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etc.) are not my own creation. This said, some characters, settings and
'phrases' do belong to me, just so you know. Enjoy.
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Chapter One
Lily Evans eagerly boarded the Hogwarts Express to return for her seventh and final year of her magical education. Over the summer, it was all she had looked forward to, that and being around her friends everyday. She entered a compartment at the end of the steam engine which she and her friends occupied year in, year out. In the compartment there sat two fellow Gryffindors: Kate and Alicia.
Not to say that Lily did not have many friends, for her responsibility, generosity, caring and kind nature had not only given her many friends but had scored her the position of Headgirl, but Kate and Alicia were her closest friends, the ones she confided in and them all being in the same house had provoked this.
The three girls were a strange bunch. Alicia was full of self-respect -but that is not to say she looked down onto people. She was not self-absorbed, but she did take care of herself. She was always polite to people, whether she knew them or not, and gracefully accepted comments on her dead straight, waist length brown hair.
Kate was a bit wilder and could be very confident. Though she had not always been so self-opinionated, Alicia and Lily had helped her true colours to shine, though it took countless comments about how beautiful her long, blonde ringlets were, how long and slender her legs were and how her dazzling blue eyes had made her every guys dream. Though she declined such comments were true, her friends and everyone around her could see through her modesty. She soon became very indulged in her looks and eventually learned to love life and did not want to do anything more or less than enjoy it and have everyone do the same.
Lily, on the other hand, was different in the way that some of her traits were similar to that of her friends -in some cases exaggerated -and yet, some of her traits were individually hers. Physically she was recognised by her lengthy, dark red hair, her slender build and medium height and her bright green eyes. Like Alicia, Lily was extremely polite. If someone were to drop something she would not think twice about picking it up. If someone could manage to make a snide remark about her, Lily would never retaliate but would continue to greet them with the same friendly 'hullo' she always did; though of course there was but one acception. This said she would never stand for people criticising others. Lily liked to enjoy herself, but would never do so at another's expense. What made her different was that when she felt strongly about something, she was always able to make her voice heard, to get her opinion across and have changes made. Though this could be seen as a link between Lily and Kate, Kate would go as far as expressing her point of view but refrains from seeing the matter through.
The three girls proved to be popular because of their goodness. To an outsider it could easily appear that these girls have it all, but personal problems created the balance between having it all and having nothing.
Lily placed her things aside and sat herself down in a seat opposite the two girls. They greeted each other before the door to their compartment slid open, permitting four boys in, the first of which to enter kept rumpling his hair. These four boys were about as well known to the Hogwarts community as the three girls in the compartment were, though for different reasons.
The group of boys consisted entirely of Gryffindor seventh years: namely James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
James was the first to enter, he was tall, had a thin stature and jet black hair that was always untidy and always stood up at the back. He wore glasses over his hazel eyes and was very talented on the Quidditch pitch and had held the position of Gryffindor captain for the past three years.
Sirius was much like James. He was tall and thin with dark hair, but his fell into his eyes with a sort of casual elegance that James's could never have achieved. His eyes rivaled the darkness of the night sky and he was easily the most handsome.
James and Sirius were the best of friends -they were inseparable and without a doubt the cleverest students in the school. One never went anywhere without the other close by and it had always been like that.
Remus was not quite as tall as James and Sirius, but was still much taller than Peter. His hair was a light brown and the softness of his eyes gave his face a look of innocence.
Peter was quite short, he was mousy haired, he had a pointy nose and small watery eyes. He hero-worshipped James and Sirius but was not quite in the same league as the other three and he would lag behind in his schoolwork if it were not for all the help that they gave him.
The four could be classed as rebellious -they were always breaking rules for the excitement involved. The caretaker was well acquainted with the boys, what with how often they were in trouble. They loved to pull the odd prank here and there -though sometimes they breached the line -but could never resist doing something to the Slytherins, especially one particular Slytherin.
'Congratulations, Evans, Headgirl I hear?' Said a pleasant, deep and mature voice.
Lily paused for a moment. Since when were they anywhere near this polite? She had to force herself to speak.
'Thank-you James.' Lily said pleasantly.
