Chapter 2: The Marauders Map Is Stolen

James' POV

The train ride begins to Hogwarts once again. I was sitting with Lorcan and Lysander, Zane, and Ralph. I met Zane and Ralph during my first year here at Hogwarts. Zane's from the States, who has a father that's a movie producer living her in Scotland. Ralph was in the Slytherin house, Zane was in the Ravenclaw house with Lorcan and Lysander. I myself was a Gryffindor like mum and dad. I've known Lorcan and Lysander since we attended the same muggle primary school until we were old enough to attend Hogwarts. Turns out their mother and my parents were pretty close friends back in the day when they attended the school too. Of course everyone knows who my father is, and his parents too. Living in the shadows of a legend isn't a fun as it seems.

I was too distracted about Lily and how her first day was going to go. Despite how I constantly bicker with my siblings, we're a pretty close family that loves each other. The guys were discussing about something that I didn't pay much attention to due to my distraction.

"James are you okay?" Zane asked in his amusing American accident. I began to smirk and nod.

"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just thinking." I replied.

"You sure don't look okay mate." Lorcan replied. Mate was a word that he used so much, saying that he used it frequently would be an understatement.

"I'm just worried about Lily and her first year here." I confessed. Yes I am very over protective of my sister, who isn't?

"Go check on her then." Ralph replied. I shrugged my shoulders, exiting my compartment and hurrying along to enter the one Lily was in.

"James?" Dominique said as I walked in to sit down.

"Hello to you too my dear cousin." I said sarcastically.

"What are you doing here?" Eleanor asked me.

"Checking in on my baby sister. And cousins of course. And you." I said, trying to make it look like I didn't care much. I walked up to hug Lily. She was already dressed in her uniform and school robe.

"I'm fine James." Lily tried to persuade.

"That's good." I replied as I put my hands in my black slacks. Then the map fell out of my left pocket. The Marauders Map.

"What's this?" Rose exclaimed as she picked it up to take a closer look. "Is this what I think this is? No wonder Uncle Harry thinks he misplaced it, you stole it!" She continued.

"I was planning to give it to Lily so she wouldn't get lost. Calm down Rose." I lied, hoping it was believable. I glanced around the compartment, I guess it wasn't.

"Someone's gonna be in big trouble." Dominique said with a smirk.

"So? Big deal. Like you guys haven't done anything sneaky." I said, trying to make it sound like I didn't care about getting in trouble when I was actually scared for my life that dad would catch me.

"But I never get caught." Dominique replies. I roll my eyes and sigh deeply.

"I'll give it back, I promise. I'll have Smoky send in back to dad. Happy?" I promised as Rose, Dominique, Eleanor and even Lily looked at me in disappointment.

"You better, before I have to tell mom herself." Rose replied. Then Scorpius had entered the room randomly after. Before he entered, Rose hid it in her school robe.

"Marauders map you say?" Scorpius asked as he entered the room.

"No, we're just messing around. Why would we have it?" Rose lied.

"True. Weasleys and Potters couldn't of possibly be that talented enough to even find it. Let alone have it." Scorpius bragged. Albus and Rose have always told me that this boy was arrogant, sly and mean. And I never believed it, until now. I was beginning to hate him, even though it's my first time seeing him.

"Like the Malfoys could? On the last day on earth maybe. Why don't you go back to your bloody compartment before I have you cry for your little mummy." I confronted.

"I'd love to see you try Potter." Scorpius replied, not moving at all. From the looks of this, he wants me to hurt him. But I won't. Instead I do something a little more interesting. I grab my wand and hold it in front of Scorpius. He doesn't seem scared so then I continue. I move the wand toward his hair.

"Multicofors." I chanted as I cast the spell. At first he flinches but looks around to notice that nothing happened. Except he now has hot pink hair.

"Punk, enchanting a fake spell. Real mature. See you later at the games Rose." Scorpius said as he walked out with his pink hair. Everyone busted out laughing after he left.

"That's a nice look for him." Rose joked.

"What games was he talking about? The Quidditch games?" Lily asked.

"No, he was talking about this new sport that Hogwarts has created. It's called Hogball." I begin to explain. It's a lot like the muggle sport paintball only it's for wizards. "They take the Quidditch field and turn it into a Hogball arena, like a muggle paintball field. The goal of the game is to catch the other houses flag. It even allow first years to play. They give you special Hogball wands that only shoot out paint so no one gets hurt. The games are at night, around 10pm on Saturday and Sunday." I continued as I watched Lily get extremely excited for it.

"Sounds like a load of fun." Lily said with excitement.

"It is." Rose and I said together. "Well I better be on my way, before Scorpius comes back and tries to kill me. Bye everybody." I continue. "Keep the Map okay!" I mouth to Rose on my way out.. I walk back into my compartment with Zane, Ralph, Lorcan and Lysander.

"I thought you got caught for a second." Lysander stated, as he seemed worried.

"No, everything's cool." I said as I sat down. Hopefully. Hopefully everything was going to be okay. Yet I had this feeling that this year wasn't going to be okay. I don't like it. At all.