Author's Notes:

Er…hi… Okay I know I haven't updated in AGES but I'm very sorry, and if you keep reading my explanations at the bottom! I feel that I need to introduce the staff of Hogwarts (especially the new ones), so here goes….

Told by Mr. Padfoot:

Year 1977…

Hi again! I feel, that now I have a duty, and that duty is to inform about the Hogwarts teachers.

"Padfoot! Stop interrupting the story!" That was Remus. Oh joy. He just came up behind me and is now whining about me interrupting the story.

"Well we just got off to a good start and then you interrupt it! It was going all smoothly and then you go back to 1977! We were just getting into it as well!" Remus complained.

"I only wanted to write about the teachers that we had for our first and second years," I said obstinately.

"Well hurry up then," Remus replied demandingly.

Anyway, back to the teachers, (just ignore Remus, pretend that he didn't interrupt me for a minute).

Well the Hogwarts teachers are a weird bunch. An extremely weird bunch if you ask me. Let's start off with the most important (and weirdest of all) of the Hogwarts staff shall we?

Professor Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster:

Quote from the man himself (which justly sums up his personality): "Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!" – Er, yeah… Okay…

Professor Albus Dumbledore, possibly the strangest of all teachers, (and that's saying something because a lot of the Hogwarts staff are extremely strange) is a genius. Dumbledore is the Headmaster of Hogwarts, and a very great Headmaster he is. He has long white silvery hair and a long silver beard, his eyes are blue and they twinkle. A lot. They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. That really makes me wonder, what kind of soul does Dumbledore have?

Dumbledore knows a lot of stuff that we don't.

He's a very smart man, Dumbledore, he knows how to deal with any kind of people, and he outsmarts most people using just words. He's the greatest and most powerful wizard that's ever lived. Dumbledore is Voldemort's most feared enemy, that's why Hogwarts is the safest place around.

Dumbledore is the greatest wizard of all time but he is also a little…er… strange. Did I say a little strange? I meant a lot. He loves muggle sweets like Sherbet Lemons and all kinds of other weird things (like Cockroach Clusters for example).

Another great thing about Dumbledore is that he almost always laughs and enjoys our pranks, like this one time when we made all the cutlery and plates float in the Great Hall, and caused a chaos he looked like Christmas had come early. Dumbledore is also a kind person; he pities everyone and believes in second chances. For example he let Remus into Hogwarts when no other Headmaster would have.

A word of advice: if ever you need to get out of trouble, go to Dumbledore.Dumbledore has gotten us out of being expelled a lot of times in the past seven years, like I said, he believes in second chances. Or thirds.

Another piece of advice, if you want to get out of something with Dumbledore, just tell him an extremely funny joke, Dumbledore loves a good joke, chances are he'll get so caught up in the joke and won't worry about the trouble you've caused because the joke's so funny. I suspect that he doesn't forget about the trouble you've caused though; he just lets people off easily. Perhaps that's why McGonagall is often the one to punish us. That's not to say that Dumbledore is stupid though, he's extremely wise. And I'm so glad that he's the Headmaster and not some other idiot.

Professor Minerva McGonagall, Transfiguration, Head of Gryffindor, Deputy Headmistress:

Quote from McGonagall: "I'm very disappointed in you Sirius Black, 20 points from Gryffindor and detention for a week… although, I did like that lovely shade of crimson…" – talking about when I cursed Snape to flash red and gold, I kid you not, that is what she actually said! Humph, okay then, she might not have said it but I could tell that that was exactly what she was thinking!

Aah McGonagall. She's a tough cookie. She absolutely loves it when James and I call her Minerva (note the sarcasm there). McGonagall is the Gryffindor Head of House, and teaches Transfiguration.

She's been wary of James and I especially (and eventually Peter, and sometimes Remus) since our first day of the first year, just because Bellatrix and Narcissa tried to introduce me to Snape on the train and James accidentally cursed him and that ended in me trying to help James, and Snape cursing us both. Of course it was all my cousins and Snivellus' fault, if they hadn't come into our compartment then James wouldn't have accidentally cursed them, anyway, McGonagall found out about that from the trolley lady and even though we sort of escaped punishment McGonagall has been wary of us ever since.

