A girl the age of eleven stepped onto platform 9 and 3/4, a knot in her
stomach. Her recently acquired guardian tried not to cry and failed
miserably. "Goodbye Lily," she said. "Please try to owl as often as
possible. We'll see you at Christmas."
"Like cheese you will," Lily muttered under her breath. Lily Evans's Aunt Faith tried to hug her, but Lily just shrugged her off. "I will owl the third day I get there. I mean, it's not like much will happen on the first couple days of school will there?" she said half joking. With that said, she got on the train, away from pain, terror, and hopefully, hatred.
Lillian Leigh Evans. Rather tall for her age, standing and 5'4", but in her eyes, she just saw it as a plus when the basketball season started. With thick, dark red hair that was always pulled back into a ponytail, almond shaped jade green eyes, and an extremely athletic form. She had lived with her mother until she was six, due to circumstances beyond her control, then moved to live with her father. She moved to England due to circumstances beyond her control again. She just moved from Alaska, in America, and refused to drop her accent. She had been in sports since she was about eight. You name the sport she had probably done it, basketball, football, soccer, baseball, swim team, volleyball, gymnastics, karate, boxing, kick boxing, track, and wrestling. 'To get away from my father.' She thought, 'I hate him.' Her smooth hands gripped her trunk and with ease, put it in her compartment. The train pulled out at exactly 11:00 a.m. leaving the world she had gotten used to, but never known, behind. A boy of about her age poked his head into her compartment. He stood there, staring at her like she was an animal in a zoo. He had black hair, black eyes, and a rather skinny form." Can I help you with something?" she asked rudely. Not on purpose, she just hated it when she had to be gawked at.
"No, just looking for someone." He left. 'Give me somewhere to go.' She thought. Oh what fun she would find at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Firs' years over here!" shouted a tall man. 'He's too tall.' She thought. Come on, no more 'n' fur ter a boat." He shouted above the rest of the throng of students. She followed a girl about an inch shorter than her to a boat. She, the girl, and two twin girls got into a boat. They started off. "Just wait Kobe," said a boy with jet-black messy hair. "I will get you back for what you did this summer." He had a look of mischief about him that Lily didn't like.
"Oh yeah!" said a boy who could easily be his brother, snarled. Lily just turned and saw the most magnificent castle she had ever seen, when her boat tipped. She pushed off from the partially submerged boat and did a graceful dive into the lake they were riding on. She frog swam under water and pushed the boat with the two 'brothers' over as well. From under water she heard four splashes and two great footsteps standing and trying to figure out what happened. "Wee Wow," it sounded like. She knew he was trying to see why she hadn't shot up yet; every other student had gotten back into the boat. But she didn't. She swam until she felt she could stand. With a splashing noise, she shot up. The giant gave a great sigh of relief. She wasn't dead or in trouble.
"'Ere you go," he said offering her his moleskin overcoat.
"That's okay," she said, politely declining his offer. "They have a spell for that, don't they?" With that, she grabbed her wand and muttered, "Converto threaderium, and she had an instant change of clothes.
A stern looking woman with her hair in a tight bun came out of the door they were standing in front of and said, "thank you Hagrid."
She led them into a chamber and told them she would fetch them when the hall or some such was ready. There, she heard the real anxieties of the students. 'Nothing worse than just before a gymnastics meet.' She thought.
The stern looking woman came back and led them through a pair of great oak doors. She began to feel nervous. She had never been so nerve racked. Not even before state champs. The woman put an old had that looked like it had seen too many heads on a three legged stool.
The hat sang a rather hilarious song. Lily looked like she was the only one trying to not laugh though. Then the woman told the 'first years' as she had dubbed them, she would put the sorting hat on their head, it would tell them the house that would suite them the best.
"Evans, Lily," the woman said too soon for her liking. She walked over to the stool and put the hat on.
