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Wolf's Bane
Chapter 5
Off to School We Go
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The morning of September 1st brought the Marauders to the kitchen table of Mr. and Mrs. Potter, waiting for breakfast. Peter was the first one downstairs, followed by Remus, then James, and then a very grumpy Sirius Black. They ate quickly then loaded their school trunks into the Potter'sliving roombeforeflooing to a small shop nearKing's Cross. The day promised to be good, and they all looked forward to seeing their friends again.
That very same morning, Sable double checked her belongings to make sure she had not forgotten anything before Apparating to King's Cross. She had gotten her Apparating licensebefore the summer, right after she had turned seventeen. Unlike in European countries, Americans were a little more lenient with teenage witches and wizards. The oldest students were allowed more privileges than others, and Apparating happened to be one of them. When Sable moved back to England, the British Ministry had extended her the same courtesy of doing her research over the summer, as well as Apparating while she was not yet quite old enough. This had helped with the moving and packing she had been doing over the summer.
The four boys arrived at King's Cross a little after ten in the morning. They said their good-byes and thanks-you's to the Potter family before going through the barrier that separated Muggle King's Cross from the magical Platform 9 3/4. The boys stepped through the barrier and saw the scarlet Hogwart's Express ready and waiting. There were already a number of students there, putting their trunks in empty compartments on the train and then looking for friends. James scanned the crowd for a certain red headed girl; he had a few questions for her to answer.
He soon found her in the crowd, helping some of the younger students get calmed down. She wore the traditional black Hogwart's robes with her Gryffindor uniform flashing underneath. Pinned on the left hand side of her robes was a shining silver badge with the words 'Head Girl' on it. James grinned and walked up to her with an easy stride.
"You would think they could find someone besides YOU to be Head Girl. They must be slipping in their old days!" James said with a perfect imitation of Severus Snapes' voice. He watched as the redhead tensed and spun to face him, the anger making her green eyes sparkly like emeralds.
"I'll have you know, Severus Snape..." she began coldly, only to stop when she realized it was James standing in front of her. She broke into a smile and hugged James fiercely. "James Potter, you better be glad I'm in a good mood, or I'd have hexed you right then and there!" she said.
"No you wouldn't have," he said pointedly. "You can't hex the Head Boy, at least not until we get to school." Lily laughed and hugged him again. They hadn't seen each other since the end of last year, and they had missed each other horribly.
"Where's the rest of the fearsome four?" Lily asked curiously.
"There over there somewhere." James replied dismissively. "Lily, when you got your letter, did Dumbledore say anything about some new students being transferred to Hogwarts from other schools?"
"Yes he did," she said, "But he didn't give me any names. There's only one though, some girl from Salem. She's in our year, but I don't know her name, and I haven't seen her yet. Why do you ask?" James explained about the girl they had met at Diagon Alley. Lily's interest was peaked about the mystery girl, and decided to find out who she was. "Well, we'll see her here, and if not, we'll see her at the Sorting Feast. Maybe she's just shy."
"But that still doesn't explain how she knewus." James pointed out. Lily just shruggedas they walked up to the other boys, not knowing how to counter that point. She hugged each of them and spoke with them for a few minutes before she and James were called to the train for a quick meeting with Professor McGonagall.
Remus, Peter, and Sirius quicklyfound an empty compartment on the train and packed away their trunks, then returned to stand outside the train, watching the other students scurry around. Remus kept looking through the crowd for a glimpse of the black-headed girl from Flourish and Blotts,hoping to spot her before the train left. Finally after twenty minutes, James and Lily came back to the group. They were about to rope Remus in to a conversation about Quidditch when he saw the mystery girl step through the barrier and onto the platform.
"Hey Lily," Remus said quietly, "you know that new transfer student we were talking about? I think she's here." Lily watched Remus' line of sight as it settled on the black haired girl. Lily's mouth dropped. She tried to get a close look, but she was surrounded by people. 'If that's who I think it is, these boys are going to kick themselves when they find out!' she thought to herself with a grin.
"I'll go see if I can find out who she is since you four seemed to have scared her already." Lily said with a huff. She gave James a quick kiss on the cheek, and left the four boys.
Sable pushed her way through the crowd, carefully avoiding the younger students. She caught a glimpse of red hair out of the corner of her eye before pulling her trunk onto the train and dragging it to the last empty compartment on the train. She had not been recognized yet by anyone as far as she knew, and that was good. Although she was getting some second glances from some of theolder kids, as though they thought her a familiar face, none of them had questioned her yet.
