Disclaimer: Yeah I, own some of them but all others belong to J.K. Rowling sadly enough… *tear* Ps. This is during Lily's first year.
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I awoke to the screaming of five other girls my age, all of whom I met last night, late last night. I blinked a few times before last night's- this morning's- events came back to me.
"So, I think we should play the name game. Anyone got a ball?" a girl with flat, brown hair stood and placed her hands on her hips, looking at us expectantly. We all stared back at her clueless. Suddenly, a girl with bright blue hair spoke up first.
"Oh! Uh, I think I do… somewhere in here." She dove at her trunk and tore through it. Eventually she straightened with a tiny pink ball clenched in her hand.
"Here." She tossed the ball at the brown haired girl who missed it terribly. She scrambled around frantically, before she stood and brushed off her spotless pink shirt. She cleared her throat, "Okay, lets get in a circle. You have to say your name and something you like to do or something that's exciting about you." She instructed. "Ok," we got in a small circle on the ground. "I'm Charlotte and I love fashion AND boys." She flipped the pink ball over her shoulder in a very girlie way and a girl with shinning blue eyes and curly brown hair caught it. She smiled, "I'm Mary, I have two older brothers and I'm really good at Quidditch."
Mary threw the ball at a girl with short blond hair, the ends curled cutely toward her chin and her hazel eye sparked with excitement as somebody acknowledged her. "I'm Jenny and I love Quidditch and reading." She smiled at Mary and then quickly tossed the ball at the blue-haired girl. "I'm Carmine and I have one younger brother and I want to be an Auror when I grow up." She smiled and tossed the ball at me. Which I caught rather ungracefully, a strong blush flooded across my freckled face. I might as well get this over with.
"I'm Lily, I have an older sister named Petunia and my mom and dad aren't wizards." I smiled at the girls and felt a sudden mood change. Charlotte flinched away from me, Carmine leaned forward her eyes wide, Mary gave me a small, sad smile and Jenny grinned at me revealing perfect teeth.
"Mine aren't either." Jenny puffed out her chest and her smile grew even wider.
"Mine either." Carmine said. My head tilted to the side, in wonder as the girls pondered this new information.
"Oh well." The last girl sighed.
"Oh, um, here." I tossed it at her, badly. She caught it with both hands, "Thank you. I'm Alice and I like to read and wish to be a healer one day."
Charlotte nodded and took the ball from Alice, "Ok, now that we all know about each other," she sent a disgusted look at me, Jenny, and Carmine "I think I am going to bed. I'll take this bed." She announced and then took the bed nearest to the small, x-paned window.
And now here I am. Waking up, in the bed next to the lamp-post with Carmine on my left and Alice on my right. Jenny's bed was across from mine, Mary's was on her right and Charlotte's was on her left. Carmine, Alice, and I had bonded instantly. I learned that Carmine was a metamorphagi, a person who can change into whatever she wants. She even made her hair turn pink last night to prove that she wasn't just some chick that had trashy parents that let her do whatever she wanted. Her parents were pretty freaked out about how their daughter came out with color-changing hair. They were relieved when they discovered that she was a witch and that this type of thing happens.
"So, what's on the itinerary for today?" Carmine asked me as I dried my red locks with a towel.
"You do know there's a charm for that." Charlotte walked past me and flipped her DRY hair over her shoulder.
"Really? Cool! Could you show it to me?" I asked my soaked hair flung around and smacked Mary in the face.
"Oh! I'm sorry! Are you ok?" I turned and smacked Carmine in the face. I flipped around again, once again smacking Mary.
"Oh!" I cried.
"Just give her the freakin charm, Charlotte!" Mary called. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Carmine duck quickly, dodging my soaking hair as I turned to watch Charlotte.
"Ug!" Charlotte grunted "Hold still!" she ordered. I froze mid-swing.
"Hyatte!" she called and pointed at me. I felt a rush of hot air and noted that the hot air wasn't only on the outside. I got a very unpleasant feeling with a wand pointing at me. I breathed, trying to bring down the anger. "Thanks." The word slipped out of my mouth in a hiss.
"Jeez, your welcome." She sarcastically spat back at me and grabbed her pink sequined bag and left.
"What was that all about?" a sleepy Alice grunted from her bed.
"I didn't mean for it to come out like that! I just don't like wands pointing at me, it makes me mad. I don't know why. I was just trying to calm myself and make it come out nice, I know she was just trying to help! Oh, Merlin, I'm sorry." I hung my now, dry head. Suddenly I felt a slight tugging on the tips of my hair.
"You have such lovely hair, Lily. It's so smooth and soft and LONG. I wish I had long hair." Jenny brushed my hair with a small wire brush.
"Hurry up Red! We're gonna be late for breakfast." Mary called from the doorway.
