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A/N: o.k second part. I hoped you like the first part, not much is happening so far. But it gets better. I've written up to the end of the second year. There's five chapters so far in each year. Please R/R. It's what gets me motivated to write. I'll post one chapter a day, I think, unless you guys want me to do it differently!

The Rivalry of James and Lily

Year One - Chapter 2

The Hogwarts Express & Sorting

On September 1st, Lily woke up at 5:30, too excited and too nervous to go back to sleep. She would be starting at a brand new school, where no one would be able to label her as 'weird', for everyone there would, or at least, should, be just like her. Suddenly, she got a horrible feeling in her stomach. What if they sent her the letter by mistake? What if she didn't have enough magic in her? Her parents had never heard of this magical school, after all. What was it they were called? Oh yeah, muggles.

The previous night, Lily had stayed up reading and reviewing all of the terms used in the magical world so that she wouldn't look too stupid on the train ride to Hogwarts. She had read about the four houses at Hogwarts; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin, and decided she wanted to be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw.

But as she thought more about Hogwarts, she felt progressively more like she was going to throw up. She was just so unsure of what to expect from a magical school. She looked at her clock and it was already 6:00. She had been daydreaming longer than she realized. Lily packed up her trunk with all her funny-shaped school supplies, jumped into the shower, fed her owl, and put on a dab of make-up. Her make-up basically contained just a little mascara and lip-gloss. She was far too nervous to eat any breakfast when her parents offered her some scrambled eggs and bacon. Soon, she was in the car, and then at King's Cross Station.

Unfortunately for Lily, her parents couldn't find a single parking spot. After convincing them that she was fine on her own, they bade her farewell.

"Bye Mum! Dad! I'll write loads!" Lily exclaimed, a note of anxiety in her voice.

"Bye honey, have a safe year, we love you dearly," her mother said soothingly.

Meanwhile her dad just said, "Knock them dead, Tiger. We love you more than anything!"

"Humph!" came from a very sour looking Petunia who had been forced to come along for the ride.

"Bye 'tun!" yelled Lily as the car started driving away.

Lily turned around rapidly and went into the station, but to her surprise, she couldn't find the platform. Platform 9 3/4 she said over and over to herself. She was now trying very hard to not panic, for the train left at 10, and it was already 9:45. She only had 15 minutes to get onto the train.

Then she saw a very tired looking boy who was carrying an owl and pulling a trunk. She very bravely walked over to him and asked him if he had heard of platform 9 3/4. Fortunately, for her he had. "Oh, are you a first year, too? This is my first year also, but my brother Romulus already graduated. That's how I know how to get on the platform. You just have to walk through that barrier there between platform nine and ten," he stated pointing at a very solid looking barrier. He then held out his hand. "I'm Remus, Remus Lupin."

"It's very nice to meet you. I'm Lily Evans," she said shaking his hand. "So you just walk through the platform?"

"Yes, would you like to go through together? You can travel in groups of twos or threes."

"Alright," and the two of them headed straight for the barrier, at a slight run.

Suddenly, Lily felt herself on a bright sunny platform with a scarlet steam engine in front of her. She bade goodbye to Remus, for he went to find a spot on the trains, while she just stared around in amazement. Suddenly, she heard a yelp in front of her and realized she had run full on into someone.

"Woops, sorry about that," she said, sounding a little dazed, but sympathetic.

"Gees, watch where your going," said a masculine voice.

She looked up into the boys face; he had messy black hair, big light brown eyes, and small-wired glasses. She noticed he was actually pretty cute.

"I said I was sorry," stated Lily.

"And I said watch where your going, carrot-top," the boy laughed.

"Gees, you have nice manners," Lily retaliated, irritably rolling her eyes at him. Secretly, she was just trying to hide the hurt names like "carrot-top" caused her.

"Ohh... Oi! Sirius, I've found a feisty one!" Said the messy black haired boy as another boy, who also had messy black hair, but skin that was a tone darker, and also darker brown eyes joined him.

"Ooh! James, you found a cute one!" he said nudging the other boy, who she figured was James, in the ribs. As Lily began to blush slightly, Sirius introduced himself and James. "I'm Sirius Black, and the idiot over here, who happens to be my best friend, is James Potter. We're both first years."

