The Barmy Adventure of Mars and the Marauders

Humor/Romance, SB/OC, RL/OC, LE/JP, MMAD, SS/OC

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except the strange mind of Raven and this strange plot and diary (:

R&R please

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Diary Entry, August 21

'Lo Mesrs. And Madams! I am Raven Sapphire Dumbledore, daughter of Minerva McGonagall and Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. I am 11 years of age and getting ready for hoggy warty Hogwarts. My parents and the staff have been teaching me ALL summer! Uncle Sluggy said that I could end up in Ravenclaw for knowing so much! You can't really blame me can you? I mean my daddy is so smart and so is my momma. Dad's been teaching me some DADA and Uncle Fil already taught me some charms! Momma showed me how to transfigure really tiny things like needles and buttons! Even Uncle Sluggy's been teaching me some stuff! I learned how to make a calming draught last week, though it took me three tries because Hagrid kept distracting me! Speaking of Hagrid, I spent all yesterday helping him with the hippogriffs! I got to ride one, it was so much fun! I can't wait 'till my third year when I can finally take Care of Magical Creatures! Anyway… This summer has been pretty uneventful. I'm on ends this week! I have taken it upon myself to speak with the Sorting Hat, but that old rag is so, so, so, AGH! I am so ANGRY at it! He can go gather dust and mold in the coldest and dankest dungeon in the castle! If you're wondering as to why I am so angry at it, well when I spoke to it, he told me that he knew where I was going to go, but the moldy meanie won't tell me his decision! But let me not swim in my anger, Da said it is not for the better.

I'm sure school is gonna be a cinch, but if you think about it, it's not hard to believe because I have the entire staff as "family"! I basically live in Hogsmeade so I know all the shopkeepers as well. To put it in a sentence, Hogwarts is my family, and Hogsmeade is my home. I have some strange problem with Hogs, maybe I should speak to Hagrid and Stitch about this, I bet they would love to hear about this! Well, let's see what Uncle Aby is up to!

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"'Lo Uncle Abby!"

Aberforth Dumbledore looked up from the glasses he was cleaning and smiled up at his niece standing on the bar stool, short arms supported on the wooden bar.

"Hello little one," he said straightening up to look me in the eyes.

"Watcha doin?" I giggled sitting up on the bar. The older man chuckled and lifted me up and over the bar, to sit me on top of a box behind the bar.

"Cleaning glasses, would you help me? Then we could go get some ice cream at the castle," he said looking at me with a loving smile. Unconsciously, my crystal blue eyes lit up and I nodded, smiling. "Great," he clapped his hands together and passed me a clean rag, "You can dry them when I pass them to you." I nodded, "'Kay."

Fifteen minutes later, me and Uncle Abby were walking out the door and heading towards the Hogwarts gates.

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"Daddy!"

I ran at the man and hugged him tight around the waist, smiling brightly. The tall wizard bent down and picked me up, with surprising strength, beaming.

"Well, what might you be doing here, Raven?" he chuckled softly, his eyes crinkling. I smiled and looked over at my uncle, "Me and Uncle Abby were gonna go nick some ice cream from the kitchens!"

Both men chuckled, bell-like, just like me. I giggled along with them. "Well then come along child! We must get you some ice cream!" Onwards we traveled, myself in the middle, occasionally swinging from the two men's arms.

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Diary Entry, August 27

ZOMG! Only a few more days and I start school! I am so excited! You're probably wondering what I did the past week that took me so long to write in here again. If you don't care well too bad! Haha! I have the power of the almighty quill of writing! Bwahaha! Anyway, after going to see my uncle, we went to get ice cream, we were caught by my Da, but I convinced him to become an accomplice in our search for the Great Fluffy Ice Cream Mountain. We reached the kitchens and the elves attacked me! With hugs(: oh yes and I realized I can write smiley faces! It took me long enough. I told Hagrid about my strange relationship with hogs. He believes that it is coincidence, but Stitch thinks that its fate and that I will one day marry a hog. I do hope he's wrong because I don't want hoggy children! Snorting is unattractive! Oh dear… I rather not think about this for too long. I am back home for the last week so I can pack up (: My parents and I live in Godric's Hollow in a fairly large house that is down the lane from my dad's childhood home. He doesn't like talking about it but I guess that's fine. My mom tells me that it's for the better that he not share it with us. I guess I should trust her judgment. Anyway the past week has been spent playing in the playground and packing for Hogwarts. Oh but the best part is that I met a boy my age while playing on the swings! He was really nice and pretty funny, he said his name was James and he lives right across from me! Guess what else? He's a wizard, and he's going to Hogwarts! I am so glad that at least I'll know someone on the train! He was very friendly; I think I might like him. Anyway, bye diary, I have to finish packing.

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Raven went to her closet and began stuffing her uniform robes into her backpack. She did not have much to pack seeing as her uncle had given her trunk to her mother back at Hogwarts so as not to have to carry it around on the train. Raven could never have been more grateful.

The next couple of days were spent with James at the playground, flying around on their broomsticks. Finally the day of the train ride to school came and Raven was ever so anxious. Her parents met James' parents and since Albus and Minerva had to apparate to Hogwarts to get ready for the Sorting and Feast, they let Raven go with James and his parents. The duo said their goodbyes to James' parents and boarded the train, ready to embrace the coming year.

A/N: yes I know that James and Lily move to Godric's Hollow AFTER they leave school and go into hiding, but hey I needed Raven to meet James first and this just made more sense and was way easier than making up some random place for her and her parents to live so yea. Please review because I'm not sure if I should even continue this one. I want to but reviews will help me write faster (: