A/N: You have NO IDEA how many drafts I've gone through to finally get this right. Neither do I. And even then, I'm not even sure it's the way I want it. *sigh*... writing would be so much easier if writers block didn't exist… Well, as evidenced by my earlier comment about drafts, I've been working on this for a while. And I've failed epicly for a while. So just in case I fail epicly again (which I most definitely will): REVIEW! (please)

BTW: Just to clarify, a lot of the details (Songs, movies, technology, etc.) here are from now, like 1990s-2010, but the story's set in the 70s-80s. Don't get confuzzled!

Chapter 1: American Honeys

I guess I should start this story by introducing myself. Aliyah Alexandria Farrah. Liah for short. Who am I really? Well, you know that girl in school that's never been majorly popular, but she's never been a total outcast? The girl that likes all the music no one's ever heard of? Different obsession every year? That's me. I'm the one no one ever notices until I'm up on a stage. I get my 15 minutes of fame and I'm done. A completely average American 12-year-old. Except for one little setback. I'm a witch. I go to the Selwyn Academy in Nashville; basically, a school for magical kids like me. I grew up in Nashville. It's interesting; my mom's best friends with George Strait. But that's not the point.

I guess I should start my story now.

The last day of school. Finally. It was time for backyard pool parties, barbecues, and tearful goodbyes for the seniors going off to college. But for me and my friends, it was not only the time for all those things; for the first time, it had an even better meaning: Lila was coming back.

You see, in school, five girls met and formed an inseparable bond. Me, Katie Hickey, Sierra Lianne Cole, Lila, and Annabeth (Annie/Anna/Ann/Beth) Lawson. We all shared the dream of making it here in Nashville, the home of country music. Nothing tore us apart. Until last year, when Lila moved to London. Her parents decided that she needed a "Full magical education" and shipped her off to England. Now, after a year apart, we were going to be together. Finally.

We drove to the airport crammed into Beth's mom's giant van, screaming along to stuff like Journey and Sugarland and basically everything on Beth's iPod. Including…

"I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!

I BELIEVE I CAN-"

"Girls!"

"Awww..."

At the airport…

"LILA!"

The four of us grabbed Lila and pulled her into the biggest group hug ever.

"You're gonna suffocate me, dammit! Get off!"

We all giggled and broke off smiling. Our circle was complete again.

Back at my house, easily the largest of everyone's, Lila was being bombarded by questions. Of course, our first interests were…

"Any cute kids?"

"Oh, hell yeah. Hogwarts is a hormonal girl's dream."

"Who?" Sierra asked.

"Well there's three major guys. They call themselves the Marauders. James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black. Hogwarts' resident pranksters. James is an arrogant prick, Sirius is a future player, and Remus is the bookworm that they copy all their homework from. And he's a cutie."

"Arrogant prick?" Katie's vocabulary only consisted of the names and songs of every country artist in existence.

"Full of himself, big-headed, annoying, and in love with a certain Lily Evans. Of course, she hates him..."

"More about this Sirius kid?" I thought his name sounded cool.

"Immature, idiotic, the brains behind a lot of their pranks. But he's also the one that every reasonable female in the school once they've hit puberty will be swooning over."

"Sounds nice..."

"As I said, he'll end up being a player. And in prison."

"Whatever."

Y'know, looking back, I should have listened to her.

A/N: So…REVIEW! (please!)