Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all associated characters belong to JK Rowlings.
A red train rumbled along tracks that few eyes ever really "saw". The Hogwarts Express was carrying fifth year Lily Evans back to the school she so loved. She was presently looking out the window, watching the lightning crackle from the sky and the thunder roar back at it. Rain poured down on empty plains and hills that were on the way. Her best friends were in the cabin with her. Tana Lockheart (no relation to Gilderoy) with her short curly light brown hair (think Keri Russell {sp?}) and amber eyes. Brook Barrels with her long, silky platinum waves and crystal blue eyes. Lily herself had mid length straight red hair and friendly green eyes (so she was told). Brook and Tana were happily conversing about this years scheduled balls. One for Christmas and another for Easter. Lily turned her attention back when the discussion turned to boys and the voices lowered.
"Sirius is sooo hot!" whispered Tana. Lily giggled. Tana had been saying this since second year. Brook flipped her long shiny waves over her back and laughed with Lily. "But we all know that Remus is way more mature. Sirius is always joking around." "But that's what I like about him," Tana whispered excitedly. Brook smiled again and turned over to Lily. "Come on Lil, you know you and James would be perfect together. How come you pretend that he's not flirting with you?" Lily blushed. All she could mumble out was "I dunno". Before she could be bombarded with more questions, the door was smashed open.
Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew all stumbled in. Huge gashes, thick blood blisters and an assorted variety and color of bruises were they coated in. Sirius was able to moan help before he "passed out" all over Tana. James went next and landed at Lily's feet. Remus limped in and in a gurgled, "they're coming" at Brook. Peter had really tried to out do himself, and had his eyes covered with some sort of icky stuff. He unfortunately tripped over Sirius legs, bounced off a wall and landed on his behind. "Ouch!" he said in a clear voice. This broke the whole scene and everyone started cracking up in laughter.
"Well, maybe only a little more mature," said Brook finishing her thoughts from before the interruption. This caused more laughter from Tana and Lily. The fake injuries faded and the four boys got up and seated themselves in the remaining seats of the cabin.
"So Lily, I hear you're the new Gryffindor prefect," said James, running a hand through his crazy black hair.
Tana answered for Lily, "Oh yeah. And she already promised us that she'd use her privileges to our advantage. Don't you just wish you could be as close to Lily as we are James?" Tana's words were innocent enough but her voice was suggesting something else. James and Lily both looked away, blushing. Brook and Remus's eyes met and they shared a quiet moment. Tana and Sirius laughed out loud together at the reactions of their friends. Peter…well, it was just too over Peter's head.
After that, the group turned the discussion over to Quidditch. Tana was one of Gryffindor's beaters (and a very good one too) while James a seeker. Sirius, Brook, and Remus were talking about their care of magical creatures class. Lily was trying to explain to Peter something about charms, her best subject. They arrived at Hogwarts station without another incident and began exiting the train. Lily and James were the last out. Lily was still trying to explain to Peter about charms so she had forgotten that it had been raining.
Her third step out she put her foot down but it slid forward and the rest of her would have gone down except James had swept her up just before she would have hit the ground. Startled from the fall, she had thrown her arms around James's neck. She starred into his deep blue eyes and he smiled at her. "You ok Lily?" She blushed and was about to reply, but was interrupted by Professor McGonagall, who had watched the whole thing with calm dark eyes.
"NO public displays of affection until after you enter the boundaries of the common room. Miss Evans, as a prefect, you should know better." McGonagall was only teasing, but James put Lily down quickly anyway. The professor pointed them to the crowd moving quickly away towards that castle which Lily and James hurried after. "Kids these days," McGonagall mused to herself, smiling.
A/N: How did you like it? This should become a short series, but it depends on whether I get some reviews or not. Anyway, please, if you have any ideas or comments, please tell me. This story's plot is still pretty wide open.
A red train rumbled along tracks that few eyes ever really "saw". The Hogwarts Express was carrying fifth year Lily Evans back to the school she so loved. She was presently looking out the window, watching the lightning crackle from the sky and the thunder roar back at it. Rain poured down on empty plains and hills that were on the way. Her best friends were in the cabin with her. Tana Lockheart (no relation to Gilderoy) with her short curly light brown hair (think Keri Russell {sp?}) and amber eyes. Brook Barrels with her long, silky platinum waves and crystal blue eyes. Lily herself had mid length straight red hair and friendly green eyes (so she was told). Brook and Tana were happily conversing about this years scheduled balls. One for Christmas and another for Easter. Lily turned her attention back when the discussion turned to boys and the voices lowered.
"Sirius is sooo hot!" whispered Tana. Lily giggled. Tana had been saying this since second year. Brook flipped her long shiny waves over her back and laughed with Lily. "But we all know that Remus is way more mature. Sirius is always joking around." "But that's what I like about him," Tana whispered excitedly. Brook smiled again and turned over to Lily. "Come on Lil, you know you and James would be perfect together. How come you pretend that he's not flirting with you?" Lily blushed. All she could mumble out was "I dunno". Before she could be bombarded with more questions, the door was smashed open.
Sirius Black, James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew all stumbled in. Huge gashes, thick blood blisters and an assorted variety and color of bruises were they coated in. Sirius was able to moan help before he "passed out" all over Tana. James went next and landed at Lily's feet. Remus limped in and in a gurgled, "they're coming" at Brook. Peter had really tried to out do himself, and had his eyes covered with some sort of icky stuff. He unfortunately tripped over Sirius legs, bounced off a wall and landed on his behind. "Ouch!" he said in a clear voice. This broke the whole scene and everyone started cracking up in laughter.
"Well, maybe only a little more mature," said Brook finishing her thoughts from before the interruption. This caused more laughter from Tana and Lily. The fake injuries faded and the four boys got up and seated themselves in the remaining seats of the cabin.
"So Lily, I hear you're the new Gryffindor prefect," said James, running a hand through his crazy black hair.
Tana answered for Lily, "Oh yeah. And she already promised us that she'd use her privileges to our advantage. Don't you just wish you could be as close to Lily as we are James?" Tana's words were innocent enough but her voice was suggesting something else. James and Lily both looked away, blushing. Brook and Remus's eyes met and they shared a quiet moment. Tana and Sirius laughed out loud together at the reactions of their friends. Peter…well, it was just too over Peter's head.
After that, the group turned the discussion over to Quidditch. Tana was one of Gryffindor's beaters (and a very good one too) while James a seeker. Sirius, Brook, and Remus were talking about their care of magical creatures class. Lily was trying to explain to Peter something about charms, her best subject. They arrived at Hogwarts station without another incident and began exiting the train. Lily and James were the last out. Lily was still trying to explain to Peter about charms so she had forgotten that it had been raining.
Her third step out she put her foot down but it slid forward and the rest of her would have gone down except James had swept her up just before she would have hit the ground. Startled from the fall, she had thrown her arms around James's neck. She starred into his deep blue eyes and he smiled at her. "You ok Lily?" She blushed and was about to reply, but was interrupted by Professor McGonagall, who had watched the whole thing with calm dark eyes.
"NO public displays of affection until after you enter the boundaries of the common room. Miss Evans, as a prefect, you should know better." McGonagall was only teasing, but James put Lily down quickly anyway. The professor pointed them to the crowd moving quickly away towards that castle which Lily and James hurried after. "Kids these days," McGonagall mused to herself, smiling.
A/N: How did you like it? This should become a short series, but it depends on whether I get some reviews or not. Anyway, please, if you have any ideas or comments, please tell me. This story's plot is still pretty wide open.