A/N: First thing- This is my first fanfic, so I would really appreciate feedback. Be as harsh as you want, but at least give reasons and/or advice. For example, instead of 'THIS IS SUCH A MARY SUE!', please put 'THIS IS A MARY SUE because of how she looks, how she acts, how she is treated by the main characters, etc. You could probably fix it by giving her a more realistic personality and appearance, and by portraying canon characters more accurately.' Too much to ask? Secondly- I chose to write an OC fanfic because they give you a chance to create your own character, but you also get a setting and canon characters to try to write as accurately as possible. But my main thing is if you're going to leave a review about how much this sucked (which I hope you don't, but it's up to you), just tell me why.

Disclaimer: I have not, do not, and will not ever own the magnificent story written by the great J.K. Rowling. I own absolutely nothing. Please do not sue me.


"Bye, Ruby!" I heard my family chorus. I waved back at them and hoisted my luggage into the train. I probably wouldn't see my family until Christmas, which was both a blessing and a curse. Nope, just a blessing actually. Yeah, definitely a blessing. I looked around for an empty compartment and settled into the first one I found. I still couldn't believe I was a witch, everything seemed so hazy and dream-like. Although that might just have been because I barely squeezed in 2 hours of sleep last night. No one sleeps the night before school starts, right? I stifled a yawn and lay in the space between two seats, using my balled up jacket as a pillow. I fell asleep almost as soon as my head touched the ground.

A few minutes later, I was roughly yanked out of the Land of Nod by voices.

"Great, some bird's already in here", someone complained.

"Yeah, well, this is the only compartment left", replied another. I sat up groggily and opened my eyes, fully prepared to throttle whoever woke me up.

"Eff, we woke her up", said a boy with black hair and gray eyes who was admittedly quite attractive.

"We? That was purely your fault, Sirius", blamed a boy with untidy black hair. Although calling his hair untidy was extremely hypocritical of me, seeing as I probably had the world's worst bedhead.

I noticed two other boys hovering by the entrance, one quiet looking with pale skin and dark rings under his eyes, the other rather short.

"Get. Out." Hell hath no fury like a woman woken.

"You don't own this-" I roughly shoved them out and locked the door. I then proceeded to fall back asleep.

When I woke up again, they were back inside the compartment. I didn't question how they got through the lock; after all, we were on a train headed to a magic school. I stretched out and yawned.

"I'm guessing I'm stuck with you gits?" I asked.

"You're not exactly a joy to be around either", Messy-Hair replied .

"Talk about stating the obvious", Admittedly-Attractive agreed. I sighed.

"Look, just tell me your names or I will call you Messy-Hair, Grey-Eyes, Pale-Guy, and Shorty from now until the end of time."

"Well, since you asked so nicely", Messy-Hair said sarcastically,"I'm James Potter."

"Grey-Eyes?" Admittedly-Attractive raised an eyebrow. Hey, it was better than saying my actual nickname for him out loud. "It's Sirius Black."

"Remus Lupin", said the boy with pale skin, unaffected by my blunt rudeness. He extended a hand. I stared at it awkwardly for a moment. I hesitantly shook it, then quickly let it go.

"Peter Pettigrew", the short one said politely.

"And you are...?" Sirius asked lazily.

"Well, I'm exceptionally rude, if you haven't noticed. But my name's Ruby Mante." I blew a strand of my short black hair out of my eyes. "Now kindly leave me alone."

"Nice to meet you, too", Sirius muttered.

"Isn't it?" I replied.

Top Three Embarrassing Moments Before I Went to Hogwarts

3.) The time I very confidently read the wrong chapter from a story in front of the whole class while the teacher waited until I finished to stop me:

This one really doesn't need further explanation.

2.) The time that I accidentally pulled a fire alarm during school:

"Class! Single file line at the door! You can go to lunch when the bell rings!" Of course, we had been ten, so the term 'single file' had meant absolutely nothing to us. The class had swarmed around the door, so I had leaned against a wall to wait until the bell rang. Unfortunately, I somehow managed to lean on exactly the wrong spot in exactly the wrong way. And before I knew it- RING! RING!- the fire alarm had gone off.

