Hello everyone, I'm Katie. This is my first fanfic, so I hope you like it. The main characters in this story are Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs, and Lily (who, of course, belong to the fabulous J.K Rowling). With a few special appearances by the flowers (Lily's friends... I made them up ).

This story takes place between the time Harry is born, until the night James and Lily are murdered; so this begins when Lily and James are about 19 or 20 years old. Please post if you have any comment or suggestions for me.

Chapter 1: The Marauders

Lily Potter wobbled to the door when she heard the doorbell ring. It was late July, she was 8 1/2 months pregnant, and the baby was due at anytime. Lily opened the door and hugged the man standing in the doorway.

"Sirius!!!!! How are you? We've missed you!!!!! That mission for the order took months longer than it was supposed to!!!! James will be delighted to see you!" Lily exclaimed as she pulled him inside.

"Lils, I'm fine," Sirius replied, trying to calm her down. “But look at you... You have really let yourself go!!!"

Lily slapped his arm playfully, and pretended to be furious, "Sirius Black, how dare you say that to a pregnant women?!"

"Lily calm down!" Sirius insisted," I was only joking!"

"Whatever," Lily said as she rolled her eyes, jokingly. "James," she called from the base of the stairs, "James! Come down here!"

James ran down the stairs with a panicked look on his face. "Are you ok? Is it time?" James asked.

"No," Lily said," But I thought-"

James cut her off, very quickly. "Then why did you call me down here Lily?" asked James, trying to keep the annoyance out of his voice, "I told you that Moony is in a very difficult stage of his transformation, and that I should be with him at all times."

"Fine," Lily replied cooly, "I just thought that you'd like to know Sirius is here."

"Hi-ya Prongs!" said Sirius with a wide smile, as he stepped into the kitchen.

"Oi! Padfoot! How are you?" James asked as he pulled Sirius into a hug. "Come, sit down, you must be exhausted."

"So much for 'needing to be with Remus at all times'," Lily mumbled, inaudibly.

"Hey Lily, do you think you could make us some coffee?" asked James.

"Honestly James!" Lily said sarcastically, "You care more about Sirius's comfort than mine. You'd think he was the one carrying your baby!"

"Sorry Lily," Sirius replied, after a quick wink to James. "We didn't want you to find out this way but-"

"Oh, shut up, Padfoot!" Lily exclaimed while James started to chuckle. Turning to James she said, "Remind me.... Why did I marry you?"

"Because," answered James, "You find me funny, witty, and extraordinarily handsome."

Lily snorted in reply.

Just then a very familiar werewolf trotted into the kitchen. "Remus look who's here!" Lily exclaimed when Moony pushed open the kitchen door. Moony howled with glee when he saw Sirius.

Moony began nudging Sirius’s hand with his nose. "Am I right in assuming that he is taking the Wolfsbane potion?" asked Sirius.

"Yes," Lily replied, “I’ve been making it for him."

"That's wicked Lily! You always were the best at potions!" Sirius said and Lily glowed with pride.

"Yeah," James replied, "Partly because Slughorn favored her." Lily scowled at her husband.

"Yeah, but James," Sirius replied, "I'm pretty sure that Slughorn favored her because she was a natural at potions."

"Whatever," James mumbled.

"Oh, he's just sore because he only got an E in his potion's NEWT; when I got an O!" Lily smirked, brining up an old joke that Sirius fondly remembered.

Fortunately, James didn't hear that comment or there would have been a major squabble.

Lily turned to Remus, and he whimpered. "James, Sirius, why don't you transform?" Lily suggested. "I don't think it's fair that Moony has to sit on the floor by himself."

The guys nodded in agreement and transformed; James into a handsome stag and Sirius into an enormous black dog.

"Cheeseburgers for dinner, right?" Lily asked.

Moony howled, Padfoot barked, and Prongs pounded his hooves, in agreement. So, Lily made them each had about ten cheeseburgers, which they ate ravenously.