There was a bit of shuffling around as room was made for the boys to sit with them and Kate positioned herself extraordinarily close to Sirius. This is odd, thought Lily, she normally showed disapproval over their prank making, yet here she was making room for them to share her compartment.
'I guess that means prancing around the halls, checking for anybody up to no good.' Sirius chuckled at his own joke. Remus elbowed him. 'Well, the bathroom is supposed to be even better than the prefects one, isn't it?'
'With a personal Jacuzzi.' Said Remus.
'And a massage table.' Added James.
'And a personal masseur!' Kate added.
Sirius gaped for a moment.
'I think I'd prefer a masseuse.' He said casually.
'You would!' Exclaimed Alicia.
'Uh -Remus, I think it's about time we head off -' Lily began.
'Ah yes,' Sirius interrupted her, 'Moony's got himself a bit of responsibility too, being a prefect and all.'
Sirius clearly thought it an insult to be given that sort of responsibility. Peter laughed and Sirius rolled his eyes.
'We'll see you girls later,' said James, 'Padfoot, what do you say we go find out where Snivellus is hiding?'
Sirius suddenly became thoroughly excited as his face lit up.
'Excellent!'
Not wanting to know what they were going to do, Lily left for the prefect compartment with Remus. Lily spent the next hour giving out instructions to the prefects with the Headboy after changing into her robes.
In the meantime, James and Sirius were going through compartments one by one, searching for a seventeen-year old boy with dark, lank and greasy hair and a hooked nose. They were tempted to pester several other students but kept reminding themselves who their target was: Severus Snape.
Lily was patrolling the corridor when she heard 'enargmus!'' from a nearby compartment. Lily bolted inside where she found James holding his wand out infront of him wearing a smirk. Beside him Sirius was barking with laughter and infront of them Severus had fallen back onto a seat and his nose was becoming larger and larger that he soon had trouble supporting his head. She suppressed a laugh. She did not like Severus Snape in the slightest but it was her duty to put a stop to this.
'Will the two of you ever grow up?' Lily asked.
They all suddenly noticed that Lily was in the room and James's hand quickly jumped to his hair.
'Evans!' His voice suddenly became pleasant, deep and mature once more, 'I see you've decided you'd like to participate in our -'
'That's enough Potter!' Lily snapped.
Lily did not want to help Severus -she promised herself she would never help him again after she had done so in her fifth year -but she had to discourage James and Sirius from pursuing their 'light hearted' pranking. But this time, she was unsure about how to go about it.
'Come on Evans, it's not like we've made much of a difference to him -I'm surprised his neck could support a head carrying an unnaturally large nose in the first place.' James smirked.
Sirius barked a laugh and Lily fought to keep her face straight.
'Potter,' Lily really had no idea what to do, 'why do you keep doing this? Why won't you give it a rest?'
'I'll give it a rest, Evans, if you'll go out with me.'
Lily did not even have to think twice about this -it was not worth it. He so often tried to persuade her in that way and she felt that even if she did submit to his request, he would not refrain from harassing people for the fun of it.
'I've said it before Potter, I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid!'
'You've been stung again, mate.' Sirius turned back to Severus and raised his wand. Lily quickly pulled out her own wand. Sirius stared at it daringly and then turned his wand on her. 'Imped-' James leapt onto him before he could finish the spell.
'Don't jinx the lady!' James said to Sirius.
Unable to see herself having any effect on the situation at hand, Lily left them to their own devices.
Lily returned to her compartment where she rejoined he friends for the remainder of the journey. They were soon pulling up at Hogsmeade station where they boarded the apparently horseless carriages, which took them to the castle's entrance. From there they sat themselves at their house tables, patiently waited until the end of the sorting, enjoyed the feast and then went up to their dormitories for a good night sleep.
Lily still had butterflies.
