The Past is the Future

CHAPTER 9. - THE MARAUDERS

2nd of September 1975, Hospital Wing, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Once McGonagall and Dumbledore left, Madam Pomfrey came out of her office and started fussing over me again, demanding what took us so long. I just rolled my eyes and shrugged. She then proceeded to give me more healing potions, each one more revolting than the last. But I just sighed and took them, too tired to argue anymore. She then tucked me into bed. 

Just as I was closing my eyes and was about to fall asleep, the door of the Hospital Wing opened again...

Four boys about my age walked in. 

They all looked somewhat familiar to me.

And then it clicked...

The Marauders! Of course! Now fifth year Gryffindors, Animagi and the creators of the Marauders Map.

The first one approaching me was no other that the notorious Sirius Black. And as he got closer to her, I could examine him in more detail... It was common knowledge that Sirius Black was one of the most good-looking students at Hogwarts. But when I looked at him, his beauty took my breath away. He had a pair of gorgeous silvery grey eyes hooded by heavy lids that I just wanted to get myself lost in. His long eyelashes and arched eyebrows, his full lips and the straight line of his nose. His beautiful face with a strong jawline and sharp cheekbones was framed by black wavy shoulder length hair. It fell in perfect waves around his chiseled face. He had tanned skin and was tall and muscular. 

Behind him was James Potter. I nearly gasped: it was nearly impossible how much James resembled his son, Harry. But Harry of course, had his mother Lily's distinctive emerald green eyes. James was tall and thin, with messy black hair and brown eyes and wore rectangular glasses. I couldn't help but notice he was quite attractive. 

Then came Remus Lupin. I was suprised that he was the tallest of the group. He was also rather handsome, and I tried not to blush. Appart from being tall, he also had nice and lean body. He had light brown hair and green eyes. His complexion was pale, which I thought was probably from the moon. He had a few scars on his face, but I knew more scars were all over his body, due to his werewolf transformations.

And last came Peter Pettigrew. He was rather short and plump, with sandy blonde hair and watery blue eyes. I had to admit he was actually good-looking. I tried hard, very hard indeed, to not glare at him. But it was difficult. All I could see was him, being an unloyal rat and betraying the Potters. But then I noticed how nervous and misunderstood he looked, and I remembered, that he is still a young and innocent boy. I vowed to myself that I would never let him betray them.

As they approached me, I snapped back from my thoughts. Sirius walked over to me first, exuding confidence. 

"Hello my lady." said Sirius with a flirty smile. "Sirius Black, at your service." 

He then proceeded to lift my hand and kiss my knuckles. I blushed and giggled like a little girl.

"Well hi there." I said with a smile. "I'm Angelica White." 

"My name is James Potter." said James, imitating Sirius and bowing to me.

"And I'm Remus Lupin." said Remus with a smile. And he, ever the gentleman, offered me a warm handshake. 

Then Peter came forward. 

"Peter Pettigrew." he sqeaked in little nervous voice, offering me his sweaty hand. 

I tried not glare at him and slap his hand away. Instead, I smiled sweetly at him and shook his hand. 

"But you can all us the Marauders!" grinned James. "I'm Prongs, Sirius is Padfoot, Remus is Moony and Peter is Wormtail!"

"Nice to meet you all." I said still smiling. 

"Likewise." smirked Sirius. 

"So, what brings you here?" I asked. 

"Well we were the ones who found you and brought you here. You were hurt really badly. We thought you were dead." said James. 

"Oh..." was all I could say. "Thank you..."

"So what are you doing here?" asked Remus. "All Dumbledore would tell us was that you were a new transfer student from Ilvermony." 

"You don't really sound American." said Peter. 

I laughed at that. 

"Well I was born here in England. When I was only a few months old, my parents got a job in North America so we moved there. I went to a No-Maj school there, but when I turned eleven, I went to study at Ilvermony."

Lying wasn't easy for me, but I knew I had to.

"No-Maj?" asked James. "What does that mean?" 

"Oh, it's the same as Muggle, we just call it differently."

Then I decided to play with them a little. 

"And as you can see." I said grinning, doing my best impression of an American accent. "I don't really think I've lost my English accent." 

The Marauders roared with laughter. 

"That was a good one love!" said Sirius, whiping imaginary tears of laughter from his eyes. 

I grinned.

"So what was it like at Ilvermony?" asked Remus, curiousity getting the best of him.

At that question, the smile dropped from my face...

I didn't really know anything about Ilvermony...

 I panicked...

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