Lily, then spoke only to Sirius, saying her name was Lily, and that she was also a first year, but soon the whistle to the train sounded, and she realized she hadn't even put her stowed her luggage. She quickly said goodbye to Sirius, but gave James an unfriendly stare.

"See ya later, Devil Worms," James said.

Lily pursed her lips, and at that moment, decided that she hated James Potter. She turned away from him, flipping her hair angrily. She took a deep breath, and looked at the Hogwarts Express in front of her, steam bellowing from its engine.

"This place will be better," she assured herself. She then struggled to get her luggage on the train. When everything was finally safely stowed, she searched for an empty compartment, and found one near the back of the train.

She was just settling down with her owl, who she'd nicknamed Oe, (A/N: pronounced OO-EE) and started reading a book from Diagon Alley she had bought, called Quidditch Through The Ages, when the compartment door slid open, and James, Sirius, and Remus all entered. Remus was just about to introduce James and Sirius when Lily cut him off.

"We've already met," she stated flatly, glaring at James, which he immediately returned.

Sirius noticed this and started to giggle.

"What?" they both said irritably.

"Oh it's nothing, nothing, sorry, its just well... never mind." Sirius faded off looking like he was going to burst out laughing.

"Whatever Sirius... So Remus, how'd you meet up with these two bozos?" Lily said, and then she heard a "HEY!" from the two boys, but only said sorry to Sirius. James sat there looking very angry, shooting daggers at Lily through his stare.

Remus laughed, "I met them a week ago in Diagon Alley when I was buying my stuff. Well, actually, they played a bit of a nasty joke on me," he glared at both of them, "but I think we're alright friends now. Be careful though, they are the marauding duo, them two. Hey by the way, do you mind if we sit in here? No where else has any room."

Part of Lily did mind (the part that despised James), but allowed them to stay, as all three of them had made themselves comfortable in their seats. She then realized, Remus was possibly her first friend, and that made up for James, who was possibly the biggest jerk she had ever met.

Just then, Sirius noticed that Lily was reading Quidditch Through the Ages. "Ohhh... I love that book! Quidditch is totally the best game ever. Too bad first years don't get broomsticks, though. Hey Lily, do you know about quidditch. It's so great..."

Then he launched into a huge explanation about the balls and the famous games. Soon Lily was in a deep stupor, staring absentmindedly out the window watching the fields grow untidier and the forests turn darker. Just then, an interruption occurred, which she was very thankful for. A plump lady entered the compartment offering them food. Lily jumped up, starving because she hadn't eaten any breakfast, and walked past a still rambling Sirius to the witch. It was then that she noticed the weird food that the witch carried.

"What would you like deary?"

"Ohh...uhh..." Lily couldn't decide.

"Hurry up Evans, other people are hungry here, too," said a voice she recognized as James. How dare he call her by her last name? Well, she supposed that was better than some reference to her red hair, but honestly, he sure was rude.

"May I please have one of cauldron cakes, oh and a licorice wand, the gum, umm... 6 of the chocolate frogs, and the beans please."

After Lily had paid for her food she sat down in her seat and started devouring her food.

James raised his eyebrow at her. "Gees, slow down there horsey, or you'll be fatter than that witch that just came in here."

This extremely upset Lily. She didn't really mind him making fun of her. She was used to it after having a sister like Petunia. But insulting others...

"James Potter, you are stuck-up, obnoxious, rude, and annoying! You just insult other people because they're different! What is wrong with you! I mean..."

But Sirius who had jot down a spell on a piece of paper interrupted her. "Here, just pick up your wand, point it at him, and mutter this," he whispered so only she could hear.

"Alright, Tarantallegra!" she yelled. James legs suddenly began to jerk out of control in a sort of quickstep.

"Ahh! Lily, you idiot! Put me back at once!" James screamed, dancing around the room, while Sirius and Remus clutched their seats in hysterics.

"Say the 'magic word'!" Lily giggled, as Sirius wrote the counter curse on a piece of paper.

"NO! Sirius, you put me back!" screamed James.

"Uh, James, I seem to have misplaced my wand. I can't find it anywhere," stated a grinning Sirius who was obviously trying to hide something behind his back.

"Alright... gees, you got me, Lily... please!" James said disgruntled.

