Remus glared daggers at him and whipped out his wand then caste the cleaning spell on the confetti. James and Sirius snorted with laughter on the look on his face then Peter scurried into the kitchen with an embarrassed look on his face. Remus glanced at the kitchen and Sirius and James took off towards the bedrooms. Remus peeked into the kitchen with disgust written all over his face and saw the mess they had created. Whipped cream was covering practically everything except the ceiling, more confetti was spread around in it and streamers were magically hung from the walls. Remus rolled his eyes and cleaned it up but said nothing.
The next morning he was awakened by a thump of Peter's trunk closing. Tama also heard it and awoke with a start. The girl stretched, yawned then groggily got up without hesitation. She changed into black jeans, a black top saying, 'Catch me if you can!' and pulled on a silver chain and three matching bracelets. Flashing the last bit of food out of the small fridge, she fumbled with her wand before walking out of the apartment. She used tele-blast powers to float the trunk along behind her but when she reached the bottom of the staircase, she flashed into the boys' kitchen while she deposited her trunk on the luggage rack.
Tama kept her eyes closed as she appeared there. She heard yelps of surprise and recognized them as James and Peter's. She smirked and felt her way over to the door. She used her wolf senses to guide her to the living room.
"Okay guys. It's 9:30 and it takes an hour to get there!" She said.
"Coming! Everything is packed so we just have to get it downstairs," She heard Sirius say.
In no time at all, the five friends were downstairs, marveling at Tama's powers. In a few minutes, they were packed into two taxis and since Rae had muggle money, she paid the drivers while ignoring their stares. All the while Sirius, Peter and Remus were in the taxi, the muggle driver kept glancing at them. Tama and James weren't much better off because of her white pointy hair that kept distracting him. James kept watch on the first taxi all the time and the two friends spoke of music CDs. Soon the topic changed to annoying people and James could name quite a few but they nearly fell asleep. When James shook her awake, she found that she was leaning on a trunk and immediately sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
The driver was hauling the trunks out of the trunk of the car and James, then Tama, got out. They paid the drivers then hauled their trunks onto the station. Since they were wearing muggle clothes, they didn't attract much attention but they still acted with caution. Walking towards the gateway between platforms 9 and 10, they talked about the car rides. James was deliberately not speaking so Tama poked him in the side.
"Out with it, Prongs," She laughed.
"I…Well, I…"
James looked at her hair then at Sirius, Peter and Remus. They all burst out laughing and Tama frowned slightly before bursting into gales of laughter. They stared at her and she leaned against the barrier and disappeared. She was still rolling on the ground laughing and holding her sides when they got through. Remus was still shaking with silent chuckles but James, Sirius and Remus had long stopped.
"What's so funny?" Peter asked squeakily.
Tama got up from the ground and slowed her laugh down to a weak chuckle.
"Look-at-my-hair," She managed to gasp out.
James and Sirius stared at it but Peter kept his eyes on her hands. Suddenly, her hair turned from blood red to snowy white. They were mystified but quickly loaded their belongings onto the train. As soon as they found a compartment and stored away their trunks, they sat down and flooded Tama with questions. The girl sighed, gave a weak chuckle and looked out the window at the now moving platform then started the tale of her past.
"For generations, every child on my mothers side received some sort of power, big or small. There was a prophecy that stated a child would be born with that of witch and normal parentage but, although she would have an extra-ordinary level of magic, she would also bear the level of magic unattainable by wizard or witch; the mix of werewolf and hand magic. For decades, my mother's family has lived in fear of the prophecy coming true therefore married into witch or wizard culture until my mother said she did not believe in such prophecies. I was then born as the prophesized child."
Tama looked at the boys, who were looking rather ashamed of asking her the question of how did you get that ability and asking about her past, but she ignored them and continued.
"As Remus knows, its hard to make friends especially when you suddenly keep turning into a white wolf so my friends started instead when I was 7. At that time, I could control my wolf side but my socialization status was extremely low. My first friend I met when I went to the park. He had accidentally pushed me over on his way to the jungle gym. Surprisingly, he had a lot of manners for a 8 year old boy…"
---Flash back---
Tama was nervously looking at the kids swing on the bars from the jungle gym, ever so often glancing back to look at her parents, when a boy with long, forest green hair accidentally bumped into her causing her to fall. She looked up from the ground, ready to cry, when the boy's red-brown eyes caught hers and he helped her to her feet.
"Are you okay? Did I hurt you?" He asked.
She shook her head and smiled at bit.
"I'm okay, no bruises," She replied in a small voice.
The boy gave Tama a lopsided grin.
"I'm Raikou. What's your name?"
"I'm Shiratama." The girl said.
"Can I call you Tama?"
She nodded hesitantly.
"Cool! Let's play on the jungle gym!" Raikou declared.
The two new friends ran off laughing
---End Flash back---
---Flash back---
"Raikou, do you have to go?" Tama asked.
The 11 year old boy nodded, looking rather miserable but excited.
"Don't worry about me. You'll come in and visit me some time."
Tama smiled, waving as the boy got into the car and shut the door.
"See you soon! Bye Shira!" He shouted as the car revved up and drove away.
"Bye Rai!" She called after him.
The 9 year old waved and watched the car disappear into the horizon.
---End Flash back---
James found that his new friend had stopped talking and was gazing into space out the window, her eyes glossy. He leaned over Remus, taking care not to bump his book, and waved his hand in front of her eyes. Sirius snickered as he did so but poked Tama as well.
"Hello? Anyone in there?" Sirius asked as Tama blinked.
"Nani?" She asked.
She looked around and saw everyone, except Remus, staring at her.