Okay, thanks to everybody who has taken an interest in reading my fic. Sorry that the prologue was short but I promise chapters will be longer and much better. Pleeeeeease review if you get the chance even if its short, I just want confirmation that this fic is a little interesting to other people.

Disclaimer: I am making no money off this writing or else I would have bought a plane ticket to London ASAP.

Author's note: In the Prologue I put Embre down as being in her sixth year before she went to France, but she was actually supposed to have been in her fourth year at Hogwarts. So she just completed her fifth year and will be in her sixth year when she returns to Hogwarts again. Sorry for the confusion. Also, this will be an OC/Sirius fic.

Disclaimer: I am making no money off this writing or else I would have bought a plane ticket to London ASAP.

Ch 1:

Embre ran up to the back door to her house and turned the handle so she was once again standing in the small tidy kitchen. She smiled at the sight of the old rusting kettle on the stove and all the other little things she came back to every year after the school term finished.

"Dad, Remus, I'm back," she called happily as she walked out into the cozy living room of the house. She heard the sounds of somebody approaching her from the hallway that adjoined to the room and turned around to see her father enter.

"My goodness, can that be my daughter?" Mr. Lupin inquired with play skepticism. " I sent away a pretty little blond girl and got back a young woman and with brown hair and strange highlights that look like caramel. Young woman but could it be you have the wrong residence?"

"No I'm quite sure daddy," Embre said feeling tears come to her eyes as she embraced the tall sandy haired man who her brother Remus looked so much like.

" My Em," Mr. Lupin whispered as he kissed his daughter's hair. "How you've grown up."

"I missed you so much," Embre said smelling chocolate on his shirt like always. "I've never been so happy to be home."

"You missed seeing Remus and those daft lads I think," he laughed breaking away to get a better look at her. "I cannot believe how changed you are."

"Do you like it?" she asked nervously.

"Of course. But I'm just happy enough to have you at home. It was rough being by myself without you and Remus all year but then to have you stay in France another month, I almost decided to come get you myself."

"I wouldn't doubt it," Embre giggled then inquired, "Isn't Remus here?"

" Oh you know how he is when school let's out. Always going over to James' place. He was supposed to be back here in time to meet you but he must be up to something extremely enticing if he couldn't get here on time," he replied in irritation.

"I'm sure Remus has a good reason for not being here," Embre said feeling disappointed at not getting to see her brother immediately.

"He probably just lost track of the time."

"Well I told him to be here for you and he'd better have a reason for not being here. Seventeen or not he can take time to see his family and leave those boys to throw dungbombs by themselves for a few hours," Mr. Lupin insisted firmly yet still with fondness. He took his daughter by the hand and led her into the kitchen. "Your Hogwarts letter arrived already," he said gesturing to the counter as he went about filling the kettle.

Embre broke the seal on the letter and read a short message from Dumbledore congratulating her on her return to England and inquiring if she knew the French word for Spumoni ice cream before all the supplies she would need for the upcoming school year were listed.

"So," her father said as he took the shrieking kettle off the stove, "Tell me more about the unicorn you studied."

"Dad I must have written you dozens of letters about the unicorns. We can talk about something else," Embre said.

" Alright, I just thought you might like to talk about animals since you've loved them since you were two, and nothing exciting happened to me and your brother this Summer," Mr. Lupin said bringing two cups of tea to the table where they both sat down. "Besides I'm curious to find out what else they taught you at that charm school," he teased.

"Oh, nothing interesting," she replied thinking about the lesson where she had learned how to ride a broom much like sidesaddle for horse riding with her ankles crossed. "So, have they said what teams will be playing in the quidditch finals?"

Remus checked the looked up from the chessboard on the ornate table in front of him to see the antique grandfather clock in the Potter's living room read quarter after one.

"Knight to G1," James Potter instructed his playing piece.

"Good move Prongs. Now you've really got him on the run," Sirius Black commented as he lounged in a chair reading a quidditch magazine.

"Just go back to trying to sound out the long words Padfoot," James remarked.

"I've been doing that since second year."

"You keep telling yourself that."

"I have to get home guys. Sorry James, I can't stay to finish the game," Remus said standing up and heading to the door.

"Moony, you can't leave. You haven't finished James off with no mercy yet," Sirius said.

"Aren't you supposed to be pretending to read?" James said in annoyance.

"As much as I'd love to stay and listen to you to throw insults back and forth all afternoon, I want to be at home when Embre arrives back," Remus replied dryly.

"Alright! Our mascot's coming home," Sirius exclaimed with a huge grin.

"How nice for my sister," Remus said giving his friend a puzzled look.

