A/N- ok, I need to explain something about the Marauders. At the end of
fifth year, Peter pisses the others off and gets kicked out. Also, at the
beginning of fifth year, Sean Andersen and John Bernadette transfer from an
American school, and at the end of fith year become Marauders. The
Marauders Map was made at the middle of fifth year, which is why the map
has Peter's name on it and not Sean and John's. Also, Sean's Animagi form
is a jaguar, and John's is a falcon. Sean's nickname is Uruz, and John's is
Talon. confusing, no?
disclaimer- I don't own anything you regognise, because I'm not JKRowling. If I am, someone please tell me, so I can claim all this money, and get the 5th book out. (so glad they FINALLY set a realease date!) Anyway, on with the story......
Lily Evans, Laria Black, Rose Callaghan, Kylie Johnson, and Lè Anna McKinley were sitting together on the Hogwarts Express, waiting for their other friends to arrive. It was September first, and the girls were getting ready to enter their sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This group, known as the Perth, the unexplainable, would have been popular but for one thing. They were considered, well, freaks. All of them were extremely pretty, creative, talented, intelligent, and mischevous, however, they were different. Very different. They appeared sarcastic and cynical to everyone, especially Lily and Laria, the unofficial leaders. Anna and Kylie were actually really kind and sweet, making an extreme contrast to Lily and Laria's personalities. Not many people knew this though, because they were too scared of Lily and Laria to come anywhere near. Rose was the one that no one knew anything about. There were many different rumors as to why she had transferred to Hogwarts at the end of fifth year, ranging from she was a convicted criminal running from the Department of Law Enforcement to she was a flowering shrub with the supernatural ability to turn human. She was pretty nice, not to the extent of Kylie and Anna, but not as cold as Lily and Laria either. Don't get me wrong, Lily and Laria could be nice, but you had to prove that you deserved it first.
Another reason the two leaders were feared was they had the worst tempers of anyone at Hogwarts. If one of them was angry, you prayed that the other was right beside her, elsewise you were in for an unpleasant time. Only Lily could calm Laria, and vice versa. If they were both mad, you were shit outta luck, because they'd be too distracted to comfort the other.
The girls each played an instrument, and they had their own little band. Laria played lead guitar, Lily bass guiter, Rose rhthym guitar, Anna played keyboard and Kylie was on drums.
There was something else about this group of girls, though only they themselves knew it. They were Animagi. Lily was a phoenix, Laria was a panther, Rose was a hawk, Kylie an owl, and Anna a vixen. Those animal forms were how they got their nicknames- Lily was Firefly, Laria was Shadow, Rose was Swift, Kylie was Wings or Wingspan, and Anna was Zorra.
It was mentioned earlier that the girls were very pretty, and they were. Lily had straight red hair that fell to just below her shoulders, sparkling emerald green eyes, was about 5"8 and slender. Laria was about as tall as Lily, with long, wavy black hair, deep blue eyes that occasionaly looked purple, and a slim form. Rose had straight-ish dirty blonde hair, blue-grey eyes, and was shorter than Lily and Laria, being about 5"5. Kylie had short blonde hair, and blue eyes, and was the shortest of them all, coming to about 5"3. Anna's dark brown hair was extremely curly, and her eyes were light brown. She was very skinny and was about 5"6.
"Where are the guys? They're gonna miss the train!" Anna exclaimed. Laria looked up from tuning her guitar.
Raising an eyebrow at Anna she asked, "Why are you worried? They're big boys, they can get on the train by themselves."
"I think," Rose interjected," that her comment translates to, 'Where is Remus? If he misses the train I don't know what I'll do!'" Anna blushed, and bowed her head to hide it. Lily, however, saw.
"Awwwww, does Anna have a crush on Remi?" she teased.
"No," Anna mumbled, blushing more.
"Suuuuure Anna," Laria said.
