Chapter One: Meeting the neighbor
"James Potter i hate your @#%!&* guts !"
Ten year old Lily Evans shouted to a retreating James Potter. When Lily wasn't looking James put a few dungbombs in her gym bag.So when she opened her bag she was greeted with an unflattering scent.This got Lily frustrated because she never knew where he got this stuff from. She was lucky though because her parents weren't home.If they were she would have surley been grounded for her outburst. See it all started when they were two and James gave her a piece of candy that gave her boils all over, since then she's been trying to repay him but she would get caught and everytime and she would be punished.In fact everytime Lily was punished it had something to do with James Potter.
"Arrrgghh!!"
A frustrated Lily shouted as James entered his house next door. Too frustrated to continue her game of basketball Lily stomped all the way inside to her kitchen to make herself some breakfast. Both of her parents were at work (Her father owned his own company that had at least twenty branches in every major country,and her mother was a successful fashion designer, so as you can see they were quite rich so were the Potters and just about everyone else who lived in that neighborhood) and petunia was spending the week at a friends house so she only had herself to worry about. Just as she was about to mix the pancake batter the telephone rang.
"Hello?" Lily answered.
"Your end shall come and James Potter shall rule the Earth."
"James Potter just go to hell and make everyone happy already"
Lily shouted angrily into the phone and slammed it down.
"Ugghh i can't believe this ,wait a minute how the hell did he get my number?" Lliy thought to herself.
"Great that's another way for him to bother me"
Lily threw her hands in the air and went back to the kitchen. Just as she was about to turn on the stove the phone rang again.
"Hello?" Lily answered.
"Hey Evans listen i just wanted to say i'm sorry about what happened earlier. Will you please forgive me?"
Lily just sat there completely surprised.That was the first time ever that James Potter ever apologized to her.
"Hey you still there?" James asked
"Yeah"
"Well bye."James said after a long pause.
Lily still wasn't sure what was happening.
"Oh and Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"If you think I meant anything i just said your an even dumber than i thought."
Just as she was about to hang up she heard laughter joing in with James it was obvious that his friends were over there with him.Lily hung up the phone with anger flowing right out of her. A few minutes later just as she was about to sit down to eat the phone rang again.
"Listen Potter leave me the hell alone before i send you to the hospital !"
Lily said in a sickly sweet voice.
"Well i have many nicknames but James Potter has never been one of them"
Petunia said jokingly.
"Oh hi "
Lily was relieved that it wasn't James again.
"I take it that that Potter boy is giving you trouble again"
"Gee how did you know"
Lily asked sarcasticly.
"Hmmmmm let's see you threating to send me to the hosital was a clue"
Petunia said going along with the game.
"Oh Pet it was awful he put those awful smelling things in my bag and then he calls this house how he got our number is still a mystery. It was just awful."
"Lily when are you going to get it through your head James likes you. He just does this to keep your attention and to keep you thinking about him,even if you are just plotting his death, and it looks like he's doing a good job at it too. I mean look at you you have beautiful green eyes, gorgeous long red hair that touches your waist, a creamy complexion to die for, your smart,your a great fighter, you play just about every sport and your good at all of them unlike me, and you speak four languages fluently. So stop acting like your the ugly duckling. I mean your only ten and guys are already falling at your feet."
By the end of Petunia's mini speech Lily was blushing madly but she quickly recovered.
"Will you stop it with that. He does not like me.Nor do i like him."
Lily said aggravated .
"Whatever anyway I just called to check up on you and to tell you I'll be home tommorrow night.Bye"
"Bye"
Lily said and went back to finishing her breakfast.When she was done she went upstairs to their indoor gym. After excercising for an hour and a half (which included running two miles to blow off steam from the James incident) she went to take a shower and then she flopped on her bed and drifted to sleep for about fifteen minutes until there was some sort of exploding noise coming from outside her window.When she finally dragged herself out of bed and looked at the clock she saw it was twelve fortyfive in the afternoon she went to the window only to see James and his friends playing in his backyard.Some of the anger from that morning came back making it evident to Lily that she wouldnt be able to get back to her nap so she went downstairs to make herself some lunch.
*meanwhile in the potter backyard*
"Hey James that was great what you did earlier I just cant get over it"
James' friend Peter Pettigrew replied as the guys were talking about Quidditch.
"Okay first of all Peter the prank was good but we've had better moments so stop acting like a fool and second dont ever disrrupt a conversation about quidditch."
James' bestfriend Sirius Black spat at Peter.
"Okay be nice Sirius we don't need any problems between you two,okay?"
Another good friend of James by the name of Remus Lupin said.
"You know Remus for there to be any problems between us to he would actually need the guts talk back."
Sirius said while pointing to Peter.
