"Bye Mum, bye Dad." I said, kissing Mums cheek. Dad rumpled my silky black hair. Scowling, I ran my fingers through it to smooth it out again.

"Bye Tigger." Said Dad, referring to the nickname he had given me as a toddler. He said I was practically bouncing off the walls.

"Love you, Scarlet!" Said Mum. She handed me a sickle. "Get a treat for yourself." She whispered with a wink.

"Thanks Mum!" I said. I took my trunk and Vera, my owl, and skipped off to the train.

I was interrupted with a shove. "Hey cuz."
I looked up at James with a grin. "Hey! Give me a hand, will you?" Smiling, he helped me lug my trunk into the train.

We made our way into an empty compartment and settled in. Soon we were joined by none other than…

"PADFOOT!"
"PRONGS!"

I laughed as James and Sirius greeted each other. "I seriously just watched you guys together like an hour ago." I said.

They ignored me and continued their antics. I buried my head into a book.

"MOONY! WORMTAIL!"

I looked up, slightly annoyed. "Thank you for your announcement of their arrival to the entire train."

"Pleasure." Sirius said. "But, we now have some business to discuss with you."

I raised my eyebrows.

James cleared his throat. "We want to make you a Marauder."
I looked at them in shock. "Uh… you want to make me a Marauder."
"That's what I just said."
"Whoa."

Sure, I had always hung around Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, but, wow. I mean, the Marauders were Elite. This wasn't normal. I had heard them doing their thing, with their codes and rules and stuff. They were tight knit.

Remus took out a piece of parchment.. It had four names signed in red ink: Prongs, Padfoot, Moony, Wormtail. He shoved it my way.

"Whoa, guys. You sure?" I asked.

"Yup!" Said James. "I mean, you practically have been a Marauder for the past four years, we're just making it official. He handed my a quill and ink. I signed the page: Tigger."

Sirious laughed. "Tigger it is!" I blushed.

James got serious again. "Now, we let you in on some secrets." Genuinely curious, I leaned in.

"Well." Sirius said. "We-"

"Muffliato!" I said.

"Yes. Well. We… James, Peter, and I…"

"Are animagi." I said smugly. "Remus is a werewolf. You have a map that shows you the entire school and everone in it. James has an invisibility cloak."

They all stared at me for a couple minutes. The looks on their faces… priceless!

"How…"

"When…"

"Merlin, Tigger!" Sirius shouted.

I smiled. "I've known since third year." I said.

"She's a Marauder indeed! Sirius said. "Wanna be one.?"
I took a double take. "An animagus. Me. Become one."

"James said, "Stop it guys. She's new."

I just sort of stare at all of them. This year would be very different.

Hi guys! This is the first time I have written a fanfic, so bear with me. I am sorry for how short this chapter is! I will post another one ASAP. PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks. XOXO