"Lily! Get up! Class starts in an hour!" Paige said in a desperate attemt to wake up her roommate. Lily sat up slowly and yawned. Lily saunered over to the bathroom, took a shower, and got ready for her first day of school. Her hair was down the same way she had worn it the night that she had gone to Marvel's with the Potters. Lily had on a pair of dark blue shorts and a yellow tank top on under her robes. Lily looked as beautiful as ever.

She walked [or rather skipped] down the stairs to the common room. Her life was so perfect now. She was a witch, she had finally gotten away from Petunia, she had made two new friends, and James Potter was back in her life. Could life get much better? Lily was joined by Paige.

"Where's Alexia?" Lily asked noticing that she wasn't anywhere around.

"Alexia already left with her new boyfriend, Remus," Paige said smiling.

"What?! They're going out?!" Lily asked excidedly.

"No, but you would think they are by the way they're acting," Paige said, making Lily's face drop.

On the way to the common room a group of boys rammed right into Lily and Paige, knocking them both hard against the wall.

"Watch it! Unless you would like the world to be short two more mudbloods!" shouted a boy with dark black, greasy hair [a/n: guess who!!]

"Actually, that would probably do the world some good! You moodbloods seem to be dropping like flies, it's only a matter of time before you get caught, too. Watch your back," said another one of the boys they had bumped into. This boy had blonde hair, and was rather muscular. If it wasn't for his atitude and stuck-up appearence, he could be cute [a/n: sorry for that].

Lily and Paige, having come from muggle families, had no idea what the boy was talking about. Lily held her tounge while Paige's pride got the best of her.

"Well is it our fault that when you walk you take up half the hallway?! Sheesh! We were just trying to get to breakfast, but as I can see you have already been there...many, many times! Now, if you'll excuese us, we will be leaving," Paige said as she grabbed Lily's arm and began to walk towards the Great Hall doors.

Suddenly, both Paige and Lily were pinned up against the wall, unable to move. The boy's hands had a very tight grip on the girls, making large finger print marks on their arms.

"That little comment may have just cost you and your cute little friend's life mudblood. Can't say that I didn't warn you," said the boy with a very red face as he walked away with a smirk. Both girls fell onto the floor, rubbing their arms where a hand-print bruise had begun to form. Lily and Paige staggared into the Great Hall and collapsed in the nearest Griffendor seats.

James, Sirius, Remus, Alexia, and Peter walked over to where the girls were to see how their night was. Alexia was the first to notice the briuses.

"Oh my God! What happened?! Are you two ok?!" Alexia asked as she touched Lily's briuse, causing her to flinch in pain. James bent down next to Lily and could see confusion, pain, and fear in her eyes.

"James..." Lily began, " This is probably going to be a very stupid question... but what's a mudblood?" James was totally taken aback by her question.

"Why do you ask, Lily?" James asked, feeling sad for what had happened to Lily and Paige, while at the same time feeling enraged for someone doing that to them.

"Because some group of ugly guys called us that. My temper got the best of me and after I was done going off on them, the leader of their group kinda flipped. He said that what I had said might have cost mine and Lily's life," Paige explained for Lily, still very enraged that someone had gotten the better of her.

"A mudblood is like a curse word. It's like being prejiduce. Some people are prejiduce towards muggle-born witches and wizards, so they call them mudbloods. It's nearly the worst thing you could be called," explined Remus. Remus, Sirius, and James could feel their blood boil. James' face turned red and he looked as if he was about to explode. Lily noticed this and put her hand on his arm.

"James," Lily said. James didn't look back at her.

"James, it's ok." James turned his head and looked at Lily.

"No, Lily. It's not ok. What that boy said to you was a threat, and one that should be taken seriously. If he called you a mudblood, then I'm guessing that he's in Slytherin. And if her is in Slytherin, I'm guessing that he has connections to Voldemort," Lily gasped at the name.

"Aunt Judy told me about him," Lily said.

"Who did this?" asked Sirius, not taking his eyes off of Paige. Lily and Paige scanned the room, looking for the group of boys who had threatned them. Neither of them could find them.

"We'll let you know if we see them," said Lily, looking up at James.

"Ok. We all pretty much have the same classes with each other, only when I have Divination with Remus, Sirius, and Peter, when you girls have Muggle Studies, so we should be able to stick together," said James as everyone nodded.

"What's our first class?" asked Lily, trying to change the subject. She hated it when she was the center of attention, especially when she was hurt. Lily was a tough girl, and she hated to be thought of a vonurable.

"First we have Transfiguration, then Potions, then Charms, then we have Divination and you have Muggle Studies, then we have Defense Against the Dark Arts," Sirius said, reading the schedule.

