So… This is my first HP fanfiction. At first I was COMPLETELY against writing this kind of fanfiction because I figured there was NO way on Earth I could do justice to one of my favorite series, but then I started to read other peoples fanfictions' and realized I don't have to change anything that J.K. Rowling has already written. There is so much she left to the imagination, and I can take and show everyone MY thoughts on it.

I'm going to start with the Marauders, because honestly, I LOVE Sirius and Remus and James, though not so much Peter, and have decided that yes, James and Lily end up together, but J.K. Never says what happened in between except a few details. And yes, we all know and love the Remus/Tonks couple, but what happened before that. And of course, we all know that Sirius ends up without a mate, but who's to say didn't have one BEFORE Azkaban.

After the Marauders I've got one story during Harry, Ron, and Hermione's time during school. Actually, this story is going to be my biggest diversion from the wonderful works of J.K. Rowling, but I'm hoping you all like it.

After that story I finally get to get to the children. I honestly can't wait for this, but I will because I promised myself I would do this in order.

Anyways, I don't own anything except my OCs, the plot of this story, and that's it… everything else is owned by the wonderfully talented JK Rowling. I don't own the world, I just live (and happily write) in it.

I hope you all love my story and please Review, even if it's nothing more than I wrote the wrong Too… because some day I want to write as a career so I need to better myself.

Thank You, from Challen Evergreen… Hopeful author and teller of tales.

"Now son, if you don't get into Slytherin, your mother and I are going to be very disappointed in you." The young, black haired boy of eleven heard his father say.

The boy nodded, and looked around at all the people. He watched as mothers' hugged and kissed their children, and fathers' said encouraging words, but of course, his parents where nothing like that. They were Black's, and all that mattered to them was the purity of their blood and keeping that purity going.

He finally got onto the train and headed down the long corridor in search of an empty compartment. He passed quite a few with loud groups of people talking, but he didn't want to be a part of the crowd. Finally, towards the end, he found a compartment that only held two boys. One boy had his head buried so far into a book that all that could be seen was the brown hair barely peeking over the edge. The other boy turned as the compartment door slid open and he could see that the boy had hazel eyes behind a pair of glasses, and messy black hair.

"Do you mind if I join you?" He asked the two boys, not wishing to intrude if he was unwanted.

"Of course." The black haired boy said with a grin. "At least you would be decent company." He finished, giving the other boy a glare and then turning back. "My name is James Potter. What's yours?"

"Sirius Black." He answered.

"Aren't your parents the ones who are all 'Must be Pure. Must be Pure.'?" The boy, James, asked.

"Yupp, that's them." Sirius said with a grin, then looked towards the floor once more.

"Are you like that?" James asked.

"No Way!" The boy answered vehemently.

"Good. Then we will be good friends, I can already tell." James finished with a nod, scooting over then turning back towards the other boy with a look that said he was trying to make the boy so uncomfortable, he'd look at him.

Finally, after Sirius had sit down, the boy looked up. "I suppose since you two have introduced yourself, it's only polite if I do the same."

James expression clearly said 'You Think.' But he didn't say it out loud, so instead Sirius gave the boy a nod.

He sighed, put his book down beside him, held out his hand, and said, "My name is Remus Lupin and I'm not a pureblood."

Sirius stared at the boy a moment, then laughed and took his hand. "Good!"

Next the boy, Remus, stuck his hand out to James, and he also took the proffered hand with a smile, "We are also going to be great friends." He said, shaking the boys hand and then sitting back with a laugh.

Sirius smiled to himself, maybe this year wouldn't be as bad as he'd dreaded since the day he got his Hogwarts letter.

"First Year's, follow me." came a rather large booming voice that came out of a rather large man.

"Is it just me, or does he seem oddly taller than an average man?" James asked from beside Sirius.

"That's because he isn't just a man." The boys heard from behind them.

They turned and found a girl starring up in awe behind them. She had deep red hair and clear green eyes and look to be the same age as them. Beside her stood a shoddy looking boy with greasy black hair and beady black eyes. The instant dislike between James, Sirius, and the boy was evident, as the girl turned from them and yanked the boy forward with a whispered "Come on Severus" as she pulled him away.

"Weird-o." James mocked under his breath.

Remus elbowed him in the ribs, making his point silently, but strongly, and Sirius just laughed as they all got into the boats.

Sirius, James, and Remus all filed into Hogwarts, waiting to find out what would happen next.

