Yes, I am stated yet another story even tough school has started and I'm in the middle of like four. This has been bugging me for a while so I decided to just take a chance and write it. This book follows the paths of two girls, one who has a very dark power, and the other one who is a time-traveler from years in the future. Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Holly and Mari (pronounced Ma-ree like Marie)!!!

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A small girl turned to stare back at the house where she had grown up with her aunt and uncle. She had no regret for leaving. She was tired of this place. It was time for her to go.

But where? Her aunt Bella and uncle Rolph were the only people she had known. They hadn't treated her bad, not at all. They allowed her to stay in their mansion and they even taught her curses and such. This alone was the reason that Holly had stayed. But now it was time to move on. Holly gave the mansion a last hard stare before turning away to walk again.

Not far away, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry stood looking out his window. He regarded a scene in his mind thoughtfully.

A girl gasped and raced past a grey werewolf. She yelped as he tried to bite her and brandished her wand, making him immobile immediately. She fell, however, as another spell hit her in the back. Dumbledore frowned seriously as she disappeared.

The Headmaster turned back to the window. He had been seeing visions of that girl for a week now. Who was she and why was she so important? He looked at the girl's picture in his mind, frowning pensively. She was surrounded by dead people, people who she knew and loved. It disturbed Dumbledore greatly to she that the nearest body was that of a dark-haired boy, one that looked immensely like Dumbledore's student, James Potter.

Dumbledore sighed and pulled the thought from his head, using his wand. He pulled the silvery light out and put it into his pensive. He looked at the girl closely. He was sure that he had never seen her before, but she looked so familiar.

The girl had soft brown curls that fell to her shoulders. Her eyes were the color of honey and were overly bright. Dumbledore looked at her sadly, sorry for the girl. It was obvious that she had seen more than most people had in a lifetime. Dumbledore watched with regret as the young girl was hit by the spell. There was a cold laugh, and Dumbledore realized who the girl was up against. He turned to look at Lord Voldemort. Though he didn't recognize the man, he knew that laugh from anywhere.

Holly sighed tiredly. She had just walked to a large pub called Three Broomsticks. She sat on a stool and ordered a small butterbeer. She was shocked when a boy around her age sat next to her and smiled at her widely. She gave him a timid smile and turned back to her drink. The boy laughed and turned to the three boys behind him.

"Hey Prongs, figure that you'll get a chance with her?"

One of the boys laughed. Holly looked at him closely. His unruly hair was black and he had friendly, mischievous hazel eyes. He was roaring with laughter. "Padfoot, you know that I only go out with my friends. Don't disappoint her. She's probably mad in love with you right now."

Holly snorted, butterbeer squirting out of her nose. She turned back to the second boy and started laughing even harder. The first boy chuckled nervously. The boy standing behind 'Prongs' started laughing as hard as Holly was.

"Mr. Prongs, could you introduce me?" Holly asked, perfectly polite. The boy turned to his friends and nodded slowly.

"This is Sirius Padfoot, my best friend. This is Remus Moony and Peter Wormtail, our other friends. I'm James Prongs." He stuck his chest out. Holly rolled her eyes.

"Well, you all have weird names, but that's not why I was laughing. You said that you were dating one of your friends. Are you dating Mr. Wormtail, Mr. Prongs?"

James gasped. "I meant a girl at my school! Her name's Lily! She has red hair and green eyes and she is in love with me, almost as much ass you are!" He smiled dreamily until Holly hit him on the head hard. "Ow!"

"You deserved it. I'm sure that any girl who really knew you would never be in love with you. Have you ever even had a girlfriend?"

James frowned before his face lit up. "Yeah, I have! When I was fourteen, I dated this girl named Anna Burry!"

Sirius snorted rudely. "That was for one day. She meant to ask if you ever ad really dated a girl, not made out with her before dumping her!"

James started to laugh. "You're telling me that, Padfoot? Your record is an hour, and all you were doing was making out!"

"You're just jealous that I've made out with like all the girls in school. Wait; that isn't right. I've kissed all the pretty ones."

"You haven't kissed Lily Evans, Sirius." Remus said.

"How do you know?" Sirius' eyes flashed, mockingly.

"Sirius, you didn't!" James yelled. Holly laughed again, getting them all to settle down. Holly handed James a rag to clean the table off; he had spilled butterbeer when he had jumped up. Holly stood up.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Sirius asked. "We don't even know your name! Can you stay a little longer? Please!"

