Author's Note: So here is the real first chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed that little teaser. Please review.

This chapter is edited. I had never proof read it, and I never noticed the partners were never posted. 1.6.13

Disclaimer: Blah blah blah, I do not own HP.

Chapter 1

The Ravenclaw common room was quiet. It seemed as though everyone had decided to head to bed so they would be ready for their first day of classes. Lyra walked over to one of the bronze leather couches by the fire and threw herself down. Tired as ever she pulled her timetable out of her bag to check what class she would start the day with: Advanced Charms.

Well, she thought to herself, At least it's not Potions. It's not that she didn't excel at potions, she just hated Slughorn with a passion, and she didn't particularly want to deal with him first thing in the morning.

With that she put her timetable back into her bag, and walked to her dormitory.

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"Ay Prongsie," Sirius said rather loudly, "Think we should get Moony up, or let him be late for the first class of the day!"

Sirius and James shared a laugh at their best friend's expense as Remus groaned and rolled out of bed.

"I set an alarm, why didn't it go off?" Remus asked in a groggy voice.

"Oh, we turned it off last night Moony, you had the bloody thing set for 5am! No need for all of us to be awoken at that ungodly hour." James stated in a very no nonsense voice.

"Prongs you can't be serious—"

"Actually mate, I'm Sirius."

All the boys shared a laugh as they got ready. Sirius and James had snuck down to the kitchen for breakfast before they decided to wake their friend. So, with toast in hand, the headed to Advanced Charms.

There weren't a lot of seventh years that opted to take Advanced Charms, so it was a mix between all four houses.

Brittany Abbott, Edgar Bones, and Jenny MacMillian from Hufflepuff. James, Sirius, Lily Evans, and himself from Gryffindor. Winston Greengrass and Snape from Slytherin. And surprisingly only Lyra Black from Ravenclaw. Well maybe not too surprising. It was well known that most of the 7th year Ravenclaws, despite their intelligence, were extremely lazy, and normally opted to take regular classes.

"Good morning all," Tiny Professor Flitwick shouted, "I have a special assignment planned for all of you. Now as I am sure you have all realized you, you ten had some of the highest scores on your OWLs and and chose to be placed in the advanced NEWTs class. As such I don't believe there is much else to teach you that you cannot already teach yourselves. That being said, you will be paired, by me, in teams of two for a semester long project. Ah, simple you think, but the catch is YOU must create the project. You may run it by me yes, but I will not be actually assigning any one thing. Be creative. The only thing is it will obviously have to do with charms. That is all, good luck. The teams are posted on the board. You are all dismissed. I hope you use this time wisely to get started, because the semester will be over before you know it." With those last words the tiny Professor went into his office.

No one made an effort to move, all being a little stunned by the man's words. The first to check the list were the Marauders.

Advanced Charms Partners

MacMillian and Abbot

Potter and Evans

Snape and Bones

S Black and Greengrass

Lupin and L Black

"Yes!" Shouted an over excited James Potter.

"Damn Prongsie, don't be too upset about being paired with Evans." Snickered Sirius.

"Shut it Padfoot. Moony, who'd you get paired with."

"Oh, I got paired with Sirius." Said Remus as he started walking out the door, "Come on Pads, we can head to the library and get an early start. You heard Flitwick."

At this point the rest of the class was gathered by the list, and people started leaving in pairs of two.

"Uh, Moony, I got paired with Greengrass."

"What?" Remus said as he went back to check the list.

But Sirius was right; he was paired with L Black not S Black.

"Speak of the devil." Sirius said in what he thought was a whisper.

"Hello to you to Sirius." Lyra said with a stunning smile.

Remus stared at her for a moment while the two cousins bickered. She clearly had the good looks of the Black family. Long black hair that fell in loose curls, pools of silvery gray eyes, a fit; curvy body, and the most gorgeous smile he had ever laid his eyes on. He continued to stare for another minute until he realized he was being spoken to, and that he and Lyra were the only ones left in the classroom.

"So is that okay with you Remus?"

"What, I'm sorry." He said rather embarrassed that he was caught not paying attention.

"It's alright. I said we should head to the library to start the project. I was thinking we could invent a new charm. You know, maybe one that could do something to help study habits or the like," she paused when she saw the look on his face, "Or something else. We could do some brainstorming on what kind of charm to invent. I don't think many people will go that route, because its really advanced. But I know we both got the highest OWL score in the year in the subject, so I think we will do well."

"That's fine. I like the idea of creating a charm," he didn't actually care what they did. He was just happy she actually thought of something, "So you want to head to the library then? I have a free period next, so I can continue to work on it alone if you have a class." Remus stated as they started towards the library.

"Oh, actually I have a free period as well."

Remus responded with a smile as they continued their walk to the library. After about an hour of working in silence Remus heard what he assumed was a male clearing his throat.

"Lyra darling, how is your project coming?" Jameson asked as he put a hand on his girlfriend's shoulder.

"Fine, don't you have class Jameson?" Lyra asked in a false sweet voice.

"Yes, just checking on you." He said, but Remus noticed how he was tightening the grip on her shoulder. "I'll see you at lunch Lyra." He bent down, to kiss her but she gave him her cheek, earning her another squeeze, and he walked away.

Lyra had to fight the urge to rub her aching shoulder, but she didn't want Remus to think anything out of the ordinary. What was he thinking! Acting that way in front of someone! Was he trying to completely embarrass her?

"Are you okay Lyra?"

"What? Yes, of course. Why wouldn't I be?" She said in a slightly higher pitched voice than she normally would have.

"Lyra, I saw the way he was squeezing your shoulder. And I—I saw him back hand you in the library last night," He wasn't exactly sure why he said that last part, it wasn't his business, "I'm sorry Lyra, its um, it isn't my place to pry. I was just looking for a book last night, and it happened. I wasn't watching you or anything, I—I just happened to be there and…"

"Remus, its fine. Please just don't tell anybody."

"But Lyra—"

"Remus please, I have to go. Let's just meet here after dinner okay?"

But before Remus could even answer Lyra had all but run out of the library.

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Author's Note;

Yay, chapter one! Sorry for any errors.

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