Sirius Black was glad they had arrived at the station early. Their parents obviously wanted to get their eldest child out of their hands as soon as possible, it was no secret that the Blacks had practically disowned Sirius when they were sorted into Gryffindor.
Sirius was just glad they had made friends on the first train journey- James Potter, an absolute lad with a massive crush on a girl wayy out of his league; Peter Pettigrew, the friend who tagged along and ate everyone's leftovers; and, of course, Remus Lupin, the quiet artist with mysterious scars that criss-crossed his pretty face at the end of each month.
Somehow, their little group had adopted the name, "the Marauders". Sirius couldn't quite remember just how they had decided on that name, but they thought it fit strangely well.
They had individual nicknames as well - Sirius was Padfoot, James was Prongs, Peter was Wormtail and Remus was Moony. They adopted these names at the end of last year, when they finally succeeded in becoming (illegal) Animagi to help Remus with his "furry little problem", as Sirius referred to it as.
Sirius loved them all, and everything they did together, especially when they first met.
Sirius was sitting alone in a compartment when the door slid open.
"Sorry, is this seat taken?" The new arrival asked. He was carrying a small sketch pad with a pencil tucked behind one ear. His clothes were relatively neat for a twelve year old boy, compared to Sirius' leather jacket and ripped jeans (they needed to keep that punk rock aesthetic).
The boy sat across from them after Sirius shook his head slightly.
"So...I'm Remus Lupin, you?" He held his hand out cautiously.
"Sirius Black, and I use they/them pronouns, so if you call me anything else I will probably cut you." Replied Sirius with a hard grin, returning the handshake briskly. Remus nodded, smiling slightly.
Quite suddenly, a scruffy boy with glasses, followed short behind by a, well, short, nervous looking boy, burst through the compartment doors and slammed them shut hastily, flopping onto the fraying seats. Sirius turned to roll their eyes at Remus, sighing slightly.
The nervous looking boy turned to the taller one. "James! What were you thinking?"
'James' smirked, kicking his legs up and leaning back in his seat. "Ah, I'm sure she'll come round! Just need to get that Snivellus to get out of the way, the wanker!"
Sirius cleared their throat. "Um, excuse me. Would you mind introducing yourself? And who the hell is Snivellus?"
"Oh yeah, I'm James Potter, nice ta meet ya, mate! Snivellus is some prat who's got his eye on me girl!" James said angrily, his accent thick.
"James, she's hardly 'your girl', you've just met her! Do you even know her surname?" The other boy butted in. James shook his head, his pale cheeks tinged with red. "I'm Peter, by the way, Peter Pettigrew."
And so they met. The group bonded over chocolate frogs and plotting how to get James' crush, who they discovered was called Lily Evans, to go out with him.
They didn't question the nail polish. They didn't question the on-fleek eyeliner. They didn't even question the almost too bright red lipstick, which Sirius was kinda annoyed at. That damn lipstick was new, they took ages to do it properly!
They had grown up; The Marauders were entering the fifth year of Hogwarts. Sirius' parents had kicked out their eldest child last year after they came out, and Sirius had gone to live with the Potter's. With help from a girl called Marlene, Sirius had learned how to do makeup properly; with help from his friends, the scars on Remus' face had lessened; James still hadn't gotten anywhere with Lily; and Peter's squeaky voice had finally started to crack.
Sirius got on the train to find their friends. This year would be different. Better. They could feel it.
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Fanfiction"I bet you twenty galleons I can get Remus to go on a date with me by New Year," "Deal." Sirius is a punk rock genderfluid child with the red lipstick and ponytails. Remus is a perfect little art boy with the scars and a pencil behind his ear. True...