"I'm coming!" I quickly pulled my hair into little pigtails and snatched up my matted brown bag. Carmine, Alice, Jenny, Mary, and I raced down the staircase out through the common room and into the corridor.
"Anyone know where we are going?" Alice asked.
"Mary should, she just can't forget where the food came from." Jenny rolled her eyes.
"Hey!"
"What? You object?" Jenny questioned her.
"No, but, aw! Whatever! Ok, I clearly remember going this way." She took the lead with us following close behind her.
"Ok, now where to?" I asked as we made our way to another fork in our path.
"Um, this way… I think?" She replied. We took off and soon came face-to-face with two large wooden doors. I heard four harmonious sighs of relief and giggled at our small worries.
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"Carmine? Alice? What did you guys get?" I asked worry spread clearly across my face.
"Oh, we all got the same schedules, silly Lily." Charlotte appeared out of nowhere with a few Hufflepuff girls in our year.
"Oh." I mouthed. "Thanks, Charlotte." I smiled at her.
"Whatever." She flipped her hair and joined the Hufflepuffs again.
"What did I do?" I asked amazed that this girl could suddenly hate me so much. I looked down at my breakfast, bacon, an english muffin, and some scrambled eggs. I took a bite and then heard a sudden burst of laughter come from all around. I looked, in search of a good laugh. I was extremely nervous. Then I saw him. A boy with sandy brown hair and blue eyes, he was standing in the middle of the Great Hall, covered in eggs and ketchup. He was blushing profoundly, he looked around. When his blue-gray eyes met mine, I noticed tears starting to spill over. I couldn't take anymore.
"Shut up!" I screamed around the Hall. Tears of fury starting in my eyes as tears of embarrassment poured out of his.
"Just shut up!" I stood with my hands balled into tiny fists at my side. All the tables quieted except for a few snickers.
"How dare you pick on him?!" I screeched, my voice becoming high-pitched "Who did this?" I walked over to him and stood with my hands upon my hips. "You okay?" I mumbled.
"Aww… Remus' got himself a girlfriend!" a boy with black hair and glasses burst out laughing at his slimy friend's remark. The boy, I assumed, must be Remus, for he bent his head and blushed even harder (if that's possible).
"Ignore them." I told him.
"How can I? They're my room mates." He sighed and looked up at me.
"Oh, I'm sorry." I felt my face pull out my best sympathetic look. "I promise, who ever did this to you, is gonna pay." I told him.
"Mobiliarbus!" I shouted and flicked my wand at eggs, ketchup, and the boys. Suddenly all the kids were covered in eggs, with the exception of Remus, Mary, Jenny, Carmine, Alice, and I. A chorus of groans emitted from all around.
"Come on, Remus. Let's go get you cleaned up." I took a hold of his arm and lead him out of the hall. I saw the girls follow us out.
As soon as we were outside of the egg covered Great Hall, I pointed my wand at him and muttered, "Impervius." Remus took in a gasp as the cool water soaked him.
"Oh, this helps." He rolled his eyes at me.
"Wait for it." I told him.
"Hyatte." I felt my wand heat up as the air dried the boy in front of me.
"Thanks wait- I didn't catch your name." He asked me, now smiling.
"Lily, I'm Lily. This is Mary, Jenny, Alice, and Carmine." I motioned to the girls.
"Hey. I can't believe people could do that. It's so cruel. Even James and Sirius laughed. I thought for sure they would stick up for me." He sighed, the smile dissolving into a frown.
"I'm so sorry Remus." Jenny looked at him with huge puppy dog eyes.
"Where did you sit? On the train I mean?" Carmine asked.
"I actually shared a carriage with a boy named Amos Diggory. He seemed nice. He's in second year. So he told me about some spells." He grinned, reliving a memory.
"It's too bad different years can't share a dorm. I'm sharing with, James, Sirius, a boy named Peter Pettigrew, someone named Frank Longbottom, someone else called George Vincent, and then someone called Eugene Garrent." He counted off on his fingers.
"Holy Hippogriff turds!" Mary exclaimed.
"What?!" Jenny turned to her with concern all over her face. "Are you even sane girl?!" she looked at Mary with wonder now replacing the concern.
"Whatever. Dude! You have a lot of dorm mates!"
"I do? How many do you guys have?" Remus asked.
"Only two less than you, we have, Mary, Jenny, Carmine, Charlotte, Alice, and I." I answered him.
"You guys are lucky. You already are friends." He grumbled at us.
"Actually, Lily here got herself an enemy this morning. She accidentally growled at Charlotte." Alice giggled.
"Yeah, well that wasn't my fault!" I protested rather foolishly.
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"Professor Incibus, I'm sorry sir but, could you please repeat that last part?" I asked.
