It was September 2nd (because school never starts on the 1st no matter how much the school wants to), and Remus was about to board the train until he saw Sirius run onto the platform with that cheeky grin that he'd missed so much and a new shining prefect badge. He turned around after hearing the familiar call of his name and he broke into a wide smile.
"Padfoot, it's great to see you again." He gave him a little half hug as James walked up behind "You went to stay with James for a while during summer, didn't you?"
Sirius flashed him another smile "Hey Moony, and yeah. It was amazing, we went flying every day. We actually talked about me running away and living with the Potters."
"Oh wow, I'm so happy for you both." He had in fact had a great summer even though no one asked him, a few times were rough as he had to stay in the bunker for days on end when he transformed but overall he had read a few muggle books, a few magic books and eaten a lot of chocolate. Remus pulled his weathered grey sweater down as a ginger girl came up to them with a smile and pulled James away.
"Mate, I think someone likes James." Gesturing towards the girl who was now pulling James onto the train.
Remus watched them with a gentle eye "Well it's about time Lily showed some notice in James. I mean, he's been obsessed with her since we were just little first years."
The boy with long-ish black hair nodded "Very true Rem."
He blushed, happy with his nickname and began to get on the train and find an empty compartment.
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Upon arriving at Hogwarts, Peter had joined the crew and Padfoot and Moony had met up with James to sit on the carriage ride there. The Marauders were a very close knit group and they always used the carriage ride to plan out some pranks for the year and had therefore kicked Lily to go and sit with her own friends.
"Right so I think some more fireworks would be fun." Like usual, Sirius had decided he was going to start the meeting but everyone knew James would ultimately take control, Remus would tell them it was stupid (he would end up joining in anyway) and Peter would sit there with a dumb look on his face.
"But we did that last year and that's unoriginal and predictable." There we go, James had already jumped in. "This year has to be spectacular and as I'm planning to ask Lily out and perhaps get somewhere with it, it has to be...impressive."
Sirius countered back with a snicker "The reaction from the other students was priceless, even the Slytherin's were snickering. And Mrs Norris' tail will never quite be the same."
A sigh could be heard opposite Sirius "Padfoot, that could have caused some serious damage to her and to the school. It's a stupid idea." Remus came in and like predicted, told them it was stupid. Next to him, sat a short squat boy with an over-gelled mullet, a blank expression and his mouth open a little. He looked pretty stupid - Peter of course.
"Fine, fireworks." James paused in deep thought "And flying." He was determined to become quidditch captain for Gryffindor, he was very good and was expected to do great things.
The four boys discussed their plans for 5th year (well James, Remus and Sirius were talking and Peter was listening), new ideas were popping up. The boys had fully finished their animangi transformations and Peter's rat transformation was very exciting to them.
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After the feast, James, Sirius and Peter went on ahead to the common room whereas Remus was left with his thoughts and some first years (prefect duties, he had to lead them up to the common room and dorms). He gave them the basic Gryffindor speech about bravery but taking schooling seriously etc etc. In reality, his thoughts weren't about the stupid first years, honestly he didn't care about them.
The thoughts in Remus' brain were about Sirius Black, one of his best friends and in Remus' opinion, one of the hottest boys he had ever met. A little boy that reminded him of himself when he was 11 asked him what he was like. "Well, I think I'm smart and trust worthy. I'm always available to answer your questions."
The boy stopped him "No, what are you really like? And who are your friends?"
"I'm exactly like I told you. My friends and I call ourselves the marauders. I, Remus Lupin and then Peter Pettigrew, James Potter and..." He paused for a second, a blush creeping up his face. "Sirius Black."
The boy sniggered, he had noticed Remus' blush but chose not to say anything as they got to the common room and the portrait swung open with the password 'canem nigrum'. Remus Lupin being Remus Lupin realised that this was Latin for 'black dog' which only made him blush further.
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A/N: i hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it, i found some fun little accurate marauders facts will i will be dropping here and there and also some fun little password ideas that I have. feel free to suggest some words or phrases you want to see used as passwords. and apologies for any previous or upcoming spelling and grammar mistakes.
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Fooling Around
FanfictionSet in their 5th year of Hogwarts, everyone is just starting to think about love and who they might like to be with - just for fun or for the long term?
