A/N: Ok I realize that I should work on my other stories, but I really wanted to do this one and couldn't help it. So, here is my new story, A Marauders Tale!
Disclaimer: Sadly it is my most unfortunate duty to say here that I do not own Harry Potter, nor am I part of any Harry Potter company, for if I was I would not be wasting this time writing a fanfiction, I would be using this time productively to finish the books . . . all belongs to JK Rowling, Warner Bros and so on . . .
Full Summary: If you were told that hundreds of years before you were born, you're future was foretold in a prophecy, how would you take it? Probably no better then James Potter, Lily Evans, Sirius Black, Megan Winters, Peter Pettigrew (A/N: hisses from readers are heard at evil person lol!) Remus Lupin and Ali Lloyd took it when they found out. Lily Evans and her two best friends Megan and Ali always hated the Marauders... the Marauders who were arrogant and cocky, who pulled pranks on poor helpless victims... Lily liked to think of her and her friends as the smarter, yet decent people of Hogwarts... highly intelligent, but unlike the 'infamous' Marauders (infamous to Lily, Megan and Ali, but... famous to the rest of the female population) they were NOT self-centered. The Marauders always... you could say, DISLIKED Lily and her friends... after all nobody likes people who rat them out when they pull pranks, and NOBODY likes people who don't like you... so when they hear about a prophecy involving Hogwarts, they decide to try and figure out what it said exactly, and what it meant... but they find out more then they bargained for... slowly, the mystery and intrigue surrounding it all will bring them together... only they can solve the mystery, only they can fulfil the prophecy as well as their own desires...
A Marauder's Tale
By: EilayAdnayVolieay
Chapter One: The Prophecy
"The sky was dark and clouded over the night that a prophecy was foretold... a prophecy that would forever change history, forever change the lives of the people the prophecy surrounded..." Professor Binns said, continuing on and on and on with his lecture. Lily Evans was probably the only student paying attention to their History of Magic lesson, taking notes on every word that the professor said. She looked around, shocked that nobody else was taking notes or even at least paying attention.
The classroom was quite a sight. Some students were trying to look like they were paying attention, but it was still obvious that they weren't. Others didn't even bother to pretend... some were doodling on their notebooks, others were passing notes to their friends, enchanting them to fly over to whoever it was for. And then, there were the TOTAL slackers, who were asleep, snoring and drooling. But despite his less then interested students, Professor Binns continued with his lecture about the prophecy of a "legend to be born" since he was used to students not listening to what he had to say. When it came to his exams, students would do last minute studying skim-reading every book they could find on what they THOUGHT would be on the test, missing the actual content entirely and barely passing.
"And so, class, the prophecy was heard by one and one wizard only... but his death was later foretold, so he wrote down the prophecy... this wizard was none other then Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of this school... he died, as was foretold, but after he and the others founded Hogwarts, after Salazar Slytherin left the school... it was assumed that he hid the prophecy, somewhere here, in Hogwarts... now whether or not that is true is unknown. It is the same that people believed for many years that the Chamber of Secrets did not exist, and perhaps that is true, but several years ago it was opened... the person believed to have opened it was expelled, but really... we never actually had a witness of the chamber being opened, nobody has found it still... and even though a girl WAS killed, it could have been nothing at all... just a student gone bad... so don't be getting any ideas about this prophecy," Professor Binns continued, as if any student other then Lily paying attention.
"Just a random question, to test if you have paid attention well in one of my classes a few weeks ago, what was the Golden Snitch originally?" Professor Binns asked. James Potter finally lifted his head up from his doodling, and saw Lily put her hand up. He sighed... he knew the answer of course, after all Quidditch was his LIFE! Did that girl have an answer for EVERYTHING? But... James had to admit, she was kind of cute... in her own, stubborn way... and if you liked girls that had way to red of hair, and puke green eyes... he heard Sirius behind him snickering, and followed his gaze to... Oh god! I forgot that Sirius sat behind me today... and he's looking at..." James looked down and saw that he had forgotten to hide his doodles... great... turning around again, James saw Sirius smirking at him, then Sirius nodded towards Lily.
"Yes, Miss Evans?" Professor Binns asked tonelessly. Lily sat up straight, and cleared her throat before replying.
