Raven Crown's Adventure
A/N: Hello Everyone! This is my first story and I just wanted to say that. In the next chapter or whatever, should I add Sirius' Point of View? Just leave a review!
Disclaimer: This does not belong to me but to the amazing mind of wonderful J.K. Rowling. The only thing that does is Raven, the title, and story plot or any other characters I make up! Please leave a review! NOW, ONTO THE STORY!
CHAPTER ONE!
Damn those Marauders! I thought as I stalked angrily away from them. I hate them.
No, not all. Just 1 or 2. My conscious told me. I sighed.
Remus was a nice but it was Peter who worshipped everything about the Marauders… Well, Sirius Black and James Potter. He was so obsessed that he probably didn't even realize that he looked like a fool. But it was James and Sirius who were the troublemakers.
The group watched me, leaning out of the compartment I had just come out of. They had come in there while I had been absentmindedly twirling my hair and staring out the window.
"Raven, baby!" Black shouted me. "Come back!"
"Leave me alone, Black!" I yelled at him, walking farther along the corridor of the Hogwarts Express.
"Going somewhere?" A voice cut into the trance I had fallen into while walking. I sensed the Marauders had followed me. I looked up. Malfoy. Great. The one person I despised more than the Marauders.
"Leave me alone, Malfoy." I hissed. "I'm too busy to listen to your rants." I continued irritably.
"Since when does a Malfoy care about someone else's schedule?" Lucius said, the famous Malfoy smirk on his lips. He was blocking the corridor.
"Since the girl who wants him to get away from her, hexes him." I retort, trying to push past him, pulling out my wand.
He grabbed my wrists and pinned them on the wall beside me. My wand clattered to the floor. I automatically had an urge to pull my sleeve back up. I pleaded Merlin that no one would see the scars on my arm from deep cuts.
"Since you're a Pureblood, I think I'll let you go," he said, releasing me. "But the next time you try something, I'll hex you." He hissed. I sneered at him. He just walked away to the compartment where the rest of his Slytherin goons were in.
I stood rigid and considered not getting my wand. Then I remembered it was way too important. I bent down and picked it up and when I got back up, I felt 4 pairs of eyes on me. I turned around and saw the Marauders staring at me. I sneered at them too and went to find another compartment. I found an empty one and sat down.
This was going to be a long ride. I automatically pulled my sleeve up to recover the scars.
A couple minutes later, I heard the compartment door slide open then closed. I felt the cushion next to me push down as someone sat in it.
"HEY!" came a shout to my ear.
"Ouch! Dammit Lily!" I said, laughing with her.
Lily Evans was probably the best thing that ever happened to me. I playfully smacked her and she smacked me back. Pretty soon, we were hitting each other back and forth.
"Catfight." James Potter muttered. He had appeared out of nowhere.
"GET OUT!" Lily and I yelled, standing up. "SLIMY GIT!"
"Aww, Lilykins, can't you be nice to me?" James asked.
I saw Lily's ears turn red (like her hair) with anger. She didn't like the silly nickname.
"Look Potter! I will never go out with you. Get out!" Lily hissed.
I saw a flash look of hurt but it soon disappeared behind his smirk. He went to the sliding door, opened it halfway, slipped halfway through, shouted" I'm going to snog you one of these days Lilykins!" and shut the door behind him after slipping out before she could throw anything at him. She groaned when she didn't find anything.
We sat and talked about our summer and did so all the way to Hogwarts. I also bought us some stuff from the snack trolley.
When we arrived, we filed off the train with the Marauders behind us. I went behind Lily to spare her. They seemed to leave us alone. That is, until I felt a pair of hands trailing up my thigh.
I smacked them off, saying, "Shove off it, git". Sirius just shrugged and smiled innocently. I rolled my eyes and kept walking.
When I got off, Lily waited for me so we could get a carriage. The carriages usually carry 6 people, 3 on both sides, unfortunately. Who other than the 4 (well 3, I don't count Remus Lupin) gits to sit with us.
Potter and Black seemed to be in an argument about who should sit on the girl side on the way to the carriage. I groaned as I realized the seat next to me was empty, seeing as Lily took the seat farthest from the door, next to the window. So Sirius, naturally, won and sat next to me. James sat across from Lily.
"Oi! Can't Remus sit there?" I yelled at Sirius. Remus gave me a knowing smile.
