The Potter house was bustling with activity, as James and Marie were finishing up their last minute packing. The train was leaving at 11:00 am as always. It was now 10:30. Harry and Ginny were waiting for them at the door with Sarah.

Five minutes later they came down the stairs with their trunks in one hand and their owls in their other.

"Hurry up dears we're going to be late." Ginny said to them as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Sorry Mum. You know us…doing everything at the last minute. Packing is no exception." James replied.

The family arrived at Platform 9 and ¾ five minutes before it was to leave. Ginny had tears in her eyes as she said good-bye to her first daughter and son and gave them each a hug. Harry just gave them a hug and said behave as he winked at them.

"Lets get a move on Jen!" Rachel called to her daughter from downstairs.

Jen came down the stairs two at a time with her trunk and cat in her hands. "Sorry Mum, last minute packing…you know."

"Whatever, but if you don't hurry we're gunna miss the train."

Rachel, Draco, Jen, and Shara left the house and headed to platform 9 and ¾. Once there Jen said her quick good-byes and headed to the train to find her friends.

Remus, Shaina, and Hayden arrived on platform 9 and ¾ with ten minutes to spare. Shaina said good-bye to her husband and son and headed to the ministry. Remus gave his son one last hug and said 'See you at Hogwarts', then left. Hayden then left to find his friends and eventually found Jen and Katie.

"Bye Mum, Dad. See you at the holidays." Katie said to her parents hugging them. Bill and Fleur said by to their only daughter and let her run off to find her friends.

She sat in a dark room starting to get flustered. She hadn't been able to figure out any more of the lines of the scroll. She had the first six, but hadn't had any luck since.

She got up and started pacing the room, clearing her mind concentrating hard on the scroll. Then it came to her, the seventh line of the scroll.

A seer who knows all.

She quickly wrote down the line before she forgot it, and then looked at what she had.

Hidden in the Trayjing Crevasse

Lies knowledge of dark power

To find this information you must

Learn of an ancient incantation

The incantation alone can bring you the knowledge

Deep within the Amazon is

A seer who knows all

She thought about what she had just learned. She had to find the seer who lives within the Amazon. Well that seems easy enough she thought. But then what could the other two lines say? I'll have to wait for them to know what to except I guess.

She looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was eleven in the morning. She hadn't slept in over 36 hours. She decided that she would sleep then try to figure out the rest when she woke up.

Hayden, Jen, Katie, and Benji sat in their compartment discussing the upcoming year.

"Well since now we're going to be second years we won't have to ride up to the castle in those stupid boats. Thank God!" Hayden said.

"The only reason you didn't like riding in the boats was because you and Benji were fooling around and you happen to fall out and into the lake." Jen said smiling at the memory.

"I thought it was funny personally." Katie said chuckling a bit.

"Well you would." Hayden playfully glared at Katie as she feigned being hurt by his words.

"You two are so…you know there's nothing to describe them really." Benji said to Jen.

"I know what you mean. I had to spend most of the summer with them and their…weirdness. They're like five-year-olds trapped in a twelve-year-olds body." Jen replied and her and Benji laughed.

"Just because we have a sense of humor doesn't mean that you need to put us down." Katie said and it was she and Hayden's turn to laugh.

"We do to have a sense of humor. Don't forget who came up with that prank last year. You know the one that had the Slytherins walking around with warts all over them for a week." Jen reminded Katie and Hayden.

"Oh big deal. One good prank and now you're the king and queen of pranks. You wish." Hayden said.

"Hey, lets just settle this and say that we're all the kings and queens of pranks since the infamous marauders…and Fred and George of course." Benji said and the rest reluctantly nodded their heads in agreement.

"And this year we'll have James, Marie, and Ashley to join us." Katie said.

"Yeah, but I think that we should put them through an…initiation type thing. You know have them prove to us that they can match up to us and be allowed to join the Marauders Next Generation." Hayden said and they all quickly agreed.

"So, what do you guys have in mind for the initiation?" Benji asked and mischievous grins appeared on all of their face.

The train pulled to a stop and Marie, James, Ashley, and their new friend Cody jumped of the train.

Cody had dirty blonde hair and light brown eyes. He was a muggleborn first year.

