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Your Heart Has Reason Which Reason Does Not Know

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Lily ran up the Hogwarts steps ahead of the rest of her house. She held up the hem of her robes so she could get to the common room faster; this was one memory she wanted to capture in her diary as soon as she could.
A group of Slytherins were coming through the door on their way to Herbology. Lily was so excited, she didn't even notice that when she pushed up the heavy door, she nearly knocked one of them to the floor.
"Filthy Muggle-born," one black haired, rather crooked-nosed boy scowled. He swept his hat up off the floor, and glared back at her, as her long red hair left a rather sweet smell of honey in the air. He coughed in disgust and turned back to his friends, "I can't stand her."
Severus Snape crept through the large door his friends followed him closely. As he reached half down the stairs, another scowl curled his lips. James, Remus, Sirius and Peter were heading up the stairs, towards their next class. James laughed quietly at Sirius, and looked up to see Severus glaring at him. His eyes turned a colder shade of brown, but he quickly turned back to his friends so that Severus wouldn't have any reason to speak to him.
"What was that about?" Remus asked, pushing a patch of fair hair behind his ear.
"Nothing," James said, shacking off Severus' cold glare, "Come on, we're going to be late if we don't hurry." he lied, walking slightly faster down the hallway.
"Are you ok?" Sirius asked, quickening his pace so he could keep up.
"I'm fine, thanks," James said rather coldly. He hated the looks Severus gave him; It was like he was nothing compared to him. He shuddered at the thought of ever embarrassing himself in front of Severus. He'd never hear the end of it, for one thing.
They didn't bother asking him any more questions. James seemed to get rid of whatever was bothering him, so there was no need to worry anyone over it.

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Dear Diary,
Today, in class the most wonderful thing happened! I actually got to be in a group without Professor Athens choosing one for me! James Potter asked me to join his group along with Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. I was so happy I almost lost myself. In the library this morning, though, Severus Snape burnt some of my hair. I clawed him across the face with my nails. That left a mark! I'd better go though, I have to get to Transfiguration in ARGHHH!! 1 minutes. Bye!

Lily

Lily scrambled off her bed, and darted down the girl's dormitory stairs. She climbed quickly through the portrait hole, and ran down the hallway, "I gotta make it, I gotta make it," she whispered to herself as she ran, her bag under her arm.
The bell started to ring just as Lily came into the doorway.
"You're late, Miss Evans," Professor McGonagall said sternly, looking over her square shaped glasses at the red-faced girl, as she slumped into her seat in the back of the second row.
"All right, everyone please open your books to page one hundred forty six. We will begin a new chapter on changing the colour of an object," McGonagall stated, standing up from her desk, "Now, it isn't as easy as it looks, different colours require different amounts of concentration....."
Lily had already read this chapter several times in her review, but still paid attention as much as possible. She was dozing off slightly, when and piece of folded parchment hit her in the forehead. Her first reaction was surprise but the second was anger, this wasn't the first time something had been thrown at her.
She quickly unfolded it and read it to herself;
Come and join us at lunch. ~ James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter
Lily flushed and looked around. Peter was turned to her, looking hopeful. She nodded to him and he smiled brightly.
"Now, everyone, I want you to step forward and turn each of these buttons a different colour," McGonagall said, putting eight different buttons on her desk, which were to be turned into one colour of the spectrum, "Now, let's see which of you wasn't paying attention enough to do this..." She said, surveying the room with her eyes. Her lips looked tight as she peered down at her students.
"You, Mr. Potter, come up here," McGonagall said, pointing at him. He looked up at her. His glasses drooped down the bridge of his nose, pushing them back up, he stood up straight and walked to her desk.
"I'll tell you what colour to turn each of these buttons, and you will attempt to change them," she said, sitting back down. All eight buttons were lined up in a straight line. James held his wand loosely in his hands, awaiting her command. Lily's attention rose as she saw James standing in front of the class.
"Red," McGonagall said sharply, pointing at the first button. James barely raised his wand when then button turned fire engine red. She gave him a satisfied look, then pointed to the next button.
"Blue."
Again, he had barely lifted his wand, when the button transformed from black to blue. McGonagall was again satisfied, but her lips thinned in irritation.
"Magenta!" She nearly shouted. Again, James did this nearly without effort. He pretended to yawn while leaning back on the heels of his shoes. McGonagall was about to explode, when the bell rang throughout of the hallways. She forced herself to relax, but before they left she snapped at them.
"I expect all of you to be able to do that by tomorrow!" she said, unclenching her hands and sloping down into the chair.

