Chapter two- Where to find LIly? Disclaim: As before none of the characters except for the ones you've never heard off because they're mine. And nothing like Quidittch ect belongs to me. It all belongs to J.K.Rowling.

James ran after Lily right up to the Gryffindor common room and from there she went up to the girls dormitory. James wasn't sure weather he should follow her up there, but his instincts told him he should it wasn't rifght to leave her the way she is. James ran up the dormitory stairs and knocked on the door. Lily didn't reply all James could hear was sobbing so he just entered. "Lily I don't understand whats wrong?" James cousiously moved towards Lily who was hugging her pillow and crying into it. "No one cares, no one even knows who I am?" Lily cried harder not the effect James had hoped. "Lily come with me we'll go get them drinks and talk please and your wrong me and the marauders care." James hoped she would come with him and maybe he could cheer her up.

"James even you and the rest of them only know who I am because McGonagall told you." "Well then come with me and I'll explain myself and the marauders and I can try and cheer you up. Please" James looked pleedingly at her and slowly she stood and walked with James. They walked right up to a corridore with paintings all up the wall. James stopped in front of a picture of a bowl of fruit. James tickled the pear and the picture swung open. Lily stepped in after James and gasped in amazement at the sight before her. Before Lily managed to take in her suroundings a house elf came up to them. "Hello's sir and miss what can Toddy get sir's and miss's?" he looked up Lily stared down even more shocked.

"Hello Toddy this is Lily a friend of mine" James turned to see Lily look amazed and looking at him. "Hello's Miss Lily" Lily smiled slightly. "Can we have two hot chocolates please Toddy" said James, he pulled Lily over to a table in the corner. A few minutes later Toddy brought their drinks over. "Is there's anything's else Mr Potter, Miss Lily?" James looked over to Lily. "Whats your favourite cake Lily?" James said with a smile playing on his lips. "Treakle tart, why?" Lily was stunned to see a tray full of treakle tart in front of her and James.

"Wow" was all Lily could say. "Nice surprise or not?" Said James now smiling full on. "Its wounderful Toddys egar to serve" Lily went red at her outburst of sudden conversation. James and Lily sat in silence for a few moments when he remembered what he had to explain. "Lily about why I've never spoke or known you before its only because well if you can imagine how much time, effort and concentration it takes to look and keep an eye on Sirius, Peter and sometimes Remus. Infact its only Remus that can be trusted on most occasions." This made Lily smile a bit. "Its doesn't matter James I don't know what came over me, I'm just not having a good day." Lily smiled weakly and James could tell it had been more like a bad few years if not a bad life. James and Lily sat in silence again and James and Lily helped themselves to treakle tart. After half an hour James Looked at Lily and she nodded, they both got up, said good bye to Toddy and left the kitchens. James and Lily left each other at secon floor corridore. James needed to go and get some rest before the feast and tutoring Lily. And Lily wanted to use the bathroom. When it was time for dinner the marauders headed downstairs whisphering. They were plotting a prank to play on Snape. They were going to turn his hair bright pink and his robes the colour of Gryffindor house red and gold. Peter being the least talented wasn't going to perform any of the spells. Remus would be turning half his robes red, James got to put a gold lion on his robes and Sirius had the honour of turing his hair bright pink.

James looked around as they entered to see if he could find Lily. he had told Remus, Sirius and Peter to keep an eye out for her as well. James couldn't see Lily any where so he persumed she would be down for dinner later. The marauders sat down and mutter a few spells each with the exception of Peter and Snape suddenly had red robes with a gold lion on and pink hair. Everyone in the hall laughed except the Slitherins who looked disgusted. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all sat and ate in glee. It wasn't until they left the hall that they realised Lily hadnt turned up for dinner at all. James decided that maybe she still needed time alone after earlier and decided that he would ask her when they met for Lily's tutoring.

Later on that night James headed down to the trasfiguration room to meet Lily. She was sitting on one of the desks when he came in. "Hi" was all James said. Lily stood up and smiled slightly. "Hello. What will we be starting on?" Lily had gotten used to looking at James from time to time and made her self promise to look up more often than to stare down or away from people. "What ever you feel you need most help with" "well I'm not too good at any transfiguration" lily smiled timidly and James chuckled slightly. "Come on Lily your top at charms and you'r really clever, Why don't we start with turning a table into a pig and then back again?" Lily looked shocked. "I'm not that good at charms" "You are Remus told me he said you're always first to get the char right and you always get top marks in our charms exams." James smiled satisfied that he had given Lily some prais. They studied for two hours and James even managed to get Lily to laugh. James forgot all about asking Lily where she was at dinner.

The weeks went by and James, Remus, Sirius and Peter noticed that Lily had consistently missed dinner, so they left the hall to go and find her. "We'll have to go and look at the map it'll take too long to find her otherwise" said Remus. They went up and had a look at the map and Lily was in the kitchens where James had taken her a few weeks ago. "How does she know where the kitchens are?" Asked Sirius shocked "I thought only we knew where they were?" "I took Lily there" James said simply on their way to the kitchens. They walked in and Lily was eatin her pudding when they came in. "Why are you havein dinner up here ?" Said James taking a seat next to her, the rest of the marauders also sitting down. "On your own" Remus added "Anything could have happened Lily how am I supposed to protect you if you go woundering off. We were rather worried" said Sirius going all motherly. They all laughed including Lily. "well I thought I would have dinner up here normally I end up having dinner on my own at least up here the house elves are company." She looked fondly over to the elves. "Lily you can have dinner with us we don't mind" Said James shocked that she hadnt thought that she could sit with them and hang around with them when ever she wanted. "But I don't want to intrude and I'd just be in the way" said Lily. "No Lily you heard James you can have dinner with us and I would love it if you would hang aroud with us you'r the only girl that's ever actually talked to me" there were a few mumbles from the rest of the group about it being because they were doing something else but Sirius took no notice. "And hey you can even sleep with us" Sirius held his arms out and Lily laughed. "Group hug!" Shouted Sirius. The group moaned. "This is a ritual of Sirius's that you have to get used to" Said Remus struggling to breath.

Sorry about that chapter not too interesting but I'm hoping it will get better. Please review I want to know what you think and how I could improve my story thanks. I'm going to write more and finish off my story.