After dinner, Moony had fallen asleep on the floor, and James and Sirius were human again. Looking at the lunar charts, James realized that the full moon ended that night; which meant that at sunrise Moony would transform back into a human. Lily rushed around the house retrieving every thing he would need to transform.

Then James insisted that she waited upstairs. Although Lily felt this was highly unnecessary, she did not argue. James’s request was actually quite practical; even under the effects of the potion, there were times when Moony could get out of control. James didn't want to take any chances, because someone might get bitten. So, Lily waited upstairs for about an hour. Finally, the howls of pain had stopped, and James called, "Lils you can come down now."

Lily raced down stairs and announced, to the room full of guys, "Good because it's time!"

Doesn't anyone like my post? *Runs into room and cries* I promise it gets more interesting! But I want to know what you think so far.

Ok, guys please post......... I would post the next chapter, but that would be tripple posting........which would be very bad.

All right....... I'm going to post the next chapter anyway

Chapter 2:Harry

After a very interesting and paniced (on the guys part) departure, they arrived in the hospital. Lily and James were ushered into a room by a healer. In the meantime, Remus and Sirius sat in the waiting room, nervously waiting, for about 18 hours.

Lily was in a lot of pain, and was screaming very loudly. James was trying to comfort her.

"It's all gonna be ok, honey," he cooed.

Lily screamed,with a look of pure hatred in her eyes. "I hate you James Potter!"

"Oh? Am I really that bad?" he asked with a smirk.

"Yes! And I am going to kill you for this!"

"Lily, calm down!" James replied, "Have the baby first, then you can kill me."

"You promise?" she asked.

"Yes, Lils, I promise," they both smiled at each other.

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Around midnight, and James emerged into the waiting room of St. Mungo's, tears glistening in his eyes.

Sirius and Remus embraced him as he said, "Guys, come and meet my son."

They walked into the room to find Lily, looking exhausted, yet thrilled; she was holding a bouncing baby boy.

"Hello," Lily said brightly, "I'd like you to meet Harry James Potter."

A look of shock and disgust crossed Sirius's face. "Why didn't you name the baby after me?" he asked jokingly.

Remus punched him in the arm. "You are an insensitive git! You know that don't you?" Remus stated.

"Do you really think the world could handle another Sirius?" James asked.

Remus replied, "No, I don't think so. I think it would probably explode from the shock and horror!" They all burst out with laughter.

"Hey," James asked, "Where is Peter?"

"We dunno," Remus and Sirius replied in uison.

"We owled him at his house and headquarters of the Order, but he wasn't there," Sirius added.

"He has been dissappearing alot lately, hasn't he?" James asked.

"Yeah, he has, as a matter of fact," Lily replied after a moment of contemplation,"but we can talk about him later. Let's get back to Harry; James and I have been talking and we have decided on two godfathers for Harry. Sirius of course, and Remus-"

"No," Remus replied. "Are you both insane? I can not be his godfather."

"Why not, Moony?" James inquired, "Would you rather be his godmother?"

Everyone laughed except Remus. "Hello," Remus said scarcastically, "I'm a werewolf remember! I don't want Harry to join me in the werewolf community, so I'm sorry, but I can't be his godfather. Nor his godmother," he added with a small smile.

"Honestly Remus! I don't think you'll endanger Harry," Lily replied.

But Remus shook his head. "I don't want to take any chances."

All right Remus," Lily said, "So Sirius you can be his godfather."

"Okey dokey," Sirius said with a small smile, "and I guess that makes up for you not nameing him after me."

An hour later everyone was talking about Harry, and everything that they were going to teach him. For example, James was going to teach him how to ride a broom, Sirius was going to help him become an animagus, and Remus was going to teach him how to ignore his father and godfather's plans for causing trouble.

James looked up at the clock. All of a sudden he yelled, causing Sirius and Remus to jump out of their seats.

"James, what the devil are you doing?" Lily exclaimed.

"Look at the time!" he replied. "It's nearly 3 A.M.! All right everyone out! Lily and Harry need sleep." He ushered them out, kissed his son and his wife, and left, for the night, as well.

hey this is a really good story!
can't wait for the next post!
PAMS!

