The Marauders Era [PT]

[Lizor]

Katherina Esyllt Dechtere Zaqar

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Hufflepuff • Muggleborn • Beater

I feel a wet substance dripping from just above my eyes, but I don't feel the pain from the wound. The internal pain from the spell is much worse to pay attention to any small cuts.
'Expelliarmus!' I suddenly hear next to me, I get lifted by someone and try to figure out what is happening. I see Sirius and James disarming my attackers while Peter tries to get me to safety. From that point everything goes by in a flash. Spells are flying around and Peter and I get blown away by one. Again I reach the ground with a nauseating sound.
I stay still, because when I move, I know I will feel the pain in my wrist and in my head. I close my eyes and try to suppress the tears. I feel humiliated and the pain in my wrist and my head is nothing compared with the memories of the cruciatus curse.
Finally everything around me becomes silent. I open my eyes again and see Peter crawling on his feet and Sirius and James standing with their messed hair and their wands in their hands, ready to attack but also very confused.
I push my self up - with my good wrist - and sit against the wall. Tears are dripping down my face, trying to stay strong in front of the others didn't work this time.
I'm quite surprised someone actually came to help me and especially those three. Sirius, James and Peter - especially the first two - have never been nice to me. They have never been very respectful to girls, you could say they are pretty much the biggest jerks in this school.
'T-Thanks,' I stutter with a soft voice that doesn't at all sound like the strong voice I normally have.

[Desolation]

Lucius Malfoy

Seventeen • Slytherin • Chaser • Prefect

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Narcissa caught the book and flipped roughly through the pages. I couldn't really care if it was my fathers diary or not. He was a dickhead anyway. I studied Narcissa's face while she was looking into the book, trying to find out what she thought of it. After a while she placed the book on the table and slid it across towards me. "Seems interesting, not my kind of book though," she said. "I'd prefer something a little more informative or entertaining." I shrugged nonchalant. "It's not mine."
I put the book in my trunk with a flick of my wand and listen with a half ear to the conversations of Bella and Rodolphus. They were talking about school stuff which didn't really interest me at all. What did interest me, though, was the compartment door sliding open and Emma coming inside.
"Is it just me, or is there an incredibly big lot of screeching first years? I thought I was going deaf out there," she said. I chuckled. "They ruined the little happy moment I had about going back to school." I didn't really listen to Emma and Narcissa's little chitchat. Talking girls never really swept me of my feet.
All of the sudden the train stopped and not long after I could hear voices screaming and a lot of crashing noises. "What is going on?" As I was a prefect, I got up and went into the corridor. A lot of heads appeared and looked curiously at me but I quickly shoved the students back into their compartments and trotted off to see what was happening and why the train had stopped.

[Desolation]

Sirius Black

Seventeen • Gryffindor • Beater • Padfoot

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James and I duelled the two Death Eaters for a while, each screaming different curses at the two hooded men whilst Peter tried to get the girl - was her name Kath? - out of the corridor. At some point James shouted an the Impediment Jinx and a green light hit the wall of the train. James stumbled back, Kath and Peter fell and I was out of balance for a few seconds, but fortunately my opponent was dizzy as well. I didn't waste a second and fired a Disarming Spell at the man, but before I could cast another spell, James had already spoken out a Hardening Charm.
I took a second to catch my breath and then turned annoyed to James. "For fucks sake, Prongs, I had the guy. I know you're better at duelling than me, but let me gave some fun as well, yeah?
I then looked at the two Death Eaters on the floor. What were they doing here and why would they attack a Muggleborn in broad daylight in a full train? Talking about the train, it still hasn't moved and no one has come to see what's going on. I looked at the wall the Death Eater blew the hole in. Great, I'm so dead. They're going to expel me and Mr. and Mrs. Potter are going to kick me out of their house and I'm going to die because my family disowned me. Just wonderful.
"T-thanks," I suddenly heard from the corner on the other side of the corridor. I looked up and saw the girl, Kath, sitting against the wall with Peter next to her. He looked really awkward and clearly didn't know what to do.
I walked over to her and knelt down. "Are you okay?" I asked her concerned and softly placed a hand of her knee. "What did they want from you? Have you got any idea who they were?"

