HONORARY MAURADING MEMBERS

THIS TIME THE MARAUDERS HAVE HONORARY MEMBERS: RAFAELA RIVERS, WHO IS LIKE SISTER TO JAMES POTTER, SIRIUS BLACK, LILY EVANS, WHO IS RAFAELA'S BEST FRIEND AND MARY TESS MCLAIN, WHO IS PART OF THE GANG. THEY HAVE ALL BEEN ACCEPTED INTO HOGWARTS. WILL HOGWARTS EVER BE THE SAME???? PG FOR MILD LANGUAGE.

(Rafaela's nickname is Riley. Just making sure that there aren't any confusion because Riley's not exactly the traditional nickname for Rafaela.)

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone except Riley and the teachers & students I make up

CHAPTER ONE: A letter from Hogwarts.

"LILY!" shouted Lily's mother, Cecilia Evans, "What is the owl doing here?"

Lily hurried into her room. There was a Great Gray owl sitting on her windowsill. Tied to its talons was a letter. Lily hurried forward and grabbed the letter.

To Ms. Lily R. Evans,

239 W. Elders Dr.

Second Room on the

Second Floor.

Lily stared at it, then at the seal on the envelope. It was a shield-like shape, and it was divided into four sections. A gold-and-red lion, a blue-and-bronze eagle, a black-and-yellow badger, and a silver-and-green serpent all surrounding the letter H.

She ripped open the envelope and took out the thick parchment inside.

Welcome to Hogwarts.

You have been accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You will find the list of your school things on the other parchment. There will be an official from Hogwarts who will come to speak to Mr. And Mrs. Marc Evans on August 21st.

The other parchment said….

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

OF

WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

FIRST YEARS WILL REQUIRE:

THREE SETS OF PLAIN WORK ROBES (BLACK)

ONE PLAIN POINTED HAT (BLACK) FOR DAY WEAR

ONE PAIR OF PROTECTIVE GLOVES (DRAGONHIDE OR SIMILAR)

ONE WINTER CLOAK (BLACK, SILVER FASTENINGS

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PUPIL'S CLOTHES SHOULD CARRY NAME TAGS.

COURSE BOOKS

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE FOLLOWING.

THE STANDARD BOOK OF SPELLS (GRADE 1) BY MIRANDA GOSHAWK

A HISTORY OF MAGIC BY BATHILDA BAGSHOT

MAGICAL THEORY BY ADALBERT WAFFLING

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO TRANSFIGURATION BY EMERIC SWITCH

ONE THOUSAND MAGICAL HERBS AND FUNGI BY PHYLLIDA SPORE

MAGICAL DRAFTS AND POTIONS BY ARSENIUS JIGGER

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM BY NEWT SCAMANDER

THE DARK FORCES: A GUIDE TO SELF-PROTECTION BY QUENTIN TRIMBLE

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 WAND

1 CAULDRON (PEWTER, SANDARD SIZE 2)

1 SET GLASS OR CRYSTAL PHIALS

1 TELESCOPE

1 SET BRASS SCALES

STUDENTS MAY ALSO BRING AN OWL OR A CAT OR A TOAD.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Lily read all this and her eyes widened. She handed it wordlessly to her mother, who read it and handed it to her husband. Lily's father, Marc Evans, read it also and he said levelly, "So, Lily, you're a witch!"

"Y-you're not surprised?" stuttered Lily.

Petunia scowled. "This is a prank."

Mr. Evans shook his head. "Well, I know there is for a fact witches and wizards. My great-aunt was one."

Petunia looked even more alarmed. "This is just a prank!" she shouted, "No one is a witch in my family."

Mr. Evans looked sternly at her. "Now, now, Petunia."

Petunia stomped out of the room.

Just then the phone rang. Lily grabbed for it. "Hello?"

"Lily, can you come over to my house?" came Riley Rivers' voice came out of the phone. Rafaela, called Riley was her best friend.

Lily looked at her parents. "Can I go to Riley's house?" she asked.

Cecilia and Marc nodded. "Sure. Are you gonna have dinner at the Rivers'?"

"I think so," replied Lily.

"Okay," said her parents.

Lily ran down a couple of blocks and there was the Rivers Manor, the biggest house in her neighborhood. An extremely beautiful pale-skinned black-haired girl was waiting on the porch.

