Authors Note: hey guys, hope you enjoy the first chapter!! Haven't really edited it much other than spell check but I will if people really like it.

Chapter 1: The Hogwarts Express

Lily Evans waved goodbye to her parents and sister one last time calling "I'll write often, and I'll be home for winter break!" She then turned towards the barrier separating her from platform 9 ¾ for the last time. She brushed her fingers through her long red hair and confidently strolled through the barrier with her trolley that carried her trunk and owl. Standing on the other side of the barrier she smiled; the crowded platform was full of young witches and wizards saying their goodbyes, greeting friends, and boarding the train.

Walking towards the front of the platform she saw flashes of quickly moving brown, black, and blond hair moving towards her. A second later she heard the cries of "Lily!" She also felt the impact of her three best friends slamming into her. She chuckled dryly and attempted to hug back. After a minute the girls let go of her and stepped back smiling. There was Marlene McKinnon, a short, bubbly, blond; Alice Prewett, a kind looking brunette; and Lee-Lee Zang, a tall Asian girl with straight black hair.

Laughing, Lily stepped away from her trolley and embraced each of her friends. They were her best friends in the entire world [including the muggle world and it had been a lonely summer without them. They had written and gotten together once or twice but it still wasn't the same as during the school year.

After talking for a few minutes more, the girls loaded their trunks on to the train and Marlene, Alice, and Lee-Lee went to search for an empty compartment while Lily went to the front of the train. She had gotten a letter only a week ago informing her of her of the normal book and school requirements as well as the fact that she had received head girl.

Lily strolled to the front of the train where the Head's compartment was located dragging her trunk behind her and holding her owl's cage in front of her. She wondered who would be head boy, the letter hadn't mentioned who it was.

Surely not Remus Lupin, his being a werewolf would make it hard to keep up with all the duties and patrols.

Yes, Lily Evans knew Remus Lupin was a werewolf. In fact, she had known since fifth year. Lily had guessed after noticing he always changed patrols once a month and made feeble excuses that his mother was sick. She had confronted him about it and he had told her the truth. However, against Remus' expectations, Lily had been completely fine with the fact and they had become close friends. She had sworn not to tell anybody, but the other marauders did not know that she knew.

But who else could be head boy? Surely, no HOPEFULLY, not Severus Snape. Maybe Amos Diggory, he was a decent prefect even if he was overly sure of himself. The Ravenclaw prefect would also not be suited for the job. Lily sighed, she would just have to hope Dumbledore picked someone responsible.

Finally reaching the Head's compartment, Lily lugged her trunk and heaved it into the overhead storage rack and set her owl, Daisy, on the small table by the window in her cage. Dropping her book bag on the floor, Lily sat down and grabbed the letter addressed to the Head Students and began reading.

Meanwhile…

James Potter heaved his trunk into the overhead storage with a grunt and flopped on the seat next to Sirius Black, his best friend, and across from Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, his two other close friends. They were sitting in the "Marauder's Compartment" as they had dubbed it after meeting there on the train ride in their first year. Unbeknownst to them at the time, that would be the beginning to long lasting and mischievous friendship.

"Ready for our final year at Hogwarts guys" asked James.

"Yeah, time to out with a bang. I was thinking, oh I don't know, pulling the greatest prank ever known to Hogwarts?" said Sirius with a smile and a raised eyebrow.

"Well, we do need to tone it down a little bit to study for our NEWTs, but as long as the prank doesn't hurt anybody I suppose that's a good idea."

"Remus, Moony, old buddy old pal, since when has one of MY brilliant pranks hurt anybody?"

"Well, I don't know about Moony or Wormtail, but I can think of several off the top of my head," joked James.

"Like when? Name three times," said Sirius with a pout.

"Well, there was that time in second year," said Peter.

"And that time in third year," chimed in Remus.

" And the other times in fourth, fifth, AND sixth year," finished James. "See what we mean?"

"Whatever, so Peter how was your summer, you didn't write much," asked Sirius.

"It was fine, I mostly stayed at home and went into the village once or twice. I had stuff to do so I didn't write."

James noticed that Peter nervously wiped his eyes and looked around cautiously but chose to ignore it. Peter was always like that.

"So, Remus, did you get Head Boy?" Asked Peter in an attempt to draw the attention away from him.

"No actually, I knew I wouldn't. I don't think having a head boy who was also a werewolf would be a good idea, and apparently Dumbledore agrees." Remus turned to look at Sirius and James, "Do either of you know who got it?"

"Well," started Sirius, "actually-"

James cut him off, "Apparently Dumbledore thought it would be a good idea to make a troublemaker head boy, I got my letter two weeks ago. Mum was actually quite surprised when I told her, as was Sirius."

"Well of course I was surprised, her screaming woke me up at eight in the morning, I thought Death Eaters had attacked or something," said Sirius with a grumble.

After that the mood was more subdued for a moment and the boys sat in silence until Remus broke the silence. "Um, Prongs? Shouldn't you be in the Head compartment with the head girl getting ready for the prefect meeting?"

James jumped up swearing and tore out the door of the compartment and down the train towards the front.

Sirius turned to Remus, "who do you reckon is head girl?"

"Oh definitely Lily, should be a nice shock for her seeing James" he said with a grin.

"Yeah, maybe this year she'll finally figure out how much James loves her and she loves him and he'll stop mopping around."

"One can hope," said Remus and proceeded to open a book and start reading.

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Finished reading the letter, Lily stretched and looked at her watch. 10.57am, the head boy should be here any moment. I do hope it is someone nice and who will take the position seriously. Hearing heavy footsteps Lily stood up and smoothed down her hair and tugged nervously at her shirt and jeans before turning to the compartment door. It slowly slid open, revealing the person behind it. Upon seeing the man, Lily's screech of annoyance could be heard all throughout the train.

"POTTER?!?!?!!"

A/N:

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Let me know if I should continue!!

-anne