Summary: Lily Evans has never understood the reason behind James Potters tactics, and James has never understood why Lily always hated him. Everyone has changed because of Voldemort. Are these tragedies bringing everyone closer? or not? Plz review... i'm open to constructive critisism.
Discalimer: In my dream world, I own Harry Potter. There is no world hunger, and George Bush isn't President.... but guess what. This isn't my dream world. So unfortunately J.K Rowling owns Harry Potter, people are starving, and sadly.... George Bush is Presdient tears. So please don't sue, I have nothing of great importance, well except my lovely dream world and my friends. But you don't want those... you want money. The only money I can give you is my lunch money and the 20 dollars worth of change in my piggy bank and underneath the couch. So without further ado.... my horrible(at least i think so... but my friend told me to put it up anyways) fanficiton.
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The sun was setting lazily over the pristine clouds. A small collection of different hues of orange, yellow, pink, and purple covered the night fallen earth. "It's more beautiful everytime."
A teenager with dark red hair was sitting on a window seat outlooking the setting sun. She reached over and unlatched the french styled windows. 'Circe should be back soon' she thought to herself. "Lily, time for supper darling, don't forget Vernon Dursley, Petunia's Fiance is going to be here tonight.." The girl groaned as the sound of her mothers voice came drifting from the hall. She hated Vernon Dursley with a passion. Her sister and him are perfect for each other... she thought... both farm animals a pig and a horse.
She gracefully swung her legs off the seat and her sandals lightly touched the ground. " Coming mum!!!" She yelled back to the woman out in the hall. Lily walked towards a beautifuly ornate cherry-wood mirror in the corner of her room. She looked at her reflection, and took in every aspect of herself. She was wearing a red tartan skirt that came a few inched above her milky white knees, along with a white peasent top and charcol colored sandals. For some reason, she decided to put on more make up than usual. Tonight she had ised black eyeliner, mascara, a light green shimmery eye shadow, light blush and clear lip-gloss. She never bothered with foundation, because she was lucky enough to have perfect skin.
She absent mindedly twirled a loose strand of hair that fell out of place from the ringlets her mtoher forced her to put on for "special" ocassions. Lily usually loved them, but all it was was for Vernon coming to dinner. Neither of her parents really like Vernon, but they had to put up with him, because they weren't sure how long it would be before Petunia found another guy willing to marry her.
Lily jumped as a large amount of pounding shook her bedroom door. "I WON'T HAVE A FREAK LIKE YOU EMBARRESS ME AND RUIN MY LIFE!!! YOU BETTER NOT DO ANY OF YOUR FUNNY BUSINESS YOU WORTHLESS FREAK!!!" The shrill voice sent voice rang throughout the upstairs hall and down into the parlor sending shivers along Lily's long spine. Lily just rolled her eyes and went to open her door.
Lily opened it to find a young woman long narrow teeth and stringy cropped mouse hair who looked like she tried to put her make up on in the dark. "I love you too Petunia... But what abnormalities do you mean??? I mean... what abnormalities do I have??? Well, besides.. but wait are you referring to Magic???" Lily asked the girl sweetly, I mean she had tried to bite back the remark, but it was just too much fun.
Petunia gasped "DADDY!!! LILY'S DOING IT AGAIN!!!" Lily giggled. Petunia stuck her nose up into the air and stomped down the stairs. "Lily dear, your mother asked you to to come down here to greet Vernon... and please stop upsetting Petunia, we really don't want her in a bad mood right now." Lily knew her father was right, but it was always so much fun to annoy her older sister, especially since she was legally able to do magic at home now. Every now and then, she'd change Petunia's tea-cup into a rat... of course, Lily got scolded, but it didn't have much effect because her father wasn't able to keep a straight face since the image of Petunia screaming and jumping ontop of the furniture was still fresh in his mind."Lily, did you hear me????" her fathers voice drifter up from the parlor. "Yes Daddy!"
Five minutes later, Lily made her way downstairs to find Mr.Evans mixing himself a strong drink. 'Yep, it's going to be a long night.' Lily thought. Petunia was bustling around in her new cocktail dress, with a feather duster trying to make sure the house was immaculate, and what really really really was funny about this was that Lily was imagining turning her sister into a flamingo... she would, but she wasn't that good in Transfiguration, that's a job for one of the Marauders.
