Chapter 1.
Back Home.
Lily stood about a metre away from the brick wall that separated platform 9 and 10. "Oh my darling" said Lily's mother, "Have a fantastic year, study hard with your.magic." She stuttered awkwardly, obviously not completely comfortable with the 'magic' concept. Lily hugged her mother and father. "We're so proud of you sweetie" said her father as he ruffled her distinctive red hair. Lily turned to face her sister, a sour looking girl who was very tall and thin. "Oh come on Tunes, aren't you going to say good-bye to your own sister?" Lily said, suggestively, knowing it would annoy her bitter sister. Her sister, Petunia, smiled very quickly, as though it would kill her to smile any longer. Lily stifled a laugh and walked towards the platform and with one quick wave back to her family she had disappeared. Coming out the other side, the smell of Hogwarts wafted through the air. Lily stood and looked at the Hogwarts Express and paused taking it all in again. As she was day dreaming about the place she'd be at in less than a day, the corner of a trunk nudged her in the back. She spun around to look at the culprit. 'Probably a first year' she though to herself. But instead, standing there with his arrogance reeking metres around him, was none other than James Potter. "Evans!" James said gleefully. He glanced up and down her body and a gleaming badge took his attention. "Prefect! Wow Lil, now you'll have to be on constant watch. Do y'reckon you'll be able to look past my devilishly handsome looks and give me detentions?" he said egotistically. Lily rolled her eyes. "I think I'll manage somehow." She said as she scanned the crowd looking for Abbey Hargraves, her best friend, whom she had only written a few letters to through the holidays. "Lily!" shouted the voice that belonged to the person Lily was looking for. Lily spun around and flung her arms around Abbey. "Woah, you missed me did you?" Abbey said, hugging her friend back. They broke apart and Abbey glanced over Lily's shoulder. "Hey James, how were your holidays?" She asked. After a quick shake of his head so that his hair stayed messy, he replied "Yeah pretty good, I think my hair has grown a bit which is cool." Abbey rolled her eyes. Continuing, "And it saddened me greatly as I wrote to this fine specimen of a witch on many occasions and she never replied" said James sincerely but with a sarcastic look on his face. Lily pushed past on to the train, quickly shoving her head out of the door and glancing at James, "Careful Potter, you might not be able to fit that head of your through the door." She said sweetly. James grinned mischievously, "It's not my head I'm worried about, It's my heart."
Lily stood about a metre away from the brick wall that separated platform 9 and 10. "Oh my darling" said Lily's mother, "Have a fantastic year, study hard with your.magic." She stuttered awkwardly, obviously not completely comfortable with the 'magic' concept. Lily hugged her mother and father. "We're so proud of you sweetie" said her father as he ruffled her distinctive red hair. Lily turned to face her sister, a sour looking girl who was very tall and thin. "Oh come on Tunes, aren't you going to say good-bye to your own sister?" Lily said, suggestively, knowing it would annoy her bitter sister. Her sister, Petunia, smiled very quickly, as though it would kill her to smile any longer. Lily stifled a laugh and walked towards the platform and with one quick wave back to her family she had disappeared. Coming out the other side, the smell of Hogwarts wafted through the air. Lily stood and looked at the Hogwarts Express and paused taking it all in again. As she was day dreaming about the place she'd be at in less than a day, the corner of a trunk nudged her in the back. She spun around to look at the culprit. 'Probably a first year' she though to herself. But instead, standing there with his arrogance reeking metres around him, was none other than James Potter. "Evans!" James said gleefully. He glanced up and down her body and a gleaming badge took his attention. "Prefect! Wow Lil, now you'll have to be on constant watch. Do y'reckon you'll be able to look past my devilishly handsome looks and give me detentions?" he said egotistically. Lily rolled her eyes. "I think I'll manage somehow." She said as she scanned the crowd looking for Abbey Hargraves, her best friend, whom she had only written a few letters to through the holidays. "Lily!" shouted the voice that belonged to the person Lily was looking for. Lily spun around and flung her arms around Abbey. "Woah, you missed me did you?" Abbey said, hugging her friend back. They broke apart and Abbey glanced over Lily's shoulder. "Hey James, how were your holidays?" She asked. After a quick shake of his head so that his hair stayed messy, he replied "Yeah pretty good, I think my hair has grown a bit which is cool." Abbey rolled her eyes. Continuing, "And it saddened me greatly as I wrote to this fine specimen of a witch on many occasions and she never replied" said James sincerely but with a sarcastic look on his face. Lily pushed past on to the train, quickly shoving her head out of the door and glancing at James, "Careful Potter, you might not be able to fit that head of your through the door." She said sweetly. James grinned mischievously, "It's not my head I'm worried about, It's my heart."