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A/N: At the moment, my fanfic doesn't seem like anything special, but character building takes time. Whether you enjoyed it or not, please review, as I won't be putting up the next chapter until I get a certain number of reviews. I am open to suggestions, friendly criticism, predictions of what may happen next or just your general thoughts and ideas. If you've read it, you'll notice that this fanfic relates to some material in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
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Chapter One
Lily Evans eagerly boarded the Hogwarts Express to return for her seventh and final year of her magical education. Over the summer, it was all she had looked forward to, that and being around her friends everyday. She entered a compartment at the end of the steam engine which she and her friends occupied year in, year out. In the compartment there sat two fellow Gryffindors: Kate and Alicia.
Not to say that Lily did not have many friends, for her responsibility, generosity, caring and kind nature had not only given her many friends but had scored her the position of Headgirl, but Kate and Alicia were her closest friends, the ones she confided in and them all being in the same house had provoked this.
The three girls were a strange bunch. Alicia was full of self-respect -but that is not to say she looked down onto people. She was not self-absorbed, but she did take care of herself. She was always polite to people, whether she knew them or not, and gracefully accepted comments on her dead straight, waist length brown hair.
Kate was a bit wilder and could be very confident. Though she had not always been so self-opinionated, Alicia and Lily had helped her true colours to shine, though it took countless comments about how beautiful her long, blonde ringlets were, how long and slender her legs were and how her dazzling blue eyes had made her every guys dream. Though she declined such comments were true, her friends and everyone around her could see through her modesty. She soon became very indulged in her looks and eventually learned to love life and did not want to do anything more or less than enjoy it and have everyone do the same.
Lily, on the other hand, was different in the way that some of her traits were similar to that of her friends -in some cases exaggerated -and yet, some of her traits were individually hers. Physically she was recognised by her lengthy, dark red hair, her slender build and medium height and her bright green eyes. Like Alicia, Lily was extremely polite. If someone were to drop something she would not think twice about picking it up. If someone could manage to make a snide remark about her, Lily would never retaliate but would continue to greet them with the same friendly 'hullo' she always did; though of course there was but one acception. This said she would never stand for people criticising others. Lily liked to enjoy herself, but would never do so at another's expense. What made her different was that when she felt strongly about something, she was always able to make her voice heard, to get her opinion across and have changes made. Though this could be seen as a link between Lily and Kate, Kate would go as far as expressing her point of view but refrains from seeing the matter through.
The three girls proved to be popular because of their goodness. To an outsider it could easily appear that these girls have it all, but personal problems created the balance between having it all and having nothing.
Lily placed her things aside and sat herself down in a seat opposite the two girls. They greeted each other before the door to their compartment slid open, permitting four boys in, the first of which to enter kept rumpling his hair. These four boys were about as well known to the Hogwarts community as the three girls in the compartment were, though for different reasons.
The group of boys consisted entirely of Gryffindor seventh years: namely James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew.
James was the first to enter, he was tall, had a thin stature and jet black hair that was always untidy and always stood up at the back. He wore glasses over his hazel eyes and was very talented on the Quidditch pitch and had held the position of Gryffindor captain for the past three years.
Sirius was much like James. He was tall and thin with dark hair, but his fell into his eyes with a sort of casual elegance that James's could never have achieved. His eyes rivaled the darkness of the night sky and he was easily the most handsome.
James and Sirius were the best of friends -they were inseparable and without a doubt the cleverest students in the school. One never went anywhere without the other close by and it had always been like that.
Remus was not quite as tall as James and Sirius, but was still much taller than Peter. His hair was a light brown and the softness of his eyes gave his face a look of innocence.
Peter was quite short, he was mousy haired, he had a pointy nose and small watery eyes. He hero-worshipped James and Sirius but was not quite in the same league as the other three and he would lag behind in his schoolwork if it were not for all the help that they gave him.
The four could be classed as rebellious -they were always breaking rules for the excitement involved. The caretaker was well acquainted with the boys, what with how often they were in trouble. They loved to pull the odd prank here and there -though sometimes they breached the line -but could never resist doing something to the Slytherins, especially one particular Slytherin.
'Congratulations, Evans, Headgirl I hear?' Said a pleasant, deep and mature voice.
Lily paused for a moment. Since when were they anywhere near this polite? She had to force herself to speak.
'Thank-you James.' Lily said pleasantly.
