The sun outside was shining brightly with scattered marshmallow colored clouds in the sky. It was September first and James, Sirius, Peter, Lily and Remus were all in a compartment aboard the Hogwarts express. It was their seventh and final year at Hogwarts and according to Sirius it was time to, "Celebrate! Come on, this is our last year. After this we're all finally free of school." Sirius had reached six foot last year and seemed that he wasn't getting any bigger. Unlike his best friend, James, his black hair was longer and hung around his face which he flipped around, whenever given the chance sporting his electric blue eyes.

"I don't know, I'm going to miss it a little," Lily said. She was much shorter than James and Sirius and quite a contrast. Her eyes were a bright green, matching the smile that was always on her face with dark red hair that hung past her shoulders.

"Of course you would, but I'm talking about the rest of us," Sirius said.

"The slackers," James said grinning. James was almost identical to Sirius, but his eyes were a light chocolate color that caused girls to melt when he smiled. His body had toned up quite a bit from his Quidditch games which he showed off any chance he could.

"Yet still manage to get top grades," Peter said with disappointment. Peter differed from his friends. He was short, standing at only five-two with small shiny blue eyes and a plumped figure. Besides that, he always struggled with his work at school and wasn't all that popular.

"And now is your year to do better and cause as much trouble as possible! We have to make our mark," Sirius said.

"Of course," James said. Lily elbowed him in the gut and he cursed loudly. "Actually, I regret to inform you that I may not participate this year in our annual pranks."

"Oh hell, Lily, do you really think that you're going to keep him from doing what he does best?"

"What he does best, Sirius Black, his play Quidditch and get good grades in class. What you do best, on the other hand, I think we all have yet to figure out," Lily said in her argue-with-me-and-die voice.

James and Lily had been going at for the summer and Lily had kept him from being his usual mischievous self over that time period. It was lucky for Sirius that Lily wasn't around all the time and what she didn't know, wouldn't hurt her.

"What about you Remus? You agree with me, of course," Sirius said with an expectant look on his face.

Remus looked up calmly from the large book in his lap. He had acquired glasses over the summer, something that James and Sirius wouldn't let down. He had also grown much taller and now tied back his blondish brown hair, "Hm?"

"Well, while you were off not paying attention to your important friends, we were discussing what's to be done this year," Sirius said, stepping closer.

"Don't fall for it Remus, you're better than that," Lily said.

Remus went slightly pink in the face. She always had a way to charm both Remus and Peter, but Sirius wouldn't give in.

"Well this is our last and most important year," Remus said.

"I don't even want to hear about it, Remus," Sirius said, turning around and sitting in the seat defeated.

"Well, like I said," Remus said, eyeing his friend oddly. "It is our last year and we should definitely make good of it, not bad."

Sirius grinned and folded his arms leaning against the seat. The compartment door opened and two other girls came inside. Lily looked over and smiled.

"Absynthe and Kia! What brings you here?" Lily said, detaching herself from James.

"Well since that Potter boy stole you away from us, we've come to visit you," Absynthe said calmly, folding her arms to her chest. She and Kia were Lily's best friends. Absynthe was taller than both girls, standing near six foot. She had uneven cut hair that reached to her chin which was dyed a violent shade of violet and her eyes were grayish blue. She already had on her school robes with a crest of Ravenclaw by her chest and large combat boots.

"I love how you talk about me as if I'm not here," James cut in, putting his arm back around Lily.

"And I love that if you're left out of the conversation for two seconds you think the world will fall apart," Absynthe snapped.

"Why don't the both of you leave, there isn't enough room anyways," James said. Lily smacked him hard against the head.

"Don't listen to him," she said.

"I agree," Sirius said, smiling. "Kia, you can sit next to me."

"Bite me, Black," Kia said, sticking up her chin. Kia was between Lily and Peter in height. Her robes and her scarf sported Gryffindor colors which matched her strawberry blonde hair that she wore in a messy bun on the top of her head. It was a known fact that Kia wore contacts because her eye color changed every week. Now, her eyes were a light shade of pink.

Kia walked past Sirius and sat down next to Peter, folding her arms up against her chest. Absynthe sat across from Remus, against the window.

"Your hair looks nice, Aby," Lily said.

"Thank you for noticing, Lil," Absynthe added loudly.

"Oh get over it," Kia said sharply. She turned to Lily, "She's still ticked that I didn't notice her precious new hair color. Not like it matters, you change it every week."

The train pulled up slowly to the station and after a brief stop, allowed the students to step down. Sirius came down with his arms wide open and breathed in deep. James and Lily seemed to be permanently attached to each other followed by an annoyed looking Absynthe.

"Any more of this and I just may puke," she hissed loudly.

Kia walked up next to her friend and leaned in toward her ear. "Well you better get used to it; it looks as though it just might last."

Absynthe moaned and strode off towards the castle. Remus walked quietly through the crowd, getting easily between his fellow classmates. Peter on the other hand was having some trouble and collided face first with Kia's back, nearly throwing her face first.

"Oh, watch it," Kia said harshly. She turned around and helped a red faced Peter up.

"Th-thanks," he mumbled.

"No problem," she said and turned back to Lily. "She needs an attitude change. She's been like this all summer, it's getting unbearable."

"I know, she's just a little upset," Lily said casually.

"A little? She's ready to break James' neck," Kia said.

"Well that's appealing," James laughed.

"Who's this?" Remus asked quietly.

"Geez Remus, the person we've been talking about for nearly five minuets now. She's kind of hard to miss, Absynthe," Sirius said, slapping Remus on the back.

"Oh, her," Remus said.

"Yes her," Sirius snarled. "Don't worry about, she'll get over it."

"How would you know?" Lily asked, turning sharply.

"We're neighbors, or used to be. I used to play with her when I was a kid, she actually has natural blonde hair," Sirius said with a mischievous grin on his lips.

"No? She never told me that," Lily said, frowning.

"Oh we stopped talking completely since we got into Hogwarts. I don't know, it just stopped," Sirius dug his hands into his pockets and walked in front of the group.

"A man in deep though," James commented as his friend walked away.

"What?"

"He does that when he's actually thinking and I mean, really thinking," James said.

"So, not very often then?" Lily laughed.

The Great Hall was as magnificent as ever and so was the feast. After, Absynthe joined up with the group for a moment only to take off again with a small wave. James bid farewell to Lily with a kiss, which cued Sirius to make grotesque faces behind their backs leaving Peter giggling.

"I don't know about those two," James said, crawling into his bed.

"Who?" Remus asked.

"Kia and Absynthe. It seems as if we have an extra two to our group," James frowned.

"Three," Sirius said.

"Three?"

"Lily is new as well," Sirius said.

"Yeah, well she's Lily," James said. He rolled over grinning.

"I don't know if I mind all that much. Besides, I kind of like Kia, she's nice," Peter said, blushing. "Ooh, Peter has a crush," Sirius teased.

"Shut up," Peter said and threw a pillow at him.

"Starting that again are we?" Sirius growled with a smile teasing his lips.

The night faded away with feathers and playful screams of laughter. In another a girl smiled endless as she dreamed of black haired boys. One was restless, turned hopelessly over inviting dreams, though none turned up and another had a small smile hidden in the darkness.