A/N #1: Hey peoples. This is Twisted Rose and I am here to announce the debut of my first L/J fic. Let me remind you that this is my first L/J fic, so if I get anything wrong, don't be surprised. Honestly, I don't have much to say since this is the first chapter and I haven't received any reviews for it, but I hope that you enjoy reading my fic.
Disclaimer Let it be known that I do NOT posses any of the known characters or anything of the Hogwarts series. They are not mine; they never were, and they never will be. Oh yeah, and do not get upset if I mischaracterize one of the original characters. I go with what I know. I'm not expert of the series and I don't claim to be. So if there is anything wrong with the descriptions I use, then just make do with them. Plus, I am admitting now that grammar is not my best subject. For those who think authors are real good at grammar, I'm the exception. So, if you find any mistakes, it will mostly likely because of that.
SUMMARY: Lord Voldermot is growing stronger, but he knows that he isn't immortal and he will eventually leave this world. He had concluded that he needs an heir in order to maintain his legacy, but he wants to be sure that his heir equals, if not surpasses his magical strength. He has sent his followers to search for the strongest of witches to bear his child, but none have been found, until he discovered the perfect candidate, Lily Evans.
The Only One I Love
CHAPTER 1
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The powerful locomotive, known as the Hogwarts Express, gradually sped away from Platform 9 ¾. In a couple of hours, it would have reached its destination and bring its 500+ passengers to the Hogwarts castle.
Within one of the train's compartments sat a 17 year-old Lily Evans, dressed in her uniform and black robes, holding a gold pin with the inscription, Head Girl.
She had the most fiery of red hair and her forest green irises shone like an emerald in the sun. Her oval-shaped face used to be adorned by a pair of brown glasses, but her parents had finally had enough money to afford contacts, which was good because her old glasses made it the focal point of her face. Now that they were gone, people could now see the face that was hidden behind those uncomplimentary glasses.
Ever since Lily had attended Hogwarts, she had always been shy and quiet one of the crowd. There were very few who she actually conversed with. Because of her recluse nature, she only had two people who she considered her best friends, Claire Maguire and Audrey Quinn.
Both girls were probably the exact opposite to what Lily was. Lily was shy and quiet; Claire and Audrey were outgoing and loud. Lily got VERY high marks; they received barely, if not mediocre, passing marks.
But even though they were so different, they were inseparable.
Another thing about Lily is that she hates conflicts. She got along with her fellow Gryffindors, and she worked well with the Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, but she could never see eye-to-eye with Slytherins, of course, there was the factor that she was muggle-born.
Soon, the train passed by and immense lake. When Lily caught a glimpse of the deep blue color the lake had, she was always reminded of someone's eyes. And that someone was James Potter.
James Potter had been Lily's biggest crush since the beginning of her 3rd year at Hogwarts. He was very smart, particularly in Transfiguration, had a very magnetic personality that attracted everyone's attention, and he was also one who didn't really obey the rules, something Lily felt was oddly appealing.
He was also a member of the infamous Marauders. The Marauders were the ones responsible for reeking havoc among the school and were responsible for the many points lost because of their pranks and tricks, which Lily found quite amusing but she would never tell anyone that.
But the one thing that really made Lily fall for James was what he did for her the day she left for Hogwarts at the beginning of her 3rd year.
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FLASHBACK (4 years ago) . . .
Lily had just said goodbye to her parents as she passed through the barrier to Platform 9 ¾. She was still shaking from the fear of crashing into a solid wall instead of walking straight through. Even after going through the barrier two years before, she will probably never get used to it.
Lily was pushing her luggage cart towards the baggage car, when all of a sudden, something crashed into her cart and knocked everything, including the cage of her owl, Athena, onto the pavement.
Lily did her best to get all of her belonging back on her cart, but a menacing laughter caused her to stop and see what, or who, collided with her. And what she saw didn't set well in her stomach.
"Watch where the hell you are going, you filthy, insolent mudblood." A blond-haired boy, the same age as Lily, sneered.
Lily knew exactly who he was. His name was Lucius Malfoy from the Slytherins. He was known to be very arrogant, domineering, and conceited. He was also a supporter of pureblood superiority, like most Slytherins, and strongly believed anyone who wasn't a pureblood, especially muggles, didn't deserve to learn magic.
There were three other Slytherins accompanying Malfoy, all of which were laughing at Lily. Being the quiet girl that she was, Lily just kept silent hoping that they would just go away, but of course, they didn't.
