I am out doing myself today with three chapters even if I do say so myself! Lol. Don't get too used to it though. Today Wednesday July 25th is one of these extraordinary days! Lol.. Okay Ill stop rambling before ye decide to read another story! And loosing you guys would devastate me so…..don't leave:) Alright this chapter just deals with the train journey and the feast so…..enjoy and I shall talk 2 ya later:)

"Are they for real Remus?" Harry asked turning to Remus after a minutes silence. He smiled sadly as he resumed his seat saying……

"I am afraid they are Harry. Peter is still very much alive….."

"Oh and let me guess he is……after me?"

"……Yes. Harry what you need to understand is this. Sirius could be completely wrong about Scabbers being Peter. I for one don't agree. You know what Sirius is like…..always jumping to conclusions before thinking properly…."

"What if he is right Remus? What if Pettigrew really is Scabbers? What if he really will be sleeping in the same dorm as me? What if he kills me? Remus I am scared. I don't know what to do……"

"Oh hey come on now Harry……that is not going to happen. Nothing is going to happen to you so long as I am around……"

"No offence Remus but……there is a difference between you saying it and my dad or Sirius….." Remus laughed at this.

"Harry no offence taken. I assure you that I will protect you however. I may not be as fiery as your father or Sirius but……

"I have never seen you angry……"

"Yes well…..there is a time and a place for everything…."

"Oh…..Harry there you are! We were looking all over for you. Come on we found a compartment….."

"What…….what is wrong with this one?" Harry asked confused.

"Well I am sure that Re…..I mean Professor Lupin would rather not have us sharing his compartment!"

"Hermione there are three things wrong with that sentence. Firstly this is not my compartment therefore anybody could share it with me. I would be pleased if it was the four of you. Thirdly I am not your professor just yet so please call me Remus."

"Oh…..okay then thank you Remus. We would love to join you." Hermione said politely while Remus smiled warmly at her. Hermione sat opposite Remus with Ron while Rob sat next to Harry who budged up next to Remus to make room for Rob.

"So tell me Hermione…..did you really locate a carriage? I had trouble finding this one and I was here since half past ten!"

"Oh…..well Fred and George offered to share their one if we couldn't find one so….no we didn't. I am sorry for lying to you professor but….."

"Hermione he said to call him Remus!"

"Yes well its politeness not to call an adult in authority by their first name Ronald!"

"You know you two remind me a lot of Lily and James…..in the early days…"

"Well mom can still give dad a fair bit of flack!" Harry said with a smirk. Remus half laughed whilst the others smiled.

"If you ask me Harry I think James enjoys it really. It gives something to brag about….."

"So…..Remus. Since you went to school with James, Lily and dad…..you must have a lot of stories that you would like to divulge into."

"Oh Robert! Honestly don't you know how to behave in public?" Hermione barked.

"It's alright Hermione. Yes Rob I do but I am not sure I would want to….."

"Oh please Remus come on! The journey is always long and boring." Harry whined. After a few minute silence Remus agreed to tell them some stories from the old days.

"Well where would you like me to begin? Alright lets see…..Rob what do you want to know?"

"How did ye get the name marauder? It is so cool!"

"That doesn't happen until third year….."

"Why don't you start by telling us how the three of you met?" Harry suggested.

"Alright I will…..well James and Sirius met on the train in first year. It turns out that James was sitting in an empty compartment when a few minutes before the train took off Sirius popped his head around and asked if he could join him. James obliged and one thing led to another……they became friends instantly."

"Just like that?" Ron asked.

"Yes Ron just like that. Well I noticed them at the feast and thought they were troublesome. I was right." They all laughed at this. "But it wasn't until the next morning at breakfast that we started talking. At breakfast they were the last ones down and the last to leave. Professor McGonagall was handing out the timetables at the time. It was ten minutes to nine so everybody left for class. I was studying my timetable when I heard Oi! You with the timetable….."

"……Sirius…."All the kids said at once.

"Yes it was. Anyway I looked up from the timetable and Sirius was staring diagonal to me. I asked him if he was addressing me and he said he was. So I asked him what the problem was. He wanted to know if I was going to be his transfiguration class. I said I was so he replied….."Oh that is so cool mate. By the way I am Sirius Black and this geezer across from me is……what is your name again?" James of course got offended and threw an orange at Sirius. Their sense if humour was apparent to me right from the start. James then turned around and introduced himself. He stuck out his hand saying……"Hi I am James Potter." One thing led to another and we started walking to class together."

"Wow…..that is so cool. You guys were friends right from the start." Rob said bemused.

"We took a pact with Peter a month later vowing to be friends forever. Well we all know how that turned out." Remus stated flatly. Hermione smiled sadly whilst the boys nodded muttering "ya" and looking at the ground.

