Who Says Dreams Don't Come True?

Disclaimer: Do I look richer than the Queen of England? I think not. Basically, if you recognize it, it probably isn't mine, if you don't then keep your crummy hands off it :) enjoy the story.

Bang, Bang, Bang.

"Get your lazy arse out of bed Lily, mum said you're going to be late." Petunia Evans shouted through the door to her younger sister Lily's bedroom. Lily groaned and rolled her eyes glancing over at her alarm clock. It read 9:43, that blasted clock had a knack for not going off on September 1st. Lily swore under her breath and climbed out of bed glad she had packed her trunk the night before. She slipped on her bedroom slippers and stumbled out into the hallway with a bathrobe draped across her shoulder. She had been awake for merely five minutes and already knew today would be a hectic one.

After a hurried shower, a short-lived attempt at taming her wild red curls and an incident involving a missing shoe Lily was downstairs snatching a slice from the toaster dragging her trunk behind her. Her mother shot her an ever famous can't-you-tell-we're-in-a-hurry look and began to reprimand her.

"You've got everything?" Mrs. Evans asked.

"Yes mother." Lily replied slightly agrivated. This ritual had been going on since 2nd year. If her mother couldn't understand that Lily was now 17 and in her last year at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry and fully capable of taking care of herself, then Lily saw no point in arguing the subject.

"You've got all your books?' Mrs. Evans replied.

"Yes mother, and before you even ask I've got my robes my wand and a sweater." Lily retorted rather exasperated.

"What about Jester?" her mother asked.

"Oh, whoops." Lily grinned sheepishly before running up the stairs to find her cat Jester. Lily loved that cat, she'd gotten him as a present for being made prefect in her 5th year. She named him Jester because of his funny coloring, half of his face was white where as the other half was black, he also had long fur which made his ears look like floppy dogs ears, giving him the look of the Jester of the Court in mideval times with their pointed hats.

Ten minutes later Lily and her mother were in the car headed towards the middle of muggle London, Kings Cross Station to be exact. Lily sighed and looked out the window as her badge gleamed in the sun, she had been ecstatic the previous week when it had came in the post along with her school letter. She didn't want to be thought of as arrogant or boastful but she knew all along the badge would be hers, teachers had been telling her since first year that she would make a remarkable Head Girl, she always seemed to do the right thing. Lily always turned her work in on time, never argued with a teacher over any pointless topic, and never really cared to argue with other students either, well... except for James. Lily laughed to herself thinking about James. They had an interesting sort of friendship. To everyone around them they had always seemed like the perfect pair, but a battle had been raging between them for superiority ever since the train ride first year. James had come into her compartment with his best friend Sirius Black looking for a seat and James and Lily immediately seemed to bump heads. Neither of them really seemed to be able to recall what exactly it was that set them off in the first place, but many of the 7th years still found humor in recalling the story of how two first years were found arguing in the aisle of the train with older students backing away in fear of getting hurt. Neither James nor Lily actually knew any spells at the time but they didn't hesitate to fling sparks at one another in hopes of burning off an eyebrow or something. Ever since that day James seemed to have a special liking for torturing Lily, rather it be a demeaning comment or a well thought out prank Lily was always the butt of James' joke. But don't feel sorry for dear Lily here, she always thought of a way to put herself one step ahead of James Potter, she always retaliated. Not until the middle of sixth year had things between them calmed down, Lily's best friend Tyler and James' good friend Remus found that they had a lot more in common than just being friends with the two most determined Gryfindors around, and they started up a relationship somewhat forcing Lily and James to become friends. Not that they actually minded, they had always been part of the same social group and could at times get along, but whenever things got competitive it was as if they resorted back to first year all over again.

"So you looking forward to your last year of school Lily?" her mother asked as she smiled at her youngest daughter.

"I suppose, I always look forward to going back to Hogwarts but I guess it'll just be tough knowing after this year I won't be able to do that anymore." Lily stated with a saddened expression.

They parked the car a block from the station and Lily rolled her trunk down the street as her mother totted Jester's basket. Her mother was the only one to ever see her off to the train, her father was always busy with work seeing as he was head of a prestigious law firm Evans and Grant. Petunia of course never came either, claiming she had plans for the day. Petunia and Lily had never really gotten along since Lily first received a Hogwarts letter.