"I found the crisps," Peter Pettigrew exclaimed walking in with a bowl full of salty snacks and joining them. "What'd I miss?"

"Apparently our 'mascot' is back in the country," James said smirking at Sirius.

"Embre's home!" Peter said as the information clicked.

"My gods, I feel so sorry for Em, tagging along with us four years," James said shaking his head in amazement.

"She never was a true marauder though," Peter said.

"She was never a marauder because a.) she's a girl, and b.)Moony was smart enough not to want his sister corrupted by the likes of us," Sirius remarked with a grin.

"Bloody right. See you all later," Remus said walking into the foyer and walking out of the house.

"So can you guys believe we'll finally be Seventh Years?" Peter said excitedly.

"What I can't believe, is that Prongs is still going on about bloody Evans," Sirius replied with a smirk. "I mean my gods man it's been three years!"

"Well at least I don't snog half the girls in school without bothering to learn their names," James shot back.

Sirius grinned wickedly. "Good times."

"You really are such a dog Padfoot," James said in amusement, "You really should make the change permanent."

"If you find me a decent working flea color I might just do that Prongs," Sirius replied making the other two marauders laugh.

Embre loved being home again. She and her father had been sitting for nearly an hour just talking and laughing like they always did when she would come home from school. He'd insisted she tell him about her studies again so she was forced to talk about the interesting curriculum she had taken and being sure to leave out the activities she had learned in etiquette class. Then she talked animatedly about seeing France and the different culture she had got to experience. She didn't mention everything that had happened at Beauxbatons like the fact that she had talked to people but made no really close friends, or the fact that she could successfully become an animagus, and one other important detail that she wasn't anxious to tell her protective father or brother about.

"Sounds like this did you some real good in going. Although it made me all nerves to think about my youngest going to a brand new school without your brother there to look after you," Mr. Lupin said just as the two of them heard the front door being opened.

"Hello? Dad?" Remus called as he walked inside.

"Remus!" Embre called jumping out of her seat and meeting her brother in the living room. When they met in the living room Remus looked taken aback at his little sister's new appearance.

"Em, you look so different," he said as a smile of astonishment fell over his face.

"Hopefully a good different," Embre said with a smile of her own as she walked to her brother's open arms for a hug. They hugged each other tightly to make up for their time separated but eventually parted to look at one another.

"You're brunette," Remus remarked.

"Nice of you to join us son," Mr. Lupin said appearing from the kitchen. "Did you have trouble getting home or were you caught up in a game of exploding snap?"

"Er…"

"Your sister was home an hour ago," Mr. Lupin supplied.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Em. I thought you were getting home an hour later," Remus said sheepishly.

"Didn't dad tell you what time I was coming?" Embre inquired in amusement.

"I thought we were going by the time change," Remus muttered in embarrassment to which Embre giggled and his father shook his head affectionately. "I would have been here sooner if I'd known."

"I know," Embre said reassuringly. "Why don't we sit down and you can tell me what the marauders have been doing without toilets to explode," Embre said jokingly.

"To be fair Sirius and James work alone when they explode toilets," Remus said informatively.

"I should hope so," Mr. Lupin said giving his son a knowing look before ruffling his hair and walking back into the kitchen. "You two want to grab fish and chips for supper?"

"Alright," Remus called.

"Yum. I missed fish and chips," Embre said feeling her stomach growl at the mention of the delicious native meal.

"So, er, wanna play exploding snap later tonight?" Remus inquired.

"No thanks. I remember the time you convinced me to play when I was seven and I lost both eyebrows," Embre said chastisingly.

"Oh yes, right……." Remus said nodding vigorously. Then he snorted and started to chuckle.

"It wasn't funny!" Embre protested by that time Remus' shoulders were shaking as he attempted to control his laughter. "Oh you are such a jerk,"Embre said crossing her arms over her chest and walking out of the room while Remus burst into laughter, clutching at his sides and bent over.

Two Months Later

"Bye dad," James called over his shoulder before pushing his cart through the barrier leading to platform nine and three quarters.

"See ya Mr. Potter," Sirius called as he followed James through the barrier.

The two boys emerged on the other side of the secret platform that was crowded with other students who were about to return to school and saying good-bye to parents.

"Mmm, I love the smell of new wands in the morning," Sirius said inhaling deeply as James shook his head.

"I swear to gods. Your mother so dropped you on your head."

"Actually my moneys on Kreacher being the dropper. I've always hated that little ponce and I think he has it in for me," Sirius replied thoughtfully. "Hey there's Moony!"

Sirius took off pushing his cart at a completely unsafe speed as he rode it like a steed. "Oy Remus!"

