The Marauders Part 1

Hi again! So this week I've decided to start another thing where I just talk about the Marauders, separately or as a whole. :)

So I don't think anyone really understands the strong emotions connected with the Marauders. They were each so different, but yet made such a perfect group of friends. They did anything for each other, which honestly warms my heart on a thousand different levels (illegally turning into Animagi just so their friend wouldn't feel alone). 

But the most tragic part of their beautiful friendship was how everything turned out in the end. October 31, 1981, James and Lily Potter were murdered, and Sirius Black, one of their best friends, was thought to be the one who ratted them out to a serial killer. Sirius was sent to jail without a trial, and his other best friend, Remus Lupin, was disappointed, because, at the time, he thought Sirius to be guilty. But hold up, their other friend, Peter Pettigrew, was the actual traitor, but he got off the hook by turning into a rat and making everyone believe that Sirius had killed him. Crazy right?

Us fans all know this story, and as sad as you may think it is, we've emotionally been through everything with the characters. 

Anyway, Sirius went to jail, Remus was heartbroken, James was dead, and Peter was nowhere to be found. Or so you think.

Fast forward 12 years and Sirius breaks out of jail to kill Peter for betraying them. Remus learns that Sirius is actually innocent and helps Sirius break in.

Now, everyone still thought Sirius was a mass murderer, and they thought that he was out to kill Harry, even though he was Harry's godfather. This whole misunderstanding led to Harry actually thinking that his godfather was trying to track him down to murder him. But this was not the case.

You guys already know the rest of the story, and if you don't, then go read the third book or at least watch the third movie.

Here's the original thing I wanted to talk about, though. Harry grew up without his parents or any respectable parental figures. Even though his dad's friends would have all been suitable, (except for Peter) none of them were available.

So here we've got the murdered one, the outcast, the wanted, and the traitor. Here we've got the Marauders.

--@onceuponatimeinhogwarts

A/N There will be more posts exclusively about the Marauders. Oh, and I have this awesome fanfiction just about the Marauders at school that you can find on Wattpad at the first link of the new "Fan Made" section on my page.