" You are such Losers..." Lily said, looking daggers at James and Sirius as they left. "I don't know about those two...Sirius is ok...but Potter really scares me Remus..."

Remus just blinked "Whatever Lily... I'm sure James isn't as bad as you think he is. Just calm down Lil."

" Calm down?!" she said, her eyebrows narrowing. " I can't! Argh! They are so annoying and you know I have no patience for that!" Lily turned away from Remus and looked sternly out the window

" Now you're being immature Lily. Turn around and look at me. You have to give them time. You'll see. Now come and sit down with me. We must almost be at Hogwarts."

Lily sat down beside Remus hesitantly. The compartment door slid open at that moment. James and Sirius walked in, both clutching ice packs to their aching noses

" My nose really hurts...thanks a lot Lily..." James muttered through the ice pack. Lily felt a twinge of guilt when she saw James' nose was clearly bleeding quite a bit. His hand and the ice pack were growing a vivid crimson. Lily hadn't meant for that to happen. She decided to be nicer to James for a while

" So I think we're almost there..." Lily said, quite shaken up at the sight of James' blood

" I hope so." Sirius said, him voice muffled by the ice " I can't wait to get there! It's going to be so cool!" Lily noticed Sirius' nose wasn't bleeding. She must have punched James a lot harder.

" Remus, could you inform Miss Evans that my nose could be broken?" James said coldly. He stared at Lily menacingly

" I'm sorry..." Lily said staring at her shoes. She didn't think she'd ever feel so bad about punching someone, especially someone like James Potter, but she did. "Really, I am...I didn't think your nose would bleed so much...And I'm...well I'm sorry." Lily rocked back and forth slightly as she said this, almost crying. But she was able to keep herself cool

" Well...If you're truly sorry I guess I can let it go..." James said, looking her over as if to make sure she was telling the truth " My nose isn't bleeding as much anymore any ways..." he said, looking at the red stained ice pack. James put it back on his nose to help stop the bleeding completely.

" Thanks..." Lily replied in a little voice. Even she was shocked that she had actually apologised to James. She twiddled her thumbs until the train stopped and they were escorted off the train. It was a rush to get out, as hundreds of students were equally exited about getting to the castle. The sound of students chattering filled the air and left Lily unable to hear her self think.

" Lily!" Remus yelled. It was no use, for Lily couldn't hear him. She looked around for a sign of Remus, Sirius or James, but she couldn't find them. She flailed her arms around to get people to move, but it didn't seem to help. She had her hair tugged on. Her arm twisted and her toes stepped on. If this is what school was like, Lily wasn't so sure she was exited about it anymore...Then someone grabbed her arm

"Lily! It's me, James! C'mon this way, all the first years are gathering around that giant man!"

" A giant man? I don't believe you!" she said

Lily let James take her to where the Giant man was. James was right. The man was giant. He had Loads of black hair and a bushy black beard. He wore a red and brown moleskin coat with a pink umbrella sticking out of the pocket. Lily thought he must have been at least 7 and ½ feet tall!

" Hey kids. I'm Hagrid. I take it yer the firs' year now. Come this way. Were gonna take th' boats across the lake. It'll be loads o' fun!"

Lily was hesitant to follow this man across a lake in a boat. She wasn't sure he could exactly get them there. However, everyone else was following Hagrid, so she went along with them, so she wouldn't look like a wimp. The boats she saw

were old and wooