I've wanted to right this story for a while now but it's never really come together correctly. Sadly I do not own most of the characters in this, our Queen JK Rowling does. I will try to stick to the original story as much as possible but I warn you that my characters may behave differently to what you expect them to.

Enjoy

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Hogwarts was unlike anything Lily had ever imagined it would be like. Granted Severus had told her a lot about the magnificent school but now she was here it was unlike anything that she could have possibly imagined. Severus made it sound scary whereas Lily found it beautiful. Severus said that all Gryffindor's were stupid and reckless but Lily had started to grow fond of her new friends in the common room.

Lily never really had many friends in her muggle primary school seeing as Severus was home schooled. So now she had a whole group of friends she felt very blessed indeed. He bestest friend here was another young witch called Arielle who was a pureblood but never acted like she expected one to. Arielle enjoyed becoming an instant wall flower who observed everyone else's behaviour rather than jumping in. At first everyone thought she belonged in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff but instantly Lily knew that this girl would do anything to stand up for what she believed in, even if it made her a "blood traitor". The other girls in her dormitory were more bothered about make up than spells and potions so Lily barely talked to them. The only other girl who wasn't was a boyish like witch called Sara, a muggleborn like Lily. It was Sara who introduced Lily to the Marauders.

Who knew at eleven year olds a group of young wizards could have a bond deeper than blood. They were always together, brothers in arms. The leader was a confident young pureblood called James Potter. He had a cunning eye which should have landed him in Slytherin but the rumour was that he had to beg the sorting hat to put him into Gryffindor. His second in command was the boisterous Sirius Black who despised anyone in Slytherin as he believed from an early age that all of them were foul dark creature he was trying to escape from. Following them around was a shy nervous little boy called Peter Pettigrew. His face was always screwed up showing off his rat like features. Pettigrew was one of those boys who never did anything interesting and nothing interesting ever happened to him. The last boy in the gang was Remus Lupin.

Remus Lupin was like no boy that Lily had ever met in her life although she never really had met many boys. Whereas all of the other boys were reckless and childlike, Remus seemed more sensible and reserved. Lily had never liked a boy that way before but she was instantly drawn to him in a way she had never felt before. She has seen Petunia fawn over a new boy each month so she just dismissed the feelings as a little crush. She didn't think anything of the attraction. Besides, everyone thought Sara and Remus had the little flicker of a flame that could grow up into a passionate love later in their lives. For her friend's sake, Lily decided to stay away. Despite being so different and amazing In Lily's eyes, she moved on from her little crush. For now.

Sorry this chapter is very short; it's more like a prologue into the actual story. I just wanted to introduce some of the characters and set the scene for things to come.

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