saudade - (n.) a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved than lost; "the love that remains"
Remus Lupin has a twin sister who's desperately in love with James Potter.
What could go wrong?
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"Red, that's my favourite colour." she responded to the boy with messy raven hair's question.
"Well, then you must be a Gryffindor, right?"
"As long as I'm in the same house as Remus, I don't really care."
"Who's Remus?" a boy with well styled, jet black hair asked.
"Oh, he's my brother and you are?"
"Sirius, Sirius Black." he stuck out his hand for her to shake, she found it very odd but shook it anyway.
"Diana Lupin." she then looked to the door of the compartment to see no one other than her twin brother sliding in. "There you are Remus." she sighed.
"Who are they?" he asked in a hushed tone, so only Diana could hear.
"They are James Potter and Sirius Black." Remus looked at the other boys in the compartment and gave them a small smile and wave.
"Hi, I'm Remus." he said sheepishly, but the other boys didn't really seem to notice his shyness.
"Well, Remus, what house do you reckon you'll get sorted into?" asked a very eager James Black, who in his mind the only right answer was, of course, Gryffindor.
"I don't know, I guess Gryffindor or Ravenclaw would be cool." Remus responded with a shrug. James only nodded slightly, which made eleven year old Remus fill with anxiety, not wanting to already be disliked by the first people he's met. His leg started to bounce and was only calmed when he felt the familiar squeeze on his hand, he looked to his right and saw Diana give him that warm smile that was solely reserved for him, it was one of the only things that could calm him down.
"Why, did he say something wrong?" Diana asked with a slightly bitter tone.
"Oh, of course not, but Ravenclaw? Well, I mean anything's better than Slytherin. But, are you serious?"
"No, I think that's me."
The entire compartment was filled with the laughter of joyous children, who didn't quite know just what they'd signed up for. The expressions on their faces were the ones that still held pure joy and happiness, their eyes still filled with hope and their hearts still intact.
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Later on, they'd been joined by a boy named Peter Pettigrew, who'd fit right into the group, sure he was shy at first but once he'd come out of his shell a bit they all saw the sweet and cheerful boy he really was.
When they arrived at Hogwarts, the compartment was emptied faster than any other as they practically ran to the boats at the edge of the lake. There was a man probably three times the size of any first year there, that was calling them over. They were about to get into the boats when a ginger haired girl almost fell and James leapt forward and caught her, a boy to her left with greasy black hair looked appalled at the sight.
"You should probably be more careful, you know." James said smugly.
"Thanks for the advice." she responded, her and the other boy had now boarded a boat.
"I bet you 10 galleons, I'll marry her one day." James said turning to Sirius.
"Well, alright I'll take that bet."
"Really, you catch a girl once and now you think you're destined to be together." Diana rolled her eyes at the boy's dramatic antics.
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The group of first years walked inside the school and were all amazed, the castle looked like the most magical and beautiful place in the world to them. A woman dressed in emerald green robes suddenly walked towards them and gave her annual speech about the sorting and Hogwarts. The group of five were uninterested in the professor's speech, not knowing how much this woman would mean to them during the years to come. They walked inside the great hall and all heads turned to the opening doors as the first years flooded in. They all stood in a group while the witch they now knew as Professor McGonagall, held a piece of parchment calling out each of their names in alphabetical order.
"Black, Sirius." she called, Sirius looked at his new friends apprehensively but still went to sit on the stool. The hat was placed on his head and looked as though it was debating with itself before it called out.
"GRYFFINDOR!" Sirius froze at the word, eyes wide, slowly but surely he made his way to the table full of applauding Gryffindors, the Slytherin table looked full of faces that seemed more surprised than Sirius himself.
A few more names were called before the ginger haired girl that James had caught earlier.
"Evans, Lily." she moved from her spot in the crowd and sat down on the stool.
"GRYFFINDOR!" Lily smiled brightly and moved towards the Gryffindor table, James who had been holding his breath let out a relieved sigh and Diana who'd been watching James out of the corner of her eye suddenly felt a pang of jealousy, even if she was only eleven.
"Fortescue, Alice"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Longbottom, Frank."
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Lovegood, Xenophilius."
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Lupin, Diana." Professor McGonagall called, Diana looked at Remus with a reassuring glance, he let go of her hand and she walked up to sit on the stool. The sorting hat was placed upon her blonde locks and had to be pushed up due to it slipping down in front of her eyes.
"Oh, a Lupin, let's see. Maybe Slytherin, quite the ambitious one you are." Diana instantly cringed at the thought of being in the one house that her newly found friends had hated on.
"What, too good for the house of snakes, are you? Well, nevermind that... possibly Hufflepuff, you're quite loyal, but definitely not patient." Diana let out a small giggle at that last remark.
"Ah, maybe a Gryffindor, always brave and helping others, but the nerve isn't there so it must be. . ."
"RAVENCLAW!" Diana got off the stool with a smile, just hoping that Remus was sorted into the same house.
"Lupin, Remus." Remus nervously walked up to the stool and had the had placed upon his head, it took maybe thirty seconds before it called out
"GRYFFINDOR!"
And then it was like Diana's whole world stopped, she didn't know what life was like without Remus, they were always side-by-side, one right beside the other. Remus's eyes widened the moment he realized the sorting hat didn't call out the word "Ravenclaw", his sister was his protector, his calm against the storm that he faced every full moon, his (in his words) better half. Diana zoned out for the rest of the sorting missing when James Potter, Fabian and Gideon Prewett, Marlene McKinnon, Mary McDonald, Peter Pettigrew, and Rory McLaggen were sorted into Gryffindor, Sturgis Podmore get sorted into Ravenclaw and Severus Snape getting sorted into Slytherin.