Remus turned around and smiled as he sidestepped Sirius' cart and James caught up.

"Alright Remus?" James inquired clapping his friend on the shoulder.

"You alright?" Sirius asked at his friend's sallow complexion as he leapt off his transportation.

"Nearly time for the full moon," Remus replied with a weak smile as he fell into step beside his friends.

"Ah, time for the return to the Shrieking Shack," James said with a grin.

"Has anyone seen Wormtail?" Remus said changing the subject.

"Oh you know Peter. He'll get here about the same time the train's pulling out," James said grinning at Sirius.

"Right, well I'm heading to the Prefect compartment. I'll meet up with you all later," Remus said as he continued pushing his cart along.

"Brilliant. I'll go with you," James said nonchalantly.

"Come again?"Remus asked quirking a brow.

James grinned and struck a pose. "Padfoot, Moony. Meet your Head Boy."

Sirius and Remus said nothing for a moment and then burst into laughter. James frowned at them as they found the idea of his being Head Boy so hilarious. "I'm not taking the piss!"

"That's a good one James," Sirius said not yet recovered from his bout of laughing.

"Wait a minute. I'm alarmed to say that I think he's not being funny," Remus said sobering but still smiling.

"I'm not trying to get a laugh out of you bloody pricks!"James scowled. "I'm being serious.Padfoot I swear to god if you say, 'No, I'm the only Sirius', I will make you do laps at quidditch practice until you can't walk straight."

"I do that in the morning after good nights too," Sirius remarked suggestively.

"You know what? I'll just assign your arse detention all year for being such a yob," James said optimistically.

"Actually, only teachers may officially assign detention James," Remus pointed out knowingly.

"He doesn't need to know that! Bloody hell Moony, whats the point of having power if you can't push it a little?" James said rolling his eyes.

"Should you ever decide to run for Minister of Magic, I advise you not to make that your campaign slogan,"Remus said dryly. "Now I suppose Prongs and I are going to the Prefect Compartment….together. That sounds unnatural."

"Who the hell am I going to sit with then?" Sirius whined with a mournful puppy expression on his face.

James shrugged. "Look for Wormtail. Maybe he'll break tradition and come early for a change.

"Just look for Embre. She's probably already boarded you can sit with her," Remus suggested to pacify his friend.

"Sounds gooood," Sirius saod perking up at the suggestion. "Just don't think you lot can skip male bonding time for these so called 'prefect duties'."

"Of course," Remus said soberly, followed by James' reply of, "Wouldn't dream of it."

"Glad we're on the same page," Sirius told them sternly.

"Oh most definitely. See you later Padfoot. Play nice with the other children," James said as he and Remus left. "No licking anybody!"

"Hey! I was a first year!" Sirius called back as he steered his cart towards the baggage compartment on the train. His friends shot him a knowing look which he deigned to ignore. Sirius took care of his things and boarded the train which brought on so many memories of the previous years he'd taken the Hogwarts Express back to the school that had so easily become home to him from all the learning, fun, and growing he'd done from inside those wall where some of the most brilliant witches and wizards studied magic.

"Bloody good times," he thought fondly as he searched for a compartment to sit in. He saw neither Peter nor Embre as he found himself in the back of the train. Finally he came to the end of the train and had his choice of either sitting with a girl he'd never seen reading a book or three anxious first years who looked like they would be losing their breakfast any minute now. Therefore he didn't have any regrets in deciding on joining the first compartment where the girl sitting inside was already in her robes. He noticed she was wearing the Gryffindor symbol on her robes, making him wonder how it was he didn't recognize her when she was in his house and looked to be around his age.

Sirius opened the door while the girl not noticing, kept on reading The Monster Book of Monsters. Not wanting to be rude to a pretty face he said, "Hope you don't mind if I join you."

The girl glanced up from her book and focused her warm brown eyes on Sirius as both of them recognized the other.

"Sirius!" Embre exclaimed as her face lit up.

"Em!?" Sirius gaped as a disbelieving smile fell over his handsome face. "I didn't even…get over here you!" he said grabbing her in a warm hug as her arms came around him.

He could barely believe just how much his friend's sister had changed while being away for a year. Now she had straight shoulder length espresso brown hair with caramel highlights instead of waist length blond. Even though in his opinion there had been nothing wrong with her figure before, he could see she had lost some weight and her clothing while not suggestive simply fit her better. And if he wasn't mistaken, she was wearing makeup that was very discreet and really just enhanced her lovely eyes.

"Blimey," Sirius said when they'd pulled apart. "I didn't recognize you at first. I don't know why, theres no forgetting a face like yours."

