A Love born of Hate
Disclaimer: They're not mine ... I'm just playing with them for a while. The chapter titles are songs by various artists and don't belong to me either. This one is by Bob Dylan.
A/N: Mmm, there are so many James/Lilly fics ... just had to add one, too. The fight between James and Severus will be different from the one in the book. Oh, and I know that JK's spelling for Lilly's name is 'Lily', but I happen to like the second 'l'.
Chapter 1 (How many roads)
Lilly Evans sighed and shoved the History of magic final away from her. She was done! All these months of studying and fussing over her marks and now she was finally done. She allowed herself to let out a sigh of relief and looked across the Great hall to see if anyone else had already finished the paper. A few Ravenclaws and a Hufflepuff girl were already done and grinned at her; Lilly Evans was quite popular. Out of the corner of her eye she could see **him** stare at her, too. She rolled her eyes; James Potter was a very unpleasant person and she did not like him! Not one bit! The greatest pleasure in his life was to show off his talent and torture other people just because he could. She wondered how a person like him had made it into Gryffindor ... Oh well, today they had done their OWL's and soon she would be away from him for two months. Not that these two months would be so much better. Lilly's sister Petunia would shriek and run out of the room as soon as she, Lilly, entered it. Petunia wasn't happy with Lilly's abilities, nor was she happy with the way her parents treated Lilly. Of course they were more excited when their younger daughter told them about her life in Hogwarts because it was new for them, but they could have paid some attention to Petunia, too. Lilly knew all of this too well, but she couldn't change it. Finally their papers got collected and all of the students left the room.
James tried desperately to catch a glimpse of Lilly Evans as they all left the Great Hall. She had been ignoring him for a whole year now! Before that she had usually tried to stop him from pulling his pranks with Sirius, Remus and Wormtail, but that year she had simply not paid attention to anything he did or said. It was quite annoying! She was the only one in all of Hogwarts who was not afraid of him and Sirius or at least admiring them. The friends walked outside and settled under a tree near the lake; Sirius just sat there, looking handsome as always. Remus just looked at his friends and smiled.
"We are done," he said happily.
"Too true," Sirius grumbled. "That stuff was a bit too easy for my liking."
Peter squealed indignantly at his friend. "Easy? History of Magic has got to be one of the most difficult exams I ever had to-"
"It was easy," James interrupted him, his voice firm.
He ruffled his black hair so that it looked like he had just played an especially hard Quidditch match and looked over to a group of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff girls who were laughing and chattering, obviously elated to have finished their OWL's. James view wondered and he discovered something that made him smile that wild smile that indicated that he was up to something. Sirius, who had followed James's gaze, nodded in understanding: Severus Snape. They got up, seemingly oblivious to Remus who was pleading them with his eye to sit down and leave Snape alone.
"My, my, if that isn't the good old Snivellus!" Sirius called.
Snape tried to keep his head down as not to provoke them any more, but his black eyes were expressing every bit of his anger and hatred for the two Gryffindors.
"Indeed, he has to be, Padfoot," James added. "Or are there two people who have hair that looks like a giant snail had left its slime on there?"
"Take that back!" Snape cried out.
"Ohhh, take that back? Should we now, Prongs? What would he do? Get out that bad, bad snail to make us look like him?"
With a cry of pure fury Snape yelled the first curse that came to his mind: "Incendio!"
The spell wasn't directly pointed at anyone in particular and so the fire just seared some of James's hairs, but since that was what James liked more than anything else about himself, Snape had done the worst thing he could have done. Not even Remus could calm his two friends down now. He closed his eyes and waited for what was to come. No one would be able to help him ...
James and Sirius had cast a spell on so that he was hanging in the air upside down. He hated them in that moment like he had never hated anyone or anything ever before. Then suddenly the invisible force that held him up vanished and he got carried to the ground by something that reminded him of a gentle breeze.
The two Gryffindors stared at him for a moment until they discovered what had brought their victim down: Lilly Evans.
"What do you think are you doing there?" Lilly yelled. "Why can't you leave him alone?"
James looked at her, equally angry now. "That's none of your business, Evans!"
"Well, since not even our fine Prefect here seems to be able to stand up to you two, it IS my business!"
Remus blushed; he knew that Lilly was right, but he also knew what Sirius and James would do if he tried to stop them ...
"Are you okay?" Lilly asked as she helped Snape to get back up.
After she had made sure that the boys wouldn't try to do anything else to the Slytherin she turned on her heels so that her red hair whipped through the air like a flame and stomped off to find her friends.
James stared after Lilly. "We'll have to do something about her, Sirius. Soon."
Sirius nodded with a wicked smile. "I think I know what it'll be ..."
A/N: Good? Bad? Indifferent? Should I continue?
