Remus's POV
I was talking to some first years when Lily came storming towards me. "Remus, I have no idea why you hang out with that bloody bugger. And why the hell did I let you convince me that he had change? You told me he wasn't chasing after girls anymore. That he was different now that he was head boy. But not even 30 minutes on the train and he already has a new girl on his lap. Seems like the same old James Potter to me!" she yelled at me. I sighed, wondering what exactly what James had done this time. Lily stormed off before I could do anything or say anything. I glanced at the first years I had previously been talking to. They stared off in the direction Lily had gone in fear. That I could understand, Lily was a frightening person when she was angry.
"That was Lily Evans. She's the head girl. She is normally quite a nice person, but she has some issues with the head boy, James Potter," I explained to them. "Don't worry about it though, she'll never hurt you." They looked at me with skepticism in their eyes. I sighed, well at least I tried. I waved good-bye and wondered around the train making sure everyone behaved themselves. The train ride went by quicker than I thought it would, I saw no signs of Lily. Most likely she was plotting Prongs's slow and painful death by now.
I found James, Sirius, and Peter waiting for me by a carriage when I disembarked. I headed towards them and before they could say anything I looked at James. "What the bloody hell did you do to Lily?" I asked him, as we all piled into the carriage.
"It wasn't me. It was that bloody insane new transfer student," James said. He had been talking about some new transfer student from Durmstrang earlier. He said something about the student being some creepy guy that was going to be sullen and unfriendly. "She isn't at all what I thought she'd be like." Wait… did he just say she? I thought the transfer was a guy. I mentally shrugged and waited for James to continue. "This girl is out of her mind. I just suggested that me, Prongs, and Wormy sit with her. Then she turns and pulls me into the compartment yelling something about not being Asian. And then she grabs my hand and Taylor's hand and said we were her new best friends." I raised an eyebrow. If Taylor and James were ever even civil to each other then the world would end. If that girl wasn't already insane, she would be if she tried to get Taylor and James to get along. "Yeah I know. But then she pushes me into a seat and sits on my lap. I tried to push her off, I honestly did. But she wraps my arms around her and held them like that. Then Sirius and Peter come in taking the other empty seats and I was stuck with her on my lap. Mate, it was insane. Then my Lily-kins came in and started yelling at me. When she stomped off I tried to chase after her but that's hard to do with a bloody person sitting on your lap. That girl is crazy I'm telling you," James said, concluding his story.
I glanced at Sirius who just shrugged and said, "I thought she was kind of cute. And she has a sense of humor. The only flaw she had, was she left with Taylor, a Slytherin."
James sent Sirius a glare. "You're not suppose to defend the crazy person. You're supposed to be on my side."
I rolled my eyes; Prongs could be such a child sometimes. "Did anyone happen to catch her name?" I asked, not wanting to keep calling her crazy girl or transfer student.
James and Sirius glanced at each other. "Brianna… wait that's not right," James said.
"Brenda…? Nope, that's not it."
"Betsy…?"
"Barbra…?"
"Bonny…?"
"Belinda…?"
"Brandy…?"
"Bella…?"
"Bethany…?" I rolled my eyes. They had no idea what it was.
"Brittanie Rose Adams," Peter said, almost in a whisper.
Padfoot and Pongs stared at him, and then said in unison, "Yeah, that was it."
"Thanks Peter. At least someone knows how to remember the girl's name. That's kind of a pretty name," I said, thoughtfully.
"She's a pretty girl," Sirius said with a grin on his face.
"She's an insane girl! Have we forgotten that?" James said, scowling at us.
I laughed. "You just don't like her because she made Evans angry at you," I said, grinning when he scowled at me.
"Shut it, Moony," he said as we arrived at Hogwarts castle.
"Did she say if she knew what house she was in?" I asked, thinking they would at least remember that even if they couldn't remember her name. The three boys shook their heads.
"I think she said something about being sorted after the feast in the headmaster's office," Sirius added, after thinking about it for a few seconds. "I rather liked the girl; I just hope she doesn't end up in Slytherin."
We headed into the castle and were met by our fellow Gryffindors at our table. The new girl was forgotten about. The feast seemed to fly by after the sorting of the first years. Before you knew it was time for us to head up to our dormitories and get some sleep. I had the first round of prefect duties tonight so after I dropped the first years off I was to wonder around the castle.
Shortly after dropping the younger students off, I was doing my rounds when I ran into a girl. We both fell to the ground. Her long light brown hair fell into her face. "Oh… sorry about that," she said. I stood and offered her my hand. "Thanks," she said, grabbing on to my hand. Once we were both standing she tucked her hair behind her ear and I found the most brilliant purple eyes staring back at me.
"You have purple eyes," I said, before I could stop myself. I'm sure that made me seem most intelligent.
She smiled and nodded her head. "Yeah, I'm the only one in my family. Everyone thinks I'm a Metamorphmagus, but I'm really not," she explained. "Maybe you can help me though. I'm supposed to be in Professor Dippet's office and I'm hopelessly lost." She looked at me, helplessly.
I smiled, as I realize who she was. "You must be the new transfer student. The headmaster's office is this way. I'll show you," I began walking away.
"My name is Brittanie Rose Adams. You know about me?" she asked, running to catch up with me. Once she was walking next to me continued, "Has everyone been talking about me or something?"
I laughed and shook my head. "No, that's not it at all. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Remus Lupin. You met my three best mates on the train, I believe. I am the fourth marauder."
Her face lit up with understanding. "Oh… you're the one that was doing prefect duties while I was getting James in trouble with some red-head. Was that his girlfriend?" she asked, obviously curious.
I laughed, "He wishes that was his girlfriend. That was Lily Evans. James has been trying to get her to date him since we were first years. All he manages to do is piss her off though. And I'm sure it was his own fault that he got in trouble."
She shook her head and smiled mischievously. "Nope, I pushed him down and sat on his lap. If it wasn't for me doing that, she wouldn't be mad at him. So see I did get him in trouble," she said, as I came to a stop in front of the stone gargoyle.
I stared at her in shock. James was actually telling the truth. "Well this is the entrance." I turned to the gargoyle and said, "Chocolate Chip Cookies." The gargoyle opened and the staircase was revealed. "Professor Dippet's office is just up those stairs. It was nice talking to you, I'll see you around." I said, heading away from her. Sirius was right though, she is pretty. Actually, beautiful would be the better thing to say. Those purple eyes of hers made her uniquely different from any other girl at Hogwarts.
"Thanks, Lupin!" she yelled after me, before hurrying up the staircase. I continued my rounds that night, thinking of her. Her light brown hair seemed to make her violet eyes, seem even purpler. When I finally made it into bed, those eyes followed me into my dreams.
Well I hope you like it so far.
I haven't even started chapter 3 so it might take a few days before it gets uploaded.
I'm hoping to make the chapters longer, but I'm not going to promise anything.
If I force myself to make them longer, I'll feel like this story is more of a chore than fun.
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