Things will change
~~~Summary~~~
This story takes place when Lily and James were in Hogwarts, but it starts in their first year.
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Chapter 1: I don't want to
"Severus!" I called. He said he would meet me here an hour ago.
I heard a raspy voice behind me, "Lily! Sorry! I went to the wrong park…"
"You are such a nerd." I mutter to him, he laughed. "I mustn't stay long. I have to be home when Petunia gets home from school."
"Why?"
"Mum and Dad won't be home and she gets frightened when there alone." I rolled my eyes.
"Well…my father is on one of his rampages again." Severus muttered. It is true that one day, I was at Severus's (we are very good friends) house and his father lashed out and smacked me in the face.
"My face is still stinging from when he smacked me."
"Lily Evans, that was a month ago." He laughed, I shook my head. Severus had told me he is a wizard and I had gotten my letter too Hogwarts, meaning I get to go to school with my best friend. The reason his dad has smacked me is because I'm what they call a 'Mudblood'. I glanced around.
"Oh no! Severus, I have to go! I shall see you on the train tomorrow." I said as I ran off. I heard a faint, "Bye, Lily," behind me. I ran in the front door of my house and found Petunia curled up on the ground, crying. But the thing is…she's older than me!
"Petunia…why are you crying?" I asked softly and knelt beside her.
"Because you're leaving tomorrow!" She exclaimed. I didn't know what to say. "YOUR SUCH A FREAK!" Petunia screamed at me when she stood up. She pushed me away from her with such force that I fell to the ground and started crying.
"You're the worst sister in the world!" I shouted and ran upstairs.
The next morning I couldn't wait to get out of the house and get to King's Cross train station. I jumped up and my dad grabbed my trunk and we went out to the car. Petunia came with us relucently. When we got there I walked over looking for platform nine and three-quarters. Petunia smirked.
"Looks like they gave you the wrong platform." She smirked. But I saw a group of kids with trunks and I assumed they were going to Hogwarts also. I walked over to one of them.
"Ex—excuse m—me." I stuttered to the one with messy black hair and hazel eyes. He looked at me for a moment.
"You going to Hogwarts?" He asked clearly bored.
"Yes…" I bit my lip.
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm Lily Evans."
"Well, Lily, the way to get to Hogwarts is right through that wall." He said.
"W—what?"
"You have to run through that wall."
"Prove it." I said and his friends laughed.
"Okay." He said but just when he was getting ready I heard a voice behind me.
"Lily!" I turned only to see Severus Snape.
"Hey! Look who it is everyone; its Snivellus." The kid named James said. Severus started walking over to me but stopped when he saw I was standing next to James.
"I—I have to go." I said and walked over to Severus. "How do we get there?" I asked Severus when I got over to him. I glanced at James and his friend, all of whom looked thunderstruck.
"We have to run at that wall."
"That's what he said!" I exclaimed.
"We can go through together." He muttered. I walked over to it first, closed my eyes, and ran. I went right through. Severus followed soon after me and then I saw those kids come through. One flicked Severus on the back of the head on his way by. I heard Severus mutter, "Arrogant jerk," under his breath. I was dragging my trunk behind me. We got on the train and went to a compartment but the only one open was right next to the one that James Potter and his friends had occupied. Severus was not happy of this fact but he got over it. There were two other people in the compartment. I knocked.
"Yes?" The girl asked.
"Can we sit here?" I asked.
"Of course." She said. I smiled and we sat down.
"I'm Charis Black; I'm in my fifth year." She said. "This is Casper Crouch; he's in his fifth year too." She explained. " First years, I expect?"
"Yes. I'm Lily Evans and this is Severus Snape."
"Snape…are you part of the pureblood family?" She asked.
"Yes."
"Oh, I thought you looked familiar. Are you two friends?"
"Kinda…I guess." We said.
"More like…just acquaintance?"
"No." I replied.
"So…nothing really? Just friends? Not best friends?"
"Yep." I said.
"Okay then."
When the train stopped we had to get on boats to go across the lake, but I fell out three times. I was freezing!
"Do you want my jacket?" A guy asked from behind me. I looked behind me. It was one of the guys that was standing with that James Potter.
"Uh…s—sure." I said and he handed it to me. I put it on. The coat had fur on the inside. "W—what is y—your n—name?"
"Remus Lupin."
"N—nice to meet y—you." I shivered.
"You too." He said and if I wasn't mistaken he was suppressing a laugh.
I was still shivering, but not as bad, when we got inside. Remus told me I could give him his jacket back later or tomorrow. Now it was time for sorting and I had no clue why I was nervous; I guess because I didn't want to be in Slytherin. Severus was standing right behind me.
"Evans, Lily." My head tilted toward my feet a little has I walked over to the sorting hat. I sat on the stool and put it on my head. Almost immediately, I heard a voice in my ear.
"Hmmm…Muggle born. Very bright and smart. A bit of a know-it-all. Ravenclaw, perhaps? No, you're brave and going to be very powerful. We will be expecting great things, Lily Evans. But I think I will put you in…"
"GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled. I stood up and took the hat off my head and set it down. I walked over to the Gryffindor table.
"Snape, Severus." Severus walked up and put the hat on his head.
"SLYTHERIN!" My jaw dropped. Severus, actually, looked happy about him being in Slytherin. I wanted to run up and slap him, but I mentally slapped myself for thinking something like that.
