A/N: Hey all Mystical_Demon here. This is my first Harry Potter fic so I
hope that you all enjoy. It might be a bit confusing but you should be
able to understand it.
Disclaimer: Hey all I don't own this. sadly anyways. J.K. Rowling does I don't. The only things I own in this thing. are the outfits I made up and Alexis Evans.
Summary!: Marauder's Era. So what if people have their problems. That's what you've got friends for. Join a new student, Lily, and the Marauders in this story. Learn twists about things you'd never understand. L/J, R/OC, S/OC
Chapter 1: The New Student
I wonder where the stupid platform is. . . a girl with pitch-black hair thought to herself as she walked through the Kings Cross Train Station looking for Platform 9 and ¾. Hm. . . Platform 9. . . Platform 10. . . she thought but said outloud, "Where in bloody Merlin's name is the platform?!" she exclaimed quietly to herself so that she didn't draw much more attention to herself, and then something caught her eye. It was a tall boy with dark hair disappearing between the two platforms. Must be a barrier. . . she thought to herself as she followed him through the barrier pushing her trolley.
Once she was through the barrier, she was greeted by the sight of a scarlet steam engine. The steam engine was titled the Hogwarts Express. The girl loaded her trunk up with everyone else's along with her owl and owl cage. She then climbed onto the train and went in search for a compartment to sit in.
The first compartment she entered had two males in it. One had shoulder length blond hair and the other had long greasy black hair. She looked at them with a disgusted look on her face as they introduced themselves to her. Their names? Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"Haven't seen you around here before. I would never forget a pretty face like yours," Lucius said as he caressed her cheek with his left hand. She glared daggers at him.
"Malfoy. Kindly take your hand away from my face, before I break it," she said, still glaring daggers at him. Her tone was ice cold and he snatched his hand away as if he could feel the daggers she was sending him. "Wise decision. Now then, I'll be leaving this compartment seeing as you two are a waste of anybody's breath." With those words she exited the compartment. After about ten minutes she walked quite a ways towards the back of the train.
She walked up to the last compartment and checked to see if she heard and voices. She did and they were all male voices. She knocked on the door and heard a "come in" so she opened the door and walked in. She then closed the door and walked towards the group of boys. Two of the boys were standing and two were sitting, and they were all about her age.
The two boys standing could have passed for twins. They both had black hair but ones was very unruly. The one with unruly hair had hazel eyes that were hidden behind his round glasses. The one whose hair was combed had dark mischievous brown eyes. Both boys had identical grins on their faces. The two were also about 6'1" as far as she could tell.
One of the ones sitting down had sandy brown hair that was just long enough to get into his blue-gray eyes. His eyes were also sparkling, but their sparkle seemed a bit dull with the bags that were evident under his eyes. He looked like he would be about an inch or two shorter than the two others that were standing up. The last boy had short blond hair with watery-blue eyes and he was slightly chubby. Guessing, she would say that he was about 5'6" meaning three inches shorter than herself.
~ * ~
The four boys turned to see who it was that entered their compartment. The four boys' names were James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. All four jaws dropped when they saw the person in their compartment. Instead of one of their friends or someone else that would yell and scream at them, it was a girl they had never even seen before. The four studied her as she studied them.
It was a girl with waist-length pitch-black hair that was held back with a black headband. With another glance the four noticed that the tips of her hair were curled and dyed a deep red. She had icy blue eyes that seemed like more than a few shades lighter that Peter's eyes. They also had an icy edge to them. The four boys were already in their Hogwarts uniform, but they noticed that she wasn't in hers. She was wearing a pair of baggy black pants decorated with zippers, buckles, and large safety pins. Her shirt was a blood red belly spaghetti strap. She was wearing quite a few bracelets, two earrings in each ear, two necklaces, and a belly ring. Her slightly pale complexion went nice with the dark eyeliner and blood red lipstick that she was wearing. They all stared at her. none of them could say or even possibly think that this girl was ugly.
~ * ~
The girl looked at them, waiting for them to pick up their dropped jaws, which had dropped when they saw her fully developed body. The first one to recover from apparent shock was the boy with sandy brown hair.
"Good afternoon. I don't believe we've met. I'm Remus Lupin," the boy introduced himself and pointed at the boy with unruly hair. He was about to introduce him but got interrupted.
"Now, now Moony. We know how to introduce ourselves," the boy said. "I'm James Potter." He smiled a charming smile and then sat down.
"I'm Sirius Black, the finest man in this school," the boy with dark eyes introduced. His eyes were shining merrily and he was about to continue when the girl coughed.
"Sorry to interrupt your incoherent mumbling Mr. Black, but I don't think that you need to be saying that. Because it is quite obvious that you are definitely not yet a man but instead still an egotistical boy," she said with a straight face. James and Remus stared at her for a moment before bursting into hysterical laughter.
"Good one," Remus said between things of laughter. "Oh yeah, the quiet one over that is Peter Pettigrew. And you are really good. . . " he said still laughing yet again. Sirius just looked insulted and then perked up as he remembered something.
"Hey guys. Did you hear that at the beginning of the train ride a girl scared Malfoy? They said that she threatened to break his hand for touching her," he said smiling at the thought, but this sent James, Remus, Peter, and himself into another fit of laughter until the girl cleared her throat.
"1. My name is Alexis Evans. 2. Call me Alex. If you call me Alexis, I'll kill you. And 3. That girl was me," she said as she glanced around. "Oh and by the way. . . can I stay here for the rest of the ride?"
