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The Start of the Marauders, Chapter 3
Siren Valor Callisto stood on the platform of 9 and 3/4 and whistle slightly as she looked up at the great crimson steam engine that would take her to Hogwarts. Siren was an exchange student from America and would be in her fourth year. She stood in her american robes, which were a sky blue with white trim, her honey colored hair which fell into a curly thick mass to her waist. Her hazel eyes sparkling with excitment and amusment, a half smile playing at her strawberry lips. Siren found most things amusing and was slow to get angry, but she had a big temper. She had a pretty easy going attitude. Siren sighed as she shifted her weight and her tawny owl, Apollo, hooted as if to say, stand still. She grinned and noticed most of the students and their parents were staring at her curiously, so she took her trunk and boarded the Hogwarts Express. She picked an empty compartment torwards the end of the train and with difficulty shoved her trunk in the overhead compartment. Apollo had flown just above her and was hooting indigintantly at her, but she knew he would'nt go to far with out her telling him to. Siren marveled at the difference between Hogwarts and Moonlight Meadows. Moonlight Meadows was her school in America, and she returned home every weekend. In America witchs and wizards usually wore there robes more often than muggle clothes. Siren is a half-blooded witch, who recieved pretty good marks though the only books she opens are those for leisure. Siren is also a very good quidditch and Quodpot, she is very good at playing the keeper, chaser and beater positions. Unlike most girls Siren is very curvy and tall, she is also very funny and loves to laugh. Siren also has a lot of pride and is very competitive. And she is also very clumsy which makes it sort of difficult to play on a broom, but luckiley has very good reflexs.
Siren was looking out the window studing the different people and day dreaming when three girls walked in, all donned in muggle clothes. They stopped laughing and looked curiously at Siren. There was a tall girl with dark brown hair that was plaited neatly into two braids, she had warm chocolate eyes. The other was shorter with pale blonde hair that fell straightly down to her shoulders. And the last girl was smiling at Siren, she had dark red hair that was about as long as Siren's, and bright bottle green eyes. The red-head stepped forward as Siren stood.
"You must be the new girl. Siren Callisto?" The red-head asked as she steped forward to shake Sirens hand. Siren nodded. "Hi, I'm Lily Evans. These are my best friends Andromeda Black." She pointed to the tall brown haired girl, "And Becca Roselyn." The pale blond girl nodded. Siren stepped forward to shake both their hands in turn as Lily said, "Do you mind if we share this compartment with you?"
"No, I don't mind. Maybe you guys can explain Hogwarts to me." Siren said happily.
"Oh, of course! We can explain everything to you... And introduce you to the rest of our friends!" Becca said quickly, she seemed to be quite talkative. Siren helped the three lift their trunks into the overhead compartments.
Lily's owl which was named Starfire, seemed almost as tame as Apollo. Andromeda kept her eagle owl in its cage. And Becca had a black and white patched cat. When they were all settled comfortably, Lily started talking.
"Well, do you know what house your in yet? No? Well you'll proably sorted with the first years. We are all fourth year Gryffindors. You proably want to be in anything but Slytherin." Siren looked confused so Lily started to explain the procedure. "You'll put on the sorting hat, and be sorted into either Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Gryffindor students main traits are bravery and talent. Slytherins are... umm... ambitious and sneaky, slimy and slippery. Ravenclaws are the smartest and cleverest. Hufflepuffs are hard working and loyal. Which house do you think you'll be in?" Siren thought for a moment while the trio leaned in to hear her answer.
"I think... I'll be in Slytherin or Gryffindor. I'm not very hard working, but I am loyal... And even though I recieve pretty good marks I'm not the smartest... ohh well I don't know. I guess I'll just have to wait and see."
Siren said thoughtfully.
"Well, hopefully Gryffindor then." said Andromeda, Addie for short. "Tell us about your school. In America."
"Hmm, we went home very weekend. And students their learn to apparate at fourteen, and some can turn into animargus before there adults, though most are not registered. We don't have houses, but mostly there is usually three or four schools per state. At Moonlight Meadows students go to a wizarding elementary school to learn muggle trades, and then when they turn ten we start wizarding school until we turn eighteen. Most witchs and wizard live in small magical communities. Most of us usually wear our wizarding robes depending on which school we attend." Siren looked down at her sky blue robes with white trim at the hem and the ends of the arms. The arms fell loosley to her elbows, and her robes fell just below her knees. Addie, Lily and Becca were all sitting and listening to her with rapt attention when the train started. Siren was slightly startled at first but then grinned, see was on her way to Hogwarts.
Siren yawned, they were almost five hours into their trip. Siren looked out the window, but could'nt see a thing, it was very dark and the rain beat steadily onto her window. They all had changed into their Hogwarts robes and were sitting comfortably, Lily reading some text book, Becca studying the lastest fashions in Teen Witch, and Addie using her wand to transform chocolate frogs into real ones. Then Siren remembered something suddenly,
"Tell me about the teachers and students." Siren said excidedly, glad to have something to talk about. After the four hour discussion on anything under the sun, which ended in Siren promising the trio how to transform into animargus. Siren could already transform into a beautiful gray and golden wolf. But she made the three promise never to tell. Becca looked up excitedly as though this was her favortie subject,
" Well the Headmaster is Albus Dumbledore.He is sort of... eccentric but a very fun and good headmaster. And there are a few things you HAVE to know about the students. There are these four boys that," But before Becca could finish her sentence in walked four boys that were surely in their year.