"My name is Professor McGonagall and I am your Transfiguration teacher, as well as head of Gryffindor." The woman began. "Now, when I lead you through those doors, the sorting shall begin. There are four houses; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Whichever house you get will become like your family. You will eat together, sleep together, and take classes together. Now, please proceed in a mannerly fashion and you will be called in order of last name." The Professor finished, and then headed forward, the 1st years following slowly behind.

As the boys' headed in they heard curious singing. When they finally got close enough they realized it wasn't coming from any students, but rather from a dusty, old, worn-out, brown hat.

When the song was finally over, the Professor stepped forward and began reading names.

"Black, Sirius" he heard his name called.

He stepped forward with a gulp, hoping against hope that he wouldn't be sorted into Slytherin.

Hmm… a Black. You know, usually you lot are easy to place. They all have that pureblooded is an important quality thing going, but you… you seem different. You're plenty courageous, little regard for the rules, but you have strong loyalties, not stupid either. You wouldn't do too bad in Slytherin, and that's what your parents would like, but you don't have that overwhelming I'm better than everyone else thing. I suppose you are going to have a lot of explaining to do, but I think you would do best in…
Gryffindor

Sirius sagged in relief, but he knew when his parents learned of this, as the hat had said, there would be hell to pay for this.

He went and sat down, saving a seat – he hoped – for his two new friends.

"Evans, Lily"
No more than fifteen seconds later he heard yelled…
Gryffindor

"Ingrid, Janet"
Hat barely touched her head before…
Hufflepuff

After that, Sirius zoned out for a while, until…

"Lupin, Remus"
Sirius heard called, which caused him to sit up straighter. Not too long after he heard shouted…
Gryffindor

"Marie, Ashley"
Was called and some girl with bushy brown hair and gold, cat eyes strutted forward. The hat barely touched her head when it shouted…
Ravenclaw

"Pettigrew, Peter"
After about thirty seconds the hat yelled…
Gryffindor

"Potter, James"
Was finally called and he walked forward. It only took the sorting hat a matter of seconds before it yelled out…
Gryffindor

"Severus, Snape"
The boy from the hall was called. This caused the James and Sirius to sneer. The sorting took longer then some, but not nearly as long as others, before it shouted…
Slytherin

After that, there were only two girls left. One was a tall, willowy girl with black hair that was caught into a severe bun, and piercing green eyes. She had a hard look in her eye that clearly said 'screw with me and I will eat your heart while you watch', but she also stood protectively over the other girl. That girl was much smaller, a whole head and a half shorter, and was much more waifish, then willowy. She had long, straight blond hair that seemed to flow around her, and shinning blue eyes that, even from here, he could see held a laughing twinkle.

"Smith, Dawn"
Sirius watched as the green eyed girls eyes hardened, but instead of her walking forward, the blond did.

Zoe watched as her half-sister stepped forward. Dawn, of course, wasn't nervous at all. She didn't care where she was placed, as long as there were lots of nice people and she made good friends. That was what Zoe was worried about, with that attitude she would probably be put in Hufflepuff, but Zoe, because of her personality, was more likely to be placed in Slytherin.

She waited withheld breath and lip between teeth as, it seemed to her and everyone else, Dawn had a thorough talk with the hat.

"Now, Mr. Hat, please don't be mad at me, for I mean no disrespect, but before you sort me may I please have a word with you?" Dawn asked the hat politely.

Well, this is new. Are you planning on pleading with me to put you in a specific house? The hat asked the strange child.

"Well, of course not sir, for honestly I don't care what house I am placed in, as long as there are people that I shall become friends with." Dawn answered.

Well then, by all means, please ask away. The hat said with, what almost sounded like, a grin.

"Well, here's my problem. My half-sister, Zoe, at first she seems like a ruthless and cold person, so I imagine you will probably wish to place her in Slytherin, but I assure you this is not where she belongs." Dawn began.

Well, you do know I can see through all pretenses, correct?

"Well of course, but see, there's the problem. It's not a pretense, she can be quite hard and ruthless and she does do everything in her power to get what she wants."

Well then why do you believe she does not belong in Slytherin? For these are all qualities of Slytherin. Do you believe that Slytherin are bad?

"Why of course not."

Then please explain child.

"Well you see, that's only one part of her personality." Dawn explained. "See, she seems quite hard and ruthless, because sometimes she does things that she believes is necessary because she wants something and she must have it, but it's never for herself. She goes out of her way to make sure others get what they so desperately need, so you see; she's not actually cold or ruthless, she's just loyal."

