Yeah, this takes place in the marauders time, but I might change a few things to help the story go along faster. The character's name is Miranda and she is a tomboy. Sorry if I go over the top with the tomboy thing, but I wrote this a while ago and I don't feel like changing it. Oh! And they're in their fifth year. The schedule doesn't look like what a real Hogwarts schedule would look like, I'm just trying to make it easier. I'm sure you can figure out the rest. Well, I'm just gonna write whatever I golly darn feel like, so deal with it.

Sunlight streamed through the window of the girls dormitory. It fell across the eyes of a sleeping girl. She scrunched up her eyes at the bright light then opened them to reveal two deep pools of blue. She yawned, stretched, and got up out of bed.

"Morning Sleepyhead," her friend Lily greeted her, "Ha! You should see how funny your hair looks!" She pointed at the sleepy girl's golden brown, shoulder length hair which was sticking out in every direction.

"I hate mornings," the girl gave her usual response.

Lily stood up and walked toward the door. "Well, since you're in such a good mood, I'll wait for you down in the common room. The we can head down to the great hall. We need a good breakfast for our first day of classes."

"Uhh…," Don't remind me. Now this morning is even worse. I'll be right there." Lily then turned down the staircase to the common room.

The other girls in the dorm had already left. Miranda opened her chest and pulled out her uniform. She put the gray Gryffindor sweater on over a white button up blouse. Then she put on a pair of trousers. When she had first come to this school she was outraged to learn that girls were forced to wear skirts as part of the uniform. In fact, she even protested wearing the skirt. Eventually the headmaster caved. He agreed that people shouldn't be forced to do things they didn't want to do. Miranda was surprised that he agreed so quickly and earnestly, but she had the feeling that Dumbledore favored her a bit more than other students. All the girls in the school were welcome to wear trousers if they so pleased, but Miranda ended up being the only one.

Once she was fully dressed, complete with socks and shoes, she started down the stairs leading to the common room. She hadn't even gotten all the way down when she heard the argument starting.

"No Potter."

"Ah come on Evans. After all these years you don't even fancy me a little?" Miranda recognized the voice of one of her best mates, James.

"I said NO! Oh thank goodness you're here Miranda," Lily said spotting her friend, "Let's go."

The four boys around Lily turned to look.

"Miranda! Good to see you! It's been too long," Sirius said jokingly.

"Yeah, the start-of-term feast last night was forever ago." Miranda laughed at Reamus' joke. He was her favorite of the four boys, but she wouldn't tell them that. She had known him the longest and was the most like him.

"It feels like forever ago…," Peter whispered. Miranda rolled her eyes. She tried to be nice to the boy that always followed them around. She even stood up for him sometimes. It would be easier if he weren't so annoying.

During breakfast in the great hall, the schedules were passed out:

Greenberg, Miranda A.

Mon.

10:00 - 12:00 Free Period

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 Transfiguration

Tues.

10:00 - 12:00 Defense Against the Dark Arts

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 Charms

Wed.

10:00 - 12:00 Free Period

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 Care of Magical Creatures

Thur.

10:00 - 12:00 History of Magic

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 Divination

Fri.

10:00 - 12:00 Potions

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 3:00 Herbology

"What day is it, Wednesday," said Miranda answering her own question, "Excellent! I get to start the day with a free period! Who else?"

Sirius and James both raised their hands. Lily sighed and raised hers too.

"So Evan, during our free time do you want to -"

"Don't even say anything James," Lily cut him off.

Miranda turned away from those two and asked, "Hey Moony, what do you have first?"

He replied, "It looks like Peter and I have Ancient Runes next."

"Oh, lucky you. I hated that class. Well, I'm finished with breakfast. You guys wanna head down to the lake?," she asked her other three friends.

"Sure."

The four of them walked toward the big entrance doors.

"Race you there!," Miranda yelled over her shoulder once she was outside. Then she took off running toward their favorite spot under a tree by the lake. She was the first one there closely followed by James and Sirius. Lily was last, but had done a good job of keeping up.

Lily smiled and walked off to join some other girls. She knew that Miranda was okay hanging out with the guys. She actually would rather hang out with them than a bunch of giggling girls. And Miranda knew that Lily didn't like being around James when he was trying to make a move. Besides, most of the girls thought Miranda was weird because she wore trousers and acted like a guy. The guys were stuck between fascination and confusion which was one of the reasons she hadn't had a boyfriend yet. The other reason was that James, Sirius, and Reamus acted like older brothers and were extremely protective of her.

"I don't get it," James started complaining, "I've been chasing Lily for years and she won't go out with me. Miranda, you're a girl. Help me out here."

"Well, you could ease up a bit. You know, not ask her out every time you see her. And you could probably call her by her first name. Let her know you actually care about her."

She left him to ponder that perplexing idea and scanned the general area. Lily and the other girls were sitting under another tree over away. A group of boys nearby were skipping rocks and watching the group of giddy girls. She turned her head back toward the castle and groaned when she saw what was coming.

Sirius climbed down from the tree, "What's wrong Tufts?"

"You might want to climb back into that tree. It looks like you little band fo fan girls has spotted you." Sirius looked where she was pointing and a smirk came across his face.

"I'll handle this," he said as he walked, more like swaggered, toward the group of girls. They started giggling as soon as they saw him approaching. Miranda had always been fine with the fan girls that always seem to follow Sirius almost as badly as Wormtail. Until last year. Something about them just ticked her off now. She hated seeing them all over him like ants on a popsicle. Maybe it was because they kept asking her what Sirius liked to do, or what gifts he liked. Or maybe it was because Sirius fell for their dumb act and dated ten of them a year.

Sirius started walking back as the girls once again headed toward the castle. Astonished Miranda asked, "What did you say to get them to leave like that?"

Sirius smirked again, "I told them that I needed some time to relax with my friends and I would talk to them all at lunch. It'll kinda be like an interview to see who my first girlfriend of the year will be."

Feeling herself getting more frustrated by the minute, Miranda stood up, announced that she still had a few things to unpack, and stormed off toward the castle, leaving a bewildered Sirius and James behind.