[Winchester]

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Emma Esme Vanity

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The train suddenly came to a halt and Emma nearly doubled over, barely catching herself. Of course, that was followed by a string of very unlady-like words coming from her mouth. She'd had to hold in all that profanity during her summer, and now of course, it was all coming out. There was a lot of noise coming from another part of the train, and she swore she'd heard a girl scream. Emma's interest had been captured. Lucius asked about what was going on and even before she could make a snarky remark about it, he had already headed out. She couldn't be left out of course, so she quickly followed him. "Going to a party without me, Malfoy?" She called after him. He wasn't the only prefect after all. She catched up with him and gave him a quick tut-tut, accusingly pointing her finger at him. They hurried along, and Emma barely had time to stop and get her wand out of the long black boots she was wearing.

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shitty post i'm sorry..

[Tolkien]

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James Potter
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Head Boy • Quidditch Captain • Chaser • Gryffindor • Seventeen • Prongs

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"For fuck's sake, Prongs. I had the guy. I know you're better at duelling than me, but let me have some fun as well, yeah?" said Sirius in annoyance.
"Oh shut up, Padfoot," James fired back at him. "I wanted to use that spell for once, since Flitwick wouldn't let me use it on..." he shut up when he heard Kath's shaky voice.
"T-thanks," she muttered. Peter sat right next to her, his face struck with horror. He didn't really seem like he knew what to do. As Sirius knelt down next to her to be a gentleman and ask her if she was okay, James rolled his eyes and went to stand on the edge of the hole in the wall of the train. The pieces were scattered all over the grass outside. That was a good thing.
James took a step back and just as he raised his wand to perform a Mending Charm, the door of the corridor opened.
"Why am I not surprised to see you here?" said the voice of the conductor. The old lady that usually drove the trolley with all the food on it, stood behind him, with sort of a confused expression on her face. "Can't you four just sit back and relax when taking the train to Hogwarts? Always causing havoc and-" He shut up mid-sentence and stared at the hole in the wall and James pointing his wand at it. "THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, YOUNG MAN. WHAT IN GOD'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" he roared. "I WILL MAKE SURE DUMBLEDORE HEARS OF THIS. DON'T YOU EVEN BOTHER TO CHANGE INTO YOUR SHOOL ROBES, YOU WILL BE RETURNING HOME AS SOON AS YOU REACH THE CASTLE. UNACCEPTBALE. DESTROYING SCHOOL PROPERTIES! AND I HEARD THEY EVEN MADE YOU, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE, HEAD BOY THIS YEAR! YOU BRING DISHONOUR ON YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY!" His face was all read and he looked as though his head might explode. James stared at him with a blank expression, his lips slightly apart.
"Believe me, sir," said James slowly, "this is not what it looks like." He lowered his wand and stepped aside, so the driver could see the two Death Eaters. "If it weren't for Sirius and I, Kath would be dead right now. I propose we search the train before we continue, in case there are any more of them. Or at least send out an owl up front to tell Dumbledore." The conductor seemed to be wanting to say something else, but he closed his mouth again, like a fish out of water. The trolley-lady seemed as though she was going to faint.

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[Lizor]

Katherina Esyllt Dechtere Zaqar

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Hufflepuff • Muggleborn • Beater