Dawn stopped for air, so the hat waited.

"And one time she dived into the river in the middle of December to save a little birds life, but when she knew it was going to die, she broke its neck to save it from the slow death. Some might say this was rather heartless, and many did, but none of them knew that she cried for a week, and in the dead of night went and buried it."

The girl stopped for more breath, but before she could go on the hat stopped her. My dear child, I will take all you have said into consideration before I have sorted her, but I can't make any guarantees that her true place isn't Slytherin -

"Oh, that's quite all right." She interrupted. "I did not mean to insinuate that you did not know how to do your job. I just wanted to be sure that you knew that there is more to her then meets the eyes."

I am beginning to see that. But you know what else I see?

"What?"

There is more than meets the eye with you as well. The hat said with a laugh.

"Well, that is very kind."

Why thank you, that's why I'm placing you in…

Sirius was no longer the only one staring towards the front. After a full Five minutes, nobody was doing anything other than staring at the odd child sitting up on the stool waiting to be sorted. Even Remus had taken his head from his book to see why the Headmaster had not started his speech.

Sirius glanced to the dark haired girl and watched as her eyes got more and more worry filled. What could she be thinking about now? He'd seen the way she'd stood over that girl like she was some precious package.

He looked back towards the girl and watched as her hand flew to her chest and her cheeks heated in embarrassment. It was only now that he noticed her lips moving. Was she having an actual conversation with the hat?

Yeah, he'd had one, but that wasn't exactly a real conversation. But this girl, she was having an actual, bonafide, conversation with the hat. Bloody Hell!

Zoe bit her lip. She knew exactly what her sister was doing. She was trying to make sure the hat wasn't too hard on Zoe; she was being a good half-sister.

She could see Dawn's lips moving, as well as the little things that said she was definitely speaking with the hat. It had been over five minutes, and Zoe was just about to march up to the hat and demand they stop talking about her when it finally yelled…

Gryffindor!
Dawn heard the hat yell, but unlike all the other first years, she didn't run towards her table, rather she put the hat on the stool, turned towards it, gave it a slight bow, and a thank you, before heading off towards her new family.

Zoe stood in shock. She'd figured her sweet sister would be in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, and she knew she had no chance there, but Gryffindor, she had no chance in hell of getting into that house.

It was a few seconds before she heard her name called, and the Professor ended up calling it several times before she stepped forward and sat herself down.

"Zandria, Acantha"
Sirius heard the Professor call. Odd, he'd figured the two girls where related, the way she stood over the smaller girl.

"Zandria, Acantha"
He heard called again, and then he heard the newest girl whisper frantically, "Come on, stop worrying and just go."

He turned towards the girl. "How do you know the girl so well?" He asked her.

She looked up in shock, "She's my sister of course."

"But you don't share a last name." He said, his brows coming together.

"Well, no. I should rephrase that, she's my half-sister." She said with a smile, and then turned her attention back to the girl, who Sirius finally realized was moving.

Zoe stepped forward and let the hat be placed upon her head

Hmmm… She heard in her head, almost causing her to unseat herself, but staying silent. I see your sister was correct, you are much more than just cunning and ruthless.

"Please, just place me where you think is best. I already know there is no way I'm going to be placed with her."

Hmm… I see that you were going to demand to be placed with her. Why have you changed your mind?

"I'm not Gryffindor material, and I will not pretend to be."

Well, you are cunning, but you are also brave. I see you take punishments to protect your sister, brave and loyal. Smart, very smart. This is tough. If it wasn't for your sister I may have never figured out where to place you.

"What? Wher-"

GRYFFINDOR! ! !

Three Months After The Sorting

Zoe sat bolt upright in bed, trying to find what woke her. She glanced around the room first. When that brought no results, she listened… and she heard them, in the corner.

She pulled out her wand and shot a freezing charm at whoever was hiding beneath the invisibility charm. She walked towards the corner and tried all the counter-curses she knew, but when none of them worked she decided to swipe her hand around until she found them.

Sirius and James couldn't help sneaking up to the girl's room. Actually, if everyone was being honest, they just wanted to see if they could get up the stairs. Someone had said that the stairs where magically charmed to keep guys out, but when they'd been able to actually get up, with much cleverness on their parts, then they had to go all the way, just to say they had. And that was where they'd been caught.

