"Marauders, I proudly present to you Miss Wingy, a snowy owl Animagus. I guess she's officially part of the Marauders now, isn't she?"

They all agreed, still dumbfounded after my bomb. I nodded to my sister, wanting her to change back. The owl glared at me, then stared at the pile of clothes surrounding it. I then realized… Pea is a girl. We happen to be boys. When she morphs back, she'll be naked. I looked at the others with murder in my eyes.

"Guys, get out."

James, as thick as he always is, was surprised.

"Why?"

"Pea is a girl. She has the right to privacy!"

Remus and Peter both had the decency to turn bright red, and Moony even dragged the two boys outside. They could be so thick, sometimes. I then looked at Pea, or Ms. Wingy, and she changed back into herself.

"Your friend James is thick."

I laughed and agreed. She took out her uniform, as did I. While she got dressed, I took something out of my trunks I had been keeping for her since the end of my first year. When she turned around, I held out my first Gryffindor tie.

"Even if you become a Snake, you'll always have some Lion in you, you'll always be my favorite Pea."

Pea's POV

Tears welled up in my eyes. I knew how important this tie was to Sirius, it marked the day he had broken free from our parent's pure-blood Slytherin grasp. Hands shaking, tears rolling down mine and Sirius's faces, I put the tie on and hid it under my collar, so no one would see it, but we'd both know where it was. After that, I jumped into Sirius's arms, sobbing. He caught me in his arms and we stayed like that until someone opened the compartment door, and who came in but Regulus. My other brother. Who hated his older brother's guts as much as Sirius hated Reg's. Sirius clenched his jaw as Reg did the same, and I couldn't help but notice how much they were alike.

"You know, Cassie, you should stay with worthier people next time you ride the train."

I turned all red and next thing I knew, I was yelling my lungs off. This was too much. First our parents made Sirius sound as if he had killed a man, or better, had killed a pure-blood, now Reg copied them. I couldn't stand it anymore.

"WORTHIER PEOPLE? BECAUSE YOU THINK YOU FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY? AS FAR AS I KNOW, IF I WAS TO STAY WITH 'WORTHIER PEOPLE' I WOULD STAY WITH WHO I AM, BECAUSE JAMES, PETER, REMUS AND SIRIUS ARE WORTH TWENTY OF YOU AND ALL YOUR PURE-BLOOD FRIENDS, AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR LINEAGE! BLOOD DOESN'T MAKE YOU WHO YOU ARE, YOU ACTIONS DO! AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE FEW MINUTES I SPENT WITH REMUS (who walked in, hearing his name, arching an eyebrow, but I didn't notice), WHO IS HALF-BLOOD, MAKES HIM PURER THAN ANY OF US! PETER, WHOSE MOTHER IS MUGGLE, AND PETER DOESN'T KNOW HIS FATHER, MIGHT BE MUGGLE-BORN, IS PURER THAN YOU! I DESPISE YOU, REGULUS, YOU AND ALL OF OUR FAMILY, BESIDES UNCLE ALPHARD AND SIRIUS, I EVEN DESPISE MYSELF FOR BEING PART OF THE BLACK FAMILY!"

I stopped yelling and Reg backed out the door. Remus looked at me and smiled.

"Well, well, Pea, you seem to have a nice pair of lungs!"

We all burst out laughing, and we didn't stop until we got to the Hogwarts platform. Sirius then led me outside up to where a huge, bearded man stood, surrounded by first years.

"Hagrid, this is Cassiopeia, aka Pea. She's my little sister, it's her first year at Hogwarts."

The giant looked at me and smiled. I already loved him!

"Oho, so this is lil' Pea? Yup, Sirius here told me all 'bout yah, from yah birthday to yah favorite color, 1st of June an' burgundy."

I looked at Sirius and he was all red in the face. If looks could kill, Hagrid would be long gone. The game keeper led all the first years to a dock where a ton of long, thin black boats were waiting. I got in the first one, followed by a blond-haired girl, a pink- haired girl (I loved her color! Too cool) and a brown-haired girl. I asked them their names and the blond one answered in a dreamy voice:

"Pandora… and you?"

"I'm Cassiopeia, but call me Pea or Cassie, I hate my name!"

The other girl giggled.

"Yeah, I can sort of see why! I'm Alice, by the way. You can call me Al, or Lice, I don't quite care!"

The pink-haired girl was last.

"I'm Nymphadora Tonks. Call me Tonks, you can see why."

We all nodded and I hoped they would all be sorted into Gryffindor with me. We all gasped at the magnificent castle standing before our eyes. I then fully realized it would be my home for the next seven years. That's long! Once we got to the quay, Tonks tripped over Alice's feet, pushed Pandora who made me topple. We all fell into a heap of giggling limbs, and we couldn't get up so Hagrid had to pick us up. We caught up with the other first years just in time to walk into the Great Hall. There, Professor McGonagall called our names, and obviously I was called first, my name starting with the Letter "B".

"Cassiopeia Black!"