Ch. 3: The Second Coming of Hogwarts

The two moved on with their lives and slowly, but surely eased out any doubts about what they were doing. The past (or future) remained guarded in there minds which were only revealed in they sleep.

Lily Marie Evans received her Hogwarts letter on January 30th, 1968. (Okay, so I'm off by three years. I was close!) It so happened that the real Lily was a muggleborn witch like Hermione. That was a relief. Her muggle school was considering skipping her a grade or three. The Evanses were informed by one Minerva Mc Gonagall as to what the wizarding world was and how to interact within it. When she went to Diagon Alley with Lily, it was so absurd to see a child who supposedly had never been to this place know where everything was. Must be psychic. Lily returned from Ollivander's with a Willow wand that was great for charms.

James was doing fine. He made a variable age potion (it included miriam's and jerry's hair) that he drank everyday. Eventually, the ritual (much like hermione's) became instinct. He forgot what it was for as did his parents. They nonetheless continued to buy the ingredients as if they were normal shopping items. Miriam and Jerry were so proud when James got his Hogwarts letter on January 28th. He got the latest broom: Nimbus XS. Unfortunately, first years couldn't have brooms. Appluad, James was stoked. As was his way, he talked incessantly about it until Jerry had to silencio him.

September 1st 1968 soon arrived. Lily was so excited that she did homework that she thought (or subconsciously knew) she would be doing. Actually, she was two months ahead. A little hard work never hurt. She followed the other kids through Platform 9 3/4. After a couple of full compartments, she found girls who looked about her age.

"Hello? May I sit here, please?" asked Lily.

"Sure! I am Narcissa Black." said a blond girl with grey eyes. She pointed to a girl with black hair and grey eyes.

"That is my sister, Bellatrix Black. Just call us Cissy and Bella, if you please." Bella nodded.

"And this, is Rodolphus Lestrange. You are...?"

"I'm Lily Evans!" Lily held out a hand.

"I've never heard of you before. Are you a pureblood?"

"No, I'm muggle born."

"In that case, you many leave, Mudblood." Cissy sneered. Those words that had caught Lily off-guard seemed vaguely familiar. Lily quickly stormed out and slammed the compartment door. She ran to the nearest empty compartment and cried herself to sleep.

A while later a boy with unkempt, jet black hair and hazel eyes opened the door.

James was hopeful about his new school. His parents had just left him off. He hoped he'd make good friends. At random, he picked a compartment. In front of him was what seemed to be a vision of loveliness. The girl had deep auburn hair and it looked as if she had cried her eyes out before going to sleep. He hated to think he had to wake her up. She was an angel. So, he just sat there staring at her, which was for about 15 minutes before a boy with black hair and grey eyes opened the door. He made so much noise that Lily immediately woke up.

"Huh? Wait, where did you two come from? I thought I was in an empty compartment."

"Don't ask me, I just got here. Buddy boy was here before me." Lily shot a look at James as the other boy sat down.

"Well, I didn't want to wake you up, seeing as you were sleeping."

"Oh." Lily's cheeks reddened. "Thanks for not waking me. What are your names?"

"What's yours?" asked the recent newcomer.

"I asked first!" she huffed.

"Fine! I'm Sirius Bla..."he started but was interupted by Lily.

"Another Black! Are you gonna call me names too?" she demanded.

"So that's why you were crying!" exclaimed James.

"You were watching me?" Lily barked. She was kind of creeped out by the possiblilty that James could be a stalker. Beter watch out for him!

"Yes, no, oh...um, nevermind..." He realized he hd crossed a bad line with this witch. Before another thought, he received a good slap in the face. Sirius sniggered as James rubbed his red face.

"Anyway, no. If you think for one moment that I'm like my two idiot cousins, you are sadly mistaken. Unlike them, I have better manners and better looks."

"Someone isn't vain." remarked Lily.

"I'll have you know that I resent that statement." Sirius said in a mock voice.

"So, you admit the truth!"

"No, I just have a good self-esteem!" he retorted back.

"Looks like you need it! I'm Lily Evans." she giggled.

