Chapter I + Maria White
"What do you want, Potter?" Lily Evans groaned. She was lounged in the common room, reading a book.
"Ahhh… Lily Evans reading a sappy love novel?" James Potter cried, plopping into the seat next to her. Lily rolled her emerald green eyes and continued reading.
"And he inched closer to her, she could practically feel his breath on her face…" James continued dramatically, eyeing Lily with his warm chocolate brown eyes.
"Shut up Potter, tell me what you are doing here before I hit you with this hardback!" Lily said.
"Just wanted to know the Charms homework." James said, running his hand over his already messy black hair. Lily sighed and looked at him weirdly.
"First, you're hair is already messy, no need to mess it more up. Second, there are no Charms homework…" Lily said, shaking her auburn red hair. "But there IS Transfiguration homework."
"Oh, then… help me with that." James nodded.
"You dingbat! I suck in Transfiguration! YOU should be helping me!" Lily cried.
"Oh right, then I will. So what do you want me to help you with again?"
***
"James, Grandma wants you to be home this Christmas." Alison Johnson said, waving the apple in her hand. Alison Johnson was James Potter's cousin from his mother's side. She was tall, with straight black hair and dark blue streaks. She had dark brown eyes and had broad shoulders, as she was seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team along with her cousin James who was a superb chaser.
"What? Oh, okay." James said absent-mindedly.
"THERE! FINISHED!" Lily said happily. James looked at her and smiled.
"James, did you hear what I said?" Alison sighed. James didn't answer.
"He's in Lily-land again." Alison muttered.
"I heard that!" Lily snapped. Alison grinned and bit into her apple.
"Did you? Well, you do know its true, right Lily?"
"It's not true. We hate each other. Right Potter?"
"Huh?" James said, snapping out of his trance. "Uh, yeah?"
"See Allie?" Lily said with triumph.
"Where are Sirius and Remus and Peter?" Alison asked, trying to change the subject.
"Don't know." James answered.
"You seem a bit oblivious, oh dear cousin." Alison snickered.
"Oh, really?" James said. "Hey where are the others?"
"She just asked that, Potter." Lily said, rolling her eyes.
As if right on cue, in stumbled Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
"Why hello, if it isn't the lovebirds and Mrs. Lupin." Sirius snickered. Alison swatted him on the head. Sirius was a tall and burly, with black hair and dark eyed 6th year. He played beater on the Gryffindor team. Most girls categorize him as "Tall, Dark, and Dangerously SEXY."
"Love birds? You talking bout me and HIM?" Lily asked.
"Yes, who else do you think?" Remus said, squeezing Alison's hand. "Alison's mine." Remus Lupin was Alison's steady boyfriend, he had sandy blonde hair and very unique eyes.
"How many times do I have to say … WE HATE EACH OTHER."
"Are you sure, cause, I don't believe Jamsie does." Sirius said.
"Shut up Sirius. WE HATE EACH OTHER." James said.
"Hate turns into love, most of the time." Sirius chirped.
"Shut up Sirius, you sound so annoying." Lily sighed.
"Guys, I'm serious!" Sirius said.
"Of course you are." Alison said. "You are Sirius Orion Black."
Just then 2 people were heard walking into the common room. One was tall, with a stern face and dark brown hair with silver streaks tied up into a bun, and the other was average height, with wavy light brown hair and hazel eyes, dragging a trunk. Remus stated that the second stranger looked a quite familiar.
"Miss Evans, Mister Potter." The tall one said.
"Good Evening Professor McGonagall." James and Lily chorused.
"This is Maria White, she has just transferred houses." Professor McGonagall explained. "She will be in your year, so you two, being prefects, should take care of her."
"Yes Professor." James and Lily chorused once again, wearing their most angelic faces, making the others snicker.
"Very Well. Miss White, I shall leave you with Potter and Evans and their friends. Good Evening." With that McGonagall left them, with Maria standing awkwardly in the middle of the common room, holding her trunk.
"HI! I'm Lily Evans!" Lily said, holding out her hand. Maria looked at her unexpectedly, and shook her hand. "Maria White. I know you. And the others. James Potter, Sirius Black, Alison Johnson, Remus Lupin right?"
"And Peter Pettigrew." James said, pointing out Peter who was rather cowering at the corner.
"Yeah… Hello." Maria said.
"Oh, I remember! We used to have Potions with you, if I'm correct?" Sirius exclaimed.
"Yes, true. With the Slytherins." Maria said, managing a smile.
