Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling created these characters, not me. Erin Sagert is the only character that is solely mine in this chapter.

Chapter 1:

Lily Evans of Number 13 Orchids Lane was proud to say that this year was bound to be one of the best she had ever had. She had finally made it to her last year at Hogwarts, but best of all she had just turned 17 so she could finally use magic outside of Hogwarts. Not that she did it much. No need to giver her sister another reason to hate her more.

Of course outside of the small little house at the end of the lane, no one knew much about Lillian Evans beyond the fact that she went to a mysterious far away boarding school for the past 6 years. But for the Evans family it really did not matter what everyone else thought. There were much more important matters to deal with.

Much to Lily's dismay one of those matters was her sister, Petunia Evans. Petunia Evans was coming home after her fifth date with Vernon Dursley this evening. In order to avoid another row with the dull, large man and the complaints of her screechy, scrawny sister, Lily quickly left the house to visit her friend, Erin Sagert. Quietly walking out of the house Lily disapparated out of Cokeworth and right into Erin's front lawn. It was almost the same house as Lily's; it even had the same little flowerpot standing on the right side of the door. Although the houses were similar, the neighborhood and the people were nothing alike. Instead of a quiet, normal neighborhood, people wearing dark, long robes and holding different shaped wands in their hands surrounded Lily. It was a nice transition from the boring talks at the family dinner table that Lily was normally subjected to on a Friday night.

"Lily there you are, I was hoping you would show up soon," Erin skipped across the yarn towards Lily. Erin's dark brown curly hair bounced up and down as she came closer. Lily loved hanging out with Erin; she was always full of life and jumping up and down in excitement.

Lily ran into Erin's arms, "This is amazing and no muggles know about this?"

Erin grabbed Lily's arm and pulled her toward the center of the party. "Of course no muggles know about this; no muggles live anywhere near here. It's a wizard community and the nearest muggle is twenty miles away."

Looking around, Lily realized this was exactly how she wanted to spend the rest of her life. She would get a job in the ministry, marry a wizard, and move into a wizard community where her magical kids could run around the neighborhood all day. But just as Lily was about to picture the rest of her life someone came by and ruined her daydream.

"How are you two girls doing on this fine day," James Potter was sauntering over with his brightest smile on his lips. Of course the one day Lily was hoping for a calm and fun evening away from irritating people, James has to all but run in to ruin her day.

"Hello, Potter." Lily said. "What are you doing here? Don't you have some mud to play in?" About five feet from the three teenagers three little boys were happily making mud pies while their older siblings tried their best to get them out of the mud as they had promised their parents they'd keep their little brothers clean.

Winking, James continued the conversation, "You know, Lily, if I didn't know better I'd think you thought me no more mature than a five-year old."

"You said it, not I. And please stop flirting with me, I told you Potter, I'm not interested in your silly games." Lily was ready to leave, but James touched her arm to stop her.

"Lily, I promise you, if I was playing games, I would not be talking to you."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" For the first time in a month, Lily stood her ground in front of Potter. James stepped back for a bit. He truly wanted to talk to Lily since he had barely seen her all month, but this was not what he was hoping would happen.

"Well, you just aren't the type of girl I want to play games with. You must know that."

"So then what about last year and the year before that. And while we are at it, what about every year before that! Honestly Potter, what universe are you living in?" And with that Lily grabbed Erin's wrist and pulled her away from James Potter.

Lily walked away from Potter so fast she missed him mutter to himself, "A universe where the greatest girl ever will never look at me more than to despise me." Although Erin was able to catch his mutter she could never tell Lily. Almost every student at Hogwarts understood that it was no use trying to convince Lily about how much James Charles Potter loved her. Lily Evans had already decided how she felt about James, and she was not planning on changing her mind any time soon.

Author's Note:

So I hope you like this. Right now this is a work in progress and I do not have a huge idea of where this is going except that it leads to where J.K. Rowling already said it goes. The story will remain as cannon as it can. I will not be updating regularly for the next couple of weeks because finals are coming, but once my summer vacation starts, I will do my best to update as regularly as I can.

Thanks for reading!