The summer had gone by too quickly. Nearly a week after the talent show the group had said goodbye to Moria having at least a month left to herself before returning back to Hogwarts. Now that month had passed, for most it had passed too quickly. For Sirius it had been too slow. It had been nearly a month since he had last seen Moria and needless to say, he missed her. Now he and James were standing at the train station.

"6th year. Can't believe it." James murmured out.

"One more year and we graduate." Sirius replied.

"So…you really okay with running from your parents? I mean my family doesn't mind." James added quickly. Sirius looked at him with a look that said 'you're joking right'.

"Of course I'm fine. My parents and I haven't been under good relations for years. I'm finally free of them." He replied.

"I guess. Well mate, you're more than welcome to stay with us. Who needs bloody old coots." He asked. Sirius chuckled in agreement.

"You left your parents?" a voice interjected and they turned, seeing Lily and Moria. The boys both blinked in shock.

"What?" Moria asked as though she hadn't noticed.

"Your hair! It's longer." James exclaimed. Moria rolled her eyes.

"Don't remind me. I lost a bet with Uncle Mitchell and I couldn't cut it." She explained. "I'm planning on cutting it later on though though." She commented, playing with the longer tips that now reached just below her ears, falling in wild waves. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Don't. I think it looks great." Lily stated. "I've kept telling you to let it grow out. It looks fine like this." She stated. Moria looked at her in annoyance.

"I think it looks fine on you Mori." Sirius said nonchalantly. She blinked and looked at him, managing to keep a blush down. James nodded as well, apparently not noticing Sirius or Moria behavior. She glared at the trio before sighing in what seemed to be defeat.

"Fine. I'll keep my hair like this." She grumbled out crossing her arms. Suddenly she was tackled from someone behind her. She fell flat on her face with a loud grunt.

"Moria! There you are!" a girlish voice squealed happily. Lily nearly burst out laughing.

"Bryn, I don't think she can breathe." Remus said as he walked up carrying his own trunk. Bryn giggled then got off of Moria who then sat up, rubbing her face.

"Hi to you too Bryn." She mumbled standing and turned. The blond haired girl bounced slightly on each foot, giggling like a fool, her blue eyes twinkling mischievously.

"How was your project?" She asked happily. Moria shrugged though she smiled nonetheless.

"It went well. You?"

"It went great. Though Peter would start hitting his head on the wall every now and then for no reason." She said blinking innocently. Moria caught Sirius, Remus, and James now snickering and the corner of her mouths lifted, trying to hold back her own laughter.

"Hmmm…I don't know, he is a mystery." She said and chuckled softly. Bryn smiled widely.

"Bryn. What are you doing?" another voice interjected and Moria inwardly groaned. She looked behind Bryn and saw another girl walking up to the group. Her black hair had been pulled back into a ponytail, as though to her hair wasn't worthy of touching her shoulder, and her eyes were covered by what seemed to be designer sunglasses. Likewise she hadn't changed into her uniform yet so she was still wearing tight jeans, a tank-top and boots. She pushed her glasses down and stared at the group with golden-green eyes.

"Chelsea." Moria grumbled out as Bryn giggled and skipped over to the girl wrapping her arms around shoulder.

"Moria." Chelsea responded with a huff and then twirled on a heel, heading to the train. Bryn waved goodbye and then hurriedly followed Chelsea.

"Remind me again how those two are best friends?" Lily grumbled out picking up her trunk again.

"Beats me." Moria said following suit. She followed Lily as they placed their luggage with the pile, then groaned and cracked her back. "The damn boat ride was freaking tough. And then dragging all my stuff here on foot? Blimey, I want to go to sleep." She complained.

"Why don't you take a trolley or a double-decker here?" Lily asked. Moria stared ahead of her then sighed looking at Lily.

"I haven't been in a vehicle since my Mum and Dad died." She finally answered. "I know. It's stupid. It happened a long time ago. But…" Moria drifted off and Lily shook her head smiling.

"Merlin, Moria it's alright. It's perfectly alright. You went through a traumatic experience. It's not expected for anyone to get over it really quickly." Lily responded. Moria smiled.

"So where's Alice?"

"Who knows? Probably snogging Frank somewhere." Lily said and Moria couldn't help it and burst out laughing.

"I can't believe that those two finally got together."

"Neither can I."

"It's about time."

"Yeah."

"Another year in Hogwarts." Alice sighed out as she glanced out of the train window. Moria grinned.