The guys the girls were referring to were the Marauders, namely James Potter, Sirius Black(he and Laria were twins), Remus Lupin, Sean Andersen and John Bernadette. They were friends of the girls, but unlike them, they were the most popular guys in school(that was another reason the girls were so hated- they hung out with the guys, and 'they're just freaks!'). Each of them had at least five or six girls following them at once, and there were numerous ' fan clubs' for them. These fanclubs were pretty much 'we hate the Perth' clubs, too, but the girls didn't care. It was no wonder that so many girls vied for the male Marauders attention, they were, to say the least, very good-looking.
James was about 6'2, with messy black hair and glasses. His eyes were hazel, and his body was well muscled. Sirius was a little taller than James, standing at about 6'3, had long-ish black hair, eyes that were identical to Laria's, and a perfect body. Remus' neat blond hair was the exact opposite of James', but his light blue eyes were in constantb turmoil. He was around 6 feet, and was slightly skinnier than the others. John had dark brown hair, grey eyes, and a nice build. He was about 6"1. Sean had light brown hair, dark blue eyes, a muscular body and was about the same height as James.
All of the Marauders and Perth were in Gryffindor, and made up the Quidditch team. James, Lily, and Anna were Chasers, Laria and Si were Beaters, Sean was Keeper and Remus was Seeker. Kylie was the reserve Seeker, John was the reserve Keeper, and Rose was the reserve Chaser.
It was quiet for a bit, but then Lily broke the silence by asking,"Laria, what's the rhythm at the beginning of 'Penny Lane'?" Laria reached across the space between her and Lily and played a few chords on Lily's bass guitar.
"That, at least I think so," she replied. Lily nodded.
"Sounds right." Just then, the door to the compartment opened. The girls looked up, hoping it would be the guys, but found bitter disapointment. Instead of their friends, it was the biggest bitches in Hogwarts- Calypso Beltane, Alexis Martin, Meaghan Stanley, Aurora Birnes, and Victoria Revelle.
"Where's James?" Calypso asked. She and her friends were some of the girls that constantly followed the Marauders around, and they were also the biggest bitches in Hogwarts. They were each in love with a different Marauder, but all of the Marauders hated them. They just could not grasp that concept.
"Look, Beltane, get this through that thick skull of yours," Laria snapped. "James doesn't like you, much less love you. So shut the hell up and get out."
Calypso glared at her. "Someone's bitchy today, aren't they? Now where is he? I know you know."
Laria opened her mouth to say something, but Lily beat her to it. "I suggest that you stop, Beltane. She is no mood for this today. Normally, I'd just let her verbally maul you and then curse you until you wished you were dead, but I'm feeling generous. Leave!"
"Um, I don't think so," Alexis said in her high, slightly whiney voice. "We- "
But the girls never heard the rest of that sentence, because Laria rapidly chanted some complex spells, and the girls ran out of the compartment screaming.
"What did you do to them?" a voice asked. Standing in the doorway Calypso and her friends had just vacated were the Marauders.
"Nothing, other than place an Illusion spell on them so they think that they're in an Immortal Plane, such as, say, the Plane of Mischief," Laria responded nonchalantly. Lily smirked.
"What else Laria? I know that an Illusion spell isn't that long." Laria smiled at her best friend.
"And made them fall madly in love with various disgusting Slytherins, like Malfoy, Snape, Crabbe, Goyle, and Nott. They'll be throwing themselves at them all night." The others smiled.
"Well, that isn't all that new, is it? They're always throwing themselves at someone, though it's usually one of you," Kylie said, gesturing towards the guys. That sent the girls into gales of laughter as they remembered various times when the Marauders had been forced to run for their very lives, and soon the guys had to join in.
When they had calmed down, Laria turned to Anna and Kylie. "Get your stuff out. We're gonna play for a bit." The girls nodded, and Laria waved her hand and the compartment expanded so there would be enough room for Kylie's drum set. As soon as they were ready, Anna and Kylie looked at Lily and Laria.
"What are we playing?" Rose asked. Laria looked at Lily.
"Shoulda Known Better, Penny Lane, and then go from there?" she asked.
