Disguised

A/N: I'm having another try at L/J! My first L/J fic wasn't very good, I don't think. I'm glad about the people that liked it, though, and I thank them.

Well, I'll get on with the story now. Please review!

Disclaimer: All recognizable characters belong to the wonderful J.K. Rowling. All unrecognizable characters belong to me. Don't sue me; you wouldn't get much anyway.

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Disguised

Chapter I

Lily Evans was in the third year Ravenclaw girls' dorm one afternoon, remembering how she and James Potter, a Gryffindor boy in her year, had become enemies. In her first year, on the train, James had made some comment. She couldn't remember exactly what it was now, but it had gotten her very offended and mad, and a few days later, she'd dumped a bucket of water on him from the main staircase as he'd passed under it.

Apparently, that got his temper, because he'd first sent her a Howler that had an insulting poem, then put a Leg Locker Curse on her, and she'd had to bunny hop all the way to Charms, where Flitwick finally removed it. Nightmare. She kept tripping on the stairs, and had a whole bunch of bruises the day after. After that, he threw Dungbombs and the like throughout the day, so she kept having to dodge them, and a few hit her anyway.

So, she was quite justified in hating him. But all she'd done was dump a bucket of water on him. Why did he hate her so much?

Suddenly, Sophia Hulet ran into the dormitory. She was a tall, thin girl with long brown hair, although not as long as Lily's, and light brown eyes. Sophia was actually quite pretty and smart, and a lot of the boys in Hogwarts liked her. However, she never seemed to actually notice, and seemed quite depressed sometimes, which puzzled Lily no end. She was also a sweet, nice person, which were some of the reasons Lily liked her. They were pretty good friends.

Just now, Sophia looked excited. "Lily! Third years and up have to be at the Great Hall in a few minutes! Dumbledore's going to announce something! I wonder what it is…"

"Could be something for Halloween. That's in just a couple days."

"Right…yeah, that might be it…"

A few minutes later, the two of them were in the Great Hall, along with the rest of the students that were third year and older.

As they all sat at their house tables, chatting, Dumbledore entered the room. "Excuse me," he said. They were silent.

"Thank you. As you know, Halloween is in a few days. I have come up with a little idea which may make it more enjoyable. We are having a party on Halloween night! However, you can only attend this party if you make yourself look the opposite of your actual appearance. Change your hair color, eye color, and so on…you may do this with spells, or by some other method. Only third years and up are allowed, which would be the reason I did not request first and second years for this announcement. Now, you are all dismissed."

The students left in a crowd, all talking about how they would make themselves look.

"Oh, what the hell, I'm just going to go as myself…"

"What color do you think I should make my hair?"

"Do you think hazel eyes look good with red hair?"

And so on.

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"Oh, how fun," James Potter said sarcastically as everyone left the Great Hall. "A really pointless party where you don't know who anyone is. I'm jumping for joy."

"Well, Halloween is basically a pointless holiday, but I like it," observed Peter Pettigrew, a fellow Marauder. Basically, James' group of friends played 'ingenious' pranks, and called themselves the Marauders.

"What do you think about it?" James asked Sirius Black, another Marauder.

"Might as well go." Sirius shrugged. "Anyway, we might be able to pull some pranks, and we won't even be caught! You know, looking different and that."

"Good point. I guess I'll go." James sighed. "So, are you going, Remus?"

Remus Lupin looked up. "No. I have to visit my mother on Halloween. She's sick again."

"Oh. Sorry about that," Sirius said sympathetically. "Well, I'm going too."

"So am I!" Peter chimed in. He always followed the majority, Peter.

A red-haired girl passed them, and James recognized her. "Hello, Evans. Going to the party on Halloween?"

"Why should you care?"

"Well, I was going to say that you must be pretty happy. You'll actually be able to look pretty for once."

Lily's face twisted like she was holding back tears, and she rushed away.

"That was meaner than usual," Sirius observed. "What've you got against that girl, anyway?"

"What've I got against her? She's the one that's hated me since the beginning of first year! I don't even know why! She dumped a bucket of water on me, and I had to endure people asking me why I'd been in the lake. You know, they said, swimming? Committing suicide? Thrown in? That was really annoying!"

"Ah, yes, I remember that," Sirius said with a sudden grin. "I believe I was one of those people…"

"Oh, damn you, you were? I'd lost track after the first few…Sorry, I'll have to hurt you now! It's a policy of mine."

"Not if I can help it!" Sirius yelped, and shot off through the crowd. James shrugged and gave up. He'd get him in the Gryffindor tower in a few minutes. Anyway, Sirius seemed to have a gift for getting through crowds. James doubted he would be able to catch up even if he tried to run after him.

"But I'll get you for that, Sirius," he muttered, with an evil smile. "I will…"

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A/N: Well, I know this was incredibly short, but I couldn't think of anything else for it. And this chapter basically just introduces the story, anyway. The next will probably be longer.

Please review and tell me what you think of this!

~Hermione2