The Junior Marauders

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Keanna Black

I felt my father, Sirius Black, hand me over to my mother, Amy Oldridge, he was then taken away after a quick "Good-bye." I was one year old back then, I don't really remember it that much, what I do remember though, is my mother lying in bed one time, I think I was three, and I somehow knew I was going to lose her too, so I had burst into tears. I remember someone taking me away, this person was my Godfather, Remus Lupin. So I grew up, living with my Godfather, he had told me many things, about my father and his other friends, he even admitted he had a daughter himself, but she was with her mother.

The only problem was, that my Godfather kept disappearing for a couple of days every month, he later told me why, I think I was nine or maybe eight. I learned to look after myself, but one night, near midnight, when I was nine, I decided to sneak out, Lupin would never have to know, he wasn't in. I threw tiny stones at my best friend's window, she was a muggle but I didn't care. She came to the window and smiled, opening the window and climbing down a ladder-like structure and hopping down. She was still fully dressed, like she knew I was coming.

It wasn't until we were heading towards the woods we normally hanged about in during the day, that I realised it was a full moon, I stopped dead.

"C-Charlie? I think we should go back…" I stuttered, taking a step away from the woods as I heard a howl. "Please?"

"Why are you so scared?" Charlene frowned, obviously oblivious to what that howl belonged to.

"I'm not scared…" I frowned back. "You are!" I added as an afterthought, this was a big mistake because Charlene started laughing loudly at that comment. Damn it. There was a rustling and a low growl.

"W-What w-was t-t-that?" Charlene asked with wide eyes.

"I have no idea." I lied and turned towards the noise.

"You're lying!" Charlene managed to overcome her fright for a split second, I had turned to frown at her again at this point, she cowered suddenly and pointed to something behind her,

"W-w-wolf!" She screamed, "or something…" She said as an afterthought. I gulped and twirled around.

"Charlene… Run!" I shot a glare at her, she got up and raced off somewhere, that was the last time I saw her. The werewolf watched her go before turning his eyes back on me, I breathed deeply and morphed into what looked like a giant cat on two legs, I was way shorter that what stood in front of me though. He was confused for a second at my sudden change of appearance, but soon overcame that. There was only one thing I could do, RUN.

So that's what I did, I ran as fast as I possibly could on two legs, the problem was, he was running on four legs, and gaining speed. I let out a groan before transforming again, this time into my animagus form, and so I ran on four legs too, but… I still wasn't fast enough. I thought I saw my life flash before my eyes as he launched himself at me, bringing me crashing to the ground.

After that, I remember waking up, still in the woods, no one was around and I was in agony, my body was covered in jagged, deep cuts, how I was still alive was anyone's guess. I sat up slowly, trying not to hurt myself that much, it was getting light by now, it must have been after dawn, I heard someone calling my name, it was Lupin's voice, the tone sounded worried, very worried. I opened my mouth to call back but nothing came out, I raised my hand to my throat and felt a jagged cut across my neck, 'How the fudge did I survive that?' I thought, frowning.

I went onto all fours and then pushed myself up, I could still hear my name being called out, and I walked, painfully, in the direction of his voice. I knew my one fear now, Lupin, My Godfather, around the full moon. I knew he would be weak, but I also knew two other things, one, I would probably die if I didn't find him soon, blood was still dripping from some of the cuts, and I felt really dizzy. Two, he wouldn't rest, like he should be doing, if he thought he had killed me.

His calls were getting desperate now, I sighed.

"Keanna! Keanna!" Lupin shouted, he sounded quite close now, good, I didn't know how much longer I could stay conscious and walking. I finally found some of my voice and managed to croak out-

"Lupin?" It wasn't as loud as I would of liked, and he stopped calling my name, he'd given up, I could see him now, he was leaning on his legs, tears falling down his face, he looked very exhausted.

"You should get some sleep…" I smiled at him, finally getting to him, and I promptly collapsed.

"Keanna!" Lupin sighed in relief. "I'm so sorry…"

"It's fine… My fault… Shouldn't of been out… During the full moon… or at… night… a-at… all." I managed to say before passing out.

The next thing I knew I was being carried somewhere, but it wasn't home. I flickered my eyes open and blinked in surprise as I realised it wasn't Lupin carrying me, it was a red-haired man, I flailed slight before I was brought into a house and set down on a sofa.

"Where…Where am I?" I asked, looking confused.

"The Burrow. I'm Arthur Weasley, how are you, Keanna?" The man smiled brightly.

"I feel sore… Where's…. Where's Lupin?" I looked around and felt my body jump, there was a whole family of redheads standing not far away.

"I told you! I told you we'd make her jump! But nobody listens to me!" A small girl frowned up at one of her brothers, who seemed to be the youngest of the boys.

"No…no…I'm fine!" I sat up, she then realised she had bandages all over her. "Well this is embarrassing… Now where is my Godfather?" I frowned at Arthur who was now standing beside a plump woman.

"He…He had to go…" Arthur gulped and cowered under my glare.

I got up and started to walk towards the front door, still aching.

"Well, I'm gonna head home, then." I muttered.

"This is your home now…" The plump woman said, I stopped dead and spun around, causing the Weasleys to jump back in surprise.

"W-what? Lupin dumped me here? Why? What have I done?" Then I suddenly realised I knew why. "Oh, all right, I guess it's because he almost tore me to pieces, that's okay," I sat back on the sofa as tears fell down my cheeks.

"Hey! You won't be alone! You'll have us to hang around with now! I'm Ginny, by the way!" The little girl smiled, she must have of only been only a year younger than me.