"So you used to be in Slytherin? I didn't know you could transfer houses! If I knew we can, I would've transferred to Ravenclaw! I can't stand these two bickering!" Alison said.
Everyone but James and Lily laughed.
"So… do you want to move your trunk?" Lily asked. Maria smiled widely and nodded.
"BOYS!" Lily called. "Your jobs!"
"Awe… Lils!" They whined. Lily smirked. "I can take points off you if you don't hurry."
"Well, I can too." James said. "And I will."
"Hah, I'll see you doing that." Lily said, not remembering he was a prefect also.
"Uh, Lils… he's a prefect too, if you don't remember." Remus pointed out.
"Oh! Right. I forgot, I mean, he's got a brain the size of a pea." Lily said, grinning.
"Before you talk back to me, I demand you to take Maria's trunk upstairs."
James muttered some words under his breath and Lily watched him drag Maria's trunk up the stairs.
"As you can see, Our dearest James and Lily, secretly love each other, but are to shy to admit it." Sirius explained.
"BI ZUI, SIRIUS!" Lily cried. The others looked at her weirdly.
"Oh, means Shut up in Chinese. William Chang taught me."
"Ah, and what else did Chang 'teach' you?" James smirked, coming down the stairs.
"Ugh Potter! Shut up! Weren't you supposed to be taking Maria's trunk?" Lily cried, narrowing her eyes in a deadly glare.
Supposedly Alison and Remus knew Maria felt a bit awkward, as they began to chat with her.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to them. They're both great people, just a bit thick to realize how cool the other is…" Alison smiled. "James is my cousin, by the way."
"I've seen them fight tons of times in the halls…" Maria grinned. "At first I thought they are going out."
"Well, when they fight they sure act like a married couple." Remus said, shaking his head.
"So, what brings you to Gryffindor?" Alison asked.
Maria's pretty face darkened, as she remembered the previous events that have been happening in her life. Alison saw her expression, and almost hit herself for asking.
"So! Do you like quidditch, Maria?" Remus asked, breaking the awkward silence. Alison glanced thankfully to her boyfriend, who returned a smile.
***
"Funny we don't have Potions with the Slytherins this year." James said as he read his 6th year time table. "We've had that class with the Slytherins for 5 years- heck, I don't think we have any classes with the Slytherins!"
"Well, Praise the lord!" Sirius grinned. "I say, a toast! To a whole year without being one class with the slimiest creatures!" He said, raising his goblet of juice. The others, James, Remus, Peter, Lily, and Alison- laughed and raised their goblets.
"Though it would be a bit boring, it's fun playing pranks at them in class." Remus shrugged. The other boys (except Peter) nodded glumly.
"Oh well, you guys can play pranks at them in the great hall or hallways! That way, the whole SCHOOL will be able to see it!" Alison said. The idea of public humiliation seemed to cheer up the Marauders.
"See? This is why I love her so much." Remus grinned.
"Oh boy. This is gonna be a long year." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "Potter, did you know the teachers were thinking of taking your prefect badge?"
"Too bad… I was getting kind of fond of polishing it." James smirked.
"Hey, how come Maria hasn't come down yet?" Sirius asked suddenly, ignoring the glares James and Lily were exchanging.
"She might be late…" Alison remarked. "We don't have much time- we must go to the Greenhouse now!" Alison said, standing up. The others stood up reluctantly and left.
***
"Hey Maria, why were you so late today?" Lily asked later that day. Maria simply gave them a smile and answered, "The headmaster wanted to see me."
"Ah." The others nodded. Maria smiled again and Remus thought that smile of hers made her look more familiar.
'As if I've seen her before, or been friends with her.' Remus thought. 'Who… Ugh! I don't know. I should be thinking about the full moon next Thursday."
"So Maria, how does it feel to be a Gryffindor?" Sirius asked.
"Well, quite nice, actually. People don't treat you as cold." Maria answered.
"True." James said. "But, SOME people still just act cold, even with her or erm, his fellow gryffindor!" he said, shooting daggers at Lily.
"Why do you care if I act cold or not? I thought I was 'Sub-zero Evans' or what was that term of words you used…? Ah! 'Stuck up Ice Queen with a pole up her bum.'" Lily said, rolling her eyes. "Anyway I'm only cold to the people I don't like."
"You don't like me? Well girl, you're pretty abnormal to not like the lovable James Edward Potter!"
"Y'know, I Think I'm getting used to their bickering." Maria smiled. The others, excluding James and Lily, laughed.