I've never been very confident about me being a muggleborn, since I was never learned to fly a broom or use a wand. The fact that I realized other students at Hogwarts had to learn as much as me made me feel I wasn't that behind on the things I knew and that I wasn't a stupid muggleborn. Soon I was even better than most halfbloods and purebloods, but todays event made me clear that I am not accepted by a lot of people, even worse; they disgust me as a person.
I try to get up but I feel dizzy because of the bleeding wound just above my eyebrow. I look at Sirius and James. If it wasn't for them, I would have been dead or worse; taken away and tortured.
The dizziness gets worse and I let myself slide against the wall down on the ground. Sirius kneels in front of me while I sit there with my eyes closed.
'Are you okay?' he asks, his voice sounds concerned and I try to focus on the answer to the question, but the pain is the only thing I can think of. I feel a soft touch, Sirius has placed his hand on my knee and for a moment I can focus on something other than the pain.
'I'm fine,' I squeak trying to sound strong, but I end up sounding hopelessly miserable.
'What did they want from you? Have you got any idea who they were?' again I try to focus on his voice and not on the pain, which is endlessly hard but I succeed eventually.
Behind me I hear someone scream, every words hits me like a rock and I place my hands over my ears trying to shut out the harsh sounds, they remind me of pain. Everything reminds me of pain.
I start to scream in an attempt to keep the sounds out of my head. How long will it take for you to go mad? How often do they have to use the cruciatus curse for you to go crazy? I feel tears streaming down my face again.
'No! Stop it!' I scream, my body tenses as I feel the memories of the pain flowing to my veins. Even though nobody is performing the curse, it feels as real as before. I crawl back from everyone, away from Sirius' touch, into the corner of the train.
'It hurts,' I whisper hoarse.

[Tolkien]

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James Potter
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Head Boy • Quidditch Captain • Chaser • Gryffindor • Seventeen • Prongs

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The conductor stared back at James for a second and silence fell. Only the soft voice  of Sirius talking to Kath was being heard and then she started screaming. James took a glance at her, not really showing any emotion. He was actually thinking of the Death Eater who had looked him thriumphantly in the eye right before he had turned him to stone, as if James were the idiot he'd got instead of the other way around. What if the Death Eaters were still on the train? What if they went to look for another Muggle-born because they didn't get the first one? He didn't know if he felt angry or worried or even a little scared, but he couldn't help but think... what if -
"All right, Potter," the conductor gave in and after James had repaired the hole in the train and had asked the other prefects still being in the train wagon that was meant for them to do the other part of the train, he went to fulfill his duty as Head Boy, though it was rather throwing open every door that hadn't already been opened and looking if Lily was inside. Nobody else seemed to be hurt. Just confused, as they had no idea what was going on. James sent back various students that were coming up front to look what had happened and told them not to worry at least ten times. After fifteen minutes of walking around and making sure everyone was safe - but still with that clenching feeling on his chest that something was happening right now, right under his nose - the train started moving again. And after opening and closing about twenty doors, he finally found the one he was looking for. It sort of happened automatically. Instead of opening the door very matter of factly and telling them to stay where they were and answering any questions and telling them everything was okay, his hazel eyes found Lily's green ones in a fraction of a second, looking way to worried to be his nonchalant self whenever he was around her - probably looking like a complete idiot in front of Marlene McKinnon - who he knew had a mad crush on Sirius - Ted Tonks, Andromeda Black and even the damned Vance Cavilles. "Are you all right?" he asked her directly. Then he realised what an idiot he was and tried to look more matter of factly, knowing he was failing, and looked around the rest of the compartment just to take his eyes somewhere else.

[Lizor]

Lily Evans

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Gryffindor • Muggleborn • Head Girl

'What was that?' I ask worried when I hear a high pitched scream. The train stops and I get up to open the doors, but before I can do that, the door gets opened.
Two worried hazel eyes stare into mine. What is he doing here?
'Are you alright?' James Potter asks me. The questions is asked directly towards me. I frown.
'Yes, I am. What are you doing Potter and what's going on?' I ask. I make my way to the hallway, knowingly avoiding contact with Potter. I look around to see if I can find the source of the screaming voice.
'Who was that, that screaming? It sounded familiar,' I say, 'I'm going to check it out.'
I don't even wait for Potter to answer my questions, I just start walking towards the empty part of the train. I'm pretty sure the scream from there. I take my wand out as I open the door. In the back of my head I still see Potter's worried expression. Why would he even bother to come and warn me. He is not actually concerned about me, is he? What does Potter know about this that I don't? I try to suppress the thoughts and move on.

[Sorry for the really bad post, but ugh I really didn't have any inspiration xc]

[Hagane]

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Vance Bryan Keith Cavilles ° 17 ° Ravenclaw 
"All secrets will be revealed."

