I do not own Harry Potter and I never will. In this story, I only own Ursula Black, Elyse O'Brien, Benjamin White, and the rest of the White family and O'Brien family.

Since I am adding three main OCs into the story, I know that some people may be confused. If you want any clarification about any character at any point in the story that is not cannon, you are more than welcome to message me and I will try to clear up any confusion that you may have to the best of my ability and without giving too much about the story away.

IMPORTANT**** Just so you know, that character that this is listed under may not necessarily be the main character for every chapter. I try to focus on all the major, minor, and original characters in teh story. So if you think this story has absolutely nothing to do with the character you wanted to read about, the last chapter posted will be featuring them to some degree so just stick with it and hopefully you will like my portrayal of the cannon character.****IMPORTANT

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With that out of the way, please read and enjoy for I present to you A Black and White Story.

A young man, just twenty-one sat at the large table that used to be filled with laughter. But now he sat there all alone all because of this god-forsaken war. He looked around the table and could almost see all of them there.

Leaning against the wall opposite of him, Elyse O'Brien would be looking at them with her trademark smile on her face. It was a soft sweet smile that everyone was drawn to. Her bright, copper red hair would be pulled back into a messy bun like it had been throughout their Hogwarts years. Maybe her celery green eyes would glaze over as she was pulled into a vision. She would then return to conversation and act like nothing had happened.

Sitting next to him would have been Benjamin White, or just Ben. Within a few weeks of meeting each other, Ben had become his best friend. The two of them were closer than brothers. Ben's sense of humor and dedication to his family and friends was unmatchable. He was an easy going guy that never let anything seem to hurt him. He would gladly take a hex that was aimed for any of his friends as long as his friends were unharmed.

Ben would be sitting with his arm around the next person in the chair, Ursula Black-White. Her silver eyes would be looking at Elyse as the two of them shared some inside joke that no one knew about…yet. Elyse would raise an eyebrow and Ursula would let out a bark like laugh. Her curly pitch black hair would bounce up and down as she laughed. At that moment she would be beautiful. She had always been a heartbreaker, he had seen baby pictures, but she had always been Ben's girl. She could have had any guy at Hogwarts in a heartbeat but she didn't have any eyes for anyone except Ben. No one could deny the love they had for each other.

Sitting next to Ursula would be her twin brother, Sirius Black. The two siblings looked so much a like, it was slightly creepy. Sure most siblings looked that same but they really looked so much a like. Sirius would always say that it was because of all the inbreeding in pureblood families that there was little give and take with their looks. In a way Sirius was just like his sister, they were both fiercely protective of the ones they loved. On top of that, if you messed with one twin, you got the other too. Both of them had such a strong sibling connection that it was borderline insane.

That would leave the last couple sitting to Sirius' right. To his immediate left, James Potter would be running his hand through his hair, messing up his thick black hair. It wasn't as dark as the Black Twin's but it was still black hair. His glasses would be covering his hazel eyes that were almost always gleaming with mischief and, up until a few years ago, arrogance. In his pocket there would almost definitely be a snitch in there waiting for the moment that James would almost certainly let it out. Odd thing was…James was a chaser. But who was he to question James; he was a person unto his own.

Then there would be Lily. If someone had told him that Lily Evans would marry James Potter anytime before seventh year, he would have taken them to the hospital wing to have their brain checked. She had a temper that could rival an angry Ursula but she often displayed it only for James, the boy that fell in love with her the first time he saw her. Her bright red hair would be gently cascading to her shoulders and her bright green eyes would be twinkling. Ursula would always joke that she had a spare best friend in case something happened to the other, since they looked so much a like. Elyse and Lily never really appreciated the joke. The joke ended the second term of their seventh year.

Then last but not least, Peter Pettigrew would be sitting at the edge of the table, keeping to himself as usual. Sometimes he would contribute to the conversation, but most of his suggestions were ignored because they weren't that good. Peter had always been the odd on out. James and Sirius were brilliant at thinking up the pranks and Ben and he would be good at planning them. Ursula would be great at setting up the prank and Elyse would always use her ability as a seer to help them stay out of trouble. But Peter always got left out a little bit. None the less, he was still a Marauder and was one of their closest friends.

He watched then as they all faded away in order of their deaths; young, vibrant Elyse; clever, loyal Ben; vivacious, witty Ursula; arrogant, devoted James; quick-tempered yet amorous Lily; weak, timid Peter; haughty, traitorous Sirius. Remus didn't even know if he could truly count Sirius as dead, but their friendship surely was.

As Remus Lupin looked around the empty kitchen table, he felt tears come to his eyes and he was no longer able to sit there. He quickly got up from his seat. How dare they. There were eight of them and they had all left him before they had all turned 21.

He stalked back into his room and paused when he saw a picture frame full of smiling 11 year olds. They had gotten stopped while walking into the school for a picture for the Daily Prophet. They were all there, smiling and waving to the camera for a moment before Sirius and James threw themselves onto Ursula and Elyse and began to tickle the pair mercilessly. Ben and Remus moved to help them stand up while the girls tried to get out from under the boys.

Remus shook his head at their antics. He still couldn't believe that was only ten years ago. How had they all fallen so quickly?

He started thinking back to his seven years at Hogwarts when he and his friends were still young, alive, and solemnly swearing they were up to no good until that mischief was (temporarily) managed…