Disclaimer: I do not own anyone except Anna, Charles, Jeremy, Isabelle and Rose

A/N: Anyone who's read my story's before will probably know that I promised not to start any more story's before I finished my current ones. But I couldn't resist, so here is my first ever Lily/James story, I hope you like it and please review at the end even if you didn't

I don't really have much to go on except for Petunia's outburst at the start of book one, where she says 'She came home every holiday with her pockets full of frog-spawn, turning teacups into rats'. And 'But for my mother and father, it was Lily this and Lily that, they were proud' and finally 'She met that Potter at school and they left and got married and had you'.

And the descriptions from the Mirror of Erised, 'She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes were bright green. The tall, thin, black-haired man standing next to her put his arm around her. He wore glasses, and his hair was very untidy. It stuck up at the back, just like Harry's did.'

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THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS ARE PREQUELS IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT TO THE REST OF THE STORY

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First year, first day. Hogwarts Express

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James and Remus were walking through the various compartments of the train searching for Sirius and Peter who had gone chasing after the food cart when they had realised they were out of chocolate frogs. The next compartment that they entered had two girls, who appeared to be about their age,

'Hey she's got red hair' James exclaimed pointing, Remus groaned, trust James to make a bad first impression, neither girl seemed amused by this comment, the girl with short black hair looked shocked and the girl James was pointing at with long red hair and sparkling green eyes looked furious

'What are you pointing at four eyes?' Lily snapped angrily at the small annoying boy with messy black hair who was openly pointing at her, Anna who was the girl with her had the feeling that her new friend was not somebody who liked to be messed around

'You' James replied cheekily

'Well you shouldn't' Lily narrowed her eyes

'I will if I want' James spoke rather arrogantly as he dropped his arm to his side, which infuriated Lily even more

'In that case I'll punch you if I want' Lily stood up and walked towards James

'You wouldn't dare' James was rather surprised, he had never met a girl quite like this one

'James we really don't want to find out. Nice meeting you girls' Remus interrupted dragging James from the compartment

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First year. Charms corridor

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'Don't move a muscle' James sprang round the corner and pointed his wand at Lily's back in the corridor as she made her way to the common room with Anna

'If it's a fight you want' Lily grabbed a sword from the suit of armour in front of her 'Then a fight you'll get'

'What the…' James exclaimed almost dropping his wand in surprise, he quickly grabbed a sword of his own and they exchanged a few harmless blows, while Sirius, Remus and Peter laughed at them, Anna was torn between worry and amusement, but she had quickly learnt that Lily could more than hold her own against James Potter

'Erm guys' Sirius who was stood at the corner of the corridor didn't want to stop his entertainment but felt he should

'Not now Sirius' James grunted from the effort of dodging Lily's sword

'McGonagall's coming. RUN' Remus shouted, with a clang the swords were dropped and all six of them ran, when McGonagall entered the corridor all she found was two swords on the floor

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End of second year. Kings Cross Station

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Lily was walking towards the barrier at Kings Cross at the end of a rather tiring second year, she had already said goodbye to Anna so she was ready to leave, just as she was about to go through the barrier she felt something hit her. She saw traces of a tomato trickling down her clothes, she turned to find the culprit and saw James whistling innocently nearby, she glared at him as he wandered over

'Just wait till next year Potter, I'll get you for that' Lily hissed in fury, James merely smiled happily in response and walked away. Lily tried to push all thoughts of him from her mind, she could look forward to a James free summer

'Hello dear, have you had a good year?' Lily's mum Rose gave her a quick kiss on the cheek when Lily reached where her parents were waiting

'Yes thanks, it's good to see you'

'We have exciting news, your father made a new friend' Lily's mother said actually looking excited, Lily didn't see what the big deal was but smiled anyway, just at that moment her father Charles came over with another man and woman who Lily presumed were his new friends

'This is Jeremy and Isabelle Potter, you might know their son James, I think he's in your year' Lily simply stared in shock, this could not be happening,

'Yes we've met' Lily said in a hollow voice of disbelief, she gave a very weak smile in the Potter's direction

'Hi Mum' James sauntered over and gave his mum a kiss, 'Hi Dad' James grinned at his father who grinned back at him, 'And Lily' James just looked mildly curious as to why Lily was with his parents