"Why, of course, Miss Evans! Hmm, pay attention. Twitch your wand to the left and say, 'Lumos' very clearly. Incibus repeated perfectly.
"Oh, ok. Thank you." I quickly scribbled down his instructions. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Remus doing the same thing. This was our third class of the day together. Carmine sat with Alice, Mary sat with Jenny, and I sat with Remus. Sadly enough we haven't had any classes with Syltherin yet today so I haven't seen Severus all day. I hope my eggs spell didn't hit him too. I sighed into my paper; according to my schedule I had Divination and Potions with Syltherin. Potions was at the end of the day! I would have to wait all day! This stupid schedule sucks.
"Remus, could you show me how to do this stupid spell? I just can't seem to get it right." I heard a voice speak to my left. I looked up from my paper to see the same boy from the train, the same boy from breakfast, and the same boy who has harassed me all day, the boy named James Bloody Potter. I scowled at him and returned to my papers as Remus went to help him.
"Ok, James, just take your wand and flick it like this," I heard him trying to explain it to the imbecile. "And then say 'Lumos', really clear." Remus showed him. I glanced up to watch his pitiful attempt, what I saw was his arm go flailing in one direction and him shout LUMOS! Remus had to duck to not get hit by his arm.
"Oh, MERLIN!" I stood next to him and took a hold of the arm that was flinging about, trying to make the spell work. "Here, do THIS, not THAT." I made his skinny wrist flick to the left, "You can even whisper 'Lumos' if you want to when you move your wrist right." I sighed and sat back down, pleased with myself.
"Ok, try it already." I said.
"Oh! Right." He cleared his throat "Lumos." He said, clear as a bell and made a tiny flick of his wrist. The tip of his wand a lit, making him scream, I DID IT!
"You can say, 'thank you' now." I said resting my head on my hands with a smug smile on my face.
"You wish. I did this all by myself." He turned on his heel and went to take his seat. My chin dropped. Oh, no. First he's mean to me, Remus, and Severus and then I do something nice for him and he takes all the credit for it?! This boy is gonna pay.
I growled, "Flipendo." His chair went soaring back right before he sat. I burst out into laughter, as well as the rest of the class as shock and anger flashed across his face. He glared at me and shot, Rictusempra, making me fall to the floor in fits of giggles. In between laughs I spat out, Tarantallegra, making tap shoes appear on his feet and his legs starting to move at hyper speed. Horror was now spreading across his face as a tutu appeared.
"Densaugeo!" He screamed. My teeth started to grow, larger and larger by the second, soon making the entire lower half of my invisible.
"Avis!" I sputtered out from behind my monster teeth. I was satisfied as the tiny blue jays attacked him.
"Hyampt!" It sounded so similar to the drying spell Charlotte cast this morning I thought I shouldn't worry, how wrong I was. My hair started to smoke, it burned. My pigtails soon were ruined. Before I had time to react Professor Incibus stepped in, pointed his wand at me, instantly, the fire went out, replaced by cool water. Now I know how Remus felt earlier. My emerald eyes were tiny slits, revealing no color at all.
"Both of you, detention for a week! Meet me in here at six tonight! Bring no wands, you will not need them. Also, go to the Hospital Wing and get Madame Butter and Madame Pomfrey to fix your little problems." He went back to teaching. I left the room still giggling behind my teeth and James left the room dancing- well trying desperately not to- being swarmed by blue jays still. I looked at my pigtail, my hair was ruined! It came up to my shoulder now, as apposed to just above my hip. I hate James Potter.
We stepped into the Hospital Wing, a young woman, who looked to be around thirty came rushing toward us.
"Oh! Dear, dear me!" she ran a hand down her face as she examined us. James was ducking pecking birds and his legs continued to dance the conga, it looked like; I was fingering my singed hair, still giggling uncontrollably. "Madame Butter!" She called over her shoulder.
"Yes, yes, what is it?" An elderly woman came shuffling around the corner with a honey stick in her mouth.
"Oh my." She shook her head and James and I. She cast a few spells, Made the birds disappear, made his legs stop moving, chopped my hair to the point where any sign of being burned wasn't visible any longer, made my teeth shrink to their normal size, and stopped the annoying giggling, instantly.
As we walked out of the Hospital Wing; James with his overly- large head held high, me with my new pixie hair cut; I turned to him, "I hate you." I growled at the unpleasant boy.
"I know." He replied with a grin.
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Authors Note: Hey! Did you like? Well, this is one in a series of small drabbles centered around Lily and James. This is mainly about their first day at Hogwarts. I had to create some of the spells myself but most I found online. Don't ask me how James knows all those spells, he just does, maybe his Dad taught him. Well, read and review! I won't post another story until I get at least five reviews! And no, giggles, don't post all five of them.
Fun Fact: Butterflies see with their feet. :P