"Sure there's enough room in here. And why did you threaten to break his hand?" Remus asked curiously as he watched Alex sit down by one of the windows.
"Because I'd rather not have a guy that looks like a girl caressing my cheek like they own me," she said casually as she pulled out a book to read for the rest of the ride. "And I am nobody's property," she added after opening the book.
"You might want to change into your Hogwarts uniform now," James stated as he and Sirius pulled out their chess sets so they could match before the ride was over.
"I don't wear uniforms, and if you look inside my trunk you won't see any uniform," Alex said as she flipped to the next page. She looked at Sirius to see a sly grin cross his face. "And if you touch my trunk, you'll be hexed into next year."
~ Flashback ~
"Don't touch my trunk," a year younger Alex said to her new roommate. "Just believe me when I say that you won't be comfortable if you do," she said seeing a curious look cross the girls face and with those words she walked out of her room with an evil smirk on her face. One minute after she exited the room a high-pitched scream could be heard throughout the school. "Stupid girl. I warned her, but I guess she didn't want to listen to me," she said as she walked back into her room.
"What did you do to me. . . you. . . you. . . you witch!" the 'girl' screamed at Alex angrily after she had looked in the mirror to see what had happened to herself.
"Correct you are my dear, I am a witch. But you on the other hand. . . look like a freaked up mythical creature that got crossed from two very awkward looking things. I don't think I could even think of you as a female again," Alex said as she walked to her trunk. "I told you not to touch it, but you just had to be nosy didn't you?"
"I. . . I. . . I HATE you!" the girl screamed as she ran out of the room in search of the hospital wing while crying. Voices could be heard from the halls and other rooms.
". . . did you see what happened to the freak's new roommate?"
"Yeah. . . it was all Evans' fault. . . "
"To think. . . a pure blood. . . "
". . . could be brought down so easily. . . "
Alex just rolled her eyes and walked out of her room surprising many of the students that were outside the door and in the hall that connected all the rooms.
"Give the gossip a rest. It gets old and not everyone wants to hear about the same kind of things all the time," she said coldly as she walked out of the hall and to her secret hideout that she had found in her first year there.
~ End Flashback ~
The sly grin was still plastered across Sirius' face and he didn't even notice that she wasn't paying attention to him anymore.
"And why would I be hexed into next year?" he asked with a look of innocence on his face. "Why would such an adorable boy like me ever be hexed into a different year?" he asked grinning cheekily.
"Oi! Sirius give it a rest and move a piece. It's been your turn for the past five minutes!" James interrupted. Alex just glanced around the compartment and then continued reading her book.
"Hey Alex, what are you reading?" Remus asked as he sat next to her because he couldn't seem to strike up a conversation with Peter, and James and Sirius were to into their chess game. Alex showed his the cover of the book, it was titled A 7th Years Guide to Transfiguration. "What year are you in. . . ? Because you don't look like a 7th year. . . " he started but didn't finish because Alex interrupter him.
"That's because I'm only a 4th year. . . " she said and then added, "and if you want to know why I have this book it's because this is the book I will be using for my Transfiguration class this year." Remus was about to say something but she didn't let him. "Yes. . . that means that I'm advanced in the subject," she said while rolling her eyes.
"But. . . advanced by three years?!" Remus exclaimed finally catching James' and Sirius' attention. The two exchanged an odd look before looking back at Remus who was still recovering from the shock that she was so advanced in Transfiguration.
"Hey Remus, what are you talking about? Who's three years advanced in what?" James asked seeing as Sirius just looked confused and didn't know what to ask. Alex closed her book and sighed.
"Ok. . . let me just say this once. . . I'm just a 13 year old from a different magic school that just happens to be more advanced than people my age so they moved me up a year and up a few years in Transfiguration. Now. . . if you don't leave me alone and let me read. . . I'll hex you," Alex said opening her book once more. Remus, James, Sirius, and Peter just stared at her before talking about the prank they should play for the Start of the Year Feast. This is going to be one heck of a long year. . . Alex thought to herself as she started reading about Animagi.
The rest of the train ride there was silence between the guys and girl. She read the whole way while the guys passed notes about their prank. . . what their prank would be. . . you just have to wait and find out. "Students, Hogwarts Express will be entering Hogsmeade Village in less than ten minutes. Leave your stuff on the train, someone else will take your stuff to the castle," this announcement was made and Alex shuffled in one of her pockets looking for something. After ten minutes the train came to a sudden stop and all the students got up and exited off the train. Alex and the Marauders climbed out of the train and walked towards the carriages when they heard a professor calling.
"Miss Alexis Evans!" the professor called again. She and the Marauders turned to see who it was that was calling her. It was a woman with black hair that was up in a tight bun and looked very strict. The guys knew her as Professor McGonagol but Alex didn't.
"You rang?" Alex said loudly as she walked over to her ignoring the looks she was getting from all the guys. The professor looked her over and then noticed that she wasn't wearing the school uniform.
"Why Miss Evans. . . why are you not wearing the uniform?" she asked in a tight voice as she looked her over yet again.
"You need to lighten up and besides Dumbledore knows that I'm not wearing any school uniform. And I would enjoy it if you would stop eyeing me like you're a hawk and I'm your pray," Alex said sarcastically only to be glared at by the professor and get shot odd looks from the students as they loaded themselves up into the carriages that would take them to the school.
