Takes place in the Marauders Era. Another one of those "lets add another marauder to the gang" fanfiction. So let me introduce you to Karthra Lark.
Eventually Pairings: Remus/OC, James/Lily,
Enchanted by the Moon
Chapter 1: Karthra Lark
Karthra Lark stood in platform 9 ¾ next to her grandmother, a short and serious-looking older woman with brown hair that had grey hairs emerging from her scalp and landed just below her ears. Her nose was pointed and stuck-up. Her eyes were grayish-blue and slightly hidden by her pare of red glasses.
"Now, Karthra," her grandmother looked down at Karthra as she held her black and white owl, Morpheus's, cage in one hand and holding the handle to her luggage cart with other hand, "Don't forget to keep away from those Mudbloods and half-bloods, you are a Lark and you deserve to hang out with only the purest of wizards and witches," her grandmother caught sight of a boy with longish white hair standing next to his older brother who looked just like him and his parents, "Like Septimus and Lucius Malfoy for instance, there's a couple of acceptable friends." Karthra groaned inwardly, she hated the Malfoys.
"The trains going, I better head off. See ya grandma," Karthra changed the subject and ran up to the train, pulling her trunks with her. She climbed aboard the train and went searching for a empty compartment. Settling into a empty compartment close to the end of the train, she pushed her truck on the rack above and placed her owl next to her.
Karthra fiddled with her fingers as she stared out the window, watching as the train pulled out of Platform 9 ¾ a few minutes later, still trying to ignore her grandmother who was talking to the Malfoys outside the train. Turning away from the window, she started to tie her hair up in a ponytail to get her curly blonde hair out of her green and gold eyes, and quickly got out her Hogwarts robe so that later she would not forget to put it on.
She pushed the two stands on each side of her face that had escaped her ponytail out of her face and opened the sliding compartment door just in time to come face to face with a boy her age that had black hair and glasses that covered his wide hazel eyes. There were two other boys behind him that seemed the same age. One was leaning against the wall and also had black hair, except his was curly, and had grey eyes. At first look, Karthra thought this boy seemed in the bad boy category. The other boy had ember eyes and light brown hair, also his hands were holding a ton of books.
"Hey," the boy with the glasses said, "We were wondering if you had anymore room left in your compartment. Everywhere else that we've looked is full."
"Um," Karthra looked back at her empty compartment, she had been hoping for a quite ride but it didn't seem like she was going to get one now, "Yeah, you guys can come in."
"Great," the boy with glasses smiled and he and his friends followed her back into the compartment.
"I'm James, by the way. James Potter," he outstretched his hand to shake and slid into the seat across from her. The other black-haired boy sat down next to him.
"Sirius Black," the other boy smiled with a cute boyish charm that made Karthra get a flutter in her stomach. She quickly turned her attention to the boy that had sat down next to her.
"I'm, uh, Remus Lupin," he blushed and shook her hand, "what's your name?"
"Karthra Lark. So, is this your guy's first year too?"
"Yep," Sirius laid back against the seat, slightly closing his eyes.
"What houses do you think that you'll be in?" she asked them.
"Gryffindor, where dwell the brave of heart. Like my Dad," James answered almost immediately.
"I think that I'll be in Gryffindor," Remus shrugged, "But my parents say that with my brains I'll be in Ravenclaw."
Karthra turned to Sirius, "Aren't most Blacks in Slytherin?"
His eyes darkened, "Yes, but my family better be ready for a major disappointment cause I don't give a shit about their pureblood mania and am going to be in Gryffindor." He held his chin a little higher.
Karthra nodded, "My grandmother and mum were in Slytherin, my grandma just gave me the whole 'you better stay away from half-bloods and mud bloods or else' speech. But my father and most of his family were in Hufflepuff, so their's a good chance I'll be in there and my grandma's going to get a big ol' slap in the face." Sirius and Remus smiled and James laughed.
"well, well, well, looks like there's a chance we'll be friends after all," Sirius chuckled, his arm around James shoulder, pinning him into a headlock. Karthra laughed as she watched James and Sirius wrestle in their seats.
Remus turned to her, "So you live with your grandmother?"
"Yeah, my father died when I was five and my mum travels too much for me to go with her," She sighed sadly and then looked up to meet Remus's eyes. They were warm and friendly and made her heart start thumping hard in her chest, and then blush as red as a tomato. Karthra looked quickly away toward the window to hide her extremely red face.
xXxXx Remus's POV xXxXx
She had super curly blonde hair and pretty green eyes that had gold speckles in them. I found myself getting nervous and felt my heart thunder in my chest as I sat next to her. She was laughing at James and Sirius across from us who were wrestling in their seats. So, I swallowed hard and worked up the nerve to ask her a simple question.
"So you live with your grandmother?"
She nodded.
"Yeah, my father died when I was five and my mum travels too much for me to go with her," She sighed sadly and looked up. Our eyes met and I watched her face grow extremely red, then her turn to the window to hide it. My heart was, once again, thundering in my chest from such simple contact. I turned back to James and Sirius, who were now staring at the two of us with curious looks on their faces. I felt my own face grow hot and red and I decided to make a quick escape before they could do something embarrassing.
"I'm, uh, going to find the food trolley. You guys want anything?" I stood up and walked over to the compartment door, opening it and stepping half-way through.
"I'm comin' with ya," Sirius stood up, "I'm in the need for something to eat."
"When aren't you in the need for something to eat, Sirius?" James shook his head and Karthra snickered. Sirius made a face at the two of them before closing the door behind him.
xXxXx Regular POV xXxXx
Karthra heard Sirius shut the door and after a few seconds her face was finally no longer red.
After Remus and Sirius got back from the trolley, all of them ate and laughed until, finally, the train stopped at Hogwarts.
"Quick! Remus try this one," she handed him a brown jelly bean and he popped it into his mouth. His eyes welt wide and he spit the jelly bean out.
"What the hell was that?" Remus cringed, "It tasted like… crap!"
Karthra only laughed as all four of them exited the train together.
Review or I'll send you Crap-tasting jelly beans! :P