Ok so I know all the people who read Meeting Again will kill me for making another story, but this was in an old notebook of mine I found and I kind of liked it so I decided to put it up. I started it a long time ago and I've sort of forgotten the plot so I don't know how often I'll be updating.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize from Harry Potter.

The Fifth Marauder

SLAP!! The sound rebounded all around the Gryffindor common room. Sirius watched as his best friend stood in the middle of the commotion rubbing his red cheek as a fiery red head Gryffindor walked angrily away from him. He grinned as his annoyed friend walked towards them letting his hands fall to his side, revealing a red hand mark on his left cheek.

"Sheesh, what's her problem? I just asked her out, no need to slap me".

"No James" Remus said in his I'm-going-to-try-and-make-you-see-you-are-wrong voice. "You were trying to prank a first year, Lily caught you and tried to stop you. She finished yelling at you and you then turned to her grinning like you hadn't heard a word she said and replied 'aww Evans, why don't you do us all a favor. Get over yourself and admit that you are madly in love with me and hey! If you asked me nicely I might let you go out with me next Hogsmeade weekend' and then she slapped you" Remus finished in his "see?" voice.

"Exactly, I asked her out, why would she slap me?" James asked.

Remus sighed, a clear sign that he had given up.

"Maybe you had a bug on your cheek" Sirius grinned stupidly. He saw his friends stare at him and roll their eyes. Inwardly he rolled his eyes as well. He wasn't in a mood to act like an idiot but it would be too weird to his friends if he was too serious (pardon the pun). Sure, he usually was telling stupid jokes till it drove others crazy. He believed life had to be as fun as possible, for as long as possible. Still, some days he got moody and depressed. His friends were familiar with his mood swings and usually left him alone. However, they always ended up in a gloomy mood themselves; Sirius was contagious in every possible way. They seemed especially happy today (James did anyway), and he didn't want to ruin it, so he simply pretended and used his I'm-happy' face for the rest of the day. "Why do you care anyway James? I thought you hated Evans".

"Of course I don't care" James said a little too quickly "I just asked her out to upset her, but I don't see why she had to slap me."

"What's the big deal? Evans has slapped you at least..." my eyes widened with the realization" Never. This is the first time."

"See?" James said.

"Her hatred for you must be growing" Peter said.

James grinned proudly but if I hadn't known any better I'd said there was something bothering him.

I looked at Remus who was staring intently at James. He shook his head and said "Let's go get some breakfast guys"

I grinned, for real this time, and stood up to follow Remus to the Great Hall. Next to me James and Peter were smiling happily, with glazed eyes. Peter was even humming. Remus knew perfectly well that the three boys' weakness was food. After all, they always say growing boys need food.

The Marauders passed through the doors of the Great Hall and nothing out of the ordinary happened. Girls swooned, some boys glared, others grinned and said hello, and finally Sirius' personal favorite, the teachers groaned. All Marauders's dismissed these reactions as if it was a daily process...which it was. All four of them sat down and scarfed down the food in front of them. Sirius and James had a contest to see who could eat the most eggs without throwing up. Sirius's won and Remus rolled his eyes as James coughed up some eggs on a napkin.

When James finished choking on his eggs, three girls sat next to them. The boys turned around with a look of surprise. James opened his mouth but was stopped from speaking when Lily said "Shut up Potter! Our presence here has nothing to do with you. There are no other chairs available, not even on the Slytherins table, we're hungry and we are her in spite of you!" James surprised his friends by retorting with a simple "ok" followed by a shrug of the shoulders and a glint of the eyes. Lily turned red with annoyance but said nothing in return. Sirius grinned inwardly, James had gotten frighteningly good at pushing her buttons with the simplest of things. Now it was his turn. Sirius didn't bother Lily though. No, his target was Lily's best friend, Samantha Kent.

If it wasn't for the fact that James hated Evans, Sirius probably would've dated her, if not, they would've at least been friends, cause despite what James said, Sirius liked Lily and thought she was a good friend; but of course, for James sake and in respect to the 'Guy Code', Sirius never made a move, or had a friendly conversation with Evans. James did not, however, have anything against his enemy's friends and on occasion was even nice and friendly to them. So Sirius's saw no reason to deny Lily's friend Sam the awesome privilege of dating him. After Christmas of last year, Sirius asked Samantha Kent out on a date and was completely and totally rejected. This was the first time The Great and Powerful Oz...erm Sirius Black had ever been rejected. That fact however wasn't as shaming to him as how he had been rejected. She had practically laughed in his face. After a failed week of continuing to ask her out, Sirius noticed how much fun it was to annoy the girl and he finally understood James's enjoyment on his Lily torture. So Sirius ensued in his own personal "Sam Torture" spree.