"Oops."

1.) The time I got on Hogwarts Express and- Oh wait, that's right about now.

A cart had come around selling sweets, and I bought what looked like normal jelly beans. I was, unfortunately, wrong. Really, really wrong. Very much wrong. Extremely wrong.

They all tasted normal for a while; raspberry, bubblegum, pineapple and the like. And then:

"Oh my god, that is disgusting!" I exclaimed suddenly. I spat the bean out on the ground and washed my mouth out. "What was that?!" I searched my mind, trying to identify the taste. I vaguely connected it with the way my old locker room had smelled. "It tasted like- like dirty gym socks! Ugh, gross!"

"Erm... You got some half chewed jelly bean on my shoe", Remus muttered awkwardly. I flushed.

"Or half unchewed, if that's how you want to look at things", Sirius remarked idly, examining a chocolate frog card. I snorted a little through my embarrassment.

"Your Muggleborn is showing", James said brightly, unwrapping a licorice wand.

"Well excuse me for not knowing a jelly bean was going to taste like dirty gym socks!" I cried indignantly.

"How do you know what dirty gym socks taste like?" Sirius asked curiously.

"It was a dare, okay?" I mumbled. They all stared at me until my laughter burst out. "I was joking", I explained. "But the looks on your faces..." I chuckled. "Priceless."

"Meh. That wouldn't even be the most extreme dare I've ever done", James shrugged. I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? And what would be?" I asked.

"Er... It wouldn't be quite proper to say in front of the delicate ears of a lady. And yes, Sirius, I do mean you", James said, avoiding the question.

"Aww, is little Jamesie-pie here embarrassed?" Sirius crooned. They soon got into a fight that appeared to be half verbal and half physical. I turned to the other two and shrugged.

"What's with Tweedledum and Tweedledumber over there?" I asked.

"Who's who?" Remus asked. I tilted my head to one side, considering the question.

"James is Tweedledum; Sirius is Tweedledumber", I said after much thought.

"And what makes you say that?" Remus asked curiously.

"I don't know... I think it's just the look on his face..." I said, staring at Sirius with half fascination and half disgust. The boy in question was crossing his eyes while stuffing Chocolate Frogs into his mouth. I wasn't sure whether to be repulsed or impressed.

"Ten! A new record!" Sirius shouted triumphantly, his mouth still full of chocolate.

"Psh, ten's nothing! I got to twelve once!" James bragged.

"Oh yeah? Prove it!" Boys. I don't even know what else to say. Just... Boys. Shudder.

"Look me in the eye right now and defend them", I said to Remus.

"They're not that bad", Remus shrugged. I snorted.

"Right, because not-so-bad people just wake people up from their naps."

"Are you seriously going to hold a grudge against them just for that?" Remus asked in disbelief.

"I've held grudges for less", I shrugged.

"So, which house are you hoping for?" Remus asked, changing the subject. Upon hearing the word 'house', James seemed to perk up.

"Gryffindor's the best, obviously", he declared loudly.

"So nice to see a non-prejudiced, unbiased opinion", I muttered sarcastically.

"Why? Which house are you for?" James narrowed his eyes. "Not another Slytherin?"

I racked my brain, trying to remember anything I could about the houses. "Er... Ravenpuff?"

Everyone besides me in the compartment snorted in perfect unison.

"I'm guessing I was a bit off", I said, concealing my embarrassment.

"It's Gryffindor that you probably want!" James stated.

"... Seriously, are you getting paid to advertise them or something?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Don't need to! They're just the best!" James exclaimed happily.

"Honestly, I'm fine with any house, as long as you two aren't in it", I said.

"The feeling's mutual", Sirius retorted.

"We're getting there in about five minutes!" An older student yelled, running down the hall.

"Good thing I'm already changed", I shrugged. I looked around me. At least I'd be free of Sirius and James soon.


A/N- Just to clear something up, instead of Lily and Snape leaving, in this story, Sirius and James left. The encounter still happened. Anyways, I'm warning you now, my posting schedule will probably be a little erratic, but I promise you that I won't abandon this story.