"Potter, James." James Potter walked up looking for triumphant.
"GRYFFINDOR!" He walked over and took the seat two seats away from me.
"Black, Sirius." He walked up.
"GRYFFINDOR!" He walked down and sat one seat away from me next to James.
"Lupin, Remus."
"GRYFFINDOR!" Remus came and sat at the last remaining seat next to me. I took off his jacket.
"Here." I said and handed it to him.
"You're still wet…are you sure you don't really want to wear this."
"Yes, thank you, though."
"Okay."
After sorting and after Dumbledore had said his speech, the feast began. I ate very little, because I was nervous about the next day. What if I'm the worst in the class? What if I mess up? Will everyone be experienced since they grew up in a wizarding family? Is it possible to wave your wand wrong? Questions like this popped in my head all night long; my dream was even about the questions.
The next morning I got up and got dressed and walked downstairs where second years and up were practicing spells and some were working with they're cauldrons. I heard the potions teacher is a very nice man named Professor Slughorn. The first week was very good. This is now my second week here and I was about to leave for breakfast.
"Are you a Mudblood?" One girl walked up to me and asked.
"Uh…"
"Yes! I thought so! Do you know how to use a telephine?"
"For one: it's pronounced telephone. And for two: yes. I have to go…don't want to be late for breakfast." I muttered and walked away from her. Severus met me halfway down one of the moving stairs cases. We were three floors away from Great Hall.
"All my new friends are saying I can't be friends with you." Is the first thing he said to me.
"And?"
"And…I think—I think…they are right." I stopped in my tracks.
"What?" I asked and my eyes filled with tears. My only friend at Hogwarts…so far…thinks we shouldn't be friends anymore. His eyes examined my face.
"Don't cry, Lily. I—I just think it'd be best…"
"FOR WHO?" I screamed in his face. "I should not have come here! I don't belong!" I exclaimed. I heard footsteps approaching. I half-expected a professor standing there about to take points from Gryffindor for my yelling, but I was very surprised to see James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black all with wands out and now pointed at Severus. James and I…don't really like each other but we tolerate each other…barely.
"What's going on here?" asked Remus, who wasn't looking happy but wasn't looking mad like his two friends.
"I don't need help here. I'm old enough to handle—" James cut me off.
"Shut up, Evans." He said.
"Bit me, Potter." I snapped back.
"Watch it!" Sirius exclaimed.
"What are you doing here anyway? Showing off?"
"Like I said, shut up, Evans."
"Maybe…I don't want to shut up." I said and then Severus was lifted off the ground and was going up and down. "STOP IT!" I yelled at James. "PUT HIM DOWN!"
"Why are you sticking up for him? When we came up, he had you in tears!" He exclaimed.
"I—I—JUST PUT HIM DOWN!"
"I DO NOT NEED HELP FROM A FILTHY MUDBLOOD!" Severus yelled. I dropped my wand, which I had been holding tightly, and I dropped my bag, which had been on my shoulder. Tears poured uncontrollably from my eyes and I ran past James, Remus, and Sirius back up to Gryffindor Dormitory. I heard a faint, "Apologize to her!" and an, "Come back, Lily!" from behind. When I got to the Gryffindor portrait of the fat lady…I decided to go somewhere else. I knew I would be found there. I looked around and walked down a long corridor and up some stairs, which led to a girl's bathroom that had a sign that said: OUT OF ORDER. But I walked in, anyway. I sat on the floor at the end of the bathroom. I heard a sound and then a ghost girl was next to me crying, as was I.
"H—hi." My voice cracked.
"Hi. Why are here?" She asked.
"Because…I feel…abandon…"
"So do I. My name is Myrtle. Moaning Myrtle is how most know me."
"I'm Lily Evans. Why are you crying?"
"I was…killed." She said dramatically.
"Oh."
"Why are you crying?"
"Because someone I thought was my friend said he didn't need help from a filthy Mudblood."
"Oh…did he kill you? I think not!" She yelled.
"Um…"
"Sorry…I get mad often. Are you going to stay here for a while? And miss classes?"
"No. I have to go to classes."
"Well…" she disappeared for a moment, "Potions just now started." She said and I jumped up.
"See you later!" I called and ran out. I ran down the stairs to Professor Slughorn's classroom, which was in a dungeon. I burst in the door and everyone turned to look at me.
"Sorry, professor!" I exclaimed.
"It's quite alright, Miss Evans." Professor Slughorn said. I went to my seat and Professor Slughorn continued with his lecture. I looked toward the seats in front of me, where James, Sirius, and Remus sat staring at me. Remus was the only one with a look of worry. I wiped tears that was still falling silently and pretended they weren't there. I glanced over and saw Severus looking everywhere but at me. I glared at him when I saw he even glanced at me. Then, a voice came over the intercom.
"All classes today are canceled do to Quidditch tryouts and flying lessons for first years. Thank you, have a wonderful day at Hogwarts…week two." The voice said. I jumped up and walked out before anyone could talk to me. I was halfway up the stairs when Severus caught up with me.
Okay, don't critize, please. I know this chapter was long and skipped too much, but I think it was good. REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW!
I'm going to go J.K. Rowlings way with saying James Potter is Chaser in Quidditch even she said in an interview that the movies were wrong. Thanks for reading.