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'It's seventh year finally' Lily though. She had been dreaming about this year and dreading it all at the same time. Hogwarts had become her home. She had made the best friends she could have ever wished for. They were always there to make her smile when her sister, Petunia, was especially cruel which had been more and more often since she's gotten a boyfriend, Vernon.

Lily was stating in King's Cross Station with her parents saying goodbye like she did every year. It never changed. He mother had gotten no better at saying goodbye over the last 7 years. And what with the rise of Voldemort Lily's parents very more reluctant than ever to say goodbye to their daughter.

"Mum, I really have to go now." Lily explained to her mother who had pulled her into a rib-cracking embrace. "The train is going leave in ten minutes and I still have to find Catherine and find an empty compartment."

"I know, honey." Mrs. Evens said into her daughter's as she continued to crush her daughter against her, "Just be careful. You know that Lord what's-his-face is very dangerous."

"Mum, his name is Lord Voldemort and I'm going to be fine. You know that Hogwarts is the safest place." Lily reassured her as she kissed her cheek and pulled away from her mother.

"I know, I know. Just be careful." Mrs. Evens continued "And owl me as soon as you get to Hogwarts!" Mrs. Evens said as she watched her daughter hug her husband and then run toward the wall between platforms 9 and 10.

"See you at Christmas Mum!" Lily shouted behind her as she went threw the wall and came out on platform 9 ¾. It was reassuring for Lily to see the Hogwarts Express again and all the familiar faces saying bye to their parents. As much as Lily loved her parents, she would never be able to go back to the muggle world after Hogwarts, a fact she has yet to break to her parents.

Lily, caught up in her thoughts, didn't hear Catherine, her best friend, walk up behind her.

"Lily?" Catherine said as Lily jumped about three feet in the air. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Lily replied breathing heavily. "You just scared the living day lights out of me. That's all," Lily finished with a laugh.

"Well you had a far away look in your eyes and I just wanted to make sure." Catherine told her "Anyway I missed you. How was your vacation? Petunia didn't terrorize you too much, did she?"

"Actually Petunia wasn't that bad. Well, scratch that. She wasn't that bad as long as she wasn't home," Lily started as the girls made their way to the train. "She has this new boyfriend and she was either on a date with him or locked up in her room dreaming she was on a date with him." Lily couldn't help but laugh at the site of Petunia going on a date with Vernon Dursley! It was comical to see them together. "Anyway other than that it was pretty boring. My mum was paranoid and wouldn't let me out of her sight all summer. I should have never told her about Voldemort"

"You would have had to tell her eventually anyway. You are going to be living in the wizarding world after you graduate from Hogwarts." Catherine said as she started looking for an empty compartment.

"Wait, Cat I know where an empty one is." Lily was going to take her to the head compartment. She hadn't told Cat that she was Head Girl. She wanted to surprise Cat.

"How in the world do you know if a certain compartment to going to be empty if you just got here? Did you figure out you we're a seer this summer because I vividly remember you using Divination class to do your Arithmacy homework?" Cat asked suspiciously as Lily stopped in front of a compartment door and opened it. "Lily these are the head compartments," Cat said pointing out the obvious.

"Yeah I know," Lily said rolling her eyes at he best friend as they walked in. Cat's jaw dropped when she saw how nice the compartment was. Lily had seen it before since she had been a prefect for the two pervious years and had had to come here to get instructions from the former head students. It was a very nice compartment. It was much bigger than the others and had a big plush couch, a table with several chairs and a snack bar. Lily tried to suppress a smile while Cat took in her surroundings but failed miserably so she just turned her back to Cat and acted as if she was looking for something in her trunk.

"Is there something you need to tell me, Lily?" Cat asked suspiciously as she flipped through a copy of Witch Weekly that was lying on the table.

"Well..." Lily had to drag this out as long as possible.

"Lily Marie Evens!" Cat shouted, "You are Head Girl and didn't tell me!"

"I wanted to surprise you." Lily said innocently turning around and holding up her Head Girl badge for Cat to inspect.

"Yeah well succeeded," Cat said feigning anger as she threw the magazine down and took the badge from Lily to get a closer look. "Now let's change into our uniforms so we can go walk around the train and see everyone again."

