AN: Sorry I haven't posted in a while I've been coverd with school work and working through my fics to make them better. Well on with the story!



Chapter 3

Lily was sitting on a chair, watching the fire burn fiercely. When it was about a half an hour before everyone else got up she went to the Great Hall and sat down and ate her breakfast she was the only Gryffindor up but there were a few students from the other houses that up. Just as everyone walked started walking in Lily stood up and exited the great hall and went to find the next class. This class she found relatively quickly as it was outside in the open.

She sat down and waited for the professor with the rest of the students, who all were a bit early, and the teacher late. They were then instructed to stick their right hand over the broom and say 'up'. She did this and immediately the broom flew into her hands and she looked around and saw that more than half of the class was still trying to get the broom to come to them. After a few minutes everyone had gotten the broom to come to them and they were told to get on the brooms, Lily stood there as everyone got on their brooms. Madam Hooch spotted her on the ground as everyone rose and flew to her "Ms. Evans, get on the broom please." She shook her head and ran away as she was threatened with detention. That being her only class for the day she went to the common room, only to find that there was another student there with her.

He lifted his head and greeted her with a smile and motioned for her to take a seat near him and she obeyed.

"Hello I'm Remus Lupin first year, why are you here?"

"Lily Evans, also a first year, I didn't want to fly" He looked at her totally shocked "I'm afraid of heights and I don't trust those brooms" she explained and he nodded seeming to understand. "Why are you here?"

"I wasn't feeling well" she nodded and smiled. "Hey why haven't I seen you around much?" She shrugged and went upstairs and got a book and came back down and started to read it before it was pulled away from her. Remus was tilting his head to the side, holding the book out of reach "Your offaly quiet you know"

She smiled and sighed "I'm not a big talker, actually you're the first person who has talked to me that wasn't a teacher."

He nodded "I believe it, were you like this all your life or something?" She nodded slightly, for some reason he seemed to be someone she could easily trust given the fact she didn't even trust some of her family, namely her older sister Petunia who moved out a few years ago. She was shocked to hear what he said next "Well actually I made my first friends just a few years ago, they go here also, you should hang with us, one question though, do you like to pull pranks?"

She smiled as her emerald green eyes lit up and nodded eagerly "Yeah!"

He grinned "We'll all get along perfectly then"



The week passed quicker than the last and the only people who noticed her were her new friends, her first friends, her best friends and it was finally the time when their friendship would be put to the test.

They were in the common room when an owl flew over to Lily and dropped a letter on her lap, she picked it up, pet the bird before it took off and then read it, she turned white but she didn't cry, no she did something much worse. She didn't do anything, even when the letter was taken from her, her only real family was gone, her uncle, dad and little sister. All the family who really cared for her was gone, left with her mother. Her friends read the letter silently before turning to her with grim expressions and then embraced her in a hug. They stepped back and James spoke "I'm sorry", the other three nodded, agreeing with what he said and she sat down and smiled at them.

"So, what do we do now, pull a prank on the school?" the boys looked at each other for a moment before nodding at her and they left the common room.

They came back a few hours later and said bye before they all went up to their rooms to go to sleep.

As Lily got on her bed a single tear slipped down her cheek and she laid down and closed her eyes, drifting off into an unpleasant dreams.

AN: So what did you think? Thanks to everyone who is reading this and giving reviews. I also want to know what you guys thinks going to happen. I'm not saying it will I'm just curious if I am giving to many tip offs.