"Be safe and make sure to write once a week." Mrs. Evans said as she leaned forward to hug Lily good bye, she couldn't go through the gate with her, being a muggle and all.

"I always am mum." Lily replied with a smile before taking a breath and walking straight into the brick wall between platforms 9 and 10. Suddenly the Hogwarts Express gleamed in front of her as she headed off to find a compartment.

"Lily!" she heard a familiar voice cry out.

"Ty!" she squealed in return having not seen her friend since late July. "How've you been? Everything's good I hope."

"Oh you know, mum and dad fighting like usual no big deal. I did get a kitten though! Isn't he cute?" Ty giggled and pointed at the tiny grey kitten that was wrapping himself around her leg. "I decided to name him Chance."

"Oh my goodness he's adorable!" Lily said bending down to scoop him up. "We had better find a compartment before James and Sirius decide to flood all the empty ones like last year." The girls laughed at the memory. They scampered off to find a seat before the large steam engine started moving.

"So how is Remus doing?" Lily asked.

"He's doing fine, we actually convinced his mum and dad to take us to the beach for a week, it was really fun, his hair is a lot blonder since, it's kind of cute." Tyler giggled thinking about her boyfriend who normally sported a scruffy looking brown mop of hair.

"So his mum's doing well then? She seemed to get sick an awful lot last year, I always thought it was some chronic disease he didn't want everyone knowing about but if she was well enough for the beach..." Lily trailed off.

"I had thought that to but I guess if he wanted to tell he would." Ty shrugged it off.

"Hey Evans nice badge." came a familiar voice in a very teasing tone. "Looks like we're bunking together this year doesn't it?"

Lily turned to look at James with a sudden look of fear upon her face.

"No please no, don't tell me they made you Head Boy!" Lily all but screamed.

"Now now Evans, I'm hurt do you honestly think I wouldn't make a good Head Boy?" James asked in a mock offended tone.

"Of course you wouldn't make a good Head Boy, I'm surprised you'd ask that question you lazy bum, you never do any work!" Lily was not liking this situation. The thought of sharing a private common room with Potter, their bedrooms merely feet away from each other was anything but a pleasant thought.

"Well it's just to bad you feel that way Evans, seeing as I've already been given the badge." James smirked and thumped the shiny silver badge on his chest just to prove it.

James, getting bored with lingering in the doorway took the seat opposite Lily and stared at the compartment door as if waiting on something, and sure enough right on cue Sirius and Remus stumbled in. Ty squealed and jumped up to wrap her arms around Remus' neck. Sirius and James simultaneously rolled their eyes and made gagging noises.

"Oh when are you two going to grow up?" Ty asked and threw a dirty look at them both but laughed all the same.

"When you two learn how to get a room." Sirius retorted.

"Fair enough." Ty replied with a grin.

"Where is Peter?" Lily asked looking around for the only missing Maurader.

"Good question, I haven't seen nor heard from him all summer, probably been with his Gran being forced to plant flowers in the backyard all summer, poor guy." James stated poking his head into the hallway. "There he is, HEY PETE OVER HERE!" James shouted out.

"Please Potter, dont' worry about being a disturbance." Lily groaned.

"Wouldn't dream of it." James replied with a wink. Lily rolled her eyes. Things were already falling into their regular flow.

Remus took the seat between Lily and Ty and left James, Sirius and Peter to make themselves comfortable on the other side of the compartment.

"You know James, I don't get it." Sirius stated scratching his head.

"There are a lot of things you don't get." James joked.

"Yeah but I'm serious this time!" Sirius exclaimed.

"You're always Sirius, Sirius!" James teased.

"No really! Why is it that Remus is sitting between two gorgeous girls?" he pondered. "We're the cute ones not him."

"Because you're both arrogant pricks?" Lily asked.

"No that's not it." Sirius said without catching the insult. Everyone exchanged glances and rolled their eyes leaving Sirius to ponder.

James sat back and looked around, everyone seemed to have fallen into a conversation, he glanced up at Evans to see she was staring at him, when she saw he had noticed she blushed and looked back down at the book that was open on her lap. James couldn't help but grin, he could already tell this was going to be a good year.