***
"What do you want, Potter?" Lily Evans groaned. She was lounged in the common room, reading a book.
"Ahhh… Lily Evans reading a sappy love novel?" James Potter cried, plopping into the seat next to her. Lily rolled her emerald green eyes and continued reading.
"And he inched closer to her, she could practically feel his breath on her face…" James continued dramatically, eyeing Lily with his warm chocolate brown eyes.
"Shut up Potter, tell me what you are doing here before I hit you with this hardback!" Lily said.
"Just wanted to know the Charms homework." James said, running his hand over his already messy black hair. Lily sighed and looked at him weirdly.
"First, you're hair is already messy, no need to mess it more up. Second, there are no Charms homework…" Lily said, shaking her auburn red hair. "But there IS Transfiguration homework."
"Oh, then… help me with that." James nodded.
"You dingbat! I suck in Transfiguration! YOU should be helping me!" Lily cried.
"Oh right, then I will. So what do you want me to help you with again?"
***
"James, Grandma wants you to be home this Christmas." Alison Johnson said, waving the apple in her hand. Alison Johnson was James Potter's cousin from his mother's side. She was tall, with straight black hair and dark blue streaks. She had dark brown eyes and had broad shoulders, as she was seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team along with her cousin James who was a superb chaser.
"What? Oh, okay." James said absent-mindedly.
"THERE! FINISHED!" Lily said happily. James looked at her and smiled.
"James, did you hear what I said?" Alison sighed. James didn't answer.
"He's in Lily-land again." Alison muttered.
"I heard that!" Lily snapped. Alison grinned and bit into her apple.
"Did you? Well, you do know its true, right Lily?"
"It's not true. We hate each other. Right Potter?"
"Huh?" James said, snapping out of his trance. "Uh, yeah?"
"See Allie?" Lily said with triumph.
"Where are Sirius and Remus and Peter?" Alison asked, trying to change the subject.
"Don't know." James answered.
"You seem a bit oblivious, oh dear cousin." Alison snickered.
"Oh, really?" James said. "Hey where are the others?"
"She just asked that, Potter." Lily said, rolling her eyes.
As if right on cue, in stumbled Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
"Why hello, if it isn't the lovebirds and Mrs. Lupin." Sirius snickered. Alison swatted him on the head. Sirius was a tall and burly, with black hair and dark eyed 6th year. He played beater on the Gryffindor team. Most girls categorize him as "Tall, Dark, and Dangerously SEXY."
"Love birds? You talking bout me and HIM?" Lily asked.
"Yes, who else do you think?" Remus said, squeezing Alison's hand. "Alison's mine." Remus Lupin was Alison's steady boyfriend, he had sandy blonde hair and very unique eyes.
"How many times do I have to say … WE HATE EACH OTHER."
"Are you sure, cause, I don't believe Jamsie does." Sirius said.
"Shut up Sirius. WE HATE EACH OTHER." James said.
"Hate turns into love, most of the time." Sirius chirped.
"Shut up Sirius, you sound so annoying." Lily sighed.
"Guys, I'm serious!" Sirius said.
"Of course you are." Alison said. "You are Sirius Orion Black."
Just then 2 people were heard walking into the common room. One was tall, with a stern face and dark brown hair with silver streaks tied up into a bun, and the other was average height, with wavy light brown hair and hazel eyes, dragging a trunk. Remus stated that the second stranger looked a quite familiar.
"Miss Evans, Mister Potter." The tall one said.
"Good Evening Professor McGonagall." James and Lily chorused.
"This is Maria White, she has just transferred houses." Professor McGonagall explained. "She will be in your year, so you two, being prefects, should take care of her."
"Yes Professor." James and Lily chorused once again, wearing their most angelic faces, making the others snicker.
"Very Well. Miss White, I shall leave you with Potter and Evans and their friends. Good Evening." With that McGonagall left them, with Maria standing awkwardly in the middle of the common room, holding her trunk.
"HI! I'm Lily Evans!" Lily said, holding out her hand. Maria looked at her unexpectedly, and shook her hand. "Maria White. I know you. And the others. James Potter, Sirius Black, Alison Johnson, Remus Lupin right?"
"And Peter Pettigrew." James said, pointing out Peter who was rather cowering at the corner.
"Yeah… Hello." Maria said.
"Oh, I remember! We used to have Potions with you, if I'm correct?" Sirius exclaimed.
"Yes, true. With the Slytherins." Maria said, managing a smile.