Do you really think it's good? I'll try to post more tonight..... but I'm not sure if I can. I'll post by Friday at the latest.

yea it is really good!
n that's ok post as soon as you can plz!

I have a question.... it says on your location that you are from Belfast. In maine? If you are from Maine, that is wicked cool because I live in Maine too. Anyway, I'm glad that you like my story! Please spread the word that it's good, 'cause I'd like other people to read it too. I'll be posting in about half an hour because I have to type up the next chapter. TTFN!!!!!!

Chapter 3: What Friends are For

After a week in the hospital, James, Lily, and Harry returned to their house in Godric’s Hallow. They were greeted by Remus, Camellia (Remus's girlfriend), Sirius, and Violet (Sirius's girlfriend) outside the door. Lily, Camellia, and Violet had been nicknamed the flowers at school by the marauders.

James, Lily, and Harry were ushered into the house. It was spotless, and filled with gifts for the baby!

"Thank you!" Lily exclaimed as she entered the living room, "This was so nice of you, but you know- you really didn’t have to-"

“Nonsense!” Violet said. “It was the least we could do.”

"Yeah, it really was nice of us, wasn’t it?" Sirius replied, "So, in return for us breaking our backs cleaning, why don't you make your world famous cheeseburgers?"

"Shut up, Sirius!" Camellia exclaimed, as she punched him in the arm. "What work did you do?" she inquired. "If I remember correctly, it was Violet and I who cleaned the entire house while you and Remus sat on the couch marveling at Lily's old, muggle board game!"

"And you two boys don't deserve anything after what you did! We are never going to forgive you for not telling us that Lils was in labor!" Violet stated.

Lily jumped in, trying to prevent a major fight, "Honestly, I don't mind making dinner-"

But Camellia cut her off. "Nope," she replied, "you are not doing any work for the next month."

"What? What are you talking about?" Lily asked.

Violet then took over, “It’s stressful enough, I’m sure, taking care of James-"

Lily nodded.

“Hey! I resent that!” James exclaimed.

Vi continued as if there had been no interruption, “- but a baby is going to be 10 times the work, so we are all staying here to help you out.”

"We love you Lil. You are always there to help us out, so we are returning the favor." Remus said.

"Hey! Moony! No making moves on my wife!" James said jokingly, and they all laughed.

Lily's eyes filled with tears, as she laughed.

“Oh here come the mood swings!” James mumbled.

"Thanks guys!” Lily exclaimed. “I don't know what I'd do with out you!" She sobbed as she pulled all five of them into a hug.

"Hey Lily, that's what friends are for!" Sirius said. "Now, how about those cheeseburgers?"

"Sirius shush!" Violet said firmly.

"But I’m HUUUUUNNNNGGGRRRYYY!" Sirius whined.

Camey said, "Sirius, Vi and I will start making dinner in a minute."

"But I'm hungry now! I don't like your cooking!" Sirius continued to whine.

Camey turned to James. "How do you make him shut up?" she asked.

"I know how," Violet said with a misgevious glint in her eye. She walk over to Sirius, pulled him close to her, and kissed him vigorously. Sirius made a gesture that asked James if he and Vi could go upstairs. James nodded his head.

"I don't think he's hungry anymore," Camey said, and they all smirked.

"Do you remember when we were like that James?" Lily asked.

"Of course, dear" he answered, “We were like that last week.”

Remus snickered.

Then James said to the room at large, "I hope they’re careful."

"What do you mean James?" Remus asked.

"I mean if they are going to keep going on like that.... well.... let's just say, that's how Lily and I ended up with Harry." James and Remus exchanged knowing smirks.

lmao! ah the mauraders r soo funi!
btw, its Belfast in Northern Ireland!
great post!
PAMS!

Yeah, the mauraders are awsome! I can't wait for the seventh book 'cause Harry is going to learn more about his parents! Cool, you are from Ireland! I love Ireland! I have cousins that live in Clare (the county)!

