Chapter One
Lily stood in her room, the dark red and white walls behind her as she stood in front
of her closet, trying to choose the perfect outfit to wear. She settled on a mocha
colored off shoulder shirt over a white tank top and baggy black jeans. She let down
her dark red hair, letting it fall softly down her shoulders, ending right above her
bust. She slipped on her favorite dc's. She quickly strode over to her bathroom,
running a brush through her dark red hair, lightly fingering the black streaks she
added this summer. Her bangs fell lightly across her forehead, overshadowing her
dark green eyes that were lined with smoky eyeliner, giving her the mysteriously
sexy look.
She walked out of her room, across the small hallway to the kitchen to grab a pop
tart from the fridge and walked out the door, straight into the elevator. Her trunk
was safely in her pocket, minimized so not to attract the attention of her neighbors
and fellow human beings.
As soon as she left the apartment building, she strolled over to the dark alley to the
left of herself, looking quickly around before apparating away.
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Lily landed safely in the middle of a women's restroom stall in King's Cross, pushing
lightly on the cold metal, walking swiftly out the old bathroom. She quickly spotted
platforms nine and ten, before leaning against the barrier, smoothly catching herself
as she appeared in front of her classmates.
"LILS!" She heard, before being smothered by a tall blonde. "I missed you SO
MUCH! How was the apartment? Did you have fun while I was gone?" Sam
continued to babble as Lily just smiled and hugged her back.
She pulled away to look at her tall friend.
Samantha Knott was the only runaway from the Knott family for eight generations.
She had run away from her evil family when she was fifteen, getting an apartment in
southern Greece, away from the war. She would simply apparate or floo to see Lily,
and she actually had her own room in Lily's flat. She was about 5'7 with long blonde
hair that reached a little lower than Lily's. She had dark brown eyes that looked like
melted chocolate and the hottest temper, even more so than Lily herself. She was
wearing a grey tank top under a dark blue jacket and a pair of bell bottom jeans.
Her light blonde hair fell infront of her eyes all the time, unlike Lily's who liked to
keep her bangs off to the side of her face. Her lightly tanned skin and slender form
made her the most saught after girl in the year, Lily following in close second. Her
best classes were DADA and Transfiguration, both of which she was top of the class
by far.
They continued to chat as they were approached by a tall blonde boy, by the name
Robert Zambini, who smoothly flicked his hair back, slipping his arm around Sam's
waist, promptly being elbowed sharply in the ribs.
"Why Robert, long time no see. Had enough fun with Erica to notice me again?"
Sam's arms were crossed against her chest, huffing before turning back to Lily, and
continuing her conversation. He quickly retaliated, grabbing her left shoulder
harshly, drawing a growl from the girl.
"You know you can't live without me." He tried to grin charmingly, but it just
showed as a snarl.
"Sorry to break you're perfect record, Rob, but it looks like you've been dumped."
She winked at him, hopping onto the Hogwarts Express gracefully, holding out her
hand for Lily to take. "Besides, you're not that great of a kisser." She smirked at the
Slytherin, turned around and walked after Lily, who had went off in search of a
compartment.
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James walked out of his apartment, ignoring the growing stench from his best
friend's room, and grabbed his sleeping best mate out of bed. He lazily shot a jet of
water out of his wand, splashing Sirius Black with a mouthful of freezing cold water.
He woke up spluttering, and eventually calmed down after attempting to smack
James around quite a bit.
James Potter stood at 6'2, with jet black hair that stuck up in all directions, giving
him the sexy windswept look that all the ladies fell for. His alluring hazel eyes gave
him the cute look, mirroring the happiness and mischievousness that he and his
friend always caused around them. He was an auror for the ministry of magic and
had just been assigned to Hogwarts to protect two female seventh years. He wore a
white and grey t shirt with a pair of black jeans, with black tennis shoes and a large
trunk tugged at his side, with his belongings for his time at Hogwarts. He was
supposed to teach the sixth and seventh year students Transfiguration. He gathered
up his trunk and walked out of the door, soon followed by Sirius.