"Remus can I ask how ye met Peter if it's not too painful to discuss?" Hermione asked cautiously.

"Certainly you can Hermione. Well it was actually the same day they met me. We were walking to transfiguration which as you know is on the second floor. Peter was on the ground hovering around looking for someone to help him locate the correct room. Though James may be a Messer…..he really does have a heart of gold…" Harry smiled up at Remus but he didn't notice….."So he saw Peter and insisted we go over and help him. Sirius wasn't in favour. He claimed that there was something about him he didn't like but James was having none of it. So we approached him and he saw us coming so he said in his little quivering voice….."Excuse me but where is the classroom for transfiguration?" James then told him how that we were in the same class and to follow us. He introduced us all to Peter then who did the same in return. Then we went on to become friends for life or so we thought."

"Why what happened?" Ron asked but Harry jumped in asking……

"How did dad meet mom Remus?"

A broad smile appeared on his face at this question.

"Now that is a story worth telling Harry but it's a little complicated in places. First off James gave the impression of being arrogant and selfish. But on the contrary he was the total opposite. When it came to girls he put on the "Potter Charm" as he called it and all the girls lapped it up. They were immune to his charm and couldn't get enough of him. This is where is arrogance came in….."

"His arrogance?" Harry questioned suddenly.

"When it came to girls……James thought he could get any girl he wanted. Well he could and that so why he appeared so cocky you could say but that was all a show! Lily however wasn't buying this. James did everything he could to woo her. He would sweet talk her, offer to carry her books for her, buying her presents whenever he went to Hogsmeade…..nothing worked. Lily was no ordinary girl. James developed a crush on her when he was thirteen years old and by fourteen…..he was in love with her. He even told her that one day he would marry her but to no avail. Lily was the most envied girl in school. She was getting all the attention from James Potter and all she was doing was throwing it back in his face. Many of his fan club was disgusted with her. Of course James dated a few girls but it didn't matter if he was the most beautiful girl in school….Lily is all he wanted; she was all he could think about. Finally after three years….he got her. It was the end of fifth year and there was a ball. It was an anniversary ball for Hogwarts. James asked Lily claiming this was his last attempt to woo her. Lily who I was very good friends with conveyed to me in secrecy that though she was unsure about James…..she was developing feelings for him. So she accepted his offer but in a stern fashion. Anyway as the night went on things began to improve between them. I even believe that she laughed in his company which set his heart a light. Then the inevitable happened. While Lily was in the bathroom….a member from James fan club approached him and started talking to him. She saw Lily coming and so kissed James. By the time he had shoved her away it was too late. Lily had thought James had kissed her and it didn't matter what he said or did……Lily would not talk to him. The summer holidays came a week later so James didn't see her for two months. It took him six months to convince her of his honesty and his undying love for her which at that point…….she confessed it too."

"Aww…..how romantic!" Hermione said to a smiling Remus but then the train started to jerk forwards and backwards until it stopped completely. The lights went out quickly.

"What…..what is going on?" Harry asked universally in a wary tone of voice. Remus put up his hand to stop him as he stood up. The windows began to fog up as ice appeared all over them. Remus sat back down cautiously.

"When they come in…..leave it to me. Do not look at them, do not provoke them and do not look scared or anxious."

"Remus what are you talking about? Who is coming in? Remus who……"Harry asked but then the carriage door slid open. Standing in the doorway were four tall creatures. They were wearing what looked like large black rubbish bags with hoods that were up on what appeared to be heads. They had large eye sockets and long, slimy, thin Skelton fingers. They saw Harry and started to inhale his air but Remus but a stop to them quickly. He took out his wand and silently conjured the patronus charm so that a blinding white light shone throughout the carriage, scaring away those creatures.

Harry looked a little bit dazed so everyone asked if he was alright.

"Yes I am fine but…..what happened?"

"Those are dementors Harry. They came aboard looking for Peter Pettigrew. Here have some chocolate. It does help I assure you."

"……Alright….thanks Remus." Harry replied taking it off him. Remus smiled as he said placing a hand on his shoulder……"You sure that you are alright Harry?"

"Yes Remus I am fine thank you."

"Okay I am just going to talk to the driver and I will back in a few minutes."

"Okay….." they all replied.

"That was weird. Remus seemed kind of edgy!"

"Well of course Rob! Dementors are nothing to be taken lightly. Honestly you all had better start reading…."

"Yes Hermione……"They answered smirking.

The remainder of the journey was uneventful. It was mostly spent sleeping, card playing or eating. Everybody went a bit quiet after the dementors scare but the year at Hogwarts would soon liven things up.

So……what did ya thin? Let me know either way:) Talk to ya:)