Two Worlds; A Story About Lily Evans and James Potter

Chapter One

Lily applied some nude lipstick on her lips and smacked them together. Today was the day that she went back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the muggle world, she would probably be considered the queen bee…if she went to a muggle school. No, she went to a school in the world of wizards.

There, she was known as Lily the bookworm. She was a favourite of all the teachers and well liked by all students, except the Slytherins, of course. Unfortunately, to her frustration and the jealousy of other females, she was too much liked by the one and only, James Potter.

Surveying her reflection, she caught her guitar from the corner of her eye. She was too embarrassed to bring it to Hogwarts, but maybe this time could be different. I mean, she did get a really nice one for Christmas last year from her parents. Her other one broke, believe it or not.

'Yeah, I think I'll bring it. After all, I do want some company. Maybe I could play it while others aren't listening….' She thought, and her thoughts continued that way for the remainder of her time.

Lily's trunk was all packed (neatly), she already did her make up (beautifully) and she was in her school clothes (which passed us a muggle high school uniform.) There was just one more thing, then she was all ready to go.

She placed an invisibility charm on the guitar, which she did exceptionally well. Thank God she was so good at this, otherwise, everyone would see her lugging it around. That thought didn't go too well in her head. Lily kept replaying it again and again.

"Lily, you'll be late if you don't come down soon! You know that the train doesn't wait."

Racing down stairs, everything in hand, Lily was able to jump into the limousine in time to get to the train station. She loved her house which, I must say, was a mansion. A smile danced on her face as she watched her mom waving at her while snipping at a hedge and her dad rake some leaves. After all, the fall season was here.

AT THE TRAIN STATION

Lily jumped out of the limo and ignored a couple of guys who kept whistling at her. So what if her skirt was short? It didn't mean people had to stare! Disgusted, she hurried as fast as she could to the brick wall. She couldn't wait to get out of here. If you knew her well, then you knew that she hated the smell of the steam coming from trains. The big crowds added to it as well.

Casually leaning against it, she nearly fell over, but a pair of strong arms caught her. Turning around to face her rescuer, she came face to face with James Potter himself. Whatever gratitude she had for him soon diminished, and in its place, there was complete hatred.

"Don't touch me Potter!" she yelled at him, walking away.

Jumping onto the train, she went into a compartment which held her friends. Of course, she had many others. These, however, were her absolute best friends. Smirking slightly, she sat down beside one, looking at the other two sitting opposite them.

"Hello girls." She said.

IN THE MARAUDER'S COMPARTMENT

"Look, mate, I don't get why she doesn't like me. I mean, aren't I what every girl looks for." James asked the fellow marauders.

Sirius Black, his closest friend, burst out laughing. So did Remus Lupin, ultimate almost good boy and Peter Pettigrew, ultimate misfit, next to Slytherin's Severus Snape. Looking confused, James looked at his friends.

"What's so funny? Hey, stop laughing!" he said to them.

"Prongs, are you serious?" Sirius laughed. "Evans hates you. Even I'm smart enough to know that you do not hit on a girl who hates you!"

"Look who's talking. You hit on Vivian everyday and everybody knows that she hates you." James said, pointing an accusing finger at him.

"You guys are hopeless! Those girls think that you're both obnoxious." Remus said, the only practical guy in the group…most of the time.

"Yeah, I agree with Remus." Said a small squeaky voice behind Remus.

They all turned to look at Peter. He always tended to cling onto either James or Sirius or Remus. After all, he was too shy to voice his own opinion. James and Sirius glared at him, but that only made him hang onto Remus even tighter.

"Anyways, what should we do for our annual opening prank?" James asked, running a hand through his hair.

"Uh, nothing. Like I'm letting you guys get away with all this." Said a feminine voice from outside their compartment.

Four boys turned and looked. They noticed that Lily Evans wore the Head Girl badge. She was looking haughtily down at them. Of course, who else would say so to them. Oh right! Vivian Rouge, Katie Woods and Lunette Riley, her number one best friends. However, that never stopped the marauders.

"Oh, I see that you're now Head Girl. Congratulations Lily!" Remus said.

"Thanks Remus. How about you? Are you Head Boy?" Lily asked.

Chuckling, he replied, "No, but I think you'll be surprised to know who it is."

"We doubt that, Remus. I'm pretty sure we know some candidates who could have possibly been chosen to be Head Boy." Lunette said, smiling at him.

