Great! Life can be hard at times, even when you think its perfect. Already lily's parents were arguing on whether to send her to Hogwarts or not. Yes she is a witch and she is proud of it. She didn't care so much when her sister ignored her since the incident…

Flashback start:

Petunia and Lily were in their back garden when they were nine, just playing on the swings, when the strangest thing happened. Lily was swinging so high that she lost control of the swing and fell off. If not for her magic, then she would have probably broken a leg or even cracked her neck! But luckily, that did not happen. Instead she hovered in the air just before hitting the ground. Amazed by this, still in shock, she stumbled as she got up. Carefully controlling her balance, she walked over to where Petunia was standing, gaping at lily like a fish, she shrieked, "Freak! How in the world did you do that?! You were about to kill yourself and then you just hovered above ground! These things always happen around you since we were three!" lily's emerald eyes filled with tears, did she,her own sister call her a freak?! Who did she think she was? " How this happened I know not of but I definitely know that I am NOT a freak! How COULD you call me that?! I just got LUCKY that's all, and there you go on about how I'M a freak when you even can't control your own HAIR!" she exclaimed, anger rushing over her like a lightning bolt. As for the hair, it was true, it was fizzy and curly. " You always think your so perfect don't you? Huh? Yes mother always had a special placein HER heart for YOU right? 'LILY this and LILY that, oh and how you are such a WONDERFUL daughter to have' but no nothing special about ordinary Petunia, no she isn't special at all, all she does is sit in her room all day and PLAY with her dollies! You don't even come to check on me lil's. And you're saying that I'm exaggerating! You and your freak SNAPE can have fun together without me!" and with that stormed of into the house before lily could reply. Lily was outraged! She did NOT think she was perfect or SPECIAL! God how she hated her sister sometimes! And worst of all, insulting Severus, her best friend, was the last draw! She had to do something about her sister and that was it! Lily ran inside and grabbed petunias hair…

End of flashback:

Oh that memory was so merciful, even if she loved her sister then, but now she felt nothing, not a single feeling towards her sister. Maybe deep down (but oh so very deep) she loved her. But knowing that she was a witch, her sister probably did not know if she cared for Lily in the same way. Meanwhile, her parents where still blabbering on weather she should or not go, " Oh just give it a break will you! Its really my choice if I go isn't it? And yes I want to go so stop arguing and forget about it! I'll just send a reply letter that I'm going to the school and its sorted." her parents just looked at her blankly for a moment, but agreed with her solution. With a sigh of relief, she went to her room to look at her list of school equipment she had to buy.

Meanwhile, at Potter Manor, James potter was sitting in his room and waiting for his best friend, Sirius Black, to come over. What he did not know was that any second now, Sirius could come over. Instead James just had a quick flashback…

Flashback start:

James met Sirius in Diagon Alley. Sirius was with his parents, annoyed by their stupidity of how close they were to the Potters. Of coarse they did not care weather somebody overheard, especially Mr. Potter, because they were blacks, lonesome, annoying, ignorant blacks. As they all say, bad blood never changes a person. Sirius was annoyed with his parents for being such brats all the time, they always talked about people behind their backs and never listened to what he had to say. He just never acted like a black at times. But as he saw him, James potter, everything changed. ignoring his parents remarks and warnings about the potters, he walked up to James and said holding out , "Hi my name is Sirius, Sirius Black." James just stared at him in shock and took his hand, " The Sirius back? From the black family?" he asked, nervous of weather to talk to him or not, "Yeah I know, I get that all the time! I hate it when that happens! ' All blacks are useless' I'm just normal though, no hate in muggle-borns and no believing in higher standards being pure-blooded, just an ordinary wizard who is against all horrid remarks against muggle-borns"

"Well then, I guess you should join us in that case! Call me James! I was just going with my parents to the robe shop. You can come with us!" James replied. "I'd rather not, otherwise my parent will kill me if I don't go back to them in time for lunch. I guess I'll see you later…"

End of flashback:

From that day forward, he and Sirius were friends, best friends. And now he was going to diagon alley to buy his school thing with Sirius. James wondered what sort of friends he would have at school, weather he was going to be popular or not, or if he would even have friends at all. But know it does not matter because as long as he and Sirius stick together, they will be fine.

He was suddenly brought out of his thoughts as the doorbell rang. So he practically jumped down the stairs and opened the door to find Sirius standing in front of him. Grinning at James, he entered the house and started talking about what they were going to learn in school this year, and what the school would be like. Mr and Mrs potter had just walked in and Mr potter said, " time to go lads, otherwise the place will be packed and we will have to wait long in the queue." so James an Sirius got their things and used the floo transport to get to a girl called Lily Evans.