"Hey Riley," said Lily.

"Hey Lils," Riley replied, "guess what!"

"What?"

"I've been accepted into Hogwarts!" cried Riley, and hugged Lily.

"Really? Me too!" shouted Lily, and she spun around in joy.

They calmed down a little and Riley pulled her to another huge house in the neighborhood right behind theirs. Riley pushed past a gate that had 'Potter Mansion' in a brass plaque. She knocked on the door.

A woman dressed in a maid's uniform opened the door. "Why, hello, Riley," she said, "James and Sirius are upstairs in James's room."

"Thanks Marie," said Riley and bounded up the stairs. There was an immediate crash, followed by a muttered curse.

"James Potter, Sirius Black, or Riley Rivers! If that was my antique gold-edged vase….." a shout from inside the house.

"Mrs. Potter," mouthed Marie, the housekeeper.

Riley came out again, grinning. "Sorry Aunt Laura!" she shouted.

"Who's Aunt Laura?" asked Lily, thoroughly confused.

"Mrs. Potter, of course. My mother's Mrs. Potter's sister," replied Riley. She dragged Lily into the house. "My mother told me that it was safe to tell you that I was going to Hogwarts because she got your name on the list of Hogwarts students," explained Riley.

Lily gaped at the huge mansion. Potter and Rivers Mansions were about the same size, but even after all the time Lily had spent at Riley's house, she was still impressed by the Potters'.

Riley crashed into a coffee table. A chessboard with crystal chess pieces smashed on the floor. "Sorry Aunt!" called Riley lamely. Riley was a known to be clumsy.

There was a mutter of 'Repairo' and a friendly-looking man appeared. He shook his head. "Riley, what's the record now, five broken vases and things in a week?"

"I think it's seven," muttered Riley, "Oh, Uncle Jonah, this is Lily Evans. She's been accepted into Hogwarts too! Lily, this is Mr. Jonah Potter."

"You can call me Mr. Jonah or Uncle Jonah, whatever you prefer. Or Mr. Potter, of course," he added.

"Bye Uncle Joe!" Riley pushed open the door of a room marked 'James Potter'. When the door opened with a slight creak, two boys looked up from a game of Exploding Snap.

"Hi Riley," they said in unison. Riley grinned. "Hey guys."

The boy with black hair (well, they both had black hair) and dark brown eyes nodded at Lily. "Hi,"

"This is Lily Evans, James, Sirius. She's been accepted into Hogwarts too. Lily, this is James Potter-she pointed to the black haired, hazel eyed boy-whom I have the unfortunate point of being cousins with, and this is Sirius Black, who is thankfully not a relative of mine," she indicated the one who had said Hi to Lily first.

Riley sat down on the floor next to Sirius and peered at the game. "So, who's winning?"

"Sirius," replied James shortly.

Sirius grinned.

They're pretty cute, thought Lily. She watched the game and started back when the cards began to smoke. Riley laughed. "Don't worry, Lils. They're suppose to explode. That's why it's called Exploding Snap."

"Exactly now shut up!" said James in one short breath, concentrating on the game.

"Fine, fine," muttered Riley, "cousin."

James stuck his tongue out at her. Riley made a face at him. Lily laughed as she watched the antics of the two cousins. It seemed like Riley had succeeded at distracting James. Sirius won the game.

James growled at Riley. "Rafaela," he threatened, "if you do that again, I'll hex you."

Riley stuck her tongue out at him. "You don't even have your wand yet."

"Good point," James considered this, "Sirius, do you know any hexes that you don't need wands for?"

Sirius stuck his tongue out at Riley. "Nope. But we can kick Riley out of your house if you want."

"Nah. She's climb in through the window or something if we do that."

"Exactly," said Riley with a satisfied nod. "Mum says you three are coming with me to Diagon Alley."

James and Sirius nodded. "I spent only a week with my dear mum this summer," said Sirius dreamily, "No shouting at me to become nasty, no lectures about how Slytherin is the greatest house, how Dumbledore is an idiot, and blah blah blah."

Riley scowled. "Your parents are so, so, mean, and, well, prejudiced."

"They are," said Sirius.

"Kids! Do you want a snack?" Mrs. Potter's magically magnified voice came sailing upstairs. Riley and Sirius immediately scrambled for the stairs. James and Lily grinned at each other and ran to catch up.