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Lilly tells about her sister and I can hear a whiff of dissapointment in her voice. I know that her sister isn't very supportive of this life, jealous even. Her parents whatshowever are proud of their exceptional daughter, which is a good thing. She tells that's she's been having fun with friends though,that pleases me a lot. 
"You know you should try..." I try to say but get interupted by a high pitched scream, it even hurt my ears, cause I have very sensitive hearing, so it is like torture for me. I rush to the sound though, ignoring the ring in my ears.  I horror I see Katherina, her face in pain obviously. I also see annoying SJPR, but I ignore them, they can handle theirselves, and sprint to the other sections of the train to see if everything is clear. "Every muggleborn stays in!" I scream, but it got lost in all the broil that is happening. I sprint to the next wagon and see another creepy guy who seems kinda lost. In a fuzzy moment I scream 'Expelliarmus'  and 'Stupefy' in the time that feels like a fraction of a second. Instead of just firing another spell I hit him on his nose, seeing chocked faces, but not caring about them, I run further. No other persons seem to be out of place and I check every compartement of the train telling them to please stay in place and be alert. I head back to our place and the fight seemed to have vanished. I walk towards Lilly's location and ask if she alright, just to hear James saying the exact same a little later. The poor dude couldn't even be subtle, the crush is so obvious, bot not a single soul seems to notice...

(I hope it's alright, because I missed a lot and I don't know if it fits in totally. If not, please notice it and I''l change it ASAP)

[Desolation]

Sirius Black
Seventeen • Slytherin • Chaser • Prefect

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"Oh shut up, Padfoot," James answered me harshly. "I wanted to use that spell for once, since Flitwick wouldn't let me use it on..." James stopped mid sentence when he heard Kath's voice, whispering a soft thanks. I rolled my eyes at James and knelt down next to Kath. Me and James never really got in a fight about anything, but sometimes he could really get on my nerves. I started asking Kath if she was okay and if she knew who the guys were and what the wanted from her. She was shaking really bad and I placed my hand on her knee to help her calm down. She still had her eyes closed and when she answered me I had to concentrated really hard to understand what she had just said. All of the sudden the corridor doors opened and the conductor appeared. He started talking to James, but I didn't really hear what he was saying as I was concentrating on Kath - and Peter, appearently. I just noticed him sitting next to Kath. He looked awful. His face was white and he was looking at James like he'd seen a ghost. I smirked and punched him softly on the arm. He jumped up and looked at me like a was a Death Eater. I started laughing and was about to make a comment when the conductor started screaming: "HIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, YOUNG MAN," the man shouted. I turned aroung to see him pointing his wand at James. "WHAT IN GOD'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING! I WILL MAKE SURE DUMBLEDORE HEARS OF THIS. DON'T YOU EVEN BOTHER TO CHANGE INTO YOUR SHOOL ROBES, YOU WILL BE RETURNING HOME AS SOON AS YOU REACH THE CASTLE. UNACCEPTBALE. DESTROYING SCHOOL PROPERTIES! AND I HEARD THEY EVEN MADE YOU, OUT OF ALL PEOPLE, HEAD BOY THIS YEAR! YOU BRING DISHONOUR ON YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY!"
I started getting up and the anger was building up inside of me. Merlin's beard, we just stopped a bunch of Death Eaters from torturing a student and that man has the guts to threaten to expel us. Of course he was right. We had destroyed school property and we probably should be expelled for it, but he didn't even have to authority to do that and he didn't know the whole story. I was sure Dumbledore would understand as soon as James and I explained the whole situation.
"Believe me, sir," James said surprisinly calm. I didn't understand how he could stay so calm right now. But he was, after all, the Head Boy. This was exactly the reason why they didn't chose me. One of the reasons, that is. "This is not what it looks like," James continued and showed him the two Death Eaters. "If it weren't for Sirius and I, Kath would be dead right now. I propose we search the train before we continue, in case there are any more of them. Or at least send out an owl up front to tell Dumbledore." Out of nowhere Kath started screaming again. Whilst James kept debating about the situation with the conductor, I turned back to Kath to see what had happened.
He had put her hands over her ears and was screaming, just like before, when the men were using the Cruciatus curse on her. I could see tears in her eyes and her cheeks were already wet. "No! Stop it!" To be honest, I didn't know what to do. I reached out again, but she crawled away from me into a corner of the corridor. When she finally stopped screaming, she was shaking even more than before and was still crying. "It hurts," she whispered again. In a flash I see James leaving the corridor and the conductor mumbling to himself, but I ignore them and try to recall any healing spells, but don't know anything.
Helplessly I look a Peter. "Wormtail, you're better at Charms than I am. What spell can I use to relieve her pain?"I didn't think he heard me, because he was still looking horrorstruck at the two Death Eaters whilst mumbling words I couldn't understand. "WORMTAIL!" I shouted. He jumped again and looked me in the eye like a frightened deer. "Spells, now!" He glanced from Kath to me and then realised what was happening.
"Eh- well, there is- uh, OH! You could try Reparifors!" He said happily. I raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure, Wormtail?"
"Positive!"
I nodded, took my wand and pointed at Kath. "Peparifors," I said quietly. Kath was still sitting in the corner of the corridor a meter or two away from me, but from the small purplish-white light beam I knew it had worked. "So, how are you feeling now?"

