Love; There and back again
ATTENTION!! ~MAJOR DISCLAIMER~ THIS STORY IS NOT WRITTEN BY ME, IT WAS WRITTEN BY GRYFFINDORBABEXHOT FROM . SHE HAS GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO POST THIS AS A FANFIC. ALL CHARACTERS BELONG TO JK ROWLING, EXCEPT SOME OC'S ARE BABEXHOTTS'.
Chapter 1:
Best Friends and Ex-best friends.
Ring!
"That's it students. Pencils down and pass your papers up. This is the end of the test." Mrs. Griggs said. The fourth graders of New Bridge Elementary School had just taken their test on 'Islands of the Blue Dolphins' a book about a girl that gets stranded, but can talk to Dolphins.
The students in Mrs. Griggs class lined up at the door getting ready to be taken outside for Recess. Among those students were a boy and girl. And this is where our tale starts. The tale of how one learned to love again and how one learned to change.
James Potter was at the head of the line as usual. He was a 10-year-old boy with jet-black untidy hair. He was fairly slim and loved trouble. His best friend was Lily Evans. She stood next to him smiling. Lily had flaming long red hair and gorgeous green eyes. She was slim and had a nice figure. She was beautiful to every boy in her class - except James.
Mrs. Griggs, a lady in her 40's with long blond hair and brown eyes, walked her class down the steps outside. The children ran outside and onto the playground as Mrs. Griggs walked upstairs.
"Race you to the swings" James said to Lily.
"You know you can't beat me in a race" Lily said.
"Wanna bet?" James asked
"Sure, 50 pence" Lily said.
"Deal" James said and shook her hand.
The two raced off and James seemed to be winning. He got in front of Lily by two inches until she zoomed past him. Lily continued to run until she successfully sat on a swing.
"You owe me 50 pence" Lily replied as James sat on a swing next to Lily.
"Yeah, I'll pay you at lunch" James sighed and began to swing.
"So what did you think of the test?" Lily asked as she began to swing.
"Easy, you?" James asked
"Easy, but I thought Question 15 was a little tricky-" Lily began but stopped as Matt Richardson sat one the swing next to Lily.
"Hi Lily" Matt said.
"Hi Matt" Lily replied
"So are you and James kissing yet?" Matt asked
Lily blushed red as James rolled his eyes.
"Matt, the day Lily and I kiss is the day you can talk to a girl," James said.
"Ha ha. Well everyone thinks you guys will like go out next year," Matt said
"Oh really and what about you? Can't even say hi to a girl yet you can talk to me," Lily said
"That's because your not a girl but a beast" Matt replied.
"Why you!" James exclaimed as Lily tried to punch Matt.
James pulled Lily off of Matt, as Matt walked away. Lily screamed in fury. James quickly let go of her.
"I hate Matt! He is so annoying. Why can't he just by accident walk off a cliff?" Lily asked.
"Want me to push him?" James asked
"What's the catch?" Lily asked
"I don't have to pay you your fifty pence" James smirked. Lily laughed.
The whistle rang and James and Lily ran inside with everyone else. They got on line and purchased their lunch. Lily sat across from James. Lily's other friend Vanessa sat next to James. James blushed scarlet and Lily threw him a nasty look.
Lily always liked James. Who couldn't? He was handsome, smart, and very athletic. But Lily. Who would like Lily? She was the bookworm with all the answers. Oh, how she hoped and prayed that James would like her.
They ate their lunch talking about what they would be doing in gym that day. James always hoped it would be a sport, but Lily would always hope they would do something less violent. Vanessa would never bet because she knew she would lose. Today James won.
"Today, we will be playing dodgeball. Same rules apply as last time. Throw the balls at people not in the face but below the shoulder, thank you. Ok. Let's see. Potter! Lawson! Get up here" Coach McCormick said pointing to James and Emily.
James and Emily walked to the center of the gym and looked at their classmates. James and Emily gave each other a look of hate. 'It's Dodgeball World. My game' James thought. They looked over the entire class but James couldn't stop looking at Vanessa. How her long black hair feel to her shoulders. Her chocolate brown eyes were so beautiful. He kept day dreaming until he heard a familiar voice.
"Potter!" Coach called.
"Yes?" James asked coming back to earth.
"Pick one of your teammates" the coach replied
"Oh sorry, Lily" James said pointing to Lily.
"Marissa" Emily said.
"Vanessa" James said and watched as she joined his group.
The groups continued to grow and grow until the entire class was in two teams. Coach handed out a dodge ball to every student who took the ball with pleasure. James looked over at Vanessa and she turned scarlet. James quickly blushed and turned the other way to look at Lily. Lily looked like she was going to hit James with the dodge ball before anyone else.
