Ps. Obviously, everything you recognise belongs to the incomparable J. K Rowling but the new stuff is mine. Sorry if there are some inconsistencies with the Harry Potter series but I tried to make it match as much as possible. Oh yea, I almost forgot, some of the lines the characters use are from songs- so if you recognise them- they are from songs…I did not make them up although I have no idea who originally wrote half of them- the credit goes to them anyway! Don't sue me, please!
Thanks for visiting and please read and review! This is my first fic and I need all the encouragement I can get! Chapter One- A Fool's kissIt was eleven o'clock, and the train began to move. It emitted a piercing whistle, and bellowed out an enormous amount of steam. James Potter and his best friend, Sirius Black, were attempting to pull their massive trunks onto the train, before it began to move out.
"Eurgh, why do you always have to cut these things so close?" Remus Lupin grinned, safely aboard the train.
"It wasn't me," argued James, choking on the train's steam," I wasn't the one busy pashing some random Hufflepuff chick..."
"Hey, give me a break; what was I supposed to do, reject the poor thing? I don't think so. Stop arguing, this is the last case to get on board," Sirius interjected quickly. James groaned and with one last heave, the trunk was finally resting on the train floor. The effort had made his forehead sticky and sweaty, and he swept his dark brown hair out of his hazel eyes, unconsciously ruffling his hair.
"Aha, we did it, and not a moment too soon," Sirius muttered tiredly, as the train began to move off, "no thanks to you, Moony."
Remus sighed and began pulling his own trunks along the narrow corridor, sticking his head in some of the compartments, in search of an empty one.
Sirius, however, didn't bother. He stuck his head into the first compartment, where some petrified second years were seated.
"Oi, you three, clear out. I've got the Head Boy here, and he needs a compartment," Sirius ordered nonchalantly.
James grinned in thanks as the kids scrambled out of the compartment like rabbits. Remus did not look pleased, but hauled his trunk inside all the same. Sirius and James followed suit, plonking their bottoms onto the comfortable padded seats.
"So," James said, as if picking up on a previous conversation, "what are we gonna do then?"
Remus gave James a bland look, and made no comment.
"About what? Snivellus? I got a fantastic idea for a prank in the summer holidays. See, what we do first-" Sirius began.
"No, not Snivellus," James interrupted impatiently, "about Lily Evans of course."
Sirius cut short, looking slightly alarmed. Remus, however, decided that now was the time to take part in the conversation.
"Come on James, she hates your guts. Why don't you just go out with one of the hundreds of girls hopelessly in love with you, and forget about her?" Remus spoke wisely.
"No! I love her! She's the most amazing girl I've ever met! For goodness sake, unlike Sirius, I want to date a girl with both stunning looks and good brains."
Sirius looked hurt, "hey, it's not like I want them to be brainless. I just always seem to fall for the brainless type. It's kind of annoying really..."
James rolled his eyes, now that he realised he had set Sirius off on one of his very, very long rants…
Meanwhile, Lily Evans (James's first love) accompanied by her two best friends, was in search of a compartment. She was almost desperate now; they were near the front of the train- there just didn't seem to be an empty compartment left.
"And then she says- I want something serious from this relationship! As if the only reason she got with me in the first place wasn't to pash me! It's insane! All chicks are the same. I'm telling you Prongs," Sirius's loud voice carried throughout the entire carriage.
"Omigod, we cannot go past them. Quick, quick, just choose a compartment and let's sit down," Lily whispered hurriedly.
"Why not, what's the rush?" Lily's best friend, Rose, said, grinning mischievously.
"Because," Lily began angrily, "if we go past them, James will act like an arse, Remus will start laughing hysterically and Sirius will begin wolf-whistling… It's all very embarrassing- come on- let's just sit in this one."
Lily's friend, Priya, held her arm back, holding it painfully tight.
"Are you criminally insane? Look! Charlotte and Sophie are in there- you know what that means…I swear those girls are absolutely bonkers. I'm not going to spend a perfectly good train journey listening to those two wondering about how Sirius Black gets his hair to fall elegantly or some such randomness," Priya hissed.
"Well, I'm not passing James Potter," Lily said dangerously, her hand upon her hips.
Priya, recognising that dangerous glint in Lily's eye, pulled a face, and then hauled her trunk into the compartment, saying brightly, "Hey Charlotte, Soph, mind if we sit here?"
"Sure thing darl," Charlotte replied with a goofy smile, moving her bags off the chairs to make space for the girls.
"Hey guys, hey Lils," Sophie grinned.
Lily looked at her, shocked. While Charlotte was a bit of a bimbo, but nevertheless kind to everyone, Sophie had gone out of her way to make snide comments about Lily's Muggle heritage ever since their first year at Hogwarts.
"You want to play a game with us? We were going to play, but it's like, no fun, with only two of us! Great!" Charlotte gushed, taking their blank expressions for a sign of acceptance.
"It's like, truth or dare, Lils, you first, right?" Sophie said in an oddly nice tone.