"Lighten up? And it's Professor Dumbledore to you. I am Professor McGonagol, Head of Gryffindor house and Transfiguration teacher," she said in a tight voice still. "I will escort you to Hogwarts by means of this carriage. You will be the first to be sorted instead of all the 1st years first. You will stand outside the side entrance until Professor Dumbledore introduces you and calls for you to come. Then you will walk in and up to the stool that will be in the front of the Hall. Then I will place the Sorting Hat on your head and you will be sorted." Professor McGonagol said as she lead Alex over to the carriage and waited for her to get in. Alex took her time climbing into the carriage and once she was in, McGonagol climbed in and the carriage moved forward.
After about ten minutes the carriage stopped. Alex looked out the window of the carriage to see a gorgeous castle looming over her. Wow. . . she thought to herself as she climbed out of the carriage and Professor McGonagol lead her to one of the side entrances. This place isn't a school! She thought to herself as she glanced around and fastened the cloak that she had in her hands on. The outside of it was black and the inside was red. McGonagol looked at her and shook her head with disapproval before walking away and leading the 1st years into the Great Hall from the main entrance.
"It is my great pleasure to tell you all that we have a new student this year. She will be joining the 4th years. Said student is transferring in from Durmstrang. She is only 13 though so make her feel welcome, and yes she will be joining 7th years in Transfiguration. Now then, may I introduce to you Alexis Evans," Professor Dumbledore said. When he had finished saying this one of the side entrances' doors burst open.
All the students turned to look at whom it was. The Marauders already knew because of the train ride there, but they turned to see her anyways. All the boys' mouths in the Great Hall dropped when they saw the girl, all thinking 'so what if she's only 13!' The girls just glared at her, especially if their boyfriends were staring at her.
Alex just ignored all the looks that she was the receiving end of and walked up to the front of the Great Hall. Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape saw and recognized her as well, and they paled visibly when they remembered part of Dumbledore's speak saying she was from Durmstrang. Alex went up to the stool and pulled the Sorting Hat onto her head, ignoring all the noises around her and the disapproving glances from the other Professors.
~Ah. . . here at last are we?
Yeah, did it take you long enough even though you've been on my head for a minute?
~Smart alec are you? Don't answer that question. . . I don't want to know. The hat said to her. Anyways. . . where to put you? I'd say that you'd be a good Hufflepuff but loyalty to you isn't as high on your standards as others. . . so no. . . Hufflepuff's out of the picture. . .
Would you just decide?
~Hm. . . Ravenclaw? Nah. . . smart. . . but other things are higher. Yes I see. . . I'll put you in "SLYTHERI-----" the hat started but was interrupted by Alex shouting out loud "NO WAY IN HECK!" ((You may use your imagination to make her something else along those lines.)) Everyone in the Hall was silent as the Sorting Hat seemed to rethink its decision. Hm. . . are you sure? Not Slytherin? You would be great there. . . I see, very ambition indeed, as well as cunning. . . but no? Are you positive? You'd rather die than be in Slytherin? Really. . . ? In any case. . . wait. . . bravery and courage. Higher than your cunning by a bare minimum. . . are you sure that's your choice? Ok then. . . better be. . . "GRYFFINDOR!" Everyone in the hall was staring at her in shock, even the professors. Alex stood and yanked the hat off her head and glared at it as she made her way over to the Gryffindor table. The last thought she had sent to the Sorting Hat had been threatening and she wasn't in a good mood anymore.
"Stupid hat," she muttered as she sat down in an empty seat ignoring the looks that others were giving her. The Sorting Ceremony then took place, even though everyone was still brooding over what had happened when Alex was being sorted. The Sorting Hat started to say Slytherin but then was interrupted and reconsidered it decision. Not even Dumbledore understood but he didn't say anything, knowing that the answer would show up eventually.
"Now then, since the Sorting is over. Once again, welcome our new students to Hogwarts. Reminder for those students who seem to have forgotten, the Forbidden Forest is obviously Forbidden for students to enter. And our caretaker Mr. Filch has posted up a list of things that have been banned from use. One other thing, no using your wand in the halls. That is all, enjoy," Dumbledore said as he sat back down and mounds of food appeared on top of the Great Hall's tables.
After the Feast was over the house prefects led the 1st years to their respective common rooms. The password for Gryffindor's was Artemis' Lair. Alex ignored the catcalls that she was receiving from the males in the common room and walked up to her respective dorm. When she was up in her dorm she easily spotted her trunk, it was beside the bed that was furthest in the back and by the window.
Good, at least no one will wake me up. Stupid case of insomnia, Alex thought to herself as she walked over to the bed not noticing the girl with long auburn hair looking at her. I'm glad to be so far away from everyone else. . . I can't believe that they actually wanted me to make friends with people, Alex thought with a shudder. How do they expect me to make friends with these. . . these. . . idiots?! She nearly shouted out but refrained as she pulled out her pocket book and a quill that never needed to be dipped in ink. She started to write as she sat at the desk next to her bed until she heard someone clear their throat.
Alex turned to see who had interrupted her writing to see a girl from her dorm standing by her bed. The girl had auburn hair that reached the mid of her back. Alex also noticed that the girl had dazzling green eyes that sparkled brightly when she was happy and flicked darkly when she was sad or angry. The girl smiled at Alex and held out a hand for her to shake.