"Lily, can you help me set the table? Lily snapped out of her reverie to see her mother coming into the parlor with a silver tea tray filled with a tea and biscuits. "Yes mummy dear." Lily followed Christine Evans (A/N: Her mother duh!!!) into the kitchen. "Lily, I need you to be on you best behavior" Christine told her daughter while stacking 5 blue china dinner plates into her hands and putting a few sets of silverwear on top. Lily nodded just as the doorbell rang. Her mother rushed frantically out of the kitchen ot go greet their guest. Lily rolled her eyes and tok her time settign the table. She had no desire what so ever to spend more time then she was forced to with Petunia and Vernon.
Vernon, deffinetley wasn't one of Lily's favorite people. he strongly reminded her of a pig, and she constantly had to remind herself that a good kick in the arse wouldn't help his case any. He was a rather large beefy man whose fase was this slight purpilish color, and he always had a smug look on his face that Lily would like to just....Grr... "I better stop while I'm ahead." Lily muttered, incoherently to no one in partiacular.
Lily slowly walked back out to the parlor hoping tonight would be a quick dinner, but only to have her mother turn her around to help her bring the roast into the dining room. Lily caught a glimpse of Vernon who was wearing a new suit tonight, and most likely had gotten his suit tailored to fit him, because Lily was sure they didn't carry that size in a regular store. As soon as Lily walked into the dining room with the roast, Vernon's eyes lit up. Mr.Evans took his usual seat at the head of the table and started cutting the roast, while Lily took her usual seat across from Petunia. "David dear, can you pass the roast around. Christine asked as she put the last few dishes on the tabke which consister of steak and kidney pudding.
After 10 minutes of small talk, everything went wrong. " So, Vernon. I hear that you father has found you a job at Gruinning's Drill Company." Said David. Lily knew that her was just trying to be nice and polite because he was sure it would be awhile before Petunia would find her another suitor, and she just wasn't meant for "the working world" as her father so kindly put it. He didn't give a rats arse whether or not Vernon would spend his life cleaning dustbins. "Ah, yes. I"ll have my own office in a few years time." I couldn't help myself. I guess it was just bad luck that I happened to be taking a sip of my drink at that time. Petunia mumbled something that sounded an awful lot like 'freak'. But before Lily could snap back, Petunia gave a loud shriek as a black hawk owl came swooping into the room with a letter tied to its leg. "What in bloody hell is that?!" Vernon asked trying to conceal the girlish sueal in his voice. "YOU RUINED I!!! YOU FREAK, YOU ALWAYS RUIN IT!!!" "Petunia, that is no way to talk to your sister!" Mrs. Evans snapped at her eldest daughter
" THEN MAYBE I DON'T WANT A SISTER!!! OR THIS FAMILY"
Petunia was furious she grabbed Vernon by the collar and stormed out, but not before a large brown barn owl came sweeping into the room with a thick letter held securely in its beak. " Ahh!!!" Petunia dove out of the way. "He's not going to hurt you." Lily said with a hint of amusement in her voice, as the owl dropped the letter on the table next to Lily.
"WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!!!!" Vernon looked like he'd been through hell, or better yet seen the devil himself...
'What a loser.' Lily thought ... scared of an owl that wasn't even near him. Then the black owl swooped over him to get to Lily, sending him into a second fit of fury. The black owl just perched itseld on Lily's shoulder with a soft hoot of amusement. Vernon hastily picked himself up and ran out.
"I'm sorry Petunia." Lily muttered, no matter how cruel Petunia was to Lily... Lily still loved her. Petunia looked at her sister and stuck her nose in the air. With a small 'hmph' she turned and marched up the stairs.
Lily sighed... she hated this. It was always like this when she came home for the holidays. Petunia avoided Lily like she was some contagious disease, and if she was forced to come in contact with Lily, she'd mutter insults about how 'abnormal she was and that she's a disgrace to the family.'
"I'm sorry..." Lily said quietly, 'Petunia is right it usually is my fault.' She adverted her gaze to the floor were one of her motehrs most favored china dishes layed broken into 3 pieces. "it's okay." her mother gave her a small hug. "Now, my beautiful flower, I will hope at least these letters are important." Lily put on a small smile. "Well, the brown one I believe is from Hogwarts." Sure enough when she picked up the letter, the front side said
Ms. Lily Evans
3rd bedroom
9 Elm Court
Magnolia Crescent
Surrey
" That man Dumbledore doesn't miss a thing does he?" Mr. Evans asked his daughter clearly amused at the fact it knew exactly where Lily was. Lily shook her head. "Professor Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in our time" A small curl fell into her jade eyes. Her mother started picking up the broken pieces while her father excused himself to get another drink... she couldn't blame him, tonight was awful.
