Chapter 1

The Compartment Companion

Okay, this is a story set back in the Maurader's time period, and is set more about Lily… There will be Severus/Lily in the story, because ever since I've been thinking about it, Lily was the one who stood up for Severus every time, and I can't help feeling that maybe there was more there that we don't know about… But anyways, there will not be any spoilers of the books, so therefore you can just read and enjoy. I hope you like the first chapter; reviews are very much appreciated, seeing, as they are what keeps me going.

Lily Evans walked through the barrior onto Platform nine and three quarters, her long bangs held back by a large clip. Her soft auburn red curls fells lightly down her back, as her mother, father, and much to her distaste, sister joined her. She turned to them, smiling happily, she was starting her sixth year at Hogwarts School of witch craft and wizardry, having just achieved O's on all of her O.W.L.'s that year. She was prefect, top in her class and now she couldn't believe that she only had two school years left. Her eyes brimmed with tears as she realized this, but holding them back she hugged her mother gently.

"You will be careful this year wont you Lily?" Her mother asked, holding her tightly in their embrace.

Lily smiled into her mothers shoulder, "of course mum, I'll be perfectly fine, and I'll promise to write, and if possible come home for Christmas… But I may want to stay… Hogwarts is slowly turning into a second home for me."

They let go of each other, as she turned to her father whom also hugged her gently. He stroked her hair, then let go of her and held out at arms length. He sighed starring deeply into her bright green eyes, "all in all, a fine young lady… More like a fine young witch that's surprising me every day."

"I love you, dad," Lily smiled, moving away from her father and turning to her sister. They had again had another fight the other day about her leaving again. They weren't exactly close, but they did love each other… Or so she thought, deep down inside. "Petunia," she asked uncertainly, staring at her sister whom seemed to be fighting back tears.

"Yes, got on with it," snapped her seventeen year old sister, trying not to cry very much that she was going again. She would deny it until the day she died, she did not love her witch sister, she would never love her. But she was still family, still her little sister who was growing up so fast… She quickly shook off the thoughts, and glared at her.

Lily cast her eyes downward and spoke to the floor rather then to Petunia's face, "right, well, I'll see you at Christmas then? I'd better get a seat, the train's going to take off any second, I'm rather surprised I haven't run into any of my friends yet… Oh well, love you mum, dad," Lily said at last, hugging both of her parents. She then walked over to an open door, and pushed her trunk onto the train and jumped in just as the train whistled loudly over the waving parents. Lily waved at the window ecstatically, then slowly moved away, dragging her trunk behind her.

It felt good to be going back after such a long summer, a summer that seemed to never end. Once again the guy she had been dating, a muggle that had taken interest in her, had dumped her for her sister. Not that she wasn't used to this it had happened twice before now, but she couldn't help but feel a bit down that the man she had come to love did not love her in return.

Oh well, there would be other guys in her life, she thought perking up a bit. Long distant relationships just never worked, all the muggles did see Petunia more then her seeing as her story was that she went to a private school so no one found out she was a witch. Right now she had other pressing matters she was very confused at why she had not run into James or Sirius yet… As a matter of fact, she hadn't even run into any of her usual friends that she hung out with. She looked into the compartments, finding them packed, until she came upon one where a boy, with shoulder length greasy black hair sat with his nose in a book. She paused unsure if she should continue searching for her friends, but then again, if she did that she could possibly run into James. She quickly made up her mind and opened the compartment door, and walked in.

The boy looked up from his book at the sound of the door and starred intently at Lily for a second as she stood there struggling with her trunk. He didn't really want to glare at her because that could land him in detention before even getting to Hogwarts, so he just watched her stand there. Lily smiled and pushed a loose strand of her hair back behind her ear, "hello Severus, do you mind if I sit here with you? I can't find any of my friends, and you look pretty lonely in here."

"Go ahead, I can't stop you, can I," Severus shrugged, getting up to help her with her luggage. They pushed it up above the seat across from Snapes, and then both of them sat down exhausted.

"How in the world," Lily gasped panting, "do you get your trunk up there on your own?"

"I've learned to pack light," he answered, grabbing his book again and bringing it up in front of his face to show that he considered this conversation to be at a close.

