The American New Girl.

Summary :- Lily Evans joins Hogwarts in her 6th year from Salems Academy in America.

Chapter 1 : I'm New.

"This is the entrance to Gryffindor Common room, say the password to the lady in this portrait and she will open to reveal a doorway into the common room." Lily Evans was sat in an armchair in Gryffindor Common room, reading when she heard a voice from outside. She had transferred from Salem to Hogwarts this year and didn't know anyone as her parents were Muggles and had brought her to Hogwarts about 3 hours too early. Instead she had been sorted early, shown her room and given dinner in the kitchens with the house elves. She listened to the speech being given by this boy outside. "Night Shade" the voice said and a creeky noise indicated the portrait hole opening Lily sighed and went back to her book. "It is very important that you remember the password otherwise you'll get stuck out side until someone comes along to open the portrait hole for you. Now this is Gryffindor Common room you will do everything in here apart from eat and go to classes. Your dormitories are up the stairs boys on the left - girls on the." The boy trailed off as he turned round to face the firstyears as he saw a girl sitting by the fire. She had long curly red hair and sparkling green eyes."Sorry,Girls on the right." He said regaining his train of thought. Lily glanced up and smiled at him before looking back down towards her book, she wasn't actually reading she was trying to hold in her laughter. She knew she was the only one up here before they were supposed to be and that she would cause a surprise to the first person through the door. "Hello." Said the lad and she looked up at him and met his eyes. He was reletively tall and had messy black hair, it looked as if he had just gotten up. "Who are you?" he asked rather rudely. She looked at him before standing up. "Hi, I'm New, Lily Evans 6th year." She said in a distinctive American accent, shaking his hand. "And you are?" she asked him. "I'm -er." he said still holding on to Lily's hand and watching her start to laugh. Letting go Lily walked back to her chair and sat down. "You are?" she said laughter on her voice. "James Potter. Sorry you just surprised me a bit." He said sitting in a chair opposite her. "Where are you from? Apart from America." "I'm from Salem, Amer-" she started to say before being cut off by a large crash from outside the portrait hole. "No that's not the password." One person said to be followed a second later by. "James told me what it was before he took the first years up here." "Well James also said he'd meet us downstairs about 10 minutes ago." Came the first voice again. Lily was laughing at the exchange that could be heard outside, while James sighed got up and opened the portrait hole to find a lad with shaggy black hair and a lad with blondey brown hair arguing whilst a very short boy was stood to the side watching with interest. Leaning on the edge of the portrait hole James watched the scene with interest until the blondey-brown boy turned and saw James, well more like he saw Lily and stared at her as if he had seen a ghost. She grinned at him. "Don't I get a hug Remus?" she asked in a mock sadness.

"Lilz what are you doing here?" he said running up to the red head and grabbing her in a bear hug. "This is a nice surprise!" he whispered in her ear as he swung her round. "Moony?" said the other boy with black hair. "Explanation?" he asked. "Oh, right." Remus said, "This is Lily Evans she's a friend of my family, I've known her since I was about 5. She never told me she was coming to Hogwarts though." He said glaring at her. "Hi I'm Sirius." Said the boy with shaggy black hair. Winking at her. "And I'm tired." She replied. "Goodnight." And she walked off kissed Remus on the cheek goodnight and walked up the stairs to her dormitory. "She blew you off Padfoot." Said James in fits of laughter and Sirius stared after her with a funny look on her face. "Well that was different." Sirius said about 10 minutes later and he tottered off to bed.

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