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ChapterOne;
The Last Day of Sixth Year
If anyone had told Lily Evans she would end up marrying James Potter she would have done one of two things: One, laugh at you, or (depending on who you were), hit you. Or if you were a one Sirius Black, you recieved a glare and a punch in the arm.
"Ow! Why did you have to hit me?" he asked indignantly. But too late, Lily Evans was already headed back into her compartment on the Hogwarts Express. Rubbing his arm, Sirius turned to his friends, who were a short distance away.
"What took you so long?" asked one of Lily's friends, who was seated by the door to the compartment. Her name was Cadeau Curry. But no one ever called her that. She was known as Cady and didn't let you forget it, for she hated the name 'Cadeau'. It was a French name, a constant reminder to her of her heritage. But besides the occasional rant in French and her name though, you'd have to know a lot about her to gather the fact that she was French. She was average height for her age, so let's say around five foot seven. She had shoulder length chesnut brown hair that fell in large, wide curls around her round face. She had large, round, shockingly blue eyes. They reminded Lily of the color of the water she saw in pictures of tropical beaches. Cady was thin and muscular and quick-witted. This basically meant she could get any guy she wanted, if she wanted him, that is. She was somewhat picky when it came to the boys she dated. She didn't persue a relationship unless she thought it would last longer that a month or so.
"Sirius," anwered Lily, rolling her eyes. "Probably a joke or something, the Marauders weren't too far away, but that prat actually came up to me and told me I'd wind up marrying Potter."
"Since when would that be a bad thing?" asked Selene Kohl, another one of Lily's friends. She was obviously forgetting who she was speaking to, for Lily loathed James Potter. Selene had been Lily's friend since first year, as had Cady. Selene was on the shorter side, around five foot four. She had long blonde hair that reached the middle of her back. It curved towards her starting a little below her shoulders, and was heavily layered. Her eyes were the most unique color. They were a pale, silvery gray; and the coolest thing was, there was a noticable line of royal purple outlining her pupils. Her features were soft, and her hair complemented her oval shaped face. She was heavier than Cady, but in no means fat. She had less muscle, too, but could give a hard punch if you gave her reason to. She was a little less outspoken than the other two, but had a great sense of humor. She was currently laying opposite Cady, one leg bent while the other was layed out on the seat. She had one arm behind her head, and the other was hanging off the seat; She was blindly trying to reach a Chocolate Frog package, which was on the floor below her. She loved Chocolate Frogs, but if she had too many, the results were dangerous and at the same time hilarious. Talk about a major sugar high. "He is so hott."
"You have a boyfriend Selene," reminded Cady. "And you've forgotten that our Lily here isn't too fond of James."
"Just because I'm taken doesn't mean James Potter is suddenly ugly to me."
Selene had been dating Remus Lupin, a friend of theirs and a famous 'Marauder', since near the end of their fifth year. They were absolutely smitten with each other. "And James isn't that bad," Selene reasoned.
"Uh-oh. Here we go," Cady mumbled to herself, as Lily narrowed her eyes.
"Potter is an arrogant, self-centered, prat. How is that 'not so bad'?" asked Lily incredulously.
"He's-" started Selene, but Lily cut her off.
"James Potter is-"
This time Lily was cut off by the sound of their compartment door opening.
"Right behind you," finished James. "I knew you couldn't resist talking about me."
He grinned arrogantly while Lily rolled her eyes and sat down next to Cady. Unfortunately for Lily, James followed suit and sat next to her as the rest of the Marauders filed into the compartment.
"Budge up, Kohl," said Sirius, who was standing over Selene. Sirius was at a height of six-foot-two, and had gorgeous, dark brown hair. It flipped out towards the end of his ears (A/N: Ya know, the hott skater style?) and some fell into his eyes in a casual way that was at the same time elegant. His eyes were a deep blue, and his muscular and handsome features set him up for his date-a-different-girl-every-week-just-for-someone-to-snog way of relationships. Though most girls really didn't mind. He had a brilliant sense of humor and played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, Beater, which made him even more likeable. Selene glared at him and sat up, wripping open a Chocolate Frog as she did so. Sirius sat near the window, and Remus sat in between him and Selene. Remus was about five foot ten, and had light brown hair, that almost looked blonde in really bright light. He had chocolate brown eyes, and was undoubtedly handsome. He had a sense of humor, and common sense, which immediately set him apart from the other Marauders, who only had the former. He had been immediatly taken with Selene when they got to be friends in fourth year. They had all gotten closer to the Marauders in fourth year. A sudden huge change in scedules left the girls in almost all the same classes as the Marauders; And the fact that most of their classes were shared with the Slytherins brought them closer as both groups stood up for each other.
"How many Chocolate Frogs has she had?" asked Remus, fully aware of how she got when she had too many.
"This'll be her third," said Cady, who had taken to counting so she could stop Selene before she had too many. Peter squeezed his way in between James and the window, which unfortunately for Lily and fortunately for James, pushed the two closer together. Peter was probably the last person expected to be considered a Marauder. It had nothing to do with looks. He kept much more to himself, and seemed timid a lot. He had to work exceptionally hard in school to keep up with everyone else, which meant he could only help so much mentally with the Marauder's pranks. He had mousy blonde hair that was cut in a bowl shape, and went a little past the tips of his ears. He had small beady eyes. He was short and round, and wasn't as quick-witted as the rest of the Marauders. No, he seemed quite the opposite, always saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, subjecting himself to frequent teasing from Sirius. James put his arm around Lily's shoulders.
