A/N – Hello everyone! So I've been having a problem with writer's block recently and to get back into the habit of writing I am trying to write for prompts and challenges. And what better challenge than an Advent Calendar Challenge!

All of the stories are written for the Urban Writers' Retreat advent calendar and all will be featuring different characters, depending on what inspiration I get from the prompts, and all will probably be less than 1000 words.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter!

Hope you enjoy them! And so for day 1!

Prompt - On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...

"Hey, Evans!"

Lily sighed, quickening her pace as she left the common room, her bag swinging against her hip as she hurried. She heard the Fat Lady's picture swing open behind her and someone scrambled out of the portrait hole. She didn't need three guesses to know who it was; Potter didn't take no for an answer.

"Evans! Hey, wait up, Evans. I've got something for you."

She kept striding down the corridor but stopped when a hand landed on her elbow, pulling her back. She whirled around to face James Potter, who immediately let go of her arm and ran his hand casually through his hair. Lily glared at him.

"I've got you a Christmas present," he said with what he probably thought was a charming smile.

Lily looked down at the small red box he was holding out to her. It had a gold ribbon around it and actually looked quite enticing. Then she looked back up into Potter's eyes, trying to keep her face schooled in a bored expression.

"It's not Christmas for another twenty-four days."

He beamed. "I know. And I intend to shower you with gifts every single one of those twenty-four days. By Christmas day you'll be in love with me."

Lily scoffed. "I highly doubt that. You're a smarmy toe-rag, Potter. I wouldn't love you even if you were the last boy on Earth."

She spun on her heel, her hair whipping him in the face and stormed off. The effect was ruined however when her bag was tugged off her shoulder and she was almost pulled over.

"I'll just put this in here, you can open it later." He slid the little red box into her bag and then stepped towards her and draped the bag strap back over her shoulder, carefully brushing her hair to the side so it didn't get caught under the strap.

Lily shrugged his hands away.

"Get off me."

Potter smiled, holding his hands up in surrender.

"Merry Christmas, Evans," he said before turning and sauntering back towards the portrait hole. He looked back over his shoulder and blew her a kiss as the Fat Lady swung forward.

Lily huffed angrily and continued down to the library. That boy was insufferable.

Finding a quiet table near the Potions section of the library, Lily sat down to wait for Severus. She began pulling her books and quill out of her bag when Potter's little gift box tumbled onto her lap.

She picked it up, glared at it and finally let her curiosity get the better of her. Glancing around quickly to make sure Severus wasn't about to walk over, she gently pulled at the golden ribbon which slid off and pooled on the desk. She lifted the lid off the box and saw the briefest glimpse of a golden heart-shaped necklace before a little shower of stars and sparks erupted out of the box along with a warbling voice.

"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…"

Lily slammed the lid back down and thrust the box right to the bottom of her bag, her face bright red. She was going to hex the smirk right off of Potter's face next time she saw him.

A/N – Well, there you go, day 1 done! Thanks for reading, I hope you liked it, it would be lovely to hear what everyone thought so if you want to leave a little review… :)

And hopefully I'll be able to keep this up all month!