DISCLAIMER: I dont own. I got the idea from a great friend so contribution to them :)
WHITE PAPER
Chapter 1
"I will not get in the car if dad is driving! I won't make it there alive!" Said a smirking eleven year old red head girl dramatically; the girl's mother rolled her eyes as she walked up to the car.
"Lily don't be mean to your father." She said and got into the passenger seat.
"Yes Lily listen to your mother don't be mean." Her father said cheekily. Lily chuckled and jumped into the back seat.
"Okay, okay I'll be nice." Lily said with the smirk still planted on her face. "Isn't tuney coming?" Lily asked sadly. Lily's mother looked sympathetically at her only magical daughter and shook her head.
"Sorry sweetie but Petunia said she had accidentally planned to go to a friends house today." She said and turned back around as her husband started the car. Lily smiled a fake smile and nodded her head. Lily knew that Petunia had purposefully planned it, she had phoned her friend begging her to let her come over. Lily looked out the window for the last time before she headed to her new school. Lily let the joy fill her up as she thought of finally learning magic.
"Hey mum what do you think im going to learn?" she asked eagerly. Lily's mum and dad laughed.
"Oh honey we wouldn't have a clue we aren't witches or wizards." Lily's mum said as they pulled up at kings cross station. Lily just nodded and looked back out the window thinking of the things she was going to learn.
"Look Lily you're still alive!" Lily's dad said as he picked her up and swung her around. Lily laughed at how her dad still acted like she was five years old and hoped that he would never stop.
"Only just though dad" Lily replied once her dad put her down. Lily's dad mock glared at her and Lily mock glared back.
"Okay kids lets get to the platform now." Lily's mum said breaking the staring contest between the two. She shook her head at her husband and youngest daughter, she saw the strong bond they had with one another and smiled. She hoped nothing would ever get in the way of those two. They found the barrier and walked through. Lily saw the scarlet train and let her mouth drop open in awe. Her eyes twinkled with anticipation and her heart sped up, Lily was excited. As soon as Lily's parents had snapped out of the daze of their surroundings they bent down to Lily's height.
"You sure you got everything Lily?" Lily's mum asked. Lily rolled her eyes.
"You packed my trunk mum." Lily said while grinning.
"Oh yes, ah, that's right. you have everything then" Lily mum said trying to avoid her husbands eye knowing he had a large grin on his face.
"We'll miss you sweetie." Her dad said with much emotion.
"Write all the time." her mum added.
"And if you someone is being mean just tell me and I'll come beat them up." Her dad said puffing out his chest. Lily giggle at her parents.
"Don't worry I'll miss you to." Lily gave them a hug and a kiss and turned to look around the platform. Lily looked to her left and she saw a boy about her own age with black messy hair grinning up at his parents as they said something to him. Lily couldn't help it, she grinned at the boy, at this point to boy looked up and if possible his grin widened and sent a wink at her. Lily rolled her eyes but still smiled at him. Lily's dad looked at Lily looking at the boy and frowned.
"Lily, I don't want you making lots of guy friends okay?" He said to his youngest daughter. Lily rolled her eyes.
"Okay dad." She said. The whistle on the train blew and Lily looked up at her parents for the last time until Christmas.
"Well I'll see you at Christmas then!" Lily said as she took her trunk and headed towards the train. Lily dragged her trunk onto the train and into a compartment. Lily raced to the window and opened it and stuck her head out.
"don't forget what I said about people being mean Lils!" her dad called out with a grin on his face. Lily laughed. Only her dad would joke around like this. She took one last look at them and waved then the train disappeared around the corner. She sat done on the chair in her empty compartment and felt tears threaten to fall. She felt as though the room was getting smaller and smaller, trapping her inside, she had to get out. As she shut the compartment door firmly behind her, she could already feel the tears streaming from her face. The narrow corridor was already practically deserted of students. Lily just hurried down the train as far as she could, desperate to get out of sight before anyone would see her. They weren't tears of sadness as such. Just tears that needed to be...
BANG!
"Hey! Watch where you're going! I was walking here!" said a deep self absorbed voice. Lily looked up and tired to wipe the tears away so it didn't look as though she was crying, but too late he had already. "Sorry I'm just not in the best of moods." He held out a hand in front of her and let her take it to help her up. Lily smiled at him and tried to walk past.
"Hey what's your name?" he asked.
"Lily" she said shyly. He smiled.
"James."
"Well I have to go James, bye." Lily turned and walked towards the bathroom. When she got there she realised she had done all her crying and wasn't in the mood for more. Lily got up and thought about James…maybe they could become friends?
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Lily headed back to her compartment and slipped in. she let out a sigh as she sat in a seat.
"Hi to you to." said a voice. Lily jumped slightly and looked for the owner of the voice. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw it was James. He had a guilty look on his face but as though he seemed to be hiding something.
