The two black haired boys sat in the train compartment. They stared at each other challengingly. Their stares were broken, by the compartment door being opened by a short girl, with chocolate brown ringlets for hair, a milky brown complexion, and brown and blue eyes.

"Jamie, you wouldn't believe the hell getting a compartment." she said. James Potter looked at her with his golden hazel eyes.

"E.J, you came here with me. How did you have trouble getting a compartment?" he asked. E.J shrugged, then walked out the door again.

"Who was that?" asked Sirius Black, with his chilly gray eyes staring at the door. James looked at him.

"That was my cousin." he said.

"She wa-" E.J walked back into the compartment with a chubby girl with red hair and intense green eyes, and a boy with pale skin and sandy hair. His eyes were a warm brown.

"Okay… Lilsy, this is Jamie Potter. Jamie Potter, this is Lilsy. And… he's- sorry. I don't know your name." E.J said to Sirius.

"Um… I'm Sirius Black." said Sirius. E.J nodded.

"Okay, so…guys… this is Remus. Remus… these are them. Lily… these are them. Guys… this is Lily. I'm E.J Potter." E.J said as started to clean the seat. "Wow, that was easier than I thought." They all looked at her like she was crazy. She finally sat down, and witnessed them looking at her. "What happened?" They all shook their heads and sat down. E.J sat at the window, next to Sirius. Lily sat in the middle of James and Remus. E.J looked at Sirius, and he looked at her. "So, you're really Sirius Black, from the 'Noble House of Black'?" Sirius nodded. "Wow."

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Sirius, a little more defensively than he intended. E.J looked at him for a minute.

"Oh- it just means that… I didn't imagine seeing you two sit together." she said. "You know, getting along and everything."

"E.J, is it?" Sirius asked. E.J nodded. "Did it seem like we were getting along?" E.J laughed.

"Well then, what was the point in sitting together?" she asked. She looked at James. "Jamie, the point?"

"Yeah Jamie, what was the point?" Sirius asked mockingly. "Your cousin is annoying, Potter."

"Hey- don't talk about my cousin, Black. Even if she is a pain in the-" James started.

"Hey! This is not 'Gang up on E.J day', okay." said E.J. "I just don't get the point in fighting over what your parents think of each other."

"Hey!" Sirius and James shouted at the same time.

"No. Listen to me. Hear me out." said E.J. "Just because we're all purebloods, doesn't mean that we all hate muggleborns. And just because we're all purebloods, it doesn't mean that we all support that 'marry thy sister, keep the blood pure bullshit'. So- just because his family is into, whatever the hell they're into, it doesn't mean that he's into it too." They all looked at her.

"I'm not a pureblood." said Lily. E.J looked at her and nodded.

"I know. You're a muggleborn, aren't you?" she asked. Lily nodded.

"You're lucky." she said.

"What? Being a pureblood? No way." E.J said.

"What?!" James and Sirius shouted simultaneously.

"Think about it. Being a pureblood means that a life is chosen for you already. Half bloods have choices, just like muggleborns have choices. Purebloods- we have to go into a magical business… and something good too. We're either expected to be a rich spoiled brat, or some business mind."

"And which are you?" Sirius asked.

"Neither." E.J said. Sirius scoffed.

"Potter you say your last name is?" he asked. "You're a spoiled brat, and a soon business mind." E.J rolled her eyes.

"As opposed to the dark magic, spoiled brat. The 'Dark Lord's' followers as your parents." she said.

"You don't know anything about me." Sirius said.

"No- I know the same amount about you, that you knew about me, when you decided to spit a smartass comment out of your mouth." E.J said. "For the record, I'm not rich. My father is."

"And your mother." Sirius said. "You're Eris Potter, right?"

"My name is E.J." she said, a she adjusted the belt on her extra big jeans. The only way that someone would be able to determine her a girl, was her face.

"So- if you're Eris Potter, your father would be Eric Potter- one of the chairs in the Wizengamot. Your mother would be April Potter… head Healer in St. Mungo's, and winner of last years Healer of the Year award. So… your father and your mother are rich. Not to mention… well- I think your entire family." E.J rolled her eyes, and turned around.

