She lifted her head as four boys walked in, laughing. The small girl recognized them as the Marauders, the most popular guys in the whole school. She was terrified of them. The Marauders were know to play tricks on unsuspecting students and the Slytherins. Mostly the Slytherins.
One of the Marauders turned around just in time to see the petite girl land face first onto the stairs. She lifted her head up and looked in his direction. She had flame red hair, green eyes filled with tears, and a tear stricken face. She had a gash on her cheek.
"Hey, Prongs. Who's she?", the boy asked as he prodded one of his friends. He pointed in the direction of the staircase.
"I don't know, Padfoot", said Prongs. Padfoot started to walk over to the staircase, but as soon as the girl saw him, she started to move towards the corner. Padfoot kept getting closer, and finally, the girl couldn't go any farther. She began to shake.
Padfoot crouched down in front of the girl and cocked his head to the side. The girl had her face buried in her knees. "Ah. Come on! I won't hurt ya!", he whimpered. He wasn't used to having people scared of him, especially girls. The Marauders had their own fan club. The girl looked up. Padfoot wasn't sure if she was his age or not. "What's your name, anyway?"
"T...Tari Jones", she answered in a voice that Padfoot could barely hear.
"Well then Tari, I'm Sirius Black." Sirius had shoulder length black hair(which was kind of messy), chocolate brown eyes, and a goofy grin which made Tari smile with him. She rarely ever smiled, but when she did, her smile lit up her whole face.
Just then, the sound of girlish voices was heard. Tari's smile disappeared in a flash and was replaced with a terrified look. "I...I have to go", she said quickly. Tari bolted for the door, but Sirius grabbed her wrist.
"How come?", he asked. But before she could answer, a group of girls came swarming down the stairs. The walked right past Sirius and over to Tari.
"Well girls, I think Miss Timid here deserves a gift", said the girl who seemed to be their ringleader.
Tari covered her head just in time to block a few of the many punches, kicks, slaps, and scratches thrown at her.