The coach blew the whistle and the only sound you could hear were dodge balls colliding with students. Lily quickly threw hers at Matt, which hit him in his left knee. Lily smiled like she had just found a pot of gold as Matt went to the side of the room.
She ducked a dodge ball thrown by Alex, and quickly threw another dodge ball at Andy who was aiming his at James. James threw his at Kristine and watched her go to the side. Minutes later the only four students still standing were James, Lily, Emily, and Caterina.
James threw his at Emily and missed, but as Emily went to go pick the dodge ball up Lily threw hers at Emily. Caterina quickly launched hers at Lily and hit her in the ankle. Lily walked away watching James throw a dodge ball at Caterina. It hit her. James' team won!
After gym they walked back to the classroom and prepared themselves for their most hated subject, math. Mrs. Griggs was going on about multiplying fractions. James put his head on his desk and dozed off. But his doze didn't last long when Lily sent an eraser at his head.
"Sorry Mrs. Griggs. My eraser fell." Lily said as she got up to pick it up. As she bent down she whispered 'Stay Awake!' Lily walked back to her desk and continued scribbling down notes.
After the final bell rang, James and Lily got their bags and hurried out the door. James raced Lily back to his house where Lily always came over for snacks.
Mrs. Potter was inside levitating cookies over to the dining room table with her wand. She saw James and Lily approached and quickly hid her wand. She put down the cookies on the table and made sure her wand was safe.
"Hello dears. How was school?" Mrs. Potter asked as she hugged James and then Lily.
"It was god mom," James said as he sat down.
"Lily, your mom called and said that she is driving your sister to violin practice. Your father has to work late tonight so you're spending dinner here." Mrs. Potter said.
"Sweet" James said.
"Thanks Mrs. Potter" Lily said admiring Mrs. Potters good looks.
Mrs. Potter had brown short hair. Her eyes were hazel and reminded Lily of James' eyes.
"So, what do you want to do first? Math or English homework" James said as he took out his books.
"English. Get the hard stuff over with" Lily laughed.
"Alright" James said and began to work on their English work.
After they finished their homework, they went outside and played football. James was always better but Lily played anyway. She loved spending time with him. Later they were called in for pizza.
James and Lily started putting their books away, when Mrs. Evans arrived. Mrs. Evans had Lily's long red hair but her eyes were blue.
"Hello James" Mrs. Evans said smiling.
"Hi" James said simply.
"Well Lily, ready to come home?" Mrs. Evans asked
"Yes" Lily said dully, knowing she would be going home no matter what she said.
"So. How was it with James?" Petunia asked as she sat down on Lily's bed.
"He's so cute." Lily said dreamily.
"You know, maybe you guys will eventually go out" Petunia replied
"He doesn't like me Petunia. I have a bad feeling he likes Vanessa" Lily sighed as she lay down.
"Don't worry Lily," Petunia said tying to comfort her sister.
"You don't have to worry. You have your boyfriend Vernon." Lily said.
"Yeah, but it took me two years for him to notice me" Petunia replied.
"But you sill got him" Lily said angrily.
"And one day you'll have James too" Petunia said.
"Ok students. Listen up. I know you all are excited for summer vacation but you all have to take your last test first." Mrs. Griggs said.
Everyone began to groan as the sun was shinning so beautifully. Lily could only imagine how great her summer would be. Mrs. Griggs handed them their tests and set her timer.
"You have thirty minutes...and go" Mrs. Griggs said starting the timer.
"Summer at last" James said as he walked outside once more with Lily and Vanessa.
"I know it's a relief. No more tests, quizzes, or homework" Vanessa sighed.
"Yes. Just hanging out and sleeping" Lily said.
"I think this summer is going to be the best, don't you think?" Vanessa asked James.
"Yeah. It should be full of surprises" James replied.
Summer report cards were sent home weeks later. Lily woke one morning in her room and quickly got dressed. She put on her green spaghetti strapped tank top and denim shorts. She quickly put her hair in a ponytail and ran downstairs.
"Morning" Lily said as she sat down.
"Morning dear" Lily's dad said.
"I made eggs" Lily's mom added.
"Did the mail come yet?" Lily asked.
"No dear, it's only 9am. Relax, I'm sure your fine" Lily's dad said.
"What if I'm not!" Lily said outraged.
"Lily, chill. If anyone should worry its me. I had to take finals this year" Petunia said.
"Please Lily. Just eat and relax" Lily's mum said.
"Fine" Lily said trying to relax.
Lily ate her breakfast quickly and began to pace around the living room. Petunia practiced her violin completely ignoring her sister. Lily eventually got dizzy and sat down. She put her head in her hands and sighed.