James' face lit up. Lily! His angel was named Lily. James began to daydream of little potters with red hair when Lily disturbed him from his thoughts.

"Well? What's your name?"

"It's James Potter." he quickly said.

"What house do you guys wanna be in? My parents expect me to be in Slytherin like them. I sincerely hope that I'm not in the same house as my cousins." said Sirius.

"My folks were Gryffindors. I'll probably go there. How 'bout you Lily?" asked James.

"I, um, don't know. I read that Raveclaw was a very...eduational-minded house. I wouldn't mind being put in Slytherin either."

"Slytherin? Why would you want to go there?"

"I said I didn't mind, you twat!"

"Where did your parents go?" said James, completely forgetting what she had said before.

"I'm..I'm muggle born." she answered. Understanding had reached both boys after a short silence.

"Oh, well, don't worry. I hope you'll get into Gryffindor, then. I'd be glad if you went there. Maybe our children will go there too!" The others gaped at him.

"I said that outloud, didn't I?" Sirius nodded. Again, silence was prominent.

"Er...I've got to go!" Lily stammered out. "See you two later!" Lily rushed out of a compartment for the second time that day.

"Yeah." both boys responded. When Lily had exited, Sirius spoke up.

"Like that wasn't OBVIOUS!" laughed Sirius.

"Shut up! I don't htink she likes me and it's the first time i've met her!"

"I don't think she's ready for children, mate." Jamed jabbed him. "Ouch!Well, who said you couldn't hope or pray!" Another jab came. "Not a friendly one, are you?"

Two more boys entered the compartment (Remus and Peter). The group became quick friends. They had even plotted a cool prank for their arrival.

Lily promptly went in search for Severus' compartment. Luckily, he was the only one in it.

"Hey! How are you?" asked Lily.

"Fine. Thanks. Do you think we could keep communicaton between us on the low down?"

"Why?"

"I want to make a good impression on all the other Slytherins." Lily was confused. He took note of it and sighed.

"You see, fi I act like the retarted softee I am with you, I will be made fun of and rejected." Severus' apprehension started to make sense to her. He wanted to be accpeted. He wanted to be accepted here, whereas at home, he wasn't.

"Well, don't be too mean to me. After all, I do have feelings. Even though I know you're pretending." A true smile crept to Severus' lips. Lily gave him a wink before she left his compartment. She noticed an older boy with lon blonde hair enter it a few seconds later.

Lily entered another compartment. This time, she stayed for the remainder of the trip in it. She made friends with Alice Dyle, Vera Runespar (2nd yr.), and Margaret "Molly" Specter (7th yr.), who gave her grat advice. Molly was going out with Arthur Weasley and hoped he would propose by the end of the year. After a while, the candy trolley came. Lily was ravished with hunger and brought a lot of stuff.

"Gee, Lily! Are you a bear in disguise?" asked Alice. Lily gave her best look worthy of Medussa.

"It was a joke! Relax!" Alice said reassuringly.

After they had changed, Lily opened the compartment door. To her surprise and disgust, James, who had lost his balance, was there. Before he could stammer an excuse, Lily spoke.

"I don't even want to know why you were there, Potter. Just say the bloody hell away from me!" Lily said in a raised voice that exuded annoyance.

Seemingly out of nowhere, the blonde she saw earlier came. "Is there a problem?" he drawled.

"No, sir." said James. He was shocked to see his biological father so...young.

"I suggest you leave." Lily was about to turn when he intervened. "That was not directed towards you, my dear. What is your name?"

"Lily Evans."

"Where are you from?"

"Surrey."

"You are muggleborn, are you not?"

"Yes, but I hardly think that that is of any relavance."

"Oh, it is my dear. It is of much importance. Meet me after the welcoming feast at the entrance of the Great Hall."

"Why should I?"

"I believe I have some information that would interest you greatly."

"Interest me?"

"Oh, yes. Is it agreed then?"

"Fine."

"Splendid. Until then."

"Wait! What's your name?"

"Lucius Abraxas Malfoy." With that, he left. Lily was very curious as to what was so important.

