K, so I promised I'd update this week, and so, I am. I hope you guys (or at least whoever reads these friggen things) enjoy this. I really don't care who reviews to this, but I would appreciate if you spread this around a little bit (or a lot)! In this chapter, Lily and Remus will be havng their conversation (if you can call it that), and then they will arrive for the Welcoming Feast. Then they will go into their dorms (though, it will focus on Lily) and then the chapter will end. Let's begin.
-Starlight1746

"Hey-hey Lily! Lily! Come 'ere!" James screamed across the crowd.

Lily turned, saw him, and then noticed Remus waving as well. She pointed a few First years in the correct direction before pushing her way through the crowd over to Remus and James. Remus motioned for an empty carriage and Lily, after eying James with suspicion, climbed in.

"James, I'll tell you later, I swear." He then climbed in after Lily.

"So, Lily… you were saying something before?" Remus asked as the carriage door was slammed shut.

"Yeah, um, you, full moon, wolf, James, uh, a deer, and, uh, you know, Peter-a-mouse-and-Sirius-a-dog!" She slurred the last part quickly, but she knew that Remus had understood her.

He bit his lips, then went off explaining about how he had become a werewolf, how his friends-James, Sirius, and Peter-had found out. He explained how, rather than abandoning him, they had worked to become Animugus. How, the year before last, they had finally figured it out and now they spent every full moon with him as animals. They arrived at the school, but neither of them stirred and Lily looked like she was in utter disbelief. She stood, opened the door, then left. She was at the entrance to the school before he had eve stepped out of the carriage.

James, Sirius, and Peter met Remus at the entrance to the school, but he shook his head to say 'not now'. They went into the Great Hall, and sat near Lily, who sprung up as though she was sitting on a porcupine. She walked over to the front of the room, toward the High Table, and threw them a look of pure loathing before she sat down and busied herself talking with her friends from the train.

The First years arrived, Hagrid leading them into the room-for a change-up to where the Sorting Hat sat on its three-legged stool. The rip at the bottom (the mouth, for all intents and purposes) opened and bellowed its song to the whole hall:

"A THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE OR MORE
I WAS NEWLY SEWN
A HAT OF THE BRAVE GRYFFENDOR, WAS I
NOW HOGWARTS WAS SOON BORN AND THE CREATORES FOUR
GRYFFENDOR THE BRAVE
RAVENCLAW OF SUPER THOUGHTS
HUFFLEPUFF, A WORKER HARD
SLYTHEREN THE CUNNING

NOW THESE CREATORS FOUR WOULD ACCEPT
EACH STUDENT TO THEIR HOUSE
THEN ONE DAY THE THOUGHT WAS SAID,
'WHO WILL CHOSE WHEN WE ARE GONE AND DEAD?'
SO GRYFFENDOR WIPPED ME OFF HIS HEAD AND
EACH ADDED IN SOME BRAINS
SO NOW I CHOOSE WHAT HOUSE YOU'LL BE
YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR ALLIES
UNITE, I SAY UNITE FOR ONE AND ALL!"

The hat bowed once to each of the tables, and then Lily noticed that both McGonagal's seat, and the DADA teacher's seat were vacant tonight. Dumbledore rose and cleared his throat; the whole Hall fell silent at once.

"Welcome, to another year at Hogwarts. Before we begin, I'd like to point one thing out: this year we have a few… changes to our life here. Curfew, for all students will be made earlier by one hour. No students will go onto the grounds after dark. Also, Mr. Filch would like to inform you that any object he-or any of the teachers-deems a Dark Artifact shall be confiscated. If the object is proved otherwise, you will receive it back with an apology; if it is deemed Dark-and I hope that no one will be accused of this-than disciplinary action will be taken at once. Now, I invite you to eat!" he clapped his hands together and the golden plates filled with food at once.

The hall filled with talk, though mostly everyone was so hungry people weren't as chatty as usual (which was strange for a Welcoming Feast). James kept looking up and throwing glances at Lily, who threw glances to Remus, who was nervous that he kept dropping his food onto his lap. Finally, the plates cleared and Dumbledore rose once more.

"Now, I have a few more start of term announcements before I send you on your way. This year, the Defense Against the Dark Arts position will be filled by an Auror by the name of Firnesiscio Deavaon, who will not be arriving until tomorrow morning. Also, Professor McGonagal is away on an important matter, though she will be back tomorrow as well. Defence Against the Dark Arts is compulsorily for all students for at least one term, though you do not need to take NEWTS if you don't want to for that. Now, I wish you all a good night's sleep; off you go!" Everyone stood, and began to shuffle out of the Hall.

No one noticed that Tami (Tamestria) had stood up and shoved her way over to the Slytherin table and sat down by Severus Snape.

"Hey, Sev!" She said.

Severus looked at her and raised his eyebrows, his black raven-like eyes questioning.

"Why didn't you respond to my owls this summer? I only sent you like thirty."

"I was busy" He replied dully.

She rolled her eyes as he sighed. She then pushed a small slip of parchment into his hands and muttered, "tomorrow at nine" before leaving the Great Hall.

Of course, she knew that Severus's father had been abusing him over the summer, and that he couldn't wait until he left Hogwarts and could become a Death Eater. He, however, didn't know that she had strong connections with Sirius's mother, and already had a task. She reached the portrait of the Fat Lady and muttered the password.

When she got up to her dorm, she smiled at Lily, who had been waving.

"Tami, where were you? You were standing right next to us when we left." Lily said.

"Oh, well, I mean, you never really talked to me much before, and I didn't think you'd mind if I talked to a few of my Ravenclaw friends." Tami said. Lily and her had never exactly been friends, and they generally stayed away from each other, minus the fact that they shared the same dorm.

"Yeah, well. It's our Seventh year, and I feel kinda bad about never really talking to you." Lily said, blushing.

"So, you dating Remus Lupin again?" Tami asked, quickly changing the subject.

"What?" Lily asked, sure that she had heard Tami wrong.

"I saw the two of you come out of the compartment on the train together, well, one after the other at least. You went out back in Fifth year, but I don't remember you two officially ending it."

"No-I-we were better as friends. That's it." Lily said firmly.

As they laid down, Tami's mind began to whizz. Okay she thought James will attempt to start dating Lily this year-again. It doesn't matter if they do start going out, but I have to make sure to get my say in-which shouldn't be hard. Lily absolutely HATES James. Peter... that would be easy. He was weak, and his will would bend with the mere prod of her pinky. Yes, Peter would be easy. Remus-well, after the bit of information I had gotten earlier today, I can hold that over him. Sirius, he would be simple as well. He liked having one-shot girlfriends, and if Tami couldn't play with a boy's feelings than Hogwarts was filled with jelly. Lily, of course, I would need to befriend even more this year. Eurgh. A Mudblood if I ever saw one. This year was going to have some twists and turns, but it would end well. For ALMOST everyone.

Tami fell asleep shortly after that.

Yeah, sorry that that chapter was so short. The next chapter will be with Remus and James's conflict. Oh, and don't be confused, Lily Evans is one of my favourite characters, and I don't share my view of her with Tami. Sorry about the Song, I know it sucks. Until later, Starlight174