Holly shook her head. "I can't. I have to go." Holly turned away as the tears started, but she was too late. Remus and Sirius had pulled her back. She blushed a little as she realized that she was nearly on Remus' lap. She pulled away.

"Tell us!"

Holly shook her head. "I can't. We've only just met. But, if you must know, my name's Holly, Holly Black."

Sirius gasped and scowled immediately. Holly's mouth trembled as James also scowled. Peter hid under a table, and Remus frowned slightly. He nodded, thinking.

"James, Sirius, let her explain herself. Miss Black." He nodded to her. Holly shrank back onto her stool.

"I-I know who you are." She told Sirius, though afraid to meet his dark blue eyes. "You're Sirius Black. Sorry I didn't recognize you, sir. You and the others are all the same. Let me guess! You're ashamed of what you have for a second cousin. I don't care though! I refuse to go back to my aunt Bella's! I refuse!" Holly glared at Sirius and he glared back. He suddenly burst into laughter.

"Holly, don't mind me. I was disowned from my family five years ago when I refused to help them with some Death Eater stuff. What do you mean, Aunt Bella? She is only twenty, and she's the oldest sister. Narcissa is a sixth year and Andromeda is a third year. How would she be your aunt?"

Holly shook her head. "She said that I was adopted. I don't know who my real parents are. I'm so confused though. Aunt Bella was never nice to be, but she never hexed me either. Until a week ago. She tried to hurt me." Holly started to cry again and smiled as Sirius pulled her into a hug.

"I know. That's how I feel about my parents. Please do me a favor. Will you come to Hogwarts with me? It's a great place. You can learn magic, talk with friends, and go to big parties in the kitchen in the middle of the night. It's all fun and games!" He exchanged a glance with Remus and quickly added, "And studying!"

Holly laughed and pushed Sirius away gently. "Sirius, I don't know. I've wanted to go to Hogwarts all my life, but I can't. What if they don't want me?"

Sirius rolled his eyes. "Come on. We'll have to give you a nickname, though. We all have one. What is your favorite animal?"

Holly shrugged. "I don't know. When I shape-shift, I turn into a lioness. Maybe that would help." Sirius stared at her, in awe. "What?" She snapped. She was tired of people looking at her because she had power.

He grinned. "Nothing. I was surprised. That's all. We can all shape-shift too. I'm a dog, James' a stag, Peter a rat, and Remus a-a wolf! Guys, any names for her?"

James bit his lip thoughtfully. He shook his head after a minute. Remus smiled. "I have one. Do you like Valora? It's kind of nice."

Holly grinned and kissed his cheek, causing him to blush a deep red. "I love it. Come on, Sirius. I want to go meet your friends." She pulled him away from the others. Peter laughed and ran after them. James turned to the still red Remus and raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you still blushing?" He accused. Remus turned even redder. James smiled in triumph. "I knew it! You like her!"

Remus sighed. "Don't tell anyone. I've only just met her. I don't know what to think of her yet. Why would she live with the Lestranges?" James shrugged. "James, please don't tell anyone. I don't want her to know. I can tell that she's in love with Sirius."

James snorted. "They're cousins."

Remus shook his head. "Second cousins." He corrected. "And she's adopted."

James shrugged again. "Maybe she likes you."

Remus laughed without any humor. "Yeah right, what's there to like about me? Sirius has the looks and energy, you have the brains, and Peter had the optimism and humor to keep us together. What do I have?"

James groaned and turned to face Remus. "Remus, you have the endurance and the suffering. You do it every month, but you haven't killed yourself yet. Look, I know that it's hard on you, but we love you. We're friends for a reason, Moony."

Remus smiled. "Thanks James."

James grinned back. "No problem, mate. We'd better hurry though. We don't want the others leaving without us!"

Dumbledore had no problem with Holly as she had feared. Instead, he was very glad to have her and she was sorted into Gryffindor with her friends. Two days after they had met, Remus, James, Sirius, and Holly sat down by the lake throwing rocks. Peter was in detention for not finishing homework.

Holly was surprised to feel a tap on her shoulder. She looked up into intense green eyes and a mane of red hair. "Mind if I join you?" The red-head asked.

Holly shook her head and moved over. She looked over at James who was purposely mussing his hair. Holly turned back to the red-head and smiled. She knew who this pretty girl was.

"Lily Evans, right?"

Lily seemed surprised. After a second, she smiled. "Yes. It seems as if you're a point up. I don't know your name. I didn't recognize you and you look seventeen like me. How did you know my name?"