For several long minutes both Severus and Lily sat in utter silence, neither one daring to break it by saying anything. Lily starred intently out the window wondering where her friends were, wondering if they were somewhere up the train waiting for her to find them. She had so much to tell them about her summer, and she was sure her friends would have enough to tell her as well… They always knew how to make good stories about their trips, but she still didn't want to just leave, something held her rooted comfortably in her seat, right across from Severus Snape. She watched as he glanced over his book at her then brought it back up to his eye level as quickly as he had looked over at her.

Unable to stand the death like silence any longer, Lily spoke up nervously, "so, how was your summer?"

Snape put down his book now placing his book mark in place, "oh nothing special, just an ordinary summer… Except my mum died this year, not too long after I got home."

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Lily said, her eyes growing wide, "that's horrible, how did it happen? You don't have to tell me if you don't feel up to it."

"She was ill, just very ill and never gained her strength enough to keep her going," Severus lied, not daring to look Lily in the eyes in case she might see his mother beaten in front of him by his drunk father.

"That must have been horrible, for you and your father, I'm really sorry," Lily said gently, her eyes sparkled with tears.

"It's not a big deal, I mean I couldn't have stopped it, but then again, you can't stop death when it comes… Anyways, what about your summer, was yours any better?" Severus asked, surprised that he was talking sweetly to a Gryffindor when he was a Slytherin.

Lily smiled, but it faded silently to nothing, "I got dumped again by a guy I really liked… He went straight for my sister, and she complains about me… I should complain about her, but I just can't bring myself to do it… I love her so much. But then we went to France for a small trip, and it was great… Oh, I got you something!"

"Ex-excuse me," asked a stunned Severus, as he watched her stand on her seat digging for whatever his gift could be.

"Oh come on now, I know you're in here somewhere, but it's just not… Oh wait a minute, it was too big to try and hide it in there…Not to worry, it's in my purse, I have that with me now," Lily dug out a small wrapped up box and handed it happily over to Severus.

For several long seconds he starred from Lily, to the box, and then back at her. He then slowly opened it to find a small key chain with an owl on it; as he lifted it, its eyes glowed bright green for a second then it went out. Severus looked at Lily confused and she smiled brightly, "it's a date remember, and it only works for you. It remembers you because it's the first thing it saw, and so therefore you can tell it dates, and it'll tell it back when you ask for them. Do you like it?"

Severus smiled for the first time since his mother had died, "yeah, I love it, Lily… Thanks, but why would you give me anything? I'm not exactly at the top of your list of friends, considering I always call you a Mudblood."

"Oh, well, I thought of you when I saw it," Lily shrugged it off as if she didn't care, "it's nothing really, just thought you'd like it."

"Well thanks anyways," Severus answered then quickly covered up by saying, "I'm not saying I don't think you aren't a filthy Mudblood."

"Not asking you to, am I, so go ahead and think all you want."

They fell into silence again, neither looking at each other, both determined to ignore that the other one was there. Lily angrily starred out of the window; she did not exactly like being called a Mudblood especially by someone she did think of as a friend. How could Severus think he wasn't her friend when she always stood up for him whenever he was in trouble! She had even told James off for tormenting him after their O.W.L.'s last year, and he still didn't get the message. She pushed her hair back behind her ear, and continued to stare out of the window, watching the hills passing by the window. She quickly got up, and dug through her trunk and pulled out her robes and said to the room with out looking at Severus, "I'm going to the bathroom to change." She then opened the compartment door, and walked briskly up to the train's bathrooms.

Once inside the girl's bathroom, she locked it, and started pulling on her robes. As soon as she was finished she took the clip out of her hair and let it fall around her face. She smiled at the look she had given herself, and then opened the door. Lily gasped as she came face to face with James, the one boy she had been intending to avoid the whole trip. James starred at her lost for words, as Lily watched his every movement her hand fingering her wand in her pocket in case she needed to curse him out of her way.

"You look nice Evans," James smiled weakly making Lily roll her eyes.

"Just get out of my way Potter, I would like to get back to the compartment I'm sitting in," Lily said angrily.

"Where are you sitting," James inquired curiously, "obviously not with your friends, they're sitting in the compartment next to mine…"

"That's none of your business," Lily snapped, "I can sit where I want to."