"What are you hiding?" Lily asked; she had always been quite blunt.
James turned slightly red. 'At least im not the one turning red' Lily thought.
"All cleared up from your little escapade then?" James said with a smirk. Lily looked at James confused as to what he was meaning. James let out a sigh.
"You were crying." He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Was not!" Lily said quickly, she always defending herself no matter what it was. James raised an eyebrow.
"Yes you were" he said
"Oh whatever, its not like you were all happy go lucky as well." she fired back at him.
"Oh well excuse me for being annoyed when something comes running into you." He said getting up off his seat.
"You ran into me and you know it!" Lily retaliated, standing also.
"Do I now?" he said clearly annoyed.
"You ran into me and you know it." Lily said glaring at him. Without out warning Lily started to smile and burst into laughter. James looked at her confusingly and a smile slipped onto his face at the red head on the floor laughing.
"I'm sorry I just am really bad at keeping a straight face for that long." Lily said after stopping laughing. James just grinned at her.
"I think we should start over, Im James Arnold Potter." He said holding out a hand.
"Lily Ella Evans nice to meet you Patch" Lily said with a smile shaking James's hand. James looked at her strangely.
"Where on earth did you get that nickname?" he asked her.
"It just suits you" Lily said simply with a smile. James raised an eyebrow.
"Okay Lela" James said with a smirk. Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Lela? How did you get that?" she asked.
"Well your initials are lee and I wanted to add a la at the end so Lela." James said.
"Ahh. Original." Lily said with a smile. James smiled. "But no calling me that in public." Lily said.
"Same goes for you with that horrible nickname Patch" James said with a fake shudder.
"So friends?" Lily asked.
"But of course" James said mock bowing towards her.
"Man my dad would totally kill me right now." Lily said shaking her head.
"Why?" James asked
"Well my dad is pretty easy going with everything. He lets me do practically anything I want as long as it doesn't involve boys. How would he like it if the first friend I made WAS a boy?" Lily said a little upset but James just smiled.
"Want to meet three other boys?" he asked getting up. Lily looked up at him and tilted her head to the side.
"What do you mean?" she said. James grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the compartment.
"I'll show you." He said before pulling her along the hallway to another compartment. Lily looked at their hands and smiled, she liked James. Before Lily knew it she was standing in front of another compartment. James opened the door and let go of her hand.
"Hey guys I have someone I want you to meet." James said to the three boys sitting in the compartment. Lily looked around and met the eyes of the three young boys. One had black hair and was really quite good looking. The other had sandy coloured hair and looked a bit thin yet not to bad looking either. The last one had blond hair and was alright looking, not as good looking as the others but not ugly. Patch told Lily that the black haired boy was called Sirius Black and the sandy coloured hair boy was called Remus Lupin and the blond haired boy was called Peter Pettigrew.
"Hi guys." Lily said not leaving James's side. "well look I got to go but I'll see you there okay." Lily didn't wait for a reply but quickly left the compartment. She didn't like the rest of those boys, they were all smirking at her as if they knew something she didn't. Lily walked back to her compartment and got changed and before she knew it she was at Hogwarts. Lily got off the train and headed towards the voice calling the first years. They were lead down towards some boats and Lily didn't know where to go.
"Do you want to sit with me?" asked a blonde haired girl. Lily smiled gratefully at her and got into the boat.
"I'm Chloe Taylor." She said holding out her hand.
"Lily Evans." Lily said shaking the girl's hand.
"Do you know what house you want to be put into?" Chloe asked. Lily smiled, she was glad she had done her homework on Hogwarts to know the houses.
"Yes, either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw…you?" she asked.
"Gryffindor defiantly." She said with a bright smile.
"Who wouldn't want to be there?" said a voice getting into the boat. Both girls looked up to see James Potter and Sirius black climbing into the boat.
"You should ask before just getting into the boat you know" Said Chloe rudely. James raised an eyebrow at her.
"Oh sorry, may we sit here?" James asked even though they were already sitting down.
"no." said Chloe simply. James and Sirius both looked at her in disbelief.
"Well your opinion doesn't matter." Sirius said crossing his arms looking at her smugly.
"Don't become friends with them Lily, they will only use you to prank you, take it from someone who knows." Chloe said looking at Lily. Lily quickly covered up her shock and nodded at Chloe, she didn't want to lose this friendship.
"Just because you didn't want to be friends with us doesn't mean you should turn Lily away from us as well Taylor." James sneered at her.
"I don't want her to get hurt" Said Chloe standing up.
"She won't!" James yelled getting up as well.
"James she is muggleborn." Chloe said softly.
"So!" James yelled
"Two words: Your Father" Chloe said smugly. James's expression darkened.
