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People always said that the marauders were just pranksters and wouldn't really do very much with their lives, well except for that 'Lupin kid'. I would have thought that too but that was before I knew them. That was before we laughed and cried together, that was before we died together at the Potter home, even those that still were alive, died… we weren't ever the same after that. But my story doesn't begin with the death of my friends, it begins with the lives of my friends.

My parents had always been very fixated on making themselves seem better than they truly were. They expected me to be sorted into Slytherin like the previous members of my family, unfortunately for them I wasn't. I was sorted into Gryffindor, the hat made me think he would place me in Slytherin and I was ready to accept my fate when he announced Gryffindor. I was ecstatic to say the least, sure I didn't have anything particular against the house but I didn't want to be just like everyone else in my family. I didn't want to be just another pure-blood git King.

My first five years at Hogwarts was rather uneventful. I was friends with Lily Evans, and Severus Snape, even after he and Lily had their falling out. I understood why she was mad at him but in all reality it was a simple word, Sev would never actually hurt someone because of their blood, even if he hung out with the worst of the Syltherin's. I was actually friends with a great deal of students at Hogwarts, I wasn't as notorious as the Marauders though, and actually I don't really think the Marauders even knew I existed. For the first years of my school I wasn't exactly brilliant, or pretty I was very normal, so I usually slipped among my peers easily if I wanted. That all changed though when my six year started, it was the year I really grew into myself. I had become a prefect alongside Lily and Remus Lupin. I also had found out what worked for me regarding my hair and clothes. Let's just say during the summer I became a young lady, curves and all.

The first day of six year I had felt it my best option to pull my hair into a high ponytail, I often wore it like this when I would play Quidditch, and had on one of my favorite muggle band tank tops, with shorts and sneakers. I didn't really notice how I looked in the outfit, I had worn it before but that was before I had actually gotten curves. Let's just say on the platform there were quite a bit of boys staring off in my direction.

"Lily what's up with all these gits?" I asked as we searched for an empty compartment to sit in. Usually I would sit with Sev but I had seen him earlier with some of the Slytherin's and even though we were on friendly terms I still didn't like to be with that lot for a long extended time.

"Seriously Theo? Have you not looked in the mirror lately? You are absolutely gorgeous today" she exclaimed waving her hand up and down vigorously. I immediately blushed at the prospect, I mean Lily was the one who had boys about her, not me.

"Oi Evans" Potter exclaimed coming up to us with the rest of his gang followed like lost puppies. He pretty much ignored my existence even though we had played Quidditch together since second year. So you can imagine my surprise when he looked at me with wide hazel eyes before turning back to Lily.

"Who's the girl?" Sirius asked before Potter had a chance to open his mouth. Lily scoffed while I rolled my eyes.

"Theo King, we've just had classes together since first year" I said drolly, if there was one thing I didn't like it was play boys like Black. I suppose really though it was just that I found it rather annoying that they had only just realized my existence while Lily had been on their radar for so long. Maybe I was a little jealous, sure I had friends but a boy never looked in my direction.

"Well I think I would remember a face like that" he said winking at me, this time I just started to walk away.

"Where are you going?" Lily asked her eyes pleading with me to stay but I wasn't about to stand there with the bloody Marauders.

"Off in search of Sev" I called ignoring her look of hurt, she could get over it. Even though I had quite a bit of friends I really just liked to spend most of my time between Lily and Sev. I heard Potter mutter something about Sev being a sleazy git but I ignored the comment thinking that it might not be the best way to start the school year if I hexed him.

I found Sev luckily by himself in a compartment reading a potions book.

"Hey there Sev" I said plopping down onto the seat across from him. He looked up and muttered his 'hello' before becoming immersed once more in his book.

"How was summer?" I asked taking the book from his hands and placing it next to me. He huffed in annoyance but didn't make a move to get the book.

"It was long and very boring… yours?" he asked, I knew about his father being less than friendly towards him and his mother. I would have invited him to my home for the summer but my family wasn't much better, and Sev was a half blood.

"I'm sorry Sev, you know I would have invited you to my house but…" I never told Sev or Lily exactly what my parents would do when I would return home, they didn't need to know. In short my parents either totally ignored me or would pressure me to be what they wanted me to be. I knew it could be worse, my parents could be like Sev's father but it still wasn't very pleasant when your parents barely looked at you.

"I know, don't worry about it ok? Anyway what brings you over in this direction? Didn't I see you with Lily?" he asked looking at my from the curtain of his black hair. I always thought that Sev was foolish to like Lily romantically, she would have never returned the feelings, not when Potter was after her.

"Oh well the Marauders happened, the audacity of that group of boys is outstanding" I laughed a little but Sev didn't seem to take the joke, and took a very serious expression.

"Those gits didn't try anything did they?" he said warningly, in reality Sev couldn't really ever do anything to uphold my honor but it was nice to think he would try.

"No you know I would totally squash them if they did, I practiced some hexes over the summer" I said puffing out my chest like a proud parent.

"You know you aren't supposed to do magic outside of school Theo" he scolded but there was a playfulness in his voice. Sev was really one of my best friends and it hurt to think that Lily let something like a word ruin something as precious as friendship.

"We are going to be friends forever Sev" I said smiling while he took on a sober expression.

"Nothing is forever Theo" and he was right nothing lasts forever, but our friendship would come pretty close.

"We will Sev" I said leaning back in my chair and watching as he picked his book up and resumed reading, hiding a smile behind his black hair.