Chapter 1: The Evans Household

Lily Evans woke up on a beautiful and warm August morning. Lily is sixteen years old and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She has thick, wavy red hair and amazing emerald green eyes. She was very pretty.

This morning she woke up because a brown owl was biting her ear. She realized that the letter was from Hogwarts. It consisted of the usual letter, a list of the books she needed, and her prefect badge.

Lily loved school. She was muggle-born meaning that her parents could not do magic. It came as a major surprise for her six years ago. At school she met four amazing friends. They were very different yet they still loved each other.

One of her best friends is Amanda Freshman. She is pure-blood, which means that her whole family could do magic so she knew the wizarding world very well. Lily met her in the first year when she couldn't figure out how to get to platform 9 ¾. Amanda is very short, only about 5'2. She has straight dark brown hair with light brown highlights. She has deep; set eyes that if she glares at them they recoil. Her eyes are hazel. She is probably the prettiest girl in school. She is loud and outgoing. She is very athletic; she plays seeker on the Gryffindor quidditch team. She is also funny and smart, though she never works for her grades. She is the most popular girl in school. She is also very carefree.

Another one of her best friends is Priya Patel. She is very much like Amanda. She has very dark brown hair and brown eyes. She is average when it comes to height. She is about 5'4. She has olive colored skin because she has an Indian background but was born in Britain along with Lily and Amanda. She is half-blood so her mom is a witch and her dad is a muggle. Priya could easily relate to Lily and Amanda because she knows both the wizarding and muggle worlds. She is smart and a bit loud but nowhere near as loud and outgoing as Amanda. She is also very funny. Next to Amanda she is probably the next most popular and pretty.

Another one of Lily's best friend is Angelina Chang. Angelina has long black hair with light brown highlights and brown eyes. She is also average in height, about 5'5. She is Chinese but was born in Britain like the others. She is smart and sweet. She is also very pretty but she is so quiet that hardly anyone notices her. Unlike Priya and Amanda, Angelina gets good grades by studying hard, like Lily. Priya and Amanda hardly ever study but are top in every class.

One more of Lily's close friend is Alice Smith. She has curly blonde hair and bright blue eyes. She has a round face. Alice is pretty but like Angelina is very quiet and hardly is noticed. She is hardworking and very honest. She is the first to tell Lily that she is doing anything wrong. Lily is known to be stubborn and gets angry if things don't go her way. Alice is patient and is always there for her friends. She is very sweet and isn't rude to anybody.

Lily would think Hogwarts is perfect except for one little problem. There is a group of boys in Lily's year who love causing trouble. They are known as the marauders. All of them with the exception of Lily's fellow prefect Remus Lupin are arrogant and are bullies. The leaders of the group are James Potter and Sirius Black. Remus is the boy who is smart in the group, not that James and Sirius are stupid. On the contrary, they are top in every class with only Amanda, Lily, and Priya topping them. The final member of the group is Peter Pettigrew. He is a tag-along. He never did anything great by himself but often was in the shadow of James, Sirius, and Remus.

James Potter is tall at 6'0 and is very muscular. He plays chaser on the Gryffindor quidditch team. He is extremely handsome that about a third of the female population has a crush on him. He has his eye on Lily since their third year. Lily always hated him and thought of him as arrogant. He has jet black hair that was as stubborn as Lily. It was always messy. He has hazel eyes like Amanda. Like Amanda's eyes, if he was mad they would flash with anger. Also like Amanda's eyes if he was happy they would have an amusement written all over them. He was extremely loyal to his friends. His ego annoys Lily but no one else seems to mind it. Lily often noticed how James and Amanda have a lot of things in common. It makes sense because they lived next door to each other since they were young. He was also pure-blood

Sirius is exactly like James in personality. They look differently though. Sirius has long, dark hair that fell gracefully into his eyes. He has gorgeous gray eyes. He was tall at 6'2. About a third of Hogwarts female population has a crush on Sirius. He had his eye on Amanda, but Amanda was oblivious to it. Actually to think about it more than half of Hogwarts male population have a crush on Amanda and she was oblivious to it. He comes from a pure-blood family who was into dark magic. From what Lily picked up in the Daily Prophet, he ran a way from home this summer and his family disowned him.

Remus Lupin is the only marauder that Lily has any respect for. He has sandy brown hair and hazel-brown eyes. He was also tall at 6'0. He has many admirers but not as much as James and Sirius. He has a crush on Angelina. He was quiet and hardworking. He is very good in every subject. He, like James and Sirius is very loyal to his friends. He is a werewolf and transforms once a month. He is a fellow prefect like Lily.

The last marauder is Peter Pettigrew. Peter was not like any other marauder. They were all extremely brave, while he is a coward. They were all tall and he was short 1t 5'3. He was chubby while the others were muscular. He was ok looking and didn't get many admirers while the others were handsome. James, being as arrogant let Peter join the group. Usually James wouldn't even think that Peter existed but to let him in amazed Lily. Like Remus, Peter was half-blood.

This morning Lily got dressed. She wore jean caprice and a white tee that fashion queen Amanda thought looked very cute. She put on some make-up but not that much. She also wore a pair of flip-flops that Priya got her for Christmas last year. Then, Lily took out some parchment and wrote out some invitations for her birthday. She sent one to Priya, Alice, and Angelina. Then she wrote one to Amanda that told her that she could bring James but tell him to behave himself. She gave one to Sirius, Remus, and Peter also. Then she gave them to her other friends.

After that Lily went downstairs. Her mother was making pancakes. Her father was reading the muggle newspaper. While her sister, Petunia was looking at Lily with complete hatred and said "Lily, I hope you are going far away today because Vernon is coming"

Before Lily could respond her mother did "Petunia that is rude and Lily is staying and she is going to meet Vernon"

"Thanks mum" said Lily "But I don't think I'll be here"

"Where will you be sweetie" asked Mr. Evans

"Well yesterday 'manda invited me to her house and so I thought maybe I could floo over there" said Lily

"Who's 'manda" asked Mrs. Evans

"Amanda Freshman. My friend from school" replied Lily

"Well that's great honey, but I don't think our fireplace can handle floo" said Mrs. Evans

"Don't worry I took muggle studies and there is a way I could get there" said Lily

"That's great, but when will you be back" asked Mr. Evans

"Tomorrow morning but later tomorrow I have to go to Diagon Alley to get my books and stuff. Oh and I'm prefect again" replied Lily

"Wonderful" said Mr. Evans

"Have some breakfast and you can go to your friend's house" said Mrs. Evans

"Ok mum" said Lily as she ate her pancakes.

Once Lily finished she went up to her room to pack some clothes, her wand (just in case) and some good books to read.