"So what's the rest of your names?" I asked, smiling around, they seemed to be nice enough. I was still upset that Lupin had dumped me with people I didn't know, wait I recognised the woman.

"Molly?" I Looked at her. She smiled at me.

"Yes, that's who I ma!" The plump woman said, she was the one who sent me a cake every year for my birthday, my 10th would be next August, I had only just turned nine.

"I'm Ron," The youngest boy nodded.

"I'm Fred-" One of the older boys said.

"And I'm George! We're twins!" Another boy said, who looked just like the boy called Fred.

I stared at them, taking in the little differences between them. They narrowed their eyes, then realised what I was doing and looked at each other.

"She's trying to find things to tell us a part!" Fred blinked.

"Uh…Is that good or bad?" George looked from Fred to me.

"Bad…real bad!" Fred grinned. I rolled my eyes and turned to the one who seemed to be the oldest there.

"What's you're name?" I asked as politely as I could, this guy seemed to be a bit proud.

"I am Percy." He said pompously. Okay, make that really proud. I heard the twins snigger at this.

"There's also Bill and Charlie, but they're not here." Ron muttered. I nodded, looking at them all.

"When will you be going to Hogwarts?" Ginny asked.

"Well, I'm nine now…so two years?" I suddenly realised how close I was to being at the place I had wanted to go to for ages.

"Fred and George are starting their first year in September." Ginny smiled at her older brothers, who looked excited.

"One week left!" Fred beamed.

We continued to chat and then went off to get lunch, before I knew it the week had passed and I was sitting in the back of a car on my way to drop Fred, George and Percy off at the station. I had never seen the Hogwarts Express and I couldn't wait to lay my eyes upon it and be able to imagine me boarding it in two years time.

Time passed, it turns out that life was pretty boring at the burrow without the twins, I had got so bored, that I ran away on my 10th birthday, yes I know the twins were back, and had been for a month and 15 days, but I still felt the need to get out of there, so I packed my stuff and disappeared during the night, without leaving a note. I don't know how, but I found a house, that looked abandoned, but as I investigated I found four other girls about my age, sitting around a fire. They looked up as I came in.

"Um…sorry!" I said and started backing away.

"No, no, don't be sorry! This is exactly how we met too!" A girl, with reddish brown hair and who was much taller than me, said.

"Oh. Okay. I'm Keanna, Keanna Black." I blinked.

"Black?" The same girl beamed. "You're the last of the junior Marauders!" I blinked, Lupin had always talked about the Marauders, but the junior Marauders?

"Excuse me, but what?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You are Sirius Black's daughter, aren't you? You look like him." A small girl said in a sort of bored-sounding drawl.

"Yeah, I am." How did they know?

"Well I'm Natalia Potter, I have a younger brother, Harry!" The girl with Reddish brown hair.

"Really?" I asked, shocked. I knew loads about the Potters, I knew they had a famous son and a daughter.

"I'm Abigail Lupin." A girl with shoulder-length brown hair smiled. She was about the same height as me.

"L-L-Lupin…?" I stuttered and took a step back, my jacket slipped off me, revealing my vast amount of scars that occupied most of my skin. They stood there, open-mouthed.

"What happened to you?" Natalia frowned.

"Werewolf attack." I said, simply, like it wasn't a big thing. "The werewolf being Remus Lupin." I said as an afterthought, testing Abigail.

Abigail had been taking a drink of her coke, which she promptly choked on when I said 'Remus Lupin.'

"R-Remus?" She stared at me with wide eyes. "He's…he's my dad!" Now it was my turn to stare with wide eyes.

"What?" I said in a small voice.

"I'm his daughter." Abigail rolled her eyes.

"He's my Godfather!" I frowned at her. "He told me he had a daughter…" I blinked and looked away.

"Anyway…this is Lile…Pettigrew…" Natalia pointed at a girl whose hair was so short that if it was cut any more she'd look like a girl…slightly.

"And I'm Melody Hannah Snape." The girl with the bored voice said. She had pitch black hair that went down to her lower back, in other words, extremely long, and she also seemed to be smaller than me.

I almost looked pitiful with my second-hand clothes and brown semi-curly hair that reached the middle of my back, my eyes were a shining blue, and I apparently looked a lot like my dad, according to Lupin anyway.

"So I'm guessing that you're Prongs' daughter." I looked to Natalia, who nodded, smiling at the use of her dad's nickname.

"You're Moony's daughter." I smiled at Abigail.

"Yep! Call me Abbie." She grinned. I smiled back.

"You're Wormtail's daughter! And I'm Padfoot's daughter!" I grinned, then looked at Melody. "Snape? I thought our dad's hated Severus."

"Yeah, But Mel isn't like her father." Natalia Grinned. "Together we make the junior Marauders! Though we do less pranks…but I'm starting Hogwarts in September" You loot have to wait to next year. Ha."

"Awesome!" I smiled. I noticed Abbie was staring at my scars, a look of disbelief on her face.

"He'd didn't mean to do it…I was in the woods at the wrong time." I explained to her. "Then again…I haven't seen him since he dumped with the Weasleys…"

"Hey! They're nice people!" Natalia frowned.

"I know!" I said, smiling.

We continued talking about our family and then went off to make breakfast, since it was now breakfast.

A/N: Well, I honestly don't know how I came up with the idea to make 4 other characters…but they make up the junior marauders! Aren't I a genius? Joking joking… Anyway, this is an AU to my story: The Mystery of Keanna. As you can seem I've changed her history a tiny from that story… hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! I have no IDEA how I came up with this freaking idea, if it's crap, sorry.