Holly nodded and smiled. "Sorry. I'm Holly, Holly Black, second cousin of Sirius. His friend talks about you all the time."

Lily rolled her eyes. "You mean irresponsible, immature Potter. Seriously, his name fits under all the ir words." She rolled her eyes again.

Holly giggled. "I hope you know that you included irresistible in there too."

Lily jumped up. "No, I didn't!"

Holly giggled again as Lily's face turned a little red. "You like him, don't you?"

Lily blushed. She sighed and admitted, "Maybe a little, but not when he's acting like that!" She pointed to wear James had his wand pointed at a Slytherin. "I hate both of them, although Sev used to be a good guy." Lily's voice broke, but she hid it by stalking up to wear Sev and James were fighting.

Holly noticed something floating in the lake. She turned away from Lily and the others and went to get a closer look at it. He gasped when she realized that it was a person. She immediately yelled for the others.

James stowed his wand away in his pocket and ran to Holly, Lily and Sirius following. Remus wasn't far behind. They gasped as they saw what Holly was pointing at. Holly threw off her clothes, and dove into the lake, ignoring the shouts of Sirius and James. Holly swam to wear the body was. She gasped as she saw that the young girl was her age and had Gryffindor robes on. Holly dragged her back to the surface and collapsed from the girl's weight.

Sirius and Remus helped Holly back onto the shore. Sirius put his robe over her. Lily and James attended to the other girl.

The girl woke up a few days later in a room she knew so well. She smiled as she looked around the hospital wing, until she remembered the events of the days before. He began to cry for her dead friends and family.

A soft hand helped her up. The girl opened her eyes to look into the eyes of Professor Dumbledore. He smiled kindly at her. "My dear, I'm afraid I don't know your name."

She gasped. "How could you forget it?"

Dumbledore frowned. "I don't think we've met before. I have been having visions of you, dear, but I don't think that we've ever met before."

The girl shook her head. "I don't understand. You have to know me. It's me, Professor, me, Hermione Granger."

Dumbledore shook his head. "Sorry, dear, I don't know you." There was a knock on the door. "James, Lily, I'll be with you in a second." Hermione watched as a red-head and a familiar face disappeared from her view. She had just looked into those eyes hours ago. They were empty then, right beside another two red-heads, two that Hermione knew well. They were her brother and sister nearly.

Hermione turned back to Dumbledore, panic seizing her. "What year is it? Was that Lily Evans and James Potter? Please tell me it isn't."

Dumbledore nodded. "Yes. The girl was Lily and the boy was James. The year is 1977. Why?"

Hermione squeezed her eyes shut. "Shit." She thought. 'I just saw Harry die. Now I'll have to watch his parents die.' She turned back to Dumbledore, pleading. "I'm from twenty years in the future. I just watched Lily and James' son die. Please send me back. I can't watch it again."

Dumbledore wiped his teary eyes off. "Sorry, my dear. There is nothing to do for now. As soon as Miss Black wakes up, she and you can meet with Lily."

"No need to wait." A hoarse voice said. "I'm up."

Hermione turned to face a small girl. The girl had black hair that nearly reached her waist and bright violet eyes. She smiled at Hermione.

"What is your name? I'm Holly Black."

Hermione smiled back. She noticed Dumbledore's penetrating look. "I'm Mari, Mari Doyle. I'm new here. I didn't realize that there was a giant squid in the lake." She said, taking her mother's maiden name and her father's mother's name.

Holly laughed. "We were feeding him before we found you. Don't worry, though. I am new as well. My no-good cousin will show us around though."

Hermione smiled shyly. This might just turn out okay. Maybe she could change the future so that Harry and Ron and Ginny survived.

Hermione, or Mari now, stood up and reached over to clasp Holly's forearm. "Friends?" She asked.

Holly grinned back. "The best."

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Good? Bad? Sad? Glad? What do you think? This was only the first chapter so it's a little slow. Well, I need you guys to answer this question- Who do you like better as a couple?

Holly and Sirius / Mari and Remus

Holly and Remus / Mari and Sirius

Snape and Holly / Mari and ? (I just had to add this one!)

Well, please vote! I love them all and need help! Also, I would like to know your favorite Marauder! Thanks! There will be a poll every chapter along with a question concerning the plot if I'm stuck. The poll will be posted as soon as I write the next chapter, but you can take your time on the plot question. Thanks a lot and please review your answers and tell me what I can do better. I don't care if you flame me! I like flames! Just gimme reviews! Don't forget to answer the question!!!!!