"I see that you finally know your role, mudblood." Malfoy said, making his friends laugh a little louder.
"That's enough, Malfoy." A new voiced emerged.
Everyone turned their heads to find the source of the voice. When they did, they saw another boy in their year with the messiest and untamed of black hair, and small, black-rimmed glasses adorning his well-shaped face, Lily's heart beated faster at the sight of James Potter.
From Lily's perspective, she could tell that James was mad. Of course, James was known for his strong dislike for Slytherins, particularly Malfoy and his band of followers.
"Ah, how nice to see you, Potter." Malfoy greeted, even though the amount of sarcasm in his voice would suggest otherwise. "But I do not recall you being needed. Why don't you just run along now and mind your business."
"I am. It is my business when you are outnumbering a Gryffindor. I am just trying to balance the odds."
"Well, you'll have to do better than that. There are four of us and only two of you." Malfoy said as he and his friends armed their wands.
"Hey, that's not fair." Another voice emerged. "You can't hog all the fun, Prongs. Can't believe that you're playing without us."
"Aww Sirius, I wouldn't dream of it." James replied. Just then, James was accompanied by his other friends Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
"I'd say we just evened the odd. Wouldn't you say, Wormtail?" Remus asked Peter.
"I certainly agree with you, my dear Moony." Peter answered, as all of the Marauders armed their wands.
Malfoy knew that the Marauders were more skilled at Charm as they were. So he knew when to quit and lowered his wand.
"You people aren't even worth my time." Malfoy said, and soon left Lily and the Marauders, with his friends following close behind.
"Damn," Sirius cursed, "and I was just about to hex that flea-bitten arse."
"Don't worry, Padfoot." Remus said. "I'm sure we will have more than enough opportunities to get back at Malfoy." Remus then gave a brotherly slap on the back to Sirius, then he and Peter went back to their luggage carts. Sirius soon followed.
James was about to follow his friends, but he noticed the pretty red head trying to lift a large trunk back onto her cart.
"Here, let me help you with that." James then grabbed the end Lily was trying to lift and easily placed it on her cart.
"Thank you." Lily said quietly, averting her eyes so that the faint blush that was beginning to burn in her cheeks was hidden from James' line of vision. "I appreciate what you did for me."
"Any time. I've always enjoyed scaring that blond bozo. Never gotten tired of it either." James said with a grin, he then looked down at the lapel of the robe to see which coat of arms it showed. "Hey, you're Gryffindor? Well, now Malfoy is really lucky he backed out. No one hassles a Gryffindor, not while I'm around."
Lily's heart lifted when James said those words, but then she pulled it back down when she realized that he wasn't just referring to her.
"Wait, you're a Gryffindor, but I've never seen you in the Common Room."
How could he? Lily thought. She usually spent her time in the Library with Madame Pocket so she could do her work peacefully or help other Hogwarts students with their Charms assignments. After all, Charms was Lily's most favorite and best subject.
"Oh, I usually don't stay in the Common Room." Lily replied, hoping it was a good enough answer.
"Okay." James said, then he realized something. "Oh my gosh, I forgot to introduce myself. The name's James. James Potter. Now may ask of yours?"
"Oh, my name is . . ." Lily was about to complete her answer when the loud shrill of the train's whistle signaled that they it will be departing soon.
"We better get our stuff on the train before it leaves without us." James said. "Well, maybe I'll see ya around Hogwarts." With that said, James then left and walked towards one of the baggage cars.
As Lily watched James' retreating figure, she knew that this was moment that she will never forget.
END OF FLASHBACK
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Back on the train . . .
And she still hasn't forgotten that day.
In fact, the years that have passed since that day had made Lily's admiration for James grown even bigger.
Her 3rd year was also the year where she started having James in most of her classes, and they were pretty advanced classes, though he never really noticed that.
Out of all the years that she has had James as a classmate, she has never been paired with him, much to disappointment.
As much as she has dreamed of being paired with James, Lily is terrified by the thought of working so close to James.
On some occasions, Lily has been paired with James' friend, and fellow Marauder, Remus Lupin.
Remus wasn't the type of person she initially thought he was, considering he was a member of the most infamous band of pranksters Hogwarts have ever had. He was actually very adept in his classes, with the exception of Potions. From what she has learned over the times that she has been paired with him, he actually goes to the Astronomy Tower to look at the stars, unlike others who uses it as the perfect place for snogging, and he loved to read muggle books.