"Hello. I'm Lily Evans," the girl said brightly. "Pleased to meet you, and did the Marauders do anything to bother you on the train ride?" she asked with slightly narrowed eyes. This caused Alex to stifle a chuckle.
"The Marauders? Oh. . . you mean the group of guys with those two egotistical prats?" Alex asked with a look of innocence on her face as she shook Lily's hand. The two started talking and oddly enough became friends, even though this was the first time they had ever talked. "I mean. . . a guy who introduces himself to you as and I quote 'the best looking man in the school,' I mean. . . what's wrong with him? You should have heard my response to Black's introduction. . . " Alex said. The two girls were sitting on Alex's bed and they didn't even realize that their roommates had entered into the dorm.
"Are you guys, like, talking about, like, Sirius Black?" a girl with short blond hair asked in a rather high pitch voice. She and one other girl were walking over to Alex's bed and heard Alex say 'Black' so they decided to see what they were talking about.
"Does it really matter what WE are talking about? Because I know that we, meaning Lily and I, sure didn't invite you into OUR conversation," Alex said coldly. Lily laughed at the look of shock on the two girls' face.
"You can't like. . . talk to me like that. Its like. . . not like right," she said in that high-pitched voice again. Lily was cracking up silently on the bed as Alex just glared at the girl.
"I can, like, do whatever I want. I don't have to listen to a bimbo like you that thinks they can rule over the school. And trust me when I say stay clear of my way," Alex said seething. The two girls got the message and walked away from her bed talking in their high-pitched voices, which only annoyed Alex more.
"Oh. . . my. . . god. That was so funny," Lily said when she had enough breath to actually talk. "Did you see the look on their faces?!" she said as she started laughing again.
"Painfully enough I did," Alex said as she mocked a wince. "And think they made their voices high enough. They were so high that you'd think they were guys trying to talk in girl's voices," she said. With this thought both girls started laughing.
"The blonde was Alyssa. So-called 'Queen of Hogwarts,' and I need to get some rest. See you in the morning Alex," Lily said bidding her new friend good night and walked over to her own bed. Alex bid Lily good night and watched Lily close the red curtains around her bed. Alex sighed and pulled out her wand. With a small charm, the curtains around Alex's bed became black with swirls of red in them.
"Now then. . . to find a way to sleep. Stupid case of insomnia. . . " Alex said sighing as she put her pocketbook and quill away. She then walked out of her dorm room and down to the common room to see that the Marauders were still up. She ignored them and their attempts to strike up a conversation with her and walked out of the common room ignoring the fact that it was past curfew.
Alex just wondered the halls, not really caring if anyone saw her or if a teacher caught her. She just didn't care anymore. Only two people could ever make her laugh or smile, her new friend Lily Evans and her only friend from Durmstrang Jeremy. She still had on her cloak and wasn't paying attention to where she was going so it was obvious that she would run into somebody, it just wasn't someone that would be pleased with running into her.
"Watch where you're going stupid girl," a slimy voice said as one of the people that she ran into stood up and dusted himself off. The boy looked at her in disgust to see who it was that had run into him. When he saw who it was he was a bit surprised. "What are you doing out in the dungeons right now?!"
"Does it really matter. . . Snape?" Alex asked in a deadly cold voice. "I'm here because I am and you can't do anything about it. "Besides, I could ask the same of you. Now if you don't leave me alone you'll regret the day you were born," she added icily as she turned to walk away but Malfoy, who was there with Snape, caught her arm with his hand.
"Regret the day we were born? I highly doubt it little girl. You don't scare us even though you're from a Dark Arts school I guarantee that we know more Dark Arts than you do," Malfoy sneered at her ignoring the glare that she sent at him. "Now then. What are you doing down here at this time of night?"
"As I said before. It doesn't matter what I was doing down here. Now then. . . Malfoy, unhand me you freakish fiend before I make you," Alex said as she glared at him, her eyes shining angrily.
"What are you going to do? Call for Potter and Black to come to the rescue?" Snape sneered as he became impatient waiting for her to say why she was down there. "For all we know, you could be a filthy mudblood trying to come destroy the Slytherin house."
"That wouldn't be a bad idea," Alex said through gritted teeth. In one swift movement she turned towards Malfoy and kneed him in the groin causing him to curse in pain. Not only that but since his grip on her arm tightened she grabbed it with her opposite arm and twisted it around dislocating his shoulder. "Now then. I'll be on my way. Remember, don't mess with me or pay the price," Alex said as she walked away ignoring the cursing of Malfoy and the few curses Snape shoot at her but she dodged. Some people never learn do they. . . guess I'm still just the new student after all, Alex thought to herself as she found her way back to the Gryffindor tower.
"Password?" the Fat Lady asked as Alex walked up to her portrait. Alex sighed and murmured the password. The Fat Lady opened and allowed Alex to walk in before closing again. Alex walked up to her dorm and laid on her bed waiting for sleep to overcome her as it always did late at night. When she did not fall asleep after ten minutes she got up and changed into one of her nightgowns. When she was done changing she lay back down on her bed, but this time sleep overcame her instantly. The thoughts as she slept were the same as before. . . just the new student. . . the one that came from a Dark Arts school, the one who was said to most likely join Lord Voldemort's ranks.
TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT CHAPPIE!
Extra Notes: Yea, your all wondering what the heck's wrong with her. . . am I right? Nah, she just didn't grow up with what we call a 'loving' family. Yea. . . you'll find out the full deal with her past. . . later on. ^________^; Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and will continue to read this fanfic. Its school time right now so it might take a while for me to update next. R & R!!!!