"No need to get snappy Evans, I only asked where you were sitting," James said, smiling happily.

Lily glared at him furiously, "you're just enjoying yourself aren't you? Tormenting me with your snide remarks, I should honestly give you deten---"

"Ah, but you haven't given me detention at all even though you could," James said, grinning at her.

"Just get out of my way," Lily answered pushing her way around James.

"Ah, Evans, don't act like that," James called after her, "I wasn't serious, I was only joking."

"If you want to talk about being serious why don't you go talk to your friend Sirius Black, he'll teach you all you want to know about being the opposite."

"Hey, what did Sirius do to get pulled into this?" James asked confused.

"Why don't you find your fan girls James, I'm sure they'll want your autograph," Lily called over her shoulder as she entered the compartment. She locked the door and pulled down the blinds angrily, causing Snape to look up at her from his book which he had started reading again.

"What's wrong with you?" Severus asked watching her sit down angrily folding her arms.

"Oh, I just can't stand James Potter, he's so annoying!" Lily fumed, her hair falling into her face.

"Please, feel free to join the 'I Hate James Potter' fan club," Severus replied smiling again at Lily who laughed at the comment.

Lily smiled warmly back at Snape, "consider me signed up, who else is in this so called club?"

"Including me and you, that would make two."

Lily laughed again her soft curls framing her face gently, "I must admit I sort of like this club; it allows me to laugh when James gets me worked up."

"Oh believe me it's been around since first year… I'm surprised you hadn't joined until now," he smirked at her as he set down his book.

Both Severus and Lily laughed at this comment, unable to control themselves. Lily moved and sat down next to Snape, her hand found his while his hand gave hers a gentle squeeze. Noticing this, they both released each others hand, and starred at each other for a second. Severus turned a deep shade of red, and quickly found his book again, while Lily touched her hand where his had been. She glanced at him, but he was still hidden behind his upside down book obviously determined not to look at her again after that situation. Lily looked at the window and was startled to see that darkness was beginning to settle over the country side outside, knowing their ride was coming to an end.

"Severus, I'm sorry if I embarrassed you… I shouldn't have grabbed your hand, I'm really sorry," Lily said quietly.

"No, it's my fault let's just not repeat what happened to anyone else. It meant absolutely nothing to the both of us, that's the story."

"Got it, it meant nothing… Just an akward moment between two companions who happened to be sitting in the same compartment. We absolutely hate each other, right?" Lily asked still touching her hand shocked.

"Right, you're absolutely right, let's just go back to hating each other," Severus replied smoothly.

The train was slowing down as the darkness became a deep blue, Hogwarts silhouted in the distance. The train came to a lurching hault, and Lily walked out of the compartment before Snape could even talk to her. She joined the other students who were all trying to get out of the train, as she thought of how he had squeezed her hand back in the compartment. As she stepped out onto the station platform and made her way towards the carriages she heard an excited voice call her name behind her. She had barely turned around when a whole ton of dark brown hair obscured her vision. "Emily?" Lily asked her mind racing as her best friend let go of her.

"Lily! It's so good to see you I've been wondering where you've been the whole train ride."

Lily examined her friend closely in the light coming from a carriage. Emily was skinny yet her body was perfectly formed to that of a young woman, her soft brown eyes lit up with excitement to see her. Her wavy brown hair fell to the middle of her back, her bangs pushed to the side, joining the length of her hair. Lily smiled, "I've been sitting with someone who needed me, no biggie… I couldn't find you anywhere, so I sat in the first available compartment there was. How are you?"

"I'm fine, let's just get a carriage before they're all taken… I am really glad to see you," Emily added, as she opened an available carriage and jumped in. Lily followed, as some of her other friends caught up to them, sitting down across from them. Lily felt a rush of joy, as the carriage began to move up the drive towards her home.

Okay, sort of short, but it's the first chapter, and I wrote most of it when I was really tired… I have jetlag right now, because we just came home from vacation, and we were traveling for longer then what was expected with out much sleep… So I'm really tired, but anyways, please review and tell me what you think and if I should continue… I have a plot and I actually know where this is going, so it should be exciting. I promise I'm going to make the next chapter much longer.

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