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Lunch came faster then even Lily had dreamed. She was so happy, her aura was sky blue, and filled every room she went into with sunshine.
When she decided to make her entrance, she paused and peered inside the great hall before barging in, What if it's all a joke? What if they start looking at me like I'm a frog? Lily thought, slowly peeping through the crack she made in the doorway. Her muscles were tightening and her palms were filling up with sweat.
She leaned even closer so she could see farther inside, her heart beating at a thousand miles a minutes, when someone tapped her on her shoulder and she was sure she jumped four feet into the air, and let a loud squeak escape her throat.
"Hello," Sirius said pleasantly, as Lily regained her balance on the floor.
"H-Hi," she croaked out in a high pitched voice. Her head was spinning weakly, but Sirius came into focus clearly.
"Are you ready?" He asked, pushing the door open the rest of the way. Lily nodded a shaky reply and she walked in with him. No one seemed to notice their arrival, they continued chattering like it was nothing.
Lily's eyes darted around looking at every different house table until, she and Sirius reached the one for Gryffindor. Remus and Peter were seated across from them, each smiled lightly as she sat down.
She was about to open her mouth and ask 'Where's James?' when he appeared right in front of her. Her eyes disfocused again, and James sat there, calmly holding a tray of sandwiches in his arms.
"We never eat anything the school gives us," Sirius said, taking a sandwich off the plate, "So usually James goes down to the kitchen and fetches us things. Isn't that right, James?"
"My humble master, I live to serve," James said, putting the tray down and bowing in his seat.
"But you..... you weren't there a second ago," Lily said, reaching for her own sandwich while her lip trembled slightly. She still was nearly shacking, she hadn't seen anyone come out of thin air before.
"I was just using my invisibility cloak," he responded like it was nothing special, "My mum didn't want me to have one, but dad insisted on it, because he remembers having to suffer through casserole Thursday, and leftover Sunday."
After that frightening jolt, things began to mellow down. Lily was really enjoying herself and hoped she'd be able to come sit with them again. About half way through their lunch, she pulled off her hat and let her hair fall down her back. It was dark red, but still reflected light back into your eyes when the sun caught it. She tucked it behind her ears and ate very delicately. Remus too seemed to copy this elegant matter, small precise bites, while Sirius and James didn't seem to care if they spilled things down their fronts.
Lily's eyebrows went up when she felt something hit her in the back of her head. A piece of bread crust rolled off her long hair, and landed on the floor. She scowled seeing Severus Snape laughing at her quietly.
"What's wrong?" Peter asked, trying to look over her head, but he was so short even standing up he could barely see over her hat.
"Nothing, someone just threw something in my hair," she said turning back to the table. Lily didn't notice until it was far to late, that her hair was so long that nearer the tips it was hard to feel anything, unless you concentrated very hard on them. Since she wasn't thinking about her hair any longer, it didn't feel strange that suddenly her hair felt much lighter then normal. A Slytherin who was almost like the leader of Severus' gang had used a Severing Charm, and slowly was cutting away at Lily's beautiful dark red hair.
She did finally notice, though, when the charm got to close to her skin, and she felt a small warmth on her back. Reaching back she felt the spot, but couldn't feel any hair. Her hair was now up to just above her shoulders, when originally it was down nearly to her knees. She gasped and looked behind her, Sirius to looked down at the floor and his jaw dropped. Lily slowly picked a long strand of hair off the floor and looked over at the Slytherin table, again they were all laughing like monkeys, and nearly everyone was pointing at her.
Several members off the other tables were standing from their seats to see what was so funny.
Sirius, who was attempting to hold in his laughter, put his hand on Lily's shoulder to comfort her, "It'll, be.... ok." But right after he got the sentence out, he burst into laughter along with nearly everyone in the great hall. Lily turned back to the table horrified that her hair was missing. She looked down at the boys who had invited her there. She could live if Sirius laughed, and even Remus and Peter but when James started laughing, her anger and sorrow couldn't be held in any longer. She jumped up and ran out of the hall faster then someone being chased by a unicorn. Her sobs echoed around the table as she left. James and company stopped laughing and watched her as she ran. None of them were brave enough to go and stop her.