Author's Note: I do not own Harry Potter obviously. This prologue just introduces the charcters and shows the first time Lily and Scorpious meet. Next chapter jumps ahead to Lily's fourth year and things start to really happen. Enjoy! And please review! This is my first attempt at Harry Potter fanfiction.

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Prologue: First Day

"I'm so excited mum!" I cried, jumping up and down.

"I can see that Lily," she laughed as she hugged me close. "Do be careful, and you two," she added to my older brothers, James and Albus, "take care of her."

"Of course," James's fourteen year old face was serious for once.

"Well at least there's no need to worry about Lilly being nervous," my dad said as he ruffled my long red hair affectionately.

My family all stood near the Hogwarts express waiting for our cousins. They should be here any minute.

"I see them!" I yelled, pointing to George and his wife, Alicia, ushering forward their nine children. Alicia (who had been a chaser on the Quidditch team my dad and Uncle George had been on) looked slightly frazzled as she held five year old Seth on one hip and scolded the six year old brother and sister twins, Ada and Alastor, for yanking on nine year old Amara's pony tail. Out of Alicia and George's children Clair was the oldest she was seventeen and going into her final year at Hogwarts. She was head girl and a Ravenclaw, the only one of her siblings not to be in Gryffindor. The identical sixteen year old twins, Kaila and Layla, were going into their sixth year. Fred was Albus's age, thirteen, and therefore going to be in third year and eleven year old Jaxon was the same age as me and going into his first year too. There were shouted greetings and brief hugs as we met our cousins.

"Oui, it's like a family reunion every time we drop our kids off for the train isn't it?" I heard my uncle Ron exclaim.

I looked around and spotted him and Aunt Hermione with thirteen year old Rose who had inherited her red hair from her father just as I had from my mother. Hugo was next to her looking nervous in his new robes. He had his mother's brown hair. I flung myself at Rose to embrace her then babbled excitedly to Hugo.

Last to show were Bill and Fleur. They had their second and youngest daughter, Annabelle, with them. She was a Ravenclaw, like Clair, and was twelve years old. Her thick silvery hair was similar to her mothers and it framed her little face adorably.

There was another flurry of hugs as the students said goodbye to their parents, aunts, uncles, and youngest cousins to climb aboard the Hogwarts Express. We all split up once we were on the train. I dragged Jaxon and Hugo with me while our cousins and siblings went to find their friends. We stuffed our things near in an empty compartment near the back and settled in.

The whistle blew and we started to move. A girl with light blond hair and slightly dazed, unblinking eyes peered into our compartment.

"Jilli!" I cried

Jilli was the daughter of two of my parent's friends, Luna and Dean Thomas. She'd inherited her mother's oddness along with her looks while her thirteen year old sister, Lia, was the complete opposite with her father's dark skin and a fiery attitude. Jilli was a first year too.

"Hello," she sighed dreamily.

"Hey I haven't seen you for, like, two weeks!" I said.

She laughed a little as she led in a timid looking girl with thick dishwater blond hair and perfectly round glasses set on the tip of her nose. The girl smiled and introduced herself as Effie Macmillan.

We kept conversation flowing easily. We talked about what houses we wanted to be in, what position we wished to play in Quiddich, and classes our older siblings had told us about. I was in the middle of explaining James's impression of the elderly headmistress, Professor McGonagall, when a voice interrupted.

"Well, well, well look what we have here. A bunch of newbies am I right?" said a blond boy with grey blue eyes full of arrogance.

He had to be at least two years older then us. Beside him were three boys. One was scrawny but had a menacing smile that sent shivers down my spine. The second was tall and black haired with a serious face and cold dark eyes. The last boy had light brown hair that fell into bright hazel eyes. He'd have an almost friendly look to him if it weren't for the slight smugness about him.

"Ya," Jaxon said.

"Want to be in Gryffindor do you?" the blond boy asked when he noticed the symbol hand carved by Jaxon on the side of his trunk. "Want to be brave," he sneered.

"Cuz you're so brave picking on first year," I imitated his snobby tone.

He stared at me in surprise.

"Scorpious Malfoy, Alaric Zabini, Flame Warrington, and Thor Nott, I should have expected you lot to be picking on innocent first years," growled a voice that sounded very much like James.

I heard footsteps and my big brother peered into the compartment to find Hugo, Effie, and Jilli huddled together in fear while I stood defiantly in front of them and Jaxon was half raised from his seat as if to jump to my aid if he needed to. James blinked in surprise and the stern, angry expression on his face went to murderous and furious beyond reason.

I'd never seen him so angry as he turned to Malfoy and his gang. They seemed to falter a little under his dark gaze. I trembled, not wanting this to turn into a fight. James may have had a year and several inches over the Slytherines but the odds of four to one weren't good.

"You're picking on my sister?" He spat irately.

Malfoy's eyes widened. "How were we supposed to know she was your sister Potter?"

James pulled out his wand and pointed it at Scorpious Malfoy's heart. "If you so much as look at her wrong again I'll torture you until you're begging for death!" He snarled.

'Aw I love you too bro,' I thought, touched by his fierce protectiveness.