"Well, we had better be getting to Transfig," said Paige who also hated being the center of attention. The seven of them got up from the table, got their books, and made their way to Transfig. with Professor McGonagall.

"Hello, class. I am Professor McGonagall, head of Griffendor house, Transfiguration teacher, and Deputy Headmistress," said McGonagall once everyone was in their seats.

"Wow, if she pulls that bun any tighter her hair is gonna fall out," said Paige to ALexia and Lily. The three girls giggled.

"Evans, Foley, Collins! May I ask what is so funny that you feel that you have to interupt mt class?" McGonagall said, staring at the three girls.

"You can ask, but you may not want an answer," Paige muttered, causing the girls to laugh even harder.

"Girls! Your detention will be served tomarrow afternoon at eight o'clock, now, on with my lesson," said McGonagall.

Lily, Paige, and Alexia's jaws dropped. 'Detention?! It's only the first day! What a great way to start!' thought all three girls sarcastically. James tapped Lily on the shoulder. Lily, Alexia, and Paige turned around to find James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter giving them a thumbs up with crazy smiles on their faces. Paige stood up to bow, but Lily and Alexia grabbed her arms and pulled her down before the professor could give them even more detentions.

After what seemed like the longest fourtyfive minutes of their lives, Transfiguration was over. "Ok, now onto Potions," Peter said as Sirius, James, and Remus groaned.

"Don't like Potions?" Lily asked the boys.

"Don't like Potions Master," replied James.

"He's the head of Slytherin," Sirius continued.

"Favors Slytherin above all else, despises Griffendor," Remus finished.

"Oh...Paige, remember to hold your tounge in here," Alexia said, knowing how much trouble Paige could get into with a teacher like this. Paige smiled.

"I can't believe that you got a detention on your first day," James said shaking his head.

"I can," said Paige. Everyone laughted. But the laughter quickly stopped once they reached the dungons, where their Potions class would be. All seven of them gagged once they were completly in the room, the smell of different herbs, fungi, and unknown objects flowed in the room.

The three of them got a seat as close to the very center as they could get, hoping that they would blend in and they wouldn't become the center of attention by the professor. Something caught Lily's eye and her face went completly white. She tapped Paige's shoulder, eyes wide. Paige looked at Lily.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Look," was all Lily could whisper, pointing to a group of boys sitting in the front rows. Paige gasped. It was the boys who had threatned them earlier.

"So, I hear that Professor Stone is a real-" James stopped, mid- sentence at the looks on Lily and Paige's faces. He followed their stares to a group of Slytherin boys. James knew nearly all of them because of Ministry of Magic gatherings [Lucius Malfoy, James Potter, and Sirius' dads were all in the Ministry] and was a known enemy to most of them.

"Lily, are those the boys who-" James said before Lily cut him off.

"Yes," she said simply, still not looking away from them.

"Sirius," James said getting his friend's attention.

"What's up?" he asked, leaning over Paige so he could see James.

"Lucius Malfoy and his gang are the ones who hurt the girls," James said, feeling as if he was on fire. He was mad for three reasons: Two of his friends were hurt, Malfoy was the one who hurt them, and he was just mad just at the sight of Malfoy. James had always hated Malfoy. It's like a family tradition, Potters and Malfoys had always dispised each other. Sirius hated the Malfoy's just as much as James did.

"When I get my hands on his scrawny little neck I'm gonna-" began Sirius, also turning a nice shade of red.

"Sirius!" said Paige. Lily turned to Paige. It wasn't like her to stop a fight, actually, she was more the type to get involved in it or sit on the sidelines and eat popcorn. "Just leave him alone. He will get what he deserves, but not here. We're on their territory," began Paige, peircing Sirius' brown eyes with her own. "If you were to get into a fight with one of them, Professor Stone would take their side and we would get in trouble. Just wait to get your hands on his scrawny little neck until we're in a different place." Sirius nodded his head and calmed down, inwardly laughing at Paige's last remark.

James, on the other hand, was still fuming. Lily put her hand on his in an attempt to calm him down. An attempt that would have worked had the hand she used not been on the arm with the bruise on it. Once James saw the bruise, the fire in him became an inferno. Lily flinched. It was as if his anger and rage was also running threw her. She could feel his anger and was amazed at how mad he could be only because she was hurt.

"James," Lily said. James didn't move.

"James!" Lily said agian, a little louder. Still no sign of hearing her.

"JAMES!" Lily practically screamed. The entire classroom turned to look at her, including James, and including Lucius Malfoy and his friends. Luckly for Lily, Professor Stone wasn't in the room yet.

"James, please. Calm down," Lily said, doing her best to ignore the smirks and grins that the Slytherins were sending at her and Paige.

"Lily, I can't help it. You're one of my best friends, so I can't just sit back and let him get away with what he did," James said.

