The marauders : from the beginning

Gryffindor Dormitories

The current Gryffindor students all marched merrily up to the common room.
The four boys were ecstatic, they had all became Gryffindor.

Sirius was happy at being sorted into Gryffindor and he was happy that James potter was too, he hoped they could be friends despite all the blood status's nowadays.

James was exited that him and his new found friend had made it into Gryffindor together. He had never really had a friend before, despite what people might think. He never had a friend because he was homeschooled by his parents and because people thought he might be snobby. He wasn't.

Remus couldn't contain his excitement and he was even shocked at himself for the amount of talking he did the whole way up to the common room. He could hardly believe he was Gryffindor. He knew he couldn't make friends but still! He got to go to Hogwarts!

Peter was overjoyed at the fact he dodged Slytherin, even he was shocked. He knew that the three boys beside him would be his friends despite his flaws but he chose not to mention it.

Everybody had crowded around a large portrait and waited for the prefect to say the password
"Hippogriff quil"
The lady in the portrait opened her eyes and smiled as the frame swung inwards to allow the students past.

Everybody walked on in but no body other than the first year Gryffindors looked as awestruck at the coziness of the room.
It was lit up in an orange glow from the fire blazing in the centre of the wall and candles where attached in fancy holders all around the room. Squat cozy armchairs where placed around the fire whilst a large sofa sat in front of a dark oak wood Coffee table. The room was spacious but was filled with so many little things that made it home.
Most people headed to their dormitories but some sat down to talk about the summer. Remus, Peter, Sirius and James didn't know where to go and stood in the middle with a bewildered but yet happy look on their faces.
"First year boys follow me"
A voice spoke out loud coming from a tall boy in his sixth year wearing a shiny red badge with the gold words 'prefect'.

The boys followed him up a narrow winding staircase into a long hallway with doors three doors on each side and one at the very end.

They where told to enter into the second room on the left and that it would be their dormitory until they left Hogwarts. Even though they where first year they all dreaded that the day would come when they had to leave Hogwarts.

The four boys entered the room as the prefect said goodbye. They all walked forward looking around the room amazed, there was a small fireplace to one side of the wall smouldering and cracking it had a dim glowing light and casted the strange dancing shadows onto the carpet. In the centre of the room was a large bookcase and to either side of it was two beds, one for each boy. The beds had four posts and dark red curtains draped around them, the room couldn't have looked more inviting. It was already home. Each bed was neatly made and their trunks and cases already sat at the bottom of the beds.
There where two small windows in the room that where arched and narrow made with dark oak wood as where the beds.
Sirius took the bed to the far left of the room with the window on his right and then again was another bed that James had taken.
Remus went to the bed in the right corner and that left peter with the last one.
They all got changed and ready for bed in the small bathroom they had for their dormitory.
When they got into they're beds the large puffy pillows felt like feathers and they all sank into a deep sleep to dream of what might happen on Monday, when classes eventually started.

Peter re-played the day over and over again in his head whilst he slept. He had made his first friends and started school. His life was great.

Remus dreamt that he was being attacked by the tree outside. The tree Dumbledore had gotten planted last night by the vile old caretaker by the name of Argus filch.

Sirius dreamt that he was being sent back home because his mother had caused such a commotion about him being Gryffindor. Dumbledore refused to allow this and Sirius got to keep coming to Hogwarts along with his new found friends.

James dreamt of all the things he could be doing in the next seven years of his life and how he had made friends on the first day. But he also dreamt about how Snape was going to be on his nerves if he ever had to see him again.

The boys all slept through the night despite the dreams they had,but they all woke up bright eyed the next morning to explore the castle and find out as much as they could. Remus had planned to go to the library, Sirius wanted to go to the lake, James wanted to go to the forest and peter just wanted to stop this from happening as anything dark scared him. So much so that he had to leave a candle lit beside his bed to sleep well on the first night in Hogwarts.

However nobody got to go through with their plans except Remus as when they had all went down to breakfast the next morning , the professors had told them they had to go to the library this weekend and research as much about the school as they could. McGonagal said that
"You will be here for the next seven years so you might need to get used to it"
James was all for this just so long as he could explore the castle after but Remus decided against this and went to the library.

To his surprise the other three boys followed him and sat at a table with him. He wasn't sure if he wanted this, he couldn't have friends , his father warned him not to be talking too much. What would happen if they found out ? He moved his gaze down to the book 'Hogwarts-a history' and started reading, in the hope that they would also find a book.
James did find a book! He picked up another copy of the one Remus had gotten and sat down across from him whilst Sirius and peter kept searching. Nobody else from their year had bothered about the library yet, only the girl from Gryffindor, Lily Evans.
Sirius searches and searched but couldn't find a good book so he went back to the table and pretended to read something about an interviewer from the radio.
Peter couldn't find a book to read for school so he picked up a recipe book and trudged back to the table behind Sirius black.

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