I do not own Harry Potter.

The train ride was uneventful after that prank just outside of the station. No one knew who did it, so everyone just brushed it off. Except those realizing they couldn't get the color off of themselves. But no more pranks were pulled.

Delaney walked back to the compartment she shared with her friends. She had gone off to the washroom to change into the rest of her uniform. The boys had opted to just change together. She knocked on the door as waited for them to open the door. Remus was the one that did. "Welcome back." He stepped aside and let her in.

Delaney stepped in and wasn't too surprised to see them still dressed similarity to what they were wearing before, but now in their uniforms. James looked like a noble, Sirius was dressed in expensive but wrinkly things, and Peter dressed as properly as he could.

"Uniforms, cute or dreadful?" Sirius asked in a light tone.

Delaney looked at all of the boys as they all thought for a moment. "What are you doing?"

"Sirius is digging to see what type of girls we find attractive." Remus explained to the girl as she sat down beside the Black heir.

"Cute." James replied. "There's just a charm about it."

"Well I think skirts are dreadful." Delaney replied as she tucked her skirt under her knees. "I'm more worried about it flying up than where I am going."

"Cute!" Sirius declared loudly. "Plain or patterned?"

Delaney stomped on the boy's foot, a bit lighter than she normally would have for such a comment. "Pervert." She kept a glare on her face as Sirius gave her a large grin.

"What about you Remus?" James asked the boy sitting across from Delaney and Sirius.

Remus looked towards the window, not wanting to see how Delaney would react. "Dreadful. If it makes them uncomfortable then they shouldn't be forced to wear them. They should be allowed to wear what they would like to. Be it trousers or skirts."

"True. A nice pair of tight trousers could be rather cute as well." Sirius chuckled as Delaney punched his arm. "What about you? Do you think uniforms on boys are cute or dreadful?"

Delaney paused at the question. "It's not like I'm thinking about that at my age. But I guess I don't mind it. It gives you a chance to get to know someone for who they are and not what they have."

"We have philosophers in our group." James joked while looking between Remus and Delaney. "What about you Peter?"

"Cute." Peter answered almost immediately. "It let's you compare their body shape." Peter gave a small yelp as Delaney kicked his leg.

Delaney let out a sigh. "If I had known you all were a bunch of perverts I would have saved a bomb for the lot of you."

"But you like us." Sirius sang as he nudged the brunette. "Admit it, we've grown on you."

"I admit to no such thing." Delaney couldn't help the smile that crept onto her face, Sirius was like a little puppy some times. she looked out the window and noticed the large castle lit up in the dark. "Is that it?" They all looked out the window and stared in wonder.

It didn't take long for the train to come to a halt and for them all to disembark. Everyone went up the hill to where there were carriages. But the first years were directed down towards the docks. A teacher stood with a lamp waiting for them. "Welcome First Years. As a tradition here at Hogwarts, First Years arrive at the school by traveling over the Black Lake. Stay inside the boat at all times. There are things in the deep that are not so friendly."

Delaney and her friends managed to all fit inside one boat. Once they were all seated in the boat, it began to float towards the castle on it's own. Peter sat at the front, holding the lantern to their boat. All eyes were focused on the castle, watching it come closer.

Once they docked at the boat house below the castle, they were led up many stairs towards the main part of the castle. They were stopped outside a pair of large double doors. Standing in front of the doors was a woman with a stern look on her face. "Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. Through these doors is the Great Hall, inside you will join the rest of the students and be sorted into your houses."

Everyone listened as the woman continued. "The houses are, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. While you are here your houses will be like your family. Good deeds will earn you points, any rule breaking and you will loose points. The house with the most points by the end of the year will win the house cup." Chatter crawled through the first years as they discussed which house they wanted to be in. "Follow me."

Everyone became silent as the large double doors opened and they walked into the large room. Candles floated above them in what looked like the night sky. They all came to a stop at the foot of a small stage. "Gather around here." The professor instructed them. "As I call your name, you will come forward, I will place the sorting hat onto your head and you will be sorted into your houses."

"Which house do you want to be in?" Sirius asked his friends as they waited for their turn.

"Gryffindor. It's were a Potter belongs." James replied confidently.

"I would like that as well." Peter replied quietly.

Delaney didn't know much about the houses. "I'm fine with any as long as we stay friends."

"Sirius Black." They all got quiet as Sirius stepped up to the stool and took a seat. The hat was placed on his head and it paused in thought. A few moments passed before the hat spoke again. "GRYFFINDOR!"

A mix of clapping and whispering rang through the Hall as Sirius got up and took his place among the other students of House Gryffindor. Delaney could see Sirius' cousin was not pleased. Nor were many of the students sitting at the far table.

"Looks like Gryffindor is the place to be." James replied as a few more students were sorted. A boy to Slytherin, a girl to Hufflepuff, and another girl to Ravenclaw.

"Remus Lupin." Remus took a deep breath as he walked up and took a seat on the stool. He became a bit worried as the hat was placed on his head. Would it not sort him because he was a werewolf? Before he could even finish his thought, the hat spoke up. "GRYFFINDOR!"

None at the Gryffindor table cheered more loudly than Sirius. Remus let out a sigh as he got up and joined his friend at their house table.

"Delaney Mavis." Delaney blinked as her name was called. She was more nervous than scared. What if the hat put her in a different house? She sat down and waited for the hat to make it's decision.

'Another pup amongst the sheep.' Delaney looked around to see who had spoken. 'I'm on your head child. And I see what you think. Cunning you are, but not for your own gain. A leader you most certainly are, but there is things to be learned in following.'