And then on the first day James and I were a bit late to her first class (because we were late to breakfast because we slept in, and Remus and Peter didn't even come to get us! Shame on them!) and McGonagall gave us detention for that, though I suspect that that detention wasn't only for us being late but also for what had happened on the train.

McGonagall is extremely strict and never fails to give out detentions and take points off us. Though I suspect that good old Minerva enjoys our little pranks as well, sometimes I catch a hint of a smile when she sees our pranks. We know your secret McGonagall! You can't hide it from good old Padfoot and Prongs! Ahem, anyway, as I was saying, McGonagall secretly takes pleasure in seeing the Slytherins' asses being whipped by yours truly.

McGonagall is also an Animagus, a cat, mind you. And she helped us become Animagi, without her knowing of course. We just asked her a couple of innocent seeming questions about Animagi and she told us. It's always funny when teachers help you with breaking the rules and they don't even know it.

Another thing about McGonagall is that she secretly favours James because he's the Gryffindor Quidditch Champion and often wins the Quidditch cup for Gryffindor, and James is top of the class in Transfiguration. She can't help favouring him, though she tries not to.

McGonagall has, and always will be strict, very strict, but as I said, she always enjoys our pranks, and generally if you keep on her good side Minerva is not all that bad really.

Professor Filius Flitwick, Charms, Head of Ravenclaw:

Quote from Flitwick: "Now please at least try not to use the charm for any troublemaking. McGonagall would have my head if she found out that I was the one who taught you it!" – Flitwick told us this after he taught us a certain handy charm, ah poor Flitwick… he tries. He knew that it would be perfect for a prank but he taught us anyway!

Professor Flitwick is a funny tiny little man who's the Head of Ravenclaw. Flitwick teaches charms and is known for his sensitive nature. Flitwick is pretty cool, he's quite funny most of the time actually, he's so small that he needs to stand on a pile of books just to see over his desk.

I've also heard that Professor Flitwick was quite the duelist in his days. I asked him a about it once and he told us about how he was a dueling champion in his days, which is pretty cool.

Even though Flitwick is tiny, most of the students have a lot of respect for him; he's one of those teachers that you instantly like and hold in a high regard. No one ever makes any rude comments to him about his shortness. We may joke about it now and then though.

Yes, Flitwick is definitely one of Hogwarts best teachers, James, Remus, Peter and I can ask him about charms for our pranks and he'll tell us straight away, and even offer to teach them to us (we don't tell him that we're going to use it for a prank, but I think he has a pretty good idea of what we use them for). I think that as long as we're actually learning something he doesn't care whether we use the charms for pranks or not.

Professor Pomona Sprout, Herbology, Head of Hufflepuff:

Quote from Sprout: "Be careful now! The little darlings may bite…" – when we had to repot Gnashing Gibbit's (I kid you not, that is their real name!). Yeah, may bite, more like 'may attempt to rip your head off'…

Professor Sprout. Hmm. There isn't really much to say about Sprout, she's just like any normal teacher, and as her name suggests she teaches Herbology, and she's also the Head of Hufflepuff. She's not strict like McGonagall, she's not boring like Binns and she's not as cheery as Flitwick. She's one of those regular professors that teach students what they need to know and in an effective way. Professor Sprout is one of the teachers that don't get much recognition, because she isn't strict or boring, she's just plain old Sprout.

She always encourages her students, that's for sure, especially Peter, she once gave him a fanged geranium and every time James or I went near it the stupid thing bit us, and yes, to admit it; a bite from a Fanged Geranium does hurt! In the end the said plant 'mysteriously' disappeared somehow.

You don't even want to know about the time when she gave Peter a honking daffodil. Talk about favouritism. But then again, I'm kind of glad that I'm not one of Sprout's favourite students because I'd hate to see what she'd give me.

Professor Edgar Bones, Defense Against the Dark Arts:

Quote from Bones: "Did you know that Muggles use ekelicity to light rooms and for other things?!" – Said in a very excited tone. Yeah, actually I did know that, and it's not that exciting.