Disclaimer: Hey all I don't own this. sadly anyways. J.K. Rowling does I don't. The only things I own in this thing. are the outfits I made up and Alexis Evans.
Summary!: Marauder's Era. So what if people have their problems. That's what you've got friends for. Join a new student, Lily, and the Marauders in this story. Learn twists about things you'd never understand. L/J, R/OC, S/OC
Chapter 1: The New Student
I wonder where the stupid platform is. . . a girl with pitch-black hair thought to herself as she walked through the Kings Cross Train Station looking for Platform 9 and ¾. Hm. . . Platform 9. . . Platform 10. . . she thought but said outloud, "Where in bloody Merlin's name is the platform?!" she exclaimed quietly to herself so that she didn't draw much more attention to herself, and then something caught her eye. It was a tall boy with dark hair disappearing between the two platforms. Must be a barrier. . . she thought to herself as she followed him through the barrier pushing her trolley.
Once she was through the barrier, she was greeted by the sight of a scarlet steam engine. The steam engine was titled the Hogwarts Express. The girl loaded her trunk up with everyone else's along with her owl and owl cage. She then climbed onto the train and went in search for a compartment to sit in.
The first compartment she entered had two males in it. One had shoulder length blond hair and the other had long greasy black hair. She looked at them with a disgusted look on her face as they introduced themselves to her. Their names? Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape.
"Haven't seen you around here before. I would never forget a pretty face like yours," Lucius said as he caressed her cheek with his left hand. She glared daggers at him.
"Malfoy. Kindly take your hand away from my face, before I break it," she said, still glaring daggers at him. Her tone was ice cold and he snatched his hand away as if he could feel the daggers she was sending him. "Wise decision. Now then, I'll be leaving this compartment seeing as you two are a waste of anybody's breath." With those words she exited the compartment. After about ten minutes she walked quite a ways towards the back of the train.
She walked up to the last compartment and checked to see if she heard and voices. She did and they were all male voices. She knocked on the door and heard a "come in" so she opened the door and walked in. She then closed the door and walked towards the group of boys. Two of the boys were standing and two were sitting, and they were all about her age.
The two boys standing could have passed for twins. They both had black hair but ones was very unruly. The one with unruly hair had hazel eyes that were hidden behind his round glasses. The one whose hair was combed had dark mischievous brown eyes. Both boys had identical grins on their faces. The two were also about 6'1" as far as she could tell.
One of the ones sitting down had sandy brown hair that was just long enough to get into his blue-gray eyes. His eyes were also sparkling, but their sparkle seemed a bit dull with the bags that were evident under his eyes. He looked like he would be about an inch or two shorter than the two others that were standing up. The last boy had short blond hair with watery-blue eyes and he was slightly chubby. Guessing, she would say that he was about 5'6" meaning three inches shorter than herself.
~ * ~
The four boys turned to see who it was that entered their compartment. The four boys' names were James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. All four jaws dropped when they saw the person in their compartment. Instead of one of their friends or someone else that would yell and scream at them, it was a girl they had never even seen before. The four studied her as she studied them.
It was a girl with waist-length pitch-black hair that was held back with a black headband. With another glance the four noticed that the tips of her hair were curled and dyed a deep red. She had icy blue eyes that seemed like more than a few shades lighter that Peter's eyes. They also had an icy edge to them. The four boys were already in their Hogwarts uniform, but they noticed that she wasn't in hers. She was wearing a pair of baggy black pants decorated with zippers, buckles, and large safety pins. Her shirt was a blood red belly spaghetti strap. She was wearing quite a few bracelets, two earrings in each ear, two necklaces, and a belly ring. Her slightly pale complexion went nice with the dark eyeliner and blood red lipstick that she was wearing. They all stared at her. none of them could say or even possibly think that this girl was ugly.
~ * ~
The girl looked at them, waiting for them to pick up their dropped jaws, which had dropped when they saw her fully developed body. The first one to recover from apparent shock was the boy with sandy brown hair.
"Good afternoon. I don't believe we've met. I'm Remus Lupin," the boy introduced himself and pointed at the boy with unruly hair. He was about to introduce him but got interrupted.
"Now, now Moony. We know how to introduce ourselves," the boy said. "I'm James Potter." He smiled a charming smile and then sat down.
"I'm Sirius Black, the finest man in this school," the boy with dark eyes introduced. His eyes were shining merrily and he was about to continue when the girl coughed.
"Sorry to interrupt your incoherent mumbling Mr. Black, but I don't think that you need to be saying that. Because it is quite obvious that you are definitely not yet a man but instead still an egotistical boy," she said with a straight face. James and Remus stared at her for a moment before bursting into hysterical laughter.
"Good one," Remus said between things of laughter. "Oh yeah, the quiet one over that is Peter Pettigrew. And you are really good. . . " he said still laughing yet again. Sirius just looked insulted and then perked up as he remembered something.
"Hey guys. Did you hear that at the beginning of the train ride a girl scared Malfoy? They said that she threatened to break his hand for touching her," he said smiling at the thought, but this sent James, Remus, Peter, and himself into another fit of laughter until the girl cleared her throat.
"1. My name is Alexis Evans. 2. Call me Alex. If you call me Alexis, I'll kill you. And 3. That girl was me," she said as she glanced around. "Oh and by the way. . . can I stay here for the rest of the ride?"
