Chapter 1 First Encounter

Lily Evans could barely contain her excitement and nervousness. When she got her Hogwarts letter she failed to see the jealousy in her sister's eyes. Her parents were so proud and after dragging the girls to get Lily's things for school on September 1, they made their way to platform 9 3/4. Lily was amazed while her sister was seething and muttering about freaks. She tried to not listen but it still hurt. She didn't ask for magic, it just happened.

"Come on Tuney, let's see what animals are around." Lily said with a smile. Petunia sighed and rolled her eyes. She wasn't thrilled about this and she just wanted to leave as quickly as possible. She turned to do just that when Lily reached out to her and grab her wrist. "Don't worry Tuney, I'm still me no matter what." Petunia sighed and shook her head, trying her hardest to not hurt her sister. She wrenched herself free and walked away and left the station. Lily was about to run after her but...

"Whoa! Watch out!" A boy with messy black hair and hazel eyes yelled. Lily's eyes widened and she jumped out of way. But her trunk was hit, quite hard. The boy just zoomed away and Lily bit back her anger, trying to get everything back in. She heard two sets of foot steps which stopped in front of her and she looked up. One she recognized right away.

"Severus!" She greeted with a smile. The dark haired boy smiled at her and gave her a hug. The other boy, was quietly observing but she hid a blush. He was blond and fairly cute.

"What happened?" Severus asked.

"Some goofy looking kid crashed into my trunk." Lily huffed. "Talk about a hit and run. But my things..." The boys stopped her from saying anything else and helped her gather her things and helped her put her things onto the train. With a last wave to her family and a smile, she followed the two boys to their compartment and they were off to school. When they were settled in and the trolley witch came, she watched the boys buy sweets but she wasn't sure on what she wanted at first. Then she saw something that looked like quills and as soon as she reached out for them, they were snatched up by the same boy who crashed into her things!

"Hey, I saw those first!" She said angrily. The boy smirked.

"Hey you snooze you lose." He said walking away with the quills. Lily's blood boiled and she picked up the first thing she saw, a heavy looking tome and putting all her might and anger into it, clocked him in the back of the head, knocking him out. Severus bit back a laugh and the blonde's eyebrows raised. She went to the fallen boy and picked up the quills.

"Who's snoozing now?" She said with a smirk. With that and picking up the tome, the trio left and enjoyed the rest of the train ride.

The boat ride went without incident as well as making it to the Great Hall, where Headmaster Dippet and Deputy Headmaster Dumbledore were awaiting the first years. Lily waited her turn.

"Evans, Lily." The Deputy Headmaster called. Lily held her head up high and sat down. The Hat thought for a moment before saying a word.

"My you are difficult. Not a bad mind, loyal to your friends, kind and gentle and yet, a thirst to prove yourself. I wonder...Ah, here we are, you have friends waiting for you in SLYTHERIN!"

Lily removed the hat and joined Severus and the blonde, who had saved a seat for her as if they knew. As she neared, the blonde rose from his seat and made sure she was seated before he returned to his own.

"Thank you," She said politely. The blonde smiled and nodded. She was about to say something else when a pissed off boy, the one she clocked on the train approached the table.

"You hit me with a damned book?!" He asked sharply. The rest of the Slytherins snickered at that and Lily smirked.

"You needed to be taught a lesson." She answered. "First you crash into my things and your didn't even care to apologize or help with the cleaning and then you took the sweets I wanted. Who the hell do you think you are?" The boy looked shocked at this but stood his full height and smirked.

"I'm James Potter." He said proudly. Lily was not impressed.

"And that's supposed to mean something?" She asked in a bored tone. Again he was shocked and the Slytherins snickered. This made James angry and he walked away, silently fuming. Severus and the blonde looked at each other then burst out laughing. Lily joined in and they shared a good five minutes of laughter. The blonde actually smiled and extended his hand.

"I'm impressed. No one other than Severus and I have the gall to stand up to Potter. Until today. I'm Lucius Abraxas Malfoy and it's a pleasure to meet you." Before he changed his mind, Lucius took her hand and lightly kissed it. They both shared a shy blush. Severus just watched them but said nothing on the matter, at least not in front of Lily.

When the feast was done and Lily was escorted to the female dorms, Severus made his move.

"Lucius," He warned, "Lily's my best friend, you better not hurt her." The blonde raised an eyebrow at his friend's tone. He had never been this passionate about a person. This made the young aristocrat curious. Was it just friendship or was there something more brewing? The blonde put the questions into the back of his mind and nodded.

"Don't worry Severus, I would never hurt her."

"See that you don't Lucius or there will be hell to pay." After that, the two boys settled in for the night while in Gryffindor Tower, a certain Potter was planning his revenge on the red head. He wasn't going to hurt her, for that was not his cup of tea, but he was going to humiliate her as she humiliated him. The firey red head didn't know who she was dealing with and James was more than willing to educate her.

'Oh yea, get ready Red,' He thought with a smirk. 'Time to play hard ball.'