The girls walked away, their hair whipping around like what people did in commercials. In this case, it wasn't on purpose. When they were sure that they weren't looking, James took out a Head Boy badge from somewhere in his pocket.

"Well, you'd better get going, Prongs." Sirius said, still grinning.

"Wish me luck, mates." James said and jogged off to the Heads compartment.

"Never." Said a sleepy Sirius.

IN THE HEADS COMPARTMENT

Lily sat down, wondering where the Head Boy was. She would never admit it, but she thought that James Potter was one candidate for Head Boy. After all, some of the teachers were really fond of him. Still, that didn't change the fact that he was a jerk. Not to mention that he had a stupid crush on her.

To her surprise…kind of, James Potter came in, flashing his Head Boy badge. Her jaw dropped, ungracefully.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" She yelled.

"What do you mean? I'm Head Boy." He said, grinning.

"No, you are not! You probably stole that! You can not be Head Boy." Lily said, looking devastated.

Sitting down, James slung his arm around Lily. As he got cozy, he felt a sudden stinging on his cheek. He looked at Lily. She was glaring at him and walking outside. Rubbing his cheek, James was right about to run to her, but a group of fan girls got in his way. Before long, he had lost her.

IN THE CARRIAGES

Lily and friends hopped into the carriage, chatting animatedly. Lunette was looking at the Thestrals, and after a few minutes, she hopped into the carriage too.

"What's wrong, Lunette?" Lily said, sounding very concerned.

"It's n-nothing. I just saw something." She replied, fiddling with her hands.

"If you say so." Lily said, still concerned.

James and Sirius were in the middle of an arm wrestling match, when the road became bumpy. Their arms broke apart. Another bump and then they both fell into their friends.

"Merlin's beard! Why is the road so unnaturally bumpy!?" James said, bumping up and down.

Nobody answered him. Instead, Sirius stared at him in the eye, studying him.

"Wow, you guys look like you have a connection." Peter said, eyebrows raised.

"Sirius, we know you're half gay, but James. Now, I wouldn't stoop that low." Remus said, a smile playing at his lips.

"What? Oh, right…wait a minute! I'm not gay." Sirius said, glaring at the two of them. Then, "So, James, how did it go with Lily? I bet it went well. I mean, with your good looks and charm, I doubt she could resist me – I mean, you!"

"Oh, it went nicely." James said.

"Really!?"

"No! She slapped me, the devil! She's like an angel outside, but a devil inside."

IN THE GREAT HALL

Vivian was choosing her food carefully. Only the healthiest entered her body…oh, that sounded wrong. On her plate was an apple, some mashed potato, a salad and, of course, some celery with dip. Her drink? Water, of course. However, she wasn't always like this. She got drunk sometimes at parties and, of course, the bar. After all, what was the point of being beautiful if you didn't have fun from time to time.

Lily had a steak with celery and dip, as well. Like most people, she had pumpkin juice. Katie and Lunette had similar food on their plate. Chatter and talk filled the Great Hall. Dumbledore had already presented his annual speech and the first years had been sorted. The Gryffindor table had erupted into roars of applause as first years were sorted into Gryffindor. As much as Lily liked the enthusiasm, her ears still hurt.

James was sitting across from her, staring at her with a foolish grin. She could only imagine what was going on in his head.

In a few minutes time, the annual opening prank was about to start soon. He was sure that Lily would disapprove, but he wouldn't change his nature for a girl who didn't like him. And anyway, sometimes he caught her smiling, just a bit, at the really impressive pranks sometimes.

All of a sudden, a huge black fog covered the whole Great Hall. The marauders could hear screams of confusion, but they only laughed hysterically. Once everyone saw what awaited their eyes, they would be amazed. The fog disappeared and there was a banner saying "Welcome Back to Hogwarts! Hope you have a year full of pranks this year! Happy School Year (not you Slytherins)!"

But that wasn't all. The male teachers were wearing dresses in the Gryffindor colours and the female teachers were wearing men's clothing in the Gryffindor colours as well. Everybody burst out laughing, except the Slytherins, looking as if they wanted to strangle the marauders.

James smiled hopefully at Lily, but he couldn't see her face.

A/N:

Whoopee! I have written the fabulous Chapter One to the fabulous story. Hope you liked it and please give feedback. It would be very much appreciated. I want to know if my story is good. After all, people who review get a hug from me. Don't worry, I'm straight and I am a girl. Bye!