Lily couldn't help but smile. Sophie definitely wanted something from her, and if she obliged, it meant the great Sophie Miller would owe her a favour. She made up her mind to play along with their little game.
"Ok then, you only live once, right? Dare," Lily smirked, sounding braver than she felt. Sophie's dares were renowned for being wild and absolutely outrageous.
"Ok," Sophie continued, "you've gotta like, go up and pash James Potter."
Lily froze for a moment, registering what the girl had said. As the words sank in, Lily felt absolutely livid- her eyes flashed dangerously, and Priya, noticing, placed a calming hand on Lily's shoulder.
"Are you insane? Potter's been asking me out since the fourth year. If I kiss him now, he'll think I, I, I, like him!" Lily spluttered.
"Exactly, duh, that's like the point," Charlotte said with characteristic vagueness.
"What she means is," Sophie interrupted, "is that if you get with James, then since we are like, so close, we'll be hanging out with the Marauders a lot more. That means that Charlz and I will be able to get closer to Sirius (here, Sophie paused) and…Remus."
"Ugh, you make me sick! Do you hear me? Absolutely sickening. Those boys are as arrogant as all hell!" Lily yelled.
Rose, however, interrupted, "that's a bit harsh Lils. What about Peter Pettigrew? He's a not that bad, a bit of a wimp, I guess, but he just follows them around."
"That's the worst of it!" exclaimed Lily, "Who's the greater fool- the fool or the fool who follows the fool?"
"Man, that's deep," Charlotte sighed.
Lily ignored her, and continued, "I'm telling you, those boys are nothing but trouble, and you guys should know that by now!"
"That girl is nothing but trouble; you should know that by now!" Sirius exclaimed, as James interrupted his rant for a third time, asking for advice on Lily Evans.
"But I don't get why she doesn't like me," James said, his eyes on his hands.
"Who likes who?" Peter grinned from the door, "Can I sit here?"
"Even if we said no, would that stop you, Wormtail?" Sirius said grudgingly.
Peter considered that to be the most welcoming 'hello' from Sirius he'd had yet, and plonked his chubby buttocks on the seat next to Remus, who had fallen asleep.
"But seriously guys, what should I do? I'm so desperate," James pleaded.
"Well for starters, you've got to start improving yourself on the aspects of you she hates," Sirius advised, trying to suppress a large grin.
Remus opened his eyes, revealing the fact that he wasn't really asleep.
"And that's a really long list too," Remus grinned.
James banged his head against the back of the seat, pulling at his hair.
"Well, shoot. What does she hate about me?"
At this point, Sirius, Peter and Remus could contain their laughter no longer. Sirius was laughing so hard, he fell off his seat, although that may have been because James kicked him rather hard. Remus was wiping away tears from his eyes, looking at James in the way one would at an ignorant child.
"Well?" James asked, not seeing what was so amusing.
"The way you ruffle your hair," Sirius began.
"You always bully Snape."
"You're arrogant, a 'toerag', was it?"
"Yea," Remus laughed, "and you've never really asked her out. You always just tell her to meet you somewhere."
"So?" James cut in.
Sirius moaned, rolling his eyes, "You really are clueless man. It's sorta degrading for a girl. It makes you look...well, conceited, mate. Plus you don't even know the names of those chicks she hangs out with. Mistake number one."
"Why's that?" James questioned, looking slightly interested, now that the boys had given up on recounting Lily's list of insults.
"Well, say she's not at a class, or sick, or something, you can go up to, that pretty one with the dark eyes- Priya, and ask her whether Lily's sick," Sirius explained.
"Yea? And how does that help?" James interrupted.
"Well," Sirius said as if he were explaining something to a baby, "it makes you look like you care. Even if you don't, at least it looks like you do. And that get backs to Lily, and she likes you a little bit more…Theoretically speaking, of course."
James sighed, though what his mates were saying did make sense. Suddenly, something fiery red caught his eye; he looked up, and saw a very determined looking Lily. Sirius and Remus were, for once, absolutely quiet, astounded at the sight of the girl.
"Hey you," Lily almost whispered.
"Err…" James muttered, not knowing what to say. Looking at her brilliant green eyes always made his mind turn annoyingly blank.
That's when It Happened. The Kiss- and what a fiery kiss it was too. James could hardly believe it was happening- she was so beautiful! Remus and Sirius looked on, in complete shock. It was probably the longest period they had spent together, silent.
James began to kiss Lily back, hoping this meant that she liked him as much as he liked her. However, Lily began to pull back.
"How dare you kiss me Potter," she screamed with an angry glint in her eye. Then, she slapped him, and stalked out.
James's jaw dropped, and he simply stared.
"I told you that chick is trouble," Sirius yelled rather smugly, "but you never listen to your ole bud." James for once in his life was completely speechless.
A/N ok, even I can tell that was a lame beginning…AHAHAHA. Review with your opinions PLEASE? Please? With a chocolate sprinkled strawberry on top. It will get better PROMISE. This was more of an introduction into the main characters. Except one who will feature in the NEXT CHAPTER!