Lily's POV
Alice and I enjoyed the rest of our journey to Hogwarts. When the train finally pulled up, Alice and I bounded out of the carriage eagerly and onto the platform. We stood there, mystified by the beauty of the huge castle. As we were standing there with our mouths open, we suddenly heard someone yell out. "First years, first years, over 'ere! Come on now! Hurry up yeh lot!"
Alice and I spun around and came face to face with this giant man. Alice leaned over and whispered in my ear, "My sister told me about him. His name is Hagrid and he works as the gamekeeper at the school."
I noticed Alice quivered a little. I sort of see her point. I mean, it's not every day you see a half-giant (I read about giants and werewolves and other creatures in a book I found when we were getting my school stuff). But for some reason, he didn't scare me. I walked to the front of the group and smiled up at the huge man, who smiled back down at me.
"Hi Hagrid! My name is Lily Evans, this is my friend Alice Prewett," Alice smiled weakly here, "and we can't wait to get to Hogwarts. Can you tell us about it? What's it like?"
Hagrid answered as he lead Alice, me and the other first years to the boats that would take us up to the school (I read that in Hogwarts: A History) "Well, you see Miss Evans," said Hagrid, "Hogwarts is amazing. Yeh learn all about magic and how to do transfiguration and charms. Me personal favourite when I was at school was Defense against the Dark Arts. But at Hogwarts yeh have the greatest memories and the greatest times yeh'll ever have anywhere. And Dumbledore's a great man. Yeh right lucky to have him as headmaster. Greatest man I ever knew, 'part from me own Dad," Hagrid said.
"Oh, I can't wait to start," I squealed, Alice nodding as well, "Oh, and Hagrid, please, call me Lily," I said, smiling at Hagrid.
Hagrid chuckled. "Alright then Lily," he said, winking at me.
We stopped at the beginning of the lake and Hagrid turned to the rest of the group. "Now yeh lot, listen up, cos I'm only gonna say this once, ya hear? All of yeh need to get into the boats and. No more than four to a boat. When each of the boats has been filled, they'll take yeh all to the Entrance hall where yeh'll meet Professor McGonagall. No pushing or shoving anyone into the lake, cos if I see it, yeh'll be following them into the water. Understand?"
We all nod at Hagrid. Then there's a little bit of a mad scramble for the boats. I lose hold of Alice in the fray and get pushed inside an empty boat. I sit there, waiting for it to fill up. I spaced out a little, so I didn't notice when the boat was filled, unbeknownst to me, by three boys. When the boats start moving, I turn around to see who's in my boat. I gasp at what I see.
"Potter, Black! Why must you insist on forcing your presence upon me," I screeched, hardly willing to believe Merlin hated me so much that he was constantly sticking me with these two.
"Relax Lils; we only came here because there weren't any other boats available. By the way, we would like you to meet Remus Lupin, our friend who was sane enough to not come with us when we went on our quest to find the perfect girl to ask out," Potter said, his stupid smirk still on his face.
"Potter, it is Lily to you. Only my friends get to call me Lils, and we are as opposite from friends as anyone can possibly be," I said.
"Ouch," Sirius muttered.
I continued without looking at him at all. "And secondly Potter, I would hope that after what happened on the train that you would leave me alone, because I can tell you, it can, and will, get much much worse," I threatened him, my sparkling emeralds never leaving his golden orbs.
Now that that was sorted, I turned my attention to Lupin. "Hi," I said brightly, "I'm Lily Evans."
"Remus Lupin. How do you do?" he asked politely, the polar opposite to his two friends.
"I'm good thank you. Gosh, I can't wait to get up to the castle, can't you? Just think of all the cool stuff we get to do," I gushed at him.
Remus nodded his head reverently. "I know, it will be absolutely amazing, from what everyone has told me," he said.
We continued with our harmless chatter for a little bit, Potter and Black starting their own conversation, probably sensing that ours wasn't going to let up anytime soon. I was really starting to enjoy his company when our chat shifted to classes and which ones would we like the most.
"I personally can't wait to start Charms and Astronomy. Charms is just fascinating, and Mr. Ollivander told me when I bought my wand that it was good for charm work, so maybe I will be to, since it chose me. But Astronomy should be good as well. I absolutely love the stars. Oh, and I love setting out in the grass and trees watching a full moon. It always seemed so magical to me. Do you like watching the mo..." I stopped, staring at Remus, whose demeanour had changed from open and friendly to abrupt and stressed.
"Remus, is something wrong?" I asked, looking worriedly at my new friend.
"No Lils everything is fine. I'm just not a big fan of Astronomy, that's all. Never did like the moon," he said lightly, trying to hide something from me, I could tell.
I lent in closer to him, my hair becoming a veil between us and Potter and Black, who had now moved onto discussing Quidditch in great detail. I looked at him levelly in the eye and whispered, "Remus, what are you hiding? And don't say 'nothing' because even though I haven't known you for long, I can tell that you're not saying something. Please tell me Remus," I said, trying to get his attention.
I don't know what caused me to become so serious all of a sudden, but I could sense that this was something really big.
"Don't worry Lily. I know that you know that there is something happening with me, but I can't tell you right now. Please trust me though that it is nothing to worry about," he said, smiling slightly to me.
I nodded my head and he grinned at me, silently thanking me for not bringing it up any further. I could tell he didn't want to speak about something, but I was going to watch Remus a little over the next months and see if he does anything that looked suspicious.
Hmm, what could Remus be hiding? I didn't know, but I was going to find out, and I silently swore to myself that i would be there for him, no matter what. I was stunned a little by the ferocity of this silent statement, but I quickly discounted it as nothing. I mean, I was a witch now, so odd things are bound to happen.