The two that lead the others looked about the compartment as though sizing everyone up. The other two looked as if they were forced to come. The tallest was in Sirens opinion the most handsomest of the four. He was tall, slim and built. His black hair fell casually into his stormy gray eyes. He wore a charming, suggesting grin. The other was only a few inches short but more built than the first. He had messy black hair and dark blue eyes. He wore a cocky, arrogant grin, that sort of resembled the tall boy, though the taller boy did'nt look as arrogant. The third boy was also very cute, he had long light brown hair and sorrowful carmel eyes. He was slim and lanky. The last boy was sort of the odd ball, he was'nt particulary cute, but round with pale brown hair and cloudy blue eyes. The tallest boy came and sat beside Siren and draped his arm around her shoulders while the others sat in open spots. Siren raised her eyebrows slightly as if to say, what do you think your doing. Siren's face was flushed slightly as it always was and her eyes sparkled with either amusment or a challenge. The other black haired boy stood in front of Lily as she glared up at him. Addie stood up and crossed over beside Sirius and placed her arms about his neck and gave him an exzaggerate kiss on the cheek.They both laughed as Siren looked at them slightly confused. Addie laughed.
"Siren I'd like you to meet my cousin Sirius Black. This is Remus Lupin." Andromeda pointed to the quiet sorrowful boy who was sitting beside Becca in the corner. " Peter Pettigrew." She pointed to the round boy, "And James Potter, he is the Quidditch Captain this year." Lily snorted in what sounded like disgust. Siren stood skaking Sirius's arm off of her, there was something about him that she disliked immensly but she could'nt quite place it. She shrugged off Sirius's arm and glared at him, there was something she did'nt like about him, something she coud'nt place.
"We did'nt invite you in, Potter." Lily spat out in distaste as she stood to face James, her wand out. Siren was slightly surprised at the hatred that seemed to pass between James and Lily. No one seemed surprised, and James had his wand out and it was raised as though it ready to hex any minute. Siren clutchered her wand more tightly at her side. Waiting to help defend her new friend. Lily was very quick with her curse and she charmed James's glasses to hit him repeatedly. He bellowed a hex witch looked very much like a full body bind. Siren stood quickly and after muttering a few choice words had Potter breaking out in huge purple pimples with were ozing a lime green fluid. Everyone looked surprised, and Sirius stood quickly not about to let this girl defeat the Marauders but before he could even mubled a hex, Siren shout 'Expelliarus'. All of sudden eight wands came shooting at her from there owners hands. She managed to catch James's and Sirius's wands but with her usual grace tripped and fell, sprawled on the floor with a thump. The compartment erupted with laughs, the laughs of those who had not yet been hexed.
Siren stood up grumpily and brushed off her robes. She unhexed everyone and gave Remus Lupin his, and the rest of the Marauders wands. He took the hint and trouped out of the compartment with a disgruntled James and Sirius. Sirius was practically glaring daggars at her, never before had any girl hexed him. When the Marauders left and the compartment door was shut, the girls stared at her with open amazment. Siren laughed nervously, and the rest of the girls rushed at her laughing and hugging her, they'd never seen any girl stand up to the infamous Sirius Black and James Potter both at the same time. The train came to a halt and with Apollo on her shoulder she made her way out into the rain, and they all piled into a carriage pulled by what Siren thought were ugly, black shaggy buffalo. She stared amazedly and enter the carriage speechless while the girls erupted into excited chatter.
The Great Hall was amazing, with the four long tables and candles and torchs that lighted the hall floating above their heads. Siren gazed open mouthedly up, as Professor McGonagall ushered her into a side room with small fist years who sounded squeaky and scared. Siren would be the first sorted into a house. She really hoped she'd be sorted into Gryffindor. After a few minutes Professor McGonagall came and led everyone in a straight line and they came to stand in front of a large table in the front of the room. There was a tall, thin older man with long silvery white hair and twinkling blue eyes. I sure hope he does'nt make a speech about me, Siren thought just as Dumbledore called her to stand on the platform by a stoll and an old wizards hat. Oh crap....
" May I introduce Siren Valor Callisto, our newest fourth year. An exceptional exchange student from America."
Dumbledore said, as Siren sat down on the stoll and Dumbledore placed the Sorting Hat on Siren's head, and everyone held their breathe. And then a small voice started whispering in her ear...
Hmm, hard to place. Very ambitious and competitive. Brave. Talented. Where to place you? the voice asked.
...Not Hufflepuff I'm not a very hard worker... I never study. I'm not smart enough to be in Ravenclaw... How about Gryffindor? I'm not very brave, because I have a big imagination and takes me a few minutes to grab my courage, and I'm sort of unpredictable... Siren thought.
Yes... Yes... Gryffindor then. 'GRYFFINDOR', the sorting hat yelled. She glanced over at the grinning faces of the Gryffindors all except Potter and Sirius who seemed to be seething. She looked up into Dumbledores twinkling eyes and practically skipped over to the gryffindor table and sat between Lily and Addie who hugged her. The rest of the Sorting Ceremony passed without much event. That is until the feast began...
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Authors Note: Hehe I love Siren. She is the cooliest! Well its mid night And i got school in the moning but the next few chapters should be out in a few days. Please reveiw, and tell me how you like Siren.