Okay, I am doing this story on Microsoft word so it will probably be better than my others. I hoping that this will be my best story yet. Don't forget to R&R on your way out! This is a Lily/James story with my characters. Now, no one can blame me for un-charachterness.

Disclaimer: not mine.

Ch.1, The Train

Lily Evans was a seventeen year old witch, who was just woken up by her alarm clock. Since she was a witch, she grabbed her wand and put a silencing charm on it. She was about to drift off to sleep, when she remembered what day it was. She was then so excited, that she jumped out of bed and threw on some clothes. She quickly brushed her bed-destroyed red hair. Then headed down for a quick breakfast.

She greeted he mother and father, ignored the glare her sister sent her and grabbed a piece of toast. You see, Lily was going to Hogwarts this year, and was very excited as she was Head Girl.

"Are you all packed dear?" her mother asked kindly.

"Yep. I triple checked." Lily said.

"Well then how come I found your charms book on the coffee table last night?"

Lily grinned sheepishly. She loved reading ahead for the classes, and charms was her personal favorite. "You see, I was all packed, but then I wanted to do some quick reading, so I took it out. Besides, it is in my room now." she said, with her wand behind her back, levitating her book upstairs.

"Well I suppose that by 'in your room' you meant 'floating upstairs'?" her dad said with a grin.

"Darn." Lily said, while placing jam on her toast.

"When does your train leave anyway?" he dad asked, the floating book subject far from his mind.

"11:00 sharp. I got plenty of time." Lily said.

"Um…dear, it is 10:00 now. You have to be there in an hour!" her mother said frantically.

Lily sighed. Her mother was very nice, but could also be forgetful at times. "Mom don't you remember? I got my apparation license this year. I am going to leave in half an hour." Lily said.

Her mother's face beamed in rememberance. However, her sister just snarled, "Cant you leave sooner?"

"Now Petunia, that's not very nice!" her father said.

Lily had gotten used to her sisters taunting. "Don't worry Petunia, I can leave whenever I want, "she turned to her parents, "though, I will need to find the Heads compartment, so I should be leaving soon. I will go get my things."

Soon the entire Evans family (minus Petunia) was gathered in the living room to bid Lily farewell. Lily hugged he parents goodbye, and with trunk in hand, she disapperated with a loud pop.

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Lily apperated in to platform 9 ¾.She heard load pops everywhere as people apparated in to say goodbye. She looked up at the large scarlet steam engine and with one last look at the station, climbed aboard.

Lily headed down to the compartment that her and her two best friends had shared since they met in first year. She wasn't surprised to see her best friend Len, already there. She was usually early, not wanting to be late. Len had very long brown hair that was usually kept in a braid. The braid flowed down just past her rear. She also had deep blue eyes that were hidden by glasses. She was the kind of person one would go to with a problem. She seemed to have an answer to everything. Get her angry enough though, and she will get pent up for a while. Even though she admitted she was chicken, she could be brave when she had to. She was also very loyal, and helped whenever needed.

"Hi Lily. How are you? Len greeted.

"Pretty good actually. You?" Lily said, with a smile. However, she didn't get a chance to respond, they heard yelling. They both sighed at the same time. They were at it again.

Lily and Len stuck their heads out of the compartment door carefully, being aware of flying objects. Len, once seeing that there were none, stepped forward to be peacemaker.

"Melissa, Sirius, what happened this time?" Len asked in a very calm voice.

"Black bumped into me that's what!" Melissa shouted. She was the type of person that got angry easily. She had shoulder length straight black hair, and it sort of vibrated whenever she yelled. Which was often. She had soft brown eyes though, and hardly ever took her anger out on her friends. She was very loyal, which was probably why she was in Griffindor. She wasn't as studious as Lily and Len though.

"It's not my fault you can't watch where you're going! I was minding my own business, when Smith bumped into me!"

"Sorry guys, but we cant help here, we have to get to the Prefects meeting. Good luck." Lily said, leaving with Len.

Lily did have to admit, she was curious as to who the Head Boy was. However, as she entered the Prefects carriage, she stared in disbelief. Potter was sitting in the Head Boy seat, with a matching pin.

"Potter? You can't be Head Boy!" It was a statement, not a question.

"Why not Evans?" James said with a smirk.

"Sorry for the surprise Lily, but he is. The rest of us thought that Dumbledore had gone mental, but he didn't." Remus Lupin said.

That was them. James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin. They had a group and they called themselves the Marauders. They were the cause of most pranks that went on at Hogwarts. James and Sirius had gone into a competition in the third year, to see who got fifty detentions first. They tied. Since then, every year, they upped the goal by fifty. This year it was two hundred. Remus was the only Marauder with even a slice of responsibility. He was also the only Marauder on a first name basis with all the girls. There was one more Marauder, Peter but he was more of a hopeless follower that the others just let in on the pranks. He wasn't nearly as handsome as the others, and only got a date when James or Sirius set him up with someone.

"Hi guys. Oh yeah, sorry that we're late Lily. "Len said with a smirk. She had replaced Lily when she got Head Girl. She also had a sarcastic joke most of the time.

