A/N - So this is the story of Lily and James throughout their Hogwarts career.
Year One
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Chapter One
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining; there was a light breeze, a great day for August. Lily Evans made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen where she found her mother, father, and sister Petunia sitting around the kitchen table. Lily and Petunia had always been somewhat close. They rarely fought and would play dolls whenever they needed a friend. Being eleven, all you want to do is play silly games. Today was Lily's eleventh birthday. August 8th. Her parents weren't the richest family around, but they managed. Lily's gifts were sitting upon the table, ready to be opened. There were 9 presents. Some quite large and others not so much. She sat down to start her breakfast when her mother told her that she could open her gifts first if she'd like. She started tearing the wrapping paper off immediately. She received a new doll, a book she'd been waiting for so long to read, a new radio, a jump rope, a pair of skates that once belonged to her mother, some socks (she had holes in every pair), a journal, a picture frame with a picture of her and Petunia in it, and some sidewalk chalk. She hugged her parents tightly, and started on her breakfast. It was going to be a good day.
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James had awoken early on this beautiful day, which was strange, he never got up early. He looked outside the window and noticed the sun was shining brightly, and there was a faint breeze. He got dressed and walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to eat. That boy could eat all day and never be full.
"Good morning James." Said Melinda. Melinda was the Potters' housekeeper. The Potters were a rich family. They had a huge mansion and could always afford the best. James, being an only child, got lonely in his enormous house all alone though. His parents were never home. Their job kept them away for long periods at a time. His only company, was Melinda.
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Lily and Petunia had decided to take advantage of the beautiful day and use some of Lily's new presents. They drew on the sidewalk with her new chalk, took turns roller skating, played dolls, and even got their mother into playing some jump rope with them. Later that evening, when everyone was coming inside and settling down for dinner, the strangest thing happened. A barn owl had swooped in through the open window and perched itself upon the chair Lily was about to sit in. Curious to why an owl had just appeared, she went to stroke it, noticing there was a letter attached to its leg. She reached to untie it and flipped it over to see who the letter was addressed to. Oddly enough, it was for her. Who did she know who sent mail by owl?
"What is it dear?" Her mother asked.
"It's a letter, to me." She replied.
"Who sends mail by owls?" Petunia asked.
"I don't know." Lily replied.
"Well open it!" Petunia urged.
She flipped the letter over once again and noticed that the letter was sealed with a strange seal. It was a large H. She split the seal and took out the parchment inside. It was a fairly full letter. She unfolded the first piece of parchment. It read:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than August 10.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress
Lily could not believe her eyes. She was a witch? Since when?
"Well what does it say dear?" Mr. Evans asked.
"It says that I've been accepted at a school called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." She said softly.
"That's wonderful! Well write them back tell them you'll go!" Her mother was saying. Lily scribbled down her reply and sent it back with the same owl. She opened the second piece of paper noticing it was a list of books she needed to get before term started. She had no idea where to get these books from. She stopped the owl before it flew out the window and also wrote that she did not know where to get the items on her list for school and it would be nice to get a response back A.S.A.P. She sent the owl one last time and watched it fly away until she couldn't see it anymore.
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As James sat down for dinner, an owl had floated through the window the same moment his parents had walked through the door. They walked in and grabbed the letter off of the owl's leg and ripped it open, not even noticing who the letter was addressed to.
"Honey, look! Our son has gotten into Hogwarts!" His mother shrieked.
"Thadda boy. James." His father said and clapped him on the back. Hogwarts was where his parents went. His whole family had gone there; he came from a pureblood family, all of which were in Gryffindor. It was immense pressure awaiting the letter, and then awaiting the house he was to be put into.
"Well, we'll just have to stop into Diagon Alley tomorrow." Mrs. Potter said. "Now grab some food and get into bed son."
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The next morning Lily woke up to the sound of an owl hooting. There was an owl perched outside her windowsill waiting for her to take its letter. She quickly jumped out of bed and let the owl in. It landed on the chair that pushed into the desk. She untied the letter and opened the Hogwarts seal once again. This time the letter read:
Dear Ms. Evans,
You can get all of your supplies in Diagon Alley. I'll be sure to send Rubeus Hagrid out to help you tomorrow. When a large man appears asking for you, don't be frightened, it is only Rubeus. He will show you around Diagon Alley to buy your school supplies. Happy Holidays.
