Lets try from Sirius' POV now. I'm trying to make it most like each character thinking as I tell it, So Sirius is pretty light hearted and one minded almost. Enjoy.
Disclaimer : I own nothing but the two transfer girls and plot.
Part 1 (Marauders)
In room six of the Leaky Cauldron, there were three young pranksters lounging in various states of boredom about the room.
"Hurry up Remus," drawled a very bored James Potter as he tossed his new potions book aside. "You're taking forever!"
"I can't find the checklist! And today is the last day to shop for our school supplies!" Remus Lupin cried as he threw his arms up in the air in exasperation.
Sirius couldn't help but laugh. Remus was just as must a joker and pulled as many pranks as did his three best friends. They served so much detention that it was a wonder at all that Remus got the grades that he did. He was one of the top students in Hogwarts actually. Second only to Lily Evans.
"I've got my list you know...you only had to ask" This was from the ever prepared Peter Pettigrew. Peter was one of the most soft spoken people that Sirius had ever met. Loyal bloke though, and had some of the best prank ideas he had ever heard of. The great bathroom disaster of '76 had been Peters idea. Ah, that was a great prank.
"Can we go then?" James asked, standing up quickly and heading to the door not even waiting for a reply.
"Oi, mate! Calm down. This is a day for celebration." Sirius grinned while patting his best friend on the back.
"Ha, this is true. So Quidditch store first then?" Remus laughed and suggested James' favorite shop in the hopes to cheer him up.
James grinned. "You're right...Bella the Bitch is finally gone. Maybe only for a year, but the blight on our lives has been removed." He was of course referring to my wretched cousin Bellatrix Black. Horrible girl. But she had left for Salem Witch Academy in America for the next whole school year.
"She will be coming back you know," Peter spoke bringing down from cloud nine.
"Peter," whined Sirius, "Why do you have to go and ruin the mood?"
"Because you know it's true. Don't get too accustomed to it."
As Sirius started to pout James spoke up, "Come on Wormtail, let him have his fun."
"Thanks Prongs!" I grinned and started to dance.
"Did you hear anything about the transfer students that are switching with Bella and Alice?" Remus asked while laughing at my antics.
"Well, since two girls left Hogwarts this year, we're gonna be getting two girls in return. So let us cross our fingers that they are total babes!" James grinned like a wolf.
"Hmm...I wonder what Lily would say if she heard that," teased Remus.
"I would only look...you know I'm crazy about her." He smiled softly.
"Wouldn't stop us," Peter taunted..
"You wouldn't dare," threatened a suddenly terrified James. "I would never get a chance with her!"
"Try us," I smirked
On that note James tackled me to the ground and we went a round right outside of Gringotts. Remus and Peter were egging us on for a good three minutes of wrestling before I managed to get James into a headlock.
"Mercy!" James choked out and I let him go laughing.
I stood up and offered my hand to my best friend with a grin and asked "You ever gonna learn mate? You're never gonna beat me"
"One day Padfoot...One day." he grinned at me.
All of a sudden, someone screeched "LOOK OUT" from up the stairs of Gringotts. Before we could even turn to look in the direction of the scream, something slammed into my left side and James and I went down in a heap.
"Oww." James groaned.
"Damn," Said a female voice from atop me, "These rails are better than the ones in Salem. Sorry about that guys."
"RILEY VICTORIA COLLINS! WHAT DID YOU DO?" This rather feminine roar came from the top of the stairs and I heard someone racing down the steps towards us. "I'm so sorry for her behaviour. Riley Get Up." The last three words were hissed rather than spoken.
"Yes please." My voice sounded muffled.
It took a good two minutes to untangle ourselves from each other. All the while I was underneath both James and the girl who had slammed into us, and her friend was apologizing profusely.
"It's okay," Laughed James. "It's not that often that we meet people after they cause us physical harm." he joked.
The girl, Riley, I think her name was, laughed at this while the girl that had been yelling chastised her, blushed profusely, and apologized for her friend once more.
"Oh let it go Twiggy. They obviously don't care." The blond girl grinned. She was quite small and it was a wonder at all that she had managed to take both myself and James down.
"Not that I haven't been a victim of stair rail sliding before, but I have never been hit by anyone else." I grinned. She smiled back at me and I couldn't help but stare. She was quite lovely. She had a round face, pretty light brown eyes and a spatter of freckles over her noes. God knows I had always liked blonds too. She looked to be a few years younger then myself though, judging by her size. "I'm Sirius. Sirius Black. And I don't think I've ever seen you two around before."
"We're transfer students from Salem Witch Academy actually. It's our first time in London." This came from the dark haired girl standing near Remus and Peter who had been apologizing for the last five minutes. This girl was a deal taller then the blond but could quite possibly be one of the thinnest girls I had ever seen in my life.
"Cool!" Peter exclaimed. "We were actually just talking about who the new transfers might be. We knew both of the girls that left."
"Oh, very cool. Well, I'm Riley Collins, as all of Diagon Alley knows know thanks to her." She jerked her thumb at the other girl. "And this is Melody O'Brien"
Melody waved at everyone, and it was then that I noticed Remus. Staring at her. Grinning foolishly. Oh boy.
"And you fine gentlemen are," Melody asked, looking around expectantly.
"My name is Remus Lupin," responded the Moony quickly. A bit too quickly, but the girl just grinned and blushed. Looked like she would be hanging around a lot more in the next year. Good. More time to get to know this Riley girl.
"I'm James Potter." James was grinning at the two blushing fools. Obviously he wasn't the only one who had noticed.
"And I'm Peter Pettigrew." Man even Peter was grinning. Could they be more obvious?
"Would you ladies like to get an ice cream with us? It's a day of celebration. And what better way to welcome you two to England?" James offered, winking at me.
"We would love to, but Merlin knows we have so many school supplies to get. We didn't even have Care of Magical Creatures in Salem." Melody sighed. "Perhaps we'll see you guys on the train?"
Remus, Riley, and James all said, at the same time "Awwww"
"Do we have to?" Riley whined in an almost childish manner. It was actually quite adorable.
"Well seeing as we only have today to shop, yes we do. Nice meeting you boys. See you tomorrow hopefully." After another stolen glance and blush at Remus, Melody dragged Riley away by the hand towards Madam Malikins.
Once they were out of earshot James nearly yelled. "Could you two have been more obvious?"
"What?" Remus and I both asked at the same time. I mean, it was obvious what he meant about Moony, but what had I done?
"You too could not stop drooling. You know Prongs, I think we are gonna be seeing quite a bit more of those two girls." Peter grinned. Oh boy. If even Peter had noticed, apparently I had been staring alot more than I had realized. I hope I'm not blushing as brightly as Moony is right now.
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