In the Days of Lily Evans and James Potter
Disclaimer: I could never own any of these wonderful people or places, or any of HP. It's too well written for this to be mine. Perhaps it belongs to someone who can really write.
A/N: okay, so here I am, reading a comment about another story I wrote, when my friend suggested I make a not-so-M-rated story. So, I decided to write this one. It probably stinks worse than the last one, but who knows? Possible DH spoilers, depending how you look at it, but it won't exactly spoil the whole book. So here it is...
Chapter One
"James Potter?!" Lily Evans shrieked while reading Alice's letter. "James Potter is the Head Boy? Why me?" She flopped onto her bed, now rereading the letter.
Dear Lily,
How's holiday been so far, Head Girl? I haven't gotten any studying done yet, I'm such a slacker. Frank just sent me a letter asking me about Professor Binns's holiday homework. I haven't written even half!
Did you really see a muggle magician? I've always wanted to see one of those. It's so funny how they think they're clever! Do they really stuff a rabbit in their hat and pretend it's magic?
Oh, bad news! I'm writting this letter as I'm reading Frank's (so it feels like we're all speaking at once again!) and he says he knows who Head Boy will be this year. Looks like you'll be doing rounds with James Potter. It's a good thing that Peeves destroyed Head Tower, or you'd be sharing with him instead of me. Oh, well, maybe you can push him into the Vanishing Cabinet.
Anyways, Frank sends his love and wants to hear all about the magician when we see you at Diagon Alley next week. You will be meeting us on Monday, won't you?
I think I'm going to go start that essay on Witch Burning. Hogwarts Express leaves in two weeks! Better be prepared!
Your best friend,
Alice
Folding the letter, Lily made another attempt of relieving her frustration through sound, which instead caused Petunia to come in.
"What's going on?" she asked. Lily thrust the letter at her, showing her all that Alice had written. Petunia was more concerned about the rabbit than James Potter.
"You mean they aren't wizards, like you are? They hurt them?"
"Tunie, I'm much more distracted by Potter! Why do I want to spend my last year at Hogwarts seeing him every day?" Petunia rolled her eyes, now drawing her attention to Alice's pet owl, who was staying with Lily until it was rested up.
"This Potter boy seems much nicer than that...Severus," she said, peering out the window as if to expect him right outside. "He was trouble. It was a good thing you left him be." Lily remembered the occasion all too well.
"Severus, wait!" Lily cried out, trying to follow him. He was surrounded by his normal pack of Slytherins.
"Get away from us, Evans!" one jeered.
"Yeah, Snape don't like Mudbloods!" another stated.
"What were you thinking, being her friend?" one asked him.
"I am not friends with Mudbloods!" he shouted, but then tried to take his words back. James had stepped in then, causing another fight. He tried so hard for Lily, but Lily did not want him.
"Earth to Lily!" Petunia said, waving her hands in front of her sister. "Did you hear what I said at all?"
"Hmm?" Lily replied.
"I said that someone's sent you a birthday present and it's waiting downstairs for you." Petunia shrugged off her sister's unnaturalness. Lily suddenly remembered she was now qualified to use magic whenever she wanted.
"Accio Present." Slowly the package drifted into her room and landed on her bed. Petunia took the card and read it.
" 'Dear Lily of the Valley!' Oh, how sweet! 'Perhaps you will need this for the school year. I hope you enjoy being Head Girl of our year.' Hmm, no one signed it," Petunia wondered. Lily prodded her box for a moment, wondering what curse would come flying out. Eventually mustering her Gryffindor courage, she opened the box, noticing the holes on the sides.
Out of the box fluttered a small tawny owl, and inside was a cage. The owl flew around the room a few times before dropping into Lily's hand.
"Ech, an owl!" Petunia shrieked. Lily set up the cage, placing Alice's owl with hers.
"I thought you liked owls," Lily said, using a spell to give the animals some water.
"Only this one," the younger of the two replied, pointing to Alice's pet. "Who would send you an owl?"
"I don't know. Professor Slughorn would have signed it, I know it's not Professor Dumbledore, and Alice and Frank sent me presents on my real birthday." Lily read the card again.
"Maybe it's from that James Potter," Petunia said. "He knows your Head Girl." Before Lily could reply, a noise downstairs told the sisters that their parents were back from the market. Lily gave one final glance at the letter before placing it underneath the owl cage and rushing down to help her mother with groceries. Setting her wand down, she decided to use the muggle way--at least for now. She did not give another thought about James Potter until Petunia mentioned the bird some time later.
A/N: So, there's a small and sweet chapter. I think I'm going to alternate between Lily's POV to James's, just as an experiment. To those Potter fans who are very obsessed, I couldn't find if Lily was older or younger than Petunia, so I just guessed that she was older. If it turns out she was younger, I'll go back in and change it later. Also, I'm considering introducing Vernon into the equation, but that depends on if you guys think so. R&R, plz, so I know how I should go next.