Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters in this FanFic except Aziza!

Authors Note: So I have decided since I have no structure to my life, ( I think I'm joking ) I'm going to make a full length story. I'm not sure what rating it's going to be. I think it's going to be clean. So, anyway this is set in the Marauder Period. They are starting their first year at Hogwarts. Aww, nostalgia. Is it possible for people to love book characters? aha. :3 WALRUS! ( also I have no idea of the colour of Remus' eyes.I'm going for amber though as I have read other fanfics describing his eyes so )

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Chapter 1 - A Different Kind Of Laughter

She sat on an old, tired bench at the station, wondering what she was supposed to be doing. She looked around and there were many people. Most of them were in a hurry with tight determined looks on their faces, pushing people - and children - out of the way, simply not caring who they hurt. She gripped her hands on her trolley. Inside was a black leather suitcase and a metal cage holding her short-eared owl. It hooted at the sudden movement of the trolley.

" Don't worry Zahra, I'll look after you, " she said " but who have I got to look after me?" She looked across to the station entrance, praying for some sort of miracle or sign. Coming through the entrance was a boy who looked about her age. He was wheeling his trolley in her direction. She stood up, grabbed her trolley and went over to him.

He was a rather good looking boy with sandy hair and amber eyes which seemed to analyse her. She felt slightly unnerved by him but she deduced that he was her only hope.

" Er, excuse me, I don't know how to get to Platform 9 and 3/4, could you maybe please tell me? " She asked the boy. He looked quite surprised when she spoke to him.

" It's this way, follow me." He said, staring at her. She followed him until they were between platform nine and ten. She looked at her ticket. Her train was at eleven and when she looked at the station clock it said it was five minutes to. The boy the started to run towards a barrier between the two platforms.

" Wait stop, you'll hurt yourself! " She cried. She watched horrified, waiting for him to crash. But he vanished. She looked around expecting him to materialise somewhere but he didn't.

' What am I going to do now? ' She thought to herself. She looked at the clock. It was now 3 minutes to. ' I guess I have to do what he did, I have nothing to lose!' She prepared herself and started to run towards the barrier. Before she reached it she closed her eyes, waiting to be flung back. But she wasn't. She heard a steam train. She opened her eyes and looked up at the sign above here. ' Platform 9 and 3/4 ' It said. She grinned.

She boarded the train and then she realised. She had no idea where to sit. There were many groups of children sitting together but she knew no-one. She walked through compartment to compartment until she found a presumedly empy compartment. She sat down in a chair and wondered if she was going to make any friends. The loneliness sort of hit her then. Maybe she'd never make friends? Maybe every time in class they would be told to partner up, she would always be left? Maybe she would have to eat alone everyday? Maybe she would be the class laughing stock? Maybe she was going to be lonely for the rest of her school life? In her old school she used to be teased about her appearance. She was Egyptian. She had a tanned complexion which was clear of blemishes and wide brown eyes. One of which -the right- was slightly lazy. Her waist-length hair was the same colour as her eyes, it covered most of her back and was always tidy, except for a few tendrils which would curl around her forhead and temple. She was of medium height and she was in the 'most desired' body shape category. She was curvy but just enough. She always thought she was teased because she was different, but only later in life did she realise she was teased because people were jealous of her.

Another reason she was teased was her name. Aziza Sanura Bahur. Aziza means 'Precious', Sanura means 'Kitten' and Bahur means 'Of Horus'. She was a Precious Kitten of Horus. When she told her classmates this they laughed and she regretted telling them. That night, when she went home she had an argument with her parents about her name and how because of them she was being teased. Her parents thought that the teasing would go away but it didn't. Aziza repeatedly had to move schools. The whole summer before her first year at Hogwarts, she worried about how she would be perceived and if her classmates would like her.

However, before her anxiety really hit her from the seat behind her came a soft voice.

" Are you ok?" The voice asked. The voice was immedietly followed by a figure. An red-haired girl with beautiful green eyes appeared before her and sat down in the seat opposite.

" I'm fine thanks, just a little nervous." Aziza replied. She then realised she had started crying as she thought of her past-schools and hadn't known. The girl stuck out her hand and smiled.

" Hi, I'm Lily Evans. Is it your first year too?" The girl - now Lily - enquired. Aziza shook her hand, noticing the bright pink nail varnish and the celtic ring on her ring finger.

" Yes, but I don't know anyone.. " Aziza said sadly. She hung her head, as she wiped the tears from her cheek.

" You know me, " Lily said positively " However, I don't know you! "

" Oh, my name's Aziza Sanura." Aziza said hesitently. She looked at Lily's face to check her reaction.

" Wow, what a beautiful name, I wish I had yours! " Lily said. Aziza was surprised. Lily was the first person to ever like her name, let alone wish it was hers. Aziza hoped they would be friends.

" No, yours is a lovely name, Lily sounds so delicate and beautiful!" Aziza argued modestly. Lily smiled at the compliment.

Lily and Aziza talked until the train slowed and eventually stopped at the station. During the train journey, a pale boy with black hair came to talk to Lily. He was called Severus Snape. Aziza was feeling really positive and plucked up the courage to ask him about himself. However, he glared at her and said why should he tell her, seeing as he doesn't care who she is. Lily scolded him and told her not to worry but Aziza felt like her bubble had been burst and was silent until he left. Lily heard the First Years being called and pulled Aziza through the crowd towards the voice. They saw a giant man with a tangle of black hair in the distance and made their way over to him.

