The Adventures of the New Marauders

On the way to Hogwarts...

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"Well guys, looks like we're almost nearly there! Wake up! Wake up!" Lorcan exclaimed. "I'm so excited! There's gonna be a grand feast and everything and i'm starving!" 

"Calm down a little there, Lorcan we'll arrive just in time." Scorpious yawned- for the rest of the trip they decided to nap a little...well everyone except for Lorcan who was too excited to keep still.

"I'm still tired..." Lysander said as he rubbed his eyes.

"Yeah me too." Albus said a little grumpily- he was still annoyed by the past events. "Are people getting out of the train yet?"

"No not yet! So guys get up and I'll help get the luggage ready!" Lorcan said.

There were many groans as the boys got up from the seats and stretched.

By the time they were finished Lorcan had already taken all of the luggage from the carrier. 

He was hopping around near the door when suddenly

FOOOOOOSH! Thud! 

"Ouch!" Lorcan fell on his butt after the incoming visitor had accidentally walked into him; not paying attention to the inside of the room at all!

"Oops! Oh wow uhhh i'm sorry uhhhh-" a girl with dazzling light green eyes and dark amber hair apologised.

"-Lorcan...Lorcan Scamander and ummmm i-it's uhhhh ummmm o-ok....." Lorcan rubbed the back of his head and glanced down at his feet whilst crossing his legs.

"Uhhhh yes, Lorcan! Lorcan...I can remember that name. I am so sorry that I had bumped into you but I was just trying to get to another compartment as fast as I could." The girl smiled apolegetically. "My name's Charlotte Longbottom. My father is the Herbology teacher at Hogwarts."

"Charlotte is a cool name! I like it...it suits you well." Lorcan said quickly before turning red.

"Uhhh thanks, Lorcan...I thought my name was just plain and original...but yeah thanks and you can if you want to. I don't really mind. And I like your name too because it sounds unique...And it reminds me of my old pet owl." Charlotte stated awkwardly.

Lysander burst out laughing. Everyone in the room looked at him and shifted uncomfortably. 

"Ehm. Uh hello, Charlotte. My name's-" Albus started.

"Albus Severus Potter, son of Harry James Potter and Ginevra Molly Weasley. I know all about your family, Albus." Charlotte stated rapidly. "My father's been over to your house a few times before but I could never go as I would have had to helped my mother with the pub- we own the Leaky Cauldron and it's tough business."

"Oh ok...I see. That's cool I guess because of course you would know me as I look almost exactly like him and everything..." Albus replied. "And it's awesome because maybe in our Third year we can all visit the pub on our Hogsmeade weekend trips! And well I bet that you would like to meet Scorpious here." Al indicated to Scorpious who had a gleam of amusement in his clear, grey eyes. He walked up to Charlotte and reached out to shake her hand. His eyes never left hers.

"Hello Miss Longbottom. Pleasure to meet you and as I would hope you would know that my name is Scorpious Malfoy, son of Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass."

"Hello Mr Malfoy. It's been a pleasure to meet you, too!" Charlotte mocked. She accepted his greeting and handshake.

"Ok Charlotte, now that you've met Al and Scorp, meet my older twin, Lysander!" Lorcan indicated to him.

"Oh err hello, Charlotte. I'm the other 'part' of Lorcan as you can see. We're like two peas in a pod." Lysander sat down on the floor next to Lorcan and noogied him. "Right lil' brother?" Lysander looked up at Charlotte and grinned.

"Let go of me, Lysander!" Lorcan wailed. "This isn't fun at all!"

"Hahahaha! You guys are so cute!" She laughed. This made Lorcan turn a brighter shade of red.

"We are not cute-"

"We're simply adorable!"

Her laugh was as infectious as a disease and soon it caught on to the whole compartment. Everyone was laughing and making a fool of themselves but that was okay because there was nothing to be embarrassed about. They all talked and talked and talked about what they knew about Hogwarts and they also got to know a little bit about each other. Like how Charlotte's grandfather's sick at St. Mungos and how one day she hopes to invent the potion to save the Wizarding world.

"So, what's the disease called?" Scorpious inquired.

"It's just a bad case of a disease called Wraving madness...He's sort of sick in the head and mentally ill as my other grandfather and grandmother are." Charlotte mumbled. "It's sad."

"Well that's a very ambitious task for a young girl. If I do say so myself, you would probably be sorted into Slytherin just like I am going to be." Scorpious said. "It would be nice seeing you in the house as the colour is the same shade as intricate your eyes."

"Sorry Scorp, thanks but no thanks. You see, my mother was in Hufflepuff while my father was in Gryffindor back in the day so technically I should be aiming elsewhere." Charlotte stated before looking around the compartment. "And I've never realised it before but I bet that my eyes do look like Slytherin's colour. Strange enough I'm the only one in my family with green eyes right now. Though my father had told me that I had the same eye colour as my late grandmother."

"What a shame, it would be great having someone like you in Slytherin- and you are eligible as the noble house of Longbottom is a pureblood family."

"Well yes to that and I have got something on my mind that I need to talk to you guys about....more specifically the twins...."

"Really? Well I would've never thought you would have mentioned us in this conversation as I was watching the way you were talking with Scorpious." Lysander grinned a glint of mischief in his eyes. "You guys are too cute!" 

"What?!" Lorcan, Scorpious & Charlotte all shouted at once. This earned a playful slap on the arm by Scorpious and Charlotte.

"Stop that, you nut!" Charlotte hit his arm. "You're going to choke on air while you giggle like a schoolgirl- and that's coming from me of all people!"

"Well I hope he chokes on his own spit!" Scorpious fummed. "That was uncalled for and he would definatley deserve it!"

"Uhhh I mean pffft yeah! I know right! Seriously guys, get a room or go somewhere....private." Lorcan . "I mean seriously just listen to this conversation it's just so-"

"-freaking awkward!" Lysander burst into laughter, "Hahaha! Lorrypoopie, you should've seen your face! You just made this conversation so awkward! You put the awkward in 'awkward moment'! Merlin!"

"*Cough* Awkward moment." Albus coughed. "What? Who said that? Did you hear that anybody?"

This earned more laughter from the compartment. Everyone was having a blast as it was how everyone wanted it to be despite the awkward moment that was just created, it was perfect.