Chapter 1
Lily Evans sat alone in her room. She loved the break from classes and schoolwork but couldn't stand being in the muggle world with her horrid family in the summers. Her only contact with the magical world that she loved so much was through her owl, Edgar who she bought right before her first year of Hogwarts. Edgar was gone right now, off delivering a message to her best friend Sirius Black. She had met Sirius and his friends Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter on her first train ride to Hogwarts. Lily had immediately hit it off with Sirius, who had become her best friend, and Remus, a close second. Peter had always unnerved her, and well Potter was annoying.
As soon as she met the bunch Potter was playing pranks on her one second then turning around and offering to buy her candy from the trolley another. Lily didn't understand how someone could be so two faced and immediately decided to avoid him at all costs. That, however, did not put a stop to her, Sirius and Remus' friendships. Sirius and Remus had not been Lily's first magical friends. When she was 8 she met Snape. He had introduced her to the magical world. They walked into Hogwarts together for the first time. That friendship came to a brutal halt in their 5th year. Snape and Lily were out by the pond when he called her a "mudblood" -she shivered at the thought of the word- and James and Sirius swooped in and humiliated Snape. That day she decided to give James Potter a chance, which she was still trying, ever so difficulty to do.
Lily peeked out of her window curiously, Edgar had been gone for almost two days now which was really unusual. Sirius always replied immediately. What she did see, however, was strange. An owl who she did not recognize was flying right towards her window. The owl swooped in and she detached the note tied around its ankle.
Lily,
Sirius's uncle passed away, he is staying at my house. If you wanna come over for a few days and visit him that would be great. He really needs you.
-James
"shit" lily muttered. She grabbed a piece of paper and a quill and scribbled down:
Come get me in 15 mins, Remus knows where I live
-Lily
Lily tied the note to the owls ankle and it took off through the window. Then, in a rush she started throwing the remainder of her clothes into her school trunk that was already packed with her school books and clothes.
She then took a deep breath. "Now all i have to do is get out of the house" she mumbled.
Lily slowly opened the door to her room and paused to hear if anyone was talking. Silence. Good. She carefully took a few steps out of her room, and when nothing exploded she calmed down and walked down the stairs. At the end of her staircase is when it happened. Petunia, who sat in the living room spotted her out of the corner of her eye and spun around.
"Ew what are you doing here?" Petunia questioned.
"I need to talk to mom" Lily said firmly and walked past petunia into the kitchen where her mother sat.
"what do you want" Lily's mother, Charlie, questioned.
"Well Sirius has had a death in the family and-" Lily began before she was cut off by her mother.
"Oh your wizard friend? Whatever it is the answer is no" Her mother interrupted.
"No mom you don't understand" Lily began only to be cut off by her mother jumping up from her seat.
"No, Lily, you don't understand. I will not allow you to hang out with that kind outside of school." Charlie growled getting in Lily's face.
From the other side of the room Lily heard the distinct 'Pop' of apparition and heard her mother screech. Her mother's eyes zeroed in on something behind her then returned to her eyes with a look of fire. "YOU INVITED ONE OF THEM HERE?" she screamed and before she knew it she felt the hard slap of her hand across her face and she turned to run.
"STUPIFY" she heard James' voice yell. She heard the thud of her mother against the floor. James was next to her in an instant, she felt his arm around her waist and heard him ask "Are you alright?" but the second she was back to her senses she was dragging James up the stairs. She flew into her room and grabbed her trunk.
James grabbed her wrist and she felt the familiar feeling of apparition. Next thing she knew she was in a giant room, a fire crackling in the fireplace, giant leather brown sofas against the wall. Her best friends sitting in them holding cups of hot tea. Sirius looked as if he had been crying, a look she had never seen on his face before.
"Sirius, how are you?" she asked, sitting down next to him on the couch.
"Don't worry about me" He replied as Lily pulled away, she looked over at Remus who just shook his head.
"Lily I think we need to talk about what happened back there, don't you think?" asked Potter.
"It's no big deal Potter, but thanks" Lily replied.
The room settled into an uncomfortable silence. They all sat around, sadness looming over all of them. The fire crackling in the background brought a sense of warmth over the group. Potter was the first to break the silence "How about I show you to your room Lily?"
She followed him through the maze of rooms that made up his house. "Lily are you sure you're alright?" he asked again as they walked.
"Yeah Potter" she snapped. Feeling guilty she sighed "Thank you for helping me, James."
He paused for a second at her use of his first name. "Heres your room" he said opening the door "mine is to the left, Remus' is to the right and Sirius' is across the hall. After she stepped in the room he followed her, there was a fire crackling in the corner, to her right she saw a giant bed, with gold sheets and a giant red blanket over it. her trunk was resting in the bed. To her left she saw a door that James was opening "Here is your bathroom" he said as he flipped the light on.
"Thank you" Lily mumbled.
"No problem" he said and turned to leave her room. She started the shower and stripped down. Once she felt the water and it was warm she stepped in. The second the warm water hit her she started sobbing. Crying for Sirius, the only person in the world who she truly was like a brother, and the closest thing she had to family. Crying for her embarrassment. Crying for her mother making a scene in front of James.
Once the water turned cold she got out of the shower, running a brush through her long red hair she decided to throw on a tank top and shorts. Once this was done she wandered out into the hallway looking for Sirius. She heard a faint cry from his room and knocked on the door. When she got no reply she let herself in and saw Sirius sitting on the floor, with his back leaning against his bed. His room a mess, she spotted a red and gold gryffindor blanket wadded up in the corner of his bed. She grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around him and sat on the ground next to him.
They sat there in silence for hours, when they saw the sun peak through the curtains Sirius finally spoke "You should get some sleep, Lil"
"I will if you will" Lily replied.
"Deal" Sirius said as he grabbed his blanket and a pillow off his bed. "But will you stay?"
"Of course" Lily replied and took the pillow and blanket and made her way over to the couch in the corner of his room.
Okay so here is the first chapter! Thank you all for reading and all reviews are welcome!
Also i will not be saying this every chapter like most people do, but as you all know i do not own any of this.