Lily watched some television until she saw the mailman approaching. She ran outside nearly knocking over Petunia's violin stand. She hurried outside and met the mailman at her mailbox.
"I'll take those" Lily said as the mailman was taking out the mail.
"Have a good day now" the man said and walked off.
Lily scanned through the mail and found her report card. She found it and put it on tope of the pile. She began to run to James' house when she just realized she still had the other mail. She threw the mail backwards but it did something different. Lily expected it to fall all over the grass but instead the mail flew into the house and landed on the counter in the kitchen.
Lily glared at the mail wondering how the mail did that. Her mom came outside with the same puzzled look.
"Lily, did you see that?" her mum asked.
"Yeah" Lily said. "I didn't mean to. I just threw it and it flew"
"I know you didn't. It's just strange," her mum said worried.
"Maybe I'm just having an odd day? If anything else happens I'll come home" Lily said.
"Alright" her mum said and walked inside.
Lily began to run again towards James' house. Lily looked at the lawn and noticed James wasn't sitting outside for her. She walked around the block but couldn't find him. This was odd for Lily. James always was around.
She continued walking. Her report card in her hand not even daring to open it. She only opened report cards with James. It was tradition since they met in kindergarten.
*Flashback*….
"Hi Lily" James said
"Hi James" Lily said
6 year old Lily Evans was standing outside the schoolyard. She was
wearing a light green sundress. Her hair was parted evenly into high
pigtails. She wore a pair of orange sandals. James was wearing shorts and a Batman T-shirt. He smiled at her and held out his report card.
"Lily, I was wondering if you wanted to open these cards together and then go get some ice cream" James said smiling sweetly.
"Sure thing James." Lily said and took the card from James.
"You look pretty" James said touching his untidy black hair.
"You look pretty too" Lily smiled.
Lily opened the card and gave it to James. He saw many letters and numbers. A couple he recognized as 'A', 'B', and the number '4'. Lily opened hers and read the 'A's and '4's. She smiled at James as she took his hand. James squeezed her hand and smiled at her.
He then quickly kissed her cheek. Lily turned a little pink and smiled.
"What was that for?" Lily asked.
"I saw a fly" James said.
"Really?" Lily said letting go of James' hand and touching the spot he kissed her.
"No" James laughed. "I said you looked pretty"
Lily took James' hand and ran over to their parents. Their parents were talking happily and then saw their kids come over to them. Lily handed her mom her report card and let go of James' hand.
They walked to the local ice cream store around the block and walked inside. James had vanilla ice cream,while Lily had chocolate.
End Flashback…
And that had been the tradition. They would open report cards together and then have ice cream. So that where Lily went. She walked around the corner to the local ice cream store.
She looked in the store window to see James with…Vanessa. Lily's jaw dropped as he watched James kiss Vanessas cheek. Lily watched as Vanessa whispered something in James' ear and he began to laugh. Lily's heart began to break when she saw James take out is report card.
He continued to talk to Vanessa. Then they opened their report cards at the same time. Lily's heart snapped. James had broken their tradition. And then it got worse. James leaned in and kissed Vanessa…on her lips.
Vanessa kissed him back and Lily watched as her heart ripped apart. She saw Vanessa looked up and saw Lily through the window. She broke apart and nudged James. He turned around and saw Lily.
Lily's eyes were puffy and her report card was still in her hands. She began to run away as she heard James come out of the shop. He gabbed her arm and Lily forced it away in pure sadness.
"Lily, what's wrong?" James asked.
"YOU! YOU ARRGONANT TOE RAG! MY BEST FRIEND SINCE WE WERE SIX FORGETS ABOUT OUR BIGGEST TRADITION! I LOOK FOR YOU AND FIND YOU ARE MAKING OUT WITH MY BEST FRIEND! AND VANESSA KISSES YOU BACK EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HER HOW I LIKED YOU! YES JAMES! I LIKED YOU!" Lily screamed in fury and upsetness.
"Lily...I don't like you more than a friend. I see you as my sister not as a crush" James said, hurt.
"Well, I saw you as a nice boy who seemed to like the one person no one else would like" Lily said to the ground, crying.
"Lily, please I want to be your friend" James said touching Lily's hand.
"No James. It kills me to see you like Vanessa and after this being friends is horrible, no James" Lily said.
"Well, you know what! I don't want to be friend with you either. All you love is books." James screamed as Lily began to walk away.
"That's a laugh, and you? Your a sports fanatic!" Lily screamed back.
"Well at least I'm not in love with my best friend!" James screamed.
But then Lily felt her hair begin to stick up. She took out her ponytail to see her hair all over the place.
"What did you do!?" Lily screamed as she tried flattening her hair.
James then felt his glasses snap in half. He carefully picked them up from the floor and looked at the shattered lens.
