Author's Note: HA! HA HA! I did it! I thought of a way to write this chapter without being confusing! Yes! Yes yes yes! Sorry, but I have been having major writer's block, so this is big for me. Yay! Okay, calm down. -takes deep breaths- Okay, I am better now. Let us begin.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

Child of the Stars

Chapter Five: Here We Are Again

James looked around as he stepped onto the platform. He did not see any of the other Marauders, but he did spot a certain red-head that he had liked since third year.

She was alone, leaning against the side of the train.

"Hi Lily," he said as calmly as he could. "How was your summer?"

She turned her emerald green eyes towards him. "Oh, hello James. My summer was fine, thank you. How was yours?"

"Absolutely brilliant. Sirius stayed at my house the entire time."

She smiled. "I can hardly imagine you two being left alone for the entire summer."

"What, we only wreaked havoc on my parents," he said with a chuckle. "Well, it seems that we both came early."

"If Sirius stayed with you, then where is he?"

"Oh, Remus needed help with his bags, so Sirius stayed over there last night."

The truth was, every full moon one of his friends, usually James or Sirius, went to stay with him, and the previous night Sirius had volunteered to go.

"Oh. Well, I don't think anybody else is here, except for maybe a few scattered first years."

"Right." He coughed as if nervous. "Listen, Lily, would you like to, maybe, possibly, sit with me on the train?" he said in a rush, a hopeful look on his face.

She looked thoughtful for a moment. "Sorry James, but I can't. I'm supposed to show a new girl around. Maybe I'll stop by with her."

She bit her lip at his crestfallen look. She had thought that his head had deflated some, but he was still an arrogant prick when he was around his friends, which was all of the time.

"Right, well, I'm just gonna go and put my stuff away," he mumbled as he walked past her to the door.

Lily sighed as she watched him go, wondering when the other students would show up. She checked her watch and looked at the Platform. With a grunt of frustration, she banged the back of her head against the train.

Meanwhile, James was walking through the train. He picked a compartment at random and put his things in the compartments. He punched the seat cushion in front of him, hoping that Sirius and Remus would get there soon.

Meanwhile, what's happening with our heroine...

Sadira, Severus, and Lucius stepped out of the car and looked at the train station. They had ridden with the Malfoys because Claudius was out of town for the week and could not take them. Weeks prior, when Sadira had gotten her letter, it took all of her willpower to not run and scream in front of her father. Though her birthday was not until September ninth, her father had agreed to sending her off to school.

Severus had been ecstatic about his father's decision, though he did not show it in front of anyone but Sadira. He had immediately owled Lucius, who did not even know that he had a sister.

The entire car ride, Lucius sat across from Sadira and stared at her, making her feel very uncomfortable. Severus looked somewhat angry, but he had warned her not to wear what she had warn. Her outfit consisted of a tight, navy-blue shirt with dramatically flared sleeves starting at the elbows, and a pair of worn bell-bottom jeans that had a hole in the knee, but still looked fairly nice.

Severus had worn black, as usual.

They walked through the platform at least half an hour early, noticing that not many people were there, only a group of boys about sixteen, a girl standing by herself, and a few younger students, talking amongst themselves.

None of them seemed to notice that the three teenagers had entered, so they walked towards the train. They were stopped, however, by the girl.

She lifted her head and looked at them, her eyes narrowing at Lucius, who gave her a malicious smirk.

"Hello Severus, how was your summer?" she asked with a warm smile.

"Fine Evens," he replied coldly. Sadira glared at him before looking back at the girl, who appeared to be biting her tongue to keep from making a comment.

She also noticed that she had very red hair, not quite flaming, but it wasn't auburn either. It was unlike any hair color Sadira had ever seen, but it was still beautiful, falling gracefully to her mid-back. It matched her eyes perfectly. They were emerald green, and seemed to hold a wealth of happiness.

Immediately Sadira liked the girl standing before her, though she couldn't explain why.

