Title: Life Goes On and People Grow Up

Author: Evil-Angel-911

Summery: Things have changed for both Lily and James. It's there 6th year and life has turned upside down. Will they make it through alone? Or will they get some help?

Disclaimer: I am not the genius that is JK Rowling. Any character you recognize is completely hers.

Chapter: 1 – Lily Alone

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(A/N- I will be trying out different points of views in this chapter. Please bare with me. The --- will signal a change of views)

Lily's Point of View

I stepped on the train alone. I sat alone. I was alone. Two down, one to go. Soon all the Griffindor 6th years will be….. gone. Even though prejudice surrounded us, we never gave up. Although death of our kind scattered the ground outside Hogwarts walls, it hadn't stopped us.

That summer made me morose. I was almost an unrecognizable image of my former self. No longer the happy go lucky girl, I sit every night on my bed and cry in pain or could it possibly be? Fear?

Before 6th year I used to stand up and yell, scream, laugh, even smile. I could be human. I was stronger. I stood up for what was right. Taking away my two best friends, my only hopes, was wrong, torture to be exact, and at the time, there wasn't a thing in the world I could do!

I sat in my compartment in silence until the prefect meeting where I sat, in silence; listening to the heads Jeff and Alice give us the prefect speech. I though of Alice as my only friend left. She'd be safe. Pureblood I found out. She's so lucky. Head of classes and a boyfriend from heaven. Frank Longbottom, an Auror in training at the time, graduated the year before. He was head boy and keeper for Griffindor too. They were in love, I knew they would get married straight of Hogwarts.

Alice and Jeff finished the lecture and sent us on our patrols. After an hour of giving fake smiles and telling some 7th years off for snogging I headed back to my own compartment. That's when I had to pass HIS compartment. I freezed. The way he looked at me. Pity? YES! He knew! I walked through quickly and walked on, not having the spunk to fight with him at the time.

Finally I took my seat and curled up by the window, letting the sunlight hit my face. I didn't notice someone come into my compartment and sit with me.

James Point of View

I had to follow her. She was different. The happy light was no longer in her eyes. The way she walked by without the witty comment I've been waiting all summer to hear wasn't said. Some would believe she's been administered the Dementor's kiss. But I knew.

Only 3 muggleborns were left at Hogwarts. A few had gone into hiding with their families, while the other ten are…….gone. I knew she had no one, that's part of the reason I followed her. Padfoot and Moony tried to stop me "for my own protection" but I told them I had a death wish and they let me go laughing.

I finally found her compartment. She sat there looking out the window, looking as beautiful as ever. Her hair, though obviously not very well cared for, was still that perfect auburn color I love, rolling down her back in natural, ringlet curls. Her eyes, reflecting the sunlight twinkled in their green glory. I closed the door silently behind me. I went and sat across from her. She didn't even notice. I watched her breathe. Her breath made fog upon the glass. I listened to her sigh, curling a long piece of curling hair around her finger. Even in pain she looked perfect, not like the girl I fell in live with but still perfect. I loved Lily for her imperfections.

For half an hour we sat in silence. Her content looking out the window and me happy gazing longingly at her. Finally our piece was disturbed.

"Anything off the trolly dears?" the witch asked.

"All the chocolate frogs in the cart." Lily said sadly, still looking out the window.

"I'll take the rest." I said merrily. Her head snapped to me, seeing me for the first time.

Her eyes widened in shock. "What in Merlin's name are you doing here?"

"Um… I seem to be sitting." The witch giggled. I paid for the cart and she backed out of the room, leaving the cart behind her.

"No I mean why are you here?"

"Well, my car was too loud." I said calmly. I was the second best lier in the mauraders behind Moony. "So I searched long and hard for a quite compartment and here I am!"

She took a long look at me. I saw pain in her eyes.

"Could you leave?" she said chocking on tears.

I shuddered seeing her this close to tears but I needed to stay and try to make her pain go away. "I could." I said seating myself more comfortably in my seat.

She huffed getting annoyed but now her voice was tear free. "Will you?"

"Now that's a different question."

She opened her mouth to say something but closed it and just started staring at me, as if seeing me for the first time. I half expected her to reach out her hand and say, 'I'm Lily Evans, nice to meet you.' But she didn't she just looked at me, and I looked back.