James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew made there way down the Hogwarts express looking for an empty compartment, when they heard yelling.

"How could you two be so immatuuure?" The sounds of belches could be heard. A dark haired girl with a red cloak that fell below her knees walked down the train, looking like she didn't really know where she was going. She stormed down towards them, but Sirius stopped her.

"So, where are you going, eh? I've never seen you around before."

"Excoose me," she said quietly in an Italian accent.

"Bet you're a Slytherin, aren't you?" Sirius continued, getting a bit in her face. This was his normal ritual with most girls.

"EXCOOSE me," she said a bit more forcefully, side-stepping Sirius. Sirius stepped in front of her.

"Answer the question," he insisted, raising a dark eyebrow.

"Geet out ov my vway!" she growled angrily.

"No. Answer the question!"

"No," she said sternly.

"Why not-"

"Sirius! Just let her through," Remus pulled him aside, with as much strength as his lanky body would give him.

"Sank you," She walked past them, running an exasperated hand through her dark hair.

"Who the hell was she?"

"I don't know, mate, I don't know," Remus replied, a bit annoyed with his friend.

They followed the noise of belches into a compartment and saw a short little boy that looked to be about 10 years old with a shock of red hair, and a girl identical to the girl Sirius had tried to stop in the hall.

"How'd you get back in here before us?" Sirius asked, confused.

The girl giggled and said in a foreign language to the boy across from her, "Dio, è un bello un. Pregare che non sa l'italiano."

The boy snickered, but Remus burst out laughing.

The girl gave a half smile at Remus, and said in perfect, nearly accent-less English, "You speak Italian, don't you?"

Remus nodded, and bit his tongue.

The twin turned to Sirius. "I'm not the girl who walked out. That's Raven. I'm her twin- I have different eyes." She blinked them- they were a silver-flecked aquamarine. "I'm Elias. Short for Eliassaile Crollari. And never mistake me for my sister again."

The boy leaned forward. " I'm Marco. Ze twins' 'alf-brother. We're from RSMTA."

Sirius, James, and Peter looked clueless, but Remus's eyes brightened. "The Roman School for Magically Talented Adolescents? Man, color me envious."

Elias smiled warmly. "I like you. Your name?"

"Remus Lupin."

"You're smart enough to come to Resemta. Pity. You should have come. Il mio amico di lupo-come. Il 'Remus' la va bene."

Remus blushed.

James asked him in a whisper, "What'd she say?"

"She said that my name fit me well. You know Romulus and Remus. Founders of Rome. Raised by wolves." He quickly blushed, as if he were hiding a secret from his friends.

Sirius looked like he was going to call Remus off when a girl burst into the compartment.

"Oh, chiedo scusa, could not find the loo and ran into some people who compleeetely harrrassed me. Ma l'un che ha di meravigliosamente begli occhi grigi me ha aiutato." She shook her head and started finger-combing her hair, an obvious nervous tick of hers.

"Raven, calm down. Now repeat what you said in English. The rest of us want to know what you just said." Elias said this slowly, with a touch of sarcasm in her lilting voice.

The twin rolled her eyes and said, exasperated, "I zed, 'But ze one who haz wonderfully beautiful grey eyes 'elped me'." She heard snickers to her left. She turned that way.

"Wait- OH." Her cheeks flushed a bright red as she saw Remus.

"Raven, this is Remus." She pointed her finger at Peter for a second, who looked threatened, then looked at Remus. "You failed to mention the names of these people."

"How horrible of me to forget," Remus said, a bit on the embarrassed side. "This is James, Sirius, and Peter."

"You, you were zat boy who akoosed me of being a feelthy Slytherin?" Raven glared unmercilessly at Sirius.

"Your sister said that you two have different eye colors. What's yours?" Remus changed the subject quickly, sensing an argument in process.

She looked at him. Her eyes were a beautiful red and gold spirals.

The train came to a screeching halt. Elias slammed into a window, and Marco huddled to the side to avoid being slammed into the wall.

"Were here!" he said in a rather prepubescent voice, un-turtling his head.

"You can't be old enough to go here; you look like you're eight!" James exclaimed.

