Chapter 1- Just a Normal Day at Hogwarts

Lily Evans was simply walking down the corridor on her way to potions class when James Potter and his gang came strutting around the corner. She propped her book up to her face, hoping they wouldn't notice her. Which was impossible being as they were the only people there.

"Hey Evans, missed you at the quidditch match yesterday. Were you hanging out with Snivellous again?" James bellowed though the hall.

She didn't answer. Just pretended she hadn't heard them and went back to reading. She was so close to the classroom that the smell of screwed up potions from last hour were already filling her nostrils. She was so close to getting away from the boys. She was about to turn into the door when James' muscular arm stopped her.

"Please James, I don't need this right now. We have a test today, remember?" She begged.

James just shot her a flirty smile. "Oh Evans, how 'bout me and you ditch the test and do something relaxing in the common room. If you get what I'm saying."

She gave him a look of disgust and ducked under his arm and into the classroom. She walked over next to her friend Severus Snape and plodded her book down hard on the desk.

"Oh, hi Lily." He greeted looking up from his book for only a moment.

Lily had met Severus a few years before she went away to Hogwarts. He had been sorted into Slytherin unlike her. She was a Gryffindor. Same as James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter. The four goons of the school. They bullied Severus a lot. That's what annoyed her the most about the boys. Besides the constant flirting coming from James.

Professor Slugghorn stepped in then and greeted the class with his normal "Did you study?" James and Remus snickered at the thought of studying. Lily rolled her eyes at the two.

"You know the drill class. Today's test is on page 62. Good luck." Professor Slugghorn announced.

Lily flipped open her book and scanned the page with her index finger. Cure for Boils, easy enough. She thought to herself.

Severus was already started on the potion while she was still reading the ingredients list. She always wondered how he did things so fast, yet so accurate at the same time. For being such a jokester, James was impressively smart. Same with the other three boys. They all got great marks.

Severus was, of course, the first to finish. Slugghorn told him he could leave so he did. But not before whispering a goodbye and good luck to Lily. James noticed and glared at him.

Stupid Snivellous, always talking to Lily as if she actually liked him. James thought. Little prick. Lily got done next and she did the same as Severus.

She was a few feet from the common room when James came running up behind her. "Evans, you, me, quidditch party." She rolled her eyes and kept walking. "Come on Evans, you know you want to."

She stopped amd turned on her heal. "Listen to me James Potter. I don't and will not ever like you. So stop flirting with me 24/7 'cause it's never gonna work."

James snickered a little. "You'll want me one day Lily Evans. I know it."

She huffed and kept walking. Peter, Sirius, and Remus came up to him then.

"Eh Prongs, how'd you get out so early?" Peter asked swinging an arm around James' shoulder.

"Finished early. That way we can plan a new prank on Snivellous." He exclaimed. The boys hooted and hollered at the comment. They walzted into the common room. There was no one there so they just played around. Throwing Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans at each other. With an additional playful curse every now and then.

Remus stopped for a moment when he caught sight of the calender in the corner.

"Moony, what's wong?" Sirius asked. Remus looked over at him for a few seconds then snapped back to the calender. "Is tonight the night?"

Remus nodded and gave a worried look towards his three friends. They all exchanged looks that went from joking to serious almost instantly.