"Well, before the Golden Snitch was created, Quidditch players used a bird that was then overpopulated, now almost extinct, the Golden Snidget. The game of Quidditch developed over the years and at first they didn't have a seeker at all, and it was during that time that hunters were hunting Golden Snidgets... very fast and near impossible to see... sounds very much like the Snitch, doesn't it? That's because after it was declared that it was cruelty to animals using the Snidgets who were later put in a wildlife reserve type thing, the Golden Snitch was invented to be near identical to the Snidget." As usual, Lily Evans sounded as though she had swallowed a textbook. James looked at her, his mouth hanging down... what did SHE know about Quidditch? She never came to any of the matches, ever, she never showed any interest in it when any of her friends or the people around her started to talk about it... she groaned and walked away. Yet, she knew about the HISTORY of it... then again, she read everything... but even still... James looked down at his notebook and quickly shut it, hiding his doodling of Lily's name.
"Correct, Miss Evans. Now that I seem to have gotten your attention let us go back to the—" just as Professor Binns was about to go on about what homework they would have, it was time for their next class. They all tried to rush out as quickly as possible before Professor Binns would remember to assign homework but had no such luck.
"And for homework this weekend class, I would like a 3 foot essay on the prophecy I just told you about, and I expect it on my desk Monday morning, NO excuses Mr Potter, Mr Black, alright then?" Professor Binns turned around and went about his usual business, waiting for his next class to enter. James, Sirius, Peter and Remus left the classroom together.
Meanwhile, Lily, Megan and Ali were walking quickly to their Transfiguration class. Lily sighed, knowing that they were supposed to be learning a new spell, very complex... and although Lily was thought to probably be the smartest witch in her year, she was horrible at Transfiguration. Give her a Charms spell any day, but Transfiguration...
James walked right past Lily without even noticing she was there, but bumping right into her, causing her to get very irritated with him. He could be so ARROGANT and cocky sometimes that it just made her want to... well, it wouldn't be Lily-like to say, but something NOT good. He turned around, and grinned in a way that HE thought was apologetic, but SHE thought was more of a look of accomplishment, achievement... putting her head up high, she speed-walked past him and sat into her desk. Ali and Megan exchanged glances before following her suit.
Huh... I wonder what got into HER? I mean I know I knocked into her but COME ON! Its not like I shoved her into anyone, other then that loser Derek... well I guess if I were here I wouldn't want to be shoved into a loser either... psht, the only reason I 'like' her as Remus said I must is because she's easy on the eyes and hates my guts...' James smirked to himself, and sat down behind Lily. Perfect... right behind Evans... this should be QUITE interesting... Lily turned around for a few brief seconds and glared James' way. She had an idea that he was up to something, she just couldn't be sure WHAT exactly...
Professor McGonnagal entered the classroom, late for a change, and quickly told the students that her lateness was merely caused by a horrible fight in the halls. Brushing back a stray strand of hair, she continued on with the lesson.
"Today, class, we will be learning a more difficult spell then previous ones we have learned. We will ACTUALLY be learning more human transfiguration... not quite complete transfiguration, that is still a bit too advanced for you at the moment, but a more simple spell... to change one's clothes... to something different. This spell is mostly used when going undercover as Aurors, or other dangerous jobs available... but still is part of the curriculum. There ARE, however, some slight, er... side affects... highly unlikely to happen, but... well, just... make sure to be prepared for the, ahem, worst. Also, because this is a more difficult spell, we'll work on it all this week to fully MASTER, or at least TRY to master, the spell... with a partner." McGonnagal replied. As soon as she said the word partner, everybody looked around and started pointing and whispering, choosing their partners. It was then that McGonnagal decided to burst their bubble.
"Partners which I will be choosing," Groans were heard all through the classroom. It didn't really bother Lily much. Professor McGonnagal began calling out names pairing people up. I can't do Transfiguration well anyways, Lily thought. So I don't really care about partners, as long as I'm not paired with...
"Evans and Potter!"
A/N: Ah, a cliffhanger... how I am famous for these... you will learn to love my stories, and hate them at the same time... hate as in hate the cliffies. Anyways, I should PROBABLY work on updating my other stories now that this idea is put down on paper so to speak, so... hope you enjoyed, and don't forget to review and let me know what you think! Flames welcome but I'd appreciate if you tried to be constructive.
EDITED: Some have mentioned that some characters seem ooc (out of character)... just to clear that up, its meant to be that way because it's a fanFICTION, not the real thing. Since JK will likely never write a prequel, us Marauder Time lovers will be forced to resort to Fanfictions.