:Prologue:

A young girl with red hair and green eyes boarded the Hogwarts Express for the first time in her life. She was so excited that she had trouble holding on to her trunk so with a big bang she dropped it on the ground. All of her newly bought school-things fell out and created a terrible mess on the platform.

"Oh, you should have let us help you with that, Lily-dear," a woman who also had red hair said while she and her husband quickly started to pick Lily's things up.

"Need a hand?"

Lily looked up and saw a pretty girl with big brown hair and big brown eyes. Her nose was covered with freckles and she was smiling widely.

"I'm Emma Baxter," she introduced herself as she bend down to help.

"I'm Lily Evans."

They finally got Lily's trunk on the train and she kissed her parents goodbye just as the train started to move. Quickly she jumped on and waved at her parents.

"Bye Lily-dear! Have a great time. We'll see you again for Christmas. Love you!" her mom yelled like all the other parents and waved.

Lily felt sad about leaving her parents. She had never been away from them for so long before but she was also very excited about meeting new people and seeing new places.

"Do you want to find a compartment?" Emma asked and Lily was glad she had found someone to talk to this fast.

"Sure."

The train was full of students and it was really hard to get through so Lily accidentally bumped into a boy on her way.

"Sorry," she said and turned to look at him. He had blond hair and Lily would have thought he looked handsome if it hadn't been for the evil scowl on his face.

"Watch where you're going, stupid red-head," he growled and turned away.

Lily was stunned. She hadn't expected him to be this rude.

Almost all of the compartments were full but the two girls managed to find an empty one at last.

"Phew. Finally!"

Emma sighed and sat down near the window. Lily closed the door and did the same.

Emma was very talkative and kept asking Lily all kinds of questions until they were interrupted by two boys who opened the door to their compartment. They both had black hair but one of them looked like he had never seen a comb in his whole life. His hair was so untidy that it almost looked ridiculous.

"Do you mind us sitting inhere with you? Everywhere else is full," the one with untidy hair asked but he had already closed the door again and was walking towards the seat next to Lily.

"Holy moly! Your hair's on fire!" he blurted when he saw Lily's hair and sat down.

Lily immediately reacted by sticking her tongue out and pushing him. She had been teased with her hair her whole life and she was sick of it.

"Hey!" the other boy exclaimed as the first one fell on the floor.

"Don't make fun of my hair!" she hissed and crossed her arms.

The boy on the floor laughed and stood up.

"Carrot," he said to provoke her and it certainly worked. Both Lily and Emma jumped up and pushed the boys out of the compartment.

"Stay away!" Lily said sternly as she slammed the door in front of them. They stuck out their tongues and laughed as they hurried away.

"I hope I never see him again," Lily grunted and thought it couldn't get any worse.