Lily smiled nervously at her older brother when she walked back into the compartment he was in. He grunted at her and her face fell.

"Ignore him Twitch," Reggie said, and moved aside so she could resume her place between them. Lily sat down in silence, she looked at Sirius with a sad expression on her face, Sirius scowled.

"Padfoot, really," Remus said slightly annoyed he was treating Lily in such a way.

"Don't talk to me Lupin." Sirius growled.

"What is your problem!" Lily hissed.

"I know what you two did!" Sirius growled, he looked so angry, it would have scared Lily usually but not today, not now in this situation.

"And what the hell do you think we did?" Lily screeched. She didn't care she if she was causing a scene in front of her brothers friends, he was being an arse.

"You were- you were... You were being a slut!" Sirius yelled. SMACK! Lily had smacked him, bloody hard too, there was a bright red hand print on his face, and both of them were breathing heavily.

"Sirius there is a major difference between you and me," Lily hissed through gritted teeth. "That being while you sleep around and get drunk and other incredibly stupid stuff, I happen to have some self respect! I could never be classed as a slut! I do not appreciate being called one by someone like you!" Sirius could see the tears welling in her eyes, and then running down her cheeks, he regretted saying what he had. With that she got up and stalked out of the room, there was deathly silence for a few seconds before anyone moved.

"You wanker." Regulus suddenly spat and then went running after his sister. Sirius was sat in shock, and then glared at Remus, who was shaking his head. He got up and walked out of the compartment, but as he reached the door he turned around and looked at Sirius angrily.

"Just so you know, I didn't even snog her. We kissed a few times before sitting down and talking about our favourite bands. If that makes her a slut then what the fuck are you?" Remus spat and then stormed out of the compartment.

"And award for the biggest idiot, and nastiest brother of the year, yes it goes to Sirius Black!" Mars called out, glaring at Sirius.

"You just made a huge mistake." Allie said nastily.

"I-I Thought... You know what Remus is like." Sirius grounded out.

"Yeah, he's a decent bloke." Nay said. "Do you know what Lily is like, because if you had even a hint of what she's like you'd know nothing happened."

"Even I knew nothing happened." Dorcas said, feeling a little sorry for Lily.

"Well it seems she's got the girls on her side at the very least." Severus said with a sigh.

"More so, it appears, then her own brother." Lucius added, looking quite surprised at the whole situation.

"I know Lily better then anyone else!" Sirius growled.

"Padfoot, mate, then why did you accuse her of being a slut?" James asked, his brows were knitted, he looked confused, and he was looking at Sirius like he had never seen him before.

"You just don't understand." Sirius said with a great sigh. "Lily is this little innocent girl, who hasn't been corrupted by all this, and now she's in the middle of it all. I love you girls, but I don't want Lily to be like you." Sirius said honestly to his four best girl mates.

"Sirius, she isn't like us." Nay said. "She's nothing like us."

"Don't listen to him Twitch." Regulus said, wrapping his arms around his sobbing sister. "He's an idiot, soon he'll realise he was in the wrong." He looked up when the door opened and Remus was standing there, he was uncertain whether to let Remus comfort Lily or to tell him to go away, he decided that Lily liked him enough, and that Remus would probably know more then he did, after all it was usually Sirius who comforted lily when she was upset.

Regulus stood up and let Remus take his place, which he did immediately, and soon managed to calm Lily down.

"You're not anything like what he said you were Lily, you're brilliant." Remus whispered into her ear, and feeling awkward Regulus left, and walked back to where Sirius would be, so he could beat the crap out of his older brother.

"H-he called me a..." But Lily wouldn't say it, she didn't want to. She also realised she probably sounded like a baby. Sniffing she pulled away and swiped at her eyes, and tried to clean herself up a bit, but Remus stopped her, he took her hands in his own once more and looked at her again.

"You aren't a slut, you couldn't be if you tried. You're a beautiful person inside and out." Remus said softly. "Do you want to stay here for a bit?" Lily nodded, and instinctively lay her head on his lap, and let him stroke her hair.

"Aw isn't it cute?" A girls voice whispered in the darkness, Lily yawned and opened her eyes slightly to see Mars and Nay standing in the doorway, Lily jumped up.

"What time is it?" Lily asked.

"Late." Mars replied giggling. "Come on you better change." She handed Lily a bag and pointed the way to the girls toilets, while Nay poked Remus until he woke up.

"I hope you realise you are going to have to tell her about your furry problem, don't you Mooney." Nay said as Remus watched Lily walk down the corridor.

"Yeah, but that doesn't come into play for another month now." Remus said hesitantly.

"Shes got to know, otherwise it's going to put a strain into the relationship." Mars said sadly.

"You have to tell her." Nay said finally.

"Not just yet." Remus sighed.

"Soon."

When Lily finally got into her robes, which were a bit boring compared to her usually Beauxbatons uniform, she made her way to the compartment that she and Remus had been in, when she found it empty she reluctantly went back to the first compartment and smiled weakly at Reggie.

"You're wearing the wrong shoes." Dorcas said pointing to her gorgeous emerald green silk pumps.

"Yeah." Lily said smiling, she sat down next to Remus, and away from Sirius.

"They look great with the black." Nay said grinning. "They'd look great with the Slytherin robes."

"I've got a pair in every colour." Lily said grinning sheepishly.

"I remember that!" Reggie exclaimed laughing. "Your dad went mental when you came home with like fifty pairs of shoes." Nay laughed as Lily blushed.

"I may have a little thing for shoes." She said sheepishly but everyone just laughed, but not at her.

"A little thing? Little is about ten shoes total, a thing for shoes is buying a pair every time you go out, a huge thing is when you buy fifty pairs in one trip." Dorcas said. She laughed as Lily blushed some more, but this time it was because Remus had wrapped his arms around her shoulder and pulled her closer to him. She slipped her shoes off and tucked her feet beneath her, snuggling close to Remus.

It took, perhaps, another half an hour before the train even started to slow, fifteen minutes after that they got off the train, Remus held Lily's hand in his own as Sirius tried not to glare, it was mean to be his job to escort Lily up to the school. Sighing, he walked, defeated, to the carriages and watched annoyed as Remus helped Lily up. At some point, he did feel a bit sorry for Prongs, who he knew was interested in Lily, and she hadn't even spared him a second glance, which was something James was not used to and was probably a big knock back for him.

Lily smiled as Remus held her hand through the carriage trip, she rested her head on his shoulder, and sighed happily, she certainly hadn't expected to find herself smitten with one of Sirius' friends of all people, but right now she was so happy, and that's all that mattered right now.

Finally they reached the castle and Lily gasped at the sight before her eyes, the castle was stunning, like she had just walked into a fantasy world, but she guessed in many ways she really had, the castle stood out against a bright moon, not full, but only just starting it's cycle, there were millions (so it seemed) of golden lights shining through the windows, Remus led her up to two great oak doors, and she was even more amazed, the inside was even more beautiful, historic, with tales written into the stone.

Beauxbatons was just an empty, lifeless building compared to this, Hogwarts was a home, there were muddy foot prints, and smiling faces, happy memories.

"You like it?" Remus asked with a grin.

"I think I've fallen in love with a school." Lily said giggling slightly as she looked around her, Sirius and Regulus watched her happily as she let go of Remus' hand was ran her hand over the stone walls, feeling their texture.

James stood back a bit and watched sadly, she looked like an angel, finding her feet in a new world, her eyes bright and curious, her smile the biggest he'd ever seen, he was dragged away from his thoughts when someone put their hand on his arm.

"Come on, it's not worth it James." Peter said to him with a small smile. James nodded and walked towards the others.