"Sure there's enough room in here. And why did you threaten to break his hand?" Remus asked curiously as he watched Alex sit down by one of the windows.
"Because I'd rather not have a guy that looks like a girl caressing my cheek like they own me," she said casually as she pulled out a book to read for the rest of the ride. "And I am nobody's property," she added after opening the book.
"You might want to change into your Hogwarts uniform now," James stated as he and Sirius pulled out their chess sets so they could match before the ride was over.
"I don't wear uniforms, and if you look inside my trunk you won't see any uniform," Alex said as she flipped to the next page. She looked at Sirius to see a sly grin cross his face. "And if you touch my trunk, you'll be hexed into next year."
~ Flashback ~
"Don't touch my trunk," a year younger Alex said to her new roommate. "Just believe me when I say that you won't be comfortable if you do," she said seeing a curious look cross the girls face and with those words she walked out of her room with an evil smirk on her face. One minute after she exited the room a high-pitched scream could be heard throughout the school. "Stupid girl. I warned her, but I guess she didn't want to listen to me," she said as she walked back into her room.
"What did you do to me. . . you. . . you. . . you witch!" the 'girl' screamed at Alex angrily after she had looked in the mirror to see what had happened to herself.
"Correct you are my dear, I am a witch. But you on the other hand. . . look like a freaked up mythical creature that got crossed from two very awkward looking things. I don't think I could even think of you as a female again," Alex said as she walked to her trunk. "I told you not to touch it, but you just had to be nosy didn't you?"
"I. . . I. . . I HATE you!" the girl screamed as she ran out of the room in search of the hospital wing while crying. Voices could be heard from the halls and other rooms.
". . . did you see what happened to the freak's new roommate?"
"Yeah. . . it was all Evans' fault. . . "
"To think. . . a pure blood. . . "
". . . could be brought down so easily. . . "
Alex just rolled her eyes and walked out of her room surprising many of the students that were outside the door and in the hall that connected all the rooms.
"Give the gossip a rest. It gets old and not everyone wants to hear about the same kind of things all the time," she said coldly as she walked out of the hall and to her secret hideout that she had found in her first year there.
~ End Flashback ~
The sly grin was still plastered across Sirius' face and he didn't even notice that she wasn't paying attention to him anymore.
"And why would I be hexed into next year?" he asked with a look of innocence on his face. "Why would such an adorable boy like me ever be hexed into a different year?" he asked grinning cheekily.
"Oi! Sirius give it a rest and move a piece. It's been your turn for the past five minutes!" James interrupted. Alex just glanced around the compartment and then continued reading her book.
"Hey Alex, what are you reading?" Remus asked as he sat next to her because he couldn't seem to strike up a conversation with Peter, and James and Sirius were to into their chess game. Alex showed his the cover of the book, it was titled A 7th Years Guide to Transfiguration. "What year are you in. . . ? Because you don't look like a 7th year. . . " he started but didn't finish because Alex interrupter him.
"That's because I'm only a 4th year. . . " she said and then added, "and if you want to know why I have this book it's because this is the book I will be using for my Transfiguration class this year." Remus was about to say something but she didn't let him. "Yes. . . that means that I'm advanced in the subject," she said while rolling her eyes.
"But. . . advanced by three years?!" Remus exclaimed finally catching James' and Sirius' attention. The two exchanged an odd look before looking back at Remus who was still recovering from the shock that she was so advanced in Transfiguration.
"Hey Remus, what are you talking about? Who's three years advanced in what?" James asked seeing as Sirius just looked confused and didn't know what to ask. Alex closed her book and sighed.
"Ok. . . let me just say this once. . . I'm just a 13 year old from a different magic school that just happens to be more advanced than people my age so they moved me up a year and up a few years in Transfiguration. Now. . . if you don't leave me alone and let me read. . . I'll hex you," Alex said opening her book once more. Remus, James, Sirius, and Peter just stared at her before talking about the prank they should play for the Start of the Year Feast. This is going to be one heck of a long year. . . Alex thought to herself as she started reading about Animagi.
The rest of the train ride there was silence between the guys and girl. She read the whole way while the guys passed notes about their prank. . . what their prank would be. . . you just have to wait and find out. "Students, Hogwarts Express will be entering Hogsmeade Village in less than ten minutes. Leave your stuff on the train, someone else will take your stuff to the castle," this announcement was made and Alex shuffled in one of her pockets looking for something. After ten minutes the train came to a sudden stop and all the students got up and exited off the train. Alex and the Marauders climbed out of the train and walked towards the carriages when they heard a professor calling.
"Miss Alexis Evans!" the professor called again. She and the Marauders turned to see who it was that was calling her. It was a woman with black hair that was up in a tight bun and looked very strict. The guys knew her as Professor McGonagol but Alex didn't.
"You rang?" Alex said loudly as she walked over to her ignoring the looks she was getting from all the guys. The professor looked her over and then noticed that she wasn't wearing the school uniform.
"Why Miss Evans. . . why are you not wearing the uniform?" she asked in a tight voice as she looked her over yet again.
"You need to lighten up and besides Dumbledore knows that I'm not wearing any school uniform. And I would enjoy it if you would stop eyeing me like you're a hawk and I'm your pray," Alex said sarcastically only to be glared at by the professor and get shot odd looks from the students as they loaded themselves up into the carriages that would take them to the school.