Disclaimer: They're not mine ... I'm just playing with them for a while. The chapter titles are songs by various artists and don't belong to me either. This one is by Bob Dylan.
A/N: Mmm, there are so many James/Lilly fics ... just had to add one, too. The fight between James and Severus will be different from the one in the book. Oh, and I know that JK's spelling for Lilly's name is 'Lily', but I happen to like the second 'l'.
Chapter 1 (How many roads)
Lilly Evans sighed and shoved the History of magic final away from her. She was done! All these months of studying and fussing over her marks and now she was finally done. She allowed herself to let out a sigh of relief and looked across the Great hall to see if anyone else had already finished the paper. A few Ravenclaws and a Hufflepuff girl were already done and grinned at her; Lilly Evans was quite popular. Out of the corner of her eye she could see **him** stare at her, too. She rolled her eyes; James Potter was a very unpleasant person and she did not like him! Not one bit! The greatest pleasure in his life was to show off his talent and torture other people just because he could. She wondered how a person like him had made it into Gryffindor ... Oh well, today they had done their OWL's and soon she would be away from him for two months. Not that these two months would be so much better. Lilly's sister Petunia would shriek and run out of the room as soon as she, Lilly, entered it. Petunia wasn't happy with Lilly's abilities, nor was she happy with the way her parents treated Lilly. Of course they were more excited when their younger daughter told them about her life in Hogwarts because it was new for them, but they could have paid some attention to Petunia, too. Lilly knew all of this too well, but she couldn't change it. Finally their papers got collected and all of the students left the room.
James tried desperately to catch a glimpse of Lilly Evans as they all left the Great Hall. She had been ignoring him for a whole year now! Before that she had usually tried to stop him from pulling his pranks with Sirius, Remus and Wormtail, but that year she had simply not paid attention to anything he did or said. It was quite annoying! She was the only one in all of Hogwarts who was not afraid of him and Sirius or at least admiring them. The friends walked outside and settled under a tree near the lake; Sirius just sat there, looking handsome as always. Remus just looked at his friends and smiled.
"We are done," he said happily.
"Too true," Sirius grumbled. "That stuff was a bit too easy for my liking."
Peter squealed indignantly at his friend. "Easy? History of Magic has got to be one of the most difficult exams I ever had to-"
"It was easy," James interrupted him, his voice firm.
He ruffled his black hair so that it looked like he had just played an especially hard Quidditch match and looked over to a group of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff girls who were laughing and chattering, obviously elated to have finished their OWL's. James view wondered and he discovered something that made him smile that wild smile that indicated that he was up to something. Sirius, who had followed James's gaze, nodded in understanding: Severus Snape. They got up, seemingly oblivious to Remus who was pleading them with his eye to sit down and leave Snape alone.
"My, my, if that isn't the good old Snivellus!" Sirius called.
Snape tried to keep his head down as not to provoke them any more, but his black eyes were expressing every bit of his anger and hatred for the two Gryffindors.
"Indeed, he has to be, Padfoot," James added. "Or are there two people who have hair that looks like a giant snail had left its slime on there?"
"Take that back!" Snape cried out.
"Ohhh, take that back? Should we now, Prongs? What would he do? Get out that bad, bad snail to make us look like him?"
With a cry of pure fury Snape yelled the first curse that came to his mind: "Incendio!"
The spell wasn't directly pointed at anyone in particular and so the fire just seared some of James's hairs, but since that was what James liked more than anything else about himself, Snape had done the worst thing he could have done. Not even Remus could calm his two friends down now. He closed his eyes and waited for what was to come. No one would be able to help him ...
James and Sirius had cast a spell on so that he was hanging in the air upside down. He hated them in that moment like he had never hated anyone or anything ever before. Then suddenly the invisible force that held him up vanished and he got carried to the ground by something that reminded him of a gentle breeze.
The two Gryffindors stared at him for a moment until they discovered what had brought their victim down: Lilly Evans.
"What do you think are you doing there?" Lilly yelled. "Why can't you leave him alone?"
James looked at her, equally angry now. "That's none of your business, Evans!"
"Well, since not even our fine Prefect here seems to be able to stand up to you two, it IS my business!"
Remus blushed; he knew that Lilly was right, but he also knew what Sirius and James would do if he tried to stop them ...
"Are you okay?" Lilly asked as she helped Snape to get back up.
After she had made sure that the boys wouldn't try to do anything else to the Slytherin she turned on her heels so that her red hair whipped through the air like a flame and stomped off to find her friends.
James stared after Lilly. "We'll have to do something about her, Sirius. Soon."
Sirius nodded with a wicked smile. "I think I know what it'll be ..."
A/N: Good? Bad? Indifferent? Should I continue?