"Miss Philips," Ginny heard Madam Pomfrey say, "wake up." Ginny simply turned over in the bed, savoring the last few moments of sleep. "Miss Philips," the nurse said impatiently as she flung the curtains open, "you have class in half an hour. Go get dressed, and go down to breakfast."

"Ok, ok," Ginny, groaned as she rolled out of the bed. Madam Pomfrey handed her a bundle of robes and closed the curtain.

Ten minutes later she was down in the Great Hall. She found a seat and started to eat some toast. Just as she was finishing up, a familiar boy with sandy hair sat down next to her.

"Hi," said the young version of Lupin.

"Hello," Ginny said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, but I didn't catch your name last night," he stated.

"Oh, I'm Ginevra Philips," she responded, remembering what Dumbledore had said.

He shot her a friendly smile as the rest of the Marauders entered the hall. They spotted the two of them talking and made a beeline for the table. "Well, my name's Remus Lupin, and this is James Potter, Sirius Black and this is Peter Pettigrew," he said, indicating to each boy in turn as they took a seat. Ginny tensed up when Remus pointed to Peter. "Guys, this is Ginevra Philips."

"Hello, Ginevra," the boys chorused, smiling brightly at her.

"So, where are you from?" asked Sirius, piling his plate with loads of food.

"I'm from the States, actually," Ginny said, "but my mum and dad are from London originally."

"Oh" was the collective response as the group dug into their food.

After a while, Remus broke the silence. "So, what happened last night?"

"I, ahh…" stalled Ginny, attempting to think of a cover story. "I was exploring the grounds after I arrived, and I got lost and wound up in the forest. It got dark, and then something attacked me. Next thing I know I I am waking up in the Hospital Wing, but I am fine now."

"Well, try not to go back there again," Sirius said in a semi-joking voice.

As soon as those words left his mouth, Dumbledore appeared at the table behind Ginny. "Miss Philips," he said, handing her a piece of parchment, "here is your class schedule. I see you have already made friends, excellent." He smiled, and his blue eyes twinkled.

She took the schedule and began looking it over. "Thank you, Professor."

The boys stared at her for a few moments before Peter cleared his throat and asked, "So, Ginevra, what do you have first?"

Ginny shuddered a little at his voice and refused to meet his eyes. "Erm," she said, staring at the sheet, "I have… Charms."

"Cool, so do James and Sirius," Remus said. "May I see your schedule?"

"Sure," she chirped, giving it to him.

"You have the same classes as James and Sirius except for Arithmancy," he noted.

"Wow, you're taking Arithmancy? Isn't it insanely difficult?" James sputtered.

"No, not really," Ginny said casually. "I mean I had help the first year, but after that, it was basically the same thing with a little added here and there. I only took it because my parents wanted me to anyways."

"Cool," Remus remarked in an admiring tone. "Well, classes start in five minutes. We should get going."

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"You can sit be me if you like because James has to save a seat for Lily," Sirius offered when they entered the Charms classroom.

"Is Lily his girlfriend?"

"Yeah," Sirius chuckled, "girlfriend in his dreams, Lily hates James."

"So why does he have to save a seat for her?"

"Oh, he thinks that she may sit there if no other seat is open," Sirius explained, "but looks like he's out of luck." Ginny followed Sirius' eyes until they came to a redhead, Lily. Just as Ginny spotted her, she sat down next to a girl in the front row.

"Ouch," said Ginny as Professor Flitwick began his lecture.

"Now today, class, we will be experimenting the Aguamenti Charm. You learned of this charm already, but now you must control it. The trick is…" Ginny tuned out the rest of his lecture since she already had learned this spell from Harry after the Battle of the Tower. After a while, Flitwick cleared his throat, which brought Ginny out of her thoughts, and said, "You will be pairing up to practice this charm. The pairs will be Snape and Crabbe, Weasley and Longbottom, Potter and Evans," Sirius gave James a high five and smirked, Lily on the other hand looked like she would rather have died than be partners with James, "and Black and Philips. Take a goblet and practice filling it. You all know the countercharm so use it to dry the goblet after each turn." After the professor was done, they went to work.

"So, Ginny, do you have any siblings, pets?" asked Sirius

"Yeah, I have 6 older brothers, a puffskein named Arnold, and a black lab named Babe. How about you?"

"I have a little brother, but this past holiday, I emancipated myself and went to James's house so now I live there." Sirius sighed and cast the charm at the goblet they were working with. Immediately water flowed from the tip of his wand.

"Why did you leave?"

" My parents– they were pureblood freaks that only cared about–"

"Little more work and less talk, you two," squeaked Flitwick as he scuttled past them.

"Yes, Professor," they muttered in unison as Sirius dried up the water in the goblet and held it out for Ginny to fill.

"So do you like pulling pranks?"

"Yeah, it's kind of hard not to, considering I live with my brothers and whatnot," said Ginny, chuckling at the memories.

Sirius face broke into a large smile. "Maybe you could help us sometime, and let me guess, you play Quidditch, too," he said sarcastically.

Ginny opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted by a loud, frustrated "Potter!" from the front of the room. Both she and Sirius smiled even wider and shook their heads. Still chuckling a little, she said, "Actually, I do. I was on the house team at my old school."