Oh, and I will post more tonight.

Hi, I didn't know that you have a ff. Post soon.
Funny! Post soon.
Jessica

Yeah, this is my first one. Spread the word about it.... 'cause so far I have only two adoring readers... and I'd love to have more!

Ok Jessica. I'll make you a deal; if you post in "WHO Can Help" tonight, then I'll post tonight too.

Are your actuall initals JDL? Or did you just make your character's first name Jessica too?

Chapter 4: Vi's Secret


Sirius was the always the first one up in the morning; he wandered around. They had been there a whole week, and he was so busy cleaning that he hadn't had time to explore James and Lily's new house.

He walked into the nursery, and Harry gurgled with glee. Sirius gently picked him up. "Good morning Harry. Did you sleep well?" Sirius cooded. Sirius spent the next half an hour just talking to his godson.


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Violet was lying, asleep in her bed, having a horrible dream about Sirius.

"Your what???? Violet how could you do this? It's ruined my life!" Sirius yelled.

"Oh, Sirius please don't be angry!" Violet pleaded.

"I am not angry! I AM FURIOUS!" Sirius shouted. Violet sank into the corner and started to cry.

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Violet jumped up in bed. "How could he say that?" Vi asked herself. "Wait, that wasn't real. It was a dream; a horrible dream."

Violet got out of bed, and went into the bathroom. She got dressed, brushed her teeth, splashed some lukewarm water on her face, and went in search of Sirius.

Vi walked into the nusery. "Well, Well, Well! Looky here! Who would have ever guessed that Sirius Black was such a softy?"

"Oh come on Vi. You know I'm a badboy at heart. I'm just making an exception with my godson," he replied.

Violet exclaimed in pure delight, "Oh Sirius! You are going to be a wonderful father!" Realizing what she had said, Vi clapped her hands over her mouth.

Sirius almost dropped Harry in surprise! He placed Harry carefully in his crib and turned to Violet. "What!?!"

"Ummmm......," Violet replied, "Well, I was going to tell you over a romantic dinner....... but it's too late now...... Sirius, you are going to be a father."

"I..... I..... I'm....." Sirius studdered.

"Please don't say furious!" Vi begged.

"Violet Elizabeth Johnson! What do you mean furious?? I'm ecstatic! I'm going to be a father!" Sirius practically shouted as he pulled Violet into an enormous hug, which lifted her off the ground.

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Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Remus, James, Lily, and Camey sat arguing.

"Camey, seriously! I'm not going to wear my self out by making pancakes!" Lily exclaimed.

"Lily, Vi and I are here to help! That means we do all the work!" Camey retorted.

James pipped up, "Camey, for gods sake! Just let Lily make the pancakes!"

"No! You just don't like my cooking!"

"Well, that's true.... your pancakes suck!" James said honestly.

Shocked Remus replied, "James! That was a horrible thing to say!"

Lily then started yelling at James for being inconsiderate.

"But it's true. Come on Lupin, you have to admit her cooking is horrible!" James retored.

Remus was clearly trying to keep a straight face. "It's not that bad," he said.

"Remus!" Camey yelled, "You-"

In the mist of the yelling, Sirius and Vi came down the stairs.

"Hello! We have an announcement to make!" But no one heard them.

"Hey guys, we have something to say!" Vi tried feebly.

Then Sirius yelled with all his might, "OI!!! MARAUDERS AND FLOWERS LISTEN UP!"

"Geez... Padfoot, you didn't need to shout! What's up?" James asked.

"Well, everyone: Violet's 6 months pregnant! I'm going to be a father!"

The room remained deadly silent.

lol!
sirius is gona be a daddy! yay!
that was brilliant!
PAMS!

I love Mauraders FF! post soon plz!

Hi everyone, I'm so glad that you like my ff. I love fanfics about the marauders too. It's so interesting to think of Lupin and Sirius as teens. I'm really sorry, but I'm in the midst of taking finals. So, unfortunately I can't post until friday. But once school gets out (June 21st) I promise to post every day!