"Oh, where are my manners. I'm Lily, Lily Evens. You are the new student, aren't you?"

"Yes, I am. It's nice to meet you. I'm Sadira Snape," she said as she shook Lily's hand.

"Are you two twins?"

"No, but we are only a few months apart." Lily looked confused at this remark. "Different mothers."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to–"

"No need to apologize. So, what, are you supposed to show me around?"

"Yes, that's what Professor Dumbledore told me to do at least."

"Okay then, I guess I'll see you later Severus, Lucius."

Severus nodded and stepped onto the train while Lucius picked up Sadira's hand, brought it to his lips, and kissed it before also leaving.

When she was sure that he was gone, Sadira rubbed the spot on her hand where he had kissed it.

"I'm guessing you don't like him much," Lily said with a laugh as she watched Sadira.

"Not much at all. He's a creep."

"Yeah, but most Slytherins are."

"Hey!"

"What? Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot–"

Sadira started to laugh and Lily stopped short. "No, I'm sorry. I know he can be mean at times. It was just such a perfect opportunity."

"Well I do hope you're enjoying yourself."

"Why, I am, thank you very much."

"Come on, let's go meet the Marauders." Lily led Sadira over to the group of boys she had seen earlier.

"Marauders?"

"It's what they call themselves. Hooligans is what they should be called."

They now had to weave through people as it was getting closer to the departure time. When they reached the boys, they were laughing about something one of them had said.

"Excuse me," Lily called, grabbing their attention instantly.

"Lily, wonderful to see you again. How was your summer?" one asked. He was tall and thin. His light brown hair reached his shoulders and his golden eyes almost enchanted you. However, his handsome qualities were masked by the fact that he looked as if he hadn't slept in weeks.

"It was good, thank you. Are you feeling alright Remus?"

"Yes, I'm fine thank you. Just a little cold."

"Oh, okay. Well, I just wanted to introduce you to the new student. She just transferred here."

She took Sadira's shoulders and moved her around, pointing her to each boy in turn. "Sadira, Remus Lupin."

"Nice to meet you," she said as Lily turned her to a stout boy with watery blue eyes and short, sandy-colored hair.

"Peter Pettigrew."

He nodded his head and smiled slightly as Sadira said hello.

"James Potter." She turned Sadira to face a tall boy with extremely messy raven-black hair. He had hazel eyes and round, black-rimmed glasses. He smiled as he shook Sadira's hand.

"Nice to meet you Sadira."

"Thanks, it's nice to meet you too," she said with an equally friendly smile.

Lily turned her to face the last boy, and Sadira recognized him. It was Sirius Black.

"Hey, Sirius Black," he said as he held out his hand. He looked different. In a good way, but still different. His eyes seemed to radiate warmth, and his smile looked genuine.

His attire was also different. He had ditched the black suit and exchanged it for a pair of loose black jeans and a slightly form-fitting grey t-shirt that matched his eyes perfectly. Sadira smiled as she noticed his choker necklace, which was a black cord with a fang on it. ( AC;;sorry, but I LOVE those, and I personally think Sirius would look HOT in one ) He also donned a black collar. The small silver tag said 'PADFOOT' on one side and 'S.B.' on the other, with a subscript that said 'A True Marauder.' (AC;;this is also HOT and would look REALLY HOT on Sirius Black! So there! HA! Okay, I'm leaving now. And, in case you did not get it from the other rambling, Sirius looks really hot with a fang choker and collar! Wooo!)

"Sadira," she said as she shook it. "I like your necklace."

"Heh, thanks." He tilted his head to the side. "Do you have a last name?"

"Yes."

"What is it?"

She leaned forward so that she could whisper. "Can you keep a secret?"

"Yes."

"So can I," she said with a wink. "Well Lily, we're supposed to go soon, so why don't we get on the train."

"Okay, see you on the train boys."

They nodded as Lily and Sadira walked away, Sirius still looking after their retreating forms when James started pulling him towards the train a few minutes later.