Zoe jerked the material off the boys then unfroze them. "What are you two doing up here?" She demanded.

"Well, you see…" Neither could go on.

"You wanted to see if you could actually get up here." She guessed.

"Yupp, pretty much." They said in unison.

"Well, now that you have, can you kindly leave and let me dress." She said with false sweetness.

"One question first." Sirius said.

"What is it?" She asked with an eye roll.

"How did you know we were here? We made sure you couldn't see us." James asked.

"I heard you." She said, and turned away, leaving two very dumbfounded boys.

"Hey Sirius, James…" They heard behind them, then giggles.

James turned to Sirius, "What the -"

Sirius shrugged, "Girls… they're mental."

Remus just laughed. "You two are idiots."

James was just about to punch Remus when they heard the laughing going on a little ways down the corridor.

When they got there, they found a group of Slytherin tormenting some poor Gryffindor. James – being James – and Sirius – being Sirius – decided that they would jump in and save the poor Gryffindor. Which they did, by getting themselves beaten up and sent to the Headmaster's Office.

"What happened?" Professor Dumbledore demanded.

"Well, you see…" Sirius started, and then turned towards James for help.

"Well, what happened was…" James also stalled, so he turned towards Remus, who rolled his eyes in irritation, but started anyways.

"Professor, what happened was this young man," Remus stopped and pointed towards the little pudgy Gryffindor First Year, "was being bullied by some older Slytherin boys. So these two hoodlums," another stop to point at Sirius and James, "decided to save him, even though there were more of them and they were all older."

Professor Dumbledore nodded, then smiled and sent all four boys on their way, with no detention or punishment.

"What do you think that was about?" Sirius asked Remus.

"No idea, but obviously he didn't care enough to punish you two idiots, so be grateful." He said with a snort, and headed for their class.

Sirius and James were laughing about the whole thing when the kid they'd saved came up to them.

"Thank you." The kid said in a slightly nasally tone.

"No problem." James said with a shrug.

"My name is Peter Pettigrew." The boy said.

Sirius looked at James and shrugged. "What's one more in the group?" He said, then looked back to the boy, "My name is Sirius, and this" he pointed to the messy black haired boy beside him, "is James."

"Nice to meet you, but whose the other boy you were with?" He asked.

"Oh, that was Remus. He keeps us out of the really nasty trouble." James said with a grin.

And with that, they added another member to their little band of boys.

The last day of the year, when they would finally say goodbye to each other until next year.

For some reason, this was almost harder than when he'd had to go home for Christmas Break and his parents found out he was in Gryffindor.

Or when Dumbledore sat him and James down and gave them a talkin' too about responsibility.

Or when Zoe had cornered Remus, James, and himself and gave them a beat down for "involving her sister in dangerous and unnecessary risk taking".

He would really miss that moody girl. He thought to himself. He boarded the train behind James, Remus, and Peter, Dawn and Lily, with the rest of the Gryffindor second years following behind them.

"So, a full year at Hogwarts, over." Dawn said with a sad look in her eye.

"Yeah," Lily sighed, "but we will send owls all summer, and maybe you can come over and spend a week or so at my house."

Dawn looked at her with a grin, "That sounds amazing." She said, and with that the girls began making plans.

Sirius rolled his eyes and tuned them out, but soon realized he'd also tuned out the trolley, so he had to get up and go find it himself, which was when he also found Zoe Zandria.

"Are you ok?" He asked her, seeing her sitting in one of the Compartment's alone.

She looked up from her book, and for the first time he saw her wearing a pair of glasses.

"Do you usually wear glasses?" He asked, staring at the cute little things set on the tip of her nose. They looked like they belonged on an old librarian, with thick, black, rectangular frames, but somehow they looked kind of cute on her.

"No, just when I must read." She answered, looking back to her book.

"But I've seen you read, you never wore them."

"No, actually you've seen me pretend to read. I don't usually read in public." She said, looking back to him.

"Why?"

"Because, I don't like carrying my glasses everywhere with me." She said, finishing the conversation.

Instead of going back to his compartment, he sat down across from her and pulled out his own book, not that he was going to read it.

He stared at her the rest of the way to the train station, for some reason enthralled by this strangely, complicated, yet simple creature.

At the train station, everyone said their goodbyes, nobody could wait until the new year.

P.S. I am revamping everything. The first two chapters are all the ones combined from before with a few changes. After that it should be all knew.