"What did you do!?" James screamed back.
"I don't know, do you think I can control everything?" Lily screamed back
"Sure, lets see read my mind Captain Book-Lover" James screamed.
Lily began to run away smearing the tears in her face. She continued to run until she tripped. She looked up to see James in front of her.
"What did you do now Potter?" Lily snarled.
"Well Evans, I just tried to catch up to you." James replied.
"Get out of my
face or I'll punch it" Lily said.
"Who would punch my pretty face?" James asked innocently.
"Well isn't that arrogant of you." Lily said.
"Why thank you" James replied.
Lily threw her fist at James' face and watched James fall down in pain. His fingers were covering his nose that was all bloody. She smiled simply and waked away.
She held her report card and looked angrily at it. She began to rip it up
until she heard a voice she never heard before.
"Now, Miss Evans. Why would you do that? "A man said.
Lily looked up to see her report card in a man's hand completely together
unbroken or ripped.
Lily stared at the man for a moment. He was so odd. First of all, he was wearing a cloak in broad daylight. Second of all the cloak was pure lilac and went down to the man's feet. The man looked older than most for he had a long white beard. He also was wearing an odd hat. He smiled at her and Lily began to panic.
'STRANGER DANGER!' Lily screamed in fear and ran away.
Lily continued to run until she had entered her house. She ran into her mom's arms and began to whimper.
"Mom, this man. He seemed old and he did something to my report card. I ripped it up because I was mad and he gave it to me fixed. Nothing was wrong with it. I'm scared" Lily whispered.
"What man -" Mrs. Evans began but saw the man come down the street.
Mrs. Evans continued to watch the man until she saw Mr. & Mrs. Potter come outside looking pleased. Petunia walked outside followed by Lily and her mother.
"Professor Dumbledore" Mr. Potter said pleased.
"Hello Charles" the man said smiling.
"Professor" Mrs. Potter smiled.
"Ah, hello Christina. How lovely to see you, I'm actually on business here" the man said with his eyes twinkling.
"James? James performed…you know what" Charles whispered.
"Yes, he and another." The man replied.
"Who?" Christina replied.
"Well, I met the young lady but she seemed to run off, Miss Lily Evans" the man said clearly.
"Lily" Charles said.
"Yes, Lily performed some advance magic for her age" the man laughed.
Mrs. Evans had heard enough. She walked into the street speaking 'What about my daughter?"
"You must be Lily's mother" the man said. "I am Professor Albus Dumbledore. I teach at-" he began but stopped.
"May we please continue this inside?" Christina suggested.
"This is a very good idea" Dumbledore spoke.
They all walked inside the Potter's house and sat down.
"Now, I am a teacher at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We would Miss Evans and Mr. Potter to join us in September." Professor Dumbledore said.
"Witchcraft and Wizardry?" Ms. Evans asked.
"Lily is a witch, she performed some magic this morning. But Mr. Potter has had his name on our list since he was born. He comes form a great family of wizards" Dumbledore said.
"Dad! I want to go to Hogwarts!" James said coming out of the bathroom.
"Of course your going" Mr. Potter said.
"Dear, what happened to your face?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Lily hit me" James said pointing his finger.
"Lily" Mrs. Evans said embarrassed.
"Sorry Potter" Lily mumbled.
"It's ok, I was a jerk," James said.
"Yes, you were" Lily said.
"About this Hogwarts, I have never heard of it." Mrs. Evans said.
"Well, there must be some magic blood in you or Lily would not have powers" Dumbledore said.
"But how am I to send my daughter to a school that I have never seen, heard of, or even knows exists?" Mrs. Evans asked innocently.
"We went there" Mrs. Potter said.
"If you are witches and wizards then why did you send James to a non-magic school?" Mrs. Evans asked.
"Well. James has to get an education for ten years and we want him to learn to be apreciative of muggle life" Mr. Potter said.
"If I did send Lily to this school, I bet she would have to have special stuff and pecial money" Mrs. Evans pointed out.
"We will take Lily when we takes James" Mrs. Potter suggested.
"Splendid, now here are your letters. I will see you on the first of September" Dumbledore said and left.
Lily looked at her letter and opened it. There was a list of many books, a wand, robes, cauldrons, and pets. She began to read the letter to her mom.
'Dear Miss Lily Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Enclosed is the list of necessary books and equipment. Your train ticket is also enclosed with this letter. You are to take the Hogwarts Express at Kings Cross Station from Platform 9 3/4. The train leaves at 11 o'clock sharp. Term starts September 1st.
Hoping to see you at Hogwarts,
Professor Dumbledore
Deputy Headmaster'
"Platform 9 3/4?" Lily asked.
"All the joy of being a witch. There are many surprises." Mrs. Potter winked.