"You mean a boring face?" She replied half joking.

Sirius shrugged and smiled lazily. "I was going to say all around beautiful."

"Thanks," Embre said feeling herself blush.

Sirius knew she probably didn't believe him, decided not to press the matter even though he meant what he'd said. Not that he liked her that way or anything since she was Remus' sister, and Remus would kill him. Not only that but he never got involved with relationships and would never consider hurting Embre like that. Beyond that, there was also the fact that he had never thought of her like that, she was always just Remus' sister or a friend at best. Aside from that though he's always known she was beautiful in her own way. Now though…she was kind of sexy.

"Wha? Bad Sirius!" he thought.

"How's your Summer been?" Embre asked.

"S'alright. I'm glad to be going back even though the professors do have it in for us this year," Sirius replied. "How's France? Do they really eat frog legs?"

"I had a good time, but I declined from the frog legs," Embre said. "I will miss it there though."

"Ah, but I bet they didn't have quidditch at that shirty proper school," Sirius remarked.

"No they didn't," Embre admitted with a smile.

"Besides, you know you missed us marauders. Probably quite dull actually," Sirius said with a cheeky wink that made her giggle.

Suddenly the compartment door opened to reveal a flushed and panting Peter who exclaimed,"I made it!" before flopping onto the seat next to Sirius who slouched back in his seat attractively and put his arms behind his head.

"Forget to cast your self-waking charm Wormtail?" Sirius inquired innocently and quirking a brow.

"Yeah..sort of," Peter replied with his cheeks growing pink as he noticed the girl sitting opposite him. "Oh, I didn't realize you were sitting with anybody."

"Hello," Embre said flashing a smile at Peter.

"Hi. So, you're a Gryffindor too?" Peter said noticing the patch on her chest. Sirius frowned noticing how his friend's eyes were lingering on Embre's chest.

"Fer christsakes Wormtail. That's Embre!" Sirius snapped irritably.

Peter's mouth fell open. "Ah….Em….I-I-I,"

"It's okay Peter," Embre said. "I look a little different, but it's nice to see you again." Though she wasn't going to go as far as to hug him as they had never really been close with the way Peter was so dedicated to James and Sirius. Not that she really minded, as she had three other wonderful guys looking out for her.

"Wait, didn't James come here with you?" Embre asked Sirius.

"He boarded," Sirius assured her. "But you'll never guess where he's sitting."

For a good part of the train ride Sirius and Peter played exploding snap(both sides suffering flesh wounds) while Embre read more of her book which would grunt if the spine was not stroked periodically.

"Oww! Bleeding hell that stings," Sirius growled as he sucked on his singed finger.

"And yet you keep playing," Embre said in amusement.

"Well yeah."

Embre laughed quietly and glanced at the two boys. Peter was the same old Peter. Kind of pudgy, plain, and not the strongest personality of the marauders.

Then there was Sirius. He still looked as good as ever with his thick black shaggy hair that made him look reckless and sexy. Add that to a face featuring dark blue eyes, excellent cheekbones, and a mouth that was quite appealing whether pouting or smiling. As if that wasn't enough to make a girl swoon, he had a great figure from playing quidditch too. But, it wasn't just his looks that were so attractive. It was his playfulness, his confidence, and the complexity of his personality that made him so striking and turned more than a few female heads.

Sadly enough, Embre was on that long list of swooning girls. Or at least she had been, she reminded herself. Until she realized Sirius wasn't the type of guy who could have a steady relationship let alone look at her. Being a whole country away the previous year had definitely let Embre's pointless crush run its course. That, and having a secret French boyfriend definitely helped.

"Hey you lot," James said appearing leaning against the open doorway of the compartment.

"Uh-oh it's the Head Boy. Quick Wormtail, hide the firewhiskey and the porn," Sirius said mockingly.

"Does this mean James won't be doing any pranks with us from now on?" Peter said looking completely devastated.

"Of course not," Sirius scoffed. "James is a marauder first. Isn't that right Prongs."

James suddenly became very interested in his shoes and Sirius looked at him in horror.

"I can't help it Padfoot!" James said defensively.

"The hell you can't!"

"It's complicated."

"Oh really and why is that?" Sirius inquired skeptically.

"Well…er…Lily's the Head Girl."

"Yes and?"

"So I want to get off with her on the right foot this term," James said becoming exasperated.

"Hmm, funny. I thought you just wanted to 'get off' with her," Sirius shot back.

"Shut your mouth!"

"Piss off."

"Erm, congratulations James," Embre said awkwardly as James and Sirius glowered at each other.

James turned his head and blinked in surprise. "Em, my gods. Look at you!" James exclaimed as his mood drastically lightened. He pulled her into a hug and they both started laughing.

