Author's Note: Grr … had to re-write some of this story otherwise it'd be stupid – they were in love in their first year! So I changed it that Lily has transferred from Beauxbatons in her fifth year. Review please!
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Summary: Lily transfers from Beauxbatons and goes to Hogwarts to begin her fifth year. Then she falls in love with James …
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG 13
Without You – By AGENT BAMBI Chapter III: The Sorting of Lily and the First Years
The train came to a stop. The students saw a huge castle behind a lake. Lily, James and their friends got off the train and were told to go to the horseless carriages, but instead, went to a giant man calling, "Firs' Years over here! Four to a boat!"
Abandoned by their friends, Lily and James chose the only boat available, with Peter Pettigrew. James groaned. They got on and Peter turned around to greet James, causing Lily to fall over the edge.
"YOU IDIOT!" James roared, before diving in after Lily.
"HELP!" Lily called. James caught her by the waist, and hugged her.
"You're okay now, Lil," James said.
"Thanks, James."
They got back onto the boat, and rowed fast to catch up to everyone else.
Lily and James stood shivering in the Entrance Hall. A stern looking woman came over to them and said, "Do you want some cloaks?"
"Y-y-y-e-s-s!" they said through chattering teeth.
The stern looking woman conjured up some cloaks, "Here you are."
James went to the Hall, but McGonogall told Lily to stay with the First Years, to be sorted.
Then she spoke to everyone, "Attention First Years and anyone else being sorted! I am Professor Minerva McGonogall, Deputy Headmistress, and Transfiguration teacher. You will now be sorted into your houses, you will eat, sleep and spend your free time with your house. I will call your names and you will put the Sorting Hat on your head and it will tell us what house you are in." She left and they waited while the Sorting Hat sang a song. Lily felt very nervous, what if the hat didn't think she should be in any house?
McGonnogall called, "Anderson, Jackson!" The Sorting Hat touched his head for 5 seconds before shouting, "Slytherin!"
The first Gryffindors were "Bulk, Jane" and "Cannon, Alina!"
Suddenly, after only three more people it was Lily's go. "Evans, Lily!" Lily walked quickly to the hat and put it on her head. "Hmmm ... Hello there, Lily! You would be great in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, what would you rather?" Wherever James Potter is. "In Gryffindor with James Potter, eh? Ok ... but are you sure? You are very smart, Ravenclaw would be best." No answer. "Ok then you're in GRYFFINDOR!"
Lily stumbled to the Gryffindor table. She totally tuned out until, "Lockhart, Leonard!" became another, "Gryffindor!" Then she tuned out again.
Lily didn't really notice any first years being sorted, James was talking to her.
"Now, before we begin the feast, I would like to say a few words," Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster, said, "Boggldebog, Araming and Foggorand!"
Lily was highly confused by this but then she saw the food that had suddenly appeared on the table in front of her.
"Wow ..." she breathed. Lily helped herself to everything she could reach, talking with James through the whole feast.
"Now that you've been watered and fed, it is time to go to bed!" Dumbledore rhymed.
Lily hurried after the prefects, Molly Goshgolly and Arthur Weasly. The informed her that the password was, "Sesame Seeds." Lily went to the Fifth Years Dorm and chose the bed in the middle of the room. She put her luggage underneath it.
Barely two minutes later, two twins, Amanda and Miranda Barrymore, came into the room. They had short, blonde, elflike hair, and both wore identical sneering faces.
"I hated that food!" one of the twins said.
"Yeah ... I know! It was, like, not even cooked properly!" the other said.
"And the sorting hat's song, like EEW!" said the first.
Then they noticed Lily watching them.
"Oh ... hi," sneered the second, "I'm Miranda."
"And I'm Amanda," said the first, "So ... are you a mudblood, a pureblood, or a half mudblood?"
"I'm sorry, I don't understand you," Lily explained.
"You're a mudblood then, your parents were Muggles?" Miranda said, rolling her eyes.
"Yes, but my aunt was a witch."
They chose their bed and Amanda said, "Oh, by the way ... LOVE the hair."
"NOT!" said her twin.
"Whatever!"
At that moment, Melissa and Stella came in.
"Hi, I'm Melissa, this is Stella and that's Lily Potter," Melissa said to the twins.
"EVANS!" Lily giggled, though inside she wished it was true.
"Look, mudbloods, we don't want to be friends with LOSERS, right Mir?" Amanda said.
"Right 'Manda."
Lily quickly though and retorted, "Well, coming from you, losers is a compliment! Right Melissa? Stella?"
"RIGHT!" they chorused, and Lily joined in the laughing.
