My contribution to Jily October! I was looking through the Jily tag and I felt selfish that I hadn't done anything special for it yet. So here it is! :)

Disclaimer: Characters are not mine however much I want them to be


Home

"James love! Hurry up or you are going to be late!"

"I'm here Mum, I'm ready… Merlin."

Mrs. Potter's scanned over her son's appearance. Going over a mental checklist in her head:

Trunk.

Owl.

Robes.

A satisfied smile graced her elegant face as she attempted to tidy her son's unruly hair.

Mr. Potter stood by the fireplace laughing lightly as his son rolled his eyes.

"Pip pip now! Both of you grab some floo powder."

Mrs. Potter deserted the impossible task and took and handful of grainy powder. She stepped into the fireplace, released the powder and was swallowed by the roaring emerald flames.

"I've always liked the colour of those flames", James pondered aloud while he messed up his hair, back to its true form.

Mr. Potter just smiled bemusedly at his son and together they stepped into the flames, James holding his trunk firmly with the knowledge that his exciting life at Hogwarts was mere moments away.


Lily Evans frantically brushed her teeth while throwing last minute necessities messily into her trunk.

She could feel her body buzzing with excitement. A journey to the great unknown her father had labelled it; her first step into a magical world.

As she gathered her things Petunia Evans knocked timidly on the door.

Things between the two sisters were off lately; once inseparable, a difference in their destinies had torn a rift between them both. The rift housing a myriad of emotions. Ranging from anger to awkwardness and from loneliness to fear.

"I can't see you off at the station so… um see you soon Lily"

Lily wanted to roll her eyes for the misuse of the verb 'can't'. Tuney could, of course, but she simply did not want to. And apparently that sufficed enough as an excuse for such a shallow goodbye.

But Lily Evans was kind and had a gift to understand people's emotions and reactions. So she walked over to the doorway and embraced her sister with a hug, inspiring a childish warmth to ensconce them both.

"Lily Evans you are late!"

The two sisters parted and shared a look that only they two could understand. A look that one sibling gives another when they share the same thought on the same thing.

Hauling all her things down the stairs, Lily told her sister goodbye and she received a more loving goodbye in return.

Lily felt anticipation ripple through her at the thought of the great unknown only one drive away.

Though there was a nagging doubt at the back of her mind that told her that Petunia's goodbye would be the last loving thing she would ever knowingly give to her beloved younger sister.

As they drove away Petunia almost wished she had gone with them.

Almost.

The Hogwarts Express

James' confidence wavered as he sat alone in an empty compartment.

He could still hear his Mum sobbing at how 'grown up' he is. Mothers he thought.

"What was that? You know the first sign of insanity is talking to yourself. " A boy of eleven stated. Mirth dancing in his grey eyes; catching the light like molten silver.

James grinned. A boy with a sense of humour, a friend James thought.

"James Potter. I've got a bag of sweets, an empty compartment and apparently I'm a nutter. Care to sit?"

Sirius grinned.

"Sirius Black. A damned shame to the Black family because I am not, as I like to put it, a blood-ist."

He sat down and both boys grinned, easily slipping into conversations about quidditch and other boyish things.


A loud crash and a girly squeal sounded just outside their door.

James hopped up, opened the door and couldn't help the bubble of laughter that escaped him at the sight in the corridor.

A girl of eleven had fallen on her knees in a rather peculiar position.

A tangle of auburn hair cascaded down her trunk, the contrast in colour quite shocking.

"I'm awfully glad you found it funny."

Lily Evans glared a little at the boy in front of her as she stood up and rightened herself and her things.

James Potter only laughed harder.

"Sorry" he said, his voice laced with contagious amusement.

The corners of her lips lifted slightly and a smile danced softly in her eyes.

James' grin faltered a little.

"What's going on?"

Sirius emerged from the compartment with a chocolate frog melting in his hand.

Lily smiled at the two boys and made her way around and away from them.

James reverted Sirius back to the topics of their earlier conversation easily distracting his new found friend.

His mind, however, remained occupied with the colour of her eyes. Emerald. Just like the colour of those flames that he's always liked.


Some time later, two other boys joined their compartment. Their names were Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.

Their legendary friendship only just beginning.

The review box will release an abundance of magical happiness... second year?