"Sounds good."
"Play Let It Be after that, would you?" James asked. The boys loved listening to them play, they were great. And not only did they play good, the sang excellently as well.
Lily nodded. "Alright, let's go." Suddenly the compartment was blaring with music as they started to play 'Shoulda Known Better'.
"I shoulda known better with a boy like you, that I would love everything that you do, and I do, hey hey hey, and I do."
The girls played various Beatles songs for about two hours, then they put their instruments away.
"That was really good," John said to the girls.
"It oughta be,"Sirius replied. "All summer, all I heard was lyrics from every single Beatles song known to man. But it could have been worse, at least I like The Beatles."
Laria smiled. "Yeah, it was driving our Mum insane....she hates The Beatles."
"She doesn't know what she's missing," Remus said.
Laria yawned. "I'm going to sleep, I'm exahausted." She tucked her feet up under her and leaned against the person next to her, who just happened to be Sean. Lily opened Laria's trunk and pulled out a blanket.
"Here," she said, spreading it over her.
"Thanks Firefly. Night everybody." She was asleep in five minuets.
"Where's the food lady?" Sirius asked after a while.
"Up front, most likely," Sean replied.
"I'm going to go get some food, then," Si said. "Anyone else coming?"
"I will,"James said, standing up.
"Would you get me a few chocolate frogs while you're up there? I can't exactly get up." He motioned to the sleeping girl who was leaning on his shoulder.
James laughed. "Sure."
The rest of the train ride passed uneventfully, unless you count Laria giving Lily jelly legs when she woke her up, and Lily casting the Tickling Charm on her in return.
When the Hogwarts Express reached the school, the Marauders climbed into one of the horseless carriges, ignoring the fact that only four were allowed to each. As they walked into the school, Peeves was throwing cupcakes at the people who walked in. He aimed one at Lily, who just waved her hand and sent the cupcake flying back at him. While he was busy wiping cupcake off his face, the Marauders made their way into the Great Hall.
Nothing really happened at the feast, just the same old same old, and soon the Marauders were walking towards Gryffindor Tower. Once in the Common Room, they said their goodnights and headed to bed.
The next morning, Lily was woken up by a pillow hitting her in the head. "What was that for?" she asked sleepily, rolling over.
"Zap!" was her answer, as Laria climbed onto her friend's bed and began jumping up and down.Lily didn't say anything, just kicked Laria. "Oh come on Firefly, at least you could say 'shazam!' before you kicked me."
"Why the hell are you up? You're always the last one awake," Lily said, finally sitting up.
"Because," she paused. "You know, Lily, that's a good question. Do you know the answer?" She threw herself down beside Lily.
Lily looked at her like she was insane(well, she was, but that's beside the point). "Laria, people usually ask questions they don't know the answer to," she explained slowly, as if to a child.
Laria thought about that for a minute. "Ok, I take that as a no then." She got up and grabbed a pair of jeans and an over-sized t-shirt she'd stolen from Sirius and headed to the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower," she called.
"And I'm going back to sleep," Lily muttered, laying back down.
"Oh no you aren't, because we'll never get you up again," Anna said from her bed.
"I'll get up in-"
"Fifteen minuets, I promise," Laria finished. "We know better by now."
"I thought you were taking a shower,"Lily said.
"I am, as soon as you get out of bed. I'm not mean enough to leave Rosie- Posie and Anna here without my help. Who knows where they would be without the amazing powers of me, the Goddess of Wallpaper and Rubber Duckies?" The last part was said as she jumped off of her bed onto Lily's. "Up Firefly."
Lily didn't respond, other than to pull the blanket over her head.
"No matter how long you lay there, Jamesie isn't going to join you. At least not this morning," Laria said teasingly. As expected, that comment got Lily up. She started to chase Laria, who ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
"Laria darling, you'll regret that remark." Turning back to Anna and Rose, she found they were both laughing rather hysterically. "Oh, shut up you two."