There was a bit of shuffling around as room was made for the boys to sit with them and Kate positioned herself extraordinarily close to Sirius. This is odd, thought Lily, she normally showed disapproval over their prank making, yet here she was making room for them to share her compartment.
'I guess that means prancing around the halls, checking for anybody up to no good.' Sirius chuckled at his own joke. Remus elbowed him. 'Well, the bathroom is supposed to be even better than the prefects one, isn't it?'
'With a personal Jacuzzi.' Said Remus.
'And a massage table.' Added James.
'And a personal masseur!' Kate added.
Sirius gaped for a moment.
'I think I'd prefer a masseuse.' He said casually.
'You would!' Exclaimed Alicia.
'Uh -Remus, I think it's about time we head off -' Lily began.
'Ah yes,' Sirius interrupted her, 'Moony's got himself a bit of responsibility too, being a prefect and all.'
Sirius clearly thought it an insult to be given that sort of responsibility. Peter laughed and Sirius rolled his eyes.
'We'll see you girls later,' said James, 'Padfoot, what do you say we go find out where Snivellus is hiding?'
Sirius suddenly became thoroughly excited as his face lit up.
'Excellent!'
Not wanting to know what they were going to do, Lily left for the prefect compartment with Remus. Lily spent the next hour giving out instructions to the prefects with the Headboy after changing into her robes.
In the meantime, James and Sirius were going through compartments one by one, searching for a seventeen-year old boy with dark, lank and greasy hair and a hooked nose. They were tempted to pester several other students but kept reminding themselves who their target was: Severus Snape.
Lily was patrolling the corridor when she heard 'enargmus!'' from a nearby compartment. Lily bolted inside where she found James holding his wand out infront of him wearing a smirk. Beside him Sirius was barking with laughter and infront of them Severus had fallen back onto a seat and his nose was becoming larger and larger that he soon had trouble supporting his head. She suppressed a laugh. She did not like Severus Snape in the slightest but it was her duty to put a stop to this.
'Will the two of you ever grow up?' Lily asked.
They all suddenly noticed that Lily was in the room and James's hand quickly jumped to his hair.
'Evans!' His voice suddenly became pleasant, deep and mature once more, 'I see you've decided you'd like to participate in our -'
'That's enough Potter!' Lily snapped.
Lily did not want to help Severus -she promised herself she would never help him again after she had done so in her fifth year -but she had to discourage James and Sirius from pursuing their 'light hearted' pranking. But this time, she was unsure about how to go about it.
'Come on Evans, it's not like we've made much of a difference to him -I'm surprised his neck could support a head carrying an unnaturally large nose in the first place.' James smirked.
Sirius barked a laugh and Lily fought to keep her face straight.
'Potter,' Lily really had no idea what to do, 'why do you keep doing this? Why won't you give it a rest?'
'I'll give it a rest, Evans, if you'll go out with me.'
Lily did not even have to think twice about this -it was not worth it. He so often tried to persuade her in that way and she felt that even if she did submit to his request, he would not refrain from harassing people for the fun of it.
'I've said it before Potter, I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid!'
'You've been stung again, mate.' Sirius turned back to Severus and raised his wand. Lily quickly pulled out her own wand. Sirius stared at it daringly and then turned his wand on her. 'Imped-' James leapt onto him before he could finish the spell.
'Don't jinx the lady!' James said to Sirius.
Unable to see herself having any effect on the situation at hand, Lily left them to their own devices.
Lily returned to her compartment where she rejoined he friends for the remainder of the journey. They were soon pulling up at Hogsmeade station where they boarded the apparently horseless carriages, which took them to the castle's entrance. From there they sat themselves at their house tables, patiently waited until the end of the sorting, enjoyed the feast and then went up to their dormitories for a good night sleep.
Lily still had butterflies.
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A/N: At the moment, my fanfic doesn't seem like anything special, but character building takes time. Whether you enjoyed it or not, please review, as I won't be putting up the next chapter until I get a certain number of reviews. I am open to suggestions, friendly criticism, predictions of what may happen next or just your general thoughts and ideas. If you've read it, you'll notice that this fanfic relates to some material in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
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