Marco looked miffed. "Excuse me? I'm fourteen, gratze. You may look your age, but at least I'm gonna live to be twice your age. Sucker."

"He's half imp." Elias explained, shrugging. "Don't ask. Our father is a… what would you call it… a player."

Sirius gave a disgusted look, laughed, then asked casually, "Elias, what year are you in?" He surveyed the tall girl. He ran over his checklist. Legs: yes. Hips: yes. Chest: Room for improvement…

Elias looked a little disgusted at first, but then her long eyelashes fluttered flirtatiously and she shrugged slightly. "Fifth year, of course."

"Really? Us too!" Sirius exclaimed, keeping a casual feel about him while stepping towards the Italian teenager.

"Come on, Elias, off the train while we're still young," Raven snapped, taking personal pleasure in interrupting one of her sister's common flirt sessions. She slung her backpack over her shoulder and walked briskly out of the room.

"There she goes again. I'd better follow her, she'll trip over something and hurt herself, as usual." Elias half-smiled. "I'll see you four around school. Nunquam excito a quietus extraho, amicitia."

"Lemme guess- Italian." Sirius asked, convinced about his answer.

Elias smirked. "No, you imbecile, that's Latin. Mr. Lupin, of course, would know that. You could learn some from him. Toodles, all. Come on, stupid." She kicked her half-brother.

"Why do I have to come?" He pouted.

"Because you're her brother," Elias lilted smilingly.

"If you really need me that much- g'bye, all."

The two walked out, Marco racing to keep up with Eliassaile's long thin legs.

As soon as they were out of earshot, Sirius wolf-whistled.

Remus smirked and poked Sirius. "You like the tall one, don't you? Eliassaile."

"She's precisely the type of girl that would absolutely destroy my mother." Sirius smirked. "And the other twin, the one that's less talented English-wise. She seems to like you. 'Ze one wiss ze bootiful gray eyes 'elped me!'" Sirius made an attempt at a mockery of a soprano, Italian-accented voice for the quote.

"No, more- 'The one with the wonderfully beautiful gray eyes helped me." Remus chuckled to himself and started down the hall.

Sirius smiled contentedly, following him. "I like Italians."

"Perch‚ sei tu cosø strano quando ragazzi in veritê sembrare verso interessarsi di in ci , nonstante ciå carino se stesso? IO odio tu.." Elias spoke in rapid fire Italian angrily. Why are you so weird when boys actually seem to be interested in us, nonetheless cute ones? I hate you.

Raven snarled at Elias angrily. "Siamo mai qui poich‚ lungo , cosø Sono protezione tu da essendo aver rapporti. Un po' sbagliato per succedere , e tu sapere lo." We're never here for long, thus I am protecting you by cutting off any connections. Something will go wrong soon, and you know it.

Elias scoffed, and exclaimed, "Lasciare me divertirsi mentre siamo qui comunque! IO testamento non lasciare chiunque ottenere far male." Let me have fun while we are here anyway! I won't let anyone get hurt.

Raven's voice got quiet. "IO testamento non rischio lo." I won't risk it.

Elias glared at her. "Tu can't controllo mio a vita , Corvo. Don't tentativo verso." You can't control my life, Raven. Don't try to. She stormed off, hopping up into a carriage and sending a nasty look at Raven.

Raven stepped into a different carriage completely alone, then when Raven was expecting that no one would ever befriend her or even share a carriage with her, a girl with red hair stepped into that same carriage accompanied by two other girls.

"Hello, you're a new student aren't you!" She exclaimed, friendly-like.

"Yes," Raven replied, smiling.

"I'm Lily Evans, this is Alice Carwin, Misty Huck, and Susan Bones,"

"Hello, I'm Raven Crollari."

"Hello," they said in return, with a few weak waves.

"What's the matter? You look depressed," Misty asked, sitting down next to Raven.

"Yes, how'd you know?" Raven said sadly.

"You could say…" Misty paused, trying to word herself. "I'm a little bit of a seer,"

"Wow, that's really interesting," Raven tried to steer the conversation away.

