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This story will cover mostly only the seventh year of Lily, James, Sirius, Remus etc, and my extra characters. I will try to stick to the storyline of JK Rowling as much as possible, but I'm not an expert in Marauder Lore, so if I mess up, bear with me! And I would appreciate it if you would let me know, also, so I can fix it!
Chapter 1: Another Year
The small, blonde girl stood on the platform, gazing at the train. It was her last time, her last "first day". She turned to her friend, Alice, who was standing beside her with her boyfriend.
"Well, this is it."
The girl nodded, and turned back to the train. "Yep. This is it."
"How do you feel?"
"Feel?"
Alice rolled her eyes. "Come on, Khyana! How do you feel, knowing you're not going to be returning to Hogwarts again, that this is your last time?"
Khyana shrugged. "I'm indifferent really. I mean, sure it's a little scary to think that in a year I won't have any more school, but I mean…it's not really any different from right now, right? I don't have a home now, so it's not like I'm thinking 'Oh my gosh, I won't have somewhere to live!'"
"That's true," Alice agreed, nodding. "But it's still a little scary, isn't it? I mean, I won't have a place to live."
"You can live with me, love."
Alice smiled up at Frank, and Khyana groaned. They were going to get all lovey-dovey, and she was not in the mood…EVER!
She walked away from the two of them, and entered the train, finding herself an empty compartment to plunk herself down in, and sat near the window, looking out at the far side of the platform. Her life had taken such a turn in the past few weeks, but she felt strangely free. No more pureblood mania crap from her family, no more strict rules and hiding her friendships with Lily and Alice…
"Hey, Khyana."
She sighed and looked up. She was not in the mood to be social.
"Lily."
"How was your summer?"
Khyana looked back out the window.
"It was…interesting." she said finally. "Yours?"
"Oh, you know, the usual. What made yours so interesting?"
"I ran away." Khyana replied.
Lily's jaw dropped. "You what?"
"I ran away. Merlin, Lily, you don't need to look so shocked! You should have been expecting this."
"Well yeah, but…Merlin, Khyana! When?"
"The day after Sara did."
Lily's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "Sara ran away, too?"
The blonde nodded. "The day before I did."
Lily rolled her eyes. "That could be safely assumed, Khyana."
Khyana smiled.
"When did the two of you run away? Where did you stay? Why did you run away?"
Khyana sighed. "It's a long story."
"We've got a long train ride."
The brown haired girl hurried over to her friends, eager to be away from her lifestyle of the past few weeks. The hiding out, the frequent running, it wasn't her style. Even though she had done it with one of her closest friends, it didn't seem right. It was…awkward, to be out of a home, to have no where permanent to rest her head. She felt like a prophet of old, her pillow a stone.
She and Khyana had agreed that it would be better if they didn't arrive at the platform together, in case either of their families were there. Of course, Khyana's family had no reason to be there, as they had no younger children, but her younger sister and brother were both still at Hogwarts, and she did not want a scene.
Consequently, she arrived at the last minute, scrambling to get her things onto the train before it pulled out of the station.
"Sara, you'd better hurry!" Alice called from the door of the train, and Sara grabbed her hand, hauling her trunk onto the train just as it started to move.
"That was close, Sara." Lily said from the compartment door.
"Yeah, well, I made it, didn't I? And no sign of my mother or the Brats. Excellent."
Lily pursed her lips, looking very much like the Head Girl she was. "You shouldn't talk so about your younger siblings, Sara."
Sara shrugged, and heaved her trunk into the compartment, squishing Lily against the doorframe.
"Lily, don't you have some sort of Head Girl duty to be attending to?" Alice asked, as soon as everyone was settled.
"Oh sh…oot!" Lily exclaimed, jumping up. "I'll be back, guys, okay? And then I want to hear Khyana and Sara's stories."
Khyana sighed and rolled her eyes. "I told her I'd only tell her once you two were here, so we'd only have to tell it once."
"Good idea." Sara agreed, nodding.
"Hey, has anyone heard who the Head Boy is?" Alice asked suddenly. "I meant to ask when Lily was still here."
"Nope, haven't heard," Khyana replied, shaking her head, her long blonde Malfoy trademark hair swinging as she did so.
"Me either, I haven't really been in contact with anyone over the summer," Sara replied.
"Well, I could tell you, if you ask nicely," a deep voice said from the door.
Khyana groaned and rolled her eyes, and without even looking at the door, said, "Sod off, Black."
Sirius Black laughed. "Now, now, Miss Malfoy. Be nice."
"Go away, Black, we're not in the mood for your attitude," Alice said, opening a magazine and ignoring the three boys in the doorway.
"We have our own," Sara added, rummaging through her school bag for something or other.
Sirius' face turned serious, as he said, "Khyana, Sara, I heard rumours this summer from Andi that you two ran away from home."
"Your point?" Khyana asked rudely, pulling out a quill and parchment from her bag.
"Why?"
"Mind your own business, Black," Sara said angrily.