A/N-so, what'd you think? I know this chapter was short, and I promise the others will be longer! But I needed to post this before I could post my other story, so I had to stop. Oh, btw, Anna's last name is McKinley, NOT McKinnon, just so the two aren't mixed up. Please please please R/R! ~Laria
disclaimer- I don't own anything you regognise, because I'm not JKRowling. If I am, someone please tell me, so I can claim all this money, and get the 5th book out. (so glad they FINALLY set a realease date!) Anyway, on with the story......
Lily Evans, Laria Black, Rose Callaghan, Kylie Johnson, and Lè Anna McKinley were sitting together on the Hogwarts Express, waiting for their other friends to arrive. It was September first, and the girls were getting ready to enter their sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
This group, known as the Perth, the unexplainable, would have been popular but for one thing. They were considered, well, freaks. All of them were extremely pretty, creative, talented, intelligent, and mischevous, however, they were different. Very different. They appeared sarcastic and cynical to everyone, especially Lily and Laria, the unofficial leaders. Anna and Kylie were actually really kind and sweet, making an extreme contrast to Lily and Laria's personalities. Not many people knew this though, because they were too scared of Lily and Laria to come anywhere near. Rose was the one that no one knew anything about. There were many different rumors as to why she had transferred to Hogwarts at the end of fifth year, ranging from she was a convicted criminal running from the Department of Law Enforcement to she was a flowering shrub with the supernatural ability to turn human. She was pretty nice, not to the extent of Kylie and Anna, but not as cold as Lily and Laria either. Don't get me wrong, Lily and Laria could be nice, but you had to prove that you deserved it first.
Another reason the two leaders were feared was they had the worst tempers of anyone at Hogwarts. If one of them was angry, you prayed that the other was right beside her, elsewise you were in for an unpleasant time. Only Lily could calm Laria, and vice versa. If they were both mad, you were shit outta luck, because they'd be too distracted to comfort the other.
The girls each played an instrument, and they had their own little band. Laria played lead guitar, Lily bass guiter, Rose rhthym guitar, Anna played keyboard and Kylie was on drums.
There was something else about this group of girls, though only they themselves knew it. They were Animagi. Lily was a phoenix, Laria was a panther, Rose was a hawk, Kylie an owl, and Anna a vixen. Those animal forms were how they got their nicknames- Lily was Firefly, Laria was Shadow, Rose was Swift, Kylie was Wings or Wingspan, and Anna was Zorra.
It was mentioned earlier that the girls were very pretty, and they were. Lily had straight red hair that fell to just below her shoulders, sparkling emerald green eyes, was about 5"8 and slender. Laria was about as tall as Lily, with long, wavy black hair, deep blue eyes that occasionaly looked purple, and a slim form. Rose had straight-ish dirty blonde hair, blue-grey eyes, and was shorter than Lily and Laria, being about 5"5. Kylie had short blonde hair, and blue eyes, and was the shortest of them all, coming to about 5"3. Anna's dark brown hair was extremely curly, and her eyes were light brown. She was very skinny and was about 5"6.
"Where are the guys? They're gonna miss the train!" Anna exclaimed. Laria looked up from tuning her guitar.
Raising an eyebrow at Anna she asked, "Why are you worried? They're big boys, they can get on the train by themselves."
"I think," Rose interjected," that her comment translates to, 'Where is Remus? If he misses the train I don't know what I'll do!'" Anna blushed, and bowed her head to hide it. Lily, however, saw.
"Awwwww, does Anna have a crush on Remi?" she teased.
"No," Anna mumbled, blushing more.
"Suuuuure Anna," Laria said.
The guys the girls were referring to were the Marauders, namely James Potter, Sirius Black(he and Laria were twins), Remus Lupin, Sean Andersen and John Bernadette. They were friends of the girls, but unlike them, they were the most popular guys in school(that was another reason the girls were so hated- they hung out with the guys, and 'they're just freaks!'). Each of them had at least five or six girls following them at once, and there were numerous ' fan clubs' for them. These fanclubs were pretty much 'we hate the Perth' clubs, too, but the girls didn't care. It was no wonder that so many girls vied for the male Marauders attention, they were, to say the least, very good-looking.
