Disclaimer- Everything that you do not recognize is mine and I own none of these characters besides Ava and Grace; otherwise it is all property of J.K. Rowling, the inspiration among us

"It's here my lord."

"That will be all, Malfoy."

A shady figure moved across the floor to what seemed to be a glass object. He hastily peered into it as if what he saw would not be there for long.

The image inside was disturbing, a cloaked figure killing people by the hundreds, with followers in masks killing others and cheering their leader on, death and destruction is evident throughout the frightening scene. A large house is then shown; next a woman holding on tightly to her child, the same disturbing figure's spell fails when he tries to kill the child, weakening his own power.

" I see power, lots of power!" he said with an evil laugh, the kind that would make even the bravest hero shudder, "Wait, there's a child, and a woman, my power is no longer working. NO! Who is the woman, Malfoy?! WHO IS SHE?!"

"If I'm not mistaken that woman is Miss Lily Evans. The young boy would be her future son," Malfoy said as he searched his master's face for approval.

"She must be killed, so her unborn child will never have the chance to strip me of my powers," Finished Lord Voldermort as he left the dark, shaded room.

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"There's something that I can't quite explain
I'm so in love with you
You'll never take that away
And if I've said a hundred times before
Expect a thousand more
You'll never take that away

Well expect me to be
Calling you to see
If you're okay when I'm not around,
Asking if you love me
I love the way you make it sound
Calling you to see
Do I try too hard to make you smile,
To make us smile..."

-Blue October "Calling You"

"Only 3 more inches," Lily Evans said to herself as she rolled up her lengthy parchment, "I'll have to be sure to thank Professor Cranen for this wonderfully long assignment."

*tap, tap, tap*

"What is that?" she muttered as she craned her neck to look out the window in her spacious bedroom. "JAMES!!!" She flung the window open to reveal a rather charming boy hovering on a broom outside. "Get inside before the muggles see you! What would the ministry do if they found out about this?!"

Lily wasn't your average 16- year- old teenager, and neither was the new occupant of her room, she was a witch, he a wizard, and both students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Oh, Lily, you worry too much, besides, I have come here for a very important reason. You might say that I'm on a mission," James smirked.

"And this mission would be?"

"Lily Marie Evans, would you do me the honour of going out with me once we get back to school?"

Lily rolled her eyes and turned away from him. She was used to this kind of behavior from James. "Why can't he just understand that I only see him as a friend?" she thought to herself.

"James", she said as she turned around to see a tall, handsome boy with untidy raven coloured hair, radiant green eyes, and a face that always wore a quirky, lopsided grin, "do me a favour and think back to, oh, I dunno, a month ago."

"Anything for you my sweet," He said dreamily.

"Do you remember when you asked me that same question?"

"Yes." He said slowly.

"Well let's just say my answer to that applies in this case as well." Her answer, of course, had been no, and she stuck to her promise. No dating unless she was sure it seemed the right thing. And this, in her opinion, didn't seem right, or at least not yet.

"Alright then, if you're sure, but I'll never give up on you Lily Evans. Never." Said James, a little disappointed, but he was used to Lily's rejection by now.

"Well it's late, and I have to get up early tomorrow to finish my homework, I'll see you on the train." She yawned.

"Until then my fair Lily." And with that he climbed back though the window, mounted his still hovering broom, and flew into the dark, London sky.

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"Lily!!! LILY!!!"

A pretty red head turned around at the calling of her voice, her stunning green eyes scanned the busy crowd at Platform 9 3/4 until they stopped at a tall brunette with a cute sprinkling of freckles across the bridge of her nose waving furiously in her direction.

"Ava!" Lily called back with equal excitement. She hadn't seen Ava, one of her best friends from school, since the beginning of summer holidays. "It's so good to see you!" she squealed as she wrapped Ava into a big hug.

"I've missed you so much!" Ava said with delight. "AH! There's Grace!" With that she pointed though the crowd to an attractive blonde with clear blue eyes giving off a "deer in the headlights" look. She finally saw her two best friends and ran over to them, collecting them together with one of her signature hugs.

"This is so exciting," squealed Grace, the most optimistic of the three, "we're finally 6th years!"

"How can you be so excited?" moaned Ava, "the only thing that is making me not miss our holidays is the small hope of a cute exchange student. Oooo. I can see him now. A gorgeous brunette with piercing blue eyes, maybe even in a band." She added the last as an afterthought.

"MmmHmm," Lily nodded her head in agreement.

"I never knew you thought that way about me Ava." A voice behind them said. The owner a tall, brown, shaggy haired, piercing blue eyed boy, was strikingly similar to Ava's description.

"You never change, do you, Sirius?" said Grace, rolling her eyes.

"How are you my dear Lily flower?" said James, coming into focus behind Sirius.

"And I see you haven't either," Grace added.

"I'm fine thank you. Where are Remus and Peter?" questioned Lily. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, the self-named Marauders, known for their all too funny pranks, were rarely found by themselves, they were usually planning something together. Lily always liked how they stuck by each other, no matter what.

"Right here," Remus called a few feet behind the group, dragging along a Hogwarts trunk and an apprehensive looking Peter. Remus was towering above the others and handsome, with dirty blonde hair, and bright green eyes, while Peter was almost the opposite, barring a short, chubby structure and brown hair. It was well- known fact that his best feature was his pretty brown eyes.

