to his.

"Why that one?" He asked suspiciously squinting his eyes at the hazel eyed boy.

"Because it's the one with your trunk at the foot of it." James rolled his eyes.

"Well how do you know it's my trunk?"

"It could have been your name so elegantly written on the top." Remus shot over his shoulder from the bed across form James's. He was kneeling in front of… what Sirius assumed to bee his trunk and was rummaging though it.

"Oh…right." Sirius strutted over to his trunk and flipped it open. "Hey, Jamsie you still awake?"

"No, Sirius., I'm sleeping." Came the sarcastic reply. He rolled over to look at the dark haired boy who was still digging though his stuff.

"Well then don't blame me in the morning when you're cold because you're asleep on top of your covers."

"What did you want?" He finally said sitting up and crawling over to the end of his bead where he could see the book the eldest Black had pulled out of his trunk.

"I was wondering if we should start warning Hogwarts what we just entered the school tomorrow… or if we should go all out the first time?"

"Hmmm…" James pondered this for a moment.

"I'd start small then work your way up to something larger." Remus's voice startled the two conspirators. He has standing over them peering down at the book in Sirius's hands. "That way people will anticipate your next deed, wondering where you'll strike next. If you start too big the first time everyone will expect it to be that large all the time."

"Make's sense." Sirius flipped to the beginning of the book where all the calmer pranks were written down. "So what to start with?"

"We need something subtle" He thought for a moment "Yet not to subtle that no one would get a laugh out of it." James stopped the boys rapid page turning.. "What about that one."

Sirius looked at the page he had stopped on. "Hmmm... that would work…"

"You're going to need a little adjustment there." Remus said pointing out one particular section.

"That's not bad." James said running his hand though his ruffled hair. "I know something we can do instead. I don't think it'll be that difficult."

"So are we all in for it?" Sirius asked looking around at the other two.

"Was there any doubt?"

"I didn't think so." Sirius responded smugly putting his book away and getting out his clothes and changing for bed. Their other room mates had gone to sleep already and Remus quietly shut out the lights before he crept into his bed.

"Hogwarts won't know what hit them.' James smirked up into his canopy.

"We're going to change this school around." Sirius replied.

"Go to sleep you two." Remus softly called from the other side of the room. "Just think the quicker you two get to sleep the quicker we can pull off this stunt."

"That's the oldest trick in the book. You can't make us go to sleep that easily..." Sirius yawned back.

"Oh shut up." James called to his new friend. The only answer he got back were two resounding snores. He grinned to himself and turned over pulling the comforters tighter. Closing his eyes he could only imagine what the next day held in store for him and his three friends.

Hurray. Finished that chapter. I'm sorry Peter's a Slytherin. I have a good reason for it. I've had this in mind for a while. And no he's not completely evil. This is the non-evil Slytherin. I happen to like Slytherin.

Solaria- Fabulous. Now can we finish this off.

Must you be so rude all the time.

Solaria- Um... Yes.

See the abuse I have to deal with.OK. I ahve to apologize again for not updating sooner. Junior year was insane. Schools ending for me in less than a week but then I only have one week to waste before I'm goingoff to govenor's school for 4 weeks. So I'mdoing a review poll. Which ever of my fics gets the most reviews by Tuseday June 14,2005. Will get updated before I leave.

And I also realized I need a beta despretly for all my fics. So if your interested in Betaing either a category or just one fic leaveyour email in your review and what youwant to Beta. I'll also more than happy to plot beta any of your stories.

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