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
She scribbled the word 'thanks' on the parchment and sent it with the owl once again. She got dressed and began packing everything she could for school. Afterwards, she made her way downstairs to eat breakfast and sat next to Petunia. Petunia gave her a disgusted look and moved away from her sister. Lily, slightly confused, shrugged and ate her bacon. All she could think about was September the first.
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James and his parents had gone to Diagon Alley the next day to go shopping for his school supplies. He was quite bored with it. His parents had been discussing which was better the whole time in every store they went to. Was this better or that? Finally they came across the wand store, Ollivander's. James didn't even notice.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, come to find yourself the perfect wand, are we?"
"Um…yeah." He replied.
"Try this one." Mr. Ollivander handed him a wand. James waved it and it caused a vase with flowers in it to explode at once.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" James started apologizing.
"Try this one." Mr. Ollivander handed him another one, not the least bit worried about his flowers. There was a faint glowing at the end of the wand tip. "That's the one." His parents paid for his wand and they made their way home. James had been waiting all day for this. He was very excited about going to Hogwarts. Meeting kids his own age, and most of all, being away from his parents and his huge house.
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September the first arrived slowly but surely. Lily had gotten all of her school supplies with Hagrid and had been awaiting the day she would leave ever since. She knew she had to get onto Platform 9 3/4, but she wasn't sure how because there was no Platform 9 3/4. Why was everyone leaving out tiny important details with her? She noticed a family going to the brick wall between Platforms 9 and 10. She watched as they walked right through the wall. She looked around and proceeded to the same wall and walked through it as well. When she ended up on the other side, she saw a large train engine, and many families saying goodbye to their children as they boarded the train. Lily's family was too busy to see her off, but she didn't think they'd be able to now anyway. She stepped onto the train and pulled her trunk with her, looking for an empty compartment. She figured if she was going to meet somebody, it would be much less pressure on her if they joined her in her compartment. To her luck, she found one and loaded her trunk above the seats. She took a seat by the window and opened her book. She could hear other students outside her compartment greeting each other because they hadn't seen each other all summer. She looked forward to the day when she could do that.
She heard bustling outside her compartment and the sound of someone huffing their way down the hall. She looked inside Lily's compartment and asked:
"Do you mind?"
"Not at all." Lily replied. She watched the girl struggle putting her trunk above the seat, and then she plopped down into the seat opposite Lily.
"I'm Julia by the way. I'm a first year."
"I'm Lily, I'm a first year too."
"Oh thank goodness. I have no idea what to do; I'm a muggleborn. Are you a muggleborn or a pureblood?"
"Um, what are they?"
"Well, a pureblood is someone who comes from a long line of wizards and a muggleborn is the opposite."
"Oh, I'm a muggleborn then."
"Wow, already finding things in common. So are you as confused as I am?"
"Yeah actually." Just then, another girl came into the compartment and threw her trunk up by Julia's and sat down, not even asking if she could or not. Lily and Julia thought she was an older student, so didn't argue, in case she was. It got really quiet.
"I'm Megan." She said. "I'm a first year, what about you two?"
"We're both first years too. I'm Julia, and this is Lily." They had a nice conversation the whole way to school. Turns out that Megan came from a half and half family. Her dad was a wizard, her mom was a muggle. She was really tomboyish and Julia was really girly girl. By time they had gotten to Hogwarts, they were already really good friends. They had changed and gotten off the train and stepped outside. It was starting to drizzle. They heard someone calling for first years to follow them. It was Hagrid. He led them to the lake where there were hundreds of tiny boats. What was he going to have them do?
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James arrived at King's Cross Station at quarter to eleven. His parents led him straight to a small stretch of brick wall between the platforms 9 and 10. His parents pushed him through the wall. He closed his eyes, expecting pain, but fell right through the wall to the other side. He saw the big red engine and climbed on it as soon as he saw it.
"By sweetie!" His mom yelled. He didn't hear or care. He just started looking for a compartment to sit in. He looked for an empty one, but had no luck, so he settled in one with a very scared looking boy.
