Hello Everyone!

Please note that there is a prequel to this story called The Makings of Forever. However, you do not need to read it first if you don't want to, this story will still make sense!

Also, I know that James is kind of a jerk in this, please remember that he is a 16 year old boy. He will make mistakes, he will be a jerk, but he will also grow and learn from his mistakes. Also, there are reasons for the behavior-I promise!

Please enjoy the story!

Lily Evan's morning did not start off as well as she wanted it to; in fact, it had started off the exact opposite. She envisioned her morning starting with her waking up before her alarm, getting ready, eating a peaceful breakfast before her father took her to the train station. It was Lily's favorite day of the year, she couldn't imagine it not going well. It was September 1st, which meant that Lily got to return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her 6th year.

However, Lily's morning did not go as she envisioned it. Instead Her morning started when she woke up to her blaring alarm clock. The alarm wasn't a problem because Lily simply hit it angrily, rolled over and fell back asleep. This was very unlike Lily, who would normally wake right up, especially on September 1st; however, she had stayed up too late the night before and was still exhausted.

Even so, Lily was a planner, and had set an emergency alarm for 15 minutes later. This alarm, she had strategically placed at the opposite side of her room. So, when she heard the alarm, she had no choice but to get out of bed. She quickly jumped out of bed and made a mad dash for the bathroom. Luckily for Lily, Petunia was not in the bathroom, so Lily was able to jump right into the shower.

Once she was out of the shower, she wrapped the terrible orange towel around herself (seriously, 12 year old her had had terrible tastes) and started her morning routine. First, she blow-dried her long, straight, red hair, before tossing it into a messy bun. Next she applied a quick layer of foundation and some mascara, before grabbing her bathroom supplies and heading back into her bedroom. She quickly deposited her bathroom stuff into her trunk, before entering her mostly empty walk in closet.

Lily pulled on her Hogwarts skirt, which landed just slightly above her knees, before pulling on her white button up. She grabbed her tie and her cloak, before also putting those in her trunk. She would put them on later when she was on the train, deciding that they would cause too many questions from the Muggles.

She did one last quick walk through of her room (grabbing her Wuthering Heights novel from her night stand) before grabbing her trunk to take down stairs. She was very thankful that Professor Flitwick had shown her how to do the lightening charm, so her trunk was still fairly light (despite how much Lily had packed).

This is where Lily's morning got worse. Since she had woken up to her second alarm, she had to jump right into the shower before her mug of coffee. Lily would admit to having a coffee addiction, and she knew that she needed it most mornings. Thankfully, Lily had sped through her morning routine fast enough, that she should still have time before her father and her needed to leave for Kings Cross.

However, when she entered the kitchen she was not met with her father's warm smile, but instead the cold looks of Petunia and her stepmother, Priscilla. Lily made her way towards the coffee machine, grabbing a mug, and pouring herself a huge cup. She knew that she would need it.

"Where's dad?" Lily said, addressing the lesser of the two evils, taking a quick, blissful sip of the coffee.

"He got called into work early…" Petunia said, in her usual bored tone, "I'm driving you to the station, so you better be ready to go. I am meeting Vernon at 10:30 and I cannot be late."

"Or you could just not go at all," Priscilla commented, "You know how I feel about you going to this school Lilith (Lily mentally cringe…that isn't even her full name), I think that you need to get a proper education so that you can get a proper job!"

Lily lost her internal battle and rolled her eyes knowing that this was all an act. Priscilla acted like she cared about whether or not Lily had a proper job, when they both knew she could care less about if Lily had a job or not. However, Lily was just glad she wasn't talking to her about finding a proper husband, so far she had avoided that.

"I asked if you were ready to go?" Petunia said, looking at her sister with annoyance.

"Right now?" Lily asked, mentally groaning.

"Yes," she stated, sneering at her sister.

"Can I at least drink some more coffee?" Lily asked, hopeful.

"No! I can't be late, we need to leave NOW Lily."