What she heard next scared what brave she had, out of her. "Ahh." Said the hat in her ear. "You are the one I was most anxious to sort. Best get this road on the show shall we? Hmmm. Extremely ambitious. Salazar has a rival." The hat chuckled. "But no. Hufflepuff? I find they are a bit dim for your talent. Ravenclaw perhaps? A ready mind, but would ditch studies for a good laugh. So, no. But Gryffindor? Now there is a house for you. You are extremely brave and quite stubborn. You have a real thirst to prove yourself worthy to your professors, and your piers. So, you rival the four founders. I will let you choose." She thought. The Slytherins looked like something her owl had digested. Ravenclaws reminded her of nerds. Hufflepuffs just looked bored. But the Gryffindors looked interested, like they wanted her in their house. So Gryffindor was the house she chose. She took the hat off and sat down at her house table.
The sorting was done and everyone, the first years especially, started to eat. Lily was just in the middle of dolloping her fourth helping of mashed potatoes on her plate, when the Brown haired, brown eyed, had the same form as her, girl she followed to the boats, tapped her on the shoulder. "Hi, I don't mean to be rude or offensive but, are you a tomboy?" she asked hurriedly. She had a pretty voice and seemed shy. "The only two differences between me and a guy are that I was born with boobs, not balls, and I don't like women that way." Lily said.
"Are you?" Lily asked.
"I have the same answer as you. I'm Brittney Kaind." She said, holding out her hand.
"I'm Lily Evans." Replied Lily.
They had just gotten into an argument about the rules of soccer. "No they should use their hands in that game, other wise you trip and you could get brain damage." Said Lily.
"But the game's been around for more than a century." Brittney retorted.
Lily was going to say something back when she was interrupted.
"Are you muggleborn?" a boy drawled, very snobbishly at the two of them. He had Blonde hair, cold icy gray eyes, and a rude scowl. Another first year.
"Err, yeah," said Brittney uncertainly.
"So tell me, are all mudbloods as stupid as you or is it a personal thing?" he snarled. The house he came from sniggered stupidly. Brittney looked rather hurt that someone would be that rude when they didn't even know them.
"No, she's actually really smart," Lily said. "Now tell us, did you run into a brick wall before you came here, or were you just born that ugly?" The blonde had pink patches forming on his cheeks.
Brittney finally got her voice back. "Now, do you mind, I've already lost my appetite by seeing your ugly face, I'm sure the other students wouldn't want to suffer the same fate we have." He left, tail between his legs. She was just about to go back to her now cold potatoes when she was interrupted again. "Hello, couldn't help but over hearing your argument-"
"Bet you could of," she said.
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm hungry, go away." He almost looked defeated when another idea popped into his head. "But I'm stuck on you." He said slyly.
"Then I'll peel you off," she said angrily. "Or flip you off, I don't really care." For the third time she was going to eat her dinner when another boy, came up to her. "I don't know why I even try!" she said exasperated.
"Lily?"
She looked up. Who she saw, she didn't expect. "Remus?"
"Oh my."
Lily stood up and hugged her 'brother.'
"You know each other?" Brittney asked.
"He is my brother." Brittney was perplexed.
"Well, we knew each other in the U.S. and treated each other like family." Lily gave Remus a kiss on the cheek. "Family huh?" said the boy who resembled James. Remus and Lily looked at each other and said, "Family affection."
Lily finally got a bite of her potatoes when someone poured pumpkin juice down her back. "Thirsty?" James smiled sweetly.
"No." Brittney distracted James while lily got the potatoes from the bowl in front of her and squished it on his head. "Hungry?" Lily imitated him.
"First years follow me." A girl named Molly called to them.
After the long and tiring walk up to their dorms, Brittney and Lily chose the beds closest to the window. They were too tired to say much so they just did their nightly rituals, said good night, and fell asleep.
They woke up to find their faces covered with scales and feathers. "POTTER!!!" Was heard all throughout the tower. Lily had the face of a dragon, complete with snarls and fire breathing. Brittney had the face of a chicken, complete with beak and clucking. Suddenly, the twins from the boat the night before popped their heads out of their hangings.