"Come on Sirius try to be nice to Peter"
James said as if he'd said hundreds of times before.
"You know I dont see why we even have to be friends with him he backs out of almost every prank we pull and he's scared of almost every one."
Sirius said while biting into an apple.
"You know most people have the decency to wait until the subject is gone before they start bad talking them."
Peter whispered bitterly.
"So James you have a thing for the Evans girl."
Remus said hoping for a change of subject and boy did he suceed.
"What!"
James yelled outraged.
"The Evans girl... dont you have a crush on her?"
Remus asked he was truly curious now.
"Yeah I'd like to know the answer to that question myself she's pretty hot"(Remus and even Peter agreed)
Sirius said leaning in on James wanting to know the answer.
"First of all Sirius you being so close to my face is making me nervous."
James said eyeing Sirius.This affectingly making him move farther than he was sitting away from James to begin with.Peter started laughing at this rather loudly rewarding him with strange stares from James and Remus and a look of disgust from Sirius.This made him shut up immidiately.
"So Potter what up with you and Lily" Sirius said eager to know the answer to the question.
"Nothing okay she doesn't like me nor do I like her."
James replied firmly.Then he added
"The day that i even remotely care for Lily is the day Snape makes the quidditch team at Hogwarts."
This sent all of them laughing for they all knew snape was a horrible quidditch player he spent all of his energy trying to stay on the broom that he couldnt concetrate on the game.He couldnt even stay on the slowest model which was the "galaxy250".
"So Remus did you get your Hogwarts acceptance letter yet?"
Sirius asked.
"Yeah two days after my birthday"(which was three weeks ago)
"You?" Remus asked Sirius in return
"Yeah"
Sirius replied(his birthday was last week)
"So what prank are we gonna play on Raven this year we gotta make it good"
James said.
Raven Potter was James twin sister and ever year on their birthday they would play a prank on her every year it got better.Last year they turned her hair a god awful shade of that she had to cover up with a hat and the year before that they covered her bed in cake frosting and she didnt realize it until she got under her covers.
"Ah the memories"
Sirius said with a wierd expression on his face.
"I dont know but it has to be better than last year"
Remus said.
"I might have an idea "
Peter spoke up.
"Alas he speaks"
Sirius said sarcasam dripping from his voice.
"Well whats this plan of yours"
Remus said impatiently after a moment of silence.
And with that the plan went underway.
"James Potter i hate your @#%!&* guts !"
Ten year old Lily Evans shouted to a retreating James Potter. When Lily wasn't looking James put a few dungbombs in her gym bag.So when she opened her bag she was greeted with an unflattering scent.This got Lily frustrated because she never knew where he got this stuff from. She was lucky though because her parents weren't home.If they were she would have surley been grounded for her outburst. See it all started when they were two and James gave her a piece of candy that gave her boils all over, since then she's been trying to repay him but she would get caught and everytime and she would be punished.In fact everytime Lily was punished it had something to do with James Potter.
"Arrrgghh!!"
A frustrated Lily shouted as James entered his house next door. Too frustrated to continue her game of basketball Lily stomped all the way inside to her kitchen to make herself some breakfast. Both of her parents were at work (Her father owned his own company that had at least twenty branches in every major country,and her mother was a successful fashion designer, so as you can see they were quite rich so were the Potters and just about everyone else who lived in that neighborhood) and petunia was spending the week at a friends house so she only had herself to worry about. Just as she was about to mix the pancake batter the telephone rang.
"Hello?" Lily answered.
"Your end shall come and James Potter shall rule the Earth."
"James Potter just go to hell and make everyone happy already"
Lily shouted angrily into the phone and slammed it down.
"Ugghh i can't believe this ,wait a minute how the hell did he get my number?" Lliy thought to herself.
"Great that's another way for him to bother me"
Lily threw her hands in the air and went back to the kitchen. Just as she was about to turn on the stove the phone rang again.
"Hello?" Lily answered.
"Hey Evans listen i just wanted to say i'm sorry about what happened earlier. Will you please forgive me?"
Lily just sat there completely surprised.That was the first time ever that James Potter ever apologized to her.
"Hey you still there?" James asked
"Yeah"
"Well bye."James said after a long pause.
Lily still wasn't sure what was happening.
"Oh and Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"If you think I meant anything i just said your an even dumber than i thought."
Just as she was about to hang up she heard laughter joing in with James it was obvious that his friends were over there with him.Lily hung up the phone with anger flowing right out of her. A few minutes later just as she was about to sit down to eat the phone rang again.
"Listen Potter leave me the hell alone before i send you to the hospital !"
Lily said in a sickly sweet voice.
"Well i have many nicknames but James Potter has never been one of them"
Petunia said jokingly.