Petunia grabbed her light pink pea coat and headed towards the door so that Lily had no choice but to follow her if she wanted to make it to the station.

The car ride to the station was completely silent, neither of the sisters talking. Lily didn't really want to know about her sister's whale of a boyfriend and Petunia thought that if she talked to Lily she might catch some of her weirdness. Lily reflected on a time when her blonde haired sister had been her best friend and how much time had changed the two sisters.

When the girls arrived at the station Petunia just parked the car and glared at Lily, there were no goodbyes, no have a nice term, nothing; nothing that Lily would have had with her father. Lily's father would have embraced her lovingly and would make her promise to write and stay away from boys. Lily wasn't expecting anything though, whenever her dad wasn't around Petunia was just as cold as she was when Lily first got her letter.

When Lily entered the Platform it was almost completely empty. Not that that came as a surprise to Lily. She was early, even by her standards. However, Lily took advantage of the lack of people and went to find an empty compartment where her and the girls could sit.

Once she found a good compartment (one without any mysterious seat stains), she sat down and started reading (well, re-reading) her charms book. The excitement finally starting to come back, with the prospect of seeing her friends and all of the new things that she would learn this year.

Adaline was the first of Lily's friends to arrive, which was not surprising. Adaline (and Adrian's) family believed in punctuality (however, that was where their similarities to Lily stopped).

Lily instantly flew out of her seat and hugged her friend, knowing that she had also had a terrible summer. Home had never been enjoyable for her, since her family was very pure-blood supremacist, however, it had gotten so much worse since Adrian had moved out last year. Lily suspected the only reason her friend had stayed was for her younger siblings, but Adaline refused to talk about it.

"Adaline!" Lily cried, as she hugged her friend's thin frame.

"Lils!" she said excitedly, embracing Lily tightly.

"I missed you this summer!" she said, frowning slightly, "I had no one to talk with about the summer essays! Peter doesn't find them nearly as interesting as we do. I think he was going to explode if he heard me talk about one more charm…"

"I missed you too! My father wasn't home enough to talk with about what I was learning and we both know I wasn't going to talk with Snape…"

Adaline nodded in understanding, "Did you see much of the other girls this summer?"

"Not really," Lily replied sadly, "I saw them a few times, but they were all staying at the Potters. I think we all know it's for the best if Potter and I are around each other as little as possible...not that Priscilla would have let me go over much anyways."

"I didn't see much of them either, they would occasionally floo over, but it's dangerous, especially now when things with Tom are getting more serious…" Adaline said before, looking out the compartment door, no doubt looking for her sister, "The other three are going to miss the train if they don't hurry up…"

Soon the train started moving and Alice, Gemma and Adrian walked into the compartment, Alice was panting a little.

"JAMES FUCKING POTTER CANNOT BE ON TIME FOR THE LIFE OF HIM! I swear I will kill him…" Alice complained, while Gemma and Adrian just rolled their eyes, honestly, Alice should be used to him running late by now.

"Are you surprised?" Lily asked, smiling at her blonde haired friend, "He's always late…"

"I know," Alice groaned, "I think he does it just to anger me…"

"Probably," Gemma giggled, laughing at her cousins antics.

"So, how was everyone's summers?" Adaline asked.

Gemma launched into a story about a quidditch match that they had gone to see, excitement lighting up her bright blue eyes.

After a few minutes of catching up it was time for Lily to head towards the Prefect meeting.

"Ugh…" Lily groaned, "It's time for the Prefect meeting, I heard Ashley is the Head Girl this year and I'm not sure I am going to be able to stand her fawning looks over Remus all meeting."

"I will never understand why girls love the Marauders…they are just normal guys…" Gemma said, shaking her head in disgust.

"Just remember how much you love being a Prefect and being able to doc points when people act like idiots, maybe that will help!" Adrian added hopefully.