"Excuse me," James started, the boy jumped at the sound of a voice. "would it be alright if I sat here?" He finished politely.
"Of course!" The boy said hurriedly. James threw his trunk above the seats and sat down.
"I'm James, and you are?"
"Remus. Remus Lupin." James and Remus began talking. They had quite a heated conversation. James was usually a big troublemaker, Remus seemed to be a goody two shoes. Great I picked the wrong compartment to be in. James thought. Not two seconds later, another boy came in. He had dark hair that hung in his face a little bit. Of what face was showing, he looked very handsome. Definitely someone to compete with, but there was no competition, this boy was much more handsome.
"Can I stay here?" The boy asked.
"Sure." James and Remus said.
"I'm Sirius."
"I'm James and this is Remus. We're first years, what about you?"
"Yeah, I'm a first year." Sirius seemed to be a lot like James. Troublemakers, but there was still Remus. He seemed really jumpy and scared of every little thing.
Another boy decided he would ask to join the compartment too. His name was Peter, he was every bit as jumpy as Remus.
After awhile, the train slowed to a stop and they jumped off the train. They didn't know where to go, but they heard someone calling first years, so they decided to follow the big man calling first years.
It was starting to drizzle, and by the looks of it, they had to ride in the small boats over to the castle. That did not look fun.
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"Four kids to a boat!" Hagrid yelled once all the first years had gathered around the boats. Julia, Megan, and Lily all climbed into a boat, but they still needed one more. Once everyone was situated in boats, they started moving on their own towards the castle. It also started raining a little harder.
By time they made it to the school, they were all soaked. Lily, Megan, and Julia stepped off of the boat and hurried into the school. She ended up standing next to her new friends, and a group of boys. The boy standing next to her looked at her and gaped.
"Can I help you?" Lily asked.
"Sorry, you have a huge bug in your hair." He said. Lily screamed.
"Get it out! Get it out!"
"Here, I'll get it." James said. He pretended to grab something out of her hair and flung it behind them. He turned back to his friends and noticed that the one with long hair gave him the thumbs up. There was never a bug in her hair. But before Lily could yell at him, a lady decided to come to the front of the first years and explain what was going on.
"You're going to go in there and sit upon the stool and put the sorting hat on your head. It'll then decide what house you'll be in and you can go sit with your house." The group of first years followed the lady into the Great Hall where the rest of the school awaited. That's when it hit Lily; the whole school is going to be watching.
The lady that led them into the Great Hall pulled out a scroll that apparently had a list of the first years.
"Abbott, Daniel" was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Black, Sirius" was sorted into Gryffindor. He was a very handsome boy who had given the 'bug boy' the thumbs up.
"Carmichael, Jeffrey" was also into Gryffindor.
"Davies, Robert" was sorted into Slytherin.
"Evans, Lily" Lily made her way up to the stool, sat down, and put the hat on her head. The hat fell over her eyes so she couldn't see anything else, all she could hear was the hat talking to himself.
"Well, you shouldn't be in Slytherin, definitely not. Not Hufflepuff either, no, no. Your smart enough to be in Ravenclaw, yes, but I think you should be in…GRYFFINDOR!" The Gryffindor table clapped for her. She felt warm inside and sat down.
"Finch-Fletchley, Jacob" went to Hufflepuff.
"Green, Leslie" was the first sorted into Ravenclaw.
"Hubbard, Riley" was sorted into Gryffindor.
"Johnson, Jacob" into Hufflepuff.
"Longbottom, Frank" into Gryffindor.
"Lupin, Remus" into Gryffindor.
"Malfoy, Lucius" into Slytherin.
"Nott, Timothy" into Slytherin.
"Potter, James" That was the boy who had told Lily she had a bug in her hair. She knew already that she would not get along with him. Not at all. James Potter, what a stupid name. Perfect fit for a stupid boy. He was sorted into Gryffindor as well. Even better. Lily thought.
After that, Lily just zoned out. She didn't care about the other kids and what houses they were sorted into. She was simply waiting to see what was for dinner, sitting next to her new friends, who also joined the Gryffindor house. The other two, sitting across from Lily, had started drooling. Then, to Lily's dismay, the stupid boy, James Potter and his friends came and sat in the open spots next to Lily. She groaned and that seemed to egg James on even more.