She pulled out a clean ledger and the Druid potions book she was translating after getting her things settled, then flipped to a clean page and began to write. About half-way through the first sentence, the compartment door opened, and Sable looked up into the face of a grinning Lily Evans.
"Meadow Sabriel Robbins, is that you?" Lily asked with mock anger. Sable could not help by grin. She knew fooling Lily would be hard, obviously she was a tad more observant than her boyfriend and his friends.
"The one and only, Ms. Evans. Thank Merlin for that! The world can't handle more than that!" Sable said as she stood up form the seat. Lilyhugged her and smiled with happiness at seeing the shorter girl.
"How have you been, Lily? Remus told me that you had been made Head Girl this year. Congratulations, by the way." Sable said happily. Lily dismissed it with a wave and a grin.
"That's old news Sable, but thank you just the same." she said smiling. "Now when did you decide to come back, and why haven't you told any of us? You've got those four wandering around in confusion after that meeting at Diagon Alley. Why didn't you tell them who you were?" She asked in a rush. Sable held out both hands and shook her head.
"Whoa, whoa, slow down. I got back over here about two weeks ago. Mom and Dad were transferred back to England. I didn't tell anyone I was coming back because I didn't know what kind of reaction I would get. As for the others, that day we met at Flourish and Blott's they kind of surprised me, and I didn't know what to say. So I ran before I could blow my cover too much. Besides, it's good to make the boys think a little. I'm guessing they haven't put two and two together yet to figure out who I am?" Sable asked with a sly grin. Lily laughed and shook her head.
"No, they don't know yet. And I'm not about to tell them who you are. Let's see if they can figure it out before we get to school. Come on, let's get back out there before they send out a search party. I'll introduce you with your real name, Meadow Robbins. Sabriel's your middle name, and Sable's a nickname. If I know those four, they won't remember that little tad of information. Of course, Remus might, but if I know the other three...it'll go over their heads." Lily grinned again, but her countenance turneddeadly serious."It's good to have you back again, Sable. Maybe you can help us drag Remus out of this stage he's in." She led the way back out again, with Sable rushing to keep up with her.
"I know. I could tell something was wrong when I got the last letter. Look, here they come." Sable grinned. The four boys smiled at her in recognition.
"Meadow, these are our resident Gryffindor house pranksters. Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, James Potter, and last but not least, the brains of the group, Remus Lupin." Lily said with a flourish, gesturing to each in turn.
"It's nice to meet you all. I'm afraid I left rather abruptly after our initial meeting in the bookstore. Please, I hope you don't consider me rude." she said with a smile. She held out her hand to shake, but Sirius grabbed it and kissed it gently. He had that glint in his eyes again. 'I guess it's good that some things never change.' Sable thought.
"Ah, the fair maiden has now named herself. Well Lady Meadow, let me be the first to welcome you to our illustrious center of learning." he said poetically. Lily rolled her eyes and smiled. 'If he knew who that was, he'd die of shock.' she thought cruelly. She put a hand over her mouth to hide the grin that threatened to escape. Sable raised her eyebrows and glanced at Lily.
"Oh, by the way, watch out for that one," she pointed to the kneeling Sirius, "He tends to be a little overly dramatic when trying to impress a new girl." Sirius rose from the ground, feigning hurt.
"Hey, you can't blame a guy for trying!" he said indignantly, still smiling at Sable.
"It's alright, I've met worse, much worse." Sable replied coolly. She turned to the others and smiled sweetly. "You're Head Boy, James Potter, correct?" James nodded. "And I'm guessing you are Peter Pettigrew, correct?" she asked the blonde headed boy. "Then you must be Remus Lupin?" she held out her hand and he shook it. She noticed that his eyes were rimmed in amber, much like her own. But she had put a charm on her eyes to keep them their normal color. Only if she removed the charm would the amber circles be visible to everyone else. 'Tomorrow's the full moon after all.' she thought. "It's a pleasure to meet you, all of you." She was about to say something else when the whistle of the engine drowned them out.
"We'd better go before everything's full." Peter mumbled. "Have you found a compartment yet, Meadow?" He asked timidly, not quite meeting her eyes.
"Yes, I did, Peter. Thank you." she replied politely.
