Okay, here is the promised new story!

A Complicated Girl: The Power of the Elements

Summary: Lily is a very complicated girl. She isn't popular at school, and is a stickler for rules. At the moment, James really likes her, and even though she admires his determination, she thinks he wants her as a trophy. So he can say that he has gone out with every girl in school, (minus Slytherins) so she has never given in. Not since 4th year. Now, Lily is on her way home after her sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she doesn't have any friends. R&R No flames

Ch.1, The Party Girl

Lily Evans trudged along the corridors of the train, looking for an empty compartment. It had been this way ever since first year, as though people could sense she was going to end up a prefect. Around the middle of the train, she found one and entered. She used a spell to levitate her heavy trunk into the luggage rafter, because it was to heavy to put up there without magic.

As the country side rolled by, she thought about her life. She had many different sides to her. At Hogwarts, she was a loner. She was quiet, and independent. She did what she had to do. She put up with bullying, mainly from the Slytherins. She was the ' Perfect Prefect'. The one who broke up parties when they got to late or out of hand, the one who got top marks. But there was one person who ignited her normally hidden, fiery temper. This person was James Potter, the most big-headed, egotistical, annoying, bullying, prat on the face of the earth.

But at her home in the summer, oh she was a different person. Her parents were never home, and her sister was always out until 7am. That meant she was free to party. With the muggles in her home town, she was the most popular girl, the one with the into-the-morning-parties, the one who sneaked out after curfew. She was the adventurous, troublesome, dance-the-night-away Lily Evans, the Lily that felt better to her than the At-Hogwarts Lily . No one dared to mess with the party girl.

And that's where she was headed now. She had already sent out invites to her annual 'I back from boarding school in Canada' party, as her parents were out on this week-long convention. They were both psychiatrists, but Lily found it strange that they didn't know a single thing about their own daughter.

But even with all these sides to her, she still felt incomplete. At Hogwarts, she had a rep as a bookworm. At home, she had a rep as a Party Girl. For Lily Evans, there was no happy medium.

So when the train stopped, she left in a hurry, after telling the Marauders (three boys who liked to prank, James Potter included with his friends Sirius Black and Remus Lupin) off for telling some poor 1st year that they have to pass a test when they come back so they can be allowed into their house, and left the station to catch a cab.

"Tough luck Prongs, tough luck." Sirius said, shaking his head for a dramatic effect.

"I know. Why does my mom have to be so interested in muggles?" James complained.

"Um, maybe because she works in the Muggle Relations office at the Ministry?" Remus Lupin, the smart one, asked.

"We'll come and visit you as soon as our parents let us." Sirius reassured.

"Yeah. Besides, there might be some cute girls in that muggle town." James said, perking up.

His parents had just informed him that they were temporarily moving to a muggle city for his mother's work. She was to observe teenage muggles and right a report on them.

Remus didn't want to get his friend's hopes up, but there was a chance that James' long time crush Lily Evans was going to be in that city. Supposedly the city they were heading to was brimming with muggle teens, all around Lily's age.

When Lily reached home, she was bid hello and goodbye from her parents, who had to leave right away if they wanted to catch their plane. Petunia was out of the house. Lily smiled to herself, and quickly called everyone she knew. She told them to call everyone they knew, for one reason: Party at Lily's.

Every single teen in Oakville knew Lily Evans. She was the party girl, the rebel, everything opposite of how she was at Hogwarts.

Of course, her parents one standing rule was: no parties. But since when did summer Lily Evans ever listen to rules? So she quickly changed to a pair of bell bottoms, and a multi-coloured halter top. She put her long and curly red hair up in a simple pony tail, and began getting things ready.

In twenty minutes she had everything she needed for a raging party ready and waiting. She had everything prepared in the attic, where her parents never ventured. They were both allergic to spiders. Ten minutes later, people started arriving.

