Lily stared at his hand.
Friends?
The Marauders did seem like fun. Sirius was funny. Remus was nice and Sean was the best friends anyone could ask for. James...
Well one thing Lily could say about James was that he had matured some this summer and maybe the Marauders could do them good. They would get more friends and also might get a sense of what they were supposed to do in life. The Marauders would certainly offer many opinions. They would help them.
Them.
Her
friends. She would discuss it with them.
'Can I ask my friends?' she asked him.
He nodded eagerly. It was enough for his that she was considering it.
James slid open the door and they both stepped in. James sat down with his friends but Lily motioned for her friends to follow her. They both stood up and all three of them disappeared.
James grinned at his friends.
'I asked them to be friends and they are considering it' he said gleefully.
His friends smiled. 'That Meg girl can be really useful in pranks.' Sirius said.
His friends smirked at him.
Meanwhile with Lily...
'They asked us to be friends.' Lily told the two other girls.
They were silent for a couple of minutes.
'What should we say?' Meg asked.
Addy took charge. 'I think that they would make great friends. Look at them. They are soo funny. and i also feel that they could do us some good.'
Lily and Meg nodded. They made their way back to the compartment.
'We've agreed to be friends with you.' Lily said sticking out her hand.
The Marauders stared at her for a full two minutes. Then James got up and shook her hand beaming. Sirius pushed James to the side but instead of grabbing her hand like James had done he grabbed her and twirled her around.
Before she could even register what happened he had put her down and moved on to Addy.
A confrontation was avoided when the food trolley came by. James and Sirius diappeared and Remus and Sean sat down.
'Don't you guys want to eat?' Addy asked them.
'James and Sirius always get the food for their friends.' Remus said.
Sean laughed. 'Yea, there was this one time where Sirius's cousin who was leaving that year came. Her name's Andromeda and she's the only sane one in his family. Well anyways Andy came by and sat with us, Sirius and James fed her until she threatened to hex them if they didn't stop. It was second year.' Sean said smiling.
The girls cracked up.
James and Sirius came back with armfuls of food. They dumped it by Remus and Sean and disappeared again. in a minute they came back with smaller piles of food which were big none the less.
They put it by the girls and proccedded to sit down.
'Who are these for?' Meg asked pointing to the food by them.
James and Sirus stared at them.
'You! Duh! It's out job to get hte food for our friends every year.' Sirius said.
The girls smiled and began to eat. The rest of the train ride was lost in telling jokes and funny stories. They soon realized that the Maruders who they thought were bullies where actually boys who just couldn't resist having fun and wanted to live life for all it was worth.
Everyone hustled to get into the carriages at the station but the Maraders stayed put. When there was no more noise from the other side of the door they got up and exited.
The girls thought that this was a very smart idea becasue it was easier to move down the isle.
When they got outside there was a crowd surrounding one carriage.
It said the Marauders on the front in flashy gold letters.
When people realized that the Marauders were there they parted and let them through.
Lily,
Addy, and Meg snickered becasue it seemed like they were royalty or
somehting.
It was very funny.
They were just about ot leave when they were stopped. Remus muttered a spell and the carriage now read.
'The Maraders plus Lily, Addy, and Meg.'
People stared at them with jealous eyes.
Sean when in first followed by Remus who helped Meg. Sirius helped Addy up.
James held his hand out to Lily. Everyone knew that she would flip him off, she always did.
But surprising everyone including James, Lily grasped his hand and hoisted himself up.
The seven students spent the ride talking about how much work the last year would hold but also about how much fun the new year would be.
Of course it would be fun, they were with the Marauders after all.
They all waited patiently for the first years to come, Well everyone except Sirius who was complaining about how long the "dumb first years" were taking and moaning about his empty stomach.
On James side there was Sirius and Remus, and on his other side were two empty seats and Sean next to them. They all wondered who they were for but knew there was no use asking James.
The first years came soon. The sorting went on until 'Walfor, Christina' was called. She sat on the stool for about one minute before the hat called 'GRYFFINDOR.'
She beamed but instead of sitting with the other first years she walked towards the Marauders.
The students in the school wondered what the Marauders would do if a first year tried to sit with them.
To everyone's surprise James picked her up and twirled her around. Then he put her down on the empty seat. Then her twin Taylor was called. The hat had barely touched his head when it called. 'GRYFFINDOR.' He also went to James and sat down in the second empty seat.
Dumbledore raised his hand.
'There is one more student who shall be joining the seventh years. She is from Beauxbatons and had missed her train this morning. Please welcome Ms. Ariana Potter.'
At the name Potter everyone turned to look at James. His and Sirius's jaws were almost to the floor. Remus and Sean looked shocked too.
The door opened and in came a black haired blue eyed beauty.
This is an illusion, James and Sirius thought.
But it wasn't
They were sure of it when she called 'Jami Siri heyy'
Their fun loving cousin Ari Potter had come to Hogwarts.