Bright and early, the bells of Hogwarts all chimed at eight o'clock signaling to all of the students and staff that it was time to head down to the Great Hall to collect schedules and eat a magnificent breakfast before the first day of classes could commence.
"Do we really have to go to class Remus?" asked Sirius as he tied his tie under the collar of his shirt and grabbed his beaten up messenger bag.
"Yes, we do Sirius. If we don't, McGonagall will have our heads" stated Remus as he tucked in his shirt and grabbed his backpack.
"Come on you slow pokes. Lets get going before all of the decent breakfast things have been eaten. I'm positively famished!" exclaimed James as he motioned them to quickly leave the boy's dormitory.
"You all go on without me! I can't seem to find my quills and ink!" squeaked Peter while he frantically dug through his trunk in search of the missing quills.
"All right Peter. We'll see you in class if not at breakfast" replied James as him, Remus, and Sirius departed from their quarters and headed to the Great Hall.
"Malloy, Henry" called Professor McGonagall amidst the chaos in the Great Hall. She then proceeded to sigh, "Evans, Lily," which was answered with a prompt "Here professor!" by Lily as she pushed her way through the throngs of Gryffindors.
"Ah, thank goodness! Here is your schedule Lily. Have you seen Remus yet?" asked Professor McGonagall while passing Lily her schedule.
"No, I haven't seen him yet professor. Should I let him know that you are looking for him if I see him?" replied Lily while she began to look over her schedule. "Oh, professor, Elena and Katherine were wondering if you had their schedule."
"Ah yes, here they are and if you could tell him that I am looking for him that would be wonderful Lily. Go enjoy your breakfast and please help any first years if they appear completely lost," responded Professor McGonagall as she handed Elena and Katherine's schedules to Lily and began to search for Malloy, Henry.
After receiving the schedules, Lily made it over to the Gryffindor table and sat down across from Elena and Katherine who had begun to eat their toast and juice. "Ladies, here are your schedules. Looks like we have Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Potions together this year," said Lily while passing Elena and Katherine their schedules.
"Thanks Lily!" muttered Katherine between bites of toast with jam, "I really appreciate you getting this for me."
"Yes, thanks Lily," said Elena as she poured herself some more orange juice, "Would you like some juice?"
"No thanks, I think I am just going to have some eggs and toast. We have a big day ahead of us," answered Lily as she scooped some eggs onto a plate and began to butter a piece of toast
"So what other classes are you taking this year Lily?" asked Katherine as she brushed crumbs off her face with the back of her sleeve.
"It looks like Ancient Runes, Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Divination though I don't know why I am continuing to take that," replied Lily as she took a bite of her scrambled eggs.
"Nice, looks like I'm taking all of those except for Muggle Studies instead of Ancient Runes and Herbology instead of Divination. Too bad for you though, Divination is excruciatingly boring," said Katherine as she sipped from her goblet of juice.
"Well, well, well, look what we have here," said a voice over Lily's shoulder, "a filthy Mudblood and her two stupid friends".
"Back off Snivellus, you aren't welcome over here," stated James as he approached the Gryffindor table and put his bag on the top of the table.
"I wasn't talking to you Potter," replied Severus Snape as he turned to face James, Sirius, and Remus who had just entered the Great Hall.
"Well, now you are Snivellus," answered James as he straightened his tie and cloak, "Why don't you leave these lovely ladies alone and go do what ever it is you slimy Death Eaters do?"
It was at this moment, that Professor Flitwick stood on top of his chair, raised his wand to his mouth and, in a loud voice he squeaked, "Students, please proceed to your first class. Class will begin in ten minutes!" At this notice, all of the students began to finish their breakfast and proceed to their first class of the year.
"We will finish this later Potter," stated Snape as he turned and left the Great Hall.
"Well, that was pleasant wasn't it? I believe that that went rather well," said James to the other Marauders, Lily, Katherine, and Elena.
"We should probably get going to the potions dungeons for class, but thanks James," said Lily with a small smile as she slung her bag over her shoulder and grabbed her piece of toast to finish as they walked.
"Well, what do you know? Our first class happens to be potions as well," replied Sirius.
"Well let's get going then," stated Elena as she slung her messenger bag over her shoulder and began to head out of the Great Hall.
"Ahh, wait for me!" squealed Katherine as she quickly rose from her seat and went to follow Elena.
"Well, that went well, didn't it mate?" said Sirius as he patted James on the back.
"Ha ha ha. You are just so funny. We better get going or we're going to be late," replied James as he slung his bag over his shoulder and headed out of the Great Hall with Sirius and Remus.
At 6 o'clock, students began to file into the Great Hall after an exhausting day of classes to eat dinner.
"Well that was fantastic!" sighed Katherine, "I've never had so much schoolwork in my entire life! When do they expect me to do it all?"
"At least you don't have Arithmancy Katherine," said Elena as she put her bag on the floor under her seat.
"True, true. Why are you taking that again? Its not required," replied Katherine.
"Same reason you are taking Muggle Studies; I enjoyed it and thought I might as well take another year of it," answered Elena as she contemplated what she was going to eat.
"Well ladies, how was your first day of classes?" said a voice over Katherine and Elena's shoulders.
"Pretty good, and yours Remus?" asked Elena
"Not to shabby. I just wish first years knew where they were going. I had to rescue a few that got stuck in the Room of Requirement," responded Remus as he settled down next to Elena.
"Hey everybody!" exclaimed Lily as she sat across from Katherine. "How were your classes? Oh and Remus, did you find those first years that got stuck in the prefects' bathroom?"
"No I didn't Lily, but I did get the ones that were stuck in the Room of Requirement," sighed Remus, "at any rate my classes weren't half bad. I'm glad to have Potions, Transfiguration, and Defense Against the Dark Arts with you all."
"Yes, those weren't too bad today at least!" said Katherine.
As Katherine, Elena, Lily, and Remus began to eat dinner, some muttering and giggling began to escape the mouths of several seventh year Ravenclaw girls sitting at the next table over.
"Well, that giggling can only mean one thing," sighed Remus before he took a sip of pumpkin juice.
"Hello mates," said James and Sirius in unison as they approached where Remus and the girls were sitting, "how were everyone's classes today?" It was with this question that James sat next to Lily and Sirius then sat next to him while taking off his tie.
"Not bad, get into any trouble yet?" asked Lily as she began to cut a piece of chicken.
"No, not yet but there is still plenty of time to make that happen," answered James as he scooped mashed potatoes onto his plate.
"Did you ever think of just trying to not get into trouble?" asked Elena as she unfolded a napkin onto her lap.
"Now where would the fun be in that?" replied Sirius with a small smile as he poured himself a glass of pumpkin juice.
"James, when were you thinking of holding tryouts?" asked Katherine before eating a carrot.
"Dunno yet. Probably next weekend. Give everyone a chance to settle down and the first years a chance to learn how to fly. They make tryouts extremely entertaining to watch," answered James
"It's true. It would be excruciatingly boring without watching them struggle to stay on the broom let alone trying to catch the Quaffle," interjected Sirius.
And with that final interjection, the group began to discuss their classes, professors, Quidditch, and, after finishing their delicious dinner, headed back to Gryffindor tower and went to sleep.
Thank you so much for reading! Please feel free to leave comments so that I can work towards improving my first story!