"Quit swinging your hips!" Lily hissed into Onyx's ear.

"I'm swinging my hips? Blimey, I didn't know I was. It's hard to stop. It's just, you know…natural." Onyx replied. They were standing in King's Cross Train Station, disguised as guys. Lily had allowed her hair to be cut to chin length, and had performed a gender changing spell on both her and Onyx, who had gotten her hair cut into a simple page boy.

"Yeah, well, if you don't stop, all these blokes are going to think we are girls." Lily emphasized, gesturing wildly at the blokes in question, who were filling the King's Cross train station "Now if we could only find that platform 9 and ¾. Every person we've asked has looked at us like we're off our rockers, and then run off. I wouldn't be surprised if the nice men from the loony bin started flooding in, looking for us!"

"Excuse me, but I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. Are you looking for platform 9 and ¾'s?" A tall boy, with sandy brown hair and amber eyes, interrupted Lily's dialogue. At their nods he continued "I'm Remus Lupin, and I'm assuming your transfer students, since you look way to old to be 11."

"Actually, we are 11, but we've got this hormone disorder that makes us look a lot older." Onyx joked.

"Don't mind him. He's a bit cranky. I'm Harry Grissom, and he's Jeremiah Wolfe. You know how to get onto the Hogwarts Express?" Lily said.

Remus nodded "You run straight through that barrier." He pointed at the brick wall in between platforms 9 and 10. Lily and Onyx stared at him.

"You're joshing, right? It's some kind of a joke you blokes pull on new fellows?" Onyx snapped. Remus sighed.

"No, that's how you get on to Hogwarts Express. I'll run through first to prove it." He said, and pushed his trolley back, and then ran at the brick wall and passed through it. Lily shrugged.

"Guess he wasn't joking." She said as she pushed her trolley though the barrier. Onyx grinned and followed her. Her first word as she saw the scarlet red cars of the Hogwarts Express was "Whoa." Lily nodded and moved over so that they wouldn't be blocking the entrance, but she accidentally bumped into a passing boy.

"Watch it, Mudblood." He sneered, before turning around and getting onto the train. Lily's fingers twitched as she reached into her sleeve and withdrew her wand.

"Braidius" She thought, as she flicked her wand towards the boy. His long blonde hair was instantly braided into two braids. "Heelium" added bright red pumps to his outfit. He tripped with the next step he took. Lily and Onyx both laughed.

"Nice spells." Remus said, stepping behind them. They jumped and he grinned "I know some friends that you'd fit right in with, because of the spells and because of who you bewitched. Follow me; you won't get a compartment otherwise."

"Who exactly did we jinx?" Onyx queried.

"Lucius Malfoy."

"That pretty boy was Malfoy?" Lily snorted, Remus laughed.

"Yes, Sirius would like you. Pretty Boy is his favorite name for Lucius, that and Goldilocks." He said, sliding a compartment door open and stepping in. The compartment had definitely been enlarged, and was decorated in large gold M's.

"Goldilocks? That fits." Lily said as she sat down. Onyx looked around.

"What do the M's stand for?" Onyx asked, as the compartment door slid open.

"It stands for Marauders, the undisputed rulers of Hogwarts." A new voice chimed in. Lily and Onyx looked up to a tall boy, with untamable black hair and hazel eyes, standing.

"Ah, Prongs, there you are! This is Harry Grissom" Remus said, pointing to Lily, then pointed to Onyx "And that's Jeremiah Wolfe. Guys, this is James Potter."

Lily held out her hand "'Lo." Before James could respond, a ruckus was heard down the hall.

"Malfoy! Nice braids!" Hoots of laughter followed this exclamation, and footsteps pounded down the hall. And two more boys appeared. One, who was tall, with long black eyes and grey eyes, slung his arm over James' shoulder.

"Remus, mate! You should see Malfoy! He looks – Hello! Who are you?" He started to speak to James before he noticed Lily and Onyx.

"Harry Grissom." Lily nodded.

"Jeremiah Wolfe"

"Name's Sirius Black, and He's Peter Pettigrew."

Peter smiled "Nice to meet you."

"Sirius, I saw Malfoy, I was there when it happened." Remus said, leaning back into his seat. Sirius brightened.

"So YOU'RE the one that cast the spell! Knew you had it in you, Mooney old pal!" and Sirius ran over and vigorously pumped Remus' hand.

Lily leaned over "Think I should? Onyx grinned and nodded. She withdrew her wand, flicked and muttered "Braidius"

"Hey, Sirius! Love the hair!" James snickered. Sirius turned to him.

"Thank you! Maybe with some effort, you could pull off this style"

James scowled. "Why would I want my hair to look like yours?" And with that, he configured a mirror, holding out to Sirius "I don't think Remus was the one who jinxed Malfoy…"

Sirius yelped "My hair!! How do get these things off?"

"It won't come off with any spell, you have to let it wear off. Any attempt to magic it off will only make it grow longer." Onyx supplied, while Remus laughed.

"Told you, you'd fit right in with my friends."