A/N: Hey, guys! So this is my first ever fan fiction, and I thought, "Hey, why not start from the very beginning?" I've kind of been on a Lily and James kick lately. I am truly in love with these two characters. I love that J.K. Rowling left their story pretty open-ended and left it to the fans' imaginations! I promise you guys that I'm going to do my best to update this as often as I can, but I'm really busy, so please be patient with me! Review if you can! I'd love to hear suggestions, comments, ideas, pretty much anything, as long as you REVIEW! So, with that, enjoy! Also, this scene begins with a flashback from the scene from the Order of the Phoenix. Snape has just called Lily a Mudblood.
Chapter 1
(Lily)
He'd said it.
Everything that Lily had always been afraid of. Every thought she'd worried had gone through his mind. He'd said it. And in front of the entire school.
Severus Snape, the misunderstood boy who Lily had been best friends with since the age of nine, had called her a Mudblood.
Lily couldn't seem to walk back to the castle fast enough after walking away from the argument outside.
Not here, she thought, swallowing the lump in her throat. Lily Genevieve Evans, you cannot cry here.
At last, she reached the castle. She rushed through the doors, and through the rush of N.E.W.T. students that had just finished examinations.
At last, she reached an empty corridor. She stopped just past a doorway, leaned against the stone wall, and slid slowly to the floor.
"'LEAVE HIM ALONE!' Lily shouted, taking out her wand.
'Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you,' said James earnestly.
'Take the curse off him, then!'
James sighed deeply, then turned to Snape and muttered the counter-curse.
'There you go,' he said, as Snape struggled to his feet. 'You're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus—'
'I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!'
Filthy little Mudbloods like her.
Filthy little Mudbloods.
Mudblood.
The word rang over and over in her head. How could he say that? Mudblood. It had been Severus that told her she was a witch. Mudblood. It had been Severus that taught her about Hogwarts. Mudblood. It had been Severus that was there for her when her own sister wasn't. Mudblood. And it had been Severus that turned on her.
Lily thought she was going to be sick. Rage and sorrow boiled inside of her. She just wanted to hit something until it felt as badly as she did. The feeling only escalated when she heard the voice of the person she least wanted to see.
"Er—alright there, Evans?"
She looked up to face James Potter. His hazel eyes glinted with guilt. His tall, muscular frame towered over the redhead sitting on the floor beneath him. His jaw was clenched, and he ran a hand through his hair uncomfortably.
"Do you really need to ask that question?" she spat.
"Listen, I'm sorry about what happened out there. If Snivellus would have just—"
"Are you really trying to justify this right now?"
"What? No, I—er—"
"I just lost my best friend!" she yelled. She knew in the back of her mind that Potter didn't deserve her anger, but the fury she felt inside seemed to aim straight towards him. "Do you really think I'm alright?"
"Evans, I—"
"NO, POTTER! THE ONE PERSON I THOUGHT I COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON JUST HUMILIATED ME! IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!"
"I'm sorry! I—"
"AND AFTER ALL OF THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST WALTZ IN HERE AND SAY, 'I'M SORRY?' SEVERUS SNAPE JUST CALLED ME A—A MUDBLOOD!"
James winced at the word.
"I know, I—"
"And all because you just couldn't keep your wand in your pants!"
The corners of James' mouth threatened to turn up in a grin.
"Do you really want to go there?" she hissed.
His eyes instantly dropped to the ground. There were a few minutes of silence before he spoke again.
"Evans, I—"
"Potter, do us both a favor," she said quietly. "Please, just go."
She looked up at him and saw something she hadn't expected. His eyes almost seemed to show a sort of...hurt.
He nodded slightly, and turned to leave. As he reached the doors, he stopped. He hesitated before turning to her over his shoulder.
"I truly am sorry, Lily. I won't…" he faltered, "I won't bother you anymore."
And with that, James Potter left, and the tears came to Lily Evans.
Lily lay in her bed, feeling the nauseous feeling that always overwhelmed her when she thought of that day. The day she lost her best friend. Not only that, but she had been terrible to James. She knew that he didn't deserve the anger she showed him. In fact, she thought what James did was rather clever, even if cruel. There had been a moment when a smile threatened to show on her lips when she saw him use the hex on Snape. After all the hostility the latter had shown to Potter, he seemed to need someone to put him in his place. Sure, James was arrogant. And a jerk at times. And maybe Lily didn't care for him at all. But she knew she had no right to take her rage out on him.
After all, it was Severus she was angry with.
Lily sighed, glancing at her alarm clock. 5:17. No point in trying to sleep now. She got up, stretching as she walked to her closet. She began to pack her trunk, attempting to think of all the things she would need for her 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When she finished, she sat down on her bed and closed her eyes, thinking that in just a few hours, she would finally back at her favorite place in the world.
A/N:
So there it is! My first chapter. Please forgive me! My writing skills are a little rusty, but they'll get better over time! I'm so excited for this story, and I only hope to do it justice! Thank you so much for reading, and I would absolutely love it if you would review!