That morning Sirius's was not in the best of moods, but it wasn't bad enough to miss an opportunity to poke at the temper of his #1 target (besides Snivellus). "Don't worry Lily, we know you're probably here against your will" They all looked surprised, except James who was just annoyed "Thanks Black" Lily whispered surprised. Sirius however continued talking "Yeah, we all know you were forced to sit here by Kent. Can't stay away from me huh?" he turned cockily to grin at Sam who was beginning to turn purple. She stood up abruptly and said "You..." she spluttered "Let's go girls" she turned to her friends "I'd rather starve than eat next to this idiot".

The girls got up and left and Sirius faintly heard Sam telling Bridget "See Bree? I told you it was a bad idea to sit there".

"But I was hungry" the short brunette witch answered with her mouth full of food.

Sirius chuckled and resumed eating until he saw James and Remus staring at him with knowing smiles. "What?" he asked with a mouthful of sausage.

"You feel better now?" James asked.

Sirius frowned a bit "How'd ya ...?"

"Sirius" Remus interrupted "You may be a good actor, but you can't fool us".

Sirius stared and smiled "Well yeah! I feel much better now." He laughed and he and his friends resumed eating.

At breakfast the next day, it was the boys that decided to sit next to the girls and bother the hell out of them. They, of course, tried to get them out but McGonagall wouldn't allow it, and because of Lily's stubborn pride, they did not leave the table either. They were yelling at the boys when the morning post arrived. Sam got a letter from home and a large, beautiful brown owl swooped next to them and stared at the Marauders. After a while of what seemed to be contemplating, it settled in front of Sirius and stuck out its foot so he could retrieve the letter attached to it. Sirius smiled and did so saying "Thanks Athena".

Despite the fact that she would get a clear view of the Marauders in doing so, Lily stared at the owl. It was gorgeous and looked fierce, even more so than Sam's owl Rogue. The owl left and she turned to look at Sirius who was reading the letter Athena had brought.

"Hey!" he exclaimed loudly "It's from Harry!"

"Of course it is" Remus stated rolling his eyes "that's Harry's owl".

"What's it say?" James asked interrupting Sirius's retort.

Lily turned to look at his face and recognized the expression instantly. It was the one of a little kid waiting to see what he'd gotten for Christmas. The question formed in her mind as it did in Sam's and Bree's heads...who was Harry?.

Meanwhile, Sirius gave his friends the gist of the letter "Well basically it says that Joey switched schools so Harry is going to do the same".

"Why does Harry have to switch just because Joey does it?" Peter asked.

"C'mon Pete" Sirius slapped him in the back "You know Harry hates Salem Academy of Magic. The only reason for sticking around was because Joey was there".

"Does it say to which school they are going?" Remus asked. Sirius opened his mouth to answer, paused, looked at the letter once more and said "Odd, it doesn't".

James was about to say something when Bridget asked him "Who's Harry?"

It was Sirius who answered grinning "Harry is the one and only fifth Marauder".

"There's a fifth Marauder?" Lily asked, unable to help herself.

"Yes, my Lily flower!" James said in a would-be-chivalrous tone.

"One" Lily counted with her fingers "Don't call me Lily flower, much less yours, and two" she added another finger "I can't believe there's another guy out there as crazy as you four".

"It's an apocalypse" Sam groaned.

"What guy?" Peter looked up from his plate.

"That Harry guy of course" Bree answered.

"Oh..." Remus smiled slightly "Harry's..."

He stopped at that moment because Dumbledore had just stood up and asked for silence. Everyone turned to look at the old Headmaster, curiosity
sketched on their faces.

"I know" he said magisterially "that it's been two weeks already, since the
start of term, but I've an announcement to make". He paused and looked
back at his students "Well, this year, we have a new student at Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry". Some heads in the Great Hall turned
to look at the first years in each table wondering what Dumbledore was
talking about. Dumbledore, either didn't notice this, or pretended not
to. He continued "Interesting, no?" he smiled merrily "Well she is now
starting her sixth year and was earlier this morning, sorted in my office
into Gryffindor House". He looked at said house who clapped slightly
after some of the surprise wore off, despite the fact that the confusion
was still there.

Over the clapping Lily heard Remus say "You don't think
it's...", but his voice was drowned out as the clapping extended over all
the Great Hall tables, excluding the Slytherins.

"Please welcome" Dumbledore extended his arms towards the moving Great
Hall doors "Miss Harriet Sanders". Lily clapped absentmindedly and stared
at the girl that entered the Great Hall somewhat shyly. The blue eyed
witch had straight brown hair that ended in bouncy curls in her mid back. Her slim figure stood at a height of 5'5 as she inspected
the hall and everyone in it. Her eyes fell upon the Gryffindor table and
as she walked towards it, it seemed to Lily that she was approaching her.
The girl, however, stopped in front of the Marauders wearing a smug smile.

"Surprised?" she asked, her smile widening.

Lily looked at the dumbstruck Marauders. The sight would've been funny, had it not been so confusing. They looked like idiots with their mouths hanging wide open; even Remus, who was usually cool and collected, looked silly.

