Ok hear me out. Canon compliant Marauders era storyline BUT one change. Regulus survives the inferi and tells Sirius and James that Peter is working for Voldemort and planning to betray them. Which leads to:
The order setting up a trap at Godrics Hollow. When Voldemort comes to kill Harry, he’s surrounded by the order of the Phoenix and taken out. Killed. Stopped. Murdered!
The war is over. There’s still some fighting while the aurors try to get the rest of the death eaters to Azkaban. The ones they do have are judged and sentenced to Azkaban for 20 years. Some people see Voldemort as a martyr and keep doing his work in secret
Regulus goes before the ministry and pleads guilty to his crimes as a death eater but due to statements from Dumbledore, Sirius, and James testifying on his work in bringing down Voldemort, he spends 1 year in Azkaban instead of a 20 year imprisonment like Peter and Snape. Regulus is visited weekly by Sirius where they laugh and talk about his plans for when he gets out.
The Marauders are tired of fighting. They’re young and feel as though they’ve lived lifetimes. They lost their innoncence and youth in a war that wasn’t theirs. They don’t want to fight anymore. They don’t want to destroy. They want to build. They want to help bring the wizarding world back to its former glory. So they all study to become professors because what better way can they help rebuild the wizarding world than to teach the next generation and help them be better so that they would never go through the same things they did.
After years of studying and getting degrees, they all apply to Hogwarts as professors. It’s difficult for James and Lily to juggle being professors and parents but they always make it work. Dumbledore is thrilled to have his former and favorite students back to teach.
Lily Potter becomes Professor Evans of potions (she teaches with her maiden name because she studied and earned her degree, not her husband) with a glowing recommendation from a retiring Slughorn. She’s a fantastic professor. A little strict but always helpful and puts her students first. After a year of teaching, she asks Dumbledore for an teachers assistant. Dumbledore was a little iffy on who she wanted but he welcomed a shy yet extremely intelligent Regulus Black to the Hogwarts staff as her assistant.
Sirius Black becomes Professor Black of transfiguration. When McGonagall asked him what experience he had in transfiguration, he turned into Padfoot in front of her. He explained, rather sheepishly, about what they did back in their third year for Remus. She was angry of course because of how risky it was but also very impressed and proud of him for completing one of the most difficult and dangerous transfigurations. She gave him a letter of recommendation on the spot. They became co teachers and taught different classes of students. He helped balance out her strict nature with his warm and humorous one.
James Potter becomes Professor Potter of charms. He wasn’t sure which subject would fit him best but he decided to go after charms. And it was the best choice he could’ve made because he was amazing at teaching the subject. Flitwick loved having him as a student and was so happy that James came back to teach. The students loved being in his class because he brought so much energy and constructive teaching.
Remus Lupin became Professor Lupin of defense against the dark arts. The position fit him like a glove. The students loved his class. He was such a good professor that he broke the curse on the defense against the dark arts position and remained in the position for years and years to come. He was monumental in decreasing stigma against werewolves and taught from his own experience.
James and Sirius of course had pranks they would pull on each other’s classes. The students LIVED for their mock rivalry. Sirius’ favorite prank was to replace James’ wand with a mock replica and burst out laughing from outside the classroom when James would try to demonstrate a charm and nothing happened.
Once a month, James, Remus, and Sirius would head to Azkaban and visit Peter. At first he refused to even look them in the face. But after about a year of visits, he asked for their forgiveness and eventually they forgave him. They never trusted him again but they did forgive him. Peter looked forward to these visits. It did wonders for his mental health.
Lily would come along on these visits and sit down with Snape. He was embarrassed at first and refused to see her. But after coming again and again, he finally saw her. And they talked. They laughed and talked about their childhoods. And eventually she forgave him after many, many years. He started taking responsibility for his actions instead of blaming others and eventually (years and years later), asked Lily if James would accompany her. And he apologized for his role that almost killed Harry. And James apologized for being a dick. They weren’t friends or allies but rather just not enemies anymore. They let go of a foolish childhood rivalry.
When McGonagall retired early, James and Sirius battled for head of Gryffindor house. It got so bad that Dumbledore tweaked the rules so that they could be co-heads of Gryffindor house. James worked closely with the quidditch team while Sirius worked closely with the prefects
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