Spells and Sparks ~ A James and Lily Story
By Silken Rose
Disclaimer: Thanks for your reviews everyone! Much appreciated. Gives me energy to keep on going! And this will be all seven years, because I don't have enough ideas for each year by itself. There might probably be a sequel though. Here's the next chapter, and hopefully it'll be longer (finger crossed) Blame it on the muses. I don't own Harry Potter...yet. This one's for you Sirius.
Chapter 2
Separated By Color
"Evans, Lily"
The pretty red-haired girl sat on the stool, putting the sorting hat on her head. Closing her eyes, as to shut out all those eyes on her, she heard a voice in her head.
Ah, decisions, decisions. What a fine mind we have here! Clever brains, competitive spirit. A good worker, with even a daring streak. Where shall we put you? I wouldn't be surprised if this one turned out head girl. Really...you could do well in any of the houses...well... maybe not Hufflepuff. That hot temper of yours I see here, really has no place in that house! How about Slytherin? Hmm...no...I think I'll put you in GRYFFINDOR!
The last word rang out, through the Great Hall, and Lily, relieved, took the hat off and walked to the Gryffindor table, which had erupted into cheers. She joined Ann, who had been waving frantically at her. Soon, most of the first years had been sorted, until-
"Potter, James"
The cocky, black-haired boy they had seen before came up and put the hat on confidently. After a while---GRYFFINDOR!
Lily groaned, although most of the girls on the table went crazy. He came up to the table and sat next to her. Grinning, he said,
"James Potter. Hey, aren't you two the pretty ones we saved on the train?" and put out his hand.
"SAVED!?!" Lily almost screeched. Odd looks were already heading their way as it was, wondering who James Potter had decided to grace his presence with.
Ann cut her off saying, "Nice to meet you. This red-head here is Lily Evans, and I'm Andromeda Black.but if you don't want to get seriously hurt, call me Andrea or just Ann."
Lily just said icily, "Charmed," before turning around again. She heard 'Snape, Severus' being called out. He was put in Slytherin.
She heard someone say near her, "I thought he had that look around him." Being in Gryffindor, most people, if not already, learnt to hate Slytherins. It was bred early in them.
Sirius appeared at James side and said, "Excellent! We're in the same house.though I don't think my mother will be very happy about this."
"Well was there any doubt? We're the perfect Gryffindors: Brave, Loyal, Charming, Handsome-"
"-arrogant-" Lily offered.
James continued on as if Lily hadn't spoken. "-And if we hadn't been in the same house, I'm sure we could've...persuaded them to." He rustled his fingers together: money.
"You may think that you can buy everything in this world with money, rich boy, but I'm telling you now, there are many, many things that you can't buy."
"Oh yeah? Like what?" He said, annoyed. "You, for example?"
"Exactly." She replied straight away, unperturbed. "If you have never believed anything in this world before, I'm telling you now, I mean what I say."
"And who's the one showing arrogance now?"
Ann sighed. "Trust Lily to get into an argument with a complete stranger."
"Hey, who wouldn't want to argue with someone as pretty as her?" Sirius said.
Ann smiled. "I see you haven't changed much."
Two older girls from the Slytherin table were giving them death stares, Lily noticed, although she thought that they had done nothing to provoke them.
Ann cleared this up by saying, "Don't worry Black. We're in this together, right?"
"Right, cuz."
"Are you two related?" Lily asked.
"Er.yeah, unfortunately," said Ann. "And to add to my misfortune, those two - she pointed to the Slytherin girls - are my sisters."
"They are totally evil" Sirius shuddered, remembering a childhood summer filled with two ugly girls, rats, snakes, and all sorts of other undesired things. "Evil, I tell you."
"Yeah, well, you don't have to live with them all the time," Ann said, "Anyway that,"she pointed, "is Lily Evans
Lily turned to Ann. "Do you have to tell everyone who I am?"
"No, but I'm sure most of the male population here would like to know." James interjected. Lily turned her glare onto him, her green eyes building up a storm.
"You know, I've been doing some reading," Lily started almost conversationally, "and it's really weird, but everytime your mouth opens, a certain boy-turning-frog spell appears in my mind."
"Don't worry about James. He's always like that. And guess who has to put up with him the most?" Sirius clapped his hand on his chest. "Are you still mad about the Boggart incident on the train? You can try, but nobody can get mad at me for long. I'm just too lovable."
Ann rolled her eyes and said, "Don't worry, Lily couldn't hold a grudge if her life depended on it. She doesn't pay enough attention."