Professor Edgar Bones is the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. When we first met Professor Bones he seemed strange, but when we got to know him a bit better we found that we really started to like him. Professor Bones is a bit weird but in a good way, he's good friends with Dumbledore, (it's no wonder, because they're both strange, birds of a feather…). Professor Bones is a good teacher and teaches us in the practical sense, instead of straight out of textbooks all the time.

Professor Bones is a very easy-going type of guy, but if a student does something extremely stupid, or the class constantly disobeys him, well boy, he goes off.

And I mean off, we're talking full-blown shouting-at-the-top-of-his-lungs so-you-can-hear-it-on-the-seventh-floor kind of thing, he gets angrier even than, say, McGonagall, and he yells louder than her when he's really pissed off. Which to me is a pretty amazing feat.

But these occasions are very rare, if at all, and he gets over it quite quickly. All the students basically know by now not to keep getting on his nerves. James and I know just the right moment to stop annoying him, and when he'll crack, (we've perfected it over the years).

Professor Bones is a tolerant and open-minded person, he is like a friend and a teacher; over the years on several occasions he's helped us with things, the good thing about him is that his main field is the Dark Arts but he also has knowledge about other subjects so you can ask him about things and he'll tell you, although he does have the tendency to rave on and on about it, which is a disadvantage, but if you're like James, Remus, Peter and I, there's always a call for distractions.

A tip if you have a lesson with Professor Bones and don't want to do class work: Ask him about muggle appliances or something similar, he'll go on about them for ages and ages, and before you know it the lesson will have ended.

Professor Marek Crevan:

Quote from Crevan: "Severus Snape is a very kind person who would be eager to be your friend"- when trying to make me be friends with Snivellus, talk about an appalling judge of character!

Professor Crevan is the Potions teacher and the Head of Slytherin. Professor Crevan in my opinion (which is of very high value, believe me) is a complete and utter sodding prat. I do have a reason for this of course (I have reasons and explanations for everything) Professor Crevan is a friend of the Black family. Joy for me. Not. If you have any sense at all a friend of the Black family usually is equivalent to a stupid pure-blood maniacal idiot. He's a 'great' friend of my dad, as he constantly likes to remind me. Example: "Me and your dad are great friends… blah blah blah" as soon as he mentions my dad I prefer to tune out, saying 'yes sir' occasionally to make him think I'm listening. He always tries to talk me into becoming an evil little git just like Regulus, he loves giving me lectures on how I should be in Slytherin and all that crap, it's like he thinks he can tell me what to do just because he's a teacher and he's friends with the family! It's pathetic. Another reason why Professor Crevan is a git is because he favours Snivellus, it's pitiable, just because Snivellus is evil and can brew potions, Professor Crevan loves him. And get this, James doesn't think he's 'all that bad'! Just because I won't be evil like Crevan, he is constantly being nice to James and rubbing it in my face, like he's saying 'look how I'd treat you if you were evil' or something. He can be very cunning in that way. The only comfort I get is that Professor Crevan treats Remus just the same, if not worse than he treats me, because Remus sometimes brews up Potions that could blow up the whole dungeon (I wish they would, actually). And of course Peter has the same opinion that James does, so he doesn't think that Professor Crevan is that bad either. Yes, they're pretty bloody blind.

Professor Binns, History of Magic:

Quote from the Ghost: "History of Magic is one of the most exciting and riveting subjects that you'll ever study at Hogwarts"- Yeah right, more like one of the most dullest and tiring!

Professor Binns is possibly the most boring teacher in the history of Hogwarts and the whole wizarding world. Scratch that: he is the most boring teacher in the history of Hogwarts and the entire wizarding world. Binns teaches History of Magic, and makes bloody goblin wars and famous rebellions sound as boring as listening to someone droning on about broom safety.

He possesses the most monotone and boring voice in the entire history of the world – muggle and wizarding.

Professor Binns is the only Professor at Hogwarts that is a ghost. You're probably thinking 'Oh, a ghost! How cool! That would so be cool to be taught by a ghost,' right? Wrong. The fact that he's a ghost doesn't cover up the fact that his lessons are as boring as all hell. You would think that being taught by a ghost would be exiting and cool; well it would be, if it were a ghost by any other name than 'Professor Binns'.

