Ch. 1
Brittany and Wendy Evans were twins and the cousins of Lily Evans. All three girls had the same trait: emerald green eyes. But instead of red hair like Lily, the twins had dark chocolate brown hair which fell in curls down their backs without frizzing. The girls also all went to the same boarding school: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, currently as sixteen-year-old sixth years. Another difference with the girls was while Brittany and Wendy were best friends with the Marauders (a group of teenage pranksters who were in their year at Hogwarts), Lily hated the lot of them with a passion especially James Potter. Though the twins thought that deep down Lily really liked him but was in denial and was waiting until he grew up a little bit.
The girls, who were also sitting with Alice Prewett, were on the train to Hogwarts talking about O.W.L results and the prospect of being N.E.W.T students. Suddenly, the compartment door burst open to reveal James Potter (also known as "Prongs"), Sirius Black (also known as "Padfoot"), Remus Lupin (also known as "Moony"), and Peter Pettigrew (also known as "Wormtail").
"Hey, girlies, what's up?" said Sirius flopping down beside Wendy, who blushed the slightest bit when he put his arm around her. Birttany noticed this and smirked.
"Nothing you need to know, Black," snapped Lily, annoyed that the Marauders interrupted them. "What do you want?"
"We just came to sit with our favorite girls, so chill, Evans," said James, sitting himself next to Lily who shoved him onto the floor when he tried to put his arm around her. As this was going on, Remus went to have a seat beside Brittany and also put his arm around her. They smiled at each other and she snuggled into him.
"Don't call me Evans!" she shrieked before stomping out of the compartment with Alice following behind to comfort her.
"Smooth, Prongs," Wendy commented, disappointed when Sirius removed his arm to start a game of Exploding Snap with James.
"I thought so, Firefly," James smirked before turning his attention to the game. Remus shook his head while the girls giggled. Peter just sat there, looking really uncomfortable and rubbing his left forearm.
Hours later at the welcoming feast, the twins were sitting with the Marauders seperate from their cousin who was sitting as far as she could from her cousins' friends.
"I wish Padfoot would notice me, really notice, I mean," Wendy whispered sadly as they ate.
Brittany frowned slightly and replied, "You know Sirius is really thick. He'll come around soon."
Wendy sighed and went back to eating and watching Sirius laugh and joke with James. Brittany held hands with Remus under the table while talking to him and eating. Wendy chuckled when she saw Lily shoot a fleeting look of longing at James before going back to her meal.
Two months later. . .
It was the 31st of October, Halloween, and the students were allowed to go to Hogsmeade for the day. This was very rare for Hogwarts as it was dangerous to step foot outside the castle with Voldemort on the loose. Remus and Brittany were on a date along with Sirius and Wendy, who had finally gotten together the week before. The couples split up and went their seperate ways once they reached the village.
"So, where do you want to go first, Isis?" Remus asked, taking her hand and pulling her close when she shivered. Brittany smiled softly when he called her 'Isis', her Marauder name.
"Honeydukes!" Brittany said immediately, her eyes lighting up. Remus chuckled and led her to Honeydukes' entrance but stopped when a group of Slytherins started coming out. Brittany stiffened when she saw Rosier. He'd attacked her once before and was afraid he'd do it again. Remus squeezed her hand in comfort.
"Well, well, well," smirked Rosier, noticing the stiff forms of Remus and Brittany. "Look who it is, boys!" The rest of the Slytherins chuckled in response.
"Oh, you mean the Mudblood twin and the loser?" one of the others spoke up, earning a high five and a guffaw from Rosier.
"Don't call her that!""Don't call him that!" the couple yelled at the same time.
"Oh, I think we shall," sneered Rosier in reply. "Let's have a little fun, boys, shall we? STUPEFY!"
Brittany yelled out as she watched Remus get hit with the red light and fall to the ground. She started to cry as the boys grabbed her roughly and dragged Remus and she into a dark alley. They started hitting her anywhere they could reach and at one point started using the cruciatus curse.
Meanwhile. . .
"Aww, Sirius, these flowers are. . ." Wendy's voice trailed off as pain hit her full on and she doubled over, falling to her knees. Tears sprang to her eyes, spilling over onto her cheeks.
"Wendy!" Sirius exclaimed, crouching down and removing the flowers from her grasp. Alarmed, he looked around for help but didn't see any. "What's wrong, baby?"
"It's Brittany, she's in trouble," Wendy said through gritted teeth, forcing herself off the ground as the single word 'Help!' was heard in her head. "Come on! I know where she is!"
She took off running with Sirius following right behind her in confusion and worry.
In the alley. . .
Rosier punched Brittany one last time before leaving with his friends, laughing and guffawing. She sobbed once and thought a single word 'Help!' before passing out completely. The last thing she saw was Remus slumped against the opposite wall, blood trickling down his chin.
Wendy and Sirius both gasped as they saw the couple slumped against the alley walls. Wendy, or Firefly, rushed over to her twin and checked her pulse. Relieved when she felt one, Wendy took out her wand to enervate her sister but frowned when Brittany did not wake.
"Brittany needs Madam Pomfrey fast!" Wendy choked out, tears falling down her cheeks.
"Brittany!" said a garbled voice from behind her. She turned to see that Sirius had successfully enervated Remus.
"Sirius, go find James and Lily too, tell them what happened," Wendy spoke fast. "Moony and I will take Isis up to the hospital wing."
Sirius nodded, more serious than he had ever been in his life, and took off at once.
"All right, Remus, can you carry her?" the brunette asked and the werewolf nodded sadly. "Alright, pick her up and let's grab a carriage.
Remus, carrying his girlfriend, and Wendy found a carriage. The threstral, sensing urgency, traveled faster than it usually would back to the castle.