"It's not as if I don't want to. But I might make an exception in this case." her eyes flickered to James, who put an injured expression that spelled out Who Me?? on it.
"Besides," Sirius continued. "That was a mistake. We weren't supposed to let the Boggart out then. We were supposed to let it out now." His forehead creased, and he scowled.
Another boy joined them. "Hey, you guys look like you're having fun. Am I missing out on anything?"
"That's Remus Lupin." James said airily.
"Oh, you're the one that banished the Boggart for me. Thanks." Said Lily. She smiled, and the world was happy again.
"What did I do wrong?" James said in mock-despair to no one in particular.
Introductions made, they headed off to eat.
~*~
Professor Dumbledore made the usual announcements first. "First of all, we are having a Whomping Willow tree planted in the school grounds. It needed a home, so we decided to plant it right here in Hogwarts. It is very rare and dangerous, so please stay out of its way."
Ann was entertaining them by pulling different faces as they waited for the food to appear. It would soon become a tradition. She scrunched up her nose and closed her eyes tightly, and then subtly, her appearance began to change. Only her blue eyes remained the same.
"Usually, Metamorphmagi can't change their eye color," she explained, as they started to eat.
"The food here is terrible," James moaned, though he was eating his way whole-heartedly through a large piece of Fluff Cake, which was a pink, sugar-spun delicacy.
"I think it's really good, actually." Lily said, with the air of the used- to-muggle-food eater. "I wonder if we get this kind of food all the time."
"Don't count on it," said a passing prefect. "The rest of the time, we only get bread and dripping. So enjoy it while it lasts, kids."
Lily looked startled. An older girl walked past, saying, "Arthur's only kidding. The food here's quite decent actually. And welcome to Gryffindor."
Feeling tired and sleepy, but content, the first years made their way up to the Gryffindor Tower, and through the Fat Lady.
"Girl's dormitories are to the right up the stairs, and boy's to the left." called a prefect.
"Good night princess," said James mockingly, bowing low. Lily chose to ignore him, sweeping past.
"You'd better watch out," said Ann. "She doesn't really like people like you, to put it nicely, and put together with that hot temper of hers..."
James just grinned, waving it away. "I like playing with fire."
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By Silken Rose
Disclaimer: Thanks for your reviews everyone! Much appreciated. Gives me energy to keep on going! And this will be all seven years, because I don't have enough ideas for each year by itself. There might probably be a sequel though. Here's the next chapter, and hopefully it'll be longer (finger crossed) Blame it on the muses. I don't own Harry Potter...yet. This one's for you Sirius.
Chapter 2
Separated By Color
"Evans, Lily"
The pretty red-haired girl sat on the stool, putting the sorting hat on her head. Closing her eyes, as to shut out all those eyes on her, she heard a voice in her head.
Ah, decisions, decisions. What a fine mind we have here! Clever brains, competitive spirit. A good worker, with even a daring streak. Where shall we put you? I wouldn't be surprised if this one turned out head girl. Really...you could do well in any of the houses...well... maybe not Hufflepuff. That hot temper of yours I see here, really has no place in that house! How about Slytherin? Hmm...no...I think I'll put you in GRYFFINDOR!
The last word rang out, through the Great Hall, and Lily, relieved, took the hat off and walked to the Gryffindor table, which had erupted into cheers. She joined Ann, who had been waving frantically at her. Soon, most of the first years had been sorted, until-
"Potter, James"
The cocky, black-haired boy they had seen before came up and put the hat on confidently. After a while---GRYFFINDOR!
Lily groaned, although most of the girls on the table went crazy. He came up to the table and sat next to her. Grinning, he said,
"James Potter. Hey, aren't you two the pretty ones we saved on the train?" and put out his hand.
"SAVED!?!" Lily almost screeched. Odd looks were already heading their way as it was, wondering who James Potter had decided to grace his presence with.
Ann cut her off saying, "Nice to meet you. This red-head here is Lily Evans, and I'm Andromeda Black.but if you don't want to get seriously hurt, call me Andrea or just Ann."
Lily just said icily, "Charmed," before turning around again. She heard 'Snape, Severus' being called out. He was put in Slytherin.
She heard someone say near her, "I thought he had that look around him." Being in Gryffindor, most people, if not already, learnt to hate Slytherins. It was bred early in them.
Sirius appeared at James side and said, "Excellent! We're in the same house.though I don't think my mother will be very happy about this."
"Well was there any doubt? We're the perfect Gryffindors: Brave, Loyal, Charming, Handsome-"
"-arrogant-" Lily offered.