[Tolkien]

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James Potter
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Head Boy • Quidditch Captain • Chaser • Gryffindor • Seventeen • Prongs

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"Yes, I am. What are you doing, Potter. And what's going on?" Lily said briskly. James slightly cocked his head and turned to follow her when she walked through the doorway. They heard Kath's screaming and Lily looked worried. James wondered if she was befriended to Kath. Could be.
"Who was that, that screaming? It sounded familiar." She took out her wand as she entered the corridor Kath, Peter and Sirius were in without waiting for James to answer. The latter ruffled his hair, making it even more hopeless than before and felt hot to his face. At least she wasn't looking at him at that moment, but James could feel Violet Poohead's eyes burning in his back. They were without a doubt filled with that annoying sarcastic little glimmer. He wanted to turn around to tell him he shouldn't have run out to go and 'rescue' other people, with a fierce finger pointing to his Head Boy badge, but held himself back at the last minute. He didn't want to give Cavilles the joy of seeing him with a face this red.
"Don't worry," James muttered through his teeth. "Sirius and Peter are with her, she's fine." He raised a hand to his face to take off his glasses because they seemed to have caught steam of his heated face. With a mortified feeling, he pictured his mother throwing him out of the Potter household because they were no longer there. Then he remembered he had placed them on the table in their compartment and that there was nothing to worry about. His mum would probably murder him if he lost his glasses. She was more attached to them than James himself was.
They entered the corridor where Sirius, Kath and Peter were and James noticed the two Death Eaters had gone. He didn't know what happened to them. Maybe the conductor had sent them elsewhere, maybe the Ministry had even come to pick them up or something. They couldn't have fled, because Sirius was still sitting in the same place, Peter was still as awkward as before and James sighed and rolled his eyes at the sight of Kath still being upset. She should act like the witch she was and not like a whiny little teenager just because she had just been cursed by a Death Eater. 
James glanced at the back of Lily's head and cursed himself in silence for his vain thoughts. Of course, he had never felt the pain of the Cruciatus Curse... He wouldn't know. 

(I'm really sorry for this idiotic post. Hopefully you'll be able to do anything with it.)

[Lizor]

Lily Evans

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Gryffindor • Muggleborn • Head Girl

James follows me - like always.
'Don't worry,' James muttered through his teeth. 'Sirius and Peter are with her, she's fine. I see Katherina sitting down on the ground, tears are streaming down her face and she totally looks freaked out. Until Sirius uses some kind of spell and she seems to calm down a bit.
'What happened?' I ask, I kneel down next to Kath and look at Sirius.
'What the hell did you do Black? Was this some sort of joke, huh?' I hiss. I get Katherina up and wipe away her tears.
'Lily, it's not their fault,' she whispers hoarse, 'and I'm okay now, thank you,' she tells Sirius, who apparently asked her a question before I arrived.
'It was the Death Eathers, t-they were here, in the train,' she explains to me, while she wipes away the rest of her tears. I let go of her.
'How did they get here?' I ask. I look at James, I feel frightened, if they attacked Katherina that way, they could attack anyone. I look at Katherina again.
'Did they choose you because you are a -.' 'Muggleborn,' she whispers and she nods.
'We need to check on everyone, maybe they are still in the train,' I say, hiding my own fear. I take out my wand and get ready to go.