"It's so good to see you! And I can't believe you're Head Boy!" Embre said joyfully.

"I'll say," Sirius muttered.

"I can't believe you," James said when they broke apart. "You look so different. Looks like you're growing up on us," James said smiling down at the girl who he considered a sister.

James then sat down beside Sirius who moved over to accommodate him showing that their spat was over.

"So, I bet I'll beat Slytherin at every game this year," Peter said out of nowhere to be included in conversation.

"Especially since your mate here, is making us practice on bleeding Saturdays," Sirius said shooting James a dirty look.

"Don't be a prat," James said.

"I'm not being a prat. I just happen to like that quidditch on Saturdays should be illegal. Just like studying ahead for O.W.L.s," Sirius replied.

"This may come as a shock to you Padfoot," Remus commented suddenly from the doorway. "But most people do study ahead for O.W.L.s."

"How does that help?"

"How is it you haven't flunked any of your courses?"
Sirius smiled lazily and pointed to his head. "It's all up here."

"Anyway," Remus said rolling his eyes. "James, Lily wants you( Sirius made a gagging noise) back in the Prefect compartment. She says she wants us to be assembled when the train stops so we can direct first years."

"Hey Remus," Peter said as James rose.

"Managed to make it to the train again Wormtail?" Remus asked in amusement.

"Just barely I'll bet," James commented as he trudged after Remus.

"I still can't believe Dumbledore made Prongs Head Boy," Sirius said in disbelief. I mean we're talking about the bloke who came up with the idea for slipping regurgitation instantaneous potion into the Slytherin's breakfast."

Embre shook her head even though she was smiling and stared out the window. They were much closer than she had thought as the train began slowing down at that moment.

"Firs year's this way! C'mon firs years don be shy. This way!" Hagrid called through the misty damp air at the station.

"Hey Hagrid!" Embre waved as she passed the enormous man who she knew was just a giant teddy bear.

"Welcome back Embre! When ya've got a few minus ya can come over for a cuppa tea!" Hagrid waving to the young girl.

"See you later," Embre called.

When she finally climbed into a carriage, she felt strangely thrilled. Her previous years at Hogwarts had sometimes been difficult with getting teased and her less than high confidence. Maybe this year would be better. She was still hopeful as she stepped into the Great Hall.

Everything appeared so welcoming. The floating candles, the starry night sky on the ceiling, and the twinkling eyes of Professor Dumbledore made Embre feel even more confident. She promised herself that this would be a good year and have confidence and there's would be no stopping her from having a wonderful time in the coming year.

"Home sweet home, eh?" Sirius said coming up beside her to take a spot at the Gryffindor table. He looked around the room with a smile of pure happiness on his face as he recalled so many memorable times in this room alone.

Peter, Remus, and James joined them soon enough so that all the marauders and their mascot were seated together once more as the first years were sorted into their houses. Then when everyone all the new students were sorted and everyone was ravenous for food, Professor Dumbledore rose to make his beginning of term speech.

"Firstly, welcome first years, to Hogwarts," Dumbledore said smiling from behind his moon shaped spectacles. "Note that none of you may enter the Dark Forest. As I'm sure your Head Boy and Head Girl will agree," he said briefly shooting the marauders a pointed look as they nudged one another. "All returning students should be warned that the usual rules still apply. Also quidditch tryouts will be held two weeks from Saturday beginning at eight o'clock sharp in the morning. Lastly, if any of you have tried the new extended flavors of Bertie Botts every flavor beans I suggest caution, as I found out that the confections now include earwax flavor. That is all."

Without another word the headmaster resumed his seat and the tables became heavily laden with delicious food. Everybody piled their plates full of food. Some pushing the limits of their plates holding capacity. Like the marauders.

"Wow," Embre said in amazement as the four boys cleaned their plates at an alarming rate.

Remus swallowed rapidly to reply,"I'm surprised you aren't more ravenous after spending a year in a country where they serves calves brains and frog legs."

Sirius made a noise of disgust while Peter and James looked more then a little put off from their meals.

"That's disgusting Moony," James said.

"Disgusting but oh so true," Remus said returning his attention to food.

James went off about commanding Remus as Head Boy not to mention such disturbing facts at the table. Meanwhile Embre thought about Dumbledore mention of quidditch tryouts. In her earlier years at Hogwarts she would never have had the nerve to tryout for the Gryffindor team even though she loved quidditch. But this year, she would be going to tryouts. Even if she didn't make it on the team, she was at least going to try doing things that were fun this time around.

More to come soon. Hope you liked it and please review.