Disclaimer The only things I own are the plot and the new characters. I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters mentioned in the books they all belong to J.K.Rowling. The song lyrics are also not my own they belong to Michelle Branch - Sweet Misery. No money has been made from this piece of fan fiction so there is no need to sue me but hey if you really want too you can get all of my 27p in the bank!

THE NIGHT CLUB

The noise was like a wall that hit the three friends as they entered the club. "Tell me again why we're here Sirius" "Because Remus it will be a blast!" yelled Sirius. "Come on you too" laughed James shaking his head. "Lets just go and sit down see what it's like"

The three of them walk towards a secluded table at the back of the club and sit down, from their vantage point they had a clear view of the entire club, the crowded dance floor in front of the stage and the long bar. Just as their drinks arrived the music stopped amid boo's as the owner took to the stage.

"Hey hey hey a bit of hush please...yeah I know the music's stopped...because I cant talk if the music's playing...ok will you just be quite for two minuets so I can talk...alright so as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted...yes you bloody well were rude...will you jus shut up...thank you ok tonight we have some very special guests, in what will probably be their last concert for a while, would you welcome to the stage...Verbatim!"

An enormous bout of screaming and cheering roared through the club as the first bars of a tune began to play.

I was lost

And you were found

You seemed to stand on solid ground

I was weak

And you were strong

And me and my guitar,

we strummed along, oh

The three marauders just looked at each other all curious about the crowds' reaction.

"Who's Verbatim?" Remus asked. "Um I dunno but by the sound of the crowd I'd guess they were big" Sirius responded, as the singer took to the stage. The three of them struggled to see over the heads of the screaming audience as she started to sing.

Sweet misery you cause me

That's what you called me

Sweet misery you cause me

I was blind

But oh, how you could see

You saw the beauty in everything, everything and me.

"Oh my god" the three said in unison, as they caught a glimpse of the woman. She stood there in the spotlight her raven hair mid way down her arms with porcelain skin her white wispy top contrasting with her figure hugging black leather trousers. She seemed to be about the same age as them only she had a sort of youthful glow about her. The three friends sat entranced as she sang, when the first song ended another roar of applause went through the crowd. Just as the first notes started on a new song Remus happened to glance at his watch.

"Guys I really hate to be the barer of bad news but we really gotta go!" James and Sirius turned round both with the same confused expression on their faces. "Moony what are you on about it's great here why would we want to leave now" replied Sirius, just as James spoke up, "I hate to agree but we do need to bounce look at the time Padfoot its 1am" "But I'm having fun" whined Sirius as he turned to his two friends, who just stared back at him. "Ok ok" he sighed "lets go"

As the Marauders left the club Sirius couldn't help but look over his shoulder at the raven haired singer one last time and in that moment he felt a shiver go right through him, as she looked straight back at him.

A/N- I know this chapter is short but I will get into the real plot in the next chapter. This is my first posted Harry Potter fic so please read and review, constructive criticism is appreciated but if you want to flame for the hell of it go waste your time on someone else!