"Yeah, good idea," Lily mumbled as she started digging through her trunk to find all the parts to her uniform. "Cause I still have to find out who head boy is and we have to give out common room passwords and instructions to the new prefects."

The girls changed quickly. The train was going to leave in about three minutes and they wanted to see as many people as they could before Lily had to come back and do 'official business' as Cat called it. They finished changing just as the train started to move and they watched a few last students climb on the train.

"Ok, so first we need to see Sam, Jo, and Anna." Cat said as Lily was pinning her Head Girl badge to her robes. Samantha Williams, Josephine Morgan, and Anna Best were the three other Gryffindor girls in their year. Though all the girls were complete opposites physically and characteristically they had become best friends over the years.

Lily who was about 5'6" tall with straight red hair that stopped in the middle of her back and had porcelain skin was smart and very opinionated. Cat was 5'8" and had black hair the same length as Lily's was very spunky and was one of the most beautiful girls in the school. Samantha was 5'5" and had shoulder length dirty blond hair was the one in their group that kept up with the latest gossip and as much this annoyed the other four they loved her anyway. Josephine had beautiful chocolate colored skin and was 5'7". She was very smart and could give Lily a run for her money. Both smart but where Lily was very outspoken and opinionated Jo was quiet and very shy. And Anna had brown hair that was a little below her shoulder and was 5'4" was the troublemaker of the group and was also a chaser on the Gryffindor quiddtich team. They were all from old wizarding families except for Lily and they had all become very close friends in first year when they helped Lily adjust to the wizarding world.

Just as Lily and Cat were about to leave to find their friends when the compartment door burst open and there stood the Marauders.

Now with a name like "Marauders" a little explaining is necessary. The dictionary defines a marauder as someone who attacks in search for booty. And can be used to describe someone who causes havoc. A name bestowed upon the group in their first year by Professor McGonagall when she found that they had convinced Moaning Myrtle to floor the girl's first floor bathroom. The Marauders were four seventh year, Gryffindor, boys who in Lily's opinion were put on earth to make her life a living hell

It was made up of James Potter, the ringleader, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. James was 6'1", skinny, had messy black hair that drove Lily crazy, and was the most conceited person she has ever met. James and Lily were academic rivals and it was a well known fact that James was madly in love with Lily though Lily despised him in return. Sirius was 6'2" and had neat black hair that was a little longer than James' but at least it looked as if he had tried to brush it. Sirius was not as skinny as James and was known for being the mastermind behind all the jokes and pranks that James pulled off. Both were on the Gryffindor quidditch team. Sirius was a beater and James was a Chaser and captain of the team since last year. Remus was 6'0" with sandy brown hair. He was the civil one in Lily's opinion and the only marauder she willingly talked to. He was also a werewolf. Lily had known since last yeah when Sirius tried to trick Snape, the Slytherin they all hated, into walking in on him during on of his transformations. Last and definitely least was Peter. He was 5'9" and a little chubby. He had watery eyes, sandy hair, and followed the rest around.

"Can we help you?" Lily said not even trying to keep the annoyance out of her voice. "This is the head compartment."

"Yes, Evans we are well aware of that." James spoke up smiling at Lily. He hadn't seen her since last year and was looking forward to seeing more of her this year. "I am Head Boy so I think I have a right to be here."

"You?" Lily shouted. "How...?" she drifted off. Dumbledore must be smoking something. He wasn't even a prefect for Merlin's sake!

"Yes I am at a loss as to how I came to get it. I thought for sure Moony here would be bound to get the position." James replied putting his and on Remus' shoulder. Lily knew he had been talking about Remus. They had had those stupid nicknames for each other since the first year. And he still had that cocky grin on his face. She hated that grin. Actually she didn't think there was anything about him she didn't hate. "Well since we've cleared up this little misunderstanding I think we could make ourselves at home." James continued, as Lily just stared utterly confused at them.

"This shall be an interesting year." Sirius said as he started rummaging through the snack bar. "With Prongs over here as Head Boy we can get away with just about anything. I'm so proud." And he wiped a pretend tear from his eye. "My baby's all grown up and becoming head boy."

"Oh kill me now," muttered Lily as she started massaging her head and looking at Cat who was rolling her eyes and the buys who had made themselves at home already. They'd been in her presence for less than five minutes and she already had a headache. It was definitely going to be a long year.

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