Lily looked out her compartment window realizing that this would be the last time that she would be going to her beloved school. She thought about all the things that she had accomplished there. And the friends that she had made and the enemies. Lily thought about her first time that she found out about her true self.

Lily Evans was eleven years old and was sitting down at her kitchen table listening to her mum sing along to the radio. She was buttering the toast that they would be eating for breakfast, her older sister Petunia came tumbling down the stairs she glarred at Lily then sat down waiting for breakfast.

Liy's mother saw her eldest daughter, "Oh Tunia don't you look lovely."
"Thanks mum I'm going with Mary down to the clothing store so that we can get a new top for her party on Saturday. The one that you said I was aloud to go to. Right?" Petunia smiled looking at her mother. Lily looked more like her mother then Petunia, she was jealous at their long wavy rouge hair and tiny slender bodies. Petunia had short dirty blonder hair with a long kneck that she got from their father. The only thing that Lily had that no one else was her bright emerald green eyes, which she had got from her fathers mother or so they were told.
"Of course dear. Would you like me to give you and Mary a ride to the store? I was thinking of going shopping myself. Lily would you want to go with me, dear?" Their mother had blue eyes like the rest of Lily's family.
"That would be great mum." Petunia replied.
"Yeah I'd love to go with you." Lily said looking up from buttering her toast. Just then they heard a tap come from the kitchen window startling them all. Lily looked up and saw that it was an owl. Petunia was mortified at seeing a barn owl at their window and shrieked and ran into the living room.

Ms. Evans walked over from the stove and opened the window. The brown barn owl flew in gracfully and landed on the plate in front of Lily sticking out its leg at her. Lily looked down and saw that there was a letter attached to its leg with her name on it. She carefully undid the letter and as soon as her did she saw the owl swoop over to the windowsill.

Lily looked down at the letter adressed to her, she turned it over and saw a cresant on the back with 'Hogwarts' on it. She slowly took her finger and slid open the envelope looking up at her mum who was just as entriged as she. Lily pulled out the letter and opened it:

Dear Miss Evans,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accpeted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy...

She looked up at her mom, "Hogwarts? I've never heard of a school called that.."
Miss Evans looked at her daughter. "Neither have I. But...I..."
"Mum can I go? Please it says that I'm a witch like magic! Can I please go?" Lily looked at her mum hopeful. This school sounded so interesting and neat and all she wanted to do was go and learn about magic. She had grown up watching magicians and had always felt a connection with them and what they performed for the audience.

Her mother looked down at her wondering if what they had read was true and that there really was a school called Hogwarts. She took the letter in her hands and read it over once more. "It says here that we have to send a reply with owl. I don't know Lily this...I've never heard of anything like this..."
"Please mum you've always told me to try new things and this could be one of those things. Can I please go?" Lily pleaded to her mother.
"Well I guess that we can send a reply that you can go and we can see what happens. But where is this Leaky Cauldron... I've been down that road and I've never seen a pub called that." Lily's mother rambled to herself as she wrote a reply, attached it the owls leg and watched as it flew away into the distance...

Lily awoke from her day dream realizing that people were boarding the train and that being Head Girl she was supposed to make sure everyone boarded that train and found a place to sit. She hopped off the train only to see the most annoying person in the world.

"Lily my flower, I've been looking for you!" James yelled towards Lily. Her face went as red as her hair.

"Don't call-me-that!" Lily started to storm off but a hand shoulder. "JAMES LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Oh, ok." It was Megan one of Lily's best friends. Megan was taller two inches taller then Lily's 5'7". She had short brown layered hair that she often had straight. Her eyes were this icy blue look and you could often read her mind by looking into them.

"Huh' MEGAN!" Lily twirled around grabbing Megan being sure to hug her tightly. James had been watching this and ran over to join in on the hug.