"Guys sit down, you're rocking the boat." Lily said in a worried voice looking at Sirius for help but he was getting up to defend his friend. As soon as Sirius stood up the boat tipped over and the all fell into the lake. Lily resurfaced and looked for Chloe. She saw Chloe's head pop up next to James's and she looked at them angrily. Lily looked around for a boat and saw one with three other girls in it. She swam over and they helped her in.
"You okay?" one asked as she took off her jacket and gave it to Lily. Lily took it gratefully.
"I'm Lily Evans." Lily said after a while.
"I'm Sophie Marwick" said a brown curly haired, ocean blue eyed girl.
"Nicole Rogers" said a black straight haired, brown eyed girl.
"Tilly Hunter" said a blonde girl with bright pink streaks and ice blue eyes. Lily nodded at the girls and they started talking.
"Why were you sitting with James Potter and co?" Nicole asked. Lily had found out she was the smart one of the girls, Tilly the out going loud out and Sophie the motherly sweet one.
"I met him on the train and I was just in the boat with the girl called Chloe and well they sat down then Chloe and Patch-James had a row about something about me being muggleborn and well then something about his father and well yeah then we tipped over." Lily said with an odd expression.
"You don't want to become friends with James Potter if you're a muggleborn" said Tilly with a dark expression.
"Why?" Lily asked, she had seen nothing wrong with being friends with James…stuff his father.
"To make it simple if you want to be friends with James its better you jumping off a cliff." Tilly said with a shrug. Lily looked at her with a confused expression but didn't comment, she would ask Patch later. The girls continued to talk all the way to the Hogwarts and had decided no matter what house they were in they would stay friends. Lily smiled at the girls and realizing she had just made three friends for life.
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Lily, Nicole, Tilly and Sophie got off the boats and waited for the others. Lily was looking around when she saw a wet Chloe storm towards Lily.
"I am not being left with him!" Chloe say angrily. Lily smiled at Chloe and laughed.
"its okay Chloe" Lily patted her on the back and then noticed the three girls looking at Lily expectantly. "Oh Chloe this is Tilly, Sophie and Nicole" she said as she pointed at each one respectively. Each girl greeted one another and before they could say more they were ushered into the school which they were to spend the next seven years of their lives.
"Welcome first years to Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry, my name is Professor McGonagall and I am the transfiguration teacher and head of house for Gryffindor. While you are here your house is like your family. Between sharing dorms, classes and tables you'll begin to know them better than you know yourself. A member of your house achieves something you gain points- do anything wrong and you'll loose points, the house with the most points at the end of the year wins the house cup! Any Questions?"
"Pro-fes-sor, ca-n youuu dr-y m-e pleas-se?" asked a shivering Chloe. McGonagall tightened her lips and waved her wand and Chloe was dry. She noticed that Lily, James and Sirius were also wet and dried them as well.
"Thank you professor." They chimed together. She just nodded to the young 11 year olds and lead them into the great hall. Lily gasped at the sight. Thousands of candles were floating in the air and the ceiling looked like the night sky. It was beautiful. Lily was watching the sky above and didn't notice everyone had come to a stop so she walked straight into Sophie who was staring at the sorting hat. Lily looked at the hat and raised an eyebrow, 'why was everyone looking at the hat?' she thought. Lily gasped in surprise. The hat starting singing about the four houses and what they were, Lily was quite entranced by the song and was sad when it ended.
"Anderson, Samantha" Professor McGonagall called out. As soon as the hat touched her head it called "RAVENCLAW" the girl up looking relieved and made her way over to the clapping table. After a few people Lily was called.
"Evans, Lily" Lily got up to the stool with a confidence she didn't realize she had. Lily slipped the hat over her head "I was wondering when I would be seeing you miss Evans." The hat said "Very smart, you want to prove yourself but you also don't want to spotlight. Yes, yes your one confusing girl, but where to put you? Ravenclaw wouldn't challenge you enough so I guess the only option would be…Gryffindor!" Lily heard the last part being announced to the hall and Lily skipped happily over to the table. Lily was quite distracted with the going-on's around her until she heard a name.
"Hunter, Natalie" The professor said. Natalie walked confidently up to the stool and jammed the hat on her head. Lily waited until she heard the hat "SLYTHERIN" it announced to the hall. Lily looked at Tilly in shock but Tilly just sent Lily a grin and headed off to the table. Lily knew that they would all be friends no matter what house they were sorted into.
Sophie Marwick was sorted into Hufflepuff; Nicole Rogers was in Ravenclaw and Chloe Taylor into Gryffindor along with James Potter and co.
Lily looked over to where James Potter/Patch was sitting and met his gaze. James smirked and nodded towards her; Lily smirked back and gave a cheeky wink. And that's how it happened; Lily and James started their secret friendship. James never told his parents and Lily never told her parents. Lily knew that if her dad found out she would be in deep trouble and James knew that if his dad found out both Lily and James would be running for their lives.
Seven years later found Lily and James entering their seventh year together...