Here is the post.... I hope that you all like it.

Chapter 5: Sirius's News

After 30 long seconds of silence Sirius spoke up. "Well, you guys obviously heard me....... so what do you think?" he asked worriedly.

"Ahhhhh-" stuttered Remus.

"Well-" Camey started.

"But how? You guys aren't married!" James said in a shocked voice.

"Honestly James!" Lily exclaimed.

"Way to state the obvious!" Camey replied.

"Are you serious?" Remus asked. "You honestly don't know what happened?"

"How do you think you two ended up with Harry?" Sirius snickered.

"Well, actually Moony, he is Sirius, not me." Everyone groaned (this pun was getting old!) He added, "Anyway, I'm sorry...... I....we were just shocked."

After a few paused moments, 'CONGRADULATIONS' rang from the rest of the room; Sirius and Violet were delighted.

Sirius and Remus went to the kitchen, to talk with James, about fatherhood. Meanwhile, the women were taking care of Harry, in the nursery. Violet picked Harry up and started to rock him.

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"Oh Lily, think I will be a terrible mother!" asked Violet worriedly.

"Violet Elizabeth Anderson! Don't say such things! Look at you with Harry; he adores you! Why would you ever think that you would be a terrible mother?" Camey demanded.

"Camey, don't be too harsh on her!" Lily said, in a motherly way. "She is just nervous."

"Vi, listen," Lily said calmly. "Before I had Harry I was a nervous wreck; don't you remember? I was so scared and overwhelmed; but now, I don't know, you just get the hang of things. Honestly, you have nothing to worry about."

"Oh, Lily, you are right,” Vi said.

“Are you kidding?” Camey snickered. “She is always right! When have you ever known Lily to be wrong?”

Violet smiled. “I'm sure I'll be fine," Violet reassured herself. "Hey Camey, you have never actually held Harry! Would you like to?"

"Umm-" Camey replied, "I have never held a baby."

"What?" They both replied; Camey shrugged.

"Never mind," Lily said. "It's not that difficult. Just put one hand here, to support his back; and the other goes here, to support his head," directed Lily.


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"Hey, guys! We should owl Peter!" Remus said.

"Oh, but why? He always spoils the fun!" Sirius replied.

"Padfoot! He is our friend!" Remus said in outrage.

"Yeah, Padfoot, listen to Moony! He is always right!" James said sarcastically.

"Fine, we'll just tell him later," Remus replied, giving up. "But, you know, I think us leaving him out has had a strange effect on him. He hasn't been around much lately."

"Cool! Now we don't have to deal with him!" Sirius answered.

"So, Sirius, how to you feel about becoming a father?" Remus asked, changing the subject.

"Actually, I'm terrified," he replied.

"Oh, not to worry Padfoot. We'll help you with the baby." James offered.

"No, James! No sane person would ever leave a baby in your hands! You'd bore it to death with talk of Quidditch!" Sirius said.

"Ouch!" was the next thing out of Sirius's mouth, because James had smacked his head with a pillow.

"Oh, I'll get you Potter!" Sirius yelled as he chased James with a frying pan.

Remus decided to watch the chaos from the next room.

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Deciding to leave the madness, Remus journeyed into the nursery. Vi and Lily had ventured to the kitchen to make dinner, but he found Camey rocking Harry, and looking at him longingly.

"Camellia! NO!" Remus said sternly, although he was sporting a small smile.

"Oh, but Remus! I want one!" Camey replied with a puppy dog look on her face.

Remus chuckled as he put Harry back into his crib. "No! At least not now; I don't think it is safe to bring a baby into this world. Not with Voldemort taking over in Britain. But one day dearest, we will have a little girl or boy of our own."

Camey placed Harry back in his crib, and stood looking out of the window; Remus came up and gave her a hug, from behind.

"Promise Remus?" asked Camey.

"Yes, I promise, but we should probably get married first." Remus replied.

awww! i think monny wud b a great daddy!
PAMS!