Lily nodded in agreement before getting up and leaving the compartment. She headed slowly towards the front of the train, not looking forward to seeing Severus Snape. She knew that he would try to apologize for what he did to her last year, but she did not want to hear it.

When Lily entered the Prefect compartment she found she was one of the first ones there, so she claimed an empty seat in the middle. Soon enough the Prefects started wandering in and Remus took an empty seat beside her with a small smile. Thankfully, by the time the Slytherins all rolled in, Snape included, there were no seats left next to Lily. That did not stop him from staring at her with hopeful eyes though.

Soon enough, the Head Boy, Alex, and Ashley started the meeting. Most of the information was a repeat from last year: 'always patrol with a buddy, don't abuse your powers, etc.'. So Lily took the time to look at the smug looking 5th years, who were all proud of themselves and the bored looking 7th years who had heard all of this information before. She also could tell who was happy about not being chosen as a Head (Lucy Gordon, the 7th year Hufflepuff Prefect) and who was annoyed that they weren't chosen (Rodolphus Lestrange, the 7th year Slytherin Prefect). Lily's mind couldn't help but wonder if she would be Head Girl next year, and if she would be able to hold the Prefects attention during their meetings.

"-So basically just sign up for a time to do patrol, you need to do it once a week and you are to do it with your partner, and no one should do it alone…" Alex finished, leaving unsaid how dangerous it could be.

They should expect it though; the entire world was dangerous, especially now with some lunatic called Voldemort (or as Adaline referred to the 'family friend' Tom) running around talking about blood purity, along with the disappearances that were starting. Lily had a very bad feeling about this thinking it would only get worse, and from what Adaline was saying, it would.

"And please don't forget that we have our Prefect meetings on Thursdays at 8 o'clock this year!" Ashley added.

"Is there a particular day you want to do the patrol?" Remus asked politely, once the Heads had stopped talking.

"Not really…" Lily replied, "Why don't we do a weeknight, like Tuesday? We could do the 10-11 shift?"

"That sounds great," Remus said, before they made their way towards the paper to sign up, hoping the time slot wasn't taken.

Lily's day seemed to finally be turning around, since their time slot was still open. They would not need to patrol on Friday nights again, like they had done last year. After sharing a small victory grin with Remus, they quickly added their names and made their way towards the door. Snape tried to get Lily's attention before she left, but she ignored him.

"So, how was your summer?" Remus asked politely.

"It was alright, mostly boring…" Lily replied with a shrugged, "How was yours?"

"It was good, never really a dull moment. I practically lived at the Potters' this summer. I would have thought that I'd see you there at least once with Alice, Adrian and Gemma staying there most of the summer as well..." Remus trailed off.

"I see enough of your friends during the school year, I don't need to see them over the summer…" Lily said, chuckling a little hoping that her perceptive partner wouldn't question her further.

They both knew that Lily was capable of handling Potter and Black. Just like they both knew that no matter how much Lily hated them it normally would not stop her from seeing her friends. However, Lily didn't feel like talking about how much of a bitch her stepmother was. Sure, he probably had a clue, being close with the other girls and hearing Lily complain when she had started dating her father, but Lily didn't want to fill him in on the extent of it.

"I don't blame you," Remus joked, and it was times like this when Lily found him tolerable, when she remembered why they had been such good friends.

"Well, this is me," Lily said, giving him a small salute before walking into the compartment and joining her friends.

Remus continued on towards his friends, wondering once more why the redhead had gone from being one of his best friends to no more than an acquaintance.

The Great Hall was full of chatter, the first years trying to get to know their new housemates and all the older students catching up, talking and laughing.

Candice had made her way over to join the 6th year Gryffindors, her brown hair falling down her back in curls and she had an annoyed look on her face.

"Boys!" she said sitting down and filling her plate, "I swear they are all pigs or they are completely whipped. There is not an in between!"

"Tell me about it…" Alice mumbled, moving her piece of cake around, glancing up with sad eyes.

