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The Seventh Year Begins

Lily Evans stared out the window of her mother's Ford Sedan as they pulled up to King's Crosse station in London, amazed that she would be entering her seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

" . . . And when you finish school we'll find you a nice job as an accountant or something." Mrs. Evans Rambled on.

"Mum, I'm a Witch, I want to work at the Ministry of Magic." Lily said in exasperation. " Plus, we've gone over this, I don't want to be an accountant, it's dull and I'm no good at math."

This was a common occurrence between Lily and her mother. Mrs. Evans just couldn't seem to grasp the notion that Witches didn't need to be accountants.

"Well, an accountant is a good solid career." Mrs. Evans said, putting her car keys in her purse. "Just think about it while you're at school. Alright love?"

Lily sighed, "Fine, I'll think about it." As she got out of the car she saw Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew start walking towards the barrier between platforms nine and ten. She sighed inwardly; if half the Marauders were here, then the other two were sure to arrive soon.

She called out to Remus. "Hello Remus. Where are your partners in crime?"

Remus turned around to talk to her. "What? You mean James hasn't asked you out yet today?"

"Well, I haven't seen him yet. Which is probably the only reason why." Lily knew it was only a matter of until she had to deal with the boy who had asked her out every single weekend since she was fifteen.

"Onward, my pack mule!" Sirius cried jubilantly from his perch on James' back. "And don't drop my luggage this time."

"I am not your pack mule. We've been through this."

"Oh yes you are, my cute little fluffy pack mule of joy."

"I hate you."

James and Sirius, completely ignoring the looks they were attracting from their muggle audience, ran through the barrier at top speed (well, as fast as James could run while carrying Sirius and both their luggage).

"We are supposed to inconspicuous when entering the platform." Came Lily's voice from the side of the train.

"It was all him." James said pointing wildly at Sirius. "I told him 'I don't think that this is a good idea, the muggles will notice if we run through the barrier with you riding on my back.' But would he listen? Oh no."

"That's not how it happened!" Sirius contradicted, "you said 'I am not your pack mule!' and then I said 'oh yes you are my cute little fluffy pack mule of joy!' and then you declared your hatred of me."

"Sirius?"

"Yes Jamesiepoo?"

"I will never forgive you for this."

With that stated James grabbed Sirius around the neck and began to wrestle him in the middle of the walkway.

Lily rolled her eyes and turned away in disgust.

Just then Briah, Sirius' childhood friend from his neighborhood; a small girl with auburn hair, and violet eyes walked up behind Sirius and smacked him playfully on the butt.

"Hey Padbutt!" She said with a smirk.

"Briah!" Sirius said in an exasperated tone, "how many times must I tell you not to call me that?"

"Many more, I'm afraid. I just find it so amusing."

"Lily! You are looking lovely today. As usual!" James interjected, before they could really get going.

"What do you want James?" Lily asked turning back to him.

"What do you think he wants, Lils?" Briah intersected.

"Do you want to go to Hogsmeade with me then?" James asked in a hopeful voice.

"No, I do not want to go anywhere with you."

"Harsh." Sirius muttered to Briah, out of the corner of his mouth.

"Sirius" Briah said turning to him with a murderous look upon her face.

"Yes Cheese dear?" He asked innocently.

"Shut up now."

Just then the whistle on top the Hogwarts Express blew alerting the students to get on the train before it left.

"Come on Briah, let's go find the other girls and grab a compartment before we get stuck with these losers." Lily said turning her back on the crestfallen James.

"Bye Padbutt!" Briah cried jovially as she bounced after Lily.

"Lets go find Moony and Wormtail, Prongs."

"Will she never say yes?" James asked Sirius in a defeated tone, as he trudged after him.

"Don't let it get you down. We are the Marauders. We can have any girls we want."

"Except Lily." James continued in a slightly less heartbroken way.

"That's the Spirit mate! Just forget about her, and she will want you."

"How do you figure that Padbutt? Er, I mean, Padfoot." James asked with a smile.

"Oh great. She's rubbed off on you." Sirius said in a slightly more amused tone than James. "And it works like this; you like her, so she can't like you. Stop liking her, and she will fall head over heels in love."

"Which will not do me the slightest bit of good if I don't love her anymore," James said as they slid the compartment door open.

"Well, true. But lets not worry about that right now."

A/N. We apologize for the shortness of the chapter. Trust us, it is really painful to submit something this short. But we didn't have that much to put in the intro. Please do review. Briah is pronounced BREE-UH.