The prefects announced the train's arrival. The first years were ushered into boats. Outside of the Great Hall, they were lined up. Professor Mc Gonagall took out the Sorting Hat and the sorting started.

"Centuries of teaching to the young, now old

The sly, faithful, quick-witted, and the bold

Have given rise to four houses

Whose colors will shade your blouses

The brave and courageous to Gryffindor they'll go

Or Ravenclaw if it's intelligence you keenly show

While Slytherin prizes whomever the cunning may be

And if you're loyal, it'll be Hufflepuff you'll see

I'll read your soul and brains

You needn't worry about any pains

But beware

When choosing, you must take great care!"

"Abott, Roland!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Black, Narcissa!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Black, Sirius!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

A widespread collective gasp could be heard as he sat down at the red and gold table.

"Boot, Mark!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Brown, Archibald!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Crabbe, Vincent!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Durmont, Kelly!" (male)

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Dyle, Alice!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Evans, Lily"

Intersting, Ah! You are not who you appear to be. No matter! You'd excell in Ravenclaw, but it's better if you're in "GRYFFINDOR!" Lily was somewhat disappointed that she didn't get into Slytherin where Severus was.

"Goyle, Greggory!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Lawrence, Delia!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Lestrange, Rodolphus!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Lewis, Carlene!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Longbottom, Francis!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Lupin, Remus!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Nott, Theodore!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Parkinson, Aldric!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Pettigrew, Peter!" His sorting to a while.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Potter, James!"

Ah, you're also here again. A disguise is easily through by those who know! Gryffindor, this time? All right, then. It'll be "GRYFFINDOR!" He sat down next to Sirius. They high-fived each other and had continued plotting. Every now and then, he'd look at Lily and sigh.

"Snape, Severus!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Smythe, Baudouin!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Torrle, Camille!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Voltern, Bryce!" (female)

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Wallace, Paisley!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The sorting ceremony was finally finished.

Whispers were quickly passed between Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter. Remus had sandy-blond hair and brown eyes. Peter was a small pale blond boy with watery blue eyes.

Lily was too busy chatting with Alice to realize the four boys 3 seats to her left wre plotting. She distinctly thought she saw James look towards her, but she burshed it off. All of suddenk her voice became a bass tone which was far from her usual soft, willowy soprano voice. Lily immediately covered her mouth. She looked over at the four boys who were laughing and she realized that it was them. She took the fork from her and and stabbed the table. Everybody's eyes widened in shock as the wondered what she would do next. With a hard thrust, she pulled the fork from where she had embedded it and raised it above her head. She looked like a right out mad woman.

"You! You! You did this to ME! How dare you..you little insignificant toerag! Arggh!" she screamed at James.

At this pint, James had gotten out of his seat and was slowly backing off. Lily saw this and started chasing after him with the fork out of the Great Hall. The whole of the hall was cracking up in laughter.

"Enough!" said Professor Dumbledore. The hall quieted down. He instructed Mc Gonagall to go follow the pair.

It was fortunate for James that Mc Gonagall reached the them when she did. Lily was about to kill him. Her hands were at his throat and she was screaming bloody murder.

"That will be enough, Miss Evans." said Mc Gonagall in a stern voice. Lily quickly let go of James.

"What happened. Explain yourselves."

"He changed my voice!" yelled Lily in her new baritone.

"Is that so, Mr Potter?"

"Well, you see.. it was an accident!"

"And why would that be?"

"I wanted to make her voice sound like the beautiful angel she is!" Mc Gonagall and Lily just looked at him curiously.

"I think I said too much."

"That is an understatement. You will be serving detention tomorrow night with Mr. Filch. Miss Evans, I will escort you to the Hospital Wing. When I return, you and I will have a nice long chat, Mr. Potter. Now, go back to the feast. He didn't move. "This instant, Mr. Potter!" she said in a rather loud voice. That made him move.

James walked back morosely to the Gryffindor table. "I blew it big time!"

"Blew what?" asked Peter.

"Nothing." James muttered.

"Maybe if you had gotten her flowers, she might have not attacked you!" chuckled Sirius.

"Shut up, Sirius!"

