AN: Hello everyone! This is Jo and Kathy reporting for duty! lol..anyways..time for the wonderful disclaimer... Disclaimer: Everything that you recognize from the Harry Potter books belongs to J.K..everything that you don't recognize belongs to the evil cheese people who are trying to take over the world, starting with

Chapter 1

The Beginning of Change

As Lily Evans strolled through the barrier dividing platform nine and three quarters from the muggle world, she wondered what surprises her 7th year at Hogwarts would present her with. Lily Evans was a very original girl. She was very outspoken, especially when it came to her opinions on James Potter. In her opinion, James Potter was an arrogant prat. She pondered about the schemes that Potter could have possibly conceived over the summer to make her life miserable. No Lily thought to herself I will not waste my last year at Hogwarts thinking about Potter.

Lily was jolted out of her reverence by a voice calling her name over the roar of the crowd. "Lily! Over here, I already found a compartment!"

Lily looked over to the source of the voice, her best friend since her first journey on the Hogwarts Express, Katrina Bianco (pronounced cat- ee), leaning out of a window of a compartment window. "Kattie! How are you? I haven't seen you in so long!" exclaimed Lily who was obviously very excited to see her friend once again "Lily, we saw each other yesterday in Diagon Alley. Remember? Come on, the train is about to leave!" yelled Kattie Just as Lily was about to board the train, there was a loud crash behind her, coming from the direction of the barrier.

James Potter was late. He had overslept this morning, waking up to his best friend, Sirius Black, pouring a bucket of water over his head. Needless to say, he was a tad grumpy. He was in such a hurry to get onto the platform that he barely noticed someone else running at it from the other direction. The result of this was that James and the other individual collided just after they exited the barrier. James looked over and realized that the person he had collided with just happened to be the one and only Severus Snape. James took a deep breath and remembered what had happened at the beginning of the summer.

James had just gotten a pensive from his parents for his 17th birthday and was anxious to remove all memories of Severus Snape from his mind so he could have an enjoyable, carefree summer. He put the pensive down on the desk in his elaborately furnished room and put his wand to his temple as to extract these unpleasant memories. As he pulled out his various memories, one by one, he started to think about his conduct throught the past six years at Hogwarts. He found himself looking at his actions towards Snape and a variety of others and seeing himself in a new light. Often, he found himself thinking thoughts along the lines of: "Did I really do that? How could I have been so cruel? Lily was right, I was such a jerk." Mainly, his thoughts drifted to Lily Evans. She was probably the only girl at Hogwarts who could resist the Potter charm. Many a time he found himself on the receiving end of her famous evil glare of doom, reserved especially for the people that she despised i.e. James, James, and..James. James found himself wishing that he had been more considerate. At that moment, James made a pact with himself. No more picking on innocent people for his own amusement.

James snapped back to reality as he realized that Snape was still glaring at him, obviously waiting for a hex or curse to be thrown in his direction. People were staring out of their compartment windows, eager to see how James would humiliate "Snivellus" today. Surprisingly, James bent down and picked up the books that Snape had dropped after their collision and handed them back to him. Then he extended his hand. Snape glared at his hand as if he had a contagious disease. "What do you think you're doing Potter?" Snape inquired "Just trying to be friendly." James smiled and dragged his trunk over to find a compartment on the quickly filling train "Oy, James! What was that about?" yelled James' best friend Sirius "I'll explain later" James answered. Surprisingly, James was pleased by his own kindness toward his worst enemy. It gave him a feeling of satisfaction, knowing that he was able to resist the temptation to hex Snape into oblivion. This year was going to be very interesting.