Busted. "Don't change the subject, what's bothering you,"

"Scaturisce la mia sorella lo odia perché sono impaurito entrare in una nave di rapporto e quando i tipi sono interessati dentro io ottengono tutte le difese,"

"Okay now again in English,"

"Oh I y'am so sarry, my seester 'ates me and I y'am frightened to get into any relationship, that eef someone even heets toward liking me I get all deefensive and she gets furious with me, and it seems like we are always fighting. It's all because, because…" She hiccupped.

"There now, it'll be alright." The girl named Alice spoke comfortingly.

"Yes, there's got to be something you'll like to do that our school has," Susan said quietly.

Raven shook her head.

A smile spread across Lily's face. "Do you wear make-up?" Lily asked happily.

"The nerve of her! Trying to boss me around…" Elias spat, furious. "She's even younger than me and she always seems to want to take charge, and boss all of us around!"

"I really don't want to say anything," Marco said quietly. He was always nervous when his half-sister got like this.

"So she was born during a lunar eclipse, I was born three hours before her, with a blue moon, but noooo, people born during a lunar eclipse are waaaay unlucky, blah blah blah!"

"You're lucky no one else is in our carriage," Marco joked, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

"Hmph." Elias crossed her arms over her chest.

"Remus what'd you think of that doll? Hmm? The shorter one," James pressed, ecstatic.

"Yeah Remus, what'd you think of her?" Peter piped up.

"She's alright?" Remus replied, unsure.

"That's it?" Sirius asked, disappointed.

"Yup,"

"You're sure?"

"Yup. But wait, Sirius, you liked the tall one, Elias. Didn't you?" Remus snapped back.

"Sirius Black doesn't like girls. Girls like him." Sirius leaned back luxuriously against the wall of the carriage.

"That's because he's secretly gay," James muttered to Peter.

"Hell, he is?" Peter looked appalled.

"God, Peter, I was joking!" James kicked Peter, who whimpered.

"Look, the carriage has stopped. Let's get out now, shall we?" Sirius started a little too eagerly to the door.

"Yeah, you two get out and look for your lovely twins," James smirked, shoving Remus playfully.

"Yeah, go look for Evans, James," Sirius came back.

The four laughed and made their way up to the castle.

As the students flooded into the Great Hall, neither Elias nor Raven even looked at each other. Raven walked with Lily, Alice, Misty, and Susan into the Great Hall.

"Raven, have you met anyone yet?" Susan asked, curious.

"Yes I have, James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Rrremus Lupin,"

"The Marauders, right? Well, what did you think of them?"

"James and Peter were alright, I suppose. But Sirius was just 'orrible to me. Acoosed me of being a Slytherin, and even though I don't know what that is, I theenk it's bad."

Lily laughed. "There are four houses- we're in Gryffindor. So are the Marauders. Then there's Slytherin, who most Gryffindors hate and vice versa, and then there's Ravenclaw, they're brilliant, and then Hufflepuff. It's basically an insult from a Gryffindor if they assume you're a Slytherin."

Raven nodded. "I see."

Misty noticed Raven had skipped over something. "Yeah, and what about Remus? Isn't he cute? Lily had a crush on him for a while…"

Lily sent a withering look at Misty, who stopped, but Raven didn't notice.

Raven sighed and fluttered her eyelashes, sitting down at the Gryffindor table. "Ohm, his eyes, his wonderfully, beauuutiful eyes, 'e was so sweet."

Misty cooed. "You like him, it's undeniable. I wish I had that on tape."

Raven stole a look at Elias. "She's so… arrogant."

Lily snorted and looked. "Well, I guess she fits in with that crowd, then. Look, she's sitting next to Sirius AND James… god, I feel sorry for her."

"No, she's enjoying it. Believe me." Raven rolled her eyes.

And, to be truthful, she was.

"God, Sirius, why do you have to be so damn serious, Sirius. No I'm serious, Sirius, you've got to stop being so serious…" Elias put on a nonchalant look while Remus was nearly biting his wrist to stop from laughing and James was struggling to keep a straight face. Sirius almost looked like he would laugh, too.

"And, Sirius, seriously, you've gotta stop using so much cologne because it seriously smells like you bathed in it and, even though it smelled good at one point, seriously, it's getting to me…"

Sirius choked, and then let out a bark of laughter. "I lose, I lose. James, your turn, make Elias laugh."