"Why don't you come sit with us?" James asked quickly. Lily smiled and winked at the other girl.
"Are you sure? I wouldn't want to impose or anything." she replied.
"No problem at all." Sirius grinned. "We'll go get your stuff and you can sit with us." he said. "What compartment where you in?"
"The last one on the left." Sable replied. Sirius nodded and grabbed Remus' arm.
"You're coming with me, mate." he said quickly. Sirius had noticed that Remus just kept staring at the girl and figured he needed to look at something else before his eyes exploded.
"Well, let's go." Peter said. James and Lily went to the compartment in the front for the Heads, but told Peter they would find them once the trip got underway. Peter nodded and led Sable to an empty compartment on the train. They were soon joined by Remus and Sirius, with Sable's trunk between them. They sat it beneath the seats, and settled in for the ride. Remus handed her the potions book and ledger she had been working on earlier. She thanked him and put them away in her bag.
"I've got a question for you Meadow." Remus said suddenly. Sable turned and nodded. It was the first timehe had spoken to her since they got on thetrain, and she was wondering what he was thinking."When we met you in the bookstore, you called us the Marauders. How'd you know who we were?" Sable smiled, she'd been expecting the questions. Ever since their meeting in Diagon Alley, she had been figuring out what to say to them.
"Well, you see, another student at Salem had spent a few years at Hogwarts before coming there. She had a picture of you guys and she told everyone of all the pranks you had pulled while she was there. So, even thought no one at Salem really ever met you, everyone know about Hogwart's famous pranksters." she answered, never missing a beat.
"Who was the girl?" Sirius asked.
"She had a weird name, it sounded something like Gabriel. I'm not exactly sure, but she had black curly hair and violet colored eyes. She was really sweet and really good in Potions. Does that ring a bell?" she asked innocently, trying to keep from laughing.
"Sable." Remus said quietly. The others only nodded, growing quiet.
"Did I say something I wasn't supposed to?" Meadow asked, playing innocent. Of coure, if theyhadput it all together, they might have just figured the puzzle out right then and there, but of course, they didn't."You guys got all quiet suddenly."
"No, you didn't do anything, Meadow. Sable is a good friend of ours who left Hogwart's a few years ago. She was one of the group, just like a sister to us. And even more to some of us." He looked over to Remus who only shook his head and looked out of the window. " Anyway, we haven't seen her for two years, even though we do keep in touch. We all wish she could have come back for our last year at school." Peter explained.
"Yeah, she is a rather sweet person. She's rather well known at Salem. Fortunately, I was in the same house as her. We were good friends, and she always talked about the Marauders. She even gave me a pretty accurate description of you guys before she got the picture. She said that James and Sirius were the masterminds of the pranks. Peter was the one who carried them out when you got into a tight spot. Remus was the brains of the pack, always the one with thecharms or spells needed to carry the prank out." she finished.
Remus was very quiet throughout the conversation about Sable. He missed her so much it hurt. And this girl reminded him of her so much. It wasn't her looks, but her personality that seemed so familiar to him.
James and Lily had returned soon, and the group of teens settled in for the trip. Lily kept looking at Sable and grinning. When the boys figured it out, they were going to freak out, especially Remus. The Head Girl looked over at Remus. He was pale and his normal blue eyes were glowing an eerie amber color. He and Meadow were playing a game of chess, and the match was almost dead even. They bickered over the pieces, but Sable's king finally fell to Remus' queen piece.
The rest of the trip was uneventful. When they arrived at Hogwarts, Sable went with the first years on previous orders from Dumbledore. She would be re-introduced to the Gryffindor House after the sorting of the first year students. She waved at everyone as they climbed into the carriages that led to the castle, while she was surrounded by a group of anxious eleven year olds.
They climbed into the boats that would take them across the lake and to Hogwarts castle. Sable could not wait to get there. She was as excited as the first years, but somehow she managed to hide it better.
'Lord I hope they're not too mad when they find out.' she thought as she pushed over to let a few other students into the little boat.
Meanwhile, back on land…
Remus climbed into the horseless carriage with Sirius and Peter in tow. His mind was whirling with question, and feelings he thought to be long gone. He fidgeted in his seat, trying to get comfortable. Sirius noticed this and glanced at him.
"What's wrong, Moony?" he asked. He knew something was wrong with his friend, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
"I'm just thinking. That's all." he replied.
