Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, no matter how much I wish I did

Ahh, home at last! Lily stepped out of her mum's small car, and looked around the street, looking at the familiar houses. Her street was unusual, because all the houses on it were different. Nothing had changed. Well, apart from that...

'Mum?' Rose Evans turned around.

'Yes dear?'

'Who is moving in next door?'

'I'm not too sure. From what I hear, they are moving in tomorrow afternoon, so I suppose we will find out then.'

Next door was a huge, mansion-like house. She had only been in there once, because the old inhabitants were very unfriendly. 'I wonder what our new neighbors' will be like.' She thought, moving to the back of the car.

Opening the boot, Lily tried to pull out her truck, but it was too heavy. Looking around carefully and noticing that no one was around, Lily pulled out her slender wand. Pointing it at her trunk, she muttered 'Wingardium Leviosa.' Her trunk rose slowly out of boot of the car, and landed on the pavement next to the car. 'Merlin, I love magic!' She smiled, before once more pointing her wand at her trunk and made it feather light.

'Lily-flower!' A voice called from the sitting room as she entered the house.

'Dad!' Lily shouted, dropping the trunk and running into her father's arms.

'Hey Lils!' Her father replied, and finally released her. 'How was school?'

'It was great! I...' Lily's voice faltered at the sight of her older sister standing in the doorway of the kitchen. 'Um, hi Tuney.'

'Don't call me that, my name is Petunia.' She spat. 'And why didn't you stay at that freak school of yours for the summer? It's obvious that your unwelcome here.'

'Petunia! Apologize to your sister right now!' Her mother looked shocked at her oldest daughter's behavior.

'I'm not apologizing to that freak!' Petunia snarled, before pushing past Lily and running up the stairs. In the distance Lily could hear her slamming the door of her bedroom shut.

Lily's mother finally broke the awkward silence. 'I'm so sorry Lily, Petunia is really stressed at work, and she and her boyfriend are going through a rough patch. You remember her boyfriend Vernon don't you? Well he had to go to London for a couple of weeks, something about drills...'

Lily let her mum make up excuses for her sister's behavior all the way to her room, before turning to her and interrupting. 'It's fine mum, really. Now, if you don't mind, I'm really tired, and all I want to do is have a nap before tea.'

Her mother raised a hand and smoothed Lily's hair. 'Of course dear. You must be exhausted.' Smiling, Rose Evans made her way back downstairs.

With a sigh, Lily pushed open the door and dumped her trunk next to the wardrobe. Her room hadn't changed at bit. It was a decent size, and walls were a pale blue, with pictures of her friends, both muggle and magical, plastered all over it. Throwing herself onto the bed, she smiled happily. Even her sister couldn't spoil this summer.

Lily woke up late the next morning. She reached her left arm out for her clock that she kept next to her bed, but couldn't feel it. Sitting up, she looked around, confused, before remembering where she was. 'Of course!' She muttered to herself. 'I'm such an idiot…'

Grabbing clothes from her wardrobe, she ran to the bathroom next door to take a shower. It as a beautiful summer's day, and she didn't want to waste one minute of it.

Once she was dressed in shorts and a strappy top, she made her way downstairs. 'Morning mum!' She called, going into the kitchen. 'Pancakes! Aww, mum, you didn't have to do that for me!'

'But I wanted to. It feels like I rarely get to see you these days! Anyway, you had better hurry, the people next door just moved in and I want you to go over there with these cookies I made this morning.'

'Sure mum! Wait, they moved in this morning? But I didn't see a removal van…'

'It was here earlier, but about an hour ago. I wonder why they moved in so early. Must be awfully keen to move into the neighborhood. Anyway, now you're finished you can go and take them over. They're best when their warm!'

Grabbing trainers and squashing her feet into them, she picked up the cookies and went out the door. Turning to her right, she followed the pavement. Within seconds, she had reached the house next to her own. She hesitated for a moment, before knocking on the red front door.

It was opened almost instantly by a pretty, redheaded woman. She looked about forty, and her hazel eyes reminded Lily of someone she knew…

'Hello there! Now what can I do for you my dear?'

The woman's voice broke Lily's thoughts. Smiling, Lily held out the cookies. 'My mum made these for you and your family.'

'How thoughtful! Come in, come in! We just finished unpacking. My husband had to dash out to work, an emergency apparently but I reckon he just wanted to get out of moving the furniture. Anyway, my sons are upstairs unpacking.'

Lily instantly warmed to her new neighbor. 'How many sons do you have?'

'Two. Well, one, but the other is as good as a son. That reminds me. BOYS! COME DOWNSTAIRS AND MEET OUR NEW NEIGHBOR!'

Lily heard two sets of foot prints thundering down the stairs, and a male voice spoke. 'Hi, I'm James Po…'

At the sight of each other, Lily and James froze. Lily's mouth dropped open. Someone seemed to be pushing James to go down the stairs. 'Come on Prongs, why are you…' Sirius Black came into view. He paused when he saw Lily, shock showing clearly on his face, before bursting into laughter. 'Lily? YOU'RE our new neighbor? This is brilliant!'

Mrs Potter finally spoke. 'You three know each other? How?'

'Mum, Lily goes to Hogwarts too. She's in our year, and house.'

'So you're the famous Lily Evans! The number of stories I've heard about you. Well, James didn't do you justice, you're much prettier than he described!'

'Muuuum!' Lily silently cursed. No wonder she recognized Mrs Potter's eyes! They were exactly the same as James'.

James was staring at Lily, a slight smirk on his face. 'Well well Evans, this summer will we interesting…'

So, what do you think? This idea came to me while I was listening to Dilemma :) Remember to Review!