James and Lily's unforgettable year
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Chapter 1: It beginsLily Evans, a Gryffindor 7th year, quickened her pace. Her straight dark red hair that fell to her hips swayed from side to side as she power walked past the enchanted and empty great hall.
I'm dragon dung if I'm late! She told herself.
Lily was on her way to her potions class, when she suddenly knocked into someone, causing both hers and the other persons books to scatter all over the cold stone floor.
"Watch where your going Evans," came a familiar voice. Lily looked up to see the person she had just collided with, and to her surprise, it was none other than James Potter.
"You," she said, a trace of annoyance drifting in her tone of voice.
"Me," he replied staring back at her as he shuffled his hand through his already messy hair, making it appear messier.
She glared at him for a moment before sinking down to her knees to retrieve her books. James too bent down on his knees and began collecting his parchment and books in great piles.
"Where are you off to? Potions class is that way," she said indicating her finger to the right.
"I have... business to attend to," he replied with a mischievous grin spreading across his face.
Lily glanced at him, his hazel eyes beaming with what Lily thought looked like mild excitement. Lily suspected this meant something mischievous was going to happen. Some kind of... prank.
James and his three friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew, were all known as the Marauders. They were even more well known for their constant rule breaking and unforgettable pranks. However, each member of the gang had their secrets that only the four alone knew.
Sirius Black was a tall 17 year old with dark brown eyes and black hair. Like the other two, he was an animagus. He could take shape of a shabby black dog. He and James both shared the same level of mischief.
Remus Lupin, a 17 year old with blue eyes and sandy hair, was... the sanest out of the four. He was quiet and into his work. But despite his good qualities, he had the biggest secret of all. On every full moon, he would turn into a werewolf condemned to retreat to the shrieking shack.
Peter Pettigrew was a short, fair-haired, brown-eyed boy whose animagus form took shape of a rat. He was 16 years old and was more like the follower in the group.
And finally, James Potter. James was the second best looking after Sirius. He and Sirius were the closest of friends. You would easily mistake them for brothers. James' animagus form takes shape of a handsome stag.
Lily picked up the last of her books, before rising back on two feet, as did James.
"You know, I don't really know what you see in getting in trouble. Where's the fun in a detention?" Lily asked sceptically.
"Ah, you see... It's not in the detention, but in the guts to do whatever it is your doing that makes it so daring. Besides, Snivell-" He stopped in mid sentence, hoping she didn't quite hear the last of the sentence.
"Snivell... snivell... snivellus! Snape? JAMES POTTER, what is your problem!?" she cried back so quickly, that she caused James to drop most of his parchment again. Lily's chest felt like it would burst from rage. She glared at him so deeply; James thought her eyes would have fallen out just by her concentration.
"Oh come on! It's just... a prank, relax, its not like-" he was suddenly cut in by Lily's murderous-like tone.
"Just a prank?! How could-" but before she could finish, the door behind James flew open. A tall, dark looking man with long black hair stood before them.
"What in Merlins name are you two doing here? You should be in class! 5 points from Gryffindor, for the both of you! Now get in!"
"Professor Grinch!" said Lily addressing the tall dark man, otherwise known as their Potions teacher. "But, I thought we were in the potions classroom," she continued.
"There have been several room changes. Clearly, you haven't checked the Griffindor notice board this morning. Get in, both of you! Before I start giving out detentions!"
Without another word, Lily entered what would be the transfiguration classroom feeling completely embarrassed as she was greeted by her friends, sitting at the far back table in the corner. But James on the other hand, sank down to his knees and clutched his stomach, dropping the contents of his parchment and books. An expression twisted on his face as though to express the pain he was feeling within his stomach.
"What is it Potter?" asked Professor Grinch bending over until his eye was level with James.
"It's... my stomach... sir," James groaned. Lily, who was still behind Professor Grinch, rolled his eyes at James. Fortunately for him, this went unnoticed.
"It... seems to have-" But before James finished the sentence, he tilted his head even lower, and made a noise that suggested he was going to vomit any moment from now.
"For merlins sake Potter! Not here," said the professor as if he was about to feel sick himself just by looking at James' folded body across the stone floor.
"Evans, escort Mr Potter to the hospital wing before-" then something unexpected happened. Before the professor could finish, a mixture of green, and white liquid, that looked unmistakably like milk cascaded from the professors' mouth.
"Professor... are you..." Before lily could finish, Professor Grinch raised his hand dismissively.
With great effort, Lily stifled a smile and made her way around the ugly mixture of what looked like spinach and milk. She glanced at James, who was curled up not with pain like he had been faking, but with laughter. Lily swiftly closed the door behind her, and glared down at James who was practically rolling around with laughter. She turned away, holding back yet another smile. By the time she turned around again, James was on his feet, practically towering over her, causing Lily to flinch.
"Don't do that!" she cried scowling at him deeply.
He raised his hands innocently and gave her a sorry look, though he didn't seem sorry at all.
"I'm sorry. Did I scare you?" He said forcing an expression of great innocence, though Lily saw right through it.
She rolled her eyes at him heatedly, as she started towards the stone steps that lead to the hospital wing.
