DISCLAIMER! I DON`T OWN HARRY POTTER! I ONLY OWN ARTEMIS THE COYOTE; ADONIS THE LYCAN AND DAPHNE DeARBOUR THE LYCAN! AND THE PLOT! AND APOLLO THE COYOTE! BUT NOTHING ELSE! PLEASE REVIEW! PLEASE!
Chapter one: The train/the Marauders
"I shouldn´t have come here", I thought as I made my way towards the train at Kings Cross. "This is dangerous, what with my problem. " Sigh. I missed my old school. I could still remember my last day in Bheriya, my old home.
(FLASHBACK)
"Cassie hailō." (Hello Cassie) I said, greeting a girl of about fifteen. "Maiṁ tumhēṁ Daph um'mīda kara rahā thā ."(I was expecting you Daph)She laughed.
Of course she was. She was the royal seer, she knew everything. I laughed with her and all of the sudden she stopped.
"Kyā galata hai?" (What is wrong) I asked. She did not answer instead her eyes began glowing and I knew she was about to make a prophecy.
"Vaha-lāyakansa ina vibhinna prāṇiyōṁ mēṁ parivāra mila jā'ēgā
Vēyaravōlpha usē gupta his'sēdāra kiyā jā'ēgā,
Paisā usakē rakṣaka kiyā jā'ēgā,
Kuttē usakē prēmī kī jā'ēgī.
Vē usē apanē bhītara andhakāra sē laṛanē mēṁ madada milēgī aura hō vaha kyā karanē kē li'ē hōtī hai karēgā,
Lāyakansa kī rānī. "
(The she-lycan shall find family in these various creatures
The werewolf shall be her secret sharer,
The buck shall be her protector,
The dog shall be her lover.
They shall help her fight the darkness within her and become what she is meant to be,
Queen of the lycans.)
She whispered clutching my shoulders. I shook her off and ran back to the ball room where my parents were waiting to take me to Salem.
A week later we received the message that she had been killed by Adonis.
I would never see her again.
(END FLASHBACK)
A voice brought me back to reality: "Hey, umm, can we sit here, with you?" a boy asked; he had chin-length black hair and gray eyes. Next to him was a boy with messy black hair and glasses and a pale, sickly-looking boy with blonde hair. Oh I ´m already sitting. Hm. I nodded passively. They sat down and introduced themselves. "I´m James Potter, this is Sirius Black and Remus Lupin." The one with glasses said pointing first to the grey-eyed one and the pale guy. "Black, huh?" I said, smirking as he grew red. The Blacks were a well known family, even I knew them. "And you?" Sirius asked. "I´m not." I replied. James laughed and Remus smiled. I smirked a little before I caught myself and assumed my cool mask once more."You´re new here, aren´t you?" Sirius asked. I nodded. "Where did you go before Hogwarts? What house do you a want to be in?" "GRYFFINDOR!" He and James yelled. "Will you shut up?" I said, "It´s none of your business and I´m trying to think!" I lied. I didn´t need to think about trivial things like that. Never did. But I wanted my quiet and by Merlin, I was gonna get it. The boys shamefacedly apologized and I was satisfied, until Sirius whispered:
"I guess you don´t know anything, mystery girl."
That was the last straw.
" First of all; don´t ever call me that again, second of all; I know a great deal more than you, and third of all; if it´s that important to you I´ll tell you." I said frustrated. They blinked; I took that as a sign to continue. "I´m Daphne DeArbour and I don´t care what house I get. I used to go to the Salem Academy of Witchcraft and Sorcery in America until-until I came here. I´m sixteen, I´ll be in sixth year. Happy?" "Hey, they mean well it`s just, Sirius sometimes doesn´t know when to quit. If you want us to leave…" Remus trailed off, gesturing to the door. "No. It´s okay, I forgive you. I´m going through a hard time and I-I´m not the nicest person. It would be nice if you could stay, I could do with some company." I apologized. We all talked and became fast friends. Time really flew. They told me of their pranks, their dreams; I discovered that James had a crush on Lily Evans and that Remus was a prefect. I also learned of their nicknames, Sirius` reputation as a ladies-man and they told me of the different houses and I discovered that I wanted to be in Gryffindor. After a while I felt myself losing control;" Umm…where´s the loo?" "Down the corridor to the left." "Thanks." I left quickly, to be honest I almost ran. I could feel my form blurring and my nails lengthening. "Not here, anywhere but not here!" I thought as I ran past the other compartments. Just before I reached the door I was tripped. By Bellatrix Black and her gang. Sirius had warned me about them. Like I needed protection, ha, more like they need protection. Especially now. By the time I had gotten up my hair had grown to my knees, my nails were short claws, my teeth were small fangs and my eyes were changing color. They started to say a spell but they were cut off by the Marauders, who had come to my "rescue" just in time to see me growl at Lucius, who then wisely backed off. I held my breath, counted to ten and tried to calm down. Then the Marauders obliviated them. Remus let out a low growl that only I could hear and it calmed me enough to shift back into my normal form and they led me back to our compartment. They didn´t ask questions. I didn´t give answers. I knew that they would renounce even knowing me, after all who would want to be friends with the most dangerous monster since the chimera. The thought of having to change schools again brought tears to my eyes. I sniffed quietly but it was enough for them to hear. "What´s wrong Daph?" Sirius asked, as they all leaned over to hug me. "Why are you still nice to me? I´m not like you. I´m a monster." I whispered my voice husky from unshedable tears. "Let me explain something to you, Daphne DeArbour. And you can´t tell a soul about this; I´m a werewolf." Moony said. "I know." I whispered. "You know?" "I can smell it." I mumbled. "I-I-I´m a lycan, "Seeing the looks of confusion I explained:"A lycan is like a werewolf but more powerful and I can change at any time. Normally lycans can control their changing but I´m still young and my parents died before they could teach me. I was thrown from school in Salem because of- because of an accident." I told them, they would have found out anyway I might as well tell them the truth, well maybe not the whole truth. I didn´t want them to freak out. "Those idiots, if I had hurt them, I- I" started only to be interrupted by Padfoot. "No. You can´t blame yourself, especially when nothing happened. No listen to me", he said when I shook my head, "We are your friends, we`ll help you but first as a Marauder you need a nickname." He thought for a few minutes, here and there discussing with James and Remus. "I´ve got it! Pawlette!" James cried. We looked at him as if he were nuts. "No, not Pawlette, Padslette!" Sirius suggested, everyone nodded, and it was perfect. "Hey, we´re here!" Indeed, we looked out the window and saw the coaches and I saw the thestrals. They nodded their snouts in my direction and I returned the gesture. Well, here goes nothing.