James continued on as if Lily hadn't spoken. "-And if we hadn't been in the same house, I'm sure we could've...persuaded them to." He rustled his fingers together: money.
"You may think that you can buy everything in this world with money, rich boy, but I'm telling you now, there are many, many things that you can't buy."
"Oh yeah? Like what?" He said, annoyed. "You, for example?"
"Exactly." She replied straight away, unperturbed. "If you have never believed anything in this world before, I'm telling you now, I mean what I say."
"And who's the one showing arrogance now?"
Ann sighed. "Trust Lily to get into an argument with a complete stranger."
"Hey, who wouldn't want to argue with someone as pretty as her?" Sirius said.
Ann smiled. "I see you haven't changed much."
Two older girls from the Slytherin table were giving them death stares, Lily noticed, although she thought that they had done nothing to provoke them.
Ann cleared this up by saying, "Don't worry Black. We're in this together, right?"
"Right, cuz."
"Are you two related?" Lily asked.
"Er.yeah, unfortunately," said Ann. "And to add to my misfortune, those two - she pointed to the Slytherin girls - are my sisters."
"They are totally evil" Sirius shuddered, remembering a childhood summer filled with two ugly girls, rats, snakes, and all sorts of other undesired things. "Evil, I tell you."
"Yeah, well, you don't have to live with them all the time," Ann said, "Anyway that,"she pointed, "is Lily Evans
Lily turned to Ann. "Do you have to tell everyone who I am?"
"No, but I'm sure most of the male population here would like to know." James interjected. Lily turned her glare onto him, her green eyes building up a storm.
"You know, I've been doing some reading," Lily started almost conversationally, "and it's really weird, but everytime your mouth opens, a certain boy-turning-frog spell appears in my mind."
"Don't worry about James. He's always like that. And guess who has to put up with him the most?" Sirius clapped his hand on his chest. "Are you still mad about the Boggart incident on the train? You can try, but nobody can get mad at me for long. I'm just too lovable."
Ann rolled her eyes and said, "Don't worry, Lily couldn't hold a grudge if her life depended on it. She doesn't pay enough attention."
"It's not as if I don't want to. But I might make an exception in this case." her eyes flickered to James, who put an injured expression that spelled out Who Me?? on it.
"Besides," Sirius continued. "That was a mistake. We weren't supposed to let the Boggart out then. We were supposed to let it out now." His forehead creased, and he scowled.
Another boy joined them. "Hey, you guys look like you're having fun. Am I missing out on anything?"
"That's Remus Lupin." James said airily.
"Oh, you're the one that banished the Boggart for me. Thanks." Said Lily. She smiled, and the world was happy again.
"What did I do wrong?" James said in mock-despair to no one in particular.
Introductions made, they headed off to eat.
~*~
Professor Dumbledore made the usual announcements first. "First of all, we are having a Whomping Willow tree planted in the school grounds. It needed a home, so we decided to plant it right here in Hogwarts. It is very rare and dangerous, so please stay out of its way."
Ann was entertaining them by pulling different faces as they waited for the food to appear. It would soon become a tradition. She scrunched up her nose and closed her eyes tightly, and then subtly, her appearance began to change. Only her blue eyes remained the same.
"Usually, Metamorphmagi can't change their eye color," she explained, as they started to eat.
"The food here is terrible," James moaned, though he was eating his way whole-heartedly through a large piece of Fluff Cake, which was a pink, sugar-spun delicacy.
"I think it's really good, actually." Lily said, with the air of the used- to-muggle-food eater. "I wonder if we get this kind of food all the time."
"Don't count on it," said a passing prefect. "The rest of the time, we only get bread and dripping. So enjoy it while it lasts, kids."
Lily looked startled. An older girl walked past, saying, "Arthur's only kidding. The food here's quite decent actually. And welcome to Gryffindor."
Feeling tired and sleepy, but content, the first years made their way up to the Gryffindor Tower, and through the Fat Lady.
"Girl's dormitories are to the right up the stairs, and boy's to the left." called a prefect.
"Good night princess," said James mockingly, bowing low. Lily chose to ignore him, sweeping past.
"You'd better watch out," said Ann. "She doesn't really like people like you, to put it nicely, and put together with that hot temper of hers..."
James just grinned, waving it away. "I like playing with fire."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Please review!!! See how much faster I upload??? So press the little button down there^^ if I don't get at least 10 (yes ladies and gentlemen, TEN) reviews, I'll throw a tantrum and won't upload!!...or maybe not.