I think Lupin would be a great dad too. I'll try to post more tonight, if I can.

I think that I did post tonight. I don't know. lol And I changed the title.

JDL are my actuall initals, no, I will not tell my real name. My middle name is totally Indian that I don't think that you could even pronounce it. I have yet to find someone who isn't Inidan to pronounce it.

Thank you. I did post today, if that helps.
Fan of your ff,
JDL (lol lol lol lol)

ok..... you don't have to tell me. But your first name is actually Jessica, right?



Yahoo! I have fans..... I'm assuming that means my writing doesn't completely suck..... right?

Thanks for posting in your ff.... I love it...... my life is sooo boring until you update it. LOL

Yahoo! Today is the last day of school! I only have to go until 10:00am! So to celebrate, I will post when I get home.

To my two loyal readers. Here is my next post...... I hope you like it; it's a romantic one. The next one is darker, and it deals with Peter. Remember, we left off in Harry's nursery. Camey wanted a baby and Remus suggested that they should be married first.

Chapter 6: Remus's Proposal

Camey turned around to face Remus. "Whoa! Remus are you doing what I think you are doing?"

"Well, yes and no." he replied as he pulled a small box out of his pocket, and Camey gasped. "Don't get too excited," he said, “because it's not an engagement ring."

"Thank goodness!” Camey exclaimed.

Remus looked to her with one eyebrow raised.

“Remus," Camey stated, "we're only nineteen, we don't need to rush into marriage." Camey opened the box and Remus slipped the ring on her left ring finger. It was a small amethyst on a band of silver. "Remus! I thought you said it wasn't an engagement ring!"

"It's not," Remus replied, "It's a promise ring. I got it to signify that even though we are not getting married......yet......we will one day."

The ring was so spectacular, that Camey was left speechless.

Remus felt that he had put Camey into an awkward position, so he tried to fix his mistake. "But...... if.... if.....if you don't want it........ that's ok," he said as he tried to regrasp the ring.

Camey didn't know what to say, that is until Remus tried to take the ring back "Remus Lupin! Don't you dare! You are going to have to kill me, and pry this ring off of my cold dead hands to get it back!"

Remus smiled and chuckled, which calmed Camey. She said," Remus, the ring is beautiful. I love it!"

Camey leaned forward and kissed him. Remus returned the kiss with a much more passionate one.

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Ten minutes later Lily, James, Sirius, and Violet entered the nursery. However, Remus and Camey didn't seem to notice.

Lily and Vi started to silently giggle. Meanwhile Sirius stood looking at the couple thinking,"Who in their right mind would want to kiss Moony? Maybe we should take Camey to St. Mungo's." But he was kind enough not to say it out loud.

James's response was the funniest. He shouted, "HEY! No snogging in front of my son! You'll scar him for life!"

Camey and Remus broke apart, and both scowled at James. Then they all snorted with laughter.

Then Lily spotted the ring on Camey's finger. "OH MY GOD!" she screamed. Everyone looked around in concern (thinking she had been attacked).

"Jeeze, Lily, what's the matter?" Camey asked.

"Your-your finger! You have a ring! Did Remus propose?" Lily asked with a huge grin stretched across her face.

No one waited for an answer. Sirius and James grabbed Remus and hoisted him onto their shoulders (like he had just won a quidditch match), and the girls pulled Camey into a hug as they jumped up and down screaming (as girls do).

"Wait!" Camey shouted. "We aren't getting married! For god’s sake, we are only 19! This is just a promise ring!"

James and Sirius dropped Remus to the floor... he landed on his back.

"OW!" he yelled, as he stood.

The room was silent, they all look around, as if unsure of what to say.

Finally Violet spoke up, "Everyone, we better get going, or we're going to be late for the order meeting."

They all agreed and apparated to Dumbledore’s cabin in the woods (Lily with Harry in her arms).

YEAH!!! You posted!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is really mean Sirus! lol lol lol Please post soon!
Jessica

New reader,
I love your posts! They are all so funny!