His eyes were totally amber now, and the moonlight fell through the carriage window casting shadows on the pale face.
"It's about Sable, isn't it?" Peter ventured carefully. Remus turned to the smaller boy with a grimace.
"How'd you know? Am I that transparent?" he asked with a wry grin.
"Kind of. We've all been thinking about her, all evening." Sirius said quietly. "Meadow reminds me of Sable so much. She doesn't look like her, except for the eyes, but her personality is so familiar. It's eerie."
"It's kind of like her personality, just in another body." Peter finished.
"I wish Sable were here." Sirius said. "She always was a kick to keep around. Kept us on our toes, she did."
"Me, too." Peter admitted.
"What about you, Remus? You wish she would come back?" Sirius questioned. 'If you only knew, Sirius. If you only knew.' Remus thought.
"Yes, I wish she would come back. But she's not, she's still in the States." he said. Sirius shook his head in despair for his friend. He knew Remus and Sable were very good friends. They would probably be more than friends by now if it weren't for the bloody Atlantic Ocean that separated them. He had watched them carefully the last day of school during their fourth year. It saddened him greatly to see Remus look so down trodden. When Sable had left, Remus seemed to close everyone off for a while. Sirius knew the two shared some type of bond that grew from the lycanthropy, but he sensed it was more than either let on. This bothered him greatly, mainly becauseRemus' transformations were becoming harder. And Sirius had a hunch it wasdo to the fact that his psychological state was disintegrating slowly. The depression he'd been suffering from lately had made the transformations harder for him, resulting in more scars, both emotional and physical.
The three friends sat in silence as they road up the path to Hogwarts, each one absorbed in their thoughts about Sable.
The small wooden boats ran aground on the shore near the back of the castle. Sable climbed out and waited for the younger children. They were all a mixture of nerves and excitement. They whispered to each other, trying to let off some of the anxious energy. Sable scanned the crowd, noticing a small boy near the end of the crowd. His big brown eyes were wide in anticipation, but he stood all alone. While the others chatted amongst themselves, the little boy looked on, the envy plain on his face. Sable walked through the crowd and stood next to the boy.
"Hey there." she said gently, "You holding up alright?" The little boy turned his big brown eyes to her and nodded. "What's your name, kid?"
"Th..Thomas McCleod, miss." he said in a strong Scottish accent. He seemed to be a bitshy, so Sable tried another approach.
"Well, Mr. McCleod, I am Meadow Sabriel Robbins. But you can call me Sable. Nice to meet you, Thomas." she held out her hand and the boy shook it timidly.
"Are you a student here, or a teacher?" he asked, seeming to get over his awkwardness.
"I'm a student; it's my last year here."
"Then why are you with us? Shouldn't you be with the older students?" he asked quizzically. Sable laughed and began to guide him up the hewn path to the castle, behind the other students.
"Well, you see, I'm a transfer student from America. I've been at SalemSchool for Witches and Wizardsfor the past two years; but before that I was here. So tonight, I'll be re-introduced into my old House, Gryffindor." she explained.
"You were in Gryffindor?" the little boy asked in astonishment.
"Yes, I was. Which House would you like to go into?" she asked.
"I'm not sure," he replied, I've heard great things about all of them. How are we sorted anyways? It's not anything too difficult, is it?" Sable smiled at the little boy's nervousness.
"I'll leave that for you to see." she said with a grin. "Don't worry, it's not hard at all." The boy looked a little suspicious, but said nothing.
They entered into the corridor leading into the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall stood there, peering at the new students. They all came to stand in front of her, quite anxious to get started.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, students," she said in a commanding voice. "In a few minutes you will be sorted into your Houses, but first, I need you to follow me. Come along." And with that, she turned and pushed open the doors to the Great Hall
Sable stayed close to the back of the line, letting the little ones go first. She followed slowly, looking carefully around the great Hall. The four Houses were filled to the brim. The Slytherins were looking on to the new students with disdain. The Ravenclaws were as excited as the Hufflepuffs and the Gryffindors. Sable glanced towards the head of the Gryffindor table where the Marauders and Lily were sitting together. She waved at them and Lily broke into a grin and winked. The group of new students stopped and Professor McGonagall unrolled a piece of parchment.
"When I call your name, please step forward. Sit down, and I will put the hat on your head and you will be sorted into you houses... Jeremy Abergathe."