The story goes on like that since ages ago (I'm talking 1800's here, maybe a slight exaggeration there) there was a fire in the staff room, and Binns, upon waking up in the middle of the fire, simply went off to class, leaving his body behind.

Binns' teaching method and routine has been the same over the past however many years that he's been teaching; he enters the classroom through the blackboard and then proceeds to drone on and on about things that have the possibility to be exciting if told by any other person. You can do anything in Binns class and he would be totally oblivious to it, like this one time I let a couple of owls in through the window and Binns didn't even notice. History of Magic is a great lesson to spend for planning things, that's where James, Peter and I do a lot of planning. Remus doesn't though, he takes notes, I don't know how he does it, once I offered to steal Binns' notes for him when the exams were coming up but Remus objected to it, saying that it was 'immoral'.

Professor Accalia Philomena, Astronomy:

Quote from Philomena: "I myself don't claim to know everything about Astronomy…" – Well why the hell are you teaching it then?!

Professor Philomena is the Astronomy teacher; she's around her mid thirties I think. She has straight black hair, pale skin and dark eyes; sometimes she can be quite scary because she just stands there staring up at the sky without saying anything. Philomena is very mysterious. She only appears at night and rarely attends feasts in the Great Hall. Now that I think about it, she could be a vampire…

Er, sorry about that, my imagination sort of ran away with me there, but she is pale, and you only ever see her at night. But I doubt that Dumbledore would hire a vampire. Even if he wanted to, the staff would be against it, but what if Dumbledore didn't know? I mean, she does suddenly appear out of nowhere in places, it's kind of freaky…

"Padfoot! Professor Philomena is not a vampire you idiot!" That was Remus. Again. Why can't he just mind his own bloody business? It's not like I always annoy him. Oh wait…

"How do you know? She could be, she's only around at night, she's got pale skin, she appears all of a sudden out of nowhere, she's got freaky eyes," I listed.

Remus rolled his eyes, "You're worse than Peter, with all of your stupid theories."

I ignored him. Remus absolutely loves Philomena. Well maybe not to that extent, but I wouldn't be surprised. He probably has a crush on her or something. Philomena is always talking to Remus, helping him, and favouring him.

"I do not have a bloody crush on Professor Philomena! Sirius, you're such an idiot, I swear." Remus was at it again. When will he shut up? "And look at your quotes! They're meant to describe the teacher or be something wise they say, you're not meant to mock them!" Remus whinged. Lalalalalalala. Ignore.

Anyway. Back to Philomena, she's quite a nice teacher actually, she teaches pretty well, and she showed me the star Sirius in the Second Year, (did you know that it's the brightest star in the sky?). So even if Philomena is a vampire I don't mind cause she's pretty neat.

Argus Filch, Hogwarts Caretaker:

Quote from Filchy: "Come out you brats! If I don't find you my Mrs. Norris will! Mrs. Norris knows all and she will get you, if not today then one day!" – Um… yeah… Can someone say insane?

Filch is the caretaker of Hogwarts and oh how I hate him. But who doesn't? Filch is a particularly nasty man who takes pleasure in and finds it his duty to punish every student that has stepped a toe out of line. Especially us.

Filch absolutely hates James, Remus, Peter and I, mainly because we cause all the havoc that goes on in the castle, and the beauty of it is that Filch can hardly ever catch us, no one can prove that we've done something but everybody knows that it was us. That's what I love about being a famous prankster. Filch goes to all ends to accuse us of anything and everything but he can hardly ever prove it, and in the rare situation that he does catch us in the act of something he never gets to punish us the way that he would like. Of which I'm extremely glad, I'd hate to see what Filch would do to students if he were allowed to punish them the way he wants.

Filch also has a cat named Mrs. Norris the second (another reason why cats are on my most disliked animals list), Mrs. Norris for short, (apparently he names every cat he has Mrs. Norris, talk about off your rocker!) who basically prowls around for Filch on the watch for students out of bed or causing havoc, when she spots a student she runs off and Filch is there five seconds later. It's rather annoying. Although we have the Invisibility Cloak sometimes I have the feeling that the stupid cat can see through it, I have no idea how, but it gets bloody annoying. Once James and I kidnapped Mrs. Norris, and Filch was ready to murder someone. Of course he couldn't prove that it was us but he was ready to murder us anyway. It was quite amusing really.

