A/N: Hope you guys liked the last chapter! On a completely different note, I'm going to try and update whenever I can. Be warned, that could mean every few weeks!
Chapter 2
"New Start"
As Lily was riding to Hogwarts in the horseless carriages, she got her first view of the castle since the beginning of the summer. Lily could feel the excitement building in her stomach as they got closer and closer.
Lily and her friends walked through the Entrance Hall, to the Great Hall where they sat at the Gryffindor table with the rest of their housemates. Just before the first years entered the hall to be sorted, James and his friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew entered the hall and sat across and next to Lily and her friends.
"Where were you guys?" Lily whispered to James, who just happened to be sitting next to her.
"We were setting up our Welcoming Feast prank." He said with a slight smirk.
Lily thought he might have expected her to berate him or something like that, but she just smiled and looked away. The sorting soon started, and by the time they were finished everyone in the hall was starved. Dumbledore stood up from his chair at the Staff Table, and as usual, said "I have a few announcements, but first, let us enjoy this magnificent feast."
Lily turned towards the table, where food had magically appeared on the golden plates. She smiled and put a little bit of everything on her plate. While she was eating, she felt James' arm brush hers. A wave of butterflies flew through her stomach, and she blushed a deep red. Alice, who had been watching their interactions, winked at Lily, and went back to her food. After the desserts appeared and were eaten, Dumbledore stood to give the beginning-of-term announcements.
"To our newest students, welcome! To our returning students, welcome back! As usual, the Forbidden Forest is indeed, forbidden. Mr. Filch has also added Dungbombs to the forbidden items list. The whole list can be seen in his office. Our newest teacher is Professor Brookside, teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Good luck Professor!"
A woman Lily had not seen when she walked in stood up and bowed. Professor Brookside was slim, but curvy . She had blonde hair which was tied in a ponytail at the top of her head. Her robes were quite revealing, and most boys in the hall could be seen staring in awe at her. Surprisingly to Lily, James Potter was not one of those boys. He continued to look at Professor Dumbledore attentively. Lily knew he had something planned, but could not understand what was going to happen.
As soon as Dumbledore spoke again ("Quidditch tryouts will be held sometime between now and the end of September."), the candles above the house tables began to flicker, and soon went out. Some of the younger students began to scream, but almost as soon as the candles went out, they came back to life. The only difference in the hall was that every person looked completely different.
Lily turned to James, and noticed that he had red hair like hers, bright blue eyes, and less defined cheekbones. She grinned when she saw him.
"What did you do? This is fantastic!"
"We found a spell that shows your recessive traits, and we managed to spell the food so that everyone would change. For example, you have light blonde hair and brown eyes."
She looked around the hall and saw some of the funniest things. Dumbledore had blonde hair with dark brown eyes, while McGonagall had dark auburn hair with blue eyes. The funniest had to be Severus Snape, he had light brown hair, with blue eyes.
Dumbledore finally got everyone's attention, and quickly sent them to bed. As the students returned to their common rooms, everyone was buzzing about the newest prank.
Lily walked with Marlene, Mary and Alice to the common rooms where they quickly went up to the dorms to discuss the events that had transpired that day.
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"So what were you and Alice talking about on the train?" Marlene inquired as soon as the door of their dorm was closed.
"Well, Alice asked if I liked James, and I said it was more of a crush. She asked when I realized it, which was after I received his letter about an apology. She asked if I was going to do anything about it, which I said no, because he probably doesn't like me anyways, and that was it."
Marlene and Mary were staring at Lily, deep in thought, when Alice said "I think they would be cute together, but I don't know if James likes you."
Marlene then blurted out, "He's been in love with you since second year!"
Everyone turned to look at her.
"You remember that brief time when I dated James last year?" All the girls nodded, "Well he told me when we broke up that he had been in love with Lily since second year, and he couldn't stay in a relationship because of it. He also swore me to secrecy until you liked him back."
Lily was feeling nauseous now. She had hoped that maybe James had liked her, but love? She was definitely not expecting that. Lily collapsed on her bed and stared at her curtains while the other girls discussed how probable it was that James still loved Lily.
"He probably has decided that a friendship is as far as their relationship is going to go. She has been denying his requests for a date for over four years."
"After four years, I would still expect him to love her. Would he just go on and start long someone else after loving her for so long?"
"I think she should give it a shot."
At this, Lily sat straight up and immediately yelled "No!"
"I don't want to take any chances. If by Christmas he has had no girlfriends or flings, and I still have interest in him, I will tell him. Otherwise, I want you to leave it. It doesn't matter anyways."
"Okay," all the girls said. They were all sure that she would still have feelings for him by Christmas. Slowly, the four best friends got ready for bed and were soon fast asleep, ready for classes in the morning.
A/N: Hope you liked it! I think I'm posting two in a day! Yikes! How bad is it that I've been writing practically all day on Christmas? My parents are probably going to take away my laptop soon, but lets hope not. Cross your fingers for another chapter in a few hours!