James Potter was also entering seventh year along with his best friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. They were known around the school as the mauraders, the mischief makers. James and Sirius were the heart throbs of the school and they knew it which gave them an ignorant orah(sp). But Lily didn't mind the third maurader Remus, he was more soft spoken then the other two and was more of a book worm, him and Lily had been prefects together since fifth year. The three were very handsome and most girls melted at the sight of them. James had messy, off the broom hair that was a dark shad of brown and brown loving eyes with glasses over them. Sirius had longer tamable hair that always seemed to fall right, it was black and he had these eyes that were dark and grey but when you truly looked into them you saw the fun loving Sirius that he truly was. Remus Lupin had sandy brown hair with bluey brown eyes. The three were all 6'2" and growing. All of them were in perfect shape and had bodies to prove it. The fourth and final maurader was often looked over since he didn't have any of the intelligence or looks as his friends. Peter was only 5'6" and was cubby with dark blonde hair and watery blue eyes.

"AHHH...James get off of me!" Lily screamed at the top of her lungs!

"I'm just getting a little love, my love." smirked James.

"Argh'...Don't call me that!" Lily snapped, "And LEAVE ME ALONE! Got that! Come on Megan."

Most everyone knew that one day Lily and James were going to be together, it was inevidable and even though Lily always denied it she had a slight crush on James.

"God James is so annoying!" Lily gasped, as she and Megan entered their usual compartment looking for Alisha. But she wasn't there.

"I know but you have to admit James has it bad for you!"

"No!" denied Lily. Anything that had to do with the fact that James liked her, Lily hated and denied. "Well, I have to go meet the Prefects ad the Head-Boy. Ooooh I hope it's Marshal Madison!" Lily sighed at that thought. She was about to leave when she ran into Alisha coming in the compartment"Alisha!" Lily yelled giving her a tight squeeze. "I have to go to my meeting." Lily pointed at her badge which she had received by mail during her dreadful summer.

Alisha was the same height as Lily and had a model body, she was very muscular from growing up playing quidditch. She had long blonde hair that always had a curl to it. Her eyes were a deep dark brown that looked forbidden but really she was the most fun loving person that you could meet.

"Oh my god! Your Head-Girl?" Alisha squeaked.

"Yeah, why?"

"Do you know who's Head-Boy?"

Lily shook her head no.

"It's Po..."

"Hi, my Lily flower! Ready to go to our meeting?"James interrupted Alisha.

"Our meeting?" Lily whispered slowly turning around to face James.

"Well yes your Head-Girl and I'm Head-Boy!"

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"Ok Prefects, go check on everyone make sure no ones getting themselves into any trouble." Lily sharply stated to all the Prefects and James. "Ok, James I'm going to go do my rounds and in about 10-20 minutes you can do your rounds. Ok?"

"But I thought that maybe we can do them together." James mad sure to emphasize together. "You know together would be better."

"No!" Lily took a finale look at James and wished that she hadn't. He had really grown up this summer he seemed to get taller by the minute and his face was more matured then it used to be. James' voice was more deep and somewhat intriging Lily thought. She shook her head to rid of her thoughts of James.

"But come on Lils..."

"I have to go, BYE!" making sure to slam the sliding door, Lily left. She was huffing and puffing but didn't know why. The more she thought of James the more harder it got to breathe. 'Oh god Lily get yourself together!' Lily thought and walked off to do her rounds.

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"Room check!" Lily yelled as she opened the door, but the compartment wasn't a door she particularly wanted to open.

"The mudbloods, Head-Girl?" Lucius Malfoy snapped.

"Malfoy you prat!" Lily snapped back not knowing what to say. "I was just checking the rooms, I didn't expect to already have to give a detention."

"No you're not Mudblood!" Malfoy sprang to his feet pushing Lily to the ground and flicking his wand in her direction.

James emerged from the Heads compartment and saw Lily get pushed and came running at a fast pace.

"Lily are you alright?"He asked. "Who..."

"I should of known that Potty would come to the ya' rescue, Mudblood." Malfoy spat in James' face.

"Now you leave her alone or I'll...I'll..."

"You'll what?"

"We'll make sure that you are never able to have babies." Sirius glared at Lucious. The last thing that anyone wanted to do was face on Sirius and James together by yourself. Lucious glared at Lily then James and closed the compartment door.

"God! James leave me alone, I can handle myself." Lily stated while getting up.