Lily was just getting ready to go get her school equipment when she heard Petunia scream in her room. Lily rushed up the stairs to see what is going on. Lily burst through the door and saw an owl standing in petunias window, tapping the glass. Shocked, lily opened the window so that the owl could fly through. The owl glided past onto a table and stood there like a sculpture. The owl chirped as lily noticed that there was a piece of parchment on the owls leg. Slowly, she took out the parchment and read it:

Dear Miss Evans,

I would like to inform you that there will be a visitor coming to escort you to Diagon Alley at twelve o'clock where you will be able to get all your equipment from, including a wand. I hope you will enjoy yourself buying your equipment. The visitor is coming by floo.

Yours sincerely,

The minister of magic.

P.S. The owl may bite.

Lily read through the parchment over at least three times to understand what this was about. Surprised by the encounter, she rushed downstairs to show her parents the parchment.

Her parents agreed to this as they did not know where to go, or how to get there. So lily sat back down relived by the sudden time, eleven o'clock, got out one of her books (muggle books) and read. Great, she thought, know all I have to do I wait. And rolled her eyes at her own comment.

James was suddenly scared of how the girl would react to him. Would the girl like him, or despise him? Did Dumbledore tell the girl that they were coming? Would he surprise her or scare her? These were the questions that haunted him throughout the hour of waiting.

When it was time to go, he took a handful of floo powder and stepped into the fireplace. This was not his first time that he used floo transport, but still he never got used to it either. He shouted, " Lily Evans' house!" and disappeared within the green flames. Unluckily for James, the fireplace was blocked with some kind of barrier and had to wait until his father had arrived after him. All his father did was say, " Bombarda!" and the barrier exploded.

James' POV:

That was when he saw her, Lily Evans, looking at me with startled eyes. Her breathing uneven, slowly putting down her book, she came over to us and asked, "you're the person that shall be taking me to get my equipment are you not?" her eyes reaching mine at last. At that very moment, I melted into them. They were a perfect green, like a thousand emeralds glistening in the sun, with a tad of silver. It took me a few moments in my brain to recover from the sight. As I was pulling myself together, Lily was waiting patiently for an answer. Her eyebrows furrowed together as I did not answer and just gaped at her, so she turned to my father who gave me a stern look. I closed my mouth and controlled my emotions, despite the temptation to look at her again in the eyes. Instead I focused on her hair. Her lovely, silky, ginger hair. I could practically imagine how soft it felt. It was just below her shoulders, probably just cut it recently although it may be naturally like that. She looked so fragile, anything could snap her like a twig and yet maybe not, maybe she just looked it and was a completely different person altogether.

A loud screeching noise stunned me out of my daydream. Another small girl was standing in the doorway leading to the kitchen, screaming her head of at Lily. I had no idea what was going on so I just stood up and walked over to the girl to calm her down, but instead of calming down, she kicked me in my balls and ran off upstairs somewhere. I lay there, withering on the ground as Sirius came through the fireplace along with my mother. "James mate what the hell happened?" Sirius asked laughing his head off as he noticed me. "Jamsie! Darling are you alright? Who did this to you!? You poor thing!" my mother was in hysterics when she saw me. I did not like looking weak so I stood up and made a face, "Muum! Nothing happened that's all I just wanted to calm down… what's her name. Nothing happened, really, I just got hit in the wrong place at the wrong time." Sirius had just stopped laughing and grinned at me. " way with the ladies, you can't even calm them!" and started laughing again. On the other hand, Lily came to see if I was alright and mumbled something that I didn't catch. There was an awkward silence " are we going to go or are we going to just stand here like ducks in a pond?" Sirius' sudden outburst surprised everyone. " yes lets go but first let me introduce myself, I'm Robert Potter and this is my wife, Christine, my son, James, and this is Sirius black, a friend of James', who will be joining us today to also gather his school things. Now, are there any questions?" my dad explained. Lily had one, "Yes, what is floo?"

"ah yes that is how we will be travelling to diagon alley. If you would just get ready and we'll be off." Lily took some money from her parents and was ready to go. " darling have you ever travelled by floo before?" my mother asked. Lily shook her head. " then you can go with James if you don't mind dear" I was shocked when my mother said my name, so I looked at her and she winked! Oh I really hate her at times, but she is after all my mother. And that's what they're for.

Lily's POV:

I was just sitting there minding my own business when suddenly I hear a loud crack and some murmuring. Then there was a loud bang and the word 'bombarda' was being said and the fireplace collapsed as if there was an earthquake. Startled, I turned to look at the fireplace and there stood a boy and a man who (I thought) had no business here. My breathing became uneven and as I put down my book the boy looked at me amused. Ah yes its twelve o'clock, they're here to take me to get my things. So I casually got up and tried not to stumble over something as I walked towards them. "you're the person that shall be taking me to get my school equipment are you not?" I asked, looking at the boy. That was when I met the boys eyes.