Madam Poppy Pomfrey, School Nurse:

Quote from Pomfrey: "Oh, you poor thing! You must be in terrible pain! Shhh, don't speak, it'll only make it worse, don't worry I'll fix everything…" – That was when Peter twisted his ankle…

Madam Pomfrey is the Hogwarts nurse. She's extremely overprotective of students that have been hurt, once I broke my leg and she made me stay in bed for three days! Her overprotective-ness can get very annoying, especially if you want to get out of the Hospital Wing and do something. She's extremely protective of Remus of course, and she won't let him out of her sight after his transformations, Remus has to ensure her that he's perfectly fine about 500 times before she'll let him out of the Hospital Wing. It can be very amusing but other times it's just annoying because we need Remus for pranks. Pomfrey is the initial reason why Remus is a chocoholic. She always stuffs chocolate into his mouth after his transformations and now Remus eats it out of habit. Maybe he thinks that if he eats enough chocolate he won't be in as much pain on the full moon, actually, I don't think he's that stupid. I don't know, but I'm very surprised that Remus isn't ten thousand kilos by now.

The good thing about Pomfrey is that she never asks too many questions about how we get hurt, which is good because our pranks sometimes backfire (yes, I admit it), and she is mostly kind to her patients. Except she always tells James, Peter and I to leave Remus alone and that he 'needs his bed rest' when we go to visit him after his transformations.

Madam Irma Pince, Librarian:

Quote from Pincey: "Shhhh! You're disturbing the books! They need their rest! Get your grimy hands off my precious books! Get out this instance!" – Er, yeah… did I mention half the staff at Hogwarts is insane?

Aah, the lovely Pince, such a lovely and pleasant librarian. Pince is strict, irritable and looks like a vulture without any wings. She absolutely hates James, Peter and I, because we're always talking in the library, I swear, one time I was talking to James and she hit me over the head with a very heavy book. Talk about assault! I'll never be the same again.

Also if you eat in the library she'll chase you with a pile of books ready to fling them at you half way to the Great Hall, she doesn't want to let us borrow books but she'll throw them at you instead.

Honestly, I will never understand that woman. Er, not that I want to or anything. Pince even puts nasty spells or hexes on books so that people return them on time, she is very protective of her books and generally hates all students that put their 'grubby' hands on them. Although Pince hates James, Peter and I she is more pleasant to Remus. Mainly because he is polite to her, he tries not to talk in the library and he does his work most of the time. It's extremely funny because she always glares at me, James or Peter when we walk into the library but when Remus walks in she sort is on the verge of actually smiling (yes I know, amazing isn't it?!). He's the only one to have domesticated the Dragon Lady – (the name by which she is officially known by, either that or Vulture Lady, I don't know which one sounds better, they both describe her exceptionally well). It's extremely amusing. Yes, Remus and Dragon Lady get on quite well.

"Sirius! Will you stop writing about how I get on well with every female staff member! Just because I'm polite to them it doesn't mean we're jolly old friends!" That was Remus, yet again. Just ignore him. Ignore. Ignore. Ignore.

Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of the Keys and Grounds:

Quote from Hagrid: "Ah, Dragons, lovely creatures aren't they, they're so lovable, wouldna' hurt a fly…"- ah, yeah, Dragons wouldn't hurt a fly, they'd only burn it to a crisp, that's all…

Hagrid, the enormous, beetle-eyed, hairy, dragon-loving groundskeeper is quite a nice person. He absolutely loves all creatures great and hairy, scaly and hideous and dark and dangerous. It's crazy.

Once he got hold of a baby Griffin, (I have no idea how) and tried to tame it. Which didn't work very well, because Griffins don't like being trained, especially by someone like Hagrid. I think in the end Dumbledore sent it away. Hagrid's tried things like that quite a number of times. Next he'll be getting a bloody Chimera or something.

