This is a Moony/Darth/Saphire fic. Based off of two fics currently being written by Moony and Saphire (Harry Potter and Scarlet's Walk and The Destiny Foretold), this is a prequel. Placed in the Marauders time. You have been warned… * Manic witch laughter *

Chapter One:

Sirius Black was in Transfiguration when it happened. When he noticed her. She was pushing a strand of light brown hair behind her ear with one hand and taking notes with the other. He wondered why he hadn't noticed this quiet, studious girl before.

Amelia felt eyes on her, she stopped twisting her hair around her finger and writing. She looked up and spotted Sirius Black, he winked at her and she turned quickly. She picked up her quill only to have it slip from her fingers. She tossed her hair back and picked up quill and began taking notes.

~ After Transfiguration ~

Amelia hurried out of the classroom to her next class. James, Sirius and Remus ambled out some time later. "What was with Mellie today?" James asked.

"Huh? Who?" Sirius asked.

"Mellie, you know, brown hair, ink stains on her mouth and hands, aces potions and divination." Sirius gave James a blank look; James nudged him in the ribs. Sirius groaned and rubbed his side.

"Jeez James, couldn't you at least be kind when you're jabbing that skinny elbow into my side?" Remus laughed as both boys then proceeded to belt each other back and forth down the hall.

"So Sirius…" Remus began. "What do you think of Mellie?"

"Who is this Mellie?" Sirius asked angrily, "You guys keep accusing me of something with this girl and I don't even know who she is."

"The girl you winked at in Transfiguration today." James said. "And we're not accusing you of anything. You're just being paranoid again. Pulled too many pranks on Snape recently have you?"

"Oh… her, Mellie did you say?" Sirius asked, ignoring the comment about Snape.

"Yes, Mellie Merhings. She and Sibyl Trelawney are friends." Sirius frowned as he pondered this; no one liked the bug girl. (Authors: OH MY ERU!!! Sirius THINK?)

"Trelawney and Snape deserve each other." He said darkly. James laughed at the peeved look on Sirius' face.

Mellie walk into the Divination tower. Sibyl came running toward her. "Mel, my Inner Eye was worried that you would be late!" Sibyl said breathlessly. Mellie laughed, Sibyl was a pain in the ass sometimes, but she had a good heart.

"Sib, I would never be late to Divination, Potions hell yeah, but Divination? Never."

"Lily Evans is saying that Sirius Black was staring at you throughout Transfiguration."

Mellie brushed it off. "He must have been bored with McGonagall."

"Mel, he's awfully adorable." Sibyl winked at her. "If he ever looked my way…"

"Sibyl!"

"Mel, you know it's true. I mean you're so lucky to be in Gryffindor… All those cute boys… That Remus is a bit of a looker as well… Too bad James is taken though."

Mellie gave her a dark look. "I should be in Slytherin, you know what the cards said." Well, she thought, the cards didn't really say that, but Sib wouldn't know that anyway.

"Fiddlesticks! You're a Gryffindor through and through."

"Girls! You're upsetting the aura of the room. If you cannot get along, I will have to separate you." Both girls looked at each other. Their professor was a crackpot who wanted to seem younger than her near 50 years. Her robes shocked all the girls, and the boys.

"Yes, Ms. Willoweed." Mellie said, and they began to work. Mellie began the reading; she shuffled, then had Sibyl cut the deck. After that was done, Mellie began to lay a Celtic Cross spread. "Sib, think of a question that you're dying to have answered. For yourself." Mellie added when she saw a flash in Sibyl's eyes.

"Mel!"

"Sib!"

"Come on Mel, it'll be fun!"

"You're been burning incense again haven't you?" Mellie accused.

"Yes… I mean, NO, Mel don't you want to know?"

"Know what? That Sirius Black winked at me during Transfiguration?"

"He did WHAT?!?!"

"The point is, I already know all I need or want to know." She continued to lay out the spread of cards, ignoring the gleam in her friend's eyes.

"Merlin Mel, you can be so unbelievably cold sometimes, I mean I really do wonder what goes on in your head. You don't seem to like anyone. Not boys. Hell, not even girls. I just… Forget it." Sibyl said suddenly. "Forget I said anything."

"No, what do you mean by cold?"

"You're just…cold. There's no other word for it. It's like you're absolutely perfect, the Ice Princess, you know what I mean. The Snow Queen of Hogwarts, no guy will dare approach you for fear of losing his nether parts."

"Sibyl!"

"Mel, you asked. It's just weird, it's like what you said about Slytherin. You remind me of a Slytherin sometimes… you're so…cold to people."

"Sib."

"Mel, yes you joke around with me, but you're altogether closed off when it comes to yourself. You're too perfect Mel; you're the Ice Princess mixed in with Lily Evans' brain. It's terrifying to people, most of the students don't think you have a heart and then they wonder why you're in Gryffindor. I have myself sometimes… And as well as I know you… I know nothing about you. You're my best friend, and I can't even see why the sorting hat put you in Gryffindor."

"Sibyl."

"I'm not finished Mel, I mean, Damn it! You're the smartest witch in our grade, in Hogwarts perhaps. You knew more charms and curses when you were a first year than half the 5th years. At the same time, you let Lily Evans be head girl." Mellie frowned.

