Remus walked into his dorm and froze. His jaw dropped open. Hero sat on the floor with Sirius and James. They formed a circle. James looked up and saw Remus.

""Close your mouth before a pixie flies in there. We still haven't caught all them from defense against the dark arts."

Remus shut his mouth only to open it to speak."I… I thought… You and them? I… you aren't even…. What are you doing?" he asked.

"We're playing poker mate." Sirius told him with a smile on his face.

"What the hell is poker?"

"Merlin's beard! Get a life Remus." Hero told him shaking her head at him in mock disappointment.

"But Hero you are my life." Remus said dramatically and then got serious. "Seriously I really want to know what poker is."

"It's a muggle game. You use cards which are these plastic things with numbers on them and try to get pairs of the same number and you bet on your hand if you think you're going to have more pairs than the other players. The person with the best hand wins all the money that was bet." James explained.

"Hero's winning she is a boss gambler." Sirius added.

"How did you guys learn this?" they pointed at Hero when he asked. "Hero, would you care to give and answer?"

She smiled and turned back towards James and Sirius. "I bet a sickle that he's gonna freak out over the answer." She said in a voice that dared them to enter into the bet.

"You're on! Moony can totally handle anything without freaking." Sirius said.

"I'm with Sirius. I'm in." James said.

Hero turned to face Remus again. She put her hands together and sighed. "Where to begin." She said with a smile.

"The beginning." Remus said already dreading the answer.

"Do you want the details or a quick summary?"

"The summary."

She smiled evilly. "Fair enough. I was walking around in a muggle town and went into a bar where some guy taught me how to play."

"YOU DID WHAT?"

Hero took one look at his enraged face and was laughing so hard that she was rolled up in a ball on the floor with tears running down her face. The 3 boys got very concerned and tried to get her to stop laughing and breath which only caused her to laugh harder. Once she finally got her laughter under control she sat up again.

"You 2 both owe me a sickle each." She told them seriously and they handed over the money.

"I'm never betting against her again! I've learned my lesson." Sirius told them.

"I for one want to know the details of this story." James said mischievously.

"I bet you do but I'm not going to tell them."

Remus finally got over the shock of hearing that Hero was in a bar. He sighed heavily before speaking.

"Great now I have a sarcastic girlfriend who cuts off fingers, goes to bars, and gambles. What's not to love." His voice was sarcastic.

"You cut off fingers?" James asked mortified.

Hero and Remus shared a knowing smile. Hero shook her head and stood up. She tried to make a straight face but failed. She just couldn't stop smiling.

"Goodnight boys." She said as she left for the girl's dormitory.

"Night." The boys said behind her.

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The next morning Hero sat next to Remus and the rest of the marauders at breakfast. Sirius and James were sitting across from her. Peter was sitting next to Remus who was sitting right next to her. The other seat by her was empty. She was shocked to see Sirius actually doing his homework. It was obvious that he was struggling. Remus leaned over the table to help him but Sirius shoved him away.

"Screw you!" Sirius shouted at him.

"That what she said." Hero said managing to keep a straight face until she was done saying it. After she said it she was laughing so hard that she almost didn't hear the voice behind her.

"Hey kitty, kitty. Still using that joke?"A female voice said in an accent.

"I told you to stop calling me that name!" Hero said with a huge smile on her face.

"Since when have I ever listened to you Kitten?"The stranger said as she sat next to Hero. The marauders were staring at the stranger with shell-shocked looks on their faces.

"Don't get any closer to that name!" her voice dropped to a whisper that was just loud enough that the marauders could hear her before continuing. "They don't know about it."

"If promise not to tell them the full name can I still call you kitty?"

"Fine. This is just great. Every time you call me that I will start laughing."

Remus coughed to get their attention. "Who's this, Hero?"

"This is going to be fun." She said sarcastically. "Umm Remus this is my best friend Shettiah. Tia this is my boyfriend Remus Lupin."

"There goes my snogging buddy." Shettiah said in a depressed tone before saying "You have a boyfriend now? How did I not know this? In mock anger.

"Snogging buddy?" Sirius exclaimed. Remus looked mortified.

"Oh Merlin! How am I supposed to explain this? Tia you managed to destroy my reputation in less than 3 minutes. I think that's a record. Don't worry about the snogging buddy thing. It was nothing rally. Don't look at me like that! Boys. They don't understand anything! Was it for plan D or plan J that we used it anyway?" hero asked Shettiah losing the boys again.

"It depends on the boy. Plan D was for Ayden. Plan J was for Talon."

"I remember now. Those boys were suckers for our plans."

Remus chuckled at this. Hero and Tia smiled. Remus was the only one who caught on with what they were talking about. It was obvious to him that Plan D was the 2 of them kissing so that the boy would save the girl who was intended to be saved. The D stood for Damsel. The other one was where they would make the boy jealous by kissing each other. The J stood for jealousy.

"Where are you from Shettiah?" James asked finally getting over the shock of Tia coming and the things that were said between Hero and her.

"Antarctica." She said sarcastically. "Where do you think I'm from?"

"Asia?"

"Merlin! Does anyone her have a brain? Do I look Asian to you?" James shook his head no still confused by what he said wrong to get this kind of reaction. "Why does everyone think I'm from freaking Asia?"

"She's from Egypt, mate." Sirius told James.

"Finally!" Shettiah said.

"How the hell did you figure that out?" James asked Sirius.

"She has an eye of Horus tattoo, idiot."

"And how do you know what that is?" Remus asked.

"I read a book."

"Whoa!" Hero exclaimed. "Let me get this right. This Sirius," she pointed to Sirius. "Sirius Black actually read a book? I'm so proud of you Sirius." She finished in mock happiness.

Tia grinned. She didn't quite know what was going on but this was really entertaining just to watch. Hero took Tia's hand and began to walk away after saying, "I think we have had enough excitement for one morning. Let's go see Professor McGonagall about school stuff."

"Is she the one you call Professor Mc Bada…"

"Yes." Hero cut her off. "Let's go. Oh and a word of advice don't call her that to her face."