Welcome to my first fanfiction in English! It is not my native language so I apologise in advance for any mistakes! I hope you will like this story, do not hesitate to share your opinions with me! For the 1995 part, I wrote it listening to the following song,

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists | "Secret" Theme Song.

Thanks and good reading!

1976

Lena had a look into the next corridor and held her breath. To her relief, it was empty. No crazy Gryffinfor in sight that would get her even more late with their stupid pranks, no prefects, awesome!

She went into the hallway before halting suddenly. She could hear the maniacal giggles of Hogwarts' most feared pranksters! No, no, no, there was no way she was heading in that direction! She had already be covered in green slime before, she did not want to reiterate the experience! Gryffindors and their stupid jokes!

She turned around until she finally reached the right door and opened it discreetly. She was only 15 minutes late to History of Magic, a record! She slid next to her friend Alyssa and winked at her. Checking the classroom, she noticed that indeed the Marauders were not here. She had been right to be suspicious! She avoided looking at a member of her house and focused her attention back to Alyssa, who was already back to dozing off. Lena decided it was the right time to go back to sleep.

After two never-ending hours, the bell finally rang. Freedom, finally! Lena gathered her things, put them messily in her bag and the two girls left the classroom. As soon as they set a foot outside tho, a strong noise like a firecracker cracked and they got drenched in a fluo pink water that started changing their skin colour!

There was no need to look for the culprits. Laughing loud, here were Gryffindors' golden boys, James Potter and Sirius Black. Populars, smart without even studying, everything always seemed to work out for them.

Lena was proud to be a quiet person, who could control herself also she did not immediately understand what she had done. All she knew was she was exhausted, she wanted to sleep and eat and that two idiots had just ruined her day. She saw red and shouted "Furonculus", striking Black who was still too busy laughing at her, before running away as soon as she could. She did not want to die!

After bringing Sirius to the infirmary, James went to the Great Hall. Smiling, he chucked. Padfoot, getting jinxed by a girl! He would never let him live it down! Meanwhile, he was hungry and might even see Evans at lunch… Snigering, he kept walking.

1995

Harry really hated cleaning up 12 Square Grimmaurd. The house was full of weird objects, some of them truly shady and seemed to lead a full-on war on them. To escape the Doxy'hunt for a while, he opened a random door and slid into it. The room was dark, and had a smell of humidity, almost moldy. The shelves were full of books that seem to be rotting and papers covered the floor. Getting closer to the bookcase, the moving image of a picture on the floor captured his attention.

Picking it up, Harry felt as if he'd been punched in the gut. The smiling faces of his parents, at 16 looked at him. Sirius before the shadow that Azkaban had set on his face, seemed so young! There was also another girl that he had never seen, smiling and showing all of her teeth, and he noticed with surprised that she was wearing a Slytherin tie. Turning the photo, he read the faded writing on the back:

1976, James, Lily, Sirius et Lena, Hogwarts.

I hope you enjoyed and see you next time!