Lily Evans--- Year 1 at Hogwarts

Disclaimer***** I don't own anything you recognize. The only things I own so far are Melody, Lacey, and Lisa.

A/N::Thanks to everyone that has reviewed!!!! It has really encouraged me to update faster.

So now I give you... CHAPTER 4!!

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" Lily! Lily wake up!!!" came the voice of James from her dormitory. Sure enough, Lily opened her eyes and saw James Potter bouncing up and down on her bed.

" JAAMES!!! This is the girls dormitory, your not supposed to be in here!" Lily shrieked.

" And since when did I do what I was supposed to?" asked James raising an eyebrow. " It's the first day of classes!!!! And if we don't hurry up we're gonna be late for breakfast."

" OHMIGOD, your right! I almost forgot. Umm.thanks for waking me up and everything but do you mind getting out," Lily asked watching James get comfortable at the edge of her bed.

" Why?" James asked truly puzzled.

" Because James, I kinda have to get dressed," Lily pointed out.

" Oh yea," He smiled. "I kinda forgot. Well I'll be waiting for you downstairs." With a small wave James left. Lily sighed and hurriedly got dressed.

"Morning guys!" Lily greeted her friends.

"Morning Lils," yawned Melody.

"Ready for today?" asked Remus. "As ready as I'll ever be, and that's saying something," joked Lily.

"Ladies? Mind if we escort you to the Great Hall? Sirius asked taking Melody's arm. The rest of the boys followed suit; James with Lily, Remus with Lacey, and Peter with Lisa. It was funny how after knowing each other for just one day all of them were really close.

They got to the Great hall and they all sat down. All of a sudden Dumbledore stood up.

"May I have your attention everyone please?" Dumbledore cleared him throat and the whole Great hall fell silent. " Now as we all know, the Yule Ball is quite the social event for all students 4th year and up. I think its about time the younger members of this school get that chance. I'm more than happy to announce that this school year we will be holding a 'Back To School/ Welcome' dance in honor of successfully coming back this school year and also to welcome the new batch of first years. The dance will be held next Monday so you have exactly a week to find a partner. You may come alone though if you wish. I expect to see all of you there. Now you may eat."

As the food appeared the Great Hall was suddenly filled with chatter about the dance. "A Dance!!!" shrieked Lacey with excitement. "A DANCE!!!." squealed Lily, Melody, and Lisa.

"Great, a Dance," muttered Sirius. "Can this day get any wore?" "Sirius 'ol buddy, I thought I taught you something," said James chuckling. " You never ask if something if going to get worse or it usually will."

"AUGGHHH! JAMES! DON'T SAY THAT! IT WON'T GET WORSE!" Sirius yelled.

"Ok, Ok Sirius, don't get all worked up," said James still chuckling. Sirius glared.

On the way to their first class, Potions with the Slytherins, the boys decided to walk away from the girls so that they could talk.

"So Sirius who 'd you wanna take to the dance?" asked James with a sly smile.

" Melody," said Sirius quickly avoiding his friends' eyes.

" WHAT! You like her?" shouted Remus gleefully.

"SHHHH! Well. umm...I do think she's kinda pretty," Sirius mumbled blushing. His friends sniggered. "But I don't like her." He quickly covered up glaring. " Yea right," muttered Peter rolling his eyes. "So James, who are you taking?" asked Sirius changing the subject quickly.

"I really don't know," said James turning red. Actually James knew exactly who he wanted to ask. He thought Lily was really pretty and wanted her to go with him badly. But he wasn't about to admit that. At that moment they approached the Potions classroom sparing James from having to be questioned more.

" Oh shoot, we're late! Professor Dwight is gonna kill us!" Remus exclaimed!

"Yeah he's the Slytherin head and I heard that he could get nasty, especially to us, Gryffindors," Sirius informed them.

" Oh well lets go in and get this over with," said James bravely.

They tiptoed as quietly as they could into the classroom but Professor Dwight heard them.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" sneered Professor Dwight. " Its Potter and his friends. These boys seem to think they're..high and mighty. am I right? 10 points from Gryffindor and be glad its not 100. Sit." All the Slytherins howled with laughter.

" That @$$hole!" muttered James sitting with his friends.

"Tell me about it," Remus muttered.

"Hey, you guys wanna do something that we haven't done since before we came to Hogwarts?" asked James his eyes sparkling.

"You mean like a prank?" asked Peter.

" Yeah Peter, why, is there anything else that we haven't done since before Hogwarts?" asked James sarcastically.

"Actually yeah we haven't bothered snape for quite a while. The last time we've ever done something to Snape was on the Hogwarts Express. Which was before Hogwarts," said Peter defensively.

" Potter, Black, Lupin, Pettigrew, care to tell us your conversation? Its obviously much more important than this lesson. No? You probably don't wish to tell me you conversation so I'll just take another 10 points from Gryffindor." Professor Dwight said lazily. All the Slytherins were almost rolling in laughter until.........

BANG!!!

Professor Dwight was suddenly wearing a bright pink tutu with neon green word on the top saying 'I think I'm in love with Gryffindors!' His hair suddenly grew longer and was stuck straight up and painted rainbow colors. To top it off, He was doing this really weird dance and he couldn't seem to stop. Talking was a difficulty as well because he was concentrating on trying to stop dancing. He only managed to shout "Class dismissed" and "Detention POTTER, BLACK, LUPIN, PETTIGREW!!!" before he fainted.

Back in the common room James stood on the table in the middle of the room and shouted, "This calls for a party!" Everyone had heard about what happened in Potions by the end of the day and the 4 boys became the talk of the school. Lily and her pals also became popular because they were friends with James and the boys.

The boys left to go to the kitchens for some food.

" Well James 'ol buddy we did it!" said Remus.

"Yea imagine, we're now the most popular guys in school," said James grinning.

" The girls will be all over us and the guys will wanna be us!" added Sirius.

"Meaning we'll get the best dates for the dance!" Peter squeaked happily.

"Hey since we're now so well known we should make a name for ourselves!" said Remus. The others looked at him blankly.

"You know, I mean like a special name four all four of. Like a gang name," Remus explained.

"How about 'Mauraders'?" asked James excitedly. "My dad had a group of friends that he had called 'The Marauders' before he passed away."

"Good Idea! Marauders it is!" said Sirius excepting bottles of butterbeer from the house elves.

"To the Marauders!" said Remus holding up his glass and everyone did the same.

'This is life' thought James taking a sip.

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Meanwhile in the girls dormitory the girls were talking about the dance.

"Who are you gonna go with Lils?" asked Lisa painting her nails.

"Uhhh..hey if I tell you something promise not to laugh.." Lily started nervously.

"What?" Lacey asked.

"Well.I think I like... James Potter." Lily looked down waiting for her friends reaction.

"I knew it!" Melody exclaimed. "Huh?" Lily asked confused.

"Remember in the boat?" Melody reminded.

"Oh yea! I guess I didn't want you to know just yet," Lily replied.

"Well that's ok, cause I like Sirius," said Melody dreamily.

" And I think Remus is kinda cute," said Lacey smiling.

"Well haha, cos I'm going out with a very handsome Ravenclaw, Kevin Boots," said Lisa triumphantly.

"Huh? Why didn't you tell us?" asked Lily.

"Cause he just asked me out," Lisa said blushing. The other girls laughed. This was one of the best days of her life, Lily decided.











A/N::: I hope you likes this story. Pleeeese review!!!!! Pretty Please? Thanks a bunch!!!



Maryam



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