" 'Ello all, I'm 'Agrid and I work at Hogwarts. Firs years travel to Hogwarts across the great lake for their sortin' into groups o' four and get in a boat!' The giant man bellowed. Lily and Aziza got into a boat and were immedietly followed by to other girls, who were giggling and whispering about some boys called James and Sirius. Aziza was going to ask who these boys were but Lily pointed at the Horizon. Hogwarts was coming into view. It was magnificent, like a castle but the turrets were oddly shaped and stuck out at weird angles.

" Wow, Aziza that is going to be our home for the next 7 years! " Lily breathed gazing at the castle. The castle was reflected in Lily's eyes and Aziza hoped that Hogwarts would be her first school that she was truly happy in.

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'Bahur, Aziza Sanura'

As Aziza walked shakily up to the hat, she listened for sniggers at her name. Silence. Aziza smiled a felt a little bit more confident as she sat down and placed the hat upon her head. It was such a large hat she couldn't see the hall anymore. A rusty voice started to talk to her and she jumped a little.

' Ah ... A Bahur... Interesting. I have dealt with many of your family. You have qualities of each of the houses. What do you think, of Slytherin?'

" Please no! " Aziza thought, she had heard about the Slytherins from Lily. They sounded awful.

Okay, okay not a slytherin. Not a Hufflepuff they are rather plain to be honest. My, My you seem rather bright, maybe Ravenclaw. However, you seem to have problems with bravery, maybe Gryffindor could help you....' Helen shut her eyes, waiting for the voice.

'Yes, I know now.... GRYFFINDOR!!'

Aziza relaxed and felt all the anxiety she had drift away. She took off the hat, placed it back on the stool and walked over to the Gryffindor table trying not to fall over. The Gryffindors congratulated her as she sat down, patting her on the back and smiling at her. As she was getting settled a student was sorted into Slytherin, the cheers from the table carried all over the hall.

'Black, Sirius'

Helen recognised the name. This was one of the boys the girls were talking about. Aziza tried to spot him as he was walking up to the stool but people were in the way.

'GRYFFINDOR!' The hat shouted. The boy was smirking as he sat down, next to Aziza.

" That'll show them!" He whispered excitedly to himslelf. Aziza wondered who he was talking about.

When Lily went up to be sorted, Aziza held her breath hoping Lily would be in the same house. She closed her eyes, anticipating her fate. Whatever that hat did, it affected the happiness of her future.

'GRFFINDOR!' Aziza grinned and opened her eyes, looking for Lily. Sirius was staring at her.

" What are you looking at? " She said hotly. She soon regretted her tone of voice when she saw the hurt on his face. He turned away from her. She soon brushed it off though. Lily sat down next to Aziza and gave her a big hug.

" This is great! " Lily gushed. Aziza smiled at how excited Lily was. She couldn't wait for lessons to begin and see how good she was. She had tried some of the spells in her book but only a few worked.

' Everyone has probably learnt loads ' She sighed.

The other boy the girls were talking about in the boat was sorted into Gryffindor, he was called James Potter and was polite enough to Aziza. She learned he was best friends with Sirius who was still being stubborn. But Aziza thought if he didn't want to be polite to her, she might as well forget him. She chose to ignore the fact that she was the one who was rude to him first. The boy who had helped her at the train station was also sorted into Gryffindor. He smiled at her across the table.

" Sorry, I left you at the train station I'd thought you'd got the idea. I didn't see you after so I guessed you'd got on." He explained.

" Don't worry, it's okay! " Aziza said smiling back

" I'm Remus by the way" He said, holding out his hand.

" I'm Aziza and it's nice to meet you." Aziza said as she shook his hand. She hoped that Remus was going to be her friend as he sounded like a really true person.

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As the Sorting finished, the Headmaster who introduced himself as Dumbledore clapped his hands and the plates in front of them were filled. Aziza took a small plateful as she was quite nervous and didn't want to throw up on her first day, that wouldn't be very good when she wants to make friends with everyone. As they ate, they chatted about themselves. Lily was also a muggle-born and had one sister who didn't like her very much. After a while Remus said;

" What does Aziza mean?" Aziza knew this was innocent but she still got a bit angry as this reminded of how 'they' used to ask her everyday. Aziza pushed down her feelings before she spoke.

"Well, I have two first names. It's Aziza Sanura. Aziza means Precious and Sanura means Kitten." She said as confidently as she could.

" Wow, so you're a Precious Kitten!" He said laughing but this was a different type of laughing than Aziza used to hear. It was a nicer laughter as if he thought she was cute and he was laughing with her.

Aziza went to bed feeling the best she had for ages but one thought worried her. The Sorting hat had said he had dealt with a lot of her relatives. But she was Muggleborn, none of her relatives had ever come to Hogwarts or even knew about it.

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Note: Please Review. I'd like to know if it was okay... I have no idea how long this is going to be. I want to update regularly but I have a lot going on right now. So constructive criticism yeah? :3 WALRUS SAYS LOVE! 'Peace out!' (does anyone say that anymore?) xx