They were hazel like the leaves in the autumn. They had a warm fuzzy feeling to them that I liked, maybe he will be my friend! His hair was as black as coal, also very messy, like he could not brush it in a million years. And I liked it, it looked natural. He also had circular glasses which made his face look so adorable. Was he a wizard? Will he come to my school? Is he coming with us? These were the questions that haunted me at the moment. I waited patiently for an answer, but suddenly his mouth dropped open and started gaping at me like a fish. That brings back memories… My brow furrowed. Lets not think about that now Lily. Great now I'm talking to myself, first sign of madness… I turned t o the man standing next to the boy, hoping for an answer. Before he could even open his mouth to speak, there she was, Petunia screaming her head off at me. I did not know what she was talking about until I looked at the fireplace. It was completely smashed. Now I know what she was on about. By the time I turned back the boy was already trying to calm Petunia in the wrong way, by putting his hands on her shoulders. I could only guess what would happen next, a kick in the balls, and before I knew it, he was on the floor withering. I looked at the man for help but he just shook his head. Then another boy and a woman came through the fireplace. Confused, I just stayed there until I understood what was going on. The boy with the woman started saying, "James mate, what the hell happened?" and laughed in the middle of his sentence. Ok so the first boy is James, but James who? Suddenly the woman exclaimed, "Jamsie! Are you alright? Who did this to you!? You poor thing!"

James said, "Muum nothing happened, I just wanted to calm down… what's her name. Nothing happened really, I just got hit in the wrong place at the wrong time." the second boy stopped laughing and grinned at James "way with the ladies! You can't even calm them!" and started laughing again. I rolled my eyes and went up to James to see if he was OK. His eyes glistened when he saw me come over. I had to hide my face with my hair to hide my blush. "God why do I have to blush?" I mumbled to myself, hoping that he did not hear me. There was an awkward silence "Are we going to go or are we going to just stand here like ducks in a pond?" asked the boy, obviously annoyed with the sudden silence and surprising everyone with his sudden outburst. "Yes lets go but first let me introduce myself, I'm Robert Potter, this is my wife, Christine, this is my son, James, and this is Sirius Black, a friend of James', who will be joining us today also to gather his school things. Now, are there any questions?" the man asked. So now the man is Robert Potter, the woman is Christine Potter, and the second boy is Sirius Black. " Yes, what is floo?" I asked curious of the way we would travel. "Ah yes, that is the way we will be travelling to Diagon Alley so if you would just get ready and we'll be off." Mr Potter said. Great that helped a lot. I don't know how to use the floo or anything. Just to be polite, I went to get money from my parents. As I was coming back, Mrs Potter asked, " Darling, have you ever travelled by floo before?" I shook my head. Of coarse not, I live with non magic folk if you need to know. "then you can go with James if you don't mind dear." I blushed, and quickly glanced at James to see he had a shocked smile on his face. He looked at his mother in a hopeful look but I did not see what Mrs Potter had to say to it. James just grinned at me as I went to stand next to him…

Robert's POV

As the girl, Lily Evans, went to stand next to my son, his eyes sparkled. That had not happened since his grandparents were murdered a few weeks ago. Oh she's the one and I know it. The way he looked at her when he first saw her was just fascinating. And the way he's standing there next to her, his body language confident, but hers uncomfortable, was just the way it was supposed to be. Ah yes, I may be a man, but women are not the only ones to notice this. Men do too. Plus Lily's soft ginger hair and green eyes will make a difference in the family. They must be destined for each other. But I have a feeling that James will make it hard for that to happen, knowing him. "right, James, come and get a handful of floo powder. As he came, she looked more and more uncomfortable with what was going to happen. Or maybe I'm wrong. "Lily go stand in the fireplace please." I explained to her. Just as James was about to go, I whispered in his ear, "you know that you will have to stand really close to her, well more like hold on to her" I winked, "go get her!" I just saw James' cheeks flush. That's my boy. James walked into the fireplace and held lily's arm. Luckily she didn't retaliate. James shouted "Diagon Alley" and they were both gone. When Sirius was gone, Christine said, " Ah, young love, such a wonderful thing." everyone else nodded except for me. "I have a feeling that something is going to happen between them later on. So I wouldn't call this love at first sight. But still, I may be wrong." everyone looked at me while I said this. Christine laughed silently and Lily's parents stared.

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Chapter end notes:

Hello everyone! This is my first fan fiction ever so please review. I'm not sure weather to make this a one shot or not but I think I'll carry on. I'm only 12 so don't get me wrong at times. Luv ya…

Author notes: all characters belong to J. and so on…