Chapter 1
Taking the first step onto the Hogwarts express was freeing in a way James couldn't express. Yes he was loved by both his parents, they adored him over anything else, but the expectations his parents have for him and the need to carefully controll how he lived was stuffy in a way thaat he himself didn't realize untill now. He loved his parents and all they did for him, the potion knowledge he has thanks to his father Fleamont Potter would certainly be helpfull at scool, and his mother wasn't a Black by birth for nothing that he could attest to as he learned ettiquette apart from other things from her, but it was just so rulebound and James wanted freedom. The inexplicable dissapointment when his mom didn't show him how to handle daggers and knifes 'because thats a mother daughter tradition and only for the women in the family' was a mystery to him. Daggers are cool and it protects the person, why restrict it to the girls? But James cast these negative thaughts away as he made his way to the back of the train to get a bit of thinking time before the wirlwind that was his cousin Sirius came and destroyed the piece and quiet. James really liked Sirius, he really did, there was a reason why they where best friends, but even he had expectations for him and always being happy was hard.
That was when he saw her. Him? Them. Thats when he saw them. They where an beautiful enigma to him, pretty but in a handsome way, but also handsome in a pretty way. Their pretty fiery red hair cascading like a riptide, neither long nor short, wearing a pretty flanell and some jeans, but the most striking thing being their deep pretty poison green eyes. Their laugh sounding like the prettiest song he ever listened to. They where a work of art, neither appearing to be male nor female, defying traditions and just being cool. Unbeknowenst to James this was his verry first crush.
Shocking him out of his daze was another of his cousins, her being a fifth year prefect in Slytherin looking slightly disgusted to the person he was admiring. He can clearly remember the Black family drama and the reason they where on slightly rocky therms and the talking to he got from his mom when she heared him state that all Slytherins are evil. She lead away to an empty compartment and let him be after fussing a bit.
This was a weird development in his eyes. In Pure-Blood culture the head of house, the patriarch or matriarch has the most power and when they want something from their family it will be done. Alphard Black declaring Lord Gaunt a political enemy and Lord Voldemort an enemy of house Black was certainly unexpected and getting the black sisters and the black brothers away from their parents was certainly unexpected too to get them away from the horrible influence the parents where to them. James was just happy that his parents where the best in that regard. The black sisters now living with them wasn't his idea of fun but the family motto wasn't 'पहले परिवार' (used google translator) meaning family first for nothing. 'Toujours pur' meaning always pure, but in the sense of stay pure to family and don't let other influences destroy these bonds, which was the Black family motto was another push for him to be good for them. This only being a year now and them bieng in school for most of it didn't help much. He was so in his head that he didn't realize others had joined his compartment.
TOBY THE TIME SKIP
James was embarking the Hogwarts express to his third year and in this time much happend. His cousin Belatrix was now employed by the Unspeakables and he learned that she may be courting an Auror by the names of Amelia Bones. That was a wake up call to him, that there could be boys liking boys and girls liking girls. Appearantly that was quite normal and he just didn't realize because all affection between wixen was only done in private. His cousin Andromeda having secretly married Ted Tonks caused quite a stirr but that was quickly recified by having a proper marriage. Him respecting the Pureblood-Culture and learning to be a mind healer ceartainly helped in that regard. Andromedas apprenticeship with saint mungos was quite good news too. Narcissa being head girl this year was good news too. She was endeared to the Malfoy prat but that was only for a short time him not appreciating her at all. These days she was focusing on school to get an apprenticeship under Proffessor Flitwick and being the attention of attraction of a certain Greengrass heir. James frickel friendship and now real friendship with them had progressed too in that time. What also progressed in that time was his feelings for who he found out to be Lily evans, and surprisingly also having cought feelings for her best friend Mary Macdonald. His hate towards Snape was growing too as James quickly realized that this Slytherin was trying to make Lily 'normal' in subtile ways without her even realizing.
He was sitting with his friends the Marauders planning a prank when the prefects came around making them change in the uniform. As James went to open his trunk he found not his normal school uniform there, but rather a girls oens. "Its a prank Prongs, we had help from our dear Headgirl this being her old uniforms. oh and I dare you to wear them this evening, nobody will even see them under your cloak so no problems there" Sirius exclaimed upon seeing the shock on James face. Moony and Wormtail sniggering and watching him cued him in that they had planned this together. "You are on guys, I will rock this you will see, but where are my normal uniforms, I need them too, you know? It is a good prank tho." Sirius grinned mischeviously. "You might want to take a secound look later this evening but come on we don't have much time anymore we need to get changed" Moony said nonchalantly, "oh and don't forget the underwear we bought extra for you. Hey maby Lily will find this cute and you might get attention from her this way". Not having another chance and not being able to say no to a dare he quickly changed. "Heels guys? Really? Why heels" James groaned proceeding to dress in them. "Lets get this over with"