We don't see Hagrid that much, but when we do he's always nice to us, he's a strange man, and can be very sensitive despite his 'tough' exterior.

Hagrid also covers up for us sometimes, once when we were caught walking out of the Forbidden Forest at night and Hagrid covered up for us, that was good of him.

Some students are scared of Hagrid because of his size, others, like the Slytherins hate him; they're always calling him names and stuff.

Madam Jocunda Skyes, Flying Instructor and Quidditch Referee:

Quote from Sykes: "If I can fly all the way across the Atlantic with nothing but my own broomstick then surely you can mount yours!"- To various students who couldn't mount their broomsticks.

Sykes teaches flying to first years and she referees the Quidditch games, she's very passionate about flying and Quidditch.

Sykes was the first person to fly across the Atlantic on a broomstick (which she likes to refer to a lot) and she even has her own chocolate frog card because of it. She's pretty cool although she pushes the students too hard, she really doesn't take no for an answer. She's very strong-willed and driven-especially when it comes to teaching kids flying!

For example, on our first day of flying Peter couldn't fly the broomstick after mounting it, it just would not move, and Peter kept on telling Sykes that he couldn't fly, but she kept on insisting that he could, and she kept on making him try and fly, and in the end he flew straight into a tree! Luckily for him that it wasn't the Whomping Willow. After that ordeal he hasn't been on a broomstick since, though James and I convinced him to fly one last summer, I really think he's allergic to them.

Anyway, as you can see Sykes is a little too over the top in encouraging her students, basically if you don't attempt to fly a broomstick the first time she'd probably pick you up and physically put you on the broomstick herself. She thinks we're all made of steel or something, and that everyone can and will fly - even if it means falling fifty feet from the air in the process.

Aaaaah! Please don't maul me or anything! I know I probably deserve it for not updating in soooo long, but if you hurt me now then no one could write the story could they? See I had to update for you at the expense of me not doing my work because I felt so bad. And I know that it isn't well a 'proper' chapter, if you like, but I will try to post Sirius' first day soon- which is two separate chapters because they're so long!

Anyway, I hope your still reading!

I'm so so so very sorry that I haven't updated in ages! I've been really busy, with school, exams, and my beta's been busy as well, and my aunty coming to Aust. and showing her places, anyway I'm sure you don't need to hear my life story, but just wanted to let you know I'm still alive (amazing isn't it?) and I'm still writing the story, so don't give up on me yet! And thank you everyone for your great wonderful reviews! Keep them coming, it's what keeps me writing.

And please keep reading, and once again sorry for taking so long, and thank you for your reviews, they mean a lot to me! Now, on to some replies!

Kady Rilla Wholli- Thank you very much! Well, what's to come in future? Hmm, just the usual stuff MWPP do I guess, I can't even remember, I haven't been working on the story for a while! There will be appearances by Bellatrix, Narcissa & Snape and the Slytherins, pranks, the forbidden forest and other stuff (I can't give too much away! ;)). I'll take a look at your story soon maybe, when I have some time!

Ronda-Silverpaw- Yes, poor Remus. Thanks a lot!

Sinical-Sarchasm- You should write about that plot bunny if you haven't already, I could see it now! It would be great if the Sorting Hat tried to put everyone in Slytherin seeing as most of the students are against the idea, yes there was fragments of that in this fic, I originally had this in the part where Peter was sorted:

"Yes, I can talk in your head, now where to put you? Hmm, let me see, ah yes, you strive to fit in do you not?" I nodded, "yes, I thought so, ah, there's also a thirst to prove yourself, and you also have a cunning mind, you would fit in if you were in Slytherin hmm, where to put you I wonder?" I don't want to be in Hufflepuff, please not Hufflepuff, or Slytherin, I thought as the hat continued on "Hmm, my, I say, what is with all you kids this year? I've never seen such a bunch of whiners, 'I want to be in Gryffindor, not Slytherin or Hufflepuff,' I mean, it is I the Sorting Hat who makes the final decision, not you, back in the good old days the students hadn't had any objections, and they were placed where I placed them…" I cleared my throat uncertainly; I certainly didn't want to be sitting here with everyone's eyes on me while the hat talked itself into oblivion.