Sirius and James were the first to react. Sirius jumped over the table and lifted the girl up with his arms in a hug all the while yelling "Harry!".

She gasped from the lack of air and was released by the overexcited Sirius, who whispered a shy "sorry". She barely took a breath when James took her in his arms with a bone crushing hug and kissed the side of her head over and over again. Lily's eyes widened in surprise and curiosity.

Remus was next in line and although he didn't crush the girl, he did give her a tight hug which surprised Lily as he wasn't usually one to show so much affection...much less directed to a girl. Last, Peter gave her a short and rather shy hug.

Sirius pulled the girl called Harriet down on the seat next to him and asked "Watcha doing here Harry?" his voice dripping with wonder.

"This is the school you changed to isn't it?" Remus asked smiling brightly.

"Always the smart one Remus" she said laughing at Sirius' mock hurt face.

"Naw..." Remus laughed as well sitting in the seat in front of her, with Peter at his side, while James sat next to Harry "I'm just the only one in the group with common sense". This comment made the new girl laugh even more and Lily noticed her bright laughter. The rest of the Marauders laughed along with her despite the fact that the comment had been somewhat of an insult to them. Lily looked at the girl once more and found herself staring at the mischievous twinkle in the girl's eyes. It seemed awfully familiar to Lily. As the laughter died down, Harry noticed Lily staring.

"Hi" she said with a raised eyebrow. "Oh hello" Lily turned a strong shade of red
"I...I'm Lily Evans...erm, welcome to Hogwarts".

"Oh" a look of understanding and fascination crept over the girls face "You're Lily Evans".

At this, Lily frowned a bit and wondered exactly what kind of impression the Marauder's had given this girl of her and her friends (at least her and Sam, because as much as it disgusted Lily, they all seemed to get along famously with Bree). "That's right" she said defiantly.

The girl let go an extremely hearty laugh and extended her hand to shake Lily's. "Hi! Wow, it's and honor to meet the girl turned James down and made his swollen ego shrink!".

Lily shook her hand with numb surprise as Sirius, Peter and Remus laughed at James' stupefied face.

"Wait a minute...that's not true" Sirius' exclaimed "You turned him down even before he asked Lily out". "Yeah" Harry nodded, letting go of Lily's hand "But we remained friends, I don't think he took it as hard as a girl who turned him down repeatedly and declared herself his mortal enemy".

She laughed merrily and it wasn't long before even James laughed; even Lily cracked a faint smile, the laughter was contagious, and she always enjoyed making fun of James. The laughter didn't stop until Sam, who had been unusually quiet said "Are you really a Marauder?".

Harry turned to her and said "Yeas I am". "You bet she is!" Sirius said putting his arms around her and making her roll her eyes. "It's because of Harry that we all met".

Bree was about to ask about this when Professor McGonagall reached their table "Hello Miss Sanders...I'm Professor McGonagall, head of the Gryffindor House as well as the Transfiguration teacher. I would like to give you my personal welcome to Hogwarts and most importantly to Gryffindor. I understand that Professor Dumbledore explained to you the House points and House Cup, as well as the basic rules of Hogwarts?" she pause until Harry nodded her head in confirmation "Well then that's all in order" she then turned to Lily and said "Miss Evan, would you please be so kind as to show Miss Sanders around the school?". Lily was about to agree but she was interrupted by Sirius who quickly said "Lily doesn't have to bother Professor, Harry has us to guide her!" he smiled pointing at himself and the rest of the Marauders. "That's what worries me Black" McGonagall replied sternly.

"Please Professor" Remus cut in "let us show her around".

All four of them gave her a pleading puppy face look until she sighed and nodded "Very well, but if she ends up stuck in a wall or something, you will all magiclessly scrub the Infirmary pantries for a month.

Peter shivered as their stern teacher left but Sirius just chuckled while Harry smiled and said "If I do en up inside a wall because of you for, there won't be any of you left to scrub the pantries in the Infirmary".

"You wouldn't actually hurt us?" James said clunking his forehead against hers so they would be eye to eye and she responded "You bet I would". The looked at each other (up close) with traces of smiles on their faces until Sirius united his forehead with theirs, kissed Harry on the cheek and said "Well ain't we close?". At that moment Sam got up and told the group "Well I'm full". She walked out of the Great Hall while Lily and Bree said their goodbyes to Harry and followed her out.

Lily left the Great Hall thinking about how happy all the Marauders had been at Harry's arrival. As she laid in her bed, she heard Bree say "You know I really like Harry, she's surprisingly nice".

"Yeah, me too" Lily found herself saying "too bad her friends are arses".

Sam just gave a grunt and turned to sleep. Lily laid awake until she heard the shuffle Harry made while getting into her new bed. Lily fell asleep with a strange feeling twisting in her stomach. "Harriet Sanders..." the words twisted around in her head "Harry Sanders, The Fifth Marauder" and with that thought, she fell asleep.