Chapter I – The Mysterious Sirius is smart for once (title written by Sirius Black)

It was a normal day at Hogwarts and the marauders were up to their usual arguing and planning plots to prank Snivellus. As always, the three boys, James, Sirius and Remus were awake early in the Gryffindor common room.

Sirius yawned loudly turning into dog form, then spotting James out the corner of his eye. "Does Padfoot want chocolate?" Sirius wagged his tag in excitement. "Are you sure that's not from my stash" Remus said looking up from his book, crossing his legs. "How dare you why would I?" James said sounding offended. Padfoot looks at Remus, sticking his tongue out, enjoying the piece of chocolate, making it look more delicious with the way he was eating it to make Remus jealous.

"Ha ha," James snickered with Sirius laughing his head off.

SMACK! A book landed on Padfoot's head.

"Who put that there!?" Sirius yelled.

"Huh, wait, Padfoot, let me see that book." Moony said curiously, putting his other book down. "Hrrrrrrwrrrwrrr" Padfoot growled, picking up the book in his mouth and running off while wagging his tail at James.

"Hey, Pads, can I see that book?" James asked watching Sirius going around and around in circles.

"Ok" Sirius replied turning back into human form, handing the book to James.

James scrolled his finger across the title making sure he read it correctly.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone?" James said, confused.

"That's quite a stupid title for a book, we can think of a much better name can't we James? And who would write a book about a stone?" Sirius said beginning thinking. James passes the book to Remus to investigate.

"It is pretty stupid. But I wonder if he's a distant relation of mine" James said curiously.

"You mean you and Lily have a ….."

"Shut your mouth Padfoot!".

"The Philosophers Stone creates the elixir of life and turns metal into gold. I'd say that's an interesting book topic. When was this book published" Remus explained. Padfoot shrugs his shoulders sneakily taking another piece of chocolate out of James' pocket of his robe. "

1997?" James replied.

"Huh, I guess this kid could be yours and Lily's, Prongs" Remus said closing the book and standing up. "You wouldn't stand a chance with Lily" Padfoot said grinning while laughing. While the boys were talking Lily overheard Sirius, walking into the boys common room, slapping Sirius across the face. "Owww" he whined.

"what were you guys talking about anyway?" She questioned the group "Huh, what's this" she said picking up the book, "did Remus write this as a prank or something" she said smirking at James.

"Wait there's a note attached to it! It says, 'Dear Remus, James, Sirius and Lily. This book could save quite a few lives. There are seven in total, one for each year at Hogwarts. Use them wisely. HJP'" James said, reading out the note. "Well then shall we read it?" she stated "isn't that Remus's job?" Sirius said

"James do you have any idea who Harry is?" she asked,

"Your" James covered Sirius's mouth, but Sirius continued talking, "…. Child" Sirius said busting out laughing.

"Yes, we should read it" Remus replied.

"The book was published in 1997, so probably not" James said.

"What!"

"I'm not lying" James said as he showed Lily the date of publish.

"Also Sirius he couldn't be our child, I swear I would never go out with him if it was out of him and a giant squid!" Lily argued.

"Haven't you already said that to me before, Lily?"

"KISS! KISS! KISS!" Sirius chanted enthusiastically.

"SIRIUS, DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME! Ehhh" she said.

"Shut up Pads! Lil's made it perfectly clear she won't go out with me"

"Can we just read the book now?" Moony complained.

"Says you, who wants it to actually happen, James!"

"Enough! Can you two stop arguing like 5-year olds for one second? Let's just read the book!" Moony complained.

Lily looks at Remus, "I guess your right"

""Chapter One, The Boy Who Lived"" he began.

"What sort of name is that?" Sirius questioned the author's opinion.

"Don't all boys live?" James enquired.

"All except you," Lily laughed.

""Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number 4, Privet Drive, were very normal, thank you very much."" "

Dursley?" Sirius said confused knowing he had heard of the name before.

""They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense.""

"But that's boring..."

""Mr Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere.""

"Can we just go annoy Snivellus" Sirius whined, becoming bored with the story.

"Sirius!" Lily said arguing the point.

"We're reading about my son, Padfoot!" James replied wanting to listen to the story.

"Yours and Lil-"

"PADFOOT!" James yelled, blushing.

"Can I read yet?" Moony questioned, as he was tired of listening to them arguing.

"Go on then"

""The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn't think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good- for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be. The Dursleys shuddered to think what the neighbours would say if the Potters arrived in the street. The Dursleys knew that the Potters had a small son, too, but they had never even seen him. This boy was another good reason for keeping the Potters away; they didn't want Dudley mixing with a child like that."" Moony read aloud.

"I think that's my sisters fiancé's name…." Lily realized, listening to the story.

"That means-" James began.

"In your dreams potter!"

""When Mr and Mrs Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country. Mr Dursley hummed as he picked out his most boring tie for work and Mrs Dursley gossiped away happily as she wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair."

"Gee, these people sound delightful," Remus said, interrupting himself.

""None of them noticed a large tawny owl flutter past the window. At half past eight, Mr Dursley picked up his briefcase, pecked Mrs Dursley on the cheek and tried to kiss Dudley goodbye but missed, because Dudley was now having a tantrum and throwing his cereal at the walls. 'Little tyke,' chortled Mr Dursley as he left the house. He got into his car and backed out of number four's drive.""

"Good lord, he sounds just like Malfoy" James announced.

"Yeah he does, doesn't he?" Lily agreed.

"Yeah, anyway can we just read the book?" Moony complained once more. Sirius snored like a pig, "Sirius wake up I have pie" James yelled.

"Who, what, when, where, let's not ask why."

James hands Sirius a Cream Pie.

Sirius throws the pie straight at Remus's face and laughing his head off.

"Boys!" Lily yelled.

"Why am I even friends with them?" Remus said.

"Why do I even hang out with you idiots" Lily continued the topic.

"I've been asking myself that question every day, anyway I'm gonna keep reading now. "It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar – a cat reading a map. For a second, Mr Dursley didn't realise what he had seen – then he jerked his head around to look again. There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn't a map in sight. What could he have been thinking of? It must have been a trick of the light.""

"Mini?" Sirius said taking the clues of the story.

"Do you guys still seriously call the professor that?" Lily complained. The boys snickered at the pun. James gasped "Minnie knows that it's a sign of respect!"

Lily laughs "huh?" she turns around to see the professor behind them. "Hello Professor" Lily said.

Sirius whispered, "Hide the book."

"what are you four doing?" McGonagall asked the group. "Hey Mini" Sirius greeted her, "What's up?" "Just making sure no one is up to any mischief" she explained.

"Okay," Lily replied.

"Behave you hear me" she said walking off.

"And she's gone," Sirius announced.

"Back to the story" James insisted.

Being stupid Sirius took the book out of Remus's hand, placing it on his head.