'The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him.

He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery.

He frightens other people as much as they frighten him.

He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous.'

-Jerome K. Jerome

New Found Enemies

It was only the second week into school and the Marauders had already received over 15 detentions and tonight, they were getting ready for another possible one.

"I'd really prefer if we didn't do it here." Remus said to the group. The were all gathered around a table in the library, discussing their plan.

"Why, Moony? Afraid that you'll be banned for life?" Sirius taunted.

"Yes." he answered truthfully.

It was a Tuesday night and the library was fairly busy with students trying to do their homework.

"C'mon, Remus. It'll be priceless to see the look on everyone's face and it'll only work here!" James tried to convince him.

"No, I don't want anything to with it." Remus stood up and started to gather his things. "Do you want to give me your Will and Testaments before I leave?"

"She won't kill us, Moony." Sirius replied, not even cracking a smile. It was a pathetic joke for a Marauder.

"Suit yourself."

The three boys watched their friend walk away, abandoning them.

"Lets get this sorted then…"

….

Riley sat pouring over her Potions essay and that's when she heard it. Screams and bangs. Her hand went straight to her wand that was sitting beside her. There were more screams and more bangs.

She was sitting tucked away in a corner where rarely anyone would go to collect books. She got up and walked out to see down the isle and saw puffs of smoke everywhere.

"Evanesco."

The smoke cleared away and Riley was able to see a further down the isle, but not much. She saw a group of first year girls huddled down another isle, with black soot on their faces.

"Do you know what's going on?" she asked them.

"Th-The book…I only o-opened it and it…exploded!" said one girl.

"And then it appeared back in place without a scratch!" exclaimed another.

Riley only nodded and then moved through the smoke. She found herself in the main part of the library where Madam Pince usually sat.

"DON'T OPEN THAT BOOK!"

And there was another scream and bang.

Riley looked around and saw Madam Pince rushing around making sure everyone was alright. She, herself, was too covered in black soot like the first years.

"Madam Pince-what's going-?" Riley tried to ask as she rushed pass her to stop more people opening books who obviously hadn't caught on.

"Oh, Riley! Go get Professor Dumbledore, please!"

Riley nodded at the orders and started off in a jog to the exit of the library.

"Where're you going?"

Riley looked at little Peter Pettigrew who looked both nervous and excited, that she feared he was going to pee himself.

"I'm going to get Professor Dumbledore."

"S-Sorry, can't let you go. No-one gets in our out of this library."

"And why's that, Peter?"

Riley felt her temper start to rise. She knew exactly why without Peter even giving her the answer. She whipped round trying to look for the other three. She couldn't see them anywhere.

"Where are the other three then?" she asked, then turning around.

"Riley! Hello, fine night, isn't it?" Sirius smirked.

"What are you doing?"

"We wanted to add some fun to this place. It's a bit dull you see." James said, grinning.

"Riley, what's going on? Where is Professor Dumbledore?" She heard Madam Pince say from behind her.

She saw the three boys go pale. She turned to face Madam Pince.

"There's no need, Madam Pince. I know who sta-"

"The books, they've stopped exploding!" A voice yelled among the smoke.

A look of relief spread across Madam Pince's face. She cleared all of the smoke away with her wand.

Riley went to tell her who started it, but she turned around and noticed the three boys were gone. She sighed and went to retrieve her Potions essay. She would finish it tomorrow night.

X

"Do you think she ratted us in?" Peter asked, biting his fingernails nervously.

"Of course not. Do you honestly think she would have the guts? Stop worrying, Peter. You can be such a girl at times." Sirius replied, rolling his eyes.

"How did your prank go then?" Remus said to them as he descended from the boys dorm, sitting on a chair across from them.

"Everything went to plan. But that Riley Martinez almost told Pince about us. That's when we took the charm off and bolted." James informed him.

Remus laughed. "Did she tell?"

"We don't know," James said, "I hope not but she seemed pretty pissed off."

"Well I don't blame her. She's always in the library."

"Well at least we know who your soul mate is now, Remus." Sirius said winking.

"I've never really spoke to her before," Remus replied, blushing a little.

"Come to think of it, neither have I." Sirius said, "The last time before tonight I think was first year at the sorting."

The other three nodded in agreement.

…

Riley walked slowly on her way back to the Gryffindor common room, knowing that when she arrived, James and Sirius were likely to prank her for almost telling Madam Pince.

When she arrived at the portrait, she saw Lily Evans and Mary Wallace just about to walk through the portrait hole.

Hoping that if she walked through with Lily, James would maybe just forget about what had happened and let her go, but when she reached the Fat Lady, she closed over.

"Gillyweed." Riley grumbled and walked through as the Fat Lady swung open.

Head down, walk fast she thought repeatedly.

"Martinez!" she heard Sirius call out just as her foot hit the first step.

"Yes, Black?" she asked, not turning to face him.

"Did you rat us in?"

"No, I didn't."

Riley then walked up the stairs, without looking back.

X

"Alright, settle down, settle down…Now, I'll be pairing you all up as I have decided that the current seating arrangment-" Slughorns eyes rested on James and Sirius for a moment, "-is not working out very well."

Riley sighed. She liked the group she was sat in. It was Mary, Lily and Peter and herself. They never spoke to her, so she didn't need to speak to them. It was the perfect group.

"Now, at this desk here, I want you, Miss Black to sit her with…er, ah! James, you come sit beside Bellatrix and across from them, Rodolphus and Miss…Wallace!"

Bellatrix had her face screwed up in complete disgust and James looked as though he would rather take a bludger to the head than sit with her.

After what felt like a lifetime of going through names and seating arrangements , Riley found herself in a group with Severus Snape, Lily Evans and her most favourite person in the world, Sirius Black who was also her new partner.

"Well, well, well, Martinez. Looks like we're going to have great fun this year!" Sirius said, a smirk playing upon his lips.

"Ah, me ayuda…" Riley mumbled, resting her head in her arms.

A/N: Second chapter! I hope you like it! I kind of like it as I think it let's you know much more about Riley's character. In the next chapter, I'm going to introduce you to the Marauders a bit more so I'm looking forward to that! Only one translation needed for this chapter

"Ah, me avuda…"

"Oh, help me…"

Again, if this is wrong, please notify me!

Review please!

Abbey xoxo