Chapter One



Lily arrived at the King's Cross early to see all of her friends. She went onto Platform 9 ¾ and immediately saw her best friend, Shawna. Lily ran over to her a gave her a big hug.

"Hey Shawna!" Lily exclaimed. They both went onto the Hogwarts Express and started to tell each other about their summers. They sat down in a compartment when the Marauders burst in. Kelly, Lily's other best friend, followed in after them.

"Hey Marauders!" said Shawna. Lily smiled and greeted them. "Hi Shawna," said Remus. She blushed and said, "Hello Remus, how was your summer?" He sat down next to her and they started talking. Sirius smiled at Kelly and they went off talking into their own separate corner.

"Um, so, hi James," Lily said nervously. "H-hi Li-ily," James stammered. He blushed and sat down next to her (yeah, I know, he's not exactly the shy one). Peter stood alone and sighed. He left the compartment loudly although no one noticed.

"So.how was your summer, Potter?" Lily asked. James suddenly regained his confidence and said, "Not bad, Evans. How's life with the Muggles?" Lily felt her face reddening and asked, "It was great. How's life being a prat?" Lily smirked. "Good one, Lily!" exclaimed Sirius. James glared at him and he stopped laughing.

An hour later, they arrived at the Hogwarts carriages. Shawna, Kelly, and Lily went onto a carriage together and were followed by the Marauders, excluding Peter.

"That was a VERY exciting train ride, Prongs," Sirius said. Prongs nodded his head in agreement. Prongs sighed and said to Lily, "You look tired, Evans." Lily rolled her eyes. "It's hard to go to sleep with you Marauders around," Lily said sleepily. They were getting very squished being packed together and James said to Lily, "Come here, Evans. Sit on my lap." Lily shook her head and he gestured for her to come over. "NO, Potter!" Lily yelled. Then, he walked over to her and sat on her lap. "What do you think you're DOING, Potter!?" Lily exclaimed. James shrugged and said innocently, "Well, you wouldn't sit on my lap so I thought I'd sit on yours." Lily pushed him off and sighed.

When they finally arrived at Hogwarts, they all got off of the carriage. "Let's go to the feast," Shawna said. They all nodded and walked to the Great Hall. Lots of students were already piling in and sitting at their House tables. They all sat down at the Gryffindor table and started ordering their food. "Fried chicken, fries, and mashed potatoes," said Lily as she pointed to her plate. "I love a woman who knows how to eat!" joked James. Lily rolled her eyes and sighed. They all ordered their food and started eating. "Look at Snape. He's totally checking you out, Lily," Kelly said. "Eww, he's SUCH a slimy git," Lily replied, looking disgusted. The Marauders (now joined by Peter) started laughing. Snape started blushing and looked away, Professor was telling everyone the announcements and when he was finished, everyone got out of their seats.

"Gryffindors, follow me," Lily said to the first years. She and James had been made prefects during the summer. Lily was very proud of her badge while James simply dreaded the day he got the letter.

When they got to the portrait of the Fat Lady, Lily opened her mouth and said, "Radian Noculo" And the dormitory was opened. The Gryffindor colors (red and gold) adorned the walls of the Gryffindor Common Room. The first years were amazed at how big it was. "This is the area where you can study or play games," James said. "You all should really play Gobstones.it's really quite-" "JAMES!" Lily interrupted. She opened her mouth and said, "Boys' Dormitories to your left and girls' dormitories to your right." The first years walked into the dormitories followed by the rest of the students. Lily walked over to the couch near the fireplace and sat down. She closed her eyes and when she opened them, James was sitting right next to her.

"Hi," he said. "Potter, what do you want?" she asked. "An icke smoochie," he said with his puppy-dog eyes. "NO," Lily said in a very final voice. "Pweeze, just an ickle-wickle kissy wissy," James said in a cute voice. "Fine," she laughed. She pecked him on the cheek and asked, "Now are you satisfied?" But he didn't respond. She could hear him starting to snore. She put a blanket on him and whispered, "Oh, Potter." .doc