"No way! I was just joking," said Sirius, laughing. "Which position do you play?"

"Chaser and Seeker but mostly Chaser."

"Wow, you should try out for the team. Trials are on Saturday. I play Beater, and James is Captain."

"Yeah, I think I will," said Ginny, silently wishing that she could stay here for a while.

Flitwick's high-pitched voice disrupted their conversation as he waved his wand and all the goblets emptied themselves. "Alright, class, tonight you will have no homework because you preformed so well. I will see you all tomorrow." The bell rang. "Class dismissed."

Ginny's eyes shifted to James and Lily when she heard him call out, "Goodbye, Lily!"

Lily looked even more flustered than she did earlier. She gritted her teeth and said, "Don't even talk to me," before brushing past him.

James glanced back at them, a look of confusion plastered on his face. "What did I do?"

Sirius shrugged. "I don't know, but I think I found an answer to your little problem."

"Which one, Lily or Quidditch?"

"Quidditch," Sirius stated in an obvious tone as the group walked out into the corridor and met Remus and Peter. "There's no answer to the other one."

James ignored the Sirius' last remark and looked astonished. "Seriously?"

"Yup," said Sirius, watching James' eyes light up. "Meet Ginevra."

"We already met her this morning, you dunderhead," Remus called from behind them.

"Oh yeah," murmured Sirius. "Well, what you didn't know is that she plays Quidditch."

"Which position?"

Ginny started to reply, but Sirius cut her off in his excitement. "She plays Chaser and Seeker."

"Seriously?" asked James.

"Of course," she said quickly, beating Sirius to the answer. "My brothers taught me how to play back home."

"Well, why don't you come down to the pitch on Saturday for trials?"

"She already said that she'd be there."
"Awesome."

"Could you guys walk any slower?" Remus moaned. James and Sirius glanced at each other and slowed to an excruciating pace.

"C'mon, guys," chirped Peter. "We'll be late for Transfiguration, and I don't think McGonagall will be too happy about that." Still the two didn't speed up.

"Just go around them, Pete," Remus said, grabbing Ginny and pulling her in front of his friends. "We shouldn't have to get detentions because them." After a short pause, he pointedly added, "Again. You wonder what made Dumbledore make him Head Boy."

Ginny laughed a little and turned to see the rest of the gang behind them again, smirks planted on their faces. They turned into the classroom just as McGonagall called for attention.

"C'mon," Remus murmured, "you can sit with me." Ginny nodded her agreement and followed behind him.

McGonagall began her lesson on the theory behind vanishing liquids versus solids as she took her seat. After nearly half an hour, she called for them to pair off.

"Ginevra, be with me?" Sirius called to her.

She looked to Remus who was motioning Peter over. "Sure thing," she responded, moving her things to the other table.

The vanishing went smoothly enough. McGonagall passed between the desks, commenting here and critiquing there. Finally satisfied that everyone in the class could vanish the water, she dismissed the class, forgoing the usual essay. Ginny waved goodbye to the guys and went to Arithmancy.

As she entered the small classroom, she scanned the tables. The only empty seat was at the front of the room. Quickly, she made her way over and dropped into the chair.

"Hello," said the girl next to her, smiling brightly and absentmindedly playing with her red hair, "I'm Lily Evans."

"I'm Ginevra Philips," said Ginny.

Lily tilted her head and studied Ginny for a few moments before a look of recognition came across her face. "I remember you!" she said. "I saw you with Potter and his minions."

"Er, yeah," said Ginny, knowing that Lily despised them, " I really don't have any other friends here. I just transferred from St. Accarpo's."

Again, Lily stared at her as if trying to remember something she had long forgotten. "St. Accarpo's?" she finally questioned.

"It's a very private school in America," Ginny was quick to answer.

"Oh." Lily nodded. "Well, you should come eat dinner with me. I'll introduce you to the girls."

Ginny smiled widely. "I'd love that," she whispered as the professor entered the room.

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After classes, Ginny headed down to dinner, where she saw Lily waving at her and pointing to the bench next to her. Ginny went over to her and took a seat next to her.

"Ginevra, this is Alice," Lily said in a kind tone, waving her hand in the direction of a young witch. It was Neville's mum, but she wasn't how Ginny remembered her. This Alice had thick brown hair that came only a bit passed her ears and blue eyes filled with energy and excitement.

"Guys, this is Ginny. She just transferred here."

"Nice to meet you" was the all around greeting as the group welcomed her. Ginny looked around and saw the Marauders sitting farther down the table. James was staring fervently at Lily and didn't seem to notice that she was sitting there.

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Later in the common room, Ginny was sitting by her self near the fire doing her potions homework.

"Hey Ginevra, what are you doing?" asked James.

"Potions homework. Why?" asked Ginny.

"Well you know how you said that you like to prank people," said Sirius.

"Yes," said Ginny.

"Well how would you like to help us with one on Snape you know the greasy black haired git," said Sirius.

"Sure I'll help. What do I need to do?" asked Ginny.

"You need to make a distraction so Snape won't see that us charming is robes to make shampoo and conditioner fallow him," said Remus.

"That's sound fun," said Ginny.