The Marauders second year. Some of this is in "Harry Potter and the Death Eaters" but I thought I would continue it a bit

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A young boy and a young girl stood on platform 9 ¾, the boy was about a year older than the girl. Both had hazel eyes and very dark hair which was very untidy. Not for the lack of trying as the woman standing next to them kept trying to flatten down the wild hair with her hand.

The two children were watching a man loading to very large trunks onto the train which stood at the platform.

"James, make sure you look after her" the woman said to them "and Talitha, you behave yourself at school" The two children nodded. It was Talitha's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. James was returning for his second year.

"Potter, up here" a voice called. Further along the train another dark haired boy was leaning out of one of the trains windows and waving towards them.

"There's Sirius we'll go and sit up there" James said to Talitha.

James and Talitha climbed into the carriage containing Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.

"Alright" Sirius grinned at Talitha. Sirius had spent a week during the summer at James' house so he already knew her. Talitha grinned back at him.

"This is my cousin Talitha" James said to Remus and Peter. They both smiled at her and Remus held out a bag of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans to her.

"No thanks" she laughed "I don't trust those. You never know what you might get. I got a foot flavoured one once. It was horrible"

"Did you bring you're broom with you?" James asked the other boys.

"I did" Sirius replied excitedly "Cleansweep 5, the latest model"

"Really! I've got a Nimbus 1000. I wanted the latest model but mum said that this ones only a year old so I can't have a new one yet"

"I've only got a Comet 200. It's dead slow" said Remus. The boys continued to talk about Quidditch and whether they would get into the house team this year. After about five minutes young Talitha stood up.

"I'm fed up of listening to you lot, I'm going to see if I can find anyone else to talk to" she said as she left the carriage. She wandered through the carriages. The first two she passed through were full of older students so she carried on. In the third carriage she came across a small, scruffy looking boy with dark blonde hair.

"Alright if I sit here" Talitha said to him. He nodded "I'm Talitha McKenzie"

"Mundungus Fletcher" he said "call me Dung though. Is it your first year as well?"

"Yeah" Talitha nodded "I was sitting with my cousin and his friends but they were boring. Do you have any brothers or sisters at Hogwarts?"

"I've got a brother in the sixth year." Dung answered. Talitha looked round as a thin, pale-faced looking boy with dark greasy hair came into the carriage and sat down without even looking at them. He pulled out a book and began reading.

"Which house do you think you'll be in?" Dung continued "I hope I get in Gryffindor, my dad was. My mum was in Ravenclaw so that would be ok"

"Yeah, I want to be in Gryffindor too, my cousin is and my mum was"

"What about your dad? Dung asked

"Oh he didn't go to Hogwarts. He was a muggle, he and my mum died about four years ago" she answered. The other boy looked up from his book and glared at Talitha. She saw him and glared back.

"What's your problem?" she demanded.

"Your dad was a muggle?" the boy asked.

"Yeah"

"We don't need your sort at Hogwarts" he sneered

"What do you mean by my sort?"

"Dirty half-breeds, nearly as bad as them letting in mud-bloods"

"How dare you call me that!" Talitha yelled as she jumped to her feet "Take it back!"

"I will not, I meant every word" yelled the boy also standing up. He pulled out his wand as he did so. Talitha continued yelling as she reached for her wand. Not that it would be much use to her seeing as though the nearest thing she had managed to magic so far was making purple sparks come out of her wand. Very nice to look at but not actually much use.

Back in the other carriage the four boys stopped talking as they heard yelling coming from further down the train

"That's Tali" James said as he jumped up and pulled his wand out. Sirius had also jumped up. The two boys ran down the train through the carriages. Remus was following not far behind. By the time they got to the carriage, Sirius was in front of James.

"Snape" James muttered to himself when he saw the greasy haired boy who was just about to hex Talitha when Sirius raised his wand and yelled.

"Expelliarmus" Snape's wand flew out of his hand, Snape tried to grab it back.

"Impedimenta" Sirius yelled again and Snape fell to the ground.

"What happened?" James asked. Talitha told him.

"You! Snivellus!" James yelled at Snape "Leave my cousin alone or you'll have me to answer to"

"Yeah, ignorant pig" Talitha added.

"Come on Tali, you come and sit with us away from this idiot"

"Come on Dung" Talitha said and they all but Snape left the carriage. James turned and hit Snape with a jelly legs jinx as he walked away.

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They returned back to the carriage. James sat down next to Peter, who hadn't moved. Sirius and Remus took the seats across from him. Talitha sat herself between them and smiled at Sirius.

"Thanks for that" she said to him still smiling "Maybe you could teach me some hexes and then I'll be able to handle it myself next time"

"Erm…yeah…maybe" Sirius replied with a confused expression on his face. He pulled a magazine out of his bag. Talitha leaned over to look at it.

"Oooo! Puddlemere United. They're my favourite Quidditch team" she said.

"No they aren't" James interrupted

"Yes they are"

"Since when were you into Quidditch?" James asked "You like that crappy muggle sport, football"

"I can like both can't I"

"No"

Talitha stuck her foot out and kicked James in the shin.

"Ow, pack it in" James shouted "I thought you'd be more grateful after we just saved you from Snivelly"

"Sirius was the one who stopped him" Talitha replied, grinning back at Sirius, who was being unusually quiet. Normally, he would be showing off after 'rescuing' someone but for some reason all of Talitha's praise was making him feel slightly embarrassed. Luckily they were interrupted buy the arrival of the food trolley

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The four second year boys sat at the Gryffindor house table in the great hall

"I hope the Sorting's quick" said Peter "I'm starving"

"You're always hungry" James replied

"Hey, James. I think your cousin's taken a liking to Sirius" Remus grinned. James laughed

"Merlin help him if she has."

"Shut up!" Sirius told them, defensively "She was just grateful that's all. She would have been the same if Moony had got there first"

"Wooo! I think Sirius likes her as well" James laughed again.

"Get lost Potter"

Professor McGonagol entered the room with the new first years following her and the Sorting began. The boys didn't really pay any attention to which students were going where until Mundungus Fletcher came and sat down next to Remus. They congratulated him and went back to whispering to each other.

"Mckenzie, Talitha" Professor McGonagol called. The boys all looked up. Talitha walked confidently up to the stool, sat down and placed the hat on her head.

"Ah, another member of the Potter family so it will have to be GRYFFINDOR" Talitha jumped up and took the hat off. She ran over to the Gryffindor table where the students were all cheering and sat herself between James and Sirius.