Together the four of them made their way to the boats that would bring them up to the castle. They all boarded the same boat and started talking animatedly about the upcoming year.

Once inside the castle they all waited, some nervous, some excited, and some calm, for the sorting to start.

Professor Sprout entered the hallway to usher the students in.

The doors to the Great Hall sprung open and some of the student's jaws visibly dropped at the sight of floating candles and the night sky as the ceiling. All the attention in the hall turned towards the first years now making their way to the front of the Great Hall.

Professor Sprout put an old battered hat on a stool in front of the group of first years and in view to the rest of the students.

All of a sudden a slit appeared in the hat and it burst out into song. It sang about how Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin founded the school and how Slytherin took the sly, cunning purebloods, how Gryffindor took the brave and good-hearted, how Ravenclaw took the intelligent, and how Hufflepuff took the loyal.

Once the sorting hat was done with it's song Professor Sprout addressed the first years. "When I call your name, come up, put the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted."

"Abeit, Cody."

Cody, the new friend of Marie, James, and Ashley, slowly made his was up to the stool and put the hat on his head. Instantly he heard a voice in his head. Hmm…smart I see, but brave…very brave. Well that leaves only one place to put you. Better be…"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled out at the end and Cody made his way to the loudest cheering table.

The list when on from Agra to Pitark, when finally…"Potter, James."

James made his way to the stool with a grin on his face. He knew without a doubt that he would be in Gryffindor. He put the sorting hat on his head and the voice once again started. Ah, son of the great Harry Potter and the brilliant Ginny Weasley. Definitely their son, smart, brave, kind. Only one right place to put you…"GRYFFINDOR!"

James walked his way over to the table with an air of confidence and the huge grin still on his face as his sat down between Hayden and Cody. Hayden, Katie, Jen, Benji, and Cody congratulated him, and then quickly turned their attention back to the sorting for Marie's turn.

"Potter, Marie."

Marie walked up to the stool and put the hat on her head. Ah, so there are two of you. You and your brother. Well lets see…hmmm brave definitely, but also very intelligent. Where to put you, where to put you? You would do very well in Ravenclaw, but then again you would also do well in Gryffindor. After what seemed like an eternity the sorting hat finally yelled out, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Marie stood up and lightly skipped her way over to Gryffindor and sat down across from her brother and next to Katie. Once again they all congratulated her and turned their attention back to the sorting.

The sorting went on until it was reaching towards the bottom of the list.

"Weasley, Ashley."

Ashley smiled as she made her way to the stool and put the sorting hat on her head. Hmm. There is definitely only one place to put you…"GRYFFINDOR!"

Ashley hopped to the table and took a seat next to Marie. She was congratulated quickly then everyone's attention once again went back to the sorting as the last kid, Hilary Zulaty, was sorted.

Remus Lupin stood up and addressed the hall. "In the words of a best friend of mine…no better time to eat than the present. Enjoy."

Food appeared on the table and small, but audible gasps came from a few first years at each table. Everyone immediately grabbed as much food as could fit on their plates and began eating.

"So Marie what took the sorting hat so long to place you?" James asked his twin sister.

"Oh, well it considered putting me in Ravenclaw and I think that if I didn't ask it to put me in Gryffindor it probably would have."

Hayden, Katie, Jen, Ashley, and James' jaws dropped at the statement. None of them could imagine not having Marie around to be apart of the Marauders Next Generation. She always came up with great pranks.

"It's not a big deal guys. I was put in Gryffindor in the end, so what does it matter?"

"You're right, but I think I would have died if you weren't. You always have great pranks." Jen said over exaggerating a little.

"Thanks." Marie replied blushing slightly.

The rest of dinner was spent talking about pranks, quidditch, and Hayden filled the young ones in on their initiation.

Hundreds of miles away in a dark room with a fire as the only source of lighting, a middle-aged woman was relaxing her mind trying to get the next line of the scroll. She'd been clearing her mind for a while now and was starting to get frustrated when she thought of it.

Bring her what she wants.

She had all, but the last line. She thought that the last line might be something that restated something of before in different words as the information she has tells her pretty much everything, but she would have to wait for the last line as she wanted to be safe…just in case.