"Look, going over there and kicking the crap out of that jerk won't change what happened. He wants to get you fired up. It's just the opportunity he wants to get you expelled," Lily continued. 'I still don't really get the big deal. Malfoy's just a first year, all eleven year olds make threats they don't mean. And it was just a fight. I don't really see why everyone is getting so riled up about this...' thought Lily.

"I don't care if I get expelled, I can't stand him. It would be worth getting expelled to beat him to a pulp," James said gritting his teeth.

"No, it wouln't be worth it. Besides, if you get expelled, who will be here if something like that happens agin?" Lily asked.

"What?! I don't need some boy to protect-" Began Paige, but she was cut off by Lily kicking her under the table ["Oouch!"]. James smiled and forced himself to calm down.

"Evans! Potter! Would you two please hold your displays of effection until after class?!" With all the camotion, nobody noticed Professor Stone come into the room. Lily and James had completly forgotten that they were holding hands. They blushed a light pink as they seperated their hands.



"Yessir," answered Lily and James at the same time.

"That will be five points from Griffendor for unapproiate activities during a lesson," said Stone. Everyone in the room who wasn't a Slytherin was glaring daggers at their Potions professor. Fourtyfive minutes and twelve detentions later, the class was dismissed.

"Yes! I'm free!" Yelled Sirius as he danced to Charms.

"I can't wait for Charms to be over!" said James.

"Why? Don't tell me that Professor Holmes is like Stone," Paige said with a groan.

"Nope, after Charms it's lunchtime!" said Remus. The girls laughed.

Once they got to the Charms room, Alexia, Lily, and Paige sighed.

"This room looks friendly," said Alexia truthfully.

"Yeah, I hear that Holmes is cool. One of the nicest professors here," said Remus as they all took their seats.

"Hello class! I am Professor Holmes! I will be your charms professor this year!" Lily couldn't help but like this professor. He seemed very nice.

During that class, the student learned to basic flick and swish movements. Rather boaring, but it was better than their other classes so far.

After Charms was over, the seven Griffendors joined the rest of the school for lunch.

"FOOD!" said Sirius, Remus, and James in unison. Peter would have said it as well, but his mouth was already too full of food to talk. The girls looked at the boys in amazement.

"You're going to get fat from all that food," said Alexia as she looked at the boys in disgust.

"You should tell that to your friends over there," said Sirius as he gestured towards Lily and Paige. Alexia turned around and laughed. Lily and Paige had equally large piles of food on their plates that they were shoveling down their throats.

"Where do you guys keep all of that?" Alexia asked in amazement.

"Fast metabolism, I guess," said Lily as she swallowed a hunk of chicken. Alexia sat down next to Remus and grabbed some toast and a glass of pumpkin juice. Paige and Lily shot Alexia curious glances, both wondering what was going on with Remus and her.

"So," began Lily after everyone had finished their meal, "It's off to muggle studies we go."

"Yup, and we have to go to Divination. I heard from a group of sixth years that that woman is an old cook. Always making bogus pridictions about a prophacy," James said.

"Oh, have fun," Lily said as she wrinkled her nose.

"I'll try."

"Well, we had better be going. We have a few more minutes till we're late," Remus said as everyone stood up.

"We'll see you three ladies later," Sirius said as he bowed a goodbye.

"Yeah, I guess," Paige said as she stared at Sirius like he was a little off upstaris.

The girls walked to the second floor, where their class would be held. Lily and Paige, being muggle-born, knew that they would have no troubles in this class, so they sat near the front. Alexia was a little nervous about it because she knew nothing about muggles, but Lily and Paige promised to help her, so she sat in front with them. A man who looked to be about the same age as McGonagall stood at the front of the classroom. "Hello, my name is Professor Malloms. I will be your Muggle Studies teacher..." Malloms went on to tell the class about himself. He was a muggle-born wizard, and from what the class could tell, was very nice. During their class, they learned about muggle knowledge of magic. After an interesting fourtyfive minutes, class was over.

Lily, Paige, and Alexia headed back to their common room. They had half an hour until their next and final class. Once they came threw the portraite hole, a rather annoying sight greeted them.

James, Remus, and Sirius were already there, and so was their fan club. All of the girls were huddled around the boys, hanging on their every word. Lily made a gagging sound. Paige was muttering something about the girls acting like brainless puppies who just followed Sirius around like they had nothing better to do. Lily inwardly laughed. She could tell that it was only a matter of time before Paige realized that she liked Sirius. 'Why do I feel so mad about this? Why should I care if girls are hanging all over Sirius and his friends. It's not like I care...' thought Paige. Still, she couldn't help but feel hatred towards the girls who were hanging all over the him.

