Chapter 1
Being the new transfer student meant all eyes were on her.
She' d been trying to find quiet halls to get a moment of peace all day. To get away from the piercing gaze of strangers trying to figure her out and squeeze secrets out of her like a sponge, but it seemed impossible.
That was until she got out of potions to use the bathroom. Well, of course Melania didn't actually need the bathroom, she just wanted a moment peace. The looming halls were silent, even the moving paintings seemed to freeze for you.
But of course, there is no real peace in these walls. the heavenly silence was interrupted by heavy footsteps as 3 boys raced around the corner, crashing into her and stumbling over, stacking on top of each other like dirty laundry. The fourth boy, Peter, lagged behind the 3 as he couldn't quite keep up. The three grumbled on the floor, Sirius coughing and holding his stomach as he was the unlucky member to end up on the bottom of the pile up. A little too slow for her liking, they helped each other up, before finally noticing Melania.
"Oh hey there doll, you new around here?" Sirius immediately attempted to flirt, but remus gripped his arm and pulled him back. "Sorry about my obnoxious" the taller boy shot Sirius a glare with that, "friend here. I'm Remus, Remus Lupin. Sorry about that crash, are you alright" he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.
"We're the marauders" James chimed in with a cheerful and prideful smile.
“I’m sorry but I can’t talk with you. I arrived with a mission” replied Melania
The boys seemed taken back by her response, all a little stunned. "You can't talk with us? What, did you get a letter about us?" James questioned "Are you here to shut us down or something?" Suddenly he sounded much less sure of himself and more on edge.
"If Dumbledore sent you, we were just having a little bit of fun, but we'll stop, we swear" Remus spoke up, his eyes filled with guilt.
She sneered, as if Dumbledore would punish Gryffindors. “What? No, Dumbledore wouldn’t stop you even if you committed murder. I am here to find someone and to get him back to his real family”
That seemed to ease the boys, but also spark their interest even further. "You’re here looking for someone?" James spoke up, his interest piqued and so curiosity growing.
"And who exactly is it you're tracking down? Anyone we'd know?" Remus asked, tilting his head to the side and crossing his arms.
“I don’t exactly have a name. His fake mother kidnapped him before his father could see him, his original last name is Prince and that also has been changed.”
The name Prince seemed to ring a bell for them as they exchanged glances again, and Remus' voice piped up again.