Sirius groaned. "Why are you nice to him but not meee?" Sirius whined. I would have laughed if I didn't hate him so much. He's such a drama queen… Well, drama princess.
"Because, let's see… Remus is nicer, certainly… Not a player, defiantly ("No offence." "None taken")… And he's not a git." I said. He just started to give me puppy eyes. "You just keep doing that until we get to the castle, Black." I added.
He cracked a mile at me but said nothing. To stop him from staring at me, I let my raven (yes, I was named after my hair…) hair hang as a curtain between us, leaning forward. Sirius ran his hand through his own black hair.
"If you want me to sit beside you, you're going to have to have Sirius move or sit on his lap." Remus said with a small laugh. I exhaled sharply.
"Black, move." I said, pointing away from me.
"Nah." He just sat back and lounged. Git. Remus shrugged his shoulders.
I looked up at Black, scowling. Were we at the castle yet? I looked out the window. We were ¾ there. I resumed my position before, with my hair as a curtain. I heard James and Lily arguing… Again.
"Come on, Evans! The guys agree." James pleaded. Remus held his hands up in surrender, raising his eyebrows. "Well, Padfoot- I mean Sirius agrees."
Padfoot? WTF? I thought. Strange nickname.
"Well Moony, Crown likes you better." Sirius said to Remus. "I'm jealous." Remus snorted.
Moony? What is up with these freak crap nicknames? I listened hard for James and Peter's.
"Wormtail, you look like you're about to pee your pants." James whispered to Peter Pettigrew. He was jumping up and down with excitement. I committed the name to memory.
Wait! Why did I care? I don't. There's just nothing else to do. We arrived at Hogwarts like we did every time. The first years were already with Log, the groundskeeper. He escorted them across the river to the castle. This was my 5th year at Hogwarts. Same for Lily and the Marauders.
"Trying to be a gentleman, Prongs, would be to get out first and help her down." Sirius said with a smile after he got out. He demonstrated by holding his hand out to me. I ignored it and got out and walked a little further to wait for Lily.
Lily got out and Potter was behind her, ready to catch her if she stumbled. I was currently thinking about the nicknames while everyone got out. Padfoot, Moony, Wormtail, and Prongs. Freaks.
We reached the castle and filed into the Great Hall. There was no food yet so we just had to sit. When the first years finally came in to get sorted, everyone was already sitting.
Professor Dumbledore (headmaster), McGonagall (Transfiguration and head of Gryffindor house), Flitwick, (Charms and head of Ravenclaw House {Yes, haha, I get the joke with Raven and Ravenclaw. Hardy har har.}), Sprout (Herbology and Head of Hufflepuff House), and Slughorn (Potions and head of Slytherin house {He was quite nice for a Slytherin}), were all gathered at the middle of the Head Table. The Care of Magical Creatures was Kettleburn. The Defense Against the Dark Arts changed almost every year, thanks to a kid name Tom Riddle (AKA Voldemort). This year was Professer Sweeny. He seemed OK.
The Sorting Hat sung a new song and then was place on top of each first year's head and place in one of the four Houses. James scooted closer to Lily as Sirius did to me.
"Don't touch me, Black." I scolded and pulled my sleeve down further. I heard Lily say the same to James. Good Girl. After the Sorting, Professor Dumbledore clapped his hands and some food appeared. We grabbed some and ate. The boys were stuffing their mouths so full, their cheeks seemed close to breaking.
After dinner came dessert. This was the part I was excited for. I grabbed some ice cream and Lily grabbed some cake. We ate and, surprisingly, the Marauders still ate more.
When we were done and Dumbledore had said his speech, the prefects stood up (Lily, not me) and called to the first years to follow them. They led the way and we got to the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Password?" She asked in a bubbly voice.
"Grindylow." Lily said, as she was leading everyone. The portrait opened to the cozy Gryffindor common room. It was filled with red and gold furniture. Lily and I headed to our dorm on the girls' side.
"Good night Raven!" Sirius yelled and James shouted the same thing to Lily. Lily opened her mouth to retort but I stopped her with a look.
"Good night Padfoot and Prongs!" I shouted. Both of their expressions became shocked.
"How did you know-?" Sirius choked out. He was cut off when I grabbed Lily's wrist and pulled her up to the girls' dorm.