"Sorry Potter, but those are the wrong magic words. The magic words are 'Lily is the greatest person ever and will always be the greatest'," she said, laughing.

"No way, I'd never say that to you!"

"Fine!" she started to turn around, when she heard James mumble something. "What was that?"

"Alright! Lily is the greatest person ever and will always be the greatest," he said, unhappily.

Lily flashed him a smug smile, then said "Finite Incantatem!" and his feet stopped dancing.

James was obviously very upset, but Sirius and Remus were looking at Lily in a new light.

"Hey Jamsie! ("Jamsie" laughed Lily.) Lily here's pretty bright. She can help us with our mischievousness this year! I mean, look, she already outsmarted you! No one ever outsmarts you!" Sirius said enthusiastically.

James had such a look of hatred that Lily was actually scared. "It's not like you didn't help her, Sirius."

"Me? Help her? Well, I mean, maybe I did a little, teency, weency bit, but look, you've never said that to anyone! Not even me! And I've put you under the Imperius Curse once, and you wouldn't even say that. Not that I meant to," he added at the shocked look on Remus and Lily's face. "Long story... Anyway, I'm impressed to say the least." he said this smiling at Lily.

James turned to Sirius, hit him on the head, and then turned Lily's hair blue. Luckily for Lily, she was spared the inconvenience of thinking up a comeback by a voice in the train saying that they would arrive at Hogwarts within five minutes. The boys then forced Lily out of the compartment so they could change and left for her when she needed to change. As the train drew to a stop, a prefect came in, laughed at Lily, restored her hair-color, and left.

***The Sorting***

Lily hardly remembered what happened next. Suddenly she was being ushered off the train and ordered to follow an extremely large man, who was named Hagrid. Then she got her first sight of Hogwarts, rode in a boat across the lake with James, Sirius, and Remus. Then there she was, standing in front of a whole room of people, looking into a sea of pointed black hats and sparkling, floating candles. She noticed an unhappy looking lot on one side of the room, and figured they were the Slytherins, who she learned, turned out more dark witches and wizards than any other house. In fact, every wizard who had become evil, was in that house. She learned even Voldemort himself, who was just starting to rise, but was already gaining more power than even Grindewald, had been in Slytherin. Just then, one of the professors who had introduced herself as Professor McGonagall, put a ragged hat on a stool, where it sang a song, then started calling out the names of the first year students.

"Avery, Trenton...Slytherin!"

"Black, Sirius...Gryffindor!"

Lily was now starting to get very nervous, why did her name have to be in the beginning of the alphabet. Her breathe caught in her chest as she heard,

"Evans, Lily!"

She stumbled up to the hat, where it mumbled into her ear, "Where shall I put you? Well, definitely not Slytherin, and no, not Hufflepuff. Hmm... Ravenclaw or Gryffindor? Wait, I see you have a destiny with one of the young first years in GRYFFINDOR!"

Lily then walked numbly over to the Gryffindor table, took a seat next to Sirius, and sat numbly not even noticing when Remus, James, and another slightly overweight boy joined the Gryffindor table. She didn't even notice when another girl, who looked like a first year, started to introduce herself to Lily. She had been in a daze thinking about what the sorting hat had said, I see you have a destiny with one of the young first years in Gryffindor. What in the world was that supposed to mean? Was she going to end up marrying one of her new friends? Oh it better not be James she thought quickly. Suddenly she snapped out of her daze when Sirius bellowed into her ear.

"Huh? What? Oh sorry... I was just thinking."

"About what? Jamsie over here?'' teased Sirius.

"Why in the world would you say that?" she snapped.

"Oh I don't know, I was just thinking about what a great couple you two would make."

Sirius then got a slap from both Lily and James at that statement.

After Professor Dumbledore said his speech, warning the students to not go into the Forbidden Forest, and to mind Filch and his new cat, Mrs. Norris (she heard a lot of groans at this statement), he told them to dig into the feast that arrived right in front of her eyes. And she had never had such a glorious feast before. After she was stuffed with two courses of dinner and then dessert. She followed the rest of the first years up to their common room, where they were shown the way to their dormitory. Lily was so full and sleepy she barely even introduced herself to the other girls. She caught their names though. They were Kate Riley, Alexandra Byrd, and Sibyll Trewlaney.

A/N: PLEASE R/R