Never Again-Harry Potter-James & Lily Chapter 1- One hell of a year..

Hey everyone, this is my first fanfic so please be nice :)

I hope to update weekly with a new chapter and if anyone wants to be my beta that is fine with me seeing as I don't have one :(

Also this story is AU. So some characters are different ages as to what they are in the books.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, only the plot..

The sun shone brightly as the young redhead stepped on to the breathed in deeply and looked at her surroundings, the bustle of people as young witches and wizards said their final goodbyes.

The young girl sighed as she thought of her own parents who weren't able to make it. She had been reluctant to leave, not wanting her older sister Petunia to rummage through her belongings.

Finally her parents talked her back into going, as they promised to keep an eye on Petunia and her oversized boyfriend, Vernon. There was a frown on the redheads face as she thought of her older sister.

"Oi, Evans!" called a masculine voice from the crowd. She turned in anticipation for the owner of the voice to step forward and she was extremely disappointed to find out it was none other than James Potter. He strutted towards her with a grace she hadn't seen before, it was as if he had left school as a young, lanky teenager and come back from the holidays as a grown man.

He was wearing a tight black T-shirt that showed off his impressive tanned muscles and a pair of dark jeans. His mane of ebony hair was messy as always, and sticking up in every direction with deep hazel eyes that were framed by gold wire-rimmed glasses.

"What is it now Potter?" Lily snapped irritated at the sight of him. Sure he was extremely good looking with a body that looked like a demi god but he was so sure of himself, so confident and arrogant that it pained Lily just top be in his company.

"I was just wondering if you wanted a hand with that?"

James said clearly amused at her frustration. Surprised, Lily had to crane her neck just to look into his eyes to see if he was joking, it seemed James had grown over the summer to be at least 6 ft. "Seriously that's all you came for?" Lily asked curiously. He shrugged his shoulders."Yeah pretty much." He said. "Oh well alright then if you insist." Lily said cautiously. James flashed her a grin as he hoisted both of their trunks on to the Hogwarts Express.

"So Lily how was your summer?" James asked as he led them down the corridor. "Um, yeah it was fun I didn't really do much." She answered politely sneaking glances behind her for her friends. "What about you, what did you do this summer?" "Me well I played quidditich with Sirius and just hung around." He murmured. Well that explains his perfect tan and his huge muscles thought Lily.

"Aha! Finally." He exclaimed. He stopped in front of a carriage near the end of the train. He slowly slid the compartment door open and wheeled the trunks inside with a grunt. "Pronsey, what took you so long?" asked a young man sitting on the compartment seat. The boy was a bit shorter than James with the same ebony mane that fell stylishly into his cold grey eyes and a lot of muscles. This boy was Sirius Black the womaniser himself who was known not just for his looks but also for his womanising ways and cold black heart just like his name.

The Marauders were the only people in the entire school that were immune to his cold personality, for they were his brothers in everything but blood.

James laughed a husky melodic laugh that sent odd shivers down Lily's spine. "Oh Padfoot, I thought you would be with some girl already?" he asked amused. "Nah, I thought I would hang with you guys for a bit." He replied turning a page of his magazine.

"By the way have you seen Remus and Peter yet? I couldn't find them." James put the trunks on the railings above before answering. "Yeah I think Remus said he would catch up with us later, because Moony's been made a Prefect!" he gave a wicked grin which Sirius returned. " I bet you anything that goody-two shoes Evans was made Prefect as well." He said wickedly. Lily looked furious and opened her mouth to reply when "Oh yeah how did it go with her?" he asked curiously turning a page of his magazine that had half naked girls on the cover. "Any luck with the uptight bitch?" James cleared his throat uncomfortably, running his hands through his hair nervously.

"Erm, it went alright." He spared a glance at Lily before giving her a sheepish grin and taking a seat. "What do you mean alright?" Sirius asked impatiently, looking up from his magazine to James, in that look he noticed Lily standing in the doorway clenching and unclenching her fists in anger. He paled slightly but replaced with a wicked smirk. "I can not believe you got Evans to come here, with you, James!" he exclaimed, throwing his ebony mane behind him as he laughed. "Sirius Orion Black" she said quietly but deadly.

He flinched slightly at the use of his full name. "How dare you call me an uptight bitch, you..You arrogant asshole." She screamed steeping forward, she could feel her face getting hotter and hotter by the moment. "As a matter of fact, I was made Prefect." With that she turned around and said to James "Now Potter, why did you bring me here?" she exclaimed impatiently "There's no way I'm sitting here with you morons." James looked stung for a moment but quickly replaced it with his trademark smirk. "You will be sitting in here Evans." He said lightly "Because your friends will be." He pointed behind her to the compartment door were they saw Lily's two best friends opening the door, Emmeline Vance and Marlene McKinnon.

Emmeline or Em for short was a tall athletic girl with deep brown eyes and dark chocolate curls. Marlene was the shortest of the trio and had straight blonde hair that fell to her shoulders with icy blue eyes framed with thick lashes. Those two girls including Lily made up a very popular group that everybody liked. Lily felt her jaw drop as she realized what was happening, she was going to spend the rest of the train ride with James Potter.

"Nup, no way, we can find another compartment." She said desperately shaking her head. "Sorry Lils but everything else is full." Replied Em apologetically as her and Marlene put their trunks on the railing and sat down. With a sigh Lily sat down and stared out the window while listening to everyone's chatter about his or her summers. She could feel James's eyes on her but chose to ignore it, hoping she would take the hint. Before she knew it, it was getting dark and the others were pulling on their school robes.

After she had gotten dressed, she pulled out a schoolbook and had just turned the cover when the compartment door slid open, revealing two young men. One was slightly taller than the other with sandy brown hair and warm brown eyes. He had a lanky build and had a slow grace.

The other boy was smaller than the other and was on the pudgy side with cropped brown hair and big sad blue eyes. These two boys were Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. "Lily, we have been looking all over for you." Exclaimed Remus with a frown. The two boys walked in and sat down. "Why have you been looking for me?" Lily asked curiously, closing her book.

"You missed out on the Prefects meeting, so I had to fill in." replied Peter as he shut the compartment door. "Oh no! I completely forgot." Wailed Lily, burying her face in her hands with shame. "Don't worry Lily, we took care of everything." Remus said gently. "Yeah" exclaimed Peter happily "All we had to do was patrol the corridors."

"And you'll never guess who the Slytherin Prefects are, Mulciber and Black." There were a few murmurs of disagreement but it was nothing to how they took the next piece of news.

"Although even worse is that Lucius Malfoy has been made Head Boy." Said Remus quietly. There were shouts of outrage from both Sirius and James but the girls just looked pained. "This is going to be one hell of a year." Said Em bitterly.

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