"Yup. Another year of Quidditch!" she cheered and Alice groaned.

"Is that all you think about? Geez, you should look for a boy or something." Alice replied and Moria had to hold back a laugh. She doubted that Sirius would be keen on letting her date.

"How about James?" Lily suggested, though she didn't really seem pleased with it. Moria and Alice looked at her in shock.

"Merlin, did you hear that Alice?"

"Lily just called him by his first name. Moria catch me, I think I feel faint!" Alice cried out throwing her arms out dramatically. Lily's face turned bright red and Moria chuckled, before standing up.

"I'm going to the loo. Be back in a little bit…depending on the line." Moria said. Lily looked at her pleadingly knowing that Alice was going to bug her about her calling James by his first name but Moria looked at her apologetically before leaving. She then headed to the bathroom which sadly was in the last compartment of the train. She didn't mind really. A little walking never hurt anyone.

"So do you think that our project will do fine?" James asked as he bit into another chocolate frog, having discarded the card that was in it, as it was another Dumbledore card.

"I think it will be fine." Sirius also replied, grimacing after he ate a bad Bertie Bott's jelly bean. "I mean come on, this is us."

"Did you hear what happened to a muggle family?" Remus interjected folding down the newspaper he had purchased before the train had departed. He showed them the article.

"A whole muggle family was killed a few weeks ago. By mysterious causes. No external injuries. No poison in their system. Nothing." He summarized. The two other boys glanced at the article then at Remus.

"You think…"

"The only logical thing is that their attackers were from the magic realm. They had to have used the killing curse. They never had a chance." Remus murmured out, grimacing at the thought. James and Sirius looked just as disgusted; Peter grimaced but continued to look at his own paper.

"Bloody lunatics. Makes me want to watch over our muggle friends more."

"Lily would hex you. Moria would probably borrow a bludger and let it slam into your head." Sirius returned. "Relax. Those two can clearly kick arse by themselves." He finished. Still, he wasn't the happiest bloke. He had a pretty good idea that a good majority of those in Slytherin were prejudiced towards muggle born witches and wizards.

His thoughts were broken when he caught glance of a brunette in a walking by. He glanced at the other two.

"Um…I got to go to the loo. Be right back." He said, though the others were discussing something. He got up and headed out.

Moria inwardly groaned as she exited the loo. Bloody hell the compartment was tiny and smelled to high heaven.

"Might as well head back. Maybe I'll run into the candy lady." Moria mumbled out to no one in particular. No sooner had she said that, someone grabbed her elbow, yanking her into the luggage compartment. She swung around about ready to slam her fist into the perpetrators' face till she saw a pair of gray eyes staring at her amused.

"I don't think you get extra credit for clocking out your boyfriend, Moria." Sirius joked as Moria's stance relaxed a bit.

"Merlin Sirius, are you trying to get a black eye!" she hissed out, trying to look angry but the corners of her mouth curled, revealing her amusement.

"It'd be worth it. Though I would think that would entail an apology." He responded. She finally smiled.

"And that would be?" she asked, wrapping her arms across her chest, though judging by his need for privacy was pretty sure what he wanted.

"A kiss." He teased and before he could say anything else, she kissed him softly.

"Like that?" she asked. He grinned and curled his hand into her hair.

"Maybe." He replied. "But let's try that again to see one kiss will work." He commented and his mouth enveloped hers. Several seconds passed until they parted.

"I'm guessing you missed me?" she questioned breathily. He chuckled.

"Oh you have no idea." He stated. She smiled then looked up at him.

"So I heard you moved in with James."

"Yup. Best decision I made about my family in a long time." He stated, twirling a strand of her hair with his finger.

"You sure you're okay with it?" She asked.

"I'm perfectly fine with it." He replied, tugging absently on a strand, almost as a request to change the subject. So she conceded.

"Why do I get this suspicion that there is a different reason you like my hair longer?" she asked smirking as he grinned at her.

"Well Miss Prescott, you do look lovely with longer hair." He stated nonchalantly. "Now then since it's been about two weeks since I've seen you."

"Geez you act like I've been away for a year. And we only started dating a month ago." She joked. He grinned kissing her cheek.

"Well considering it will be harder to sneak a kiss once we're at Hogwarts."

"True. Very true." She replied as though she was calculating, and smiled as he kissed her again. She wrapped her arms around his neck. This was definitely going to be a great year.

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