"Anyway- Muggleborns can skip into other things like… being a doctor or lawyer." she said, brushing off the entire confrontation with Sirius.

"Then join the Wizengamot and become a healer." said Sirius.

"Muggleborns can be what they want to be. And they'll know that what they do is good enough, because they don't need magic. They've done things without magic."

"Well then, I suppose you want to do something with muggleborns, huh?" Sirius asked. E.J looked at him and rolled her eyes.

"You haven't gotten one word of that, have you?" she asked. "Yeah- if I were to choose something involving muggles, I would want to study the Pyramids in Egypt."

"You can do that with magic, too."

"I know that. But- the whole point is… I want to be able to experience things in a way that's beyond what we know."

"What do you mean? Muggles are overrated." said Sirius.

"Honestly." said James. E.J, Lily and Remus looked at them. Suddenly, Lily got up, and walked out of the train compartment. E.J glared at James, then hopped up after Lily. A minute later, she and Lily walked back through the doors. "Um… sorry."

"Yeah, me, too." said Sirius. Lily looked at them and nodded.

"That's alright." she said.

"No, its not." said E.J. "You guys are horrible… and just alike. And for that, you might as well be friends. Seeing as how you all have one ground base similarity."

"And what's that?" asked Sirius. E.J looked at him.

"You all love me." she said. Sirius snorted.

"Yeah right."

Four years later… The second to last night of Fourth year

"E.J- you are a Goddess!" Sirius shouted. "That prank was…"

"Oh Sirius… I'm merely skilled." E.J said, as she and Sirius walked into the Great Hall for dinner. E.J skipped over to Lily, who was saving her a seat. "Lilsy, mate- what are you doing over here?" E.J looked at how far Lily was from James, Peter, and Remus. Lily shook her head, before E.J took her arm, and dragged her to the seats that Sirius, and the others were saving for them.

"So… how did the prank go?" Remus asked. E.J and Sirius laughed.

"It didn't look like it'd work, at first. Then… E.J performed a shield charm, so that the wipeout would hit us." Sirius said. James looked at her.

"What wipeout?" he asked. E.J snickered slightly.

"Okay- well, the wipeout has to do with hair. So… everyone on the floor, when the wipeout wipes out… their hair turns red and gold. Gryffindor pride, dammit." she said. They all laughed.

"You know that its mean, right?" Lily said, as she piled a bunch of food onto her plate. E.J shook her head.

"Its not mean. When you're doing pranks, it's a rule that if it affects more than one person and they're not being put on the spot, it isn't mean." she said. "If its cruel, then I draw the line." Lily nodded, her chipmunk cheeks inflated with food. E.J laughed. "You look like a chipmunk." she said, before she started to put food onto her plate. Lily chewed her food, then swallowed.

"I hate you." she said to E.J, as she pinched her arm.

"Ouch- why?" E.J asked.

"You're always eating, and you're so thin- plus every boy likes you." Lily said. "I've never had a boyfriend, because of my flaws."

"And what are those?" E.J asked. Lily looked at her. "No, I know what a flaw is… identify your flaws… then change them."

"I'm fat. My hair is too red. My cheeks are chubby. And… I'm a social pariah. The only reason that people know me, is because I hang out with you."

"Okay- you're not fat." E.J said. "You're hair… I love your hair, mate. I mean- everyone has brown hair, but red… cool." Lily laughed.

"You're weird." she said.

"And boys don't like me. And people only know me, because I hang out with him." E.J said, pointing at James. Lily looked at James and blushed. "Please no."

"What?" Lily said.

"You fancy him? Not him." E.J whispered. Lily shook her head.

"I don't like him." she said. "I mean… he's-"

"You should tell him." E.J said. "If you do like him."

"I don't." Lily said. E.J shrugged.

"Whatever." she said. "I mean… he's your friend."

"Actually no. He's ignored me for the past four years, and we only say hi and bye. He's your friend."

