Frozen pickle creator: thanks for reviewing! Thanks for telling me about the pine. My bad. Oh well. Sorry it took forever to update, but things were hectic around here

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Oh, crap! Madelyn thought. Slytherin is cunning and ambitious? Well, she mentally gave a snort. Good byyyee Gryffindor.

Some Abbott kid went to hufflepuff as the first sorting. After a girl called Barres went to Hufflepuff as well, McGonagall called out, "Black, Sirius."

Sirius turned to give a quick smile and eyebrow raise to the others, whispering, "Here I go!"

"Go get'em, mate," James whispered. Sirius walked up to the hat confident. His face appeared calm, poised, and cocky, but if you were watching carefully, and knew him well enough, (which James, Madelyn, and Remus did not at the time) you could see a brief sliver of panic slip through his facade as the hat was placed on his head. Well, thought the hat to Sirius. A Black.

An image involving the hat and a flamethrower passed through Sirius' mind.

Hey, now there's no need for that! The hat thought quickly. It's interesting, while you have some of their traits; Slytherin is not right for you. No, you have daring, and wit. You also now fear and respect it. Those put together equal bravery. The sorting hat suddenly gave a shout, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Grinning, broadly, Sirius gave the hat to the professor and walked to the Gryffindor table. The hall was in a full out, stunned silence.

James began to clap. Then Remus and Madelyn joined in. soon there was uproar from the great hall, except for one entire table. The Slytherins sat in a furious silence, glaring at Sirius. If looks could kill… it probably didn't help when Sirius gave a "what now?" gesture to his family members.

When the hall quieted down, McGonagall continued with the sorting. Amelia bones went to Ravenclaw. Half of the kids were ignored or blanked-out upon by Madelyn. Lily Evans, the red head Remus and Madelyn saw leave the compartment earlier, went to Gryffindor, along with Mary MacDonald, Mary Kindfind, Alice Pruitt, and Vachel Dare. Severus Snape, the boy who left the compartment, went to Slytherin with an Avery, Mulciber, and Nott.

When Remus had gone up to the sorting hat, he looked uneasy, worried vulnerable, and young, Madelyn noticed.

Hmm, a werewolf, the hat thought. Ravenclaw, perhaps? No, that's not it. I know, GRYFFINDOR!

Remus politely gave the sorting hat to professor McGonagall before walking to the Gryffindor table with a look on his face.

When James went to the hat it was on his head for a second before it said, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Peter Pettigrew joined them at the table later after a bit of a wait with the hat.

Madelyn was second to last when "west, Madelyn," was called. She walked up.

Well you could fit into any house, but finding where you belong will be the trick, thought the sorting hat. Slytherin? You could be one of them. In fact you could be a princess there. But no, you will be needed in Gryffindor. It is where you belong. "GRYFFINDOR!"

Madelyn joined her friends as the sorting finished and Dumbledore stood and announced where they couldn't go in the castle. James made a mental note to make sure they went there sometime this week. Dumbledore finished by saying, "oddity, ripple, spoinkle, and spork. Thank you." Everyone cheered and dug in to the feast that appeared before them.

About halfway through James spoke, "this is excellent. We can spend seven years here causing mayhem and mischief while we bathe ourselves in our own infamous glory as we rule the school."

Remus smiled, "you make it sound like we're marauders, James."

"Well, then, that's what we will be. From henceforth, we are the marauders," he said, raising his glass.

"I'll drink to that," Madelyn said, raising her own. "Brothers forever, here's to the marauders"

Sirius touched his glass of pumpkin juice to hers. "Cheers."

They all touched their glasses and drank before Remus said, "And here's to Hogwarts."

"Round one!" Madelyn added, and they all touched their glasses again.

Eventually, the feast ended and everyone went to their common room. The entrance was through a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress. "Metamorphous Myse," the prefect said as the password.

Madelyn left the other newly-found marauders to go up to her dorm. The boys went up to their own with another boy who was fat and had rather watery eyes. They barely noticed him. Exhausted, they fell into their beds. They almost were asleep when the door opened and a head popped in.

"Psst, hey guys?"Madelyn whispered as she entered their room.

"Madelyn?" James asked.

"Can I crash here tonight? Some of the other girls are bitchy."

"Yeah sure."

Madelyn dumped two blankets and a pillow on the floor and laied down. In the dark, everyone wad their own secret smile. In less than five minutes, everyone, even Madelyn and Remus, who had a hard time falling asleep most of the time, as dead asleep.

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-west