"Lilster! How are you? Is this it? The I'm-Back party?" had been the immediate response on the phone from her best friend Jane Parker. By the time everyone was there, the house was filled with 50 teens, in every room except Lily's. That was the only rule at her parties, no one in her room, because she had magic stuff in it. Not to mention, if anyone ever saw her Prefects badge, her reputation was done for. But she did have a backup plan, just in case. She would say it was Petunia's, and she had just taken it to drive her crazy.

James Potter looked around his knew house for the summer. It was supposedly the only magic house in the city, but that was just his guess.

"James! I need you to figure out where all the muggle teens have gone! The city is practically deserted!" his mother shouted as she came in from her exploration of the city.

"Why do I have to go?" he shouted back.

"Because you're a teen! They would trust you more than an adult!"

James groaned, but decided that if he was going to be here all summer, he might as well get a reputation going. So he grabbed some muggle clothes, and headed out, his Muggle Studies notes buzzing through his head. His mother had made him take the subject, but he wasn't complaining, he understood more about Lily that way.

So he went to where he imagined the usual muggle teen's haunts would be, the mall, the cinema, the park. His mom was right: there were no people his age in sight.

He hesitated as he saw a boy his age rushing around, spilled things laying on the ground. He was acting as if he was late for something. He went over to ask where everyone was.

"What? Oh, you must be new around here. Every year the Party Girl (what Lily is referred as to people who don't remember her name) comes back from boarding school, and the moment that happens, she throws a party. I'm on my way there now, if you'd like to come. I highly suggest you don't pass this up, her parties are the wildest in all of Britain." He said, holding his things in his bag.

James thought a party was a great way to get his rep up, so he agreed. The boy introduced himself as Jason Sanders. As they turned the corner, James heard music. As they got closer to the large white house that was obviously their target, the music got louder. So did the sound of people chatting and dancing.

As they neared, James saw that coloured lights were in the house, hidden by the windows. The music got louder and louder, and when Jason opened the door, James was nearly blasted back by it. He didn't even stop to think that muggle systems don't go this loud, and that the stereo had obviously been magically modified.

He was looking at the raging, bigger-than-his-parties party going on in the living room, and the one meter tall stereo causing all the noise. At the multi-coloured disco ball hanging form the ceiling.

"Come on! I'll introduce you!" Jason said, and pulled him into the crowd. But then, the party suddenly stopped as everyone turned to face the red-head climbing on top of the speaker. James let his mouth drop as he saw Lily Evans, being handed a microphone.

"Okay people, you all know the rules!"

'Of course,' James thought, 'it's probably not going the way she wanted.'

"Rule One: No going in my room, and you all know where that is!"

'Well obviously,' James thought, 'she must have magic stuff in there'.

"Rule Two! No more rules!"

James sat stunned. This can't be Lily Evans, the Perfect Prefect. No more rules? That was not her.

"Now, drinks are over there, and my dear friend, Jane Parker, has already spiked them so you are warned. And- JAMES POTTER WHAT THE ---- ARE YOU DOING HERE!" she finished with a shout, startling everybody.

All eyes in the room turned to James. He immediately put on a cool look, and replied, "Why Lily, what a surprise to see you here! Do you miss me already?"

Everyone 'ooohed'. No one had dared insult the Party Girl before, they had all seen her anger. Of course, once it was official that she didn't like him, no one could like him, or suffer her pranks.

Lily cooled down, realizing her rep needed her to be cool, and relaxed, not get into a shouting match.

"Potter, I don't know what you're doing here, but if you're smart, you'll leave now. Oh wait, can someone kindly escort Potter out, he's not smart you see." Lily responded cooly, living up to her rep.

To James' surprise, everybody laughed, and two of the more bulkier boys there came forward. She had this community wrapped around her finger!

James realized that since he couldn't use his wand, he had no choice but to leave, or fear getting beat up. After he left, he went to the side of the house, and listened.