"Betchya like that dontchya Lilyflower?" teased Sirius. At the same time Lily gave James a look so hard he withdrew his arm immediately. Selene did have a point though; James Potter was far from ugly. He reached a height of six feet even, was very thin, had hazel eyes, and a thin face. His hair was jet black and always untidy. It stuck up at the back no matter what he did to it. He had even, much to Lily's annoyance, started purposely ruffling it up, so it looked windsept; as though he had just gotten off a broom. She had even brought it to his attention in their fifth year, though Lily hated thinking about that particular afternoon. It had not been an enjoyable one.
"I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!"
Then she remember something else.
"What? I'd NEVER call you a-- you-know-what!"
"Only if you go out with me Evans. Go on...go out with me..."
Lily always hated the fact that he fancied her so. Lily was five-foot-six, with thick, dark red hair that fell to her shoulders and startlingly green almond-shaped eyes. She was thin and in no ways muscular. She had a quick-wit and a sharp sense of humor, and was exceptionally smart. Her only problem was Transfiguration, for some reason. Lily came from a Muggle family and had a sister, Petunia, who hated Lily as a result of her loathing of anything to do with magic, or her lot as she liked to call them. Lily turned back to the conversation being held across her.
"Think you'll be Quidditch captain again next year?" Cady asked James. They were both on a the Quidditch team with Sirius. James was a Seeker and Cady was a Chaser.
"Hope so," said James, grinning.
"Yeah, then maybe we can finally win the Quidditch Cup..."
Lily tuned out the conversation and turned to stare out the window and watched as the trees thinned and King's Cross Station came into view. The train slowed and the Marauders stood up.
"We best be off then," said Sirius. "Gather our things."
"Have a good summer," said James as he left. "Bye, Evans!"
"Potter."
James, Remus, and Peter left the compartment. As Sirius was heading for the door he stole a glance at Cady and said,
"See you next year Curry."
Cady cocked an eybrow as she said distractedly,
"Keep in touch."
Sirius nodded and left, sliding the door closed behind him. When he was clearly out of ear shot, Cady said,
"I wish he'd grow up."
Selene rolled her eyes and turned to Lily.
"That's obviously code for: I wish he'd go out with me!" she said sarcastically.
"Fat chance," Cady retorted sharply. Before an argument broke out, the train had come to a complete stop. They gathered up all their things (Selene making sure to gather all her Chocolate Frogs) and left the compartment. They got off the train and onto Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Students were running in every direction to greet their parents.
"Oh, there's my dad!" said Selene, nodding to a thin man with short brown hair not too far away. "Write to me wil you?" she asked as she hugged her friends.
"Of course," the two girls answered simultaneously.
"Good," she smiled and ran over to her dad, immediately engulfing him in a hug. A little farther away Lily saw James greeting his parents, Perseus and Aquila Potter, and Sirius was with them, too. The two adults were gathering both of the boy's things. That was odd. Where were Sirius' parents? James saw Lily looking at them and gave her a wave and a smile. She immediately turned away and focused her attention on Cady.
"Where are your parents?" Lily asked.
"Beyond the barrier. They don't want Bernadette here with all the smoke, so I'm meeting them there."
"My parents are beyond the barrier, too. Muggles, you know," she reminded her friend (As Lily's parents were Muggles, so they couldn't get past the barrier). The two friends passed through the barrier to meet their parents. Lily dropped her things and brought her parents into a bone-crushing hug. She gave her sister a curt nod when she had let go of her parents.
"Be right back," she informed them. She walked over to Cady and gave her a hug.
"I'll write," she stated.
"As will I," she responded smiling. Lily looked at Cady's parents. They both only spoke French, so Lily tried her best to remember some of what her friend had taught her.
"Au revoir Monsieur et Madame Curry. Il est agreble de vous voir. Ont un bon ete."
"Le meme a vous Lily," answered Mr.Curry with a grin.
"Au revoir Lily," said Mrs.Curry as Lily left. Lily waved and turned back to her parents.
"Ready to go?" asked her father, David Evans. He was holding her trunk and her mother, Sarah Evans, was carrying Lily's tan owl, Athena.
"Yep," replied Lily happily. Petunia rolled her eyes and looked annoyed.
"Arreter la moue vous Prat," said Lily. Cheerful at the fact that her sister had no idea what Lily had just said to her, she grabbed her bag and followed her parents to the car.
"Cet ete va etre genial," she said to herself.
A/N:
Hah, so my first chapter is done! I hope you liked it! As for the French, I don't have Microsoft Word (no spell check, double space, intends, etc... sad), so I can't add letters with the little extra things above them. What they said goes as followed,
-Goodbye Mr. and Mrs. Curry. It is good to see you. Have a good summer.
-And the same to you, Lily.
-Goodbye Lily.
-Stop pouting you prat.
-This summer is going to be great.
FYI's:
First, I am currently working on a fic titled, Life Goes On, so updates may take a while as I want to finish that fic before I put all my effort and attention into this one. I am determined to finish my other fic, because I, like many people, hate reading fics that: you read the whole thing, only to find out it isn't complete and hasn't been updated in like 2 YEARS.
Second, there is a hidden song in this fic. It basically has to do with Sirius and a certain character, so watch out for any clues in the story. If you can guess what song it is and who it's by, you'll get the rest of the chapters in this story dedicated to you, and I'll R&R atleast one of your stories, if you've written any. Sounds cool, right? So keep your eyes open for hints. It's actually quite difficult so, Hint 1.) There is exactly one clue in this first chapter. And btw, don't excpect to get many 'Hint: blahblahblah', like I just did for you. And also, there might not be any clues in some chapters, but seriously, keep a look out.
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