"You don't scare me Potter," Malfoy growled, pulling his wand out as well. His friends followed suit.

"James!" I squeaked in terror.

He looked at me and his eyes softened a little.

"James, are you down here?"

"Where did you run off too?"

I sat up in joy. I knew those voices! Albus entered the scene with his best friend, Matt Wood. Albus frowned when he saw the Slytherines and James had their wands raised. Clair was here too, her head-girl badge gleaming on the front of her robes.

"Did you find James?" Kaila and Layla chimed together in a very twin like way.

"What's going on here?" That would be Fred.

"Why the heck is most of our family blocking up the hallway?" Rose yelled.

I was almost laughing with relief. Oh my crazy loving family. What would I do without them? Then everybody seemed to catch on to what was happening.

There were death threats to Malfoy and his buddies as everyone hugged us poor first years and glared daggers at the Slytherine bullies. They embraced Effie and Jilli like they were family too. Everyone looked like they wanted to stab Malfoy then and there so I didn't blame him when he turned and ran, mumbling about insane Weaslys and Potters, his cronies right behind him.

Jaxon, Hugo, Effie, Jilli, and I had to say that we were perfectly fine about a million times before my cousins and brothers believed us. I couldn't stop thanking them in between assurances that no, I wasn't scared for life. While everybody else dispersed Albus and Matt left behind the rest of their friends to stay with us in case there was any more 'trouble'.

"You're brother James is kinda cute when he's mad," Effie admitted quietly.

I stared at her. "What!"

She shrugged. "It's true."

I gaped at my new friend in shock. Nobody had ever told me that before. It was weird.

The rest of the ride went fine. We were all changed into our robes and ready to get to the school by the time we reached our destination. I gripped Albus's arm in excitement once we were off the train.

"We get to ride boats on the lake right Albus? And we might even get to see the giant squid! Right Albus? It's fun isn't it Albus? Then we get sorted by a magical hat huh Albus? I'll probably be in Gryffindor don't you think Albus? I'm so excited Albus! Isn't it wonderful Albus?" I babbled at top speed.

Albus only patted my head and said, "No more sugar for you. EVER!"

Matt Wood just laughed. "She sounds like me first year."

Albus smiled. "And the complete opposite of me."

"Firs' years this way!" I heard a deep voice yelling.

"That's HAGRID!!!" I screamed at Jaxon.

"And that's my eardrum," Hugo grumbled.

Jaxon laughed. "Hyper much cuz'?"

"What aren't you excited Jaxon? How could you not be excited? I'm excited? See, I talk fast when I get excited Jaxon. I'm talking fast now Jaxon. That means I'm excited Jaxon." I sped talked again.

He just stared at me like I was crazy. "I'm excited, not insane."

I laughed and started to annoy Hugo and Effie. I would have annoyed Jilli but it takes a lot to annoy that girl. Hugo groaned loudly every couple of seconds. He was yelling at me to shut up for most of the boat ride while I chatted non stop about the amazing lake and how big Hagrid was and did they see something moving in the water? Could it be the giant squid? I was thoroughly enjoying being irritating.

"Why was I stupid enough to get in the same boat as you?" Hugo moaned.

I talked until we were led to the Great Hall, lined with four very long tables and on at the front for the teachers. As they started the sorting I squeezed Hugo's hand so hard he glared at me and bounced around so energetically Jaxon laughed. I nudged Effie and Jilli and gave them ecstatic looks. I also listened to sorting. The only ones I remembered was Tiffany Corner becoming a Gryffindor, a tiny scowling girl with the weird name of Tipsy Dunk becoming Slytherine, and Imee Hart being made a Gryffindor. Effie left my side to become a Hufflepuff much to my disappointment. I'd really like that girl and had hoped we'd both be in Gryffindor.

I didn't pay attention to much after that until Professor Longbottom called, "Potter, Lily."

I blinked and bounced excitedly up to the stool. He smiled at my enthusiasm and placed the hat on my head. It was so big it slipped over my eyes.

"Ah another Potter," its voice whispered in my head. "There's so much overwhelming courage in your heart that the only choice would be… GRYFFINDOR!!!" It shouted the house name and I actually screamed in jubilation.

"Thank you hat!" I hollered.

I took it off my head and all but skipped down the stairs to sit next to a hysterically laughing James and his best buddies Chandler Finnigan, son of Seamus and Padma Finnigan, and Bryson Jordan whose dad Lee was best friends with my uncle George. They were both laughing just as hard as my brother. I caught Albus's gaze and he rolled his eyes. The entire room was staring at crazy little me until Professor Longbottom cleared his throat and called for 'Roseburn, Kandice'.

I started to daydream until Jilli Thomas was called. The hat shouted Gryffindor. I whooped loudly, clapping as hard as I could. She smiled and came to sit by me.

I listened for my cousins' names and leaned forward eagerly when it was Hugo Weasly being sorted. He was put in Gryffindor and so was Jaxon! I hugged them when they joined us until Jaxon couldn't give his usual laughter and Hugo whined I was suffocating him.

And so my days at Hogwarts began.