Summary: Lily and James couldn't be more different, so when an accident in potions results in Lily and James switching bodies and lives what changes when learn all there is to know about the other. Lily hates James with a passion and in turn he's desperately trying to get her to understand that he's changed his immature ways. They soon use their situation to each others advantage and try and ruin each others reputation. But what changes when they learn all there is to know about the other.
Disclaimer: Anything that you recognise from this story doesn't belong to me, but to J.K Rowling.
Chapter 1
'Potter … will you just get lost? It's bad enough that I have to spend time with you during head duties, without you following me around all of the time ... so just get lost' Lily Evans shouted to James Potter, who was following her to the Gryffindor common room.
'I just wanted to ask…' James replied trailing off, but Lily was to angry to let him finished.
'What…Ask me out again? Get it through your stupid head Potter that I want nothing to do with you, just the thought of you sickens me, you're a nasty piece of work… I'd hate to be like you' Lily shouted back and James looked hurt, but then his face soon turned into an angry frown.
'What? You don't know the first thing about me Evans! You sit there with all of your books and knowledge and judge everything, thinking you know everything, well you don't!' James shouted and Lily scoffed. James friends and Lily's friends were stood at each end of the corridor, watching their friends daily argue unfold in front of them.
'I know enough to know that you're a spineless, selfish, arrogant prat that doesn't deserve the time of day' Lily said, she had never felt herself so angry. She didn't understand why Potter always got her so angry. She wasn't a naturally angry person, but whenever she saw or heard Potter her blood would start to boil.
'And I know enough to know that you can be a nightmare, all I ask for is a chance, and you always throw it back in my face, you always think that you're better than me. But in face you're no better, sometimes I'd say you're worse. I try my hardest to convince you I've changed my ways but you still don't care' James argued and Lily rolled her eyes.
'Yeah, because I completely believe you when you say you have … I don't think so. Potter you will always be a prat, no matter how hard you try to change my mind, its not going to work, I will always hate you!' Lily said and then stormed off out of the corridor and into the Gryffindor tower. Her friends followed her into their dormitory and tried to calm her down.
'I'd hate to be like him, absolutely hate it… he's so arrogant and nasty' Lily said and her friends sat around her, telling her that she was right.
'Lils, Potter is just trying to get attention, and you give it him by fighting back, and I know that you can't help it… but maybe if you just completely ignored him, he'd go away for good' Louise said to her, and Lily nodded.
'Yeah you're right, I just don't know what comes over me when he's around, and I always feel myself get so angry. I'll just ignore him whenever he talks to me, and only go near him when we're on duty together' Lily said, ashamed of herself for getting so angry.
'And you won't talk to him then either' her other friend Amy said and Lily shook her head.
'Nope' Lily answered. Lily and her four friends made their way down to their next lesson and found their regular seats in the dungeon, waiting for Slughorn to arrive. Lily turned her head when the Marauders walked in and felt angry again when James walked in the door, but then smiled at Remus, who was smiling back at her as they all took their regular seats. Slughorn walked in and stood at the front of the class. He mentioned the potion that they would be making and turned to write the instructions on the board, when he turned back round he looked towards Lily.
'Miss Evans I have a message regarding yourself and Mister Potter from the Head Master. He thinks that it would be good for you both to work together in your lessons, to try and get you to both get along with each other better now that you are head students, so if you wouldn't mind, can you and Mister Black swap seats please' Slughorn said and Lily felt her stomach drop, she groaned loudly and moved out of her seat.
'I can't believe this is happening to me' Lily whispered and Sirius, who was passing her, heard.
'It won't be that bad …' Sirius said smirking and Lily shot him a dirty look and made her way over to James. She sat down and slammed her book down on the table; this new plan didn't do well for her anger issues with Potter. She repeated in her head that she should just ignore him; she should just concentrate on the lesson and ignore his presence, his loud breathing and his tapping on the table. She felt herself become more and more agitated, and was thankful when Slughorn said that they could start their potions, it gave her an excuse to leave the table to fetch the ingredients. She arrived back at the table to see that James had already lit the fire under the cauldron and in her return he took the ingredients from her hands and grabbed his knife to cut them up. Lily tried to stay calm, but couldn't control her mouth.
'Erm, excuse me, I was going to do that' Lily said sitting down and James smiled.
'Its ok know – it – all, you can have a break; I think I can handle this' James smirked and Lily groaned.
'You're so infuriating, just give me that knife' Lily said as James dropped ingredients into the cauldron, she leaned over to grab the knife but James moved his hand away quickly and then continued to cut up the roots. She went to grab the knife again as James put more ingredients into the cauldron but her hand slipped and the cauldron moved from the flame and fell side wards onto the table and the entire liquid fell onto Lily and James. Lily screamed loudly and James groaned.
'Augh I hate you James Potter … I hate you so much, if you hadn't been so immature with the potion this would have happened' Lily screamed as Slughorn made his way over to them.
'My fault, how on earth is this my fault? If you weren't always trying to be the best at everything, trying to prove to everyone that you're better than them, you wouldn't have had to try and get the knife off of me' James screamed back and Lily tried to wipe the liquid from off her robe.
'Both of you, quiet now' Slughorn said when he arrived at the scene, and lifted the cauldron back onto its stand, but Lily chose to ignore him, her anger getting the better of her.
'Oh just shut up Potter, if anyone thinks they're better than anyone else it's you, you don't care about anyone else but yourself, I hate you' Lily screamed again and James cut her off.
'Well I'm not that keen on you at the minute either Evans, I'd hate to be you' James said and Slughorn shouted,
'BOTH OF YOU, QUIET NOW' Both Lily and James fell silent, and noticed the whole class staring at them. Lily felt herself go red with embarrassment and stared up at Slughorn, who couldn't hide the anger in his face.
'Both of you know not to act like that, I want you to leave the room now, get cleaned up and think about the way you've acted today. You've both been extremely immature, and I'm disappointed in the both of you' Slughorn said and Lily and James walked out of the classroom. Neither spoke to each other for the rest of the night.
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Lily and James could hardly sleep that night; every time Lily managed to nod off she would wake up feeling sick, and James was the same. They finally managed to fall asleep without fail and then woke up exactly an hour later, and then sun was shining outside their windows. Lily got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom, rubbing her eyes. She picked up a toothbrush and then looked in the mirror … and looked down and then looked back up again … and screamed loudly. Her reflection was James, she was James, and her head was spinning when she heard a knock at the door.
'Prongs mate, are you alright?' She heard a male voice say, and recognised it as Remus. She didn't know how to answer, or what to say … she felt like crying. Something had gone seriously wrong.
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James woke up suddenly, feeling sick again. He got up out of bed and felt strange, he looked down at his body and realised he was wearing girl's pyjamas, he shook his head and looked down at his body again.
'OH MY GOSH … I HAVE BOOBS' James thought. He screamed loudly and ran into the bathroom. He looked at his reflection and saw Lily staring back at him. He screamed again and looked around the room.
'This is crazy, this can't be happening' James thought to himself and stumbled around the bathroom, he had to talk to Lily … and fast.