[Sorry I could not include Vance, but he can come to the others maybe?]

[Desolation]

Sirius Black
Seventeen • Gryffindor • Beater • Padfoot

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Lily entered the corridor followed by James. I nodded coldly at him, still a little mad about the Death Eaters and the way he acted. Lily knelt down next to Kath and looked angrily at me. "What the hell did you do Black? Was this some sort of joke, huh?" she hissed and took Kath in her arms. I pushed myself up and looked coldly at her. "If it weren't for James and I she would be dead, so shut your mouth, Evans." I walked furious out of the corridor and kept walking through the train until I came to the part where most of the Slytherins were. I almost bumped into Lucius Malfoy and his fellow Slytherin Prefect Vanity. "You're too late, Malfoy. The party's over," I snarled. I walked passed him, but just close enough so I could bump him with my shoulder. He nearly fell over to my delight. I grinned for a second, whilst walking through the Slytherin part. When I almost reached the end of the train, I dived into an empty compartment and sat down, breathing heavily and trying to calm myself. I used to have aggression problems because of my parents and my family and the pressure. After I started living with James, the anger slowly decreased until it was non-existent any more. At least it thought it was. But I guess the anger never really left my body and my mind as I thought it had. And here it was. Slamming me in the face like a crazy man. I didn't even know why I was this angry. Was it James? Lily's ingratitude? The Death Eaters? The fact that the conductor threatened to expel us, which would mean that the Potters would kick me out and I would die on the street? I felt an anxiety attack coming up and with my hands in my hair I sat there Merlin knows how long. Long after I had gotten my breathing under control, I stood up and went to the compartment where James, Peter, Remus and sat before Kath was attacked. The room was empty. Not knowing where I could find them, I just roamed the train and looked into every compartment. I was about the knock on the last door of the Gryffindor part of the train, when it slid open and a girl fell out. Thanks to my great reflexes I was able to catch her before she fell head first on the floor. "Whoah, there. Are you alright?" I asked and helped the girl on her feet. "Hey," I said when I recognized her face. "Marlene, right?" I only knew her name because she was one of Lily's friend. "D'you have any idea where James and Remus are?"

[Astoria]

Andromeda Black - Ravenclaw - Year 6

I sat down in the compartment with Marlene, Ted, Lily and Vance. Everyone was in their own conversations, talking about their holidays and their family. There wasn't much to talk about my holidays. Countless parties by mother's pureblood friends which I was dragged to, sitting in the library going through all those Dark Arts books, and as usual being ignored by my sisters. The average holiday for me. Ted looked up from his book and smiled at me. I smiled and waved back. Ted was one of my best friends. He was sweet and caring, plus he was the only one who knew I hated my family. I could tell him anything. It was nice to have someone to turn to when I'm sad, and that happens a lot.

The train started to shake and jerked forward, and started moving. Suddenly it stopped, and there was a high pitch scream ringing through the compartments. There are people stepping out of their compartments, running towards and away from the sound. "What's going on?", I say, confused. Everyone has a look of fear and shock on their face. Suddenly the door opens up and James Potter is standing there. "Are you alright?", he asks Lily, worry clear in his eyes. Lily mutters something back, pushes past him and heads towards the other compartment. The door is shut and everyone is silent.

I can feel my heart beat going fast. I'm not really good with sudden surprises, they scare me. I try to breathe in and out evenly. I feel nervous. I preferred to stay away from things like this. Breathe in, breathe out, I tell myself. I sit down and close my eyes, why did this always happen to only me? 