"I didn't deserve it, she did." Mellie said lamely. I just happen to have some skill at magic, why does that make me perfect? How am I an Ice Princess? How? I'm moody and unreliable, and stubborn.

"But, you're the most talented witch to come to Hogwarts in ages… some of the professors say it's been 30 years since there's been such a talented student. And what's more, you know you're the best in Hogwarts, and you don't give a damn." Mellie frowned again.

"Sib, it doesn't matter. It's just talk. Why are you snooping again? I thought I broke you of that habit?" Sibyl smiled sheepishly.

"Besides." Sibyl continued. "Everyone knows that Sirius Black will do well as a wizard, he's Dumbledore's grandson for all that's holy." Mellie shook her head.

"Sib, I don't care about Sirius Black one way or the other, I just want to be done with Hogwarts already."

It was the afternoon meal now. And the Marauders, as they preferred to be known, were sitting down at the Gryffindor table. Remus was chatting with Peter, James and Lily were studying together, their heads bent close together over a large book. Sirius though, he was watching for one Mellie Merhings. He wondered how he'd never noticed her before for about the 20,000 time.

Someone with that kind of single-minded intensity should have been easy to spot. I suspect that the long brown hair and plain brown eyes, coupled with dark Hogwarts robes do nothing to help her appearance. Nor does the overly pale skin, I wonder if she blushes easily. His thoughts ran like on like that until she walked in with Sibyl Trelawney.

The two girls continued to the Ravenclaw table. But she wears Gryffindor robes, Sirius thought smugly.

"Sirius? Are you staring at Mel again?" Lily asked, nudging him in the ribs. "Answer me damn you." She said laughing.

"What?!?!" There was a look of bewilderment in his deep blue eyes.

"So you were staring at Mel." Lily said, satisfied.

Sirius looked at her in astonishment. "Who's Mel?" He asked. Lily sighed, Men… she thought.

"Amelia Merhings, Mellie, Mel, Lia…" she continued.

"Oh. Yeah, I guess…" He said sheepishly.

"If you hurt her…" Lily began. "I'll kill you… No… she'll kill you and make it look like an accident." Sirius gave her a questioning look. "Mel knows more spells than half the professors at this school. She's nice, sweet even."

"But scary." James added, sticking his two cents in for what it was worth.

"So, you two know her?" Sirius asked in a roundabout way.

"Yes, she's a prefect." James said as if that explained the entire world to Sirius.

"What do you know about her?"

"She's from a wizarding background, doesn't talk about her family, knows more spells as Lily said than half the professors, could get better grades than Lils and I if she put any effort into it." James said pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose.

"What about personally though?"

"She can be very sweet." Lily said.

"When she wants to." James added.

"She's good at Divination and Potions." Lily said helpfully, as if she was trying to give Sirius topics to discuss with Mellie "And Defense for some reason."

"Everyone's good at Defense." Sirius said darkly. Potions? He thought, why did it have to be Potions? The one class I can't stand? With slimy git numero uno and all.

"Actually," James began. "She's good at everything."

"She's friends with Trelawney and Snape?" Sirius asked, in shock and quite disturbed.

"Actually, they pretend not to know each other." James said.

"Trelawney and Mellie? Or Snape and Mellie?" Sirius asked, very confused.

"Snape and Mellie. I understand that Advanced Potions is a very interesting class." James said, his brown eyes twinkling. "What I wouldn't give to be a fly that wall." Lily smacked James playfully.

"We all know your animal tendencies, but a fly?" Lily asked.

"Can you imagine the cat fights over who's better at potions?" James grinned; Lily smacked him in the shoulder.

"Would you grow up already!" She yelled as she ran off.

James shrugged. "What can I say? I'm irresistible." Sirius grinned evilly.

"Yes, you're soo irresistible James, I want to touch your body." Sirius said seductively. Just then, Mellie happened to be walking by.

"Why James Potter, I didn't that you swung that way. Does Lily know?" She asked seriously and walked away.

"Sweet, Lily said." Sirius said darkly.

"As I said when she wants to." James said lightly. "You're really into her aren't you?" James asked.

"No. I just... just never noticed her before." Sirius said in a defensive tone.

"We have potions next, right?" Remus asked, cutting off James' next comment, saving Sirius from further embarrassment.

"Yeah." Sirius sighed, looking towards the Slytherin table with hatred in his eyes.

"Hey guys, what do you say we put some excitement in little Sevvy's day?" James asked innocently.

The rest of the marauders looked up at him.

An evil smile crossed all of their faces and they began to devise their evil plan.

A/N: And that's chapter one. A little funny, a little Mary-suish. Don't worry, that will go away in time, she's supposed to sound like that in the first few chapters, she's a little Hermione isn't she? But with worse grades. LOL. If you get really annoyed with her, just send us a review, cause then we're doing what we're supposed to: make you dislike her immensely. You'll like her in the end we promise. Besides, we're having way more fun with Sirius, James and Remus. We hate Peter. There will be very little Peter in this story.

~ Moony, Darth, and Saphire