Chapter 1: Starting the Year
James Potter stood in front of the scarlet Hogwarts Express, deep in thought. He was thinking about his parents Charles and Veronica Potter. They were the two best Aurors at the Ministry. During these times there was a dark wizard named Voldemort who was killing Muggles here and there. James's parents being the two best Aurors were sent to try to stop him. James was being sent to Hogwarts for his seventh year. He was being sent to safety while his parents were trying to fight the most evil wizard that ever lived.
That was the reason that they weren't here to drop James and Sirius off. Before they left they had told Sirius and James that they might not be back at all.
After hearing this news James vowed to become a mature young man for his parents. Sirius and heard the news and taken it quite well. He still had a great sense of humor.
James Potter had messy black hair that stuck up in every direction. He had bright hazel orbs with flecks of gold which were magnified by his round glasses. He stood tall at six foot one. Many girls would have loved to get a date with James Potter but he had only had eyes for one girl. Her name was Lily Evans. While every other girl at Hogwarts would have loved a date with James, Lily always turned him down.
James thought of his best friends in the whole wide world.
First there was Sirius Black. James remembered when he first met him on the Hogwarts Express. Sirius had to tell him over and over that he wasn't like his family until James finally believed him. Sirius's family was made up of pure blood obsessed freaks. They thought that half bloods and muggle born children were beneath. Sirius hated his family so much that in his fourth year he had ran away from home and came to live with the Potters. Mr. and Mrs. Potter had welcomed Sirius and once. Sirius had become James's brother.
Sirius also stood tall at six foot two with dark black hair that fell gracefully around his face. He had gray eyes that could be full of mischief one second and then be flashing with anger the next one. Many girls chased after Sirius as much as they did with James. Unlike James, Sirius went out with every girl possible. People would think that Sirius was a Casanova but the truth was that Sirius was waiting for the right girl to come along.
Secondly there was Remus Lupin. Remus was a shy and studious boy to most people. They were sadly mistaken. When Remus was with his friends, he was the mastermind of most their pranks. He also helped his friends get out of trouble whenever he could. James and Sirius usually copied all their homework off of him and he didn't mind.
Remus was six foot with sandy brown hair and light green eyes. Most Ravenclaws thought that Remus was the best guy out of the group because he studied the most. Remus was also a werewolf. That was the main reason that Remus never got around to trusting anyone. But when James, Sirius, and Sean had found out they did all they could to help Remus. In their fourth year they became Animagi. Sirius was a big black dog, James was a handsome stag, and Sean was a small rat.
Last was Sean Russels. Sean was an laid back, easy going type of person. He did his homework but out the minimum amount of work in it as possible. The only thing he really concentrated on was Qudditch. Qudditch was something all four boys had in common. James was a chaser, Sirius was a beater, and Sean was a keeper. Remus commentated at all the matches.
Sean was six foot just like Remus. He had dark brown hair that was almost black. His eyes were a dark blue.
They were the Marauders. All four of them were cute and sought out by girls.
James sighed. This would be a long week, wondering what his parents were doing. He turned to go on the train when he bumped into someone.
He saw a curtain of red hair flare out as the person fell to the ground along with their belongings. He looked down and found himself staring into beautiful emerald eyes. It was Lily Evans and she was glaring up at him.
'Oh my god! I am so sorry, Lily. I really didn't mean to.' James said.
He bent down and picked her stuff up and held his hand out to her. She glared at him and got up herself.