Sirius Black stood at James' height, with black long hair that fell over his ears. His
eyes were lightly shadowed by his hair, giving him the sexy look that made oh-so-
many ladies swoon and giggle. He had dark grey, almost black eyes that could see
through your soul and a mischievous twinkle that never left. He wore a black muscle
shirt, blue jeans and white and black checkered tennis shoes. He was to be the sixth
and seventh year DADA teacher, and was quite excited to be back at Hogwarts after
7 long years.
"Hey Prongs…" Sirius looked around.
"Yeah Padfoot?" James turned to his long time best friend.
"Are we allowed to date the students?" This question was quickly rewarded by a
smack upside the head and an exasperated James.
"What do you think?" Sadly, Sirius' retort wasn't heard because of two cracks in the
air, and then they were gone.
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"I wonder if there's going to be any new professors this year." Lily pondered as the
two girls walked down the hallway.
"I dunno. Why does it matter? They'll probably be some old farts trying to look
down my shirt or up your skirt when you lean over your cauldron." Sam smirked at
Lily as she flushed bright red.
"That was ONE TIME!" Lily cried, dropping her trunk in her haste to change the
subject.
"Yeah, yeah." Sam nodded her head absently, waiting for Lily to continue about the
new professors.
"I heard we're getting two. They're supposed to be guys, not much older than us."
Lily picked up her trunk, absentmindedly checking compartments for any empty
seats.
"Hmm." Sam mumbled. "Wonder if they're hot."
"Well I for one think I am." A voice laughed from behind her, and she spun around
to see her long time friend, James Potter.
"Jamsie-poo!" She laughed, launching herself onto her cousin, laughing along with
him. It was common knowledge that they were related, seeing as most purebloods
were.
"Long time no see, Sammie!" He grinned down at his favorite cousin, looking her
over quickly. "Why haven't you become the looker, eh!" He grinned as she winked
up at him.
"Can't you tell I'm trying to keep our hot, steamy sex a secret! Lily's standing right
there!" She mock cried, dropping to her knees in the middle of the hallway, mock
sobbing.
"Oh! Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm James Potter, the new transfiguration
teacher for sixth and seventh years." He held out his hand for Lily to shake, feeling
cold, yet hot tingles run through his palms as he took her small soft hands in his
large calloused ones.
"Lily Evans. Seventh year Gryffindor." She smiled at him, a small flush coming to
her face as she too felt the tingles.
"Hey Prongs, found any compartments yet?" Sirius walked up to them from behind.
As Sam and Sirius saw each other, looks of hatred passed across both their faces,
and they both stiffened.
"What's he/she doing here?" They both yelled at James, pointing to the other.
"Uhm… Surprise?" James threw up his arms lamely, looking between the angry pair
to Lily. "They don't like each other too much. I introduced them when Sam was in
sixth year. Turns out the hated each other instantly." James muttered to Lily,
answering her curiosity.
"I don't remember a person that Sam didn't get along with that I've met. This is
weird…" Lily mumbled, looking at Sam's hate filled face.
"That's what I thought when I saw their reaction to the other. You get used to it.
Sirius doesn't not like anyone either, besides his family of course." James chuckled
lowly, drawing a shudder from Lily.
"I'm the DADA teacher this year." Sirius spat, smirking at Sam's shocked
expression.
"Was Dumbledore on crack or something?! Why the hell would he make you of all
people a teacher? You probably bribed him or something, Black." She glared at
him, her dark orbs burning into him.
"Well whatever he's on, it doesn't matter. Now go into your compartment, little girl,
or I'll have to give you a detention. And we all know how I'd hate to do that." He
growled, his animal instinct kicking in.
"Fuck off, Black." She growled right back, their eyes meeting in a glare before they
realized that their friends were gone.
"Bloody Hell, the sodding wanker!" They both cursed, stalking off in different
directions in search of their friends.