Lily had always been a nice girl. She listened to her parents, was polite,
did as she was told, respected her elders, and was basically a model child.
Her next door neighbors, James, had always been the troublemaker. Yet,
the two children had still managed to be friends. When they went to
Hogwarts together, though, Lily wasn't welcomed to warmly. Oh, sure, she
had "friends", but not true friends. Truth be told, people HAD walked all
over her fir seven years. This is her story.
August 29th
I don't want to go back to Hogwarts. I swear, every year I have a new tormentor who uses me incessantly. Will I never learn? As if anyone could truly be friends with me, Lily Evans? The dork, the brain, the snob? The one too good to have friends? I am just a tool...
But I will stand it no longer! I declare here, in my compendium of thoughts (it was too trivial to call a thing that held her essence a diary or journal), that I will change! I will be storing! I will not back down anymore!
It will start with Petunia, and her boyfriends. I won't cover for them anymore, or take the blame. Petunia ought ot be responsible, like me.NO! I won't think like that anymore. I will be the strong me who cannot stand the repression, this slavery anymore!
Goodbye, Lily Evans. May peace find you.
Hello, Lily. Now is the time for change.
Lily
Lily put down her compendium. If she was going to change, she might as well start with the way she looked. What should she wear now? Even though she didn't excel at Transfiguration (James Potter did), she could still manage to transfigure her clothes. Well, not now, but she could on the train. She laid out all her clothes. For one thing, she must stop wearing any "cute" clothes. But what color wasn't cute? Lily smiled. Black would work.
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Lily sighed as she got on the train and transfigured her clothes. It had been so hard, telling her mom she needed to change. After three hours, she finally managed to convince her mother that she wouldn't be bad, just different. She now wore a shirt that said, "I'm only wearing black until they invent something darker", plaid paints, and a studded belt with a metal chain around her neck, and a shortened chain dog leash thing (you know what I'm talking about!!!). Her hair she would leave as is, it was fine.
Lily almost couldn't wait for the first person to find her, so she could begin her change in earnest. It felt so good to be able to try new things, and be herself. This was the Lily she wanted to be, should be!
The door to the compartment slid open, and Lily almost sighed as she saw who peaked in. The Marauders! The only people she had a soft spot for, the only people she really felt comfortable around. Oh, well. Change has to start somewhere.
"Lily? Lily, is that you?" James asked, hesitantly.
"Yeah. Sup, James?" Lily said, nonchalantly. It sounded ok so far.
Remus whistled. "We almost didn't recognize you, Lil'. You really changed over the summer."
"Yeah." Lily said, not wanting to say too much too soon.
Sirius the popped his head in the room. "Whoa, James, who's that?"
"The name's Lily." Lily cut in.
"Lily?"
The conversation continued along that track for another few minutes, as the Marauders made themselves comfortable. After a while, things began to seem more normal. Lily had a soft spot for them because they were so understanding. It was why she liked them. The only difference that would have been noticeable to anyone who knew the 5 would've been the fact that Lily was so much more confident, and out-spoken. 'Wow,' James thought. 'She's really come out of her shell.'
And that was how the new Lily entered Hogwarts; with friends. So far, she had been accepted. She smiled, happily. This seemed to be a good change.
A/N: i'm really not good at l/j fics, but i luv 'em. r&r pleez!!! next up, more reactions as lily settles into her new world!!!
August 29th
I don't want to go back to Hogwarts. I swear, every year I have a new tormentor who uses me incessantly. Will I never learn? As if anyone could truly be friends with me, Lily Evans? The dork, the brain, the snob? The one too good to have friends? I am just a tool...
But I will stand it no longer! I declare here, in my compendium of thoughts (it was too trivial to call a thing that held her essence a diary or journal), that I will change! I will be storing! I will not back down anymore!
It will start with Petunia, and her boyfriends. I won't cover for them anymore, or take the blame. Petunia ought ot be responsible, like me.NO! I won't think like that anymore. I will be the strong me who cannot stand the repression, this slavery anymore!
Goodbye, Lily Evans. May peace find you.
Hello, Lily. Now is the time for change.
Lily
Lily put down her compendium. If she was going to change, she might as well start with the way she looked. What should she wear now? Even though she didn't excel at Transfiguration (James Potter did), she could still manage to transfigure her clothes. Well, not now, but she could on the train. She laid out all her clothes. For one thing, she must stop wearing any "cute" clothes. But what color wasn't cute? Lily smiled. Black would work.
***********************
Lily sighed as she got on the train and transfigured her clothes. It had been so hard, telling her mom she needed to change. After three hours, she finally managed to convince her mother that she wouldn't be bad, just different. She now wore a shirt that said, "I'm only wearing black until they invent something darker", plaid paints, and a studded belt with a metal chain around her neck, and a shortened chain dog leash thing (you know what I'm talking about!!!). Her hair she would leave as is, it was fine.
Lily almost couldn't wait for the first person to find her, so she could begin her change in earnest. It felt so good to be able to try new things, and be herself. This was the Lily she wanted to be, should be!
The door to the compartment slid open, and Lily almost sighed as she saw who peaked in. The Marauders! The only people she had a soft spot for, the only people she really felt comfortable around. Oh, well. Change has to start somewhere.
"Lily? Lily, is that you?" James asked, hesitantly.
"Yeah. Sup, James?" Lily said, nonchalantly. It sounded ok so far.
Remus whistled. "We almost didn't recognize you, Lil'. You really changed over the summer."
"Yeah." Lily said, not wanting to say too much too soon.
Sirius the popped his head in the room. "Whoa, James, who's that?"
"The name's Lily." Lily cut in.
"Lily?"
The conversation continued along that track for another few minutes, as the Marauders made themselves comfortable. After a while, things began to seem more normal. Lily had a soft spot for them because they were so understanding. It was why she liked them. The only difference that would have been noticeable to anyone who knew the 5 would've been the fact that Lily was so much more confident, and out-spoken. 'Wow,' James thought. 'She's really come out of her shell.'
And that was how the new Lily entered Hogwarts; with friends. So far, she had been accepted. She smiled, happily. This seemed to be a good change.
A/N: i'm really not good at l/j fics, but i luv 'em. r&r pleez!!! next up, more reactions as lily settles into her new world!!!