Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters sadly, Im just borrowing them for the time being. The only ones who are mine are Raea, and Amelia.

The scarlet train appeared as Lily stepped onto the platform with her family. After six years the sight still took her breath away. Seeing that train was so comforting. She was going back to her home away from home. Lily looked around with excitement to find her friends, only to catch her mother's expression.

"Oh Lily! I hate sending you off every year!" her mom said with tears in her eyes, "I miss you so much!"

"Mom, I'll be just fine," she responded, giving her a hug.

"See you at Christmas Lils. And congratulations again on getting head girl. We are so proud of you," her dad said, taking his turn to hug her.

"Bye Dad," Lily said before turning to her sister, who had her arms folded across her chest, and a look of disgust on her face. But Lily could see the longing in her eyes as she looked at the train.

"Tunie?" Lily said carefully.

"See you later, Freak," Petunia said before turning and walking strait back through the barrier.

Lily sighed staring at the barrier, then said a final goodbye to her parents before they followed Petunia back to Kings Cross Station.

The train whistle blew and only then did Lily realize she hadn't gotten her luggage onto the train yet. She started panicking as she attempted to shove her trunk up the steps and keep her owl cage from falling. Suddenly strong arms came from inside the train and grabbed the other end of her trunk, pulling it in easily. Lily looked up to see the identity of her savior, hurrying off the platform as the train started to move, and instantly frowned as she saw the untidy black hair.

"Thank you Potter," Lily said grudgingly as the boy hefted her trunk into a better position.

"Lilykins!" James said, a huge smile lighting up his face.

"Oh my gosh, no!" Lily screamed, as she had just noticed the badge on James' chest. It looked just like hers, except that it said Head Boy instead of Head Girl. "Who in their right mind would make you Head Boy!?"

"Dumbledore apparently," James said smiling, "Wont this year be so fun!? We get to spend so much time together!"

Lily groaned as she grabbed the handle of her trunk and started dragging it down the car. James followed her as she looked in each compartment trying to find her friends.

"Potter! Why don't you just leave me alone?!" she said after he trod on her heels for the fifth time.

"Aw, Lilykins! Don't be like that!" he pouted.

"Don't call me that!" she yelled. A few people poked their heads out of their compartments to see what the commotion was about. When they saw who it was they just rolled their eyes and continued with what they were doing. It was only Potter and Evans going at it again.

"Jamesie! Where have you been?!" a voice shouted coming out of one of the compartments up ahead.

"Sorry Mum," James said as he was attacked with a hug from his best friend.

Sirius Black was easily the best looking boy at Hogwarts. Everywhere he went he was followed by a group of giggling girls. Sure enough, Lily saw a group of girls in the adjacent compartment who had their faces almost pressed to the glass to stare at Sirius. She also didn't fail to notice that some of the girls were staring at James too. He wasn't quite as handsome as his best friend, but he came in second on the hotness scale. Coming in third was the dirty-blond haired boy who sat inside the compartment Sirius had just run out of. Remus Lupin was a quiet boy, and a prefect to boot. His was a sort of rugged handsomeness. He was already finding some gray hairs, and constantly had dark circles under his eyes. This all suited him though. Sitting across from him was a small watery-eyed boy, slightly on the pudgy side, who didn't even make the list in any size, shape, or form. Nobody understood why the three most handsome boys in school were friends with Peter Pettigrew, but the four boys together made up the infamous Marauders.

Lily rolled her eyes at the group, and shoved past Sirius and James and started heading down the train again.

"Lily!" James shouted to her retreating back, "You should come sit with us!"

"Drop dead Potter," she said without even turning around, "I'm going to go find my friends."

"I think I saw them in the next car," Remus said, popping his head out of the compartment.

"Thank you Remus," Lily said, flashing him a smile before she stepped into the next car. As she slid the door shut though, she heard Remus say, "What was that for!?" She looked back and saw Remus rubbing the back of his head with James standing over him, a furious expression on his face.

Lily laughed as she turned again to the other car. As soon as she opened the door though, she heard a shriek, and barely saw it coming before she was mobbed by her three favorite people at Hogwarts. Raea, Alice, and Amelia had been her best friends for over six years. Lily stepped back to look at her best friends.

Raea Carnell was the prettiest girl at Hogwarts. She had a perfect body, creamy porcelain skin, and a beautiful face, with honey-brown eyes that could lure in any boy. Her blond tresses were always put up in a skillfully artistic way as she was a genius when it came to hair. Contrary to what most people thought of her though, she was a very quiet and soft spoken girl. She focused mostly on her studies, and didn't fawn over boys like most seventeen year olds.

Next to her stood Alice. Alice Prewett was a very sweet girl with a gentle heart. Her soft brown hair perfectly framed her heart shaped face. She had beautiful clear blue eyes, the color of the sky outside. She was the most outgoing in the group and loved to have a good time.

Last, there was Amelia Bennett. Amelia was a trusting and kind girl. She was optimistic and always looked for the best in people. She had hair as black as midnight, and curiously violet eyes. She could be loud at times, but always knew when to calm down. Focusing on anything serious for any length of time was a real challenge for her, so classes tended to be hard, and she absolutely loathed homework.

Lily hugged each of her friends in turn as they bounced with excitement in the hallway.

"Oh my gosh!" Lily said, "How are you guys? I haven't seen you all summer!"

"More on that later," Amelia said, a serious expression on her face, "Where have you been? We were all so worried!"

"I almost missed the train," she tried to explain, "And then I ran into Potter and Black-"

"Potter is still following you?" Alice asked, exasperated.

"Guess so," Lily said, rolling her eyes, "He asked me to sit with them."

"Well you don't have to worry about that anymore," Raea laughed, pulling Lily into their compartment.

This is a new story I am trying. I have never done anything this long with chapters and everything, so help me please! haha Any Reviews or just random comments would be so awesome! I mainly just wanted to use this first chapter to introduce all of the characters. I will try to update once a week, I might even update more depending on how well Im able to write that week. Please leave a comment, I know a ton of people read this, and usually only like two actually comment. It helps me out so much when people comment! haha

-Yvonne