Lily looked up into James' eyes really looking in them and saw what she feared. James looked right back into Lily's eyes for the first time with out getting yelled at he saw what he always knew was there. Love and care.

"Why do you always have to do that?" Lily was near tears now.

James gazed dreamily at Lily. 'God he looks so cute when he's confused.' Lily thought starring at James 'God Lily don't think about that...even though he is really cute...no don't think about that...but he's so cute...STOP IT..'

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I just...I just..." James knelt down to Lily so that each of them could breathe in the others scent. "I..."

"Hey, Lily..." They quickly pulled apart. A voice came from behind James. It was Marshal Madison. Someone who James hated with a spite. Marshal and James were once best friends but hadn't been since they both of their eyes caught Lily's fiery red hair and emerald green eyes in the first year.

"Marshal!" Lily smiled edging away from James. "How are you?"

"Not bad had a decent summer, we went to Greece for most of it..." Marshal put his hand around Lily's shoulder and guided her away from James and Sirius telling her about his summer vacation.

Lily gave a vague smile and then went with Marshal, leaving James and Sirius. They wandered back to where their friends were with some unexpected company.

"Ack!...Sirius, stop!" Megan laughed at the sight. Sirius was on the bench dancing and singing. No body seemed to notice James. His eyes wondered around the small crowded room. Megan Lemons, Alisha Sway, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and...Lily. His heart jumped to beats. James swiftly made his way over to where Lily was starring out the window at the passing trees.

"Lily..." He whispered sitting next to her. Tears streamed down her face. "What's wrong?"

"Ahh...nothing.." She quickly wiped away the tears.

"I know there's something wrong."

"No you don't!"

There eyes met one another. Her teary, scared, worried tears. Met his concerned, caring, manly eyes. She sniffled and turned to look out the window.

"Come on Lily...I know there's something wrong...you can tell me."

"No there isn't and even if there was I wouldn't tell you anyways."

James looked hurt at this. He turned away and gave his attention to Sirius who now was tickling Megan and Alisha with Remus' help.

Lily still couldn't believe it 'Why did James make her feel this way...this way that she could understand.' All Lily really wanted to do was take a walk get away from everyone or maybe just go to another compartment...it occurred to her that she could go to the heads compartment.

"I'm going to go for a walk..." Lily said quietly as she walked out of the over crowded compartment.

"I'm going..." James quickly got up and left. Nobody seemed to notice either of Lily's or James' departure.

James quietly followed Lily. He knew right away that she was headed for the Heads compartment lucky for him he could go in there because he was Head-boy.

"Lily, are you...are you alright?" James asked looking at Lily who was curled up in a ball at the end of the bench crying.

"Oh, James..." She cried. James swiftly got up and came and hugged Lily like there was nothing else in the world to care about. Right now it was just him and his flower.

After sitting like that for what felt like hours, Lily finally stopped crying.

"Are you going to tell me what's wrongs now?" James asked quietly not wanting to upset Lily anymore.

"I'm ...I'm just so confused right now James..." Lily whispered. James smiled softly, she was calling him James.

"Lily you can tell me. I don't care what it is, you can trust me with anything."

Lily looked at him awkwardly. This was James Potter, the one person who she had thought she hated but now was sitting here in his arms crying."I just don't understand this anymore.." Lily said truthfully.

"Don't understand what?"

"You..and me. What's this? Why do you make me feel this way? I feel so...so...safe...and wanted." Lily whispered quietly almost so no one could hear her. But James heard every word and held onto those words.

"I think...that...that.." stuttered James.

"I know.." Lily whispered leaning into James taking in the smell of his body. 'Why does he make me feel so safe and like we are the only ones left in the world...?' She thought to herself. 'Why is that James Potter my sworen enemy seem to steal my heart in less then an hour?'

"Lily I think that we should go back to the compartment with our friends. Sirius said something about a game of truth or dare before we left!" James whispered to Lily who seemed to be off in her own land. "But Lily promise me something."

"Hmm.."

"Promise me that we will talk after dinner...just you and me."

"I promise."

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A/N: Hope you like this story so far. I have great plans for this story since it is my first... But always remember to REVIEW!!!
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