Delaney frowned as the hat spoke, did everyone experience this? It certainly didn't look like it. 'I know where you should go.' The sounds of the Great Hall returned, making Delaney realise just how quiet it had been before. "GRYFFINDOR!" Cheers erupted as the hat was removed from her head and she joined Sirius and Remus at the Gryffindor table.

Delaney sat down across from the two boys. "That was interesting. Did that hat talk to you?"

"Yep." Sirius replied. "But since it's in your head it happens really fast. And all anyone ever hears is which house he puts you into."

"GRYFFINDOR!" The table cheered again as Peter joined their table and sat down beside Remus.

"James Potter." They all looked to see their friend take a seat on the stool. The hat hadn't even left the professor's grip before it put him into a house. "GRYFFINDOR!"

Delaney joined in the cheering as James took the seat beside her and completed their group. "Well, that was easy." James commented as they all chuckled. "Hopefully we all get to share a dorm room."

"You all will get to. I have to get along with the girls." Delaney spoke up as the hat called out another Gryffindor. "Looks like there is another."

The girl had long red hair and took the seat beside James. "Hi, I'm Lily." She offered her hand as a friendly greeting.

James happily accepted her hand. "James. Welcome to Gryffindor."

"Same to you." The girl replied before turning her attention back to the sorting.

"Cute little birds everywhere." Sirius comments as he looked up and down the table. "When do you suppose the feast is suppose to start?"

"If you were patient you wouldn't ask." Remus commented as the last few students were sorted. It was then that a man with a long white beard got up form his seat. "Who's that?"

The room grew quiet as they watched the old man. "Let the feast begin." With a wave of his hand, the tables became covered in food. Various meat dishes, salads, soups, and even cakes and puddings.

"I could get used to this." Sirius commented as he began filling his plate.

Delaney stared in awe at the amount of food in front of her. The food on the Gryffindor table alone could feed her village easily. She grabbed a few drumsticks and took a bite of the meat. It was well seasoned and juicy. "The cooks are really good at their jobs."

"House Elves usually are." James replied as he began eating. "The school has a lot of them. They do pretty much everything."

Delaney nodded as James explained. She didn't really understand the need for a house elf, but the school was rather large. At least there was more than one of them to do the work. She looked over at Remus and noticed him only munching on a few things. "You okay Remus?"

Remus looked up from his small plate of food to see his friends looking at him with a bit of worry. "Yeah, just not that hungry. Ate too much chocolate on the train."

"That was hours ago." Sirius mused as he placed a drumstick on his friend's plate. "Meat helps. Makes you stronger." He joked as he nudged Remus' shoulder.

"You'll feel better afterwards if you eat properly." Delaney commented as she got some salad. Her father always teased her about loving her vegetables. Her mother would always give her a treat if she ate all of her veggies. Eventually she grew to love them. "You need the energy."

Remus nodded as he continued eating, not complaining when anyone would put one extra bit of food onto his plate. A smile crept onto his face when Delaney pushed a chocolate pudding towards him. His friends definitely knew how addicted to chocolate he was.

"Welcome to the Gryffindor Common room." Delaney stared in awe at the plush room that the prefect had led them into. "This room is open for anyone in the Gryffindor house to stay in. You will find your dorms up those stairs. Boys to the left, girls to the right. You'll find all of your belongings have already been brought up."

Delaney followed the boys up the stairs and parted ways with them to go to the girl's dorm. She found her things in a room with four other girls. "Looks like we will be rooming together." Delaney spoke up as she sat on her bed. "I'm Delaney."

"I'm Lily. You were sitting with James and his friends at dinner." Delaney smiled at the red haired girl in the bed beside hers. "Did you meet them on the train?"

"I did. I met Remus when we were shopping for school supplies. He was sitting with them, so I joined them." Delaney was glad that the girls were easy to make friends with.

"What's Black like?" Another girl asked as she joined the conversation. "I heard he's a complete flirt. Not to mention he's from a dark family. Shouldn't he be in Slytherin or something?"

"Really Julie? A cute boy that's heir to his family gets put into your house, and you wish he wasn't?" A girl with blond hair spoke up. "Either way, can't change his house now. I'm Ellie by the way. Julie here has been my best friends since we were kids."

The four girls looked towards the fifth girl in their room. She had bushy brown hair that looked like a frizzy mess. "I'm Kristin. I don't know anyone, I'm a muggle-born."

"So am I." Lily added with excitement. "I thought I was the only one."

"Ellie and I are Purebloods, but not any old families." Julie spoke as she leaned on a bedpost. "What about you?"

Delaney stared at everyone as they looked to her for her answer. "I guess I'm a half-blood. My mom was a witch, but my dad knew about the wizarding world."

"Was he a squib?" Ellie asked in curiosity. "A lot of squibs leave the wizarding world so they don't feel so out of place. Would explain why you would think he was a muggle. Muggles aren't suppose to know about the wizarding world." Delaney nodded, not really paying attention to the details.

"I'm going to bed. Good night." Kristin spoke quietly as she crawled onto her bed and shut the curtains.

Slowly the other girls followed suit. Delaney shut the curtains to her bed, crawling under the covers of the warm, fluffy bed. She snuggles into the blankets with a sigh, the bed was perfectly comfy. 'I could get used to this.'

And they are sorted! Anyone surprised at where I put Delaney?

Since there isn't a list of who was in the same years as the Marauders, I made up a lot of characters. Not all of them will turn out to be of any importance, but there will be a few people that will.