"So you used to be in Slytherin? I didn't know you could transfer houses! If I knew we can, I would've transferred to Ravenclaw! I can't stand these two bickering!" Alison said.
Everyone but James and Lily laughed.
"So… do you want to move your trunk?" Lily asked. Maria smiled widely and nodded.
"BOYS!" Lily called. "Your jobs!"
"Awe… Lils!" They whined. Lily smirked. "I can take points off you if you don't hurry."
"Well, I can too." James said. "And I will."
"Hah, I'll see you doing that." Lily said, not remembering he was a prefect also.
"Uh, Lils… he's a prefect too, if you don't remember." Remus pointed out.
"Oh! Right. I forgot, I mean, he's got a brain the size of a pea." Lily said, grinning.
"Before you talk back to me, I demand you to take Maria's trunk upstairs."
James muttered some words under his breath and Lily watched him drag Maria's trunk up the stairs.
"As you can see, Our dearest James and Lily, secretly love each other, but are to shy to admit it." Sirius explained.
"BI ZUI, SIRIUS!" Lily cried. The others looked at her weirdly.
"Oh, means Shut up in Chinese. William Chang taught me."
"Ah, and what else did Chang 'teach' you?" James smirked, coming down the stairs.
"Ugh Potter! Shut up! Weren't you supposed to be taking Maria's trunk?" Lily cried, narrowing her eyes in a deadly glare.
Supposedly Alison and Remus knew Maria felt a bit awkward, as they began to chat with her.
"Don't worry, you'll get used to them. They're both great people, just a bit thick to realize how cool the other is…" Alison smiled. "James is my cousin, by the way."
"I've seen them fight tons of times in the halls…" Maria grinned. "At first I thought they are going out."
"Well, when they fight they sure act like a married couple." Remus said, shaking his head.
"So, what brings you to Gryffindor?" Alison asked.
Maria's pretty face darkened, as she remembered the previous events that have been happening in her life. Alison saw her expression, and almost hit herself for asking.
"So! Do you like quidditch, Maria?" Remus asked, breaking the awkward silence. Alison glanced thankfully to her boyfriend, who returned a smile.
***
"Funny we don't have Potions with the Slytherins this year." James said as he read his 6th year time table. "We've had that class with the Slytherins for 5 years- heck, I don't think we have any classes with the Slytherins!"
"Well, Praise the lord!" Sirius grinned. "I say, a toast! To a whole year without being one class with the slimiest creatures!" He said, raising his goblet of juice. The others, James, Remus, Peter, Lily, and Alison- laughed and raised their goblets.
"Though it would be a bit boring, it's fun playing pranks at them in class." Remus shrugged. The other boys (except Peter) nodded glumly.
"Oh well, you guys can play pranks at them in the great hall or hallways! That way, the whole SCHOOL will be able to see it!" Alison said. The idea of public humiliation seemed to cheer up the Marauders.
"See? This is why I love her so much." Remus grinned.
"Oh boy. This is gonna be a long year." Lily said, rolling her eyes. "Potter, did you know the teachers were thinking of taking your prefect badge?"
"Too bad… I was getting kind of fond of polishing it." James smirked.
"Hey, how come Maria hasn't come down yet?" Sirius asked suddenly, ignoring the glares James and Lily were exchanging.
"She might be late…" Alison remarked. "We don't have much time- we must go to the Greenhouse now!" Alison said, standing up. The others stood up reluctantly and left.
***
"Hey Maria, why were you so late today?" Lily asked later that day. Maria simply gave them a smile and answered, "The headmaster wanted to see me."
"Ah." The others nodded. Maria smiled again and Remus thought that smile of hers made her look more familiar.
'As if I've seen her before, or been friends with her.' Remus thought. 'Who… Ugh! I don't know. I should be thinking about the full moon next Thursday."
"So Maria, how does it feel to be a Gryffindor?" Sirius asked.
"Well, quite nice, actually. People don't treat you as cold." Maria answered.
"True." James said. "But, SOME people still just act cold, even with her or erm, his fellow gryffindor!" he said, shooting daggers at Lily.
"Why do you care if I act cold or not? I thought I was 'Sub-zero Evans' or what was that term of words you used…? Ah! 'Stuck up Ice Queen with a pole up her bum.'" Lily said, rolling her eyes. "Anyway I'm only cold to the people I don't like."
"You don't like me? Well girl, you're pretty abnormal to not like the lovable James Edward Potter!"
"Y'know, I Think I'm getting used to their bickering." Maria smiled. The others, excluding James and Lily, laughed.
***