"Need help. The boys did the same thing when we were over there this summer." they chorused. The girls had blonde hair and a thin form. The only difference between the two was that one girl had silver eyes, another had amethyst eyes. "I'm Kobe Kanaham," the amethyst eyed girl said. "I'm Logan Kanaham," The silver eyed girl said.
"Can you please help us?" Brittney asked meekly. "Sure" they coursed. "On one condition, we become your friends and help you plan revenge."
"You drive a hard bargain," Lily said sarcastically but still extremely excited all the same.
The girls went down to breakfast, scale and feather free. "Can we have a group name," Logan asked.
"Sure," Brittney said.
"I know, how about the Crank Yankers." Kobe piped in.
"You read my mind," Lily, Brittney and Logan said.
The boys were shocked and open-mouthed when they saw that the girls were looking normal and had the twins as friends, but covered it up quickly. The boys walked up to the CY. "I don't believe we have been properly introduced," the neater, dark haired boy said.
"What makes you think we care?" Brittney said. She was still sore about the chicken incident.
"I'm Sirius Black," the neater haired boy said. He was about Brittney's height, with dark hair that fell elegantly into his black, but warm eyes, and an athlete's body.
"I'm Remus Lupin," Lily's brother said. He was of Kobe's height, with light brown hair, soft golden eyes, and an athlete's body.
"And I'm James Potter," Said the jet black, messy haired boy. That was how his hair was, he had warm, deep, relax full hazel eyes, and a body more built than any of his friends.
"And we're the Marauders," they coursed. They boys were looking at them admiringly, and the girls were looking at them dreamily.
"More like Asses incorporated," Lily snorted.(She means it good- naturedly at only Remus) The girls laughed and sat down for breakfast. The Marauders were put out. Then girls came up and started flirting with them.
"Good God, any more inflation of their brains, and they would float to the moon, round trip!" Kobe said. The girls laughed. To Lily, life was almost perfect. 'If only I had a family,' she thought sadly.
"Like cheese you will," Lily muttered under her breath. Lily Evans's Aunt Faith tried to hug her, but Lily just shrugged her off. "I will owl the third day I get there. I mean, it's not like much will happen on the first couple days of school will there?" she said half joking. With that said, she got on the train, away from pain, terror, and hopefully, hatred.
Lillian Leigh Evans. Rather tall for her age, standing and 5'4", but in her eyes, she just saw it as a plus when the basketball season started. With thick, dark red hair that was always pulled back into a ponytail, almond shaped jade green eyes, and an extremely athletic form. She had lived with her mother until she was six, due to circumstances beyond her control, then moved to live with her father. She moved to England due to circumstances beyond her control again. She just moved from Alaska, in America, and refused to drop her accent. She had been in sports since she was about eight. You name the sport she had probably done it, basketball, football, soccer, baseball, swim team, volleyball, gymnastics, karate, boxing, kick boxing, track, and wrestling. 'To get away from my father.' She thought, 'I hate him.' Her smooth hands gripped her trunk and with ease, put it in her compartment. The train pulled out at exactly 11:00 a.m. leaving the world she had gotten used to, but never known, behind. A boy of about her age poked his head into her compartment. He stood there, staring at her like she was an animal in a zoo. He had black hair, black eyes, and a rather skinny form." Can I help you with something?" she asked rudely. Not on purpose, she just hated it when she had to be gawked at.
"No, just looking for someone." He left. 'Give me somewhere to go.' She thought. Oh what fun she would find at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"Firs' years over here!" shouted a tall man. 'He's too tall.' She thought. Come on, no more 'n' fur ter a boat." He shouted above the rest of the throng of students. She followed a girl about an inch shorter than her to a boat. She, the girl, and two twin girls got into a boat. They started off. "Just wait Kobe," said a boy with jet-black messy hair. "I will get you back for what you did this summer." He had a look of mischief about him that Lily didn't like.