And so the sorting began. With each name, the crowd in front of Sable dwindled, until only she was left standing there. At this point, Dumbledore stood and waved her to the platform, waiting for the chatter to die down. McGonagall had already taken the sorting hat and the stool away. Now, Sable stood beside the Headmaster in silent anxiety.
Lily grinned when the stool and hat were taken away. She looked around the room at the puzzled expressions on people's faces. She watched as Sable made her way up to the platform where Dumbledore stood.
"What's going on? Why wasn't she Sorted?" Sirius asked quickly. He went to stand up, but Lily put her hand on his shoulder, pushing him back down into his seat.
"Sit down Sirius, nothing's wrong." Lily said calmly. She grinned at the boys evilly.
"What's going on Lily?" Remus asked suddenly, not liking the new situation.
"Wait and see." Lily said mysteriously. James only shrugged. Lily had cracked in the carriage and spilled the beans about Sable. He wanted to kick himself for not recognizing it earlier, but he was happy she was back. Their attention was drawn back to the aging Headmaster.
"I have a few start of term announcements for you all. First of all, note that the Forbidden Forest is off limits to everyone. Secondly, our new Head Boy and Girl are Lily Evans and James Potter of Gryffindor." He was cut off by the loud rumble of applause that was emitted from the student body. "Thirdly, I would like for all Prefects and Heads to meet in my office after the feast. And lastly, it is my pleasure to re-introduce one of our students back into the student body. This young lady left us two years ago, but she has decided to come back to finish her last year of school with her friends. I am sure the seventh years remember a young woman by the name of Meadow Sabriel Robbins, or more accurately, Sable. Let's welcome her back, as she will be rejoining her house mates in Gryffindor." Dumbledore clapped his hands, and soon everyone else, minus the Slytherins, were welcoming her back. "Now, if I may, let the feast begin."
She chanced a glance to the head of her house table, Lily and James were grinning like clowns. Sirius and Peter were sitting in shock and Remus just stared at her, a disbelieving face plastered to him. Sable blushed and looked down. It wasn't exactly the reaction she had expected, butthey weren't screaming at her, so it was fine with her. She stepped down from the platform and sat at the very end of the table, down of her friends and next to the new Gryffindors, including Thomas McCleod. Now that they knew the truth, she'd let them come to her.
"You're kidding me, right? This is a joke, right? That is NOT Sable down there!" Sirius nearly yelled, turning to a smiling Lily next to him.
"Yes it is, you git! Too bad you didn't realize it earlier." Lily laughed.
"You knew about this?" Peter turned to a very red faced James Potter.
"I didn't find out until Lily and I were in the carriage. Then she swore that she'd hex me into my afterlife if I said anything. Sorry mates, my hands were tied." he said helplessly.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Remus asked simply. He still couldn't believe that she could possibly be who everyone said she was. He glanced back down the table, only to see her talking with one of the new Gryffindors.
"She wasn't sure what kind of reaction she would get after not seeing us for two years. She was scared that we would push her off." Lily explained.
"WHAT? She knows we wouldn't do that!" Sirius yelled, causing a few students to stare at him in confusion.
"Calm down, you overgrown baby!" Lily admonished. "She did it because she wasn't sure we still wanted her around. It has been two years since we last had any interaction with the girl other than letters. She wasn't sure about anything. Do NOT hold it against her. We've all changed since we last saw her, this was just a defensive measure, in case something went wrong."
Remus stared at his plate, his appetite forgotten. 'She's back. I can't believe it, she's back.' he thought. He glanced down the table again, seeing her stilltalking to a little brown haired boy. He watched her until she glanced up the table at them. Amber eyes met amber eyes, since Sable had apparently removed the concealing charm on her eyes before the ceremony, and Remus felt his heart skip a beat. Sable gave him a small smile and looked back down, her black hair hiding her face from view. Before he realized it, he stood up and walked to the end of the table, trying to get to her.
The others watched when he rose from his seat and went down the table. 'Maybe this will help him.' they all thought simultaneously.
Sable was talking a lot, and eating very little. She felt someone come up behind her, but she wouldn't turn around. A hand reached out to her, and touched her shoulder. She tensed up immediately. Remus sat down beside her, but said nothing. Finally, Sable broke the awkward silence.
"I'm sorry." she said quietly.
"For what?" Remus asked. Sable shook her head, not meeting his amber gaze.
