Chapter 1: What is Wrong With Me?

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Note: This is in Lily Evans POV

How Far I'll Go by Auli'i Cravalho

I can lead with pride, I can make us strong

I'll be satisfied if I play along

But the voice inside sings a different song

What is wrong with me?

I finished tying up my dark auburn hair into a bun. Thankfully, it stayed. I looked at myself in my full length mirror. A slim girl of 17 with emerald eyes and hair the color of wine piled on top her head stared back at me. My mum always said I was a beautiful young lady. Yeah, right. If you compared me to a toad, sure. Anyways, I had time to think about my beauty later, though, I had a train to catch! I ran downstairs to my mum, Rose and my friends: Marlene McKinnon, Alice Prewett, and Emmeline Vance.

"Ready to go?" Marlene asked.

"What were you doing?" Alice questioned.

"Getting my hair up. You know how annoying it can be." I responded.

"Or maybe she was looming over a picture of a boy," Alice said.

"Give it a rest, Allison!" Emmeline says.

"You know I hate being called Allison!" Alice says angrily.

"Yeah, well, stop teasing Lily and we'll stop teasing you!" Emmeline retorts.

"Both of you, just give it a rest! And Alice, I do NOT like James Potter." I say, hushing them all.

Marlene breaks the quiet following my comment by saying,"Let's leave, shall we? Or we'll be late!"

My dad, Holden drives us to Kings Cross Station. Once we're standing right in front of Platform 9 ¾, my mum is giving me watery kisses that mingle with her tears, and dad is giving me many of his famous "last-minute" hugs. Seeing as it's my last year, I let them. Finally Marlene, Alice, Emmeline, and I run through the barrier and make it to the Hogwarts Express.

"Hey, you guys carry on and find a compartment. I'll join you in a bit. I, uh, said I'd meet Sirius," Marlene whispers. Of course Marlene would visit her little Siri poo the moment we get on the train. Then she looks over my shoulder, and a less-than-happy expression replaces her grin.

"Actually, on second thought, I'll come with you." Marlene says.

"Uhhh, why?" Alice asks with a confused expression on her face. That's weird. Marlene would never say no to her Siri poo.

Marlene nervously points to Snape, Avery, and Mulciber.

"Oh, here we go!" Emmeline says.

"Why, hello, Evans." Snape nods at the rest of us. I really hated that greasy haired slimeball, and I was not in the mood to listen to his rants about pure and dirty blood.

"Maybe you should find another compartment, and stop contaminating this aisle with your acquaintance," he says.

"Umm, maybe you should wash that greasy hair of your that you haven't washed for let's see, since it sprouted." Alice says, smirking.

Snape sneers and walks away.

"Thanks, Alice!" I say to my best friend. Then someone taps me on the shoulder. It was James Potter and his friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.

"Hey, Evans! I see you ran into Snivellus! I must say that Prewett's retort was an award-winner." I had butterflies in my stomach. His beautiful hazel brown eyes…whoa! What is wrong with me?

"Thanks. Do you know how Frank's doing at the Ministry?" Alice asks. The butterflies were still going. AHHHHHHHHH! What is with me? Lily Evans, get a grip on yourself! You can't like your enemy.

"Uhh, yeah, Dad said he was training to be an Auror? I think. Aren't you in touch with him?" Potter says.

"No. My owl died at the end of last term," Alice says, tears forming in her eyes.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know. You can use my owl." Potter says sympathetically. Hold on. Potter being sympathetic?

"Are you okay?" I ask.

"Yeah. Why?" Potter questions.

"You're being sympathetic," I said.

"So?"

"So that's not really you. I didn't think sympathetic was a word in your dictionary."

"Okay. Why are you making a big deal out of it?"

"Because, you would've hexed 10 people by now, but instead you're sympathetic to my best friend, who you've always teased and taunted."

"Makes sense. But I've moved on, Evans."

"Why?"

"Do you want me to hex 10 people? I can do it. Now."

"No. But why have you moved on?"

"This is last year. After this it's occupations. And I wanna become an Auror. I can still qualify. I just have to pass my N.E.W.T. exams and then to Auror training. Anyways, see you later, Evans."

He gave me a lopsided grin. Hopefully never, I thought in my head, and I immediately felt guilty for that thought. Potter wasn't that bad a person. And he wasn't bad looking either. Just thinking about his hazel eyes, messy hair and lopsided grin gave me even more butterflies than that one time when I interrupted one of Sirius and Marlene's more private moments. Marlene! Her voice snapped me back to reality. My thoughts sounded like I was developing a crush on James Potter. Something was really wrong with me.

"Lily, come on!" Marlene beckoned me again. I made my towards my friends, and turned to look back at the retreating dark head of James Potter. Something was definitely different about that boy. I just couldn't put my finger on it.

And that's the first chapter! Hope ya like it! R & R (We know, but we've made it Review and Review) pls! Also, if you were wondering, there are 2 people on this account not 1. Padma does the writing and Parvati edits and adds!

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