Lily and Alexia were having feelings similar to those of Paige. "What idiots. They'll never get with Remus. Nope, I'm not worried. Remus is just going to throw them out on their butts. Nope, I'm not worried at all," said Alexia, more to herself than to Lily or Paige.

"I agree. James is only talking to them to be nice," said Lily. As Lily was saying this, James winked at one of the blonde girls next to him.

"Very nice," Lily said, trying to believe her own words.

"And Sirius just likes the attention. He isn't really interested in any of them. It's all an act, why can't those girls see that?" said Paige. Suddenly, Lily, Paige, and Alexia were surrounded by their own fan club.

"How was your day Lily?" asked a rather cute boy with short, brown hair.

"Fine..." said Lily a little reluctantly.

"My name is Kyle Weiss. Those robes look really nice on you, Alexia," said a boy who was cute in a baby face kind of way.

"Thanks..." Alexia said slowly.

"Paige, your hair looks really nice today," said a boy who was muscular. Lily knew this boy. He loved to brag about himself. He was really stuck-up. Paige, being how she is, didn't respond to the boy as kindly as Alexia and Lily had.

"Are you saying it looked bad yesterday?" Paige snapped.

"No! It looked great yesterday. Today it looks wonderful," said the boy quickly.

"Is there anything I can get you girls? Anything at all?" asked a boy who was very cute, but not any of the girls type.

"No...that's alright. We have everything we need..." Alexia said, inching her way away from the boys, who just inched back towards her. The girls began to back up more and more until their backs were agianst the wall. And the boys had inched fowards more and more until they were barley two feet away from the girls. 'So, how do we get out of this without breaking any bones?' thought Alexia. 'Why won't they just take a hint?! Do we need to spell it out for them?! Or maybe show them physically what we mean!' thought Lily. 'Stay calm, don't blow up, stay calm, don't hurt them, stay calm, don't get expelled,' thought Paige, 'ARGH! WHY WON'T THEY LEAVE US ALONE?!'

"Oh, ok. Well if you ever need anything, just let us-" continued the boy before he was interupted by Paige.

"HEY! JUST LEAVE US ALONE!" She yelled, getting the attention of everyone in the common room. "Don't you lot have a life?! I swear! I can see your future as stawkers becomming clearer and clearer!" and with that, Paige grabbed Alexia and Lily and stormed up the stairs to their dorm.





*~Downstairs~*





The boys who had been annoying Alexia, Lily and Paige stood there, wide-eyed. The silence was broken by the stuck-up boy.

"They want me. They're just playing hard to get," the other boys nodded at his words.

Out of the corner of the room, a roar of laughter erupted, comming from a certian four boys.

"That.Was.Awsome!" James managed to get out between laughs.

"Did you see Paige?! She really took care of them!" Sirius laughed.

"Lily seemed to be having trouble keeping herself in control too!" James said, recovering from his laughter.

"Paige really kept her cool, she's pretty tough! I wouldn't have been able to stay calm for that long!" Remus said, also recovering.

"They were ok," said the blonde girl who James had winked at earlier lamely.

"But that Collins girl is really violent," said another girl. They were obviously trying to get James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter to foget about the good side of Alexia, Paige, and Lily.

"Yeah, and Foley seems like a pushover. She doesn't really stand up for herself much, does she?" said the only brounette in the group.

"What about Evans? She is a mixture of both. Not a very good combination. I bet that it doesn't take too much to set off that red-headed temper," said a girl with fake blonde hair. The girls giggled, while the boys glared.

"That /Collins girl/ is named Paige. And she is not violent, she just sticks up for herself," Sirius said calmly.

"And /Foley/ is named Alexia. She is not a pushover, she just doesn't like to cause confrontation," added Remus.

"And /Evans/ is called Lily. Being a mixture of protecting and very nice is a perfect combination. And her red hair is perfect, natural, and beautiful," James said. The girls were speechless. They didn't want to be on the bad side of Hogwart's cutest guys, so they changed their story.

"I think you misunderstood us. Everything we said about Ev-Tilly, Kage, and Alex," said the brounette," was meant as a complete compliment."

"Its Lily, Paige, and Alexia," corrected James.

"Isn't that what we said?" asked the fake blonde. The boys sighed.





*~An Hour and a Half Later*~



Lily, Alexia, and Paige ran down the stairs from their dorm and towards the portraite hole.

"Woah, woah, woah! Where's the fire?" asked Sirius.

"We're late for Defense Against the Dark Arts!" shouted Alexia as she shuffled her books from one arm to the other so she had a better grip on it.

"What?!" asked the boys as they pounced up, causing the fan club of girls to jump.

"Class started ten minutes ago!" shouted Lily as the boys summoned their books. Together, the seven of them raced down the halls to their DADA class.