They knew she was talking about Frank, who was currently going out with Julie a 7th year Hufflepuff. Alice's big problem was that there was nothing wrong with Julie and she couldn't bring herself to hate her (well, logically, because naturally it didn't stop her). She had been in love with Frank for years.

"I swear that is all Tyler is talking about…how hot this girl is, or the things he would do to her…" she said bitterly (she had confined in the girls last year that she was in fact harboring feelings for one of her best friends), "And your damn cousin and his friends are definitely not helping matters…"

All of the girls nodded in agreement and Gemma said, "I don't think I will ever understand…"

"I mean, sometimes it's nice…knowing you can get what you want from the guy and not have to worry about them getting attached!" Adrian said, winking at her friends as they laughed at her.

Adrian, well, Adrian had no problem sleeping with random guys and she most certainly wasn't shy about it. She made no apologies for who she was, that was part of the reason her and Lily got along so well.

"Are we ready to head up?" Adaline asked, as people were starting to file out of the Great Hall.

"I suppose…" Gemma replied, grumbling about having to get up, "I think I ate too much, you might need to levitate me…"

With a laugh the girls all made their way lazily up the stairs, all looking forward to climbing into their comfortable four poster beds. Lily was thankful that the 5th year Prefects had the job to lead the 1st years up.

Lily was looking forward to catching up on sleep before classes started the next morning.

However, when they got into the common room the Marauders were sitting in their usual place by the fireplace. They were laughing loudly with those around them, not bothering to keep their voices down. Lily groaned internally, but decided that she would let them have their fun tonight. She wasn't in the mood to yell anyways.

At least she wasn't until she crawled into bed and she could still hear them, which was shocking because normally sound charms worked wonders. Groaning, she rolled over and willed sleep to come; trying her hardest to ignore the Marauders talking about all the pranks they were going to pull on the Slytherins this year.

The other girls were all grumbling about the noise and Alice was mumbling about murdering the tosser (James Potter) and how she still couldn't get away from him and his loud mouth.

"That's it," Lily grumbled, throwing off her covers and marching down the stairs.

The boys were still sitting in their spots around the fire, the crowd sitting around them had gotten bigger. Everyone wanted to know what mischief they had gotten up to the past summer.

"Would you all please keep it down? Some people are trying to sleep you know?!" Lily said angrily, trying to remind herself to take deep breaths and not to shout.

"I can think of some ways that you could shut me up Evans…" Potter said, wiggling his eyebrows and smirking.

Lily felt the bile rise up in her throat, "Not even in your wildest dreams Potter, you disgust me."

"I just meant that you are fully capable of hexing my mouth shut…but if you had better ideas I'm all for it," James said cockily, winking at the angry redhead, watching her face get flush with anger.

Lily rolled her eyes, "If you don't shut up I will take house points….I am a Prefect, you know."

The boys just rolled their eyes and Sirius added, "Don't be such a killjoy Evans! We're just having fun. You do know what that is right?"

"Well, have fun quietly," Lily said, glaring at them (a look that would send most cowering into fear, but also a look that the four of them were used to seeing).

With that Lily walked angrily back up the stairs to the top of the tower, smiling to herself when she noticed she could no longer hear them. However, the smile slowly disappeared when she remembered what she was wearing. She had on her short plaid pajama shorts and her baggy tee-shirt, which did not leave much to the imagination. Lily's face turned scarlet as she opened the door. She could hear Gemma snoring (she really could sleep through anything), Adaline and Adrian whispering and catching up and Alice still grumbling.

"Thanks Lils," Alice said before rolling over.

"No problem," Lily responded, before crawling into her own bed.

Her last thoughts before falling asleep were about how this was going to be a long year.

And there is chapter one, kind of a boring one, but I promise there will be a lot more drama! For those of you who read the prequel, please remember that there are 3 years between the stories, a lot of the drama will be explained (especially for why the groups aren't close friends anymore).

Anyway, please review and tell me what you think. I love hearing from you!