The Four Marauders: Year One

AN: Hey Guys thank you for your reviews and thanks for the suggestions. I will try my hardest to make sure the spelling is right and it matches up with the books :) A big thanks to: Silenthunder, myselfxx93 and Wisebeyondyears for the support. Hope you like this chapter. Also the sorting chapter will be the next one as I want to be accurate.

Chapter 3: A Very Long Train Ride

Remus was standing with his parents, who were both looking very proud of their son. Remus was fidgeting nervously with his jacket (he was wearing muggle clothes) and observing closely his school mates. He saw a family with two daughters, one of them seemed to be begging with the other.

"-Maybe once I'm there- no listen." "Ah, one of them had been accepted, and the other not, trust me I know how that feels." Remus thought to himself. He broke off looking at them to gaze curiously at other families. He saw a boy with greasy hair and a stern looking mother staring at the two girls.

"Bye James don't forget to write!" yelled a mother who could be heard through out all of the station. A boy looked at is mother and permitted her to kiss him but then quickly tried to jump on the train

Remus quickly moved to help the boy with his luggage

"Thanks for that man, boy these trunks are heavy." Said the boy.

"No problem, do you want to find a carriage?" Asked Remus quietly. As the boys traveled along they spotted an empty carriage.

"My name's James. What's yours?" James said loudly. He didn't seem to mind keeping his voice down.

"Remus," he wasn't a loud person and mostly kept to himself, but he liked the look of this boy with his hair that looked like it have never encountered a brush. The train started to move slowly gathering speed as it pulled away from the station.

At this moment another boy stuck his head through the compartment door.

"Do you mind if I sit here? I can't stand to sit with my family," Asked the boy. He had long hair that was black and had a slight wave to it. James waved him in.

"My name's Sirius, what are yours?" Remus and James quickly introduced themselves and James and Sirius soon struck up a conversation while Remus read a book but was so often called into any argument decided just to join.

Just as the conversation reached its peak in volume, the girl who was arguing with her sister, came into the carriage and by this time James and Sirius were wrestling and Remus was laughing. But Remus took notice of the red haired girl that wondered in even if the other two did not.

Remus moved along to make room and the girl sat down gratefully, after she sat down the boys took notice and stopped wrestling to look questionably at Remus and the girl. They then proceeded to introduce themselves.

"My name is Lily" said the girl (or Lily now) she then sighed and leaned against the window. The boys calmed down some but were still talking when another boy came through, Remus recognized him from the station.

"I don't want to talk to you she said in a constricted voice.

"Why not?" Came the reply from the greasy headed boy. By this time Remus was looking at them while Sirius and James continued to talk

"Tuney h-hates me. Because we saw that letter from Dumbledore."

"So what?" The boy replied, apparently not seeing the look of his like on her face

"So she's my sister!"

"She's only a-" he seemed to catch him self before continuing. " But where going! This is it were off to Hogwarts. You'd better be in Slytherin."

At this point James jerked out of his conversation to glare pointedly and asked "Slytherin? Who wants to be in Slytherin?" Sirius sighed and replied

"My whole family's been in Slytherin." James looked shocked by the revelation

"Blimey, and I though you were all right"

"Maybe I'll break the tradition. Were are you heading, if you've got the choice?"

James lifted an invisible sword.

"Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart, like my dad."

The boy made a small disparaging noise and James turned on him.

"Got a problem with that?"

"No, if you'd rather be brawny than brainy..."

Where're you hoping to go, seeing as you're neither." Interjected Sirius. At this James road out with laughter, and Remus gave a small smile himself. Lily looked at Sirius (who looked pleased) to James (still laughing)

" Come on Severus, let's find another compartment."

James imitated her voice and Sirius tried to trip Snape as he walked past, saying "see ya Snivellus." This initiated another round of laughter, this time Remus joined in.

They talked for a long time only pausing when the trolley lady came past, and then to watch wide eyed as Remus walked in carrying a tone of chocolate. And then amazed as Remus managed to devour it all.

When the topic changed to background, Remus wasn't the only one to keep his mouth shut, Sirius looked sick and didn't talk until the topic changed. When a hour or so had past they decided to get changed, James and Sirius got changed there but Remus knew all his scars from previous transformations would cause questions, he got changed in the bath room, declaring he needed to go to the bathroom as well

When Remus came back, the topic shifted to pranks, it seemed that both Sirius AND James liked to pull pranks.

"One time at this family reunion, my mother made this really nice punch and I knew everyone would want some, so I put some really smelly old meat in there and when they all started drinking it they got really sick. It's not one of my best pranks but it embarrassed my mother and she gave me this huge lecture." Sirius said, James was laughing and looked like he was going to say something but then the train slowed and they got off.

AN: Sorry Guys, I suck at writing pranks, so if any of you have an idea, I try and write it. Thanks for all the support.

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