James was about 6'2, with messy black hair and glasses. His eyes were hazel, and his body was well muscled. Sirius was a little taller than James, standing at about 6'3, had long-ish black hair, eyes that were identical to Laria's, and a perfect body. Remus' neat blond hair was the exact opposite of James', but his light blue eyes were in constantb turmoil. He was around 6 feet, and was slightly skinnier than the others. John had dark brown hair, grey eyes, and a nice build. He was about 6"1. Sean had light brown hair, dark blue eyes, a muscular body and was about the same height as James.
All of the Marauders and Perth were in Gryffindor, and made up the Quidditch team. James, Lily, and Anna were Chasers, Laria and Si were Beaters, Sean was Keeper and Remus was Seeker. Kylie was the reserve Seeker, John was the reserve Keeper, and Rose was the reserve Chaser.
It was quiet for a bit, but then Lily broke the silence by asking,"Laria, what's the rhythm at the beginning of 'Penny Lane'?" Laria reached across the space between her and Lily and played a few chords on Lily's bass guitar.
"That, at least I think so," she replied. Lily nodded.
"Sounds right." Just then, the door to the compartment opened. The girls looked up, hoping it would be the guys, but found bitter disapointment. Instead of their friends, it was the biggest bitches in Hogwarts- Calypso Beltane, Alexis Martin, Meaghan Stanley, Aurora Birnes, and Victoria Revelle.
"Where's James?" Calypso asked. She and her friends were some of the girls that constantly followed the Marauders around, and they were also the biggest bitches in Hogwarts. They were each in love with a different Marauder, but all of the Marauders hated them. They just could not grasp that concept.
"Look, Beltane, get this through that thick skull of yours," Laria snapped. "James doesn't like you, much less love you. So shut the hell up and get out."
Calypso glared at her. "Someone's bitchy today, aren't they? Now where is he? I know you know."
Laria opened her mouth to say something, but Lily beat her to it. "I suggest that you stop, Beltane. She is no mood for this today. Normally, I'd just let her verbally maul you and then curse you until you wished you were dead, but I'm feeling generous. Leave!"
"Um, I don't think so," Alexis said in her high, slightly whiney voice. "We- "
But the girls never heard the rest of that sentence, because Laria rapidly chanted some complex spells, and the girls ran out of the compartment screaming.
"What did you do to them?" a voice asked. Standing in the doorway Calypso and her friends had just vacated were the Marauders.
"Nothing, other than place an Illusion spell on them so they think that they're in an Immortal Plane, such as, say, the Plane of Mischief," Laria responded nonchalantly. Lily smirked.
"What else Laria? I know that an Illusion spell isn't that long." Laria smiled at her best friend.
"And made them fall madly in love with various disgusting Slytherins, like Malfoy, Snape, Crabbe, Goyle, and Nott. They'll be throwing themselves at them all night." The others smiled.
"Well, that isn't all that new, is it? They're always throwing themselves at someone, though it's usually one of you," Kylie said, gesturing towards the guys. That sent the girls into gales of laughter as they remembered various times when the Marauders had been forced to run for their very lives, and soon the guys had to join in.
When they had calmed down, Laria turned to Anna and Kylie. "Get your stuff out. We're gonna play for a bit." The girls nodded, and Laria waved her hand and the compartment expanded so there would be enough room for Kylie's drum set. As soon as they were ready, Anna and Kylie looked at Lily and Laria.
"What are we playing?" Rose asked. Laria looked at Lily.
"Shoulda Known Better, Penny Lane, and then go from there?" she asked.
"Sounds good."
"Play Let It Be after that, would you?" James asked. The boys loved listening to them play, they were great. And not only did they play good, the sang excellently as well.
Lily nodded. "Alright, let's go." Suddenly the compartment was blaring with music as they started to play 'Shoulda Known Better'.
