CHAPTER ONE- Lily
I looked back at the platform, watching my mother tear up, my father wave wildly, and my sister, Petunia, glare at me sulkily. I waved back furiously and blew kisses. As I watched Petunia huff and turn around, I remembered the argument the day before.
"Tuney, I don't know why you can't be happy for me!" I had said, frustrated beyond comprehension. Petunia had twirled her stringy brown hair around her long fingers. She sighed.
"You know exactly why." She said wearily. I rolled my eyes.
"Tuney…" I started.
"Fine! It's because you're going to a freak school with a freak headmaster to become the freak master of all freaks!" Petunia shouted. I jumped, tears welling in my eyes.
"I can't believe you would say that!" I yelled.
"What, you can't recognize the truth?" Petunia retorted. I put my hands on my hips.
"You're just jealous!" I argued.
"What, of becoming a freak? Yeah, sure." She said sarcastically.
"No!" I said, trying to keep my voice down. "We all know it's because you sent a letter to the headmaster shortly after I was accepted. You were furious when he rejected you, so you became jealous!" Tuney had narrowed her eyes and stomped out of the room. She hadn't spoken to me since.
I sighed and turned away from the window as the Hogwarts Express left the station. I sat down next to Severus. I had met Sev a year ago, and he was the first one to tell me about the wizarding world. It was fascinating, and ever since, we have been best friends.
"I just don't get why Petunia has to be so jealous." I said, putting my feet up on the opposite side of the compartment.
"Well, maybe she just wanted to be special, too." Sev flipped his long, greasy black hair out of his face and smiled slightly. I rolled my eyes. The biggest thing that annoyed me about Severus was his hair. Would it hurt to cut it, honestly? I knew he wasn't all too rich, but still.
"I dunno. Let's change the subject," I said, anxious to get my mind off my moody sister. "Tell me more about Slytherin." I grinned. Sev smiled back.
"You already know all about it. There's no way you'll get in anywhere else, mark my words." He pointed out. I grinned again. Good thing Sev thought so, because from what he told me, Slytherin was easily the best house. The door of our compartment slammed open. Sev and I looked up, confused. Two boys our age were standing in the door with their trunks. The first one, with unruly black hair and hazel eyes, smiled cockily.
"Any room in here? I thought so." He said, not bothering to wait for an answer. He and his friend stored their trunks and sat down. I looked at Sev, bewildered. His face was turning red.
"Who are you? This is our compartment." He said, narrowing his eyes. The second boy looked at him and laughed.
"What are you talking about, Snivellus? You know us and you don't own the compartment." The second boy said.
"Um, his name's Severus." I interjected. The boys looked at me as if seeing me for the first time. The first boy smoothed down his hair and held his hand out for me to shake it. I looked back at him defiantly.
"I don't think we've been introduced. My name's James Potter, and this here is Sirius Black." He said, smiling. I shook his hand and smiled back politely.
"I'm Lily Evans, and this is Severus Snape." I said.
"Lily's a pretty name." James said. I giggled. I noticed Sirius rolling his eyes and Sev's eyes flitting back and forth between James and me. He opened his mouth to say something, but James cut him off. "Save it, Snivellus." I jumped.
"Severus." I said. Ugh, this boy was annoying. And to think I thought he was good-looking! Sirius laughed.
"Nope. Snivellus. Don't you see how his bulbous nose is always running?" Sirius said, disgusted. I was shocked. These boys were mean.
"It's true." James said, grinning. Sev looked down at his shoes. My heart tore in two. Sev didn't deserve any of this; he already had a hard enough time with his family.
"That's it, you two! At first I thought you were nice, but you're obviously not! And who even asked you to come, anyway? What did Sev ever do to you? You guys are horrible!" I ranted. Sirius and James looked shocked. I bet no one's ever stood up to them before. James smiled arrogantly and stretched out lazily on the seat.
"I don't think anyone's ever told you, Evans, but Sirius and me, well we're cool. Not like this scumbag you got over here." He said, nodding to Severus. My jaw dropped. I had never met anyone so full of themselves.
"Well, if you ask me, you need to come down to the ground with the rest of us! You're no better than me or Sev and I think you should leave right now!" I said. I folded my arms and stared them down.
"You've got nice eyes, Evans." James smirked when I groaned exasperatedly. "But fine, alright, if you say so, we'll leave. Hope to see you in Gryffindor." And with that, he and Sirius left. Ugh, that Potter boy.
"Gryffindor!?" I said, astonished. And now he was trying to insult me, too! Because Sev had told me not a single witch or wizard who had been in Gryffindor hadn't gone bad. Ugh, I can't stand the thought of that boy! "How did you know them, anyway, Sev?" I asked. Sev looked down.
"They're from old wizarding families like my mother's, they are." He bit his lip and muttered under his breath.
"But why are they so mean to you?"
"Lily, just please, drop it for once!" Sev snapped. I was taken aback. So far, starting Hogwarts was not going the way I had thought it would. I sat back and didn't talk to Sev or anyone else for the entire rest of the train ride and boat ride. A new record for me.