Summary: Lily is pretty, but unknown to the student population of Hogwarts except for her two friends, Remus and Arabella. James is the most popular guy in school, he can have his pick of any girl, but somehow he just can't find the right one, that is, until he goes to the Christmas ball and finds his dream girl. The only problem is he doesn't know who she is!

Disclaimer: Sadly, Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling so all characters you recognize belong to her.

A New Kind Of Cinderella
Chapter 1: A New Beginning
By: DLster

"OMG! The Ball is tonight and I have nothing to wear!" said a very anxious Lily. Lily Evans is a 16 year old witch. Yep, witch! She's top of all her classes except for Transfiguration. Lily has beautiful, sparkling emerald eyes, and long, flowing auburn hair.

"Why are you freaking out? I mean it's only a Ball!" said a very annoyed Arabella. Arabella is also 16 and one of Lily's closest friends. She has shoulder-length brown hair with light highlights and misty blue-green eyes.

"Bella! Are you crazy! I'm gonna meet my owl buddy at this ball! I need to look good!" said Lily. "Now are you gonna help me or not?"

"Alright, alright," said Arabella. An owl buddy is like a pen pal, but by sending letters via owl.

Meanwhile...

"Argh! Prongs what is the big deal about the Christmas ball! There's another one next year!" whined a very disgruntled Sirius Black.

"Padfoot! I'm meeting my owl buddy. I have to look good!" said James Potter.

James and Sirius are part of the infamous Marauders, the hottest three guys in school. The Marauders consist of James, the leader, Sirius, the player, and Remus, the sensible one. James is the hottest one of them all. He's the most popular guy in school! With his deep hazel eyes, jet black hair, and his dark rimmed glasses he could get any girl. He was never a player, but he dated sometimes. Every girl he dated, though, never really clicked. Sirius is the second hottest and also very popular. His crystal blue eyes and long black hair could make girls faint. Sirius's motto is 'Date them when ya want then dump them when your done.' Remus is the third hottest and just as popular as his two friends. He's also very popular with the ladies, with his dirty blonde hair and his gray misty eyes. Too bad for the ladies because Arabella has been his long time girlfriend.

"Padfoot just help him!" said Remus.

"Oh alright!" said Sirius. The three boys got ready for the ball and walked down to the Great Hall to meet their dates. James was wearing a tux with a dark blue mask. Remus wore a light gray mask and Sirius wore a green mask. Remus of course was going with Arabella. Sirius was going with some girl from Ravenclaw. Sirius and Remus met their dates down by the Great Hall entrance. James just walked in by himself. Arabella wore a light blue colored gown with a mask of the same color. Lily wore a cream colored gown with a pearl white mask. The two owl buddies owled each other to meet in the left top corner of the Great Hall.

"Hi, are you EmeraldEyes112?" said James to Lily.

"Maybe, are you Mr.TooGoodForYou?" said Lily to James.

"Yeah."

"Then yes I am EmeraldEyes112."

The two teens laughed and talked for a while. They really got to know each other. Then James asked Lily to dance. They danced to many songs. Then the tune slowed down to a ballad. It was Pieces of Me by: Ashlee Simpson.

On a Monday I am waiting
Tuesday I am fading
And by Wednesday I can't sleep...
When the phone rings, I hear you
And the darkness is a clear view
And you've come to rescue me

Fall, with you I fall so fast
I can hardly catch my breath, I hope it lasts, sang Lily with the music.

"You have a beautiful voice," said James.

"Thank you," said Lily blushing. It was almost midnight. At midnight, everyone was supposed to throw off. It was one minute to midnight. At the stroke of midnight James revealed himself to a shocked Lily. And Lily, knowing she would not be what he expected fled at the last stroke of midnight. James chased after her until he lost her near the Charms classroom.

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A/N: Hope you like that! Read and Review please! much obliged.