Introduction; The Marauders

"The Marauders? You want me to sit in their compartment for a joke?"

"Yeah, it'll be funny."

"Funny? They'll kill me! It's only funny if you want me dead!"

Eleven year old Brielle Delacour's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she walked past a few people who looked to be several years older than her as she made her way down the Hogwarts Express for the first time. She was rather confused on who these 'Marauders' were, and she wanted to find out. However, deciding that now wasn't the time, she continued to make her way down the train.

Her letter for Hogwarts had come in the summer. It was expected, of course - her mother was a veela and her father a pure-blooded wizard. She was fairly thankful that she'd received her father's traits rather than her mother's - looking like a barbie was only desirable for some, especially when that mother was all but a demon. Her sister would have said that their mother's looks being undesirable was highly debatable, but Brielle didn't really care about that.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Brielle continued to look in compartments, seeing people filling up several already. She eventually came to a free one in what felt like the middle of the train and began to slide open the compartment door.

"Wait!" called someone behind her.

Brielle turned around to see a girl who appeared to be a little older than herself with bright red hair and shocking green eyes. She was particularly pretty, and several inches taller than her.

"Can I help you?" asked Brielle, her voice surprisingly strong.

"I just thought that I ought to warn you about whose compartment that is. You're a first year, right?" asked the girl; Brielle nodded. "Well I'm Lily Evans, a second year."

"Brielle Delacour, nice to meet you." smiled Brielle simply.

"That compartment was claimed by The Marauders last Christmas. You may not want to sit in it." stated Lily.

"What's a Marauder?" asked Brielle, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion as she heard that name for the second time, still clueless as to what it meant.

"There are four boys in my year: James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. They're the four Marauders. They were given that nickname by the Transfigurations teacher last year because they're the biggest bunch of troublemakers Hogwarts has ever seen. They prank everyone, they bully people they don't like and they're just awful. Lupin doesn't join in with the bullying much and Pettigrew seems to be more of a supporter when they're bullying someone, but they'll all join in when it comes to pranks." Lily told Brielle.

"Okay, but that doesn't explain why you're trying to stop me from sitting in this compartment." stated Brielle, clearly expecting a good reason.

"On the way home last year, someone tried to sit in this compartment and the leaders Potter and Black both hexed him. You're a first year and they won't be afraid to hex you - Merlin, they wouldn't be afraid to hex a seventh year. I just don't want to see you hurt by them already." said Lily, and her tone was light and reassuring. "You can sit with me and my friends instead if you want."

Brielle pondered the thought. These Marauders - whoever they may be - sounded like they thought that they could get away with anything. Bullies and prankers - what idiots. And even though Lily seemed like a nice person, Brielle found herself shaking her head at her offer.

"No thanks, Lily, I think I'd like to meet these Marauders." replied Brielle, a light smile on her face.

"Please don't tell me that you're another pranker like them." Lily pleaded, her face falling slightly.

"I could be considered one, but I'd never team up with someone like them. No, I'm going to give them a taste of their own medicine." stated Brielle, a confident smile on her face.

Lily appeared uncertain, worry in her green eyes. She asked, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure." nodded Brielle.

"If they do anything to hurt you, come and find me. Good luck with teaching them a lesson." smiled Lily.

"Thank you." nodded Brielle, flashing Lily a small grin as she walked into the compartment and sat down.

Lily seemed nice, nice to the point where Brielle thought that she'd help anyone and everyone. She may have been wrong about that for she didn't know Lily well enough to judge her yet, but it seemed like if someone like her had something bad to say about The Marauders, they really were bad people. And little Brielle intended on finding out just what was so bad about The Marauders, and even if it took the rest of her life, she was determined to put them back into their place.

[i know that it's assumed they didn't become 'The Marauders' until they were all animagi, but I feel like they would have had a group name before then c: ]