"You did realise I was faking, right?" he said moderately.
She stopped dead in her tracks causing him to knock into her and stumble back. As he did, she turned around and looked at him as if he was some kind of stupid drunk.
"You do realise, that if you don't go to the hospital wing, and they find you, you will be in BIG trouble, not only from Professor Grinch, but also from the head master!" she shot back promptly.
God! You'd think he couldn't get any thicker.
"Relax... it's not like you'd care anyway," he replied calmly, shuffling his hand through his hair giving it the usual messy look. He withdrew his wand from the side pocket in his school robes, and mumbled "Accio parchment and books."
Within seconds, rolls of parchment came soaring towards them, followed by potions books. James easily caught them in his arms as if he did this every day.
Show off. She thought to herself.
Lily wondered if anyone she had ever met was this stuck-up and arrogant. She wondered if any of the other Marauders were as bad, but she doubted it.
Remus was probably too into his work to even think about that kind of stuff, Peter would be too quiet to even notice... then there's Sirius. Lily doubted it, but then Again, Sirius was just as conceited as James.
Lily's train of thoughts was broken however, by the sudden soft clatter of footsteps coming from the stone steps above. She turned around to see whom the approaching footsteps belonged to, and to her disgust, it was none other than the snobby pureblood himself, Lucius Malfoy.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? Is the mudblood-"Before Lucius could finish his insult, James had lunged for him, and threateningly gripped him from the collar.
"Don't you DARE, utter that word anywhere near Evans or me," came James' dangerously soft voice.
Lily, who was just behind James stared at the scene before her completely dumbstruck. Why was James defending her like this? The thought of it made Lily wince. She knew how dangerous James could be when his temper gets the best of him. It was an ugly sight.
Lucius, whose feet were no longer touching the ground and was practically gasping for breath, sneered at James with his cold blue eyes, tempting James to just hex him into the next century.
"Looks like someone has a body guard... you stupid pathetic mudb-"That was it. James' temper had gone over the top. At these words, James had pinned Lucius against the rounded stonewall, and punched him so hard, that the thud had echoed past lily who stood at least five metres away from them.
Without thinking, Lily rushed up the stone steps two by two, and gripped the back of James' robes, heaving him back away from Lucius, whose nose and lip had began bleeding.
"James! What are you doing?!" cried Lily, still trying to drag him away from Lucius before he did any more damage.
James furiously turned around and met Lily's puzzled gaze. She could see in James' red face, and the fury that reflected in his eyes, that he was not content.
For a moment, they stared at each other. James eyes filled with what looked like guilt, as he picked up the slightest trace of fear in Lily's emerald green eyes.
Lily glanced over James shoulder. It took a while for her to realise that Lucius was now a few stone steps behind James and herself, and his wand in his hand raised, aiming for James. Without thinking, she quickly withdrew her own wand, and pointed it over James' shoulder.
"Expelliarmus!" she cried.
James, who was completely dumbstruck, looked over his shoulder to see that Lucius's raised wand had just flown five feet from his hand. He turned around again, and gaped at lily, who simply stared back at him. For some reason, she realised how Hazel his eyes were. She suddenly became aware of what was going through her head and returned her concentration on Lucius who was scrambling desperately up the stone steps to retrieve his wand to fight back.
"Accio wand!" she cried. Immediately, the wand that was perched on the edge of the stone step flew towards her. She raised her hand ready to seize it, but James caught it a heartbeat before she did.
But before anyone could utter a single incantation, someone had grasped Lily from her arm. Seeing as this person was behind her, Lily didn't have a clue who it was, but just by looking in James' startled expression, Lily immediately realised that it was no student. Slowly, she looked over her shoulder, and to her horror, it was Professor Clamston. The most beloved Slytherin professor, mainly for the reason that like all the other Slytherin's, he disliked Gryffindors. He would put any in detention practically at random, no matter what they did and seeing as though Lily and James were probably the best target, there was no escape. Lily felt so helpless; she didn't know what she wouldn't have traded to not be in this situation right now. Lily glanced at James who glanced back. She guessed that he must have been thinking the same thing by the look on his face.
Lily's helpless thoughts were soon broken off by Professor Clamstons' terrified, but at the same time amused gasp.
"Malfoy, what happened? Did they do this to you?!" howled professor Clamston whose lips were now forming an evil like grin.
"Professor Clamston! You wouldn't believe it! First they both approached me, then they started to bash the stuffing out of me for no reason. Then they took my wand away from me so I couldn't defend myself, and after that they would have-"Lucius paused, taking in a deep breath, and looked like he were going to pass out.
James and Lily glanced at each other, both the same expression of utmost disbelief and surprise. It was at this moment; when Lily felt Professor Clamstons' grip tighten intensively around her upper arm. The grip was so tight; Lily thought that the blood circulation would be cut off any moment from now.
"That's enough. Malfoy, go to the hospital wing, immediately," said Professor Clamston sympathetically. He glanced at Lily, then at James.
They both knew it was useless to protest. It would only get them into further trouble. (If they could get in any further.) Besides, they were practically too stunned to even talk.