"You know, he has a point, James." said Remus.

"Yeah,yeah,yeah. But now, I don't know if she'll ever talk to me again!"

"Well, there's one thing you do know." said Sirius.

"And what's that?"

"She hates your guts." James promptly kicked Sirius in the shin.

"Ouch, mate! If you keep that up, everybody will hate you."

"Oh, bugger off."

The rest of the meal was uneventful. James was dreading hismeeting with Mc Gonagall. As if it were clockwork, she appeared when he was done.

"Brace up, mate. Oh, and one thing!" asked Sirius.

"What?" said an irritated James.

"Can I have your Nimbus XS if you die?" Unfinished potatoes were thrown.

"Ah, Jamie! Now I have to wash my beautiful hair!"

"It won't be beautiful when I'm down with you. Oh, and never call me that Merlin forsaken nickname ever again!" The other boys sniggered.

"Hurry up, Potter!" said Mc Gonagall.

James silently followed Mc Gonagall as they heades to her office and obeyed when she instructed him to sit.

"Now, Mr. Potter, I am aware that you ...like Miss Evans. However, this is not the correct way to catch her attention. Flowers, chocolates, owls- these are more acceptable courting methods. Do not get me wrong, though. I believe you and Miss Evans are far too young to be dating. Until then, think about what I've told you. Why don't we forget about this and your detention, shall we. Hmm? It's only the first day, after all... You are dismissed, Mr. Potter. Good night."

"Night, professor." James saw that Sirius was outside wating for him.

"How did you find me?" he asked.

"I asked a prefect. Wouldn't have wanted to go to your funeral. I think I'm starting to like you, even if you're obsessed with Evans."

"Nah. I'm not obsessed. Just enthusiastic."

"The way you're enthusiastic fits the definition of obsessed extremely well."

"Okay, so I went overboard. I feel, I feel so...I can't explain it. She does things to me."

"Mate, I like you and all, but don't enlighten me about what kind of things she does to you. It's the first day and I don't want to be haunted or tainted by disturbing thoughts."

"I didn't mean that, stupid. I meant...I'm not sure what I meant."

"I gotcha. You're in love with her. Just don't drool the next time you see her. It gets terrible old very quick. By the way, what did she tell you?"

"Well, she said the same thing you did." Sirius had a confused look on his face.

"What did I say?"

"About the flowers."

"Oh, yeah, that. Brilliant, aren't I?"

"Only second to me, though." his friend snorted.

"I beg to differ. Who was right?"

" You."

"That's right, mate. Don't you forget it!"

"Knowing you, I won't."

"What's that Jamie?"

"Oh, stuff it."

"That's what I thought." Both were silent for a minute or so.

"Thanks, Sirius."

"No problem. I like to exercise my therapist skills. Especially for those who need them."

"I DO NOT NEED THERAPY!"

"Denial, denial, denial."

"Oh, please."

"So, when's your detention."

"She canceled it."

"That's good to know. Can't have a fellow plotter missing the action, can we?"

"What action and where?" Sirius proceeded to tell James the plans the he and the others were cooking up they walked to the first years' Gryffindor dorm.

Madame Pomfrey allowed Lily to go when she was finished reversing the spell. Lily went straight to the Great Hall to find Lucius. True to his word, he was there.

"Ah, Lily. So glad to see you've come. Quite the preformance you gave with Potter."

"Hopefully, I'll barely see his face for the next seven years."

"Somehow, I highly doubt that. No one can stay away from a pretty witch like you for long." Lily giggled.

"Why, thank-you, Lucius!"

"It's the truth!"

"What was it that you wished to speak to me about?"

"Let's go to a place more...private, shall we?" The walked in silence intill they came to the room Lucius said was call the Room of Requirement. He was the first to speak.

"It's a place that conjours up anything you ask it and appears as you wish it to be." Presently, he wished it to have a couch, a small table, and some tea.

Green-eyed Lady by Sugarloaf

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Author's note: I'm not sure if these are all the correct words. I couldn't find it on lyric search engines so I had to go from hearing. I'm sorry if I got it wrong.