Disclaimer: I am not the brilliant JK Rowling so, sadly, I do not own any of the recognizable characters.

Chapter 1: Surprising Head Boys

Lily Evans breathed in the smell of the smoke billowing from the Hogwarts Express. She was going home. Not to her childhood home, no. Although she loves her parents, Lily had never felt at home due to her sister Petunia. Petunia hated Lily because Lily was witch and Petunia wasn't. Petunia had never forgiven her for that and made Lily's life hell every time she saw her. But that didn't matter. Lily was going back to Hogwarts for her seventh and final year.

Lily pulled her trunk up to the train and attempted to heft it on board.

"Shit!" Cursed Lily as she lost her grip on her trunk and it came down on her foot.

"Need some help, Lilykins?" Said a confident voice from behind her.

Lily groaned. She knew that voice. Turning around her suspicions were confirmed. There stood James Potter, leaning confidently against the train. Taking a deep breath, Lily forced herself to accept, she did need help.

"Yes, Potter. I do."

"Huh," he replied "well, see you later!" and he started to turn away.

"Potter!" Called Lily

"Yes Lilykins?" He replied

"Would you please help me?" She said quietly without looking up, she hated asking for help. Especially from a Marauder.

"Of course!"

He bounded back over and hefted her trunk up and into the train.

"There you go, Lilykins!"

"Thank you, Potter. Oh, and do you happen to know who is Head Boy this year?"

"How would I know?"

"Well, I was sort of hoping it would be Remus. So I take it it's not, then?"

"No, It's not Remus… But I do know who it is." And with that he turned and walked away.

"Potter! Who is it?" Lily called after him but he just laughed and kept on walking.

Stupid Potter, thought Lily He knew and he wouldn't tell. He probably loved that he knew something that she didn't.

Still cursing Potter in her head she stormed down to her compartment that she and her friends always sat in. There was no one in it when she entered, but that was understandable as she was so early. She stowed her trunk in the rack after changing into her robes, because she wouldn't have time to change later. Pinning her shiny Head Girl badge to her chest she set out for the Head compartment. All the way there she pondered who the Head Boy could be. Since it wasn't Remus, it could be the Hufflepuff prefect Amos Diggory. She hoped it wasn't Severus Snape. That would make her last year at Hogwarts her worst, she was sure.

She arrived at the compartment and pushed open the door and sat down in the empty compartment to wait. Ten minutes later the door slid open again to reveal…

"Potter?" Lily exclaimed "What the hell are you doing here? This is the Heads compartment."

"I know," He replied "that's why I'm here." He pointed to a shiny Head Boy on his chest.

"Please, please tell me you nicked that from the real Head Boy."

"Nope, terribly sorry to disappoint, but it's mine."

"Dumbledore's off his rocker. No one in his right mind would make you Head Boy."

"You know, that's exactly what Sirius said. It's starting to hurt a bit." James replied with a grin, trying unsuccessfully to make light of the situation and hide the sting of her words.

Lily didn't reply. Instead she sank back into her chair and sighed. Snape would almost be better. Almost. Just then the Prefects started to arrive so she sat up straighter and forced a smile onto her face. The last Prefect to arrive was best guy friend, Remus Lupin. Remus was sweet and kind, Lily had actually dated him in her fifth year. The only drawback was that he was also a Marauder, which meant he was friends with Potter, Black, and Pettigrew. Remus sent a sympathetic look to Lily and sat down in the last remaining seat beside the door.

"Welcome to our new Prefects and welcome back to last years'." Greeted Lily standing up. "I'm your new Head Girl, and this," She pointed her thumb behind her a Potter "is your new Head Boy. As Prefects you will have to patrol the corridors every hour to make sure nobody is getting carried away with the excitement of returning to Hogwarts. You will also need to help direct the first years. At our next meeting I will hand out your patrol schedules for the rest of the year. Any questions?"

A Hufflepuff Prefect put up her hand.

"Yes?" she asked

"Don't you have to be a Prefect before you're Head Boy?" the girl asked

"Well, if you would take a look at this year's Head Boy, I think your question would be answered." she snapped "Any other questions?"

Nobody spoke up so she dismissed them and left as quickly as possible.

"Lily! Hey Lily!" She turned to see Remus jogging up to her. "Whew! You left there pretty fast." He panted.

"Yes, well I couldn't stay in the same room with Potter any longer." She replied

"Listen, I'm sorry I didn't warn you about Prongs. I didn't even know until today."

"It's okay, Rem. I know it's not your fault. I just can't believe that Dumbledore would do this to me. Does he want to kill me?"