[Tolkien]

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James Potter
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Head Boy • Quidditch Captain • Chaser • Gryffindor • Seventeen • Prongs

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"What happened?" asked Lily, as she kneeled down next to Kath. She looked at Sirius, like this was all his fault. "What the hell did you do, Black? Was this some sort of a joke, huh?"
"Yes, because everything is always our fault," James said a tad too loudly, grimly. The irony was dripping off his voice.
"Lily, it's not their fault." Kath's voice was hoarse and she turned back to Sirius. "And I'm okay now, thank you." James wanted to enter Hogwarts and get it over with already, so he could dive in his cozy bed and just sleep. This was a horrid day and he was torn between guilt for having insulted Vance in front of Lily, anger, because her prejudice wasn't fair, and frustration because of the Death Eaters that had attacked. Where had they gone anyway? Why had they been here? "It was the Death Eaters, t-they were here. In the train," finished Katherina. She wipes away the rest of her tears with the back of her hand and Lily lets go.
"How did they get here?" she asked and she looked at James as though she expected he should know.
"How should I know?" he said briskly. "It's not like they're my best pals."
"Did they choose you because you are a-..." She didn't finish her sentence, but Kath already finished it for her. James looked at Lily again, the horrifying feeling of wanting to protect her and feeling very worried washed over him again.
"We need to check on everyone, maybe they are still in the train," Lily said. She had already gotten out her wand, but James placed a hand on her arm, holding her back.
"What do you think I've been doing for the past half hour?" he said. "They're not actually stupid enough to stay on the train, I reckon. I ran through the entire lenght of the train and didn't hear a single scream. Don't be so hostile and tensed all the time." The last part, he rather muttered - though it practically came out without really thinking it through and James wanted to hit himself in the face for having said it because it sounded oddly worried. Again. He tried his best to avoid Siriu's gaze, but he had apparently already left.

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Edward Tonks
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Hufflepuff • Seventeen • Ted

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It had been an odd morning, the first of September. Ted was excited to return to Hogwarts - to see Dromeda again, especially. She had started to mean a lot to him, last year and when he hopped on the train and she met his eyes, hs smiled brightly. It didn't take all too long for things to start and stir, though. The train had barely started moving when a yell sounded through the entire thing. Ted looked sideways at Andromeda, who was looking quite tense. He sat a little closer to her and just as he opened his mouth to say something, James Potter flew through the open door and looked directly at Lily, asking her whether or not she was okay. Who left the compartment and who didn't, wasn't all that clear to Ted, but he looked at Andromeda again, worriedly. He gently lay his hand over hers, which was just as tensed as the rest of her body was, and he smiled at her.
"Don't worry, Dromeda, everything will be okay. You'll be fine."

(Wow, this is a very shitty and useless post, I didn't have a lot of inspiration. :'D Hopefully, you'll be able to do anything with it. If you can't, just send me a message and I'll try to add something else in)

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Marlene McKinnon
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Sixteen • Marley • Hufflepuff

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Marlene had barely gotten out her box of cookies when it happened. The train staggered and fell silent and a horrible sound of a female voice yelled. Marlene yelped as well and could just hold herself from not crawling under her seat. Vance rushed out of the compartment and Marlene could swear she had seen a glimpse of James Potter entering and rushing out again, Lily following him. She looked up to see if Sirius was there too - but no. She sighed. Only a glimpse of him would've made her feel more safe. A couple of minutes passed. Vance entered again and Marlene distractedly chewed on a cookie, a little bit in shock of all that had just happened. Then she decided she had gotten enough of Ted and Andromeda being all cozy and Lily running off with James again and Vance looking as he wanted to murder a person or had eaten a whole lemon or had just been rejected by the love of his life. Marlene stood up, one of the cookies still in her mouth, and, while chewing, she spoke, "I gotta pee."
Words that came straight from her heart and as soon as she left the compartment, she tripped. Expecting to fall flat on her face, she yelped and screwed her eyes shut, but instead of feeling the hard ground, she felt two strong arms catching her. She opened her eyes carefully, as though scared she might be blinded by what she saw. And blinded she almost was. Her eyes widened and for a second, she felt as though she might falter and faint in his arms, but she forced herself to get up. After what seemed like half an hour. Only as she had stood up, it came to her that Sirius Black had spoken. And that there were crumbs all over her clothes and in her hair. She quickly turned around to get it off her and then turned back to Sirius.
Her knees buckled a little and she stared at Sirius, feeling quite awkward. What had he said? She didn't even know.
"Eh... Sorry, what?" She almost wánted to faint now.

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