"I shoulda known better with a boy like you, that I would love everything that you do, and I do, hey hey hey, and I do."
The girls played various Beatles songs for about two hours, then they put their instruments away.
"That was really good," John said to the girls.
"It oughta be,"Sirius replied. "All summer, all I heard was lyrics from every single Beatles song known to man. But it could have been worse, at least I like The Beatles."
Laria smiled. "Yeah, it was driving our Mum insane....she hates The Beatles."
"She doesn't know what she's missing," Remus said.
Laria yawned. "I'm going to sleep, I'm exahausted." She tucked her feet up under her and leaned against the person next to her, who just happened to be Sean. Lily opened Laria's trunk and pulled out a blanket.
"Here," she said, spreading it over her.
"Thanks Firefly. Night everybody." She was asleep in five minuets.
"Where's the food lady?" Sirius asked after a while.
"Up front, most likely," Sean replied.
"I'm going to go get some food, then," Si said. "Anyone else coming?"
"I will,"James said, standing up.
"Would you get me a few chocolate frogs while you're up there? I can't exactly get up." He motioned to the sleeping girl who was leaning on his shoulder.
James laughed. "Sure."
The rest of the train ride passed uneventfully, unless you count Laria giving Lily jelly legs when she woke her up, and Lily casting the Tickling Charm on her in return.
When the Hogwarts Express reached the school, the Marauders climbed into one of the horseless carriges, ignoring the fact that only four were allowed to each. As they walked into the school, Peeves was throwing cupcakes at the people who walked in. He aimed one at Lily, who just waved her hand and sent the cupcake flying back at him. While he was busy wiping cupcake off his face, the Marauders made their way into the Great Hall.
Nothing really happened at the feast, just the same old same old, and soon the Marauders were walking towards Gryffindor Tower. Once in the Common Room, they said their goodnights and headed to bed.
The next morning, Lily was woken up by a pillow hitting her in the head. "What was that for?" she asked sleepily, rolling over.
"Zap!" was her answer, as Laria climbed onto her friend's bed and began jumping up and down.Lily didn't say anything, just kicked Laria. "Oh come on Firefly, at least you could say 'shazam!' before you kicked me."
"Why the hell are you up? You're always the last one awake," Lily said, finally sitting up.
"Because," she paused. "You know, Lily, that's a good question. Do you know the answer?" She threw herself down beside Lily.
Lily looked at her like she was insane(well, she was, but that's beside the point). "Laria, people usually ask questions they don't know the answer to," she explained slowly, as if to a child.
Laria thought about that for a minute. "Ok, I take that as a no then." She got up and grabbed a pair of jeans and an over-sized t-shirt she'd stolen from Sirius and headed to the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower," she called.
"And I'm going back to sleep," Lily muttered, laying back down.
"Oh no you aren't, because we'll never get you up again," Anna said from her bed.
"I'll get up in-"
"Fifteen minuets, I promise," Laria finished. "We know better by now."
"I thought you were taking a shower,"Lily said.
"I am, as soon as you get out of bed. I'm not mean enough to leave Rosie- Posie and Anna here without my help. Who knows where they would be without the amazing powers of me, the Goddess of Wallpaper and Rubber Duckies?" The last part was said as she jumped off of her bed onto Lily's. "Up Firefly."
Lily didn't respond, other than to pull the blanket over her head.
"No matter how long you lay there, Jamesie isn't going to join you. At least not this morning," Laria said teasingly. As expected, that comment got Lily up. She started to chase Laria, who ran into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
"Laria darling, you'll regret that remark." Turning back to Anna and Rose, she found they were both laughing rather hysterically. "Oh, shut up you two."
A/N-so, what'd you think? I know this chapter was short, and I promise the others will be longer! But I needed to post this before I could post my other story, so I had to stop. Oh, btw, Anna's last name is McKinley, NOT McKinnon, just so the two aren't mixed up. Please please please R/R! ~Laria