Those were Lily's two favorite hobbies. Of course, she preferred going out to the Quidditch Pitch to look at the stars. She didn't think she could handle stargazing while others were practically attached by the lips. And she always loved to read books and has had a couple of interesting conversations with Remus over a few of the books they have both read.
Lily has always wanted to invite Remus to look at the stars with her, especially when there was a full moon, but whenever she asked him, he always has something planned for that day. Lily didn't really think too much about it. If he had other engagement, who was she to tell him what to do?
But it almost seems that he is purposely scheduling things the night she asks him. Lily would understand if there was some important reason why he couldn't make it, but she just wished that she was trustworthy enough for him to confide in her. She hoped that day would come soon.
Then all of a sudden, the door to the compartment swooshed open causing to Lily to look away from the window. At the doorway she found her two best friends standing there.
"There you are. We've been searching the entire bloody train for you." A girl with brown hair and hazel eyes said.
"Easy Audrey, the point is we finally found Lils." The girl, who is Claire, said. She then took the seat across from her friend while Audrey took the seat next to Lily. "Besides, we would've found her sooner if you weren't flirting to Joshua Spencer."
At the mention of the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain, who just happened to be one of the many guys she liked, Audrey was turning beet red, which caused Lily and Claire to let out a teasing giggle. That soon resulted with Audrey throwing one of the compartment pillows at both of them.
"Shut up. I wasn't flirting with him. I was just having a nice conversation with a guy I happen to think is cute." Audrey explained.
"Yeah, in other words, you were flirting with him." Lily translated, which then resulted to another onslaught of pillows being thrown at her by Audrey.
As time flew by, Lily, Audrey, and Claire started discussing their summer. Lily was conscientious about telling them about her summer because they both had, to Lily, the most wonderful vacations. Claire went to visit Ireland with her dad and siblings and Audrey went with her family to visit her cousin in France, who attends Beaubaxtons, and they had a big family reunion. And what did Lily do? She just spent her summer enduring all of Petunia's constant criticisms and name-callings. And she finally saw the true feeling Petunia had of her.
She was glad that Audrey and Claire didn't ask pry about her summer. She knew that they know about her ungrateful, muggle sister. And they have promised to hex her a couple of times when Lily had told them about a couple of incidents regarding her and her sister, but Lily felt that this latest confrontation would drive her friends over that line. As much as Lily wanted to knock some sense in her sister, literally, she didn't have the heart to do that to her own kin.
Before the girls knew it, the Hogwarts Express had arrived at Hogsmeade station. As Lily, Audrey, and Claire were exiting the train, they noticed the very nervous first-years following the intimidating figure of the Hogwarts gamekeeper, Hagrid to the boats.
"Poor kids. I bet you there were some Slytherins trying to scare the muggles, telling them that they'd have to fight a dragon in order to sort them." Claire said, as they were approaching the horseless carriages. "I swear, those Slytherins can't get it through their thick heads that this is a new time and age. Nowadays, muggle-borns are becoming more common." They found an empty carriage at the front of the line and Audrey and Claire were already settled, but Lily didn't follow.
She kept having this nagging feeling that she forgot something. Lily looked at her robes and realized what she was missing, her Head Girl badge.
"I'll be right back you guys, I think I forgot something in the train."
"You need any help?" Audrey asked.
"No, I think I know where I left it. Besides, we wouldn't want anyone to snatch our carriage and I won't be gone long." Lily then jogged back towards the train.
She went back to the compartment that she was in earlier and found her Head Girl badge resting on one of the seat's cushions. With a sigh of relief, she grabbed her badge and was about to exit the compartment until she bumped into something hard at the doorway.
Lily stepped back, a little disoriented, wondering if she just ran into a wall. She soon regained her balance and looked to see who, or what, she just ran into. But what she saw just left her speechless.
Standing only a couple of inches away from her, she stared into the dark pools of sapphire that she knew only one person had. And that person was James Potter.
END OF CHAPTER 1
A/N #2: That's all there is today (or night, which every one applies) folks. I do hope you all liked this chapter. They say I gotta start good if I wanna keep an audience. I certainly hope I did that and that you come back for more. Since this is the first chapter, I would really, REALLY, appreciate it if you would review. Being that this is my first L/J fic, I would really like to know how good or how bad of a job I did. If you have any questions or comments, you can contact me via e-mail or find me on MSN Messenger (I do have AOL Messenger, but I don't really use it that often). My e-mail address and SNs can be found in my Author Profile. That's about all I have to say. I hope to hear from ya.
