A/N: hey guys! Hope you like the story. if you do, review plz, and if you don't, well review anyways plz... a flame is still a review. Just a reminder, Lily is muggle-born so she has muggle objects in her house. and the supplies for Hogwarts are mostly the same, but there are some different book names. Well thx, and read on,

-- Lily Evans



Disclaimer: J.K.R. owns everything Harry Potter. If I did, I wouldn't be here right now.



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The Marauders at Hogwarts

Chapter One: Lily Evans



Lily Evans yawned and looked at her clock. It was 9:00 AM on August 31. Tomorrow she will be going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and she couldn't wait. About a month ago, Lily had just found out that she was a witch. Her and her parents were surprised and excited, but Petunia, Lily's sister, was downright disgusted to be related to a witch. Lily was happy about going, but she was also VERY nervous. Who would be her friends? Would she be able to do magic? She got out of bed and washed up, got dressed and went downstairs.

'Good Morning sweetie,' Lily's mother said.

'Lo mum,' Lily replied, still half-asleep.

'What's up for today, Lil?' Lily's father asked.

'I don't know, I might just stay home, make sure I have everything for tomorrow, and watch T.V. or go on the computer or something.'

'Do you know what platform you have to be tomorrow?' Lily's mother asked.

'Yeah. Platform 9 3/4.'

Lily's parents exchanged nervous glances, and then Lily's father spoke.

'Lily, there is no platform 9 3/4. maybe it was platform 9 or 10?'

'Don't worry dad, it is platform 9 3/4. I know how to get on it, I read about it in Hogwarts: a History. All you have to do is walk right through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10, and then you'll be at the Hogwarts express!'

'Er...If you're sure, Lil. That's a weird way to get onto a platform.'

'Yeah I know, but I think it's pretty cool! Well I'm going upstairs to make sure I have everything. See you later!'

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Upstairs, Lily looked over her list for Hogwarts. Her robes were packed, as were her dragon hide gloves, her cloak, and hat.

In her cauldron, she put her wand, telescope, scales, and phials. Now all she needed to pack were her books.

'Okay' Lily said to herself. 'Where did I put those books?'

Finding a bag with the words Flourish and Blotts across it, Lily put her books, one by one, into her trunk. Now with The Standard book of Spells (Grade 1), Magical Theory, and other books packed safely away, Lily started to read a book she bought from Diagon Alley called A Teen Muggle-born's guide to Witchcraft and Wizardry (the assistant at Flourish and Blotts explained to her what a muggle-born was). About halfway through Chapter One: The definition of Magic, Lily heard a knock on her door.

'Well well well, look who it is. The Freak.' Petunia Evans said.

'What do you want Petunia?'

'I just want you to know, that I'm going to be so much happier with you gone Lily.' Petunia spat out Lily's name as though it was poison. 'No more little witch walking around the house.'

'Go away before I hex you, Petunia. Trust me, I already know magic.' This of course, was a lie, but Petunia didn't know that.

'See you next year freak,' Petunia replied before marching off to her room.

'Stupid little git,' Lily muttered under her breath, and returned to reading.



The day continued on, and Lily watched some television and played on her computer. When it was 10:00 PM, Lily lay awake in her bed, thinking about her day tomorrow. Would she have fun at Hogwarts, or would she be miserable? With all her complicated thoughts, Lily fell asleep.

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Lily woke up the next morning at 6:00 AM. She jumped out of bed, took a warm shower to wake her up, got dressed in the clothes she lay out the night before, and put her red-brown hair in a braid. She put a little bit of lip gloss on her lips (she didn't wear make-up much), and went downstairs to the kitchen. Lily's father wasn't in the room, as he was putting the trunk into the car. Lily's mother was just fixing up a little breakfast of fruits and muffins for them to eat before they drove to King's Cross (it was about an hour's drive from their house).

'Lily, please go tell your sister that we will be leaving soon, and we'll be home in about two hours.'

'Alright mom, be right back.'

Lily crept up to her sister's room, and shook Petunia vigorously until she woke up.'

'What do you want freak?' Petunia asked.

'Just letting you know that mom, dad, and I are leaving soon, and they'll be back in two hours. See you next year sis.' Lily said the word 'sis' with much dislike, and left the room, without a backwards glance.

When Lily reached the kitchen again, Mr. Evans was coming back into the house. 'Ready to go Lil?' he asked.

'As I'll ever be. Just a little bit nervous, I guess.'

'Don't worry sweetie, you'll be fine!' Write us as much as possible and explain to us what the school's like ok?

'I will dad, don't worry. Thank you so much for letting me buy Ronan, by the way.' Ronan was Lily's owl.

'No problem honey, now let's go, it's already 9:00, and there might be traffic!'

'Alright, I'll take the breakfast into the car,' Mrs. Evans said.

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Lily was pushing her trunk, looking for the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Her parents had left, because there was an enormous amount of traffic and they were afraid Petunia will be upset. Finding the barrier, Lily realized that it would be weird if she just ran through the barrier with people watching. Instead, she leaned casually against the barrier, reading a magazine, and slid through. What Lily saw was incredible. A gigantic scarlet steam engine was puffing away, parents were saying goodbye to their children, and an officer (who was a wizard) was shouting through some sort of megaphone that looked like it was magical. He was yelling: '30 minutes until the Hogwarts express leaves!' Since Lily's parents weren't with her (and they wouldn't have been able to get through the barrier anyways) Lily put her trunk away, and carried Ronan and her bag onto the train.

When she found an empty compartment, Lily sat down, and started to read 'A Teen Muggle-born's guide to Witchcraft and Wizardry' again. About fifteen minutes later, somebody opened the compartment door. In the doorway she saw two boys, about her age. One with messy black hair, and the other with longish black hair, which fell a bit under his ears.

'Mind if we sit here? All the other compartments are full.' The boy with the messy black hair asked.

'It's not a problem at all,' Lily said, almost immediately. She was happy meeting new people. 'What are your names?'

'I'm James Potter and this is my friend Sirius Black.' The messy-haired kid answered, now known as James. 'What's yours?'

'I'm Lily Evans, it's a pleasure to meet you.'

'Likewise,' replied James.

Lily couldn't help but smile.



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Ok, so did you like it so far? This is just the first chapter. Please review. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!! Anyways, constructive criticism, questions, and everything else are allowed. You can even flame too, as long as it's in a review. If you like it, I'll continue. If there's something you don't understand, ask me in your review and I'll answer it in my next chapter. Please review, tks! -- Lily Evans