"James' not that bad you know Lils. And he's really matured over the summer."

"We'll see about that. I cannot even imagine a mature Potter. That's like a teenage Dumbledore."

Remus laughed and they chatted until they arrived at the Marauders compartment and Remus entered. Lily continued to walk down the corridor until she reached her own carriage.

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"Lily!" squealed Lily's best friend Eden who jumped up and gave her a hug as soon as she entered. When Eden finally released her, Lily had a full view of who else was in the compartment. There was, of course, Eden, who had dark brown wavy hair with bright brown eyes full of mischief. Eden's tall, skinny figure attracted all the guys. Next was her friend Alice. Alice was a sweet girl with straight blond hair and big brown eyes. She was slightly rounder than the other girls, but by no means overweight. She was cute, but very shy. And finally, there was Anna. Anna had short blond hair and bright blue eyes. She was the shortest of the Gryfindor seventh year girls, but extremely good looking.

"Hey Lily" Greeted Alice

"Hi Alice, how was your summer?"

"Pretty boring, but ask Anna about hers." Alice added slyly.

"And what did lovely Anna do this summer?" Lily asked mischievously

Anna blushed pink and answered "While I was in France I met a hot muggle. His name was Jeff. We had some fun, but I dumped him before coming back to school."

"Yes, well we all know what Anna means by fun." Eden said

"Oooooh!" Exclaimed Lily "Anyone else have some summer flings?" She asked and looked around at Alice and Eden.

"Nope, what about you?" Eden replied

"Well, I went out with Mike a couple times, but…" Lily was cut off when the door was slid open to reveal Sirius Black.

"What do you want Black?" Lily asked

Ignoring her question, he asked "Who's Mike?"

"Oh, that's Lily's boy toy. They get together every summer for some fun." Eden said with a smirk

"Eden!" Lily exclaimed "He's not my boy toy!" Then turning to Sirius she said "Mike is my neighbor. We've gone out a couple times. Now, why are you here?"

"I was just coming to see if you lovely ladies had gotten any food yet."

"Well obviously we don't so you can leave."

"Nah, I think I'll wait here. The trolley comes here before it comes to my compartment."

Before she could object, Black plopped himself down in the seat beside her. "So what's new?"

Eden, Alice, and Anna continued to talk about their summers with Black interjected, usually sexual, comments every once and a while. Before long, the trolley lady slid open their door and asked them what they wanted. Everyone ordered something, Black taking half the trolley's contents.

"Hungry?" Lily asked, looking pointedly at Black's huge stack of food.

"Mmhmm" He replied through a mouthful of food. Swallowing, he asked her "So how was your summer Red?"

"It was okay I guess. I spent most of my time with Mike because my bitch of a sister always had her whale of a boyfriend over. I think they're perfect for each other."

"You can feel the love." Black said sarcastically.

"Mmhm, I'd almost feel sorry for the fat bloke, if he wasn't so much like her."

This statement was greeted by appreciative laughter and they talked about meaningless things for the rest of the ride.

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By the time they got to Hogwarts, Lily had realized that Sirius Black wasn't all that bad. She had just assumed that she would hate him as much as she hated Potter and never really talked to him. Aside from his nonstop sexual innuendos, he was a fun person to be around. He had ended up riding in the girls' compartment all the way to Hogwarts and, during that time, convinced Lily to call him Sirius. She was even more surprised at this new development than anyone else.

When they got to the Great Hall, Sirius left to sit with the other Marauders and the girls sat at the opposite end of the table. Lily could see the Marauders asking Sirius where he had been. The Sorting went by quickly and soon they were all tucking into their food contentedly.

"I love it when September first is a Friday." Commented Anna, "We get a whole two days at Hogwarts before school starts."

"I agree." Replied Lily "We can get used to being back without the hassle of classes and homework. It's really nice."

"Especially for First Years. They can start getting used to where everything is so that they get lost less." Alice said.

"This is a boring subject." Interjected Eden "Let's talk about something interesting. Check out Caradoc Dearborne. He got really tall and tanned over the summer."

The other girls laughed and joined in on Eden's preferred topic of conversation.

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Lily was exhausted by the time she dragged herself up the steps to the Girl's Dormitory. Her legs felt like lead and she was very thankful that tomorrow was Saturday. She dropped onto her bed without changing into her pajamas, and was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

Author's Note: Well I hope you enjoyed this. It was a little choppy, but I hope you will bear with me and continue to read. I hope it will get better.

~Chocolate Frog