Disclaimer-As much as I wish that I was the wonderful creator of the Harry Potter world...I'm not, JK is so everything belongs to her except the plot and any unfamiliar things.
A/N This is edited to have more detail and stuff…so yea (1/31/07)
1:Train Back
Lily Evans was a beautiful girl starting her sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She had long thick red hair and glowing green eyes. Her milky complexion went great with her appearance.
She waved good-bye to her muggle parents, Arianna and Jonathan, and sister, Petunia, as she boarded the Hogwarts Express. She was muggle-born, but she wasn't ashamed of it. She knew that she was just as good as any other witch or wizard. Petunia didn't think so though. She used to be Lily's best friend until the day she received her letter. Petunia turned her back on Lily that day and it was never the same after. She hated magic. Lily thinks that she's frightened of it, but her friends would argue otherwise. They think that she's jealous that Lily is a witch and she isn't. Either way she hated her, so Lily returned the feelings.
Lily dragged her trunk and her cat, Cocoa's, cage down the row of compartments looking for an empty one. At the end of the row she spotted one. She took her seat and looked out the window watching Platform 9 3/4 shrink in the distance.
Five minutes into the ride the compartment door slid open and Shaina, one of Lily's best friends, stepped in.
"Hey Lils!" Shaina exclaimed as she ran up and threw her arms around Lily.
"Shai! Oh, its soo good to see you! How was your summer?"
"It was wonderful! Australia was beautiful!" she replied. Shaina was an athletic brunette. Her hair hung just below her shoulders in straight strands. She had illuminating chocolate brown eyes and was a little taller than Lily. She received a dark tan while she was away that summer. She looked amazing.
Shaina was a half blood. Her mother was a witch and her father a muggle, but she didn't care. She loved them both. Her father was fascinated with the wizarding world and loved getting letters from Shaina talking about school and magic.
"How about yours? Did Petunia give you a hard time?"
"Eh, it was okay and no she didn't. We pretty much avoided each other whenever we could. Besides she seems to think that I'll hex her if she goes anywhere near me…wonder where she got that idea…" Lily answered and they laughed together.
"What's so funny?" Massie, their other best friend, walked in. She was the prettiest of the group with long, wavy golden hair and bright blue eyes. Most of the boys at school dream about the day they could go out with her, in fact most want to go out with any of the three.
Massie was muggle-born like Lily, but she was an only child like Shaina. She didn't have to deal with a jealous sister or brother.
"Are you making fun of me? I knew I was the 'Karin' in this group!" she exclaimed referring to Dane Cook. Dane Cook is a muggle comedian from America. One of Lily's muggle friends gave her one of his CDs for her birthday last year.
"Yep! Sorry to disappoint you, but we don't like 'Karin's'," Shaina said sarcastically and the girls laughed hysterically.
"Oh, thanks," Massie retorted when they were done laughing. She wrapped her arms around her best friends. "I've missed you guys so much!" she said releasing them.
"Us too," Lily and Shaina said in unison.
"Jinx!" they yelled again in unison pointing at each other. All three girls started laughing hysterically for the third time in the ten minutes they've been with each other. They took their seats trying to catch their breath. They knew it wasn't that funny but it was the fact that they were all there together going back to the place they all love the most, Hogwarts.
Ten minutes later the compartment door slid open to reveal the infamous marauders James Potter, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew.
James was a handsome boy with jet-black hair and wonderful hazel eyes. He was pure-blooded. His parents are the top aurors in the business. He's been in love with Lily since fourth year so, of course, he sat next to Lily.
Sirius was an even more handsome boy with black hair that hung just above his brown eyes. He was a playboy. He loved girls and girls loved him. His family is a bunch of pure-blooded freaks. They think of him as a blood traitor by befriending half-bloods and muggle-borns. He disagreed though, so that summer he ran away and took refuge at James' home.
Remus was as equally handsome as James with light brown hair and blue-gray eyes. He was a half-blood, abandoned by his father when he was bitten by a werewolf therefore becoming one. His mother, though, stuck by him and gave him something to live for. She loved him no matter what.
Peter was a chubby boy with blondish-brown hair and watery blue eyes. He was half-blooded as well. His mother was a half-blood and his father a muggle-born.
"Hey Evans, how's it going?" James asked as he put his arm around her, but she just shrugged it off.
"Fine."
"How about yours Mass?" Sirius asked Massie winking at her.
"Ugh," she said while rolling her eyes and looking out the window.
The seven of them sat there in silence for about five minutes until Lily broke it. "So…Remus, What'd you think about the new Head Boy and Girl?"
"Surprising, at least the Head Boy."
"Who are they?" James asked.
"June Macnay of Ravenclaw and Lucius Malfoy of well…you know. I honestly don't know what Dumbledore was thinking when he did that," Lily answered.
"First Head Boy or Girl from Slytherin in over twenty years," Remus stated.
"Dumbledore's got to be insane! A Slytherin as Head Boy, least of all Lucius Malfoy," Sirius exclaimed.
Just then the trolley cart lady, Madame Sheray, pulled up to their compartment and asked, "Anything from the trolley dears?"
James, Sirius, and Peter practically sprinted to the trolley almost ramming into it. Remus on the other hand gently walked up and silently apologized to Madame Sheray for their behavior.
"Anything for you ladies?"
"No thank you," they answered simultaneously.
Five minutes later the four boys emerged from the cart with piles of candy in their arms. Sirius had about twice as much as the rest. He always had a large appetite. He could always be seen stuffing his face with food, yet he never seemed to gain weight.
"Gross, Sirius. How can you eat that much and not get sick?" Massie asked as she watched Sirius stuffing his face with a reproachful look on her own.
"You know-you-love it-babe," Sirius said between bites.
"Um, we're gunna be there soon, I think we'd better change. Come on Massie, Shaina."
Once outside the compartment the three girls looked at each other with disgusted looks and laughed, more out of spite. Then they left to change and walk around for a bit.
When the girls returned to the compartment twenty minutes later they saw food everywhere.
"Eww," Lily said as they entered the compartment. "You guys better go change. We're gunna be there in twenty minutes."
"Okay," James replied and he and the rest of the marauders got up and left.
"Ugh. This is disgusting," Massie said and with a flick of her wand and a simple incantation the mess was gone.
"They must have had a food fight…Boys," Shaina said.
"It was probably just James and Sirius, and maybe Peter. They're the most immature of the lot," Lily added.
"Are we now?" Sirius asked as the marauders returned.
"Yes…that was quick."
"Well, we change quickly."
The train came to a sudden stop. Lily looked out the window and saw only trees, then said, "Why did we stop? We're not at the station yet."
A/N The reference to Dane Cook won't make sense if you don't know who Dane Cook is and haven't heard the 'Friend Nobody Likes' from his Retaliation CD. But for those who have…haha. I know that it's short, but I promise the next chapters are longer…Review please. I want to know what you think.