"Let's find a compartment shall we lads," began Remus

"Eh hmm"

"Oh, sorry, and ladies" he hastily added," Before they all fill up."

After quite a bit of searching the 7 found themselves at the back of the train at the last empty compartment.

"I told you we should have started at the back, but noo, no one ever listens to little ole Sirius," Whined the marauder.

"Oh stop complaining and find a seat, you're holding up the line!" Lily teased jokingly. Although it was true, the other 6 were all crammed in the narrow hall outside the sliding doors.

"Having a party in the hall are we?" sneered a cold voice, "since I am a prefect I have the right to take away house points. 5 points from Gryffindor for holding up the hallway, it is a fire hazard after all."

"Keep talking and the only fire here will be from the smoke coming out of  your head, with all that grease in your hair I'm sure it will go up in flames quite speedily, thanks for making my job easier, Malfoy" said James, looking at Luscious Malfoy with disgust. "You are forgetting that I am also a prefect and I'm giving 10 points to Gryffindor, for well, being Gryffindor."

"And if you have a problem with that Malfoy you can talk to me." Finished Sirius, stepping forward, as he did he revealed an annoyed Lily.

"Oh hello Lily, I didn't see you there, awfully crowded in here isn't it, might I invite you to my spacious compartment?"

At this James was steaming.

"Bugger off Malfoy, go back to wherever it was u came from, contrary to popular belief you AREN'T welcome here." Spoke up Ava, noticing James, and not waning there to be a fight.

"Luscious, please." Lily said, even though she thought very little of Malfoy she believed in being nice to everyone, a quality that made her quite well liked at Hogwarts.

"Fine" Luscious sneered and stormed out of the already filled compartment.

"I HATE him," said James, kicking his foot a little too hardly at one of the benches.

"Why, because his crush on Lily is almost as big as yours?" teased Remus.

James flushed and sat down. He mumbled something that no one quite understood. A few games of exploding snap and many consumed chocolate frogs later; the train came to a smooth stop at Hogsmead, the wizard village, and the exit for the Hogwarts students. A subtle "Firs' years, firs' years this way." Could be heard form outside.

"Well we might as well go now," said Sirius, leaving his belongings on the train and motioning for the others to follow him as he exited. As the Maudereds passes the other groups, Lily, Ava, and Grace noticed a sudden breakout of whispering and giggling. The boys were rather popular for their good looks, let alone their sense of humor. Lily sighed, "This year will be the same as the rest," she thought.

James, who was walking towards the front with Remus, stopped and let the others pass by him, he began walking again as Lily came near.

"So are you excited?" he asked

"About what?" she questioned

"Being prefects together, being back at Hogwarts." He answered, "The quiddich." He added.

Lily laughed softly, "You and your quiddich."

James grinned from ear to ear.

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"I'd like to welcome you all back to Hogwarts, and for you first years I give a warm welcome, I hope you enjoy yourself for the next 7 years. Before we eat I have a few announcements to make,"

A loud sigh could be heard from Sirius at the Gryffindor table, he loved to eat.

"And I know you especially Mr. Black should listen carefully" Professor Dumbledore eyed him and smiled warmly," I'd like to remind you all not to wander in the forbidden forest, as to the contents are very questionable and most of all dangerous, a new list of forbidden objects at the school has been complied and is now posted on the door to Mr. Filch's office for those who would like to view it. And last but not least we will be hosting a Halloween Ball for 3rd years and up."

Conversation broke out throughout the great hall. "Ooh!" Grace squealed, "I love dances!"

"Now I would like you all to join me in the singing of the school song." Dumbledore finished.

The Marauders smiled to each other, they always liked singing the song because they always did it their own way, and most importantly, got away with it.

"...Hogwarts Hogwarts Hoggy Warty Hogwarts
Teach us something please
Whether we be old and bald or young with scabby knees
Our heads could do with filling with some interesting stuff
For now they're bare and full of air
Dead flies and bits of fluff
So teach us things worth knowing
Bring back what we've forgot
Just do your best we'll do the rest and learn until our brains all rot..."

As the song finished, the boys jumped off the table, after performing the song very similar to something one might see at a Kiss concert. They were pleased to hear laughter ringing throughout the hall.

"And I'd like to present those who made this small concert of ours possible," yelled James," Sirius Black lead air guitar, Remus Lupin, air bass, Peter Pettigrew, drums, and myself, the talented James Potter, lead vocals. And a very special thanks to Lily Evans, the reason for my existence." He added with a grin down towards a blushing Lily. (a/n- sorry about drilling your heads with a description of a Kiss concert, but the inner classic rock fan inside me found its way out)

"Thank you for the entertainment gentlemen." Dumbledore said after he had settled down the students. "Now let's eat." With that food magically appeared on the tables on large golden platters.

"That ball should be interesting eh James?" said Sirius, who had stopped eating (huge shock) to turn to James, "Are you going to ask Lily?"

James turned to a gorgeous Lily, perfection in his eyes, talking to her friends and smiling. "Of course, I'll do it all in good time; I just want to make it special."

"Figures," Sirius laughed and returned to his food.

A/N-  I'd like to thank felton for life my "editor" you might say, for putting up with my punctuation problem and the "Draco incident" hehe and to ilovelucy1289 for all the ideas you gave me, I would still be too scared to write if it wasn't for you.

*please review!* it's my first fanfic so go easy on me, but I want the truth. Thanks.

~padfoot356*