She opened the letter, just the usual booklist, but she was shocked to see a second piece of parchemnt. "Hmm, I wonder what this could be?" Lily wondered, her almond shaped eyes scanned the the parchment quickly. She couldbn't help but let out a small squeal of excitement. "Sweetie are you ok? Did you step on a piece of china?" Her mother rushed back into the room carying a small dust pan with a worried look set upon her thin face. "oh no mum, I'm fine. But look."Lily handed her mother the parchment, and a few seconds later her mother gave the same squeal as Lily. "Head Girl!!! Congratulations." Her mother pulled Lily into a strong hug. " I'm proud of you." Lily's face became flushed with color as her mother said those words to her, and finally the words set into her as her father told her the same thing.
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Across town, and miles upon miles over, There was teenage boy getting a letter too. In fact, basically the same letter."OY!!! Padfoot look what I got!!" James Potter yelled to his friend. A rather good looking boy with black hair and dark eyes came running into the well furnished room, slamming the door and locking it behind him. "Phew, didn't know mooney could run that fast." Sirius said trying to catch his breath between words. James chuckled softy. Sometimes he just didn't see how Sirius did it all. All james did was hand Sirius his badge. It was silver with the Hogwarts crest on it, along with the letters HB. "Head Boy???" Sirius said clearly not believing James... "More like Humungous Bighead." (A/N: If you can't tell, I stole that part from POA you know, when Fred and George change Percy's Head Boy badge....)
"How'd you nick that off of Moony???" But before James could answer, there was a large pounding on the door.
"Padfoot let me in!"
"Sorry Moony, Marauders honor to up-hold."
"Padfoot, you know... I am also a marauder." His voice lingering on also to emphasize his point.
"What's wrong Moony, its just a letter from your dear old mum... oh wait. Its not is it? It's a letter from Claire, that french girl from Beauxbatons. But, since it is from Claire, why would such an honest fellow like you tell me its from dear your dear old muzzer." He asked pulling in a french accent on what would be mother in english.
James realized what Remus and Sirius were arguing about finally. James made a fake gasping sound. "Moony, I am apalled. You lied to a fellow marauder. Tsk. Tsk" Sirius couldn't stop his series of sniggers that came into play. He cleared his throat and pulled a long piece of parchment from the envelope. " Dear Remy-- -." Before Sirius could get any further, there was a soft -pop- and the letter was no longer in Sirius' ands, but in Remus'. "Hey that's cheating." Sirius whined. " Actually I'm well within my right considering it was MY post and I passed my test before I came here." Remus told him while hastily stuffin the envelope and parchemnt into the the pockets of his robes.
Sirius looked well put out, so he decided to try and make it more fun.So he handed Remus the badge. "Prongs nicked it off you." Remus took the badge and twirled it between his fingers. "Well Padfoot, I hate to be the one to break this to you, but my hogwarts letter is in the kitchen. And it sure as hell didn't come with a Head Boy badge." He paused in thought " Congratulations Prongs, well done." He said slapping James on the back.
"Guys, you don't have to keep up this prank You guys of all people should know you can't get one up on Sirius Black." He said adjusting the collar of on his shirt. James rolled his eyes and hit Sirius on the back of his head. "Look, I can prove it."He shoved the letter into Sirius' hands, and punched him playfully in the shoulder. After Sirius read the letter four times, he finally got the message into his 'thick head' Remus said. " Yes! Now we can get away with more stuff!" he kept the letter in hand and started unlocking the door.
"Where are you going Padfoot?" James asked curious as to what Sirius was doing. "Who me???" Sirius asked innocently. "Yes you. You prat." Sirius made a 'tsk' sound...."Why Prongsy, is that the way to talk to your bestest (A/N: I know that's not a real word) friend in the world." Remus looked up.... " Padfoot, what are you doing?" Sirius looked at Remus then at James. Finally opening the door, Sirius said " Oh... to tell Mrs.Potter what a wonderful son she has." and with that, Sirius ran out. "Damn it." James muttered before tearing after him.
Remus shrugged and plopped down into the comfortable arm chair by the fire. He knew how delighted Mrs.Potter would be at James' Headship, he also knew how disgusted James would be at his mothers delight, and he knew how Sirius would find it extremly amusing, "Now I can read my letter in peace." he said smiling while pulling the parchemnt out of his robes pockets. His soft blue eyes started reading.... trying to block out the sounds of Sirius and James fighting in the the 3rd floor hall of the Potter Mansion.