Marley meets the Marauders for the first time and gets a spoonful of their personalities. (dun dun dun!)

Hippos were dancing around, doing the splits in pink tutu’s and Pointe shoes. I was part of their mad fury as the star dancer. A spotlight shone on me since I had a solo. But I tripped over my own two feet and heard a hippo grunt in annoyance. Stupid hippo.

Suddenly, there was a clicking at the door, like someone was trying to get in. I started freaking out. You would too, if your older siblings said that they were going to put on Bambi or something like that when you were little, but instead putting on The Shining. Stupid horror movies.

I ran down the stairs, trying to look cool as I came into the kitchen. But then Azul said “Marley, what’s wrong? You look like you just had a seizure.”

 

So much for looking cool.

Then I got out a rag towel, running it under warm water. I started dabbing Remus’ cut lip. The tension was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. And believe me, I wanted to; then I could show off my sweet ninja skills. Need an evil villain taken care of? Hi-yah! SuperMarley to the rescue! Okay, so I still have to work on the name…

“Remember in Titanic when Jack says to Rose ‘If you jump I jump’? well, you guys are Jack and I’m Rose. Now jump with me,” I begged them. When I wasn’t feeling too well I forced them to watch Titanic with me. 

“What if we don’t want to jump?” Peter fiercely whispered back.

“Well that’s just too bad,” I said, yanking them in. So much for the dramatic moment…

I could detect a small smile on Dumbledore’s face. “That’s hardly my point Mr. Potter. Now, I’m still trying to figure out how you got here, but I think I have a hunch as to why.” He paused for a minute before continuing. “I believe that you came here to help Marley. Also, for some reason you needed to be here to find out that we, in fact, are truly just characters in a story. And so is she,” He said, gesturing towards me.