The Marauders' Memories

It was the 1st of September and Platform 9 3/4 was crowded with students and parents, several of them for their very first time. The whistle blew and the last minute scramble to get on the train broke out. Waving at his nervous looking parents, Remus Lupin made his way towards the end of the train and found himself an empty compartment, where he sat down and tried not to act too excited. But he was very excited. He thought Hogwarts could be a dream at most, but now, he was actually going there! He may even make some friends! His thoughts were interrupted by the appearance of a scared looking boy. He was smaller than most other first years, and had light brown hair that looked like it had never met a comb. He had watery, brown eyes and large, protuding teeth. He was evidently shaking and Remus immediately felt sorry for him. "May I come in?" He whispered so quietly it was barely audible. "Sure, come in". Eager to make friends, Lupin added, "I"m Remus Lupin, by the way." The boy reached for his outstretched hand and shook it. "I"m...I...I...I"m Peter...Peter Pettigrew." Meanwhile, in another compartment , James Potter was avidly taking to Sirius Black, completely ignoring the crying girl besides him. James had caught sight of Sirius running away from his parents, and throwing what seemed like a gift from them, under the train. His mother shrieked and Sirius ran faster, his brown hair flying in the wind, yet he still looked extremely handsome. He saw Sirius run into a compartment, and followed him. James knew that Sirius had to be his friend. Sirius gave a sarcastic wave to his distressed mother and sat down, panting, but smiling. As the train left the platform, he turned his attention to the other person in the compartment. She had fiery hair, that went down to her waist, and almond-shaped emerald eyes, which were slightly puffy and red as she had been crying. "Are you alright?" She made no reply. "I"m Black- Sirius Black. What"s you name?" "Lily Evans..." she muttered. " Excited for Ho-" Sirius abruptly stopped as James Potter entered. He had black messy hair, brown eyes, a pair of black glasses and a huge grin. Sirius liked the look of him immensely. Within minutes, they were chatting like they had known each other for years. Lily just became part of the surrounding, a nobody to them, until he came in. Greasy black hair surrounding his face, skin of an grandfather, wrinkly and scarred, emotionless, back eyes, a long, hooked nose, a mouth that had never known a smile. Darkness surrounded him, and his matching back robes... or, at least, that was what James thought. He was thinking of hexes he would like to put on him, when he heard a snippet of his conversation with Lily. "You better be in Slytherin." "Ha!" James said without thinking. "Who"d want to be in Slytherin?" "My whole family have been in Slytherin". Sirius frowned. James didn"t show it, but was also disappointed. If Sirius"s whole family was in Slytherin, then it was likely he was in Slytherin. Surely he hadn"t made friends with a Slytherin? But then he remembered why he liked Sirius in the first place. Maybe, no it was likely the he wouldn"t be in Slytherin, and it"s just his family was in Slytherin. Surpressing a shudder athe thought of having a family in Slytherin, he told Sirius he seemed alright before turning back to Snape. *A few shouts and James pretending to have a sword later* "See Ya, Snivellus!... That girl wasn"t bad though... poor her." "Lily Evans? I thought you didn"t register her existence!" And they continued chatting until they heard a shriek coming from the corridor. They dashed to the source of the sound, at the end of the train. Peter was curled up on the floor, tears streaming from his face, with weird purple growths coming out of him. Remus was looking for the counter curse in a book, and some other first years were there, cackling. James narrowed his eyes as he spotted Snape in the distance, trying not to laugh. "Th..th..tha...thank yo..you" Stuttered Peter behind him. James flung himself around. Lily had performed the counter curse, and she and Remus were comforting Peter. James and Sirius made their way to Snape and a boy standing besides him, smirking. Snake was rather pathetically trying to looked shocked at the happenings. "Keep away from Evans!" James spat. "As if you care about her!" James growled. He knew he never payed any attention to her but... Snape made his way towards Lily while the other by went to join some of his other friends. "Damn it." Remus said from behind them, causing James and Sirius to jump up in shock, "I"m going to hex him into obliviation!" He wore a scowl on his usually placid face. "Make that we." Sirius added. "Mulciber will pay!" "Well I"m going for Snivellus." James muttered. "And that was my line Sirius!"