"Oh ha ha. Come on, let's get the meeting started." Lily said.

After the meeting, Lily and Len went back to their compartment since the Marauders had taken over the Heads compartment. As they opened the door, they found Melissa, fuming and finishing a transfig essay.

Each girl had specialties. Lily was the charms wiz, Len could un-jynx or jynx anything. And Melissa could transfigure a quill into a lion (figure of speech).

But that wasn't all. They all had a secret, and they had never told anyone. It was Melissa's idea in third year. She had just gotten over an argument with Sirius about her being predictable. So, she convinced Lily and Len to help her with something completely un-predictable.

"Hi Melissa. Nice summer?" Lily asked kindly.

"Oh you know, not good, not bad. Yours?" Melissa asked.

"The normal. Get congratulated by mom and dad, get spoiled by Gram and Gramps, ignore Petunia, you know. Anyway, why do you always leave your homework 'till the last minute?" Lily asked.

"I don't leave it, I just forget about it. Oh yeah and thanks for the screaming book Lily, my parents loved it." Melissa said with a smile. She loved to annoy her parents in any way possible. It is a miracle that she and the Marauders don't get along to well.

"Anyway girls, we are taking bets on what will happen this year! I call five sickles on that Miss Goody-Goody will get a boyfriend by Valentines Day this year!" Lily announced in delight.

Ever since the girls had discovered what a classic goody-goody two shoes that Len was, they had tried to convince her to do other things. Like drink alcohol, and not mentally smacking herself when she accidentally swore. Also, thanks to an over-protective muggle family, she had only ever had a boyfriend once, and he was completely normal. No sense of homour, not many manners, that sort of thing.

Lily was a goody-goody two shoes too, but she was much more the type of person that would get into trouble. It had always been her dream since she came to Hogwarts to get Head Girl. So she had, but she was easier to convince her to go through with the secret. Len, or as they sometimes called her, Miss Goody-Goody, had taken a month to convince. But then they found her weakness, she had a sense of adventure. They had convinced her.

They were placing bets about a blushing Len, when the compartment door opened.

"Hello dears, would you like something from the trolly?" The young woman who ran the trolley said.

All three girls jumped up at once. They shared another thing. A sweet tooth.

"I will have one box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and 3 Pumpkin Pastilles please." Lily said.

"I will have… 20 chocolate frogs please." Melissa said.

"And I'll have one extra-large bag of Sherbert Balls please." Len said, and all three girls licked their lips.

As they paid their money, and got the candy. Then, the worst sight for Lily and Melissa came down the hall.

"Oi! Trolley lady, come here!"

All three girls sighed. Sirius Black shared only one thing with them that they knew of, a sweet tooth. However, unlike the girls, he got sugar high. And a sugar high Sirius was dangerous.

"Yes Mister Black, what is it this time?" The lady said, obviously having said this before.

"Everything ya got! I heard that there isn't a Hogsmead day for two weeks after we get there…"

The girls felt extremely lucky that they had already gotten their candy. Then, Remus and James came sprinting down the hall, followed as usual by Peter Pettigrew.

"Padfoot! There you are! Oh, hi girls. You should get your candy before Sirius gets there." Remus warned.

"Thanks for the warning Remus, but we just got it." Len said, holding up the bag of Sherberts.

"Ohhhh, you like Sherbert Balls too Len? Their Remus's favourtie." James said with a smirk.

Remus blushed. Then, smacked James above the head. Then however, they heard a scream. They all rushed into the next compartment, and saw a completely normal sight. Sirus was flirting. The girl had apparently screamed in delight when he entered the room, as it was well known that Sirius Black was the most popular boy in the school, next to James of course. Any girl that became his girlfriend was automatically given status. However, almost every girl in Hogwarts had status then, as he had the reputation for most girlfriends and fan clubs in Hogwarts history.

James and Remus rolled their eyes and dragged a protesting Sirius out of the compartment, explaining that he was sugar high and should not be around people until it had worn off. The girl sulked but excepted. Remus muttered a quick 'see ya later' and left.

Meanwhile, the girls had left when they saw what happened, and were currently in their own compartment, eating. More like, Lily was examing beans before eating them and all the ones that didn't pass her test were put in a separate pile, for which Lily had refused to tell the others. Melissa was searching for escaped chocolate frogs, and Len, hovering slightly above the ground, was helping. Then, after the frogs were found, Melissa perked up.

"So, when should we plan the first Girls Night?" she said, a hint of joy in her eyes.

Lily and Len perked up immediately. They both loved Girls Nights, or GN, as they sometimes called them when being overheard was possible. GN's are the only time when they use the secret.

"As soon as possible." They both said in sincrenisation.

" How about tommorow?" Melissa said.

" But what about homework?" Len asked.

"That's exactly why we should do it tomorrow Len. This is NEWT's year. The teachers are bound not to give us much homework on the second day! But they will for the rest of the year." Lily said.

Len thought for a moment. Her point was logical. So, she nodded.

So, how'd ya like the first chapie? I like it. If anyone that has read my other story is kind enough to review, I would really appreciate a comparison.

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