The Tale of the Marauders (Marauders Era Love story : Sirius/ Severus Fanfic)

Hogwarts Express

The hogwarts express leaves at 11am sharp. I am a stickler for time and woke up early to make sure we would arrive on time. I groggily got up at 7am due to ruckus from the boys late night party. Thus, I didn't get much sleep. My fear of missing the first day of school was enough to get me up and into the shower. I quickly changed and began to start waking up the boys. 

I snuck out of the room and went to the cleaning closet. There I found a bucket and carried it into the room. I quickly filled it with water and levitated it over the boys' heads. Last night, we all slept in a large circle on the floor; so getting everyone wet wasn't going to be hard. I muttered a freezing spell at the water to make it ice cold. With a flick of my wrist, I sent the water pouring down. High pitched squeals mixed with my maniacal laughter echoed throughout the house. 

"Really wings, I swear this year is going to be extra long!!" James attempted to shout as his teeth clattered. 

"Oh come on James, you can't get mad at a babe like her. Don't worry love I'll protect you." Sirus stuttered as he attempted to maintain his suaveness. 

"I think that Wings can handle James on her own. She has been managing for 11 years." Remus replied. He had quickly said a warming spell and was recovering from my prank. 

"Yeah, Remus is right. Liza is almost indestructible." Peter chuckled and slurred a bit. Peter had two big front teeth almost like a rats, so he often slurred his words. Over the summer, we had been giving him speech lessons and he had improved his enunciation a bit. 

"Thank you my kind protectors and I appreciate the offers. But trust me, it'll be you: prongs, who will need the bodyguards." I replied as I sashayed out of the room. As I left, I heard James reprimand Sirius for staring after me too long. I chuckled at my over-protective brother but loved him even more for it. I lounged on the couch as I waited for the boys to get dressed. To pass the time, I conjured a muggle book: "Sleeping Beauty", which I have had since I was a toddler. Our parents would read this to us as a lullaby when we were little. I read for a little bit before hearing the boys call for me. 

I ran back into the room and we began to prepare our trunks. James and I began packing our books and other supplies. Keci soon joined the chaos and took charge of preparing our clothes. She really enjoyed setting outfits aside to pack and offered some advice to the guys as well. They appreciated the help and the packing went by quickly. The hardest part of the packing was the pets. James and I were both bringing our owls: Ares and Apollo. They were both brown and white with yellow eyes. However, Jame's bird had a brown face while mine was white. They also differed in size since he had gotten the alpha male while I had the runt. 

"Ahh prongs this is useless. They'll never sit in the cages." I complained.

"They will if we can calm them down." James reminded me.

With James's comfort, I regained my senses and calmed down. I channeled that soothing energy out and the birds immediately calmed down. Finally, we were able to place them in their carriers. With our pets locked up, we were all ready to head to kings crossing. A soft purr broke the silence. When I looked down, I saw my black kitten , Midnight, was trying to get me to stay. 

"Aww, hi girl. I have to go to school. You don't want me to end up burning the house now do you. Don't worry you'll still have Keci and I'll have a ton of eyes on me." I assured her as I rubbed behind her ears. She began to purr and permitted me to move. Our parents shouted for us to come down to the living room. The five of us shuffled downstairs with our heavy trunks to the fireplace. Keci gave all of us quick hugs and stood by her crying mom near the couch. Our parents were standing by the fireplace and my mum held onto the floo powder. 

"Now kids. I would normally apparate to the station but it is too busy this year. To avoid exposure, we are going to travel by floo powder. All you need is a small handful of the powder and state very clearly your destination, before throwing the powder. I'm going to go first to demonstrate then the rest of you will follow." My dad instructed us. 

"Kings Crossing Station!"My dad shouted. A ball of green fire enveloped him and he was gone. I gulped a bit at the sight of the fire but James quickly grabbed my hand to calm me. 

"James why don't you and your sister go together. Don't worry your dad is already there and your friends will be right behind you." My mum told us as she sent me a kiss. 

James and I did as we were told. I let James handle the floo powder and soon we were engulphed in flames. I quickly closed my eyes and only opened them when James gave me an extra squeeze. I saw that we were at the deserted back entrance to Kings Crossing and my dad already had us locked in a hug. Our friends and my mum followed behind. With everyone present, we began to walk towards 9 3/4. My dad led the group with james, siruis and I at his heels. Peter and Remus stuck by my mum in the back since they hated crowds. I saw that she was holding both of their hands to try to calm them. We quickly made it across the barrier with 10 minutes to spare. My parents helped us load our trunks into the train and began to start their goodbyes. 

"I know that you and your brother will be fine. Please write to us often and don't skip any details. I need the juicy details for when I brag about you two." My mum whispered to us as she held onto us for dear life. We tried to hug her just as hard but her grip was too strong. 

"Now love, let them breathe. You two know that we will support you both regardless of your houses. I know that you both will make us so proud. Look out for each other but most importantly help those in need. The potters take care of their friends and those who need it, regardless of blood. I love you both and have fun without blowing anything up please." My dad told us as he stared into both of our eyes. We didn't need to say much for him to know we understood their expectations. We said a tearful goodbye with a long group hug and kisses from both of them. Our parents then began to give similar speeches to our friends. At this time we still had 6 minutes left to board and I decided to try to find my other friends. 

Prongs, I'm going to try to find my other friends and say a quick hello. I meet you in whichever compartment you pick. 

Wings, you know I don't like those blacks with their pure blood mantra. But, they're your friends so I'll let you. Please come find me as sooon as you are done, I mean it. 

Don't worry. I won't take long and I promise that I will.

After sending my note, I waved goodbye to the group and my teary-eyed parents. It didn't take long to find two very important blacks. I came up behind the two of them and placed them both in headlocks. 

"Cissy, Reg, my fav blacks in the whole world. I found you at last!" I exclaimed with crocodile tears. 

"And you are our fav potter. Now please let us greet you properly and not stare at the ground." Narcissa sweetly plead. I let them out of their headlocks and was instantly smothered in hugs from the two of them. A high pitched voice broke our huddle. 

"Hi sweetie. I hope that your first year is wonderful. You look so pretty like always." said a pale petite black haired woman. Her eyes were a piercing grey hue that made her look permenantly upset. 

"Hi Mrs. Black. Thanks, I'm excited about this year too. I hope that I could comeover during the breaks so I can fill you in." I replied as I hugged her.

"Ohh, I would absolutely love that. I'll have to ask your parents first but you can always owl me. Remember my home is your home too, sweetheart." Mrs.Black replied as she held me in her loving arms. 

"Cissy, Liza you better board now or else you'll miss school."Regulus reminded us just as the 1 minute warning whistle went off. I said my goodbyes and was whisked toward the train by Narcissa. We hopped onto the back end of the train and waved goodbye from outside the door. I saw Regulus stand with his mom on the platform. They were soon joined my parents and the Evans. We stayed out until the platform was no longer in sight.