"Lighten up? And it's Professor Dumbledore to you. I am Professor McGonagol, Head of Gryffindor house and Transfiguration teacher," she said in a tight voice still. "I will escort you to Hogwarts by means of this carriage. You will be the first to be sorted instead of all the 1st years first. You will stand outside the side entrance until Professor Dumbledore introduces you and calls for you to come. Then you will walk in and up to the stool that will be in the front of the Hall. Then I will place the Sorting Hat on your head and you will be sorted." Professor McGonagol said as she lead Alex over to the carriage and waited for her to get in. Alex took her time climbing into the carriage and once she was in, McGonagol climbed in and the carriage moved forward.
After about ten minutes the carriage stopped. Alex looked out the window of the carriage to see a gorgeous castle looming over her. Wow. . . she thought to herself as she climbed out of the carriage and Professor McGonagol lead her to one of the side entrances. This place isn't a school! She thought to herself as she glanced around and fastened the cloak that she had in her hands on. The outside of it was black and the inside was red. McGonagol looked at her and shook her head with disapproval before walking away and leading the 1st years into the Great Hall from the main entrance.
"It is my great pleasure to tell you all that we have a new student this year. She will be joining the 4th years. Said student is transferring in from Durmstrang. She is only 13 though so make her feel welcome, and yes she will be joining 7th years in Transfiguration. Now then, may I introduce to you Alexis Evans," Professor Dumbledore said. When he had finished saying this one of the side entrances' doors burst open.
All the students turned to look at whom it was. The Marauders already knew because of the train ride there, but they turned to see her anyways. All the boys' mouths in the Great Hall dropped when they saw the girl, all thinking 'so what if she's only 13!' The girls just glared at her, especially if their boyfriends were staring at her.
Alex just ignored all the looks that she was the receiving end of and walked up to the front of the Great Hall. Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape saw and recognized her as well, and they paled visibly when they remembered part of Dumbledore's speak saying she was from Durmstrang. Alex went up to the stool and pulled the Sorting Hat onto her head, ignoring all the noises around her and the disapproving glances from the other Professors.
~Ah. . . here at last are we?
Yeah, did it take you long enough even though you've been on my head for a minute?
~Smart alec are you? Don't answer that question. . . I don't want to know. The hat said to her. Anyways. . . where to put you? I'd say that you'd be a good Hufflepuff but loyalty to you isn't as high on your standards as others. . . so no. . . Hufflepuff's out of the picture. . .
Would you just decide?
~Hm. . . Ravenclaw? Nah. . . smart. . . but other things are higher. Yes I see. . . I'll put you in "SLYTHERI-----" the hat started but was interrupted by Alex shouting out loud "NO WAY IN HECK!" ((You may use your imagination to make her something else along those lines.)) Everyone in the Hall was silent as the Sorting Hat seemed to rethink its decision. Hm. . . are you sure? Not Slytherin? You would be great there. . . I see, very ambition indeed, as well as cunning. . . but no? Are you positive? You'd rather die than be in Slytherin? Really. . . ? In any case. . . wait. . . bravery and courage. Higher than your cunning by a bare minimum. . . are you sure that's your choice? Ok then. . . better be. . . "GRYFFINDOR!" Everyone in the hall was staring at her in shock, even the professors. Alex stood and yanked the hat off her head and glared at it as she made her way over to the Gryffindor table. The last thought she had sent to the Sorting Hat had been threatening and she wasn't in a good mood anymore.
"Stupid hat," she muttered as she sat down in an empty seat ignoring the looks that others were giving her. The Sorting Ceremony then took place, even though everyone was still brooding over what had happened when Alex was being sorted. The Sorting Hat started to say Slytherin but then was interrupted and reconsidered it decision. Not even Dumbledore understood but he didn't say anything, knowing that the answer would show up eventually.
"Now then, since the Sorting is over. Once again, welcome our new students to Hogwarts. Reminder for those students who seem to have forgotten, the Forbidden Forest is obviously Forbidden for students to enter. And our caretaker Mr. Filch has posted up a list of things that have been banned from use. One other thing, no using your wand in the halls. That is all, enjoy," Dumbledore said as he sat back down and mounds of food appeared on top of the Great Hall's tables.
After the Feast was over the house prefects led the 1st years to their respective common rooms. The password for Gryffindor's was Artemis' Lair. Alex ignored the catcalls that she was receiving from the males in the common room and walked up to her respective dorm. When she was up in her dorm she easily spotted her trunk, it was beside the bed that was furthest in the back and by the window.
Good, at least no one will wake me up. Stupid case of insomnia, Alex thought to herself as she walked over to the bed not noticing the girl with long auburn hair looking at her. I'm glad to be so far away from everyone else. . . I can't believe that they actually wanted me to make friends with people, Alex thought with a shudder. How do they expect me to make friends with these. . . these. . . idiots?! She nearly shouted out but refrained as she pulled out her pocket book and a quill that never needed to be dipped in ink. She started to write as she sat at the desk next to her bed until she heard someone clear their throat.
Alex turned to see who had interrupted her writing to see a girl from her dorm standing by her bed. The girl had auburn hair that reached the mid of her back. Alex also noticed that the girl had dazzling green eyes that sparkled brightly when she was happy and flicked darkly when she was sad or angry. The girl smiled at Alex and held out a hand for her to shake.
"Hello. I'm Lily Evans," the girl said brightly. "Pleased to meet you, and did the Marauders do anything to bother you on the train ride?" she asked with slightly narrowed eyes. This caused Alex to stifle a chuckle.