'At last, I suppose you and Sirius were off causing trouble somewhere' Isabelle looked amused even though she sounded slightly annoyed at being kept waiting

'Of course not mum' James said as innocently as he could, Lily snorted in derision, and James stuck his tongue out at her

'Well we have exciting news for you two, Lily can stay at James' house soon' Charles Evans announced happily, Lily and James just stared at him silently in horror

'We knew you'd be happy, this way we get to learn more about muggle life' James' dad Jeremy chimed in also very happy, how anyone could mistake the looks on Lily and James' faces for happiness was anyone's guess

'And Lily can spend time with a real wizard family, it's good for everybody' Charles spoke again, both Lily and James could think of at least two people it wasn't good for, but neither had yet recovered enough to speak. They still hadn't spoken when their respective parents dragged them in opposite directions after arranging to be in touch soon to sort out when the first visit could be

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Summer holidays before third year. Potter's house

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'Mum she can't stay here, she's evil, she'll try and kill me' James was chasing his mum around as she went around the rooms making sure their house elf had done the cleaning properly

'Nonsense James, she's a perfectly sweet little girl' Isabelle reached the kitchen where Charles was reading the paper apparently satisfied that the house was in a good condition for guests

'Dad, make mum see sense' James begged his father for support

'She seems very polite to me, she should be a good influence on you' Jeremy stuck his head round the paper round the paper long enough to reply until he went back to reading about the Chudley Cannons latest defeat

'I can't believe you're doing this to me' James said with a dramatic sigh as he stamped his foot angrily

'James you better be nice to her' his mother stopped what she was doing and narrowed her eyes suspiciously at her only son

'I can't be nice to somebody who tries to kill me can I?' James pointed out to his mum in what he thought was a controlled and reasoned grown-up voice

'Yes you can if it's Lily' Isabelle said as she walked out of the room leaving a gobsmacked James to owl Sirius with the bad news

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Evans house

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'Lily get a move on, we can't keep James waiting' Lily's dad called from the driveway, he never knew why women took so long to get ready, he had very clearly said that they were leaving at twelve

'But I haven't packed, or washed my hair and I get car sick' Lily's head appeared at her bedroom window

'Your mum packed for you, you washed your hair yesterday and you do not get carsick' Charles Evans ticked each one off on his fingers and tried not to roll his eyes, Lily had been trying to get out of this visit for weeks

'I haven't said goodbye to Petunia' Lily tried desperately

'Stay away from me freak' Petunia's voice shrieked from a nearby room where she was probably on the phone to her latest boyfriend and trying out new nail varnish

'I need to say goodbye to the goldfish' Lily gave a last ditch attempt to save herself, but even she would have to admit that it was a lame excuse

'We don't have goldfish, now get in the car and stop stalling' Charles tried to look stern, but it was hard because Lily always made him smile even when she was been difficult

'Fine. But if I come home dead it'll be your fault' Lily finally gave up as she slammed her window shut

'Deal' Charles had to suppress a grin as he heard Lily storm down the stairs, making sure to stamp on each one very loudly to express her annoyance at the arrangements

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Summer holidays before third year. Potter's house

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'Come on, if I have to stay at your stupid house at least let me join in' Lily chased James, Sirius, Remus and Peter into the garden, the boys reached a tree and climbed up into a tree house that appeared to have been made the muggle way and was rather shakily held together with a support in the ground

'No. Can't you read the sign? It says no girls' James yelled down pointing to a sign that said 'The marauders' with 'no girls' written scruffily in James' writing underneath

'This is just because I beat you at cards' Lily shielded her eyes against the bright sun to glare at the boys

'No, it's because you're a girl' James wished he had some dungbombs up in his tree-house to drop on Lily's head and make her leave him alone, he certainly didn't want her at his house

'This really isn't fair' Lily huffed frowning

'I really couldn't care' James shouted back from the very top of his tree house. Lily kicked the tree house support in anger and made a move to walk away, a large crash made her turn round and witness a collapsed tree house with four very shaken boys lying in the rubble

'It would have been a lot easier to just let her in' Remus groaned as he sat up rubbing his head

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A/N: Well there it is years one-three, next chapter will be up soon with years four-six and after that I'll start the real story, this is really just setting the scene. After the first two chapters there won't be any need to jump around places as much so it will be easier to read. Anyway please review, I'm rather nervous about what you all thought