-Chapter One of The Potter Charm-

-Third Genre: Tragedy-

-Please note: Slanted words and/or sentences are someone's thoughts.-

-Summary: Lily swore she would never fall for James. Never. But as Head Boy and Girl, they share a common room, and when something tragic happens to Lily, can James help her get through it?-

Lily swept her red hair over her shoulder as she walked off the train. Rain poured down everywhere, but she did not mind. Lily remembered when she used to dance in the rain with her mom when she was little. Before Hogwarts. But the carriages were starting to move, Lily ran to catch up with the nearest one, jumping in and landing on someone.

"Damn it!" She sat up and rubbed her aching arm. "Sorry." She added, looking up. There sat one lone person. James Potter.

"What the hell are you doing alone?" She asked sitting opposite him. James Potter was not one to be seen alone often on the way to Howarts. He shrugged and ignored her. Lily just flicked her dripping hair over her shoulder and folded her arms across her chest, waiting for the carriage to pull to a halt. She jumped out and landed in a puddle of mud, the carriage just kept on moving without her. They were only a couple hundred feet away from Hogwarts, why not walk?

"Oopsy?" Lily laughed and continued on her way into the Entrance Hall.


Lily had told all the Prefects their house's password, before continuing on her way to the Heads' dorm.

She entered the portrait hole quickly ("CirdoSphinx"only to stop dead in her tracks at the sight of the room. Head Boy and Girl got special treatment when it came to their common room, obviously. Not only did the room contain a bigger fireplace than the Griffindor common room, but the couches were huger, the carpet was softer, the curtains were a silky red-gold color, and paintings that were more magnificent than any other in Hogwarts hung on shiny gold walls. Would her dorm be just as nice? I hope!

Lily bounded up the only pair of stairs, and turned to her right. A giant wooden door, complete with a big brass handle and an gold name plate. Head Girl- Lily Evans! She laughed, and pulled open the door. Her smile soon faded, replaced instead by a look of awe. Her dorm room matched the common room, with a fireplace, several couches, a huge wooden canopy bed, a dresser, a mirror. Her trunk lay open, her clothes half unpacked. The best fucking bedroom ever!


N.E.W.T year would be hard work, the next day was proof. In the first class of the day, not even the Maruaders acted up. In almost every class they were assigned homework, in Potions a 15 inch essay on Gillyweed and it's uses, in Transfiguration a 10 inch explaination on why being an unregistered Animagi is illegal, in Charms they were assigned to practice a very complex charm, in D.A.D.A they were to write another essay ("Why the unforgivable curses are unforgivable."), Arithmacy proved worse for Lily, though. They were forced to write a 30 inch essay (To be handed in in two days time) and had been paired to start a project that involved creating a new and unique charm. Lily, of course, was paired with James. He was the only marauder besides Remus to get into N.E.W.T Arithmacy class.

Lily sat in a red plush armchair, leaning over a polished wooden table in the Heads' common room. She was just finishing up her 10 inch explaination on why being an unregistered Animagi is illegal for Transfiguration when James, Sirius, Remus and Peter burst into the room, talking in hushed whispers. They did not notice Lily, and, for she had keen hearing, she could hear every word they were saying.

"So, yea, the full moon is tonight." James was saying. "Sirius you'll transform and meet Peter by the whomping willow, ok? Then you guys can do whatever you want, just make sure Remus is under control. I can't transform or meet you guys tonight, I have to patrol with Lily."

Lily's eyes narrowed. It suddenly donned on her what they were talking about. She waited until after Peter excused himself from the room to interupt. "Why the hell didn't you tell me you were illegal Animagi?"

The remaining three boys looked around in horror. "I'm not stupid, I could hear every fucking word you guys were saying. I know Remus is a werewolf, but you guys? Animagi?"

"Keep it quiet, Lils." Remus said, cutting of James, for he had began an explaination. "You can say it's dangerous after all, but you've been saying that James and Sirius were selfish all these years. But when they found out I was a werewolf, they became Animagi for me. Peter, too. He's a rat. James is a stag, and Sirius is a dog."

They all expected Lily to be outraged, maybe even report them to Dumbledore. But she didn't. Instead, she laughed, and upon seeing the surprised expressions on James and Sirius' faces,

"Shit! You guys really thought I was gonna tell? I don't follow the rules as much as you think I do!" She smiled and collapse on the couch next to James.

"So that's why you want to go out with her?" Sirius asked, he had only whispered it to James, but Lily heard.

"You want to go out with me, STILL? After 2 years a regular guy would've quit chasing me!" She asked. Remus and Sirius nodded, but James flushed. "Yea..." He mumbled. Whoa... "Well, Lily, M'dear, James isn't a regular guy! Duh!" Sirius added.

"I'll...Uhh...Be right back. I gotta change, I would go to bed, but I have loads of work to do." Lily shot up from her place on the couch and bounded up the stairs, running into her room. She quickly slipped out of her Hogwarts uniform and into her pajamas. (Silky black shorts, a silky black tanktop that showed a considerable amount of her stomach, and red fuzzy socks.)

When she came back downstairs, the boys stared at her. "Bloody hell, Lily, you should wear that more often!" Exclaimed Sirius, only to be elbowed in the side by both James and Remus. Lily giggled, and she was not one to giggle either.

"I'm starving, I can't beleive I skived off dinner!" She said instead.

"How the hell could you skip dinner?" Remus asked. Lily shrugged. "I dunno! I was working. Any of you know where the kitchen are?"

Remus and Sirius pointed to James. "He does!"


"After the kitchen we gotta patrol the corridors." Lily said, twirling a strand of her hair.

"Yea. So you won't...tell anyone, will you?" James reached out and tickled a brownish green pear, a golden handle appeared, and he yanked the portrait open. Lily didn't answer his question until she was sitting down with a bowl of stew in front of her.

"Nah, I don't think I will. It's kinda cool that you guys did all that for Remus though. Selfish arrogant prats like you and Sirius, thinking for someone other than yourselves. Heh..."

"And anyone else would be changing their minds about us right now wouldn't they, Evans? We're not a selfish and arrogant as you think we are!" James sighed and stood. When Lily asked where he was going he simply replied,

"I'm going to go start patroling. If I'm lucky, you won't find me until our times up."

Lily didn't realize that she didn't know how to get back until James had left. She jumped out of her seat, and shot out of the kitchens, James was already rounding a corner, and Lily ran as fast as she could to catch up with him.

"Potter!" She called. He walks too fast for his own damn good... "Potter! POTTER!" He's ignoring me that git! "James!" As surprising as it was, He turned around, a smirk on his face.

"Why hello, Lily. You might find that I answer to my first name more than my last."

Lily, however was furious. "You knew, you fucking knew I didn't know my way back! And you heard me calling your name!"

"Of course. I knew all that. Watch your italian also." He turned. "I'm skipping Patrols tonight, no point in you going by yourself. Nasty Slytherins like sneaking around this time of night."

"Fine. Just watch how you act, I might just let you secret slip out when I talk to Dumbledore." James didn't seem to hear Lily's threat, he, however, escorted her back to the Head's common room, before setting off to the Whomping Willow himself.


Authors Note: I told you I was going to rewrite this story. A rather short chapter, don't you think? But it's just to start it off. I hope you enjoyed. Reveiw, please!