"Oh yeah!" said a boy who could easily be his brother, snarled. Lily just turned and saw the most magnificent castle she had ever seen, when her boat tipped. She pushed off from the partially submerged boat and did a graceful dive into the lake they were riding on. She frog swam under water and pushed the boat with the two 'brothers' over as well. From under water she heard four splashes and two great footsteps standing and trying to figure out what happened. "Wee Wow," it sounded like. She knew he was trying to see why she hadn't shot up yet; every other student had gotten back into the boat. But she didn't. She swam until she felt she could stand. With a splashing noise, she shot up. The giant gave a great sigh of relief. She wasn't dead or in trouble.
"'Ere you go," he said offering her his moleskin overcoat.
"That's okay," she said, politely declining his offer. "They have a spell for that, don't they?" With that, she grabbed her wand and muttered, "Converto threaderium, and she had an instant change of clothes.
A stern looking woman with her hair in a tight bun came out of the door they were standing in front of and said, "thank you Hagrid."
She led them into a chamber and told them she would fetch them when the hall or some such was ready. There, she heard the real anxieties of the students. 'Nothing worse than just before a gymnastics meet.' She thought.
The stern looking woman came back and led them through a pair of great oak doors. She began to feel nervous. She had never been so nerve racked. Not even before state champs. The woman put an old had that looked like it had seen too many heads on a three legged stool.
The hat sang a rather hilarious song. Lily looked like she was the only one trying to not laugh though. Then the woman told the 'first years' as she had dubbed them, she would put the sorting hat on their head, it would tell them the house that would suite them the best.
"Evans, Lily," the woman said too soon for her liking. She walked over to the stool and put the hat on.
What she heard next scared what brave she had, out of her. "Ahh." Said the hat in her ear. "You are the one I was most anxious to sort. Best get this road on the show shall we? Hmmm. Extremely ambitious. Salazar has a rival." The hat chuckled. "But no. Hufflepuff? I find they are a bit dim for your talent. Ravenclaw perhaps? A ready mind, but would ditch studies for a good laugh. So, no. But Gryffindor? Now there is a house for you. You are extremely brave and quite stubborn. You have a real thirst to prove yourself worthy to your professors, and your piers. So, you rival the four founders. I will let you choose." She thought. The Slytherins looked like something her owl had digested. Ravenclaws reminded her of nerds. Hufflepuffs just looked bored. But the Gryffindors looked interested, like they wanted her in their house. So Gryffindor was the house she chose. She took the hat off and sat down at her house table.
The sorting was done and everyone, the first years especially, started to eat. Lily was just in the middle of dolloping her fourth helping of mashed potatoes on her plate, when the Brown haired, brown eyed, had the same form as her, girl she followed to the boats, tapped her on the shoulder. "Hi, I don't mean to be rude or offensive but, are you a tomboy?" she asked hurriedly. She had a pretty voice and seemed shy. "The only two differences between me and a guy are that I was born with boobs, not balls, and I don't like women that way." Lily said.
"Are you?" Lily asked.
"I have the same answer as you. I'm Brittney Kaind." She said, holding out her hand.
"I'm Lily Evans." Replied Lily.
They had just gotten into an argument about the rules of soccer. "No they should use their hands in that game, other wise you trip and you could get brain damage." Said Lily.
"But the game's been around for more than a century." Brittney retorted.
Lily was going to say something back when she was interrupted.
"Are you muggleborn?" a boy drawled, very snobbishly at the two of them. He had Blonde hair, cold icy gray eyes, and a rude scowl. Another first year.
"Err, yeah," said Brittney uncertainly.
"So tell me, are all mudbloods as stupid as you or is it a personal thing?" he snarled. The house he came from sniggered stupidly. Brittney looked rather hurt that someone would be that rude when they didn't even know them.
