The marauders come up with a plan to get back at the Slytherins

The song at the beginning is 'Prettiest Star' from David Bowie's 'Aladdin Sane' album. Lyrics:

Cold fire, you've got everything but cold fire
You will be my rest and peace, child
I moved up to take a place
Near you

So tired, it's the sky that makes you feel tried
It's a trick to make you see wide
It can all but break your heart.

First Hogsmede trip!!

Remus begins his career as a thirteen-year-old cigarette mogul.

Remus has a new favorite subject

Back at Hogwarts for third year!

Lyrics at the beginning of the chapter are the opening lines of 'Width of a Circle' from David Bowie's 'Man Who Sold the World' album. Lyrics: In the corner of the morning in the past
I would sit and blame the master first and last
All the roads were straight and narrow
And the prayers were small and yellow
And the rumour spread that I was aging fast
Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping 
By a tree
And I looked and frowned and the monster was me

Thug Life Remus :P

PLEASE NOTE: "Fags" is UK slang for cigarettes. In this context, it is not being used as a slur. It is used to refer to cigars for the remainder of the fic, so be aware of that.

More UK slang used in this chapter:

Skinhead – British subculture made up of working class youths in and around London during the 1960s, ‘70s and 80s. They listened to ska and reggae and were into Jamaican rude boy culture. They were known for being violent and getting into fights. Later (in the late ‘70s and ‘80s) the movement became white nationalist and ‘skinhead’ became shorthand for racist.

Bovver boots – heavy, black, steel toed boots worn by skinheads. Often doc martens or army surplus.

Do over/doing over – Rob/burglarise.

Offie – Off-Licence. British term for convenience store/tobacconist.

Second year wraps up

The last day of second year!

This is soo long, I’m not gonna spend a half hour re-listening to it to make sure there are no mistakes, so if anything’s weird too bad 😭

Second year is beginning to wrap up

Author notes: CW for a homophobic slur/homophobic tone towards the end of the chapter.

Song is Changes by David Bowie. Lyrics that play:

Still don’t know what I was waiting for

And my time was running wild

A million dead end streets - and

Every time I thought I’d got it made

It seemed the taste was not so sweet

So I turned myself to face me

But I’ve never caught a glimpse

Of how the others must see the faker

I’m much too fast to take that test.

MsKingBean89’s (author) notes: If you fancy reading The Epic of Gilgamesh (AND YOU SHOULD, IT'S AWESOME), you can get an English translation at this link:

http://king-of-heroes.co.uk/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/maureen-gallery-kovacs-translation/

Remus’ thirteenth birthday!

Meet the girls! (I love them)

Sirius gets into some mischief

Author notes: This chapter is kind of a downer - don't read it if you're already feeling a bit blue!

This one’s got ups and downs fs

CW - some unpleasant family stuff in here that could be construed as child abuse (Sirius & Walpurga obvs)

“Fight! Fight! Fight!”