"The Marauders? Oh. . . you mean the group of guys with those two egotistical prats?" Alex asked with a look of innocence on her face as she shook Lily's hand. The two started talking and oddly enough became friends, even though this was the first time they had ever talked. "I mean. . . a guy who introduces himself to you as and I quote 'the best looking man in the school,' I mean. . . what's wrong with him? You should have heard my response to Black's introduction. . . " Alex said. The two girls were sitting on Alex's bed and they didn't even realize that their roommates had entered into the dorm.
"Are you guys, like, talking about, like, Sirius Black?" a girl with short blond hair asked in a rather high pitch voice. She and one other girl were walking over to Alex's bed and heard Alex say 'Black' so they decided to see what they were talking about.
"Does it really matter what WE are talking about? Because I know that we, meaning Lily and I, sure didn't invite you into OUR conversation," Alex said coldly. Lily laughed at the look of shock on the two girls' face.
"You can't like. . . talk to me like that. Its like. . . not like right," she said in that high-pitched voice again. Lily was cracking up silently on the bed as Alex just glared at the girl.
"I can, like, do whatever I want. I don't have to listen to a bimbo like you that thinks they can rule over the school. And trust me when I say stay clear of my way," Alex said seething. The two girls got the message and walked away from her bed talking in their high-pitched voices, which only annoyed Alex more.
"Oh. . . my. . . god. That was so funny," Lily said when she had enough breath to actually talk. "Did you see the look on their faces?!" she said as she started laughing again.
"Painfully enough I did," Alex said as she mocked a wince. "And think they made their voices high enough. They were so high that you'd think they were guys trying to talk in girl's voices," she said. With this thought both girls started laughing.
"The blonde was Alyssa. So-called 'Queen of Hogwarts,' and I need to get some rest. See you in the morning Alex," Lily said bidding her new friend good night and walked over to her own bed. Alex bid Lily good night and watched Lily close the red curtains around her bed. Alex sighed and pulled out her wand. With a small charm, the curtains around Alex's bed became black with swirls of red in them.
"Now then. . . to find a way to sleep. Stupid case of insomnia. . . " Alex said sighing as she put her pocketbook and quill away. She then walked out of her dorm room and down to the common room to see that the Marauders were still up. She ignored them and their attempts to strike up a conversation with her and walked out of the common room ignoring the fact that it was past curfew.
Alex just wondered the halls, not really caring if anyone saw her or if a teacher caught her. She just didn't care anymore. Only two people could ever make her laugh or smile, her new friend Lily Evans and her only friend from Durmstrang Jeremy. She still had on her cloak and wasn't paying attention to where she was going so it was obvious that she would run into somebody, it just wasn't someone that would be pleased with running into her.
"Watch where you're going stupid girl," a slimy voice said as one of the people that she ran into stood up and dusted himself off. The boy looked at her in disgust to see who it was that had run into him. When he saw who it was he was a bit surprised. "What are you doing out in the dungeons right now?!"
"Does it really matter. . . Snape?" Alex asked in a deadly cold voice. "I'm here because I am and you can't do anything about it. "Besides, I could ask the same of you. Now if you don't leave me alone you'll regret the day you were born," she added icily as she turned to walk away but Malfoy, who was there with Snape, caught her arm with his hand.
"Regret the day we were born? I highly doubt it little girl. You don't scare us even though you're from a Dark Arts school I guarantee that we know more Dark Arts than you do," Malfoy sneered at her ignoring the glare that she sent at him. "Now then. What are you doing down here at this time of night?"
"As I said before. It doesn't matter what I was doing down here. Now then. . . Malfoy, unhand me you freakish fiend before I make you," Alex said as she glared at him, her eyes shining angrily.
"What are you going to do? Call for Potter and Black to come to the rescue?" Snape sneered as he became impatient waiting for her to say why she was down there. "For all we know, you could be a filthy mudblood trying to come destroy the Slytherin house."
"That wouldn't be a bad idea," Alex said through gritted teeth. In one swift movement she turned towards Malfoy and kneed him in the groin causing him to curse in pain. Not only that but since his grip on her arm tightened she grabbed it with her opposite arm and twisted it around dislocating his shoulder. "Now then. I'll be on my way. Remember, don't mess with me or pay the price," Alex said as she walked away ignoring the cursing of Malfoy and the few curses Snape shoot at her but she dodged. Some people never learn do they. . . guess I'm still just the new student after all, Alex thought to herself as she found her way back to the Gryffindor tower.
"Password?" the Fat Lady asked as Alex walked up to her portrait. Alex sighed and murmured the password. The Fat Lady opened and allowed Alex to walk in before closing again. Alex walked up to her dorm and laid on her bed waiting for sleep to overcome her as it always did late at night. When she did not fall asleep after ten minutes she got up and changed into one of her nightgowns. When she was done changing she lay back down on her bed, but this time sleep overcame her instantly. The thoughts as she slept were the same as before. . . just the new student. . . the one that came from a Dark Arts school, the one who was said to most likely join Lord Voldemort's ranks.
TO BE CONTINUED IN NEXT CHAPPIE!
Extra Notes: Yea, your all wondering what the heck's wrong with her. . . am I right? Nah, she just didn't grow up with what we call a 'loving' family. Yea. . . you'll find out the full deal with her past. . . later on. ^________^; Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and will continue to read this fanfic. Its school time right now so it might take a while for me to update next. R & R!!!!