White Wave

By Adaia Swordmaiden

Disclaimer: Nope, not mine. All J.K.'s.

Chapter 1: New girl

"Now the incantation for the Patronus Charm is-" Professor Lindeman broke off as the door of the classroom opened and in walked Professor Dumbledore. "Yes?" The Year 5 class all stared curiously at the new Headmaster, wondering (happily) why the lesson had been interrupted.

"Professor Lindeman, I believe I told you about our late-coming student?" Dumbledore said from where he stood in the doorframe, his blue eyes twinkling as always as he glanced at the class and back to Lindeman. Lindeman nodded. "This is Miss Adair." He moved into the classroom and, after a moment, a girl came into the room. She had slanted bicoloured eyes, one deep blue and the other deep green, set in a pale-skinned face and framed with straight ebony hair that fell free to the base of her spine and seemed to have a dull radiance, as if she was underwater. Whispers broke out. The girl gazed at the class, meeting the eyes of everyone before settling on those of Lindeman.

"Ah, yes," Lindeman said, looking curiously at the girl. "Well sit down then." The girl nodded and made her way to the only free chair - at the back. By the time she had sat, Dumbledore was gone. "The lesson's half-way over so don't worry about taking any notes," Lindeman told the girl. "You'll just have to catch up off someone else's notes in your free time. Now for the rest of you, the incantation is expecto patronum…"

"Hey." The girl looked sideways at the black-haired boy sitting next to her, her, long, straight black hair swishing. "What's your name?" the boy whispered, grinning at her and leaning slightly into the aisle.

"Guinivere," the girl replied softly.

"Leave her alone, Black," said the girl on Guinivere's other side. Guinivere looked at her. The girl had dark-red hair and bright, emerald-green eyes. She scowled at the boy who just rolled his eyes and leaned over to whisper to the haggard-looking boy next to him. The girl smiled at Guinivere. "My name's Lily."

"Miss Evans, I cannot teach if you insist on talking," Lindeman said, frowning at Lily. Lily blushed suddenly and bent her head over her notes. The boy on the other side of Guinivere and a few others snickered. Guinivere didn't make a sound but reached down into her bag, pulling out a sketchbook and a pencil. She flipped silently through it as Lindeman continued to lecture the rest of the class, before settling on a clean page and beginning to sketch light lines. Curiously, Lily craned her neck to try and see what she was drawing but Guinivere had positioned her arm so that the page was hidden.

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Guinivere stood just outside the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom, looking at her timetable with a puzzled look on her face.

"Need some help?" She looked up to see the haggard-looking boy in front of her. He had an amused, friendly smile, medium-length sandy hair pulled up into a ponytail and kind but tired dark yellowish-brown eyes.

"Yeah," Guinivere sighed, looking down at her timetable again. "I don't know where Potions is."

"I've got potions to so just follow me," the boy said, turning and beginning to head off down the corridor. "I'm Remus by the way."

"Guinivere," she replied as she caught up and walked beside him.

"That's a mouthful," came a voice from behind her. "Hows about we call you Guin?" The black-haired boy who had been siting across the aisle came up next to Remus, grinning at Guinivere. She shrugged.

"If you want," she murmured, a sad, faraway look in her eyes. Then she looked back over at the two boys. "What's your name?"

"Sirius Black," he replied with a grin.

"Hey, where are Prongs and Wormtail?" Remus asked, looking around.

"Said they were going ahead to the classroom to set something up," Sirius said quietly, meaning for only Remus to hear it but Guinivere did too. But she didn't show any sign of such.

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"Potter, Black, Pettigrew and Lupin!" The burly Potions Professor, Professor Gordie, bellowed at the four boys before him. What was left of the class (the others were all in the hospital wing having cures for the Enlargement potion that had exploded across the front of the room) had mixed feelings towards the perpetrators. Some were shaking with silent laughter, some were looking smug at the boys getting caught and some were glaring daggers at the boys and those laughing. One was none of them, sitting at the back and looking as if she hadn't even noticed the potion exploding.

"Yes sir?" one of the boys who Guinivere knew to be James Potter said innocently.

"I'll be greatly surprised if any of you even manage to graduate Potions if this is how you intend to spend your lessons. Twenty points from Gryffindor each and detention for the lot of you," Gordie said, fuming at them, his face red as usual. The Gryffindors in the class all, but one, groaned but the Slytherins all snickered or even laughed outright. Just then the bell rang and everyone made for the door, avoiding the puddles of Enlargement potion still on the floor. Guinivere wandered out of the classroom last to find Lily Evans and another girl with short, light-brown hair and yellow, hawk-like eyes.

"This is Vanessa Hooch," Lily introduced.

"Hey," Vanessa said. "You're Guinivere Adair, aren't you?"

"Yeah," Guinivere replied, smiling slightly.

"Have you got Charms now?" Lily asked.

"Um…" Guinivere shuffled through her bag until she found her timetable. "Yeah. Charms."

"Come on - we'll show you the way," Lily said and the three began to head along the corridor.

A/N: My last try at a Marauder fic was a disaster but I thought I'd try again. Pls review but only constructive flames if any.