"No, she's actually really smart," Lily said. "Now tell us, did you run into a brick wall before you came here, or were you just born that ugly?" The blonde had pink patches forming on his cheeks.
Brittney finally got her voice back. "Now, do you mind, I've already lost my appetite by seeing your ugly face, I'm sure the other students wouldn't want to suffer the same fate we have." He left, tail between his legs. She was just about to go back to her now cold potatoes when she was interrupted again. "Hello, couldn't help but over hearing your argument-"
"Bet you could of," she said.
"I'm James Potter."
"I'm hungry, go away." He almost looked defeated when another idea popped into his head. "But I'm stuck on you." He said slyly.
"Then I'll peel you off," she said angrily. "Or flip you off, I don't really care." For the third time she was going to eat her dinner when another boy, came up to her. "I don't know why I even try!" she said exasperated.
"Lily?"
She looked up. Who she saw, she didn't expect. "Remus?"
"Oh my."
Lily stood up and hugged her 'brother.'
"You know each other?" Brittney asked.
"He is my brother." Brittney was perplexed.
"Well, we knew each other in the U.S. and treated each other like family." Lily gave Remus a kiss on the cheek. "Family huh?" said the boy who resembled James. Remus and Lily looked at each other and said, "Family affection."
Lily finally got a bite of her potatoes when someone poured pumpkin juice down her back. "Thirsty?" James smiled sweetly.
"No." Brittney distracted James while lily got the potatoes from the bowl in front of her and squished it on his head. "Hungry?" Lily imitated him.
"First years follow me." A girl named Molly called to them.
After the long and tiring walk up to their dorms, Brittney and Lily chose the beds closest to the window. They were too tired to say much so they just did their nightly rituals, said good night, and fell asleep.
They woke up to find their faces covered with scales and feathers. "POTTER!!!" Was heard all throughout the tower. Lily had the face of a dragon, complete with snarls and fire breathing. Brittney had the face of a chicken, complete with beak and clucking. Suddenly, the twins from the boat the night before popped their heads out of their hangings.
"Need help. The boys did the same thing when we were over there this summer." they chorused. The girls had blonde hair and a thin form. The only difference between the two was that one girl had silver eyes, another had amethyst eyes. "I'm Kobe Kanaham," the amethyst eyed girl said. "I'm Logan Kanaham," The silver eyed girl said.
"Can you please help us?" Brittney asked meekly. "Sure" they coursed. "On one condition, we become your friends and help you plan revenge."
"You drive a hard bargain," Lily said sarcastically but still extremely excited all the same.
The girls went down to breakfast, scale and feather free. "Can we have a group name," Logan asked.
"Sure," Brittney said.
"I know, how about the Crank Yankers." Kobe piped in.
"You read my mind," Lily, Brittney and Logan said.
The boys were shocked and open-mouthed when they saw that the girls were looking normal and had the twins as friends, but covered it up quickly. The boys walked up to the CY. "I don't believe we have been properly introduced," the neater, dark haired boy said.
"What makes you think we care?" Brittney said. She was still sore about the chicken incident.
"I'm Sirius Black," the neater haired boy said. He was about Brittney's height, with dark hair that fell elegantly into his black, but warm eyes, and an athlete's body.
"I'm Remus Lupin," Lily's brother said. He was of Kobe's height, with light brown hair, soft golden eyes, and an athlete's body.
"And I'm James Potter," Said the jet black, messy haired boy. That was how his hair was, he had warm, deep, relax full hazel eyes, and a body more built than any of his friends.
"And we're the Marauders," they coursed. They boys were looking at them admiringly, and the girls were looking at them dreamily.
"More like Asses incorporated," Lily snorted.(She means it good- naturedly at only Remus) The girls laughed and sat down for breakfast. The Marauders were put out. Then girls came up and started flirting with them.
"Good God, any more inflation of their brains, and they would float to the moon, round trip!" Kobe said. The girls laughed. To Lily, life was almost perfect. 'If only I had a family,' she thought sadly.