Lilz and Jamsie: Hogwarts' Favorite Love Story.
Disclaimers: I had a dream where I owned Harry Potter and then I woke up…Darn.
Hey everyone. I was writing this story with a different plot before, but I didn't like it so I decided to change it. I am not going to include Peter. He is too evil. If there are any mistakes, please tell me. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! Lotza love.
Chapter 1: First year, Part I.
James Potter was having trouble going through the barrier on the platform nine and three quarters. He would never admit it to anyone but he was actually nervous about going to Hogwarts. There were too many what ifs…
What if he was a Slytherin…?
What if he failed the first year exam…?
What if his best friend, Sirius, was not in the same house with him…?
He ran to the barrier thinking about all the possibilities. He just passed through a cold sheet of glass and just kept on running. He was so happy that he didn't notice a red-head girl about his age and bumped into her.
He tripped trying to help her and fell on top of her, brushing his lips against hers. He looked into the red-heads almond shaped green eyes, and fell in love with her, although he never knew what he was feeling. He got up, embarrassed, and extended his arm to help the red-head. She gave him a dirty look and got up without his help.
"Hey, what's your name? I am James Potter, you know, the son of the famous aurors." James said, extending his hand once more.
"I am Lily Evans." She just slightly brushed his hand.
"I am sorry about bumping into y-" James started.
"What has the world come to?" A familiar voice spoke behind James. "The famous James Potter is actually apologizing to anyone. Wow! Who could have guessed?" Sirius was saying. He, unlike his name, was never serious.
"I could've. I always knew that there was a real human being inside this execuse for a cousin of mine. I had my doubts, but oh well." A girl said. "I am Tannie Potter, James's cousin."
"Glad to see someone sane around here." Lily offered.
"HEY! WE ARE SANE!" the boys shouted together and then looked at each other. The girls laughed. Tannie actually snorted at the end.
"Umm… sure. Let's go and find ourselves a compartment, before we have to sit with Malfoy or Snape." The boys nodded their heads in agreement, and started moving towards the train.
"Ladies first" Sirius said in a mock gentlemen voice.
Tannie went in first, followed by Lily, James and Sirius. They looked everywhere but couldn't find an empty, so they chose the compartment with only one boy in it.
"Execuse me, but can we please sit here?" Lily asked very politely.
"Of course. I am Remus Lupin by the way" Remus said as he moved his trunk out of the seat so the others can sit.
"Hi! I am Sirius Black."
"Lily Evans!"
"James Potter."
"Tanya Potter, but everyone calls me Tannie."
Soon, the boys were talking like they had known each other for ages. They, of course, were talking about Quidditch. Tannie started talking about the magical world.
"So what kind of magic are you good at? Transfiguration?" Tannie asked.
"Um… well, you see, I never knew I was a witch until I got my letter for the school." Lily replied, not meeting Tannie's eyes.
"Wow, I have never met a muggle-born. I am sure you are gonna love this place. It is the best wizarding school there is. I love Transfiguration. I am pretty good at it too. I guess it runs in the family." Tannie said, looking at James.
James, feeling eyes on him, looked up and winked at Lily. Lily turned away and James grinned.
"There are ten minutes until the train arrives at Hogsmeade. Please change into your school robes." The intercom announced.
Tannie and Lily left the compartment so the boys could change and they could go to the bathroom and change.
"Hey, Lilz, can I go and change first?" Tannie asked.
"Lilz?"
"Yup, that's gonna be your new name. So can I?" Tannie said.
"Of course."
Tannie went into a stall. "Oh, damn, the latch is broken."
"I'll hold the door close for you." Lily offered.
"Oh thanks!" Tannie exclaimed. She was always really hyper.
After several minutes, Lily was getting impatient. "Tannie, how long will it take?"
"Few more minutes."
"I'll hold the door close for you if you have to change." A girl said. She was very pale, and very skinny. She light brown straight hair and electric bluish purple eyes that captured all the attention. She looked the same age as Lily and Tannie. "I am Daisray, but everyone calls me Daisy. I am a first year."