"So sorry for that my friends, he is just an annoying prat that stalks me at school. Now, as I said, the drinks are spiked, so you're warned, and my parents won't notice a thing if you take food from the fridge. Now Miss Parker over here is holding the bets for the draw on where the next party will take place. I got twenty bucks on the bar!"

"Oh come on Lils, you're planning it!" Jane said with a laugh.

"I didn't say no one else could bet on what I did."

When James left, he found that he had circled the city and ended up a mere street away from his own house. He walked away, thinking.

'That had to be Lily. She's the only one who's reacted to seeing me like that. But that can't be Lily, no more rules? That's just not her. If she likes parties so much, then why does she always close down our parties?' James pondered, as he walked in his door.

"Did you find out where all the muggles are hon?" his mother called out from the kitchen, which was right in front of the entrance.

"All the muggle teenagers are at a party. But mom, the Ministry didn't say anything about a witch in this area, did they?" he called back.

His mother came out of the kitchen. "Why no dear. Why?"

"Remember Lily Evans? Even though I highly doubt it's her, because she was the one throwing the party."

"Oh, you mean the same Lily Evans that has captured you're heart for the past. 3 years?" his father joked, coming from the living room with a Daily Prophet.

James blushed. "I think so, by the way she reacted when she saw me. She has this town's teenage population wrapped around her finger. They do anything she wants."

"Oh James honey, I just remembered. An owl came for you ten minutes ago. It's from one of you're friends." His mother said, and handed him an envelope.

James looked at it, and saw that it was from Sirius. He opened and read it. He was planning to come over at 5:00.

James looked at the time. "Hey mom, is it okay if Sirius stays with us for the rest of the summer?"

"Of course James, when should we expect him?"

BANG

"Now." James said and rushed off to the living room, where Sirius was getting up, and brushing soot off of himself.

"Hey James, hope you don't mind the short notice?" he said with a grin.

"Oh yeah, ten minutes is very good notice." James said sarcastically and helped his friend with his luggage.

Once they got everything up to the guest bedroom, they went downstairs because Sirius said he wanted to explore the town, despite James' warnings that there would be no one there.

"James," Sirius whined, "Why isn't there anybody here?" He was standing in the middle of the deserted mall, empty except for a few adult workers.

"I told you that there was no one here. I explored a few hours ago." James said in an exasperated voice.

"But why isn't there anybody here?" Sirius continued like a little kid.

James rolled his eyes. But he couldn't tell Sirius there was a party going on, without being careful. "Come on, I'll explain at my house."

When he and Sirius arrived back at the Potter residence, they went up to James' room, and sat down.

"Colloportus," James said, locking the door. He turned to Sirius, "Sirius, the reason the town is evacuated is because there is a party going on not far from here."

Sirius jumped up, and while trying to open the door, he was saying, "Why didn't you say so?"

James rolled his eyes and pried his friend away from the door. "Because, the person throwing the party happens to hate me with every fiber of her being. And, she's a witch."

"But Evans wouldn't throw a party," Sirius said, automatically associating 'hate with every fiber of her being' and 'witch' with 'Lily Evans'.

"She's not herself. I'm would say it wasn't her, if I didn't see her, then I would agree with you."

James started pacing. He had to figure out a way to get to know this new Lily. Of course, he knew everything about the old Lily, or so he thought. He knew the Lily that studied, yelled at him, was the teacher's pet, yelled at him, who shut down their parties, and yelled at him.

He realized that he wasn't the ruler of this town. She was.

So, how do u all like it so far? I plan on writing this whole thing out before Christmas, and post it one painstaking chapter at a time. So i don't really know why i'm typing these blurbs now, many of u will be reading this for the first time when it has plenty of chapies already... but u are all going to review when u have read all the chapters posted at the time that u are reading it. RIGHT? looks threateningly at cowering reader

This type in bold has been later added, on December 22nd, 2006.

Well, I'm just about to post. I want to let u know that i have decided to post two chapters at first to get people interested. Now, if you'll excuse me, i have to post this and then continue working on ch13!