"I'm sorry; I don't think I caught your name. I'm James, by the way. You look much nicer without that nasty bug in your hair." She would have gotten up and left, had there been any seats open. Seeing there wasn't, she was forced to stay where she was. James had tried conversing with her all through dinner, but Lily just ignored him. Hopefully, she wouldn't have to endure him much longer. After dinner, a few of the older students started calling for Gryffindors. From what she heard, they were Prefects. She followed the Gryffindor Prefects to the seventh floor where there was a giant portrait of a fat lady in an ugly pink dress.
"Password?" The fat lady said. At this, Lily jumped, she didn't know that the pictures moved in the wizarding world.
"Flobberworm mucous." Said one of the Gryffindor Prefects. "You need to know the password in order to get into the common room." They entered the common room when the Prefects said: "Boys on the left, girls on the right." Lily, Megan, and Julia went to the right and up the stairs. The doors were numbered one through seven. She guessed the numbers were for which year you were in. Lily and her friends went into one of the rooms with a number one on it. There were already a few girls in there. They later found out that their names were Susie Brown and Abigail Rogers. They all settled in and went to bed, for they had classes starting tomorrow.
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"Four kids to a boat!" Yelled the extremely large man. The four new friends had jumped into a boat together. Peter hesitating, he thought he was going to sink the boat. The slight drizzle had turned into a slight downpour. By time they reached the school, they were all soaked. He ended up standing next to a group of girls, one of which had caught James' eye. He looked at her, and couldn't help but stare. The girl seemed to have noticed too, because the next thing he knew, she looked at him and said:
"Can I help you?" James, not expecting this, quickly came up with a lie; he was good at that.
"Sorry, but you have a huge bug in your hair." The girl started screaming and flailing. He pretended to pick the "bug" out of her hair to 'save' her, even though she really didn't need to be saved. He turned towards the front of the group seeing that a woman had approached the crowd.
"You're going to go in there and sit upon the stool and put the sorting hat on your head. It'll then decide what house you'll be in and you can go sit with your house." The group of first years followed the lady into the Great Hall where the rest of the school awaited.
The group of first years walked into the Great Hall, and once they did, the whole group tightened. Apparently being in front of the whole school put a lot of pressure on the group. James didn't really see why it did. He didn't really pay attention to the group of students who went up and down to the appropriate table. He just had to pay attention to when the lady got to the P's. He looked up when the girl with the 'bug' got up to the stool. He didn't hear her name, but watched as the hat decided what house she belonged to. The hat had finally made it's decision and shouted:
"GRYFFINDOR!"
James smiled; he already knew he was going to be in Gryffindor, his whole family had been. He was going to get to know the 'bug girl' quite well.
The lady had finally reached "Potter, James" and he sat down upon the stool. He waited only a moment before the hat screamed: "GRYFFINDOR!" He knew it. He walked to the table cheering for him and noticed there was a spot next to the 'bug girl'. He took this opportunity to get to know her.
"I'm sorry; I don't think I caught your name. I'm James, by the way. You look much nicer without that nasty bug in your hair." She gave him a dirty look. She obviously didn't want to talk with him. He kept trying to make conversation, but she kept ignoring him. That's okay, I've got seven years to get to know her… James thought wondrously, then realizing he probably looked stupid, changed his face.
Soon dinner was over and they had to go to the dormitories. James had not even realized, the time was flying so fast. They reached the seventh floor and the Prefects were saying something about the password. James would get it later. He climbed inside and went to the left with the other boys. He then went into a room with the number one labeled on it and he walked right in. There was already a boy in the room. He seemed kind of shy; apparently his name was Frank Longbottom. They all settled into bed, and awaited classes for tomorrow morning.
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Ok, so this is how it's going down. I'm going to go through every year at Hogwarts for James and Lily. Each chapter is NOT going to be a year, but you'll know when I change years. I promise. So right now this is the first night being at Hogwarts for the kiddies!! Exciting? Yes. So yeah, pretty much they just met and already Lily doesn't like James. I like it. Please review? kthx