The red steam engine train blew its steam all around the platform.

"I'll miss you, Mum, Dad," said Marlene, hugging each of them in turn.

"Thanks for the hospitality and care, Mr and Mrs McKinnon," added Sirius to them kindly.

Pearl reached down and hugged Marlene and Sirius. "If you ever need a place to stay again, just let us know."

"I think it's fine, actually," said Sirius. "My uncle died a while ago and he left me some gold, so I was thinking of buying a home for when I leave Hogwarts."

Marlene turned to him abruptly.

"I'm sorry for your loss, dear, but feel free to come visit anytime," said Pearl and Sena nodded and smiled and Sirius too.

"Of course," he said.

"Love you," said Marlene happily, and ran to the train.

As Sirius and Marlene searched for a compartment, they saw Lily and James walking towards them.

"Hey James, hey Lily!" smiled Sirius at the sight of them.

"Hi Lils, hi Jame- WHAT'S THAT?!" shrieked Marlene, gesturing wildly at a badge on James' chest.

"Oh, I'm Head Boy," James said proudly.

Marlene and Sirius shared a confused look. 

"Are you pranking us?" asked Sirius, looking seriously concerned for James' health.

Lily sighed. "Unfortunately, he isn't. We're Head Boy and Girl."

Marlene gasped. "YOU TWO ARE GOING TO BE SITTING TOGETHER AND DOING EVERYTHING TOGETHER YESSSSSSSSSSSS MY FAVORITE COUPLE-"

Sirius shut her up easily by placing his hand on her mouth.

Marlene glared at him.

He glared back down.

"Which reminds me, Lily," said James maturely. "We have to go to the Prefect's compartment."

"Ooh, right, thanks for reminding me," said Lily excitedly. "Let's go."

James and Lily waved by to Marlene and Sirius and they scurried off.

"What in Merlin's dirty underwear did I just encounter?" said Sirius.

"I know, right?" retorted Marlene. "James was being- well- NOT JAMES."

Sirius shrugged. "Maybe he really did mature."

Marlene glanced at Sirius. "Seriously? Our James? Mature?"

Sirius completely ignored the rest of her sentence. Rather, he focused on... "YOU SAID SIRIUSLY-"

Marlene rolled her eyes and grabbed his hand. She dragged him down the aisle and into an empty compartment.

She flopped herself onto the seat while Sirius watched this lazy behavior.

"What are you looking at?" she hissed at him.

Sirius shook his head and flopped onto the seat next to Marlene, just like her.

After a while, however, they both got tired of being stubborn to each other and sat up.

Sirius ruffled Marlene's hair. "What should we do while we wait for the others?"

Marlene shrugged. "Dunno." Then she jumped up. "CHARADES!"

Sirius tilted his head slightly. "What's-" he struggled to say the name. "Kha-radees?"

Marlene's eyes widened. "You're definitely gonna love this."

A/n: Another early chapter because I felt it today :)

ik be proud of me I wrote a whole chapter in one sitting hehheheh

Anyways, thank you so much for all these reads on all of my books, I really appreciate all the support. 

Also, I just wanted to ask you: I know you guys all want a happy ending, but in the original Harry Potter, Marlene does die at the hands of a Death Eater. Do you guys want me to defy the whole harry potter universe and keep her alive? Same goes with Sirius.

Once again, I love and appreciate you guys so much. :)

- Jui W.