"Well… no one said 'Lily, don't participate in the conversation.' I said, 'Lily, talk up.'" E.J said. "You have to be… out there. Not, 'hey- look at me'. But… 'I'm here to stay… and… no one can change that, but me'. Don't be a bitch- but, stand up for yourself. And if you have to- stand up for others. And if you want a boyfriend, learn to flirt." Lily rolled her eyes.

"I'm not a compulsive flirt, unlike someone I know." she said, as she looked at E.J. E.J laughed.

"I don't even know how to flirt." she said. Lily laughed. "What?"

"You flirt with everyone, except James." Lily whispered to her. E.J laughed, and shook her head. "Why do you think Peter looks at you like that?"

"Like what?"

"Call Peter." Lily said. E.J nodded.

"Hey Peter." E.J called. Peter looked at her, and blushed slightly. E.J's eyebrows furrowed, then she looked at Lily. "What the hell was that about?"

"He likes you." Lily said, in a sing song manner.

"Ms. Potter- I think I'd like to speak with you, for a second." said a voice behind E.J and Lily. They both turned around. McGonagall was standing behind them. E.J smiled up to her.

"Hi Minnie." she said. McGonagall looked livid.

"Are you the cause of this?" she asked.

"Of what?" James asked. They were all looking at Minnie. McGonagall took off her hat, and her hair was bright red, and gold.

"Um… I think that your hair is only like that, because of…because- 'cause of how radiant it makes you look?" E.J tried. McGonagall's lip almost twitched. "C'mon Minnie, you know that its funny. Okay- how about this… we'll make a bargain."

"Oh?" McGonagall said.

"Yeah- if you crack a smile when you see Slughorn, you have to let me and my accomplices off of detention. And we don't speak of this anymore." McGonagall looked at her like she was crazy.

"C'mon Minnie… Professor McGonagall- I think that this is only really a tribute to how well you've all been doing in teaching us spells. This is like a tribute to you and your colleagues. Look- here's Slughorn." Professor Slughorn walked into the great Hall, with small patches of red and gold hair sprouting out of his head. He'd refused to shave his head, ever since he started to go bald. Instead he let his patches of hair live out. McGonagall didn't crack a smile. She went into a hysterical fit of laughter. Most of the hall did. When McGonagall stopped laughing, she looked at E.J.

"I'll see you in detention." she said.

"We had a bargain."

"And you said if I cracked a smile. Me laughing at how foolish he looked, wasn't cracking a smile." McGonagall said.

"That's mean." E.J said.

"See you, Ms. Potter." McGonagall said, before she put her hat back on her head. E.J groaned, and the rest of them laughed.

"That almost worked. I have to get better with making these verbal contracts ironclad." she said.

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After dinner, the guys sat around in the common room corner, with some of the most popular sixth year Gryffindor, while E.J and Lily did their Professor Evaluations homework.

"Oh- I ran out of ink." Lily said. E.J pushed her ink towards Lily.

"You can use some of mine." she said.

"We have different colors." Lily said. "I'll go borrow some from Remus." E.J nodded. Lily got up, and approached the big group of the most popular Gryffindor students in the school. "Hey, Remus- can I borrow some of your black ink?" Remus nodded.

"Yeah, wait here. I'll go get it from my book bag." he said. James was sitting in a chair, and a fifth year Gryffindor girl, names Susan Laure was sitting on the arm. She was one of the typical popular girls. She had short blonde hair, and blue eyes. She was supposedly perfect, as held to guy standards.

"Nice outfit." she said to Lily. Lily smiled.

"Thank you." she said politely.

"Is that suede?" Susan asked. "Should you be wearing your own skin like that?" A big group o the guys and girls laughed, as Susan and her friends started to 'moo'. Lily looked at all of the laughing faces, and could feel the heat rise up on her cheeks. With a look each cruel laughing face, she felt more and more embarrassment. The laugh that caused her the most embarrassment was the laugh of James Potter. Without so much as another word, Lily turned around, and ran to the fourth year girls' dormitory, with tears blurring her vision.