Disclaimer: I dont own anyone except Makenzie.

A/n- This is a um, PREquel to "Harry Potter and the Sacred Legend". That was my first fic on this subject. But this deals with the mother of Kiara, and her life. I hope I got most of the people in character. Read my other fic too! It would make sence either way. If you read this first, or that. This takes place Im thinking...20 or more years before the Harry Potter books. Oh yeah. I said in my previous fic that Makenzie was a year older than the Maruders. I messed up. I meant she was the same year as them. Thats about it.

Chapter One~~Meeting Her Friends

First day of the Seventh Year. A thought that saddens those who attended Hogwarts, and are in their 7th year.
Makenzie Kaylen Draten loved Hogwarts with all of her heart. She was a 7th year student, not Head Girl, but really close to it. She had 4 best friends, all of whom were in their 7th year as well. She met them when she was 13, she is now 17, nearly 18. The first time she met them was when they were throwing dung smelling smoke bombs through the halls at the Slytherin end of the school. Actually, only three of them were doing that. Thats because they were best friends.

They were:

James Potter
Sirius Black
Remus Lupin
and Arthur Weasly. Arthur wasnt into trouble like the other three. They had their other friend, Peter Pettigrew help them with their schemes. Anyway. She was late for Herbology class, and she noticed an awful smell. She wasnt even near the Slytherin halls. It had drifted. Then she heard the scream of Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts, yelling at four boys, who were laughing hysterically. They were running away from him, and he wasnt catching up too well. She knew them vaguely. They called themselves the Maruders. They all had silly nicknames as well. Their purpose for bombing the halls was because they didnt like the Slytherins. Not many people did. Slytherins were mean to everybody. And plus, there was an evil man, named Voldemort who was rising into power. Most of the Slytherin people ended up following Voldemort's ways, calling themselves "Death Eaters". Anyway. One of them bumped right into Makenzie, knocking her down. She dropped her books in the process.

"Sorry!" The guy said, through his laughing. He helped her up, and handed her all of her books.

"Its okay. Im late for class anyway. Is that your work?" She asked him, signifying the smell. He smiled widely, along with his three other friends.

"Yeah. Im Sirius, this is James, Remus, and Peter." Sirius said. They seemed nice.

"Nice to meet you." Makenzie said, shaking hands with them, "Im Makenzie Draten."

"Nice to meet you too." They said.

"You four better run. I think Filch is getting nearer." Makenzie said.

"Okay, thanks, nice meeting you!" Sirius yelled as they ran.

"You see four boys come up here?" Filch asked. He arrived a few seconds after they left.

"No, sorry." Makenzie said, smiling. He sighed, and started trotting away. From that day on, they were her friends.

**
(Back to present time) Makenzie smiled as she thought back to the memory. She got her first detention that day, from Professor Gourd, for being so late. She was currently sitting at the Gryffindor house table. The first years were getting sorted. She wished she could be a first year again. But, eventually she would be gone from Hogwarts. She didnt have a home to go to though. She grew up in the orphanage, because her Mother, Tylia Draten, died when Makenzie was just a baby. Her father died as well. Thats the other thing. Makenzie wasnt a pure blood. Her Mum was a witch, her Father a Muggle. She was an only child, as well.

She was waiting for her friends.

She saw Arthur Weasley. He was further up in the table.

(flashback to when she met him)

She was hanging out with Sirius, and James. Remus was sick often, about a week every month, so it seemed. They were sitting in the library, Sirius and James not causing havok, one of the few times. Makenzie thought Peter was nice and all, but he didnt hang out with her as much as the others, so he wasnt as good of a friend. Out of all the Maruders, James and Sirius were closest with their friendship, as it seemed to her. But to her, she supposed Sirius was her closest friend of them. Anyway. They were discussing the planting of a Whomping Willow Tree. Professor Dumbledore had it put it in her 1st year. It always bugged her why he put it there. It destroyed anything that could get near it.

"Ugh, its THEM." Sirius said quietly, glaring. Makenzie checked over her shoulder. She saw, Severus Snape, Crabbe, Goyle, and their faithful leader, Lucius Malfoy. They were all the same age as her. Very mean and annoying. Instead of making fun of them, which the three of them did often, she noticed Snape and Malfoy, picking severly on a red haired 3rd year.(Note, this is a flashback, so he would be younger....since she is a third year in this flashback)

"Thats mean! Who is that?" Makenzie asked.

"Arthur Weasley." James said.

"Weasley, Im suprised your still here at Hogwarts. With the money you own, oh I mean, the money you DONT own, I would have expected you joining the house elves." Lucius said, smirking. Snape smirked as well, while Crabbe and Goyle laughed. They didnt speak much, and when they did,....well, it got them in trouble.

Makenzie couldnt take it.

"Well, Malfoy, Im suprised your still here. With your cruel and evil intentions, I would have thought you as a death eater long before this." Makenzie said, standing up.

"I have heard of you. Draten, right? Always perfect grades. Your a prefect. If you must know, I wish I were a death eater now. I dont see why I must wait till I am 18." Malfoy said, glaring.

"And I wouldnt talk of Lucius like that. He is powerful for his age." Snape said, glaring as well.

"Come on." Makenzie said to Arthur. She grabbed his hand, and yanked him away from Malfoy and his dumb posse. "Seat yourself." She told him. He took a seat.

"Thank you for helping out. I do hate Malfoy, with an undying passion." Arthur said, smiling.

"As do we. We have met." James said. Arthur nodded. He knew the Maruders. Didnt like the trouble they made. But he knew them all right.

(Back to present time)

And thats how Makenzie met her friends. They were 13 then. Now they are 17. Arthur...well Arthur seemed to have take a liking toward Makenzie, since the day she "rescued" him. James grew handsome, yes, but he began to like a girl named Lily. They didnt ask much about it, probably because James wasnt much of a talker about his emotions. Remus, well, Remus looked ....shaggy-er. He still was sick every month. James, Sirius, and Peter would always be busy a few days a month, the same days Remus was sick.

"Makenzie!" Sirius yelled. He hadnt seen her all summer. Of course, they wrote each other. James and Remus and Arthur all did too. Peter never wrote her a single word. But it didnt bother her. She just wasnt close to him as a friend. More like an aquaintance. Sirius, James, and Remus all took seats next to her.

"Ive missed you all so much!" She said, giving them a huge group hug. Then she realized that Lily sat herself next to James, and they held hands. That was a first. He never was with her around them.

She looked at Arthur, who caught her look, and flashed her a smile. He was sitting with a red-haired woman, slightly round, but kind looking. He told Makenzie he liked her a lot the previous year, and Makenzie explained she only liked him as a friend. He still never seemed to get over her, but he did like this new girl, or so it seemed.

"Im feeling a bit light-headed, Im afraid I may be sick this week..." Remus said. Makenzie couldnt help but smile. Some things did change...dramatically since she met them. But others, never changed.

Under the table, where none of the other Maruders (Peter joined them as well) could see, Sirius and Makenzie were holding hands. They liked each other, but not enough to date.

That was the other thing. People had yet to amaze her.