But I left it out. I read one of your fic's (the one about Severus writing a letter to Harry), though I can't remember it much, it was so long ago, but it was very good, but very depressing! You can blab on as much as you want. Yeah Remus was fairly self-pitying in this chapter but you know, he would be fairly miserable and probably was thinking all of those things. Thanks for a great review!

Lita- Lol, Sirius is okay for the moment, and Lily and James won't pair up until 7th Year. Lol.

EloraCooper4- Thanks again for your great review! Glad you found the Sorting Hat funny, I wanted to make it funnier but I didn't, read the bit that I had in there in Sinical-Sarchasm's reply, see, it was intentionally funny. I like a funny Sorting Hat. I'm glad you like the way I wrote Remus. Yes school is supposed to be important, but meh, I am sick of it all. James doesn't notice Lily properly until 2nd year, but he does play a couple of pranks on her in 1st year and there are some arguments. Classic Lily and James.

Caitlin- That's okay! I hope you survived the long wait for this one though! Peter won't be too much of a rat though, it's weird, I used to completely hate Peter, I still do, though there is something about the kid Peter that's okay, I think he was okay in his school years, and I'll try and convince you of this in later chapters! See when I finish the story if you turn out to maybe sort of not like, but you know, not hate Peter too much. I don't know if what I said just then makes a whole lot of sense! I will try to put a few serious Sirius puns from James, but it does seem overdone so many times, but your right all fics should have one or two!!

TheSilverLady- Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it!

KilluaBakura- Yes, poor Remus, but he will be okay! After all Hogwarts was the best years of his life.

Cestari- Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it!

Snuffles2984- Hey! Thanks very much! Glad you patiently waited for the next chapter!

Lilykins- Thankyou very much! I'm glad you love it, and that everyones in character, it's hard to do when you have to write from 4 peoples points of view.

Maraudertimes- Thank you very much! I'm so glad that you liked it. Bork! Lol. Well to get bold and italics etc. you have to save the chapter document that you're uploading as a Web Page when you go to save as, and when you upload it then it'll be there when you upload the document to ff.net. But I don't think you can do bold etc in reviews. If you want me to explain more or if I'm not making any sense (which is probably the case) just ask.

Padfoot-911- Thank you very muchly! Yes it was pretty funny that they're all awake worrying and they all think everyone else is asleep except for themselves, it shows they're all just as insecure as each other! Except for James, he really doesn't have that much to worry about though, well nothing major yet…

Gopherisgood- Thank you very much! I love reviews like yours. I'm glad it seems real. I'm not going to write this as a slash story, so don't worry, the only major relationships will be the obvious ones L/J. Thanks again! I appreciate it a lot!

Jac- Lol, thanks very much! 'Peter all slimy and disgusting' lol.

Bloodredstain- Hi! Oh okay.

Moony'sSweetheart- Thank you very much. I'll try once I have time.

VirginMari- Thank you, I'm glad you love it! Keep reading.

Paradox01- Thank you, I'm glad you like it, yeah I know what you mean about Gryffindor and Sirius, but you'll just have to pretend that they did anyway, if I could be bothered to rewrite it I would change it to your suggestions though, but I forgot about that when writing the story. Thanks again!

Inulover- Thank you!

Visualpurple- Thanks, glad you like it, yes I like to write Peter as a normal person. I will put how james gets onto the Quidditch team, but that isn't until 2nd year. I;ve written it already though.

Shikako/Last Elf- Thankyou very much! I will keep going, don't worry!

VeryNaughtyThoughtsAboutEstel- (Lol, at your name! Tut tut!) Thanks very much! (And for reviewing my other stories as well!)

Hannanora Potter- Hi, that's okay. Thanks for reviewing again! I'm glad you liked the way Snape became Snivellus! Hehe. I read your newest chapter, it was great, as you saw in my review. ;) You won't be able to update until July?! O.O… lol, nah that's okay, I understand how busy you can get, especially when exams and school are on and things. It's really frustrating isn't it?-(school exams), anyway, I hope you can update it soon (now I'm being hypocritical!), I'm looking forward to reading more!