"For not telling you guys who I was. For playing this whole charade game since I saw you at Flourish and Blotts, for..." Sable stopped when Remus started laughing. "Why are you laughing? I figured you guys would be ready to flay me alive when you found out!"
"Nah, you'll stay in one piece, for now anyways." he said. "I'm not going to guarantee anything when Sirius gets a hold of you though. He's pretty peeved."
"Peeved that I'm here, that I didn't tell him, or that the crazy boy didn't figure it out sooner?" she asked with a laugh.
"I think because he couldn't figure it out. And now he's actually embarrassed about kissing your hand at the store and the station." Remus said with a grin. Sable laughed, knowing she was going to catch hell when Sirius got to her.
"Meadow, can I ask you something?...oops, sorry. Didn't know you were talking to someone." Little Thomas McCleod said quickly, as he turned away from the older students. Sable had been so caught up with Remus that she had forgotten the little boy sitting beside her. She turned to boy with a smile.
"What is it, Thomas? Did you need something?" The little boy looked at Remus and frowned.
"No, it's nothing important. I just wanted to know about the house Quidditch team, but it can wait ." He once again looked at Remus and frowned. 'Looks like she's already got an admirer.' Remus thought wirily. Thomas turned from them and proceeded to eat his food. The other kids had seen him talking to an older student and he became an instant celebrity. When Sable sat next to him, the other students wondered why she would stay with the little kids. Thomas had gained quick acceptance after that. Now he was trying to eat in between talking about the house Quidditch team.
"I think he's a little taken by you." Remus said softly. Sable looked at him with curiosity.
"You're nuts. He's only eleven years old !" she shook her head and laughed quietly. Remus just looked at her and grinned, shrugging his shoulders, then pointing to theblushing little boy." I didn't believe it before, but now I'm convinced. You're nuts." she said with a grin. Remus laughed and stood from his seat.
"Come on, let's get you away from the boy before he tries to keep you by him all night. We can't be having you corrupt the younger students." he grinned.
"No, that'syour department if I'm correct. After all, I wouldn't want to make you boys look bad." She said again. Remus beckoned her to stand, and she did.
"I'll see you later, Thomas." she said. The boy only nodded, then turned a bright red. Remus gave her a I-told-you-so look that she would love to have wiped off his smug face. She walked up to the head of the table, near the other seventh years. They all smiled and waved. She then sat down between Remus and Peter, waiting for the comments from Sirius to fly.
And fly they did! First, he told her off for fooling them, then for not telling them, then for letting him make an idiot of himself when her kissed her. Finally, after another fifteen minutes of the Wizarding Inquisition, Sirius got it out of his system.
The rest of the feast was spent talking and throwing sarcastic comebacks at each other. It finally ended when everyone stood to go to the common rooms. Nothing was said on the way up there, but when the Fat Lady closed after admitting the last Gryffindor, all hell broke loose between Sirius and Sable, again. Remus watched in amusement as the two friends bickered, trying to get under each other's skin. Finally, Sirius cracked when Sable commented on how he couldn't even tell who one of his friends were after they were gone for a while. Sirius was losing his cool, quick.
"By the way Sirius," Sable prodded, "How did you manage to make the Quidditch team? Oh, that's right, James told me that the captains for the past few years have all been girls. Never mind, that just answered my question perfectly." She smiled sweetly. Sirius however, did not find it very amusing. He walked away with a huff and sat in a far away chair.
"Ding, ding! Round 1 to Ms. Robbins." Peter said through a fit of laughter as he watched Sirius storm off. Sable smiled, remembering the bickering matches she would get into with the tall dark headed boy. He glared at Peter and Remus who were laughing hysterically. James and Lily came in at that time, surprised to find the two hysteric boys, a pouting Sirius, and a smug looking Sable. The two Heads ushered everyone into bed, since it was after midnight already. Even though it was a Friday, they all complied. Everyone was worn out from the day's events. Soon, the entire common room was left to the Marauders, Lily, and Sable.
When Sirius finally got over his little overly dramatic show, he joined the others by the fire. The talked for another two hours, catching up on old times. They finally said their goodnights as they went to the dorms.'This is going to be an interesting year, if this evening is any indication of that's to come.' James thought as he watched the two girls walk away, ' Very interesting indeed!'
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A-N : Hello people. How am I doing so far? Your opinion counts, even FLAMES. Help me out here.