"Padfoot, leave them alone." A slightly higher, kinder voice said softly.
Khyana would have smiled gratefully at Remus, but didn't want to look up at Black for fear she might hex his face off.
"We just came to answer your question," Remus added.
"What question?" Alice asked, perplexed, looking up from her magazine.
"About who the Head Boy is. It's James."
All three girls dropped whatever they were holding and gaped at the three boys in the doorway.
"James? James Potter?"
"How many other James's do you know, Miss Malfoy?" Sirius asked sarcastically, although his facial expression was strangely triumphant.
"How on earth did James Potter get the Head Boyship?" Sara asked incredulously. "He might as well have given it to you, Black!"
"I am utterly insulted by that, Miss Wilkes. I would never agree to be Head Boy!"
"Didn't I tell you three to sod off already?" Khyana asked, getting angry. "Go away."
Sirius shook his head sadly. "So unappreciated. Very well, we shall leave you ladies to your own devices."
"Finally!" Khyana said, as the three boys took their leave.
The three girls sat in silence for a few moments, before the door of their compartment opened again, and Khyana breathed heavily.
"We said sod off, Black!"
"Who?"
All three girls looked up, surprised, at the soft, girl's voice that had spoken.
"Oh, sorry, I thought you were someone else," Khyana said apologetically.
"Someone named Black, I assume?" the redhead said, with a small grin.
Khyana nodded.
"I'm Khyana. Khyana Malfoy. This is Alice Thompson and Sara Wilkes."
"I'm Kelria. Kelria Song." The girl said, sitting in the empty seat beside Sara.
"Song? That's an interesting name." Sara commented.
"Yeah, I suppose. It's because-"
"Someone shoot me. Just shoot me now! You'll never guess who the Head Boy is!"
Lily burst into the compartment, absolutely fuming.
"James Potter," Alice said passively, returning to her magazine.
Lily gaped at her. "You knew?! You knew, and you never told me?"
"Chill out, Lily. His mates were here, Remus told us."
Lily looked only slightly less perturbed as she flopped into her seat on the other side of Alice.
"Oh, I'm going to die, just die!"
"Chill out, Lily, you'll be fine, I'm sure."
"He's such an arrogant, conceited, horrid little…ugh!'
"Really, Lily, I'd think you could come up with something more original!" Khyana exclaimed. "'Conceited' and 'arrogant' are the same thing. So you're really just repeating yourself, saying them both."
Lily glared at her, and then noticed the tall, redhead sitting across from her.
"Oh, hello! Who are you?"
"Oh, where are my manners? Lily, this is Kelria. Kelria, Lily Evans, our most esteemed Head Girl." Alice said formally.
"Pleased to meet you. I'm a transfer student. I'm in my seventh year," Kelria said, offering the information as though someone had asked for it.
"Oh, that's cool. We're all in seventh year, too," Sara said with a smile.
"She would have guessed that, Sara, considering Lily's Head Girl." Khyana pointed out, rolling her eyes.
"Hello, ladies!"
The four Hogwarts veterans groaned.
"I thought we told you to leave us alone," Sara said angrily.
"You never told me to leave you alone!" James Potter said extravagantly.
"It's an open demand," Khyana said. "To always leave us alone."
James and Sirius grinned. "You ladies are such fun, you know that?"
"We said sod off, Black, get lost," Alice said, uncharacteristically losing her temper.
"Who's this?" Sirius asked, noticing Kelria for the first time.
"Oh. Guys, this is Kelria. Kelria, the moron with the messy hair is Potter, the other black-haired idiot is Black, and the brown-haired one is Remus Lupin." Khyana said indifferently.
"And Peter!" Alice said indignantly, glaring at Khyana.
"Oh yeah, and the rat," Khyana finished with the same indifference, eliciting startled looks from all four boys.
Alice glared at Khyana, but she pretended not to notice.
"Pleased to meet you," Kelria said, inclining her head politely to each boy.
"Charmed, I'm sure," Sirius said, leaning over, grabbing her hand, and kissing it formally. "Sirius Black, at your service."
Kelria rolled her eyes, and Khyana decided in that moment that she truly liked the girl. Anyone who could roll their eyes at Black upon first meeting, was worth her time.
"James Potter," James said, nodding to her.
"Now that you've all met Kelria, you can leave," Sara said.
Sirius, of course, could not resist one more formal bow before leaving, but within a minute--assisted by furious threats from Khyana--Sirius and the others left the compartment.
As soon as they were gone, Alice started in on Khyana.
"Khyana, how many times have I told you not to call Peter "the rat"?"
Khyana shrugged her off. "Even Black calls him that, Alice, and he is one!"
"You are not very nice, Khyana."
"I'm a Malfoy, what can I say?" Khyana grinned, winking at Kelria.
In truth, Khyana was barely listening to Alice at all. She was too busy thinking about Kelria. The girl had a mysterious air about her, to be sure. She would take some investigation, but Khyana had always loved a challenge…