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Unknown Rivalry
Chapter 1: A Surprise for Prongs
Lily looked out the window of the Hogwarts Express and watched the hills go rolling by. The compartment she shared with her best friend, Felicity Haner, was unusually quiet because Felicity had fallen asleep. But Lily didn't mind the silence it gave her time to think, reflect. This was her sixth year at Hogwarts and was going to be extremely difficult. OWLs were this year and everyone knew that teachers bombarded students with work in order to get them prepared.
It must have been the fact that Lily was in deep thought, but she did not hear the door of her compartment slide quietly open. A boy with straight, black hair that ended at his shoulders crept into her compartment along with a scrawny boy who was on the pudgy side. Quietly they started chanting something and as Lily turned around to see who was talking, the black haired boy sprinkled something that resembled sparkling dust on her head and she the last thing she thought before passing out was, those stupid mauderers!
Sirius was quite pleased with himself. Wormtail had gotten the right sleeping powder and Lily had gone right out.
Night, night Evans.
Wormtail (AKA Peter) had thrown Lily over his shoulder and was having trouble keeping up with the athletic Sirius.
"Wormtail, hurry it up. Prongs will be here any minute and I want him to get a big ole surprise when he opens his compartment door."
"Padfoot, I think Lupin might not agree with this. And neither will James."
"Nonsense Mooney will get over it and prongs will be thrilled."
(For you slow people Lupin is Mooney, James is Prongs, Peter is Wormtail, and Sirius is Padfoot)
Peter shrugged his shoulders and followed his idol into an empty compartment near the back of the train.
James had never really enjoyed school. The only thing that he found interesting was Defense Against the Dark Arts and he had a natural talent for it. Running his hand through his unruly dark locks, James searched the train for his friends. Lupin would be sleeping soundly thanks to the full moon coming up and he couldn't find Sirius or Peter anywhere.
Maybe they're in the back of the train.
Jogging, he glanced at the compartments as he passed them but came to a halt when he saw Felicity.
I bet Lily-flower is with her.
Smirking, he slid open the door, "Lily-flower, how was your summer?" But he was surprised only to find a snoring Felicity.
Weird. Maybe she went to change…even though we aren't even half way there yet. But my flower is always prepared.
Silently sneaking out of the compartment, James shut the door and continued to search for his friends.
Bloody hell my head hurts.
Lily hoisted herself to a sitting position and looked around.
Where's City? (City is a nickname for Felicity other nicknames include Fel and Liss)
The room was still blurry because she wasn't fully awake yet so she rubbed her eyes and gaped when she could see. A small table was set before her along with two silver platters. One was placed in front of her and another across the table.
What is all this?
An index card was sitting on the table she picked it up and read:
Dear Flower,
That is what James calls you isn't it? You will be appalled to know that the Mauderers minus James have planned a little back to school dinner for you and old Prongs. Don't be too hard on the boy he's head-over-heels for you. At least wait for him before you start digging in.
Sincerely-
Padfoot, Wormtail, and Mooney
Lily just sat speechless.
When James saw Sirius, Peter, and Lupin waiting for him outside the compartment he knew something was up. Lupin looked nervous- a sure sign that some trick or prank was about to go down; Padfoot looked pleased- which was never a good sign and reassured James' idea that a prank was about to be pulled; Peter just stood there- which meant that he couldn't comprehend the greatness of the prank but went along with it anyway.
"What did you Mauderers do without me?"
Sirius grinned, "Why James we just have a little present for you, but you can't go dressed like that. Go change into your school robes."
Shaking his head James did as he was told and came back, "Now can I know."
Again Sirius grinned, "Better James, we'll show you."
Lupin opened the door to reveal a stunned Lily looking down at an index card. James gulped, "Bloody hell."
Lily looked up from where she was sitting and took in the seventeen year old boy that was looking at her.
Is it just me or was the summer really good to him?
Shaking her head, she tried to clear the thought from her mind. After all the mauderers were her rivals. Not that they knew that. Oh no they knew nothing of the sort. They thought Lily and Felicity were harmless do-gooders, but they weren't.
"Potter, what is this?"
He opened and shut his mouth a few times then cleared his throat, "Well, I guess my friends thought it would be nice if we caught up after such a long break. After all Flower, you didn't respond to any of my letters."
Oh yes, that is the James Potter I know and loathe.
Well, as fun as that may be a really have to get back to felicity. Standing up, she tried to make her way by James but he blocked her.
I guess after being a seeker for Gryffindor the last 5 years His reflexes have improved.
"Fine James- we eat, we, talk, and then I go- deal?"
"Anything you say Flower."
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