Lily looked at her watch. It was 6:00, and she was hungry.

"Hey," the messy-haired boy gently said. Lily looked at him in frustration. She had a good mind to yell at him, but there had been enough trouble already.

"I'm James, and Lily? I didn't mean to be so awful to you. I guess even though you aren't Marauder-worthy, I could have been nicer, so, Lily-" James' speech was cut short by a short boy we know as Peter.

"Hallo, Jamsie. It's only September the first and you've found yourself a girlfriend. You could have picked a prettier one, couldn't have you?" he said, gesturing to Cassi and grinning. Lily's eyes filled with tears, and acting, nervously, on impulse, James gave her a hug.

"Don't cry, Lily-girl," James warned. "You cried enough today." Lily slowly pulled back from him, a hopeful smile on her face, despite the fact that the tears were already pouring down her face.

"friends?" she asked in that little voice.

"Not friends," James replied. "Acquaintances. Just someone I know, 'kay? Anyway, we're going to get sorted in a moment.

"Welcome," said the cold voice of Maria Samuel, headmistress.

"Anderson, Mike!" "SLYTHERIN!"

"Black, Cassiopeia!" "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Black, Sirius!" "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Clare, Joy!" "RAVENCLAW!"

"Crabbe, Markus!" "SLYTHERIN!"

"Evans, Lily!" James pushed Lily up. "Go, Lily Girl!"

'Hmm. Oh, you would be great in Ravenclaw. Very great. No, it better be,'

"GRYFFINDOR!" A cheer rose for the new Gryffindors.

"Far, Markus!" "RAVENCLAW!"

"Goyle, Anthony!" "SLYTHERIN!"

"Hamil, Laurianna!" "HUFFLEPUFF!"

"James, Emilia!" "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Karter, Arielle!" "RAVENCLAW!"

"Lupin, Remus!" Lily noted him as the one James had been speaking to.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Marquis, Aaron!" "HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Malfoy, Lucius!" "SLYTHERIN!"

"Nathaniel, Ellen!" "SLYTHERIN!"

"Oliver, Marianne!" "SLYTHERIN!"

"Potter, James!" 'Ahh,' the hat whispered. 'Oh, another great Potter. Time for another,' "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Pettigrew, Peter!" "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Ryan, Albert James!" "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Wood, Patrick!" "RAVENCLAW!"

"Ozark, Narcissa!" "SLYTHERIN!



James, Sirius, Cassi, Peter and Remus sat together at the table. "May I sit here, too?" Lily asked. Cassi eyed her before replying,

"NO!" leaving Lily to sit with David and Emilie Louisa. After eating, the first-years had to follow David. In her dormitory, Lily took out her diary, Bunny, for the first time all day, which was unusual.

'Bunny,

It's been an extremely strange day, feeling wise.

I was so happy to go to boarding school, but I was bullied to death on the train (Not literally, of course!) and then the boy named James hugged me! Then, of course, he turned against me, but I don't care. I cried a lot today, maybe tomorrow will be better. Love always,

Lily Bella Evans'

Shutting her diary, she blew out the candle and fell asleep.