(Hey there readers, this is the first fanfic I've done in quite a while and I'm really excited to be doing them again. I don't own Harry Potter. Enjoy the first installment of this story.)

Chapter 1: The Train Ride

Lily stood with her mom and dad on Platform 9 ¾ saying her goodbyes. She gave each of them hugs and said her farewells.

"Be sure to write sweetie. We'll miss you so much." Mrs. Evans shouted.

Lily turned around giving her a thumbs up before disappearing onto the train. She wandered down the hall looking for an open cabin.

"Lils!"

Before she could turn around and see who it was she was being hugged from behind. She met her green eyes with the blue eyes of her friend Beverly. She remembered the day she met Beverly, it had happened so long ago…

"Okay class, follow my lead. Plié, shuffle, shuffle, pirouette."

CRASH

The young Lily had pirouetted into the trash can in the back of the ballet studio. Embarrassed, she sat on the floor blushing. She had never been good at sports or much else dealing with hand eye coordination, but ballet she figured was her best option. However it was no exception. The class broke out into laughter and silly quips.

"Oi, Lily! You dance like you're wearing rollerblades. Have you any control?"

"Course not. She's a wreck, that's why she's at the back of the studio."

Comments just brought more laughter which brought tears to Lily's eyes. She brought her knees to her head to tune them out. But what happened next she would remember for a long time.

"Hey! Shut your traps! Get your tu-tus out of a knot and quit being such meanies!" A girl piped up from the back pushing her way forward. "Jesus, you'd think that you'd have more respect for your fellow ballerinas but nooooo. Jerks!"

She offered Lily a kind hand lifting her off the floor. She flashed Lily a big smile which Lily gladly returned. "Wanna go hula hoop?" She asked with a big grin. Beverly giggled and nodded excitedly. "Oh I'd love to."

"Oh Lils Lils Lils I missed you this summer. Long story short, my house was inhabitable. Not good. Way not good. How was your summer?"

"Oh it was rubbish too. I'll tell you all about it. Let's get a compartment first."

James walked through the train with his head held high. He was a seventh year after all, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team as well as their star chaser, and most importantly he was a Marauder. Basically he ruled Hogwarts. Well in his mind he did.

"Hey watch where you're going Potter." He looked at his victim and saw it was Lily Evans. The girl of his affections. She was glaring daggers at him with those magnificent eyes. Oh how I could stare into her eyes for days.

"My apologies my lady. You aren't hurt are you?"

"It's not me you should be worried about."

"Hey Lily, hey Beverly. Good summer?"

Sirius came from behind James. "Cool down a little red, you're making it hot in here and I'm wearing a sweater."

Lily snorted. "Oh sod off Black. For all I care you two could melt away and leave me alone."

"Well if that is how you wish it, my lady. We shall bid thee a due." Sirius said giving a curtsey bow and going to their cabin dragging a reluctant James behind him.

"Why can't it be that easy to get rid of Sirius and James more often?" Lily scoffed wandering the hall trying to find her other friend Carla. Then she heard a ruckus developing ahead.

"What did you call me?"

Not even to Hogwarts and she's starting trouble. Lily smirked and laughed to herself as she rushed to her friend's aid. In front of her was Severus Snape of Slytherin. Not a friend of Carla's or many for that fact. He still made a habit of antagonizing her until she put herself into a month's worth of detention and he'd come up clean. But one thing Carla couldn't stand for is not getting vengeance.

"Engorgio!" She flicked her wand at his face with a smirk on her face. His eyes got wide as he felt his nose swelling to an abnormal size. He slapped his hand to his nose feeling around it then squealed in shock and jumped into a compartment nearby.

"Yeah and don't come back!" She averted her attention to her friends pulling them both into a group hug. "Bout time I found you two. Didn't know I'd be seeing you Ms. Head Girl ma'am, don't you have some exclusive meeting to attend?" Lily stuck her tongue at Carla who returned the action.

"Yes I do have a meeting. Which I'm going to be late for since Carla had to hex Severus."

"Sorry Lil, some things can't wait ya know?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "Can't be late my first day as Head Girl. See you at the feast."

Lily arrived at the Prefect compartment to see it full already. It was larger than a normal compartment and Lily remembered her first time inside it. She was full of butterflies, but then was assigned a late night shift patrolling the halls that night, which killed all those butterflies. She smiled upon the prefects and scanned the room for the Head Boy, expecting to see Remus or maybe a Ravenclaw. But the voice of the person who had just entered the compartment wiped her smile clean off.

"Lily Flower, sorry I'm late."

Him.

(Hope you enjoyed it. Please comment, opinions both good and bad are welcome. Do you like Carla and Beverly?)