"Oh thanks a bunch" was Lily's reply.
When the girls, including Becca entered the compartment, the boys were talking. They didn't notice the girls enter. Tannie cleared her throat.
"Oh hey, who is this very beautiful young lady?" James said, openly flirting. He took her hand in his and kissed it.
"Leave her alone, will you?" Lily said, irritated.
"Jealous, Lillian, dear?" James asked.
"Jealous because you kissed Daisy's hand? You wish, Potter." Lily said.
James sat down and whispered, "Oh yes, I do" so that only Sirius could hear him.
"You like Lillikins?" Sirius said really loudly. The girls turned around to look at him.
James was spared the trouble of answering because the trained stopped right then. As they were getting off the train, the six people divided into pairs. Sirius and Tannie led the way. James and Lily were in between, and Remus and Daisy in the back.
Tannie's hand brushed Sirius's and they both blushed. Lily who was very observant noticed this right away.
"They've liked each other for ages," James said, as though reading Lily's mind, "but they'll never admit it."
"How do you know?" Lily was a little disturbed by how easily James read her thoughts.
"They've known each other since they were like 3 years old when Sirius moved in next door to me and across Tannie's house. Besides, Tannie is Sirius's second best friend. I am the best friend." James said a little too proudly.
"Hey, Lilz we're gonna have to split. There is only four to a boat. You can go with Remus and Daisy. Me and Sirius – Sirius and I are going to go with Frank and Alice here." Tannie called, without looking back.
"See, I told you that they like each other, didn't I?" James asked. "Oh and can I call you Lilz too?"
"Whatever. You can call me Lilz if I can call you Jamsie." Lily said.
"Let's go in this boat." Remus's voice called. He descended into the boat and held his hand out to Daisy. She took it and giggled. Lily shook her head at this.
Lilz and James went on the boat and it started moving forward on it's own accord. Lily, who didn't expect that, grabbed James's hand. James grinned. Lily, who had just realized what she did, blushed shade of a deep crimson, but it was too dark for the others to notice.
They reached the end of the lake and got off the boats. Sirius and Tannie met the others at the entrance hall. Tannie was laughing hysterically at a joke Sirius had said. Lily raised her eyebrows, but then decided that she didn't want to know what he had said.
"Please make a straight line in an alphabetical order." A strict voice said.
Lily was between Luis Dean and Lisa Fracks. They entered the Great Hall. Everyone was looking at them. Lily was a little nervous. Everything in the magical world was new to her. All her new friends were really nice but what if she had different and more advanced classes than her. She was a smart student in the muggle world but this was magical world. The middle-aged professor was calling names of the first years and sorting them.
"Black, Sirius"
"GRYFFINDOR"
"Black, Bellatrix"
"SLYTHERIN"
Luis Dean was sorted into Hufflepuff. (A/N: sorry but it would take too much space to which house everyone was in.)
"Evans, Lily"
"GRYFFINDOR"
Lily happily joined the Gryffindor table who was cheering for her.
There were several Ravenclaws, Hufflepuffs and Slytherins next.
"Lupin, Remus"
"Gryffindor"
As Remus joined the Gryffindor table, he felt Dumbledore look at him and wink.
"Potter, James" McGonagall slightly sighed as she read the name as though she already knew how much trouble he was going to cause.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Potter, Tanya"
"GRYFFINDOR"
"Prewett, Daisray."
"Gryffindor"
A wave of relief swept through Lily. She was going to be with her friends, as well as the boys, unfortunately.
"Let the feast begin" Dumbledore clapped his hand twice and the food appeared on the silver plates.
Lily tried a little bit of everything. Tannie was talking to Sirius. It seemed like she had never stopped talking the whole time.
"Hey, Lilz, dare you to eat this Bean." James said, his eyes sparkling. The color of the Bean was murky brown.
Lily, who thought that it was a regular jelly bean, ate it. It turned out to be a marmalade flavor.
"Thanks for the bean, James. It was delicious." Lily said with a smile. "Marmalade is one of my favorites."