"Oh hi "
Lily was relieved that it wasn't James again.
"I take it that that Potter boy is giving you trouble again"
"Gee how did you know"
Lily asked sarcasticly.
"Hmmmmm let's see you threating to send me to the hosital was a clue"
Petunia said going along with the game.
"Oh Pet it was awful he put those awful smelling things in my bag and then he calls this house how he got our number is still a mystery. It was just awful."
"Lily when are you going to get it through your head James likes you. He just does this to keep your attention and to keep you thinking about him,even if you are just plotting his death, and it looks like he's doing a good job at it too. I mean look at you you have beautiful green eyes, gorgeous long red hair that touches your waist, a creamy complexion to die for, your smart,your a great fighter, you play just about every sport and your good at all of them unlike me, and you speak four languages fluently. So stop acting like your the ugly duckling. I mean your only ten and guys are already falling at your feet."
By the end of Petunia's mini speech Lily was blushing madly but she quickly recovered.
"Will you stop it with that. He does not like me.Nor do i like him."
Lily said aggravated .
"Whatever anyway I just called to check up on you and to tell you I'll be home tommorrow night.Bye"
"Bye"
Lily said and went back to finishing her breakfast.When she was done she went upstairs to their indoor gym. After excercising for an hour and a half (which included running two miles to blow off steam from the James incident) she went to take a shower and then she flopped on her bed and drifted to sleep for about fifteen minutes until there was some sort of exploding noise coming from outside her window.When she finally dragged herself out of bed and looked at the clock she saw it was twelve fortyfive in the afternoon she went to the window only to see James and his friends playing in his backyard.Some of the anger from that morning came back making it evident to Lily that she wouldnt be able to get back to her nap so she went downstairs to make herself some lunch.
*meanwhile in the potter backyard*
"Hey James that was great what you did earlier I just cant get over it"
James' friend Peter Pettigrew replied as the guys were talking about Quidditch.
"Okay first of all Peter the prank was good but we've had better moments so stop acting like a fool and second dont ever disrrupt a conversation about quidditch."
James' bestfriend Sirius Black spat at Peter.
"Okay be nice Sirius we don't need any problems between you two,okay?"
Another good friend of James by the name of Remus Lupin said.
"You know Remus for there to be any problems between us to he would actually need the guts talk back."
Sirius said while pointing to Peter.
"Come on Sirius try to be nice to Peter"
James said as if he'd said hundreds of times before.
"You know I dont see why we even have to be friends with him he backs out of almost every prank we pull and he's scared of almost every one."
Sirius said while biting into an apple.
"You know most people have the decency to wait until the subject is gone before they start bad talking them."
Peter whispered bitterly.
"So James you have a thing for the Evans girl."
Remus said hoping for a change of subject and boy did he suceed.
"What!"
James yelled outraged.
"The Evans girl... dont you have a crush on her?"
Remus asked he was truly curious now.
"Yeah I'd like to know the answer to that question myself she's pretty hot"(Remus and even Peter agreed)
Sirius said leaning in on James wanting to know the answer.
"First of all Sirius you being so close to my face is making me nervous."
James said eyeing Sirius.This affectingly making him move farther than he was sitting away from James to begin with.Peter started laughing at this rather loudly rewarding him with strange stares from James and Remus and a look of disgust from Sirius.This made him shut up immidiately.
"So Potter what up with you and Lily" Sirius said eager to know the answer to the question.
"Nothing okay she doesn't like me nor do I like her."
James replied firmly.Then he added
"The day that i even remotely care for Lily is the day Snape makes the quidditch team at Hogwarts."
This sent all of them laughing for they all knew snape was a horrible quidditch player he spent all of his energy trying to stay on the broom that he couldnt concetrate on the game.He couldnt even stay on the slowest model which was the "galaxy250".
"So Remus did you get your Hogwarts acceptance letter yet?"
Sirius asked.
"Yeah two days after my birthday"(which was three weeks ago)
"You?" Remus asked Sirius in return
"Yeah"
Sirius replied(his birthday was last week)
"So what prank are we gonna play on Raven this year we gotta make it good"
James said.
Raven Potter was James twin sister and ever year on their birthday they would play a prank on her every year it got better.Last year they turned her hair a god awful shade of that she had to cover up with a hat and the year before that they covered her bed in cake frosting and she didnt realize it until she got under her covers.
"Ah the memories"
Sirius said with a wierd expression on his face.
"I dont know but it has to be better than last year"
Remus said.
"I might have an idea "
Peter spoke up.
"Alas he speaks"
Sirius said sarcasam dripping from his voice.
"Well whats this plan of yours"
Remus said impatiently after a moment of silence.
And with that the plan went underway.