Elias immediately assumed a straight face.

James licked his lips, and said in a deep, fake-sexy voice, "Elias, honey, if you love me, even though you're flat-chested as a two-year old, you'll give me a night I'll never forget… cuz I wanna get it ON with you…"

Elias fell off the bench and was laughing so hard she couldn't get up. "James, you're disqualified; you included sensuality in your answer… and you called me flat-chested…." Elias propped herself up on the bench and stood up shakily.

"Liar, that's not in the rules! I'm just too good at this game." James messed up his hair cockily. "And I only speak the truth."

Elias rolled her eyes, sitting on the table. "Why are you looking, James? I though you liked that Lily girl…"

James laughed. "Just because my heart belongs to one girl doesn't mean I can't flirt with the rest of them- admittedly, Elias, you're an exchanged student, and exchanged students are hot. And, yes, I was looking, because, as usual, I was checking you out. Sirius thinks you have a nice ass, don't you, Sirius?"

"Of course I do." Sirius rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"I agree, you have a very nice backside." Remus said, nodding.

Peter was silent.

Elias stood up and looked towards the famous butt. "Well, I do, don't I? I hadn't noticed." She then looked towards her sister, who was shooting appalled looks at her as she and the rest of her "group" laughed.

"Looks as if Little Miss 'I Love Remus' has found herself some new girlfriends." Elias muttered.

All of the students in the Great Hall looked up as Dumbledore cleared his throat, being as the sound was elevated by a spell.

"To all new students, welcome to Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. To all previous students, welcome back! I would like to start the year with a round of the school anthem- look above my head for lyrics that you don't remember or don't know at all- pick a tune and sing!"

The whole school started to sing, and the Marauders- including Elias- chose to sing the anthem to the tune of "Old McDonald Had a Farm", while Raven and the four other girls sang it to a lilting, impish theme that Raven knew well because her brother hummed it all the time.

As soon as that was finished, Dumbledore smiled and nodded to McGonagall, who brought out a tattered hat and put it on a stool.

It sang a song that Elias was too eager to remember what it said.

Dumbledore cleared his throat and called, "Crollari, Eliassaile, from The Roman School for Magically Talented Adolescents, please come forward!"

The school cheered, but the Marauders cheered the loudest. Sirius shouted, "GET GRYFFINDOR!" right before the cheer ended.

Gryffindor? Elias thought. What in bloody-

As McGonagall set the hat on her head, she could hear the hat's voice.

"Oh, another twin. I always have fun with these. Oh! You and your twin are nothing alike. She's careful, a thinker, a solemn girl, while you're bold, brave, and a joker. Hm. I know what house to put you in. You already have friends there."

Gryffindor? Elias thought again, questioning the hat.

"Ahh, you're also smart. You would do well in Ravenclaw, but you could never be in a house with your sister, and your sister is bound to be in Ravenclaw- from your thoughts, she seems a cookie cutter fit. But you are also cunning, and you plan things so well. Perhaps Slytherin?"

I would never set foot in a place that's mascot is a snake! she exclaimed.

"Ah, well. It was a good try. But you are definitely grounds for-"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The Gryffindor table cheered like mad and the Marauders high-fived each other. Elias ran down to the Gryffindor table and gave James, Sirius, and Remus hugs, and low-fived Peter (being as he was too short to hug).

Dumbledore smiled and called out, "Crollari, Raven, also from RSMTA!"

Raven got up and strolled to the stool. She shivered with anticipation as the hat was placed on her head. The voice came into audacity.

"Hmm, you're often depressed, overworked. If you were in Slytherin much of that would be taken away."

Raven's eyebrows furrowed. But they hate Gryffindors!

"Ahh, but perhaps not. You are very loyal, smart, and more brilliant than many. Athletic, definitely, but not a joker. After your mother died, especially. But you have a dark side, a very dark side. Though you wish to remain friends with the people you have met, they have open minds. You can still be friends. Well, to my regrets, yet to my joy, I'll make my decision with this- you do also have a soft spot for snakes. So it better be…"

"SLYTHERIN!"