'Well, if that was marmalade, so this must be too.' James thought as he picked up another same color bean. He ate it and almost threw up. It was a puke flavored Bean.
Sirius who was sitting next to James figured out what happened, and started laughing.
"James just had a puke flavored bean" Sirius said to Tannie. Tannie cracked up.
"Hey guys, it wasn't that funny." James pouted.
"Yeah, it was." Sirius and Tannie replied at the same time and cracked up again. Lily joined them.
They finished their meal and followed the prefects to the Gryffindor Tower.
"This is the Common Room. The Password will be changed tomorrow. You must not give the password to your friends in any other houses. You must be back by 9 in the evening. If you are caught outside, you may be severely punished. The boys may not visit the girls' dormitories." The Prefect seemed to look at James and Sirius when he said the last sentence.
Lily shared the dormitory with Alice, Tannie, Daisy and Shantanal. Lily's baggage was already by her bed.
"What class do we have tomorrow?" Lily asked her roommates, but realized that she was the only one awake. She changed and fell asleep in an instance.
Lilywas awakened by Tannie screaming on top of her lungs.
"WHO USED MY SHAMPOO? I LEFT IT RIGHT IN THE BATHROOM. LILZ HELP ME FIND IT OR MY HAIR IS GONNA BE REALLY FRIZZY AND UNMANAGBLE!"
"Wow! What a good thing to be awakened by?" Tannie ignored Lily's sarcasm.
It turned out that Tannie had left her shampoo in the 2nd year's bathroom.
Lily, Tannie (whose hair was in curls), and Daisy descended down the stairs to meet the boys.
"Good Morning, milady!" Sirius said to Tannie. James sniggered, and Tannie shot him daggers.
They all went down for breakfast. Their first class was Transfiguration.
McGonagall was a very strict teacher, who was in her mid-thirties. She had her hair up in a bun.
"… You will not disgrace the Gryffindors. I am going to assign you a partner to work with for today. If all works out well they'll be your partner until the winter break." McGonagall stopped, after twenty minutes of talking.
"I need everyone with a strong Transfiguration wand to be on the right side of the class room and everyone with strong Charms wand to be on the left side. Everyone else please stay in the middle."
Everyone followed direction. Tannie and James were on the Transfigurations side. Lily and Sirius were on the Charms side, and Remus and Daisy were in the middle.
"Alright, Potter and Black." James and Sirius pretended like they were going to run and hug each other. "Oh, not you, James. I meant Tanya. I want you and Evans to be partners." James groaned.
"Is there a problem?" Professor asked with cat-like eyes.
"Of course not, professor." James muttered. Lily and James sat behind Tannie and Sirius. Daisy and Remus were partners as well.
"You will work on turning your quill into a muggle writing utensil. If you need help, please do not hesitate to ask your partner for help." McGonagall sat down.
James turned his quill into a pen on his first try.
"Ten points to Gryffindor!" Professor was really pleased.
Lily, who thought that she was the smartest, was extremely jealous. 'Show off' she thought, gingerly. She finally turned her quill into a pen after very many tries. Even then her pen wasn't as elegant and beautiful as James's.
Their next and last class for the day was charms. Sadly, they had to work in the same partners. But this time it was James's turn to be sad, because he was one of the worst students at Charms; Lily was the best one. She earned twenty points from Professor Flitwick for doing a perfect levitating charm. Alice was the second one to do a perfect charm.
After charms, the first years went to the Great Hall for Lunch.
"You know, we should have a map of Hogwarts." James suggested after getting lost for the third time, but finding the Great Hall at the same time.
Lily was reading a heavy book during lunch.
"Lighten up, Lilz. It's only our first day." James said.
"What makes you think that I am reading something related to school?" Lily asked with a mischievous smile. She lifted her book to show James the cover. It said "1001 ways to jinx you enemy."
"Who could have thought that the two-goody shoes Evans would be a prankster?" Sirius piped in.
"She borrowed that from me." Daisy said. Remus looked at her in a new light.
James and Sirius whistled under their breaths.
A/N: This is my first Lily and James fanfic. Please read and review. The more reviews I get the faster I'll update.