"As for you two," he added coldly "fifty points from Griffindor, from the both of you. Also, You will be spending a weeks worth of detentions in the defence against the dark arts classroom on the third floor at 7 o'clock. Now, off you go. Back to your classes," he said, finally letting go of Lily's arm, or what Lily thought was left of it. Her hand and lower arm had turned a shade of purple, and felt extremely numb.
With that, Lily and James turned around, and headed back down the empty sun lit corridor.
This is all his fault! If he hadn't have faked that stomach ache, I wouldn't have to be here! I wouldn't have to go to a weeks worth of detentions with that prick and him! Lily thought angrily to herself.
She could feel the rage building up again in her chest. She wanted so badly just to hex James right now. If it weren't for the classes taking place, she just might have.
"I'll get him back. Don't worry. By the time I'm done with him... let's just say it'll make detentions look like heaven," said James threateningly, a torturous grin spreading across his face.
Lily felt like a complete different type of rage had risen in the pit of her stomach. A much more furious rage. She wanted so much just to fully smash him in the face, but with great effort, she resisted the temptation, though her fists were clenched none the less.
James, who seemed to notice this seized Lily's arm and stood there, preventing Lily from walking any further.
"Evans, are you-"Before he could finish, Lily jerked her arm away from his grip, glaring at him. Her glare seemed to glue James to the spot with confusion.
"URGH... What the hell do you think?! I have to spend a week worth of detentions with you and that prick when instead I could be doing homework, or going out with friends! This is all your fault! If it weren't for your fricken temper... URGH!" Lily bellowed at James who was staring at her bewilderedly.
Lily, who had just realised that she was completely yelling, looked down at the stone floor feeling embarrassed, but at the same time satisfied.
She finally looked up at James, and confused to see a slight grin quiver on his face.
"Oh... so that's why you were so angry. Anyway, I have to go. I have, like I said, business," he said, a familiar mischievous grin spreading across his face.
Lily rolled her eyes at him heatedly. With that, she turned around, and kept walking. She could hear James' footsteps grow fainter as he made his way around the corner just behind her. Lily finally reached the door to where her potions class was being held, and quietly opened it. Lily was relieved to see that the vomit that once lay on the stone floor had been cleared. She silently made her way to the back of the dimly torch lit room to the table where her two friends, Katelyn and Michelle sat currently copying notes from the board onto their parchment. Both girls looked up, flabbergasted to see Lily before them. Michelle patted her hand on the vacant black chair beside her, gesturing Lily to sit. Lily sat down next to her Asian friend who began whispering to Lily the moment she sat down.
"What happened? Why were you two arguing?" she asked curiously.
Lily glanced around the room, making sure nobody was eavesdropping. She looked to her left where the other three Marauders were seated, and looking at Lily intently. Lily looked back at her curious friend awkwardly.
"Nothing. I just bumped into him. That's all." She informed her friend that now looked disappointed.
"Then why were you screaming?" Asked Katelyn as her brown hair fell over her Hazel eye, making her look frightening.
Lily glanced over at the table where the Marauders were seated. As she did, Sirius who was leaning closer to eavesdrop quickly withdrew himself, almost falling off his chair in the process.
Lily leaned closer to her friend, reducing the risk of being overheard. "I started screaming because he was going to do another prank on Severus." She informed both of her friends that nodded comprehensively.
Lily took another glance at Sirius, who was once again perched on the edge of his seat, leaning sidewards straining his ears. He realised lily was looking his way, and straightened up, falling off his chair with a big thud in the process, attracting half the classes attention, including Professor Grinch who stopped scratching notes on the board and looked at Sirius annoyed.
"Stop fooling around boy!" exclaimed Professor Grinch angrily. "You have notes to write!" And with that, Professor Grinch turned back to the board, and continued writing.
Sirius got up from the stone floor, feeling no trace of embarrassment what so ever, and sat back down on his seat as if nothing happened. Lily couldn't help notice that half the girls in the class were all silently giggling and whispering to their neighbours, obviously about how cute they thought Sirius was.
Lily rolled her eyes at how shameful they made females look. She withdrew a sheet of parchment and quill, and started scribbling down notes. She dreaded how many hours she had to suffer in a room with Professor Clamston and James, when she could be laughing and joking with Katelyn and Michelle. The rest of the day seemed to go by so fast. It wasn't too long before Lily had returned to the common room from all her classes, having been set homework from Professor Grinch. (A foot long essay on gillyweed and its properties.)
Lily sunk down into the soft, comfortable couch that was places in front of the burning fire that illuminated most of the common room. She laid her contents of parchment and books on the table in front of her.
Lily started searching for her potions book through the piles of parchment and books, only to find that it wasn't there.
What! It has to be here! I had it this morning... this morning.
Lily thought back to the incident that had happened recently that morning just before Potions class. She had knocked into James, causing both their piles of books to scatter over the stone floor.
A/N: Thank-you so so so much for reading! Also, a big, huge, mega thank-you to Donna, who helped me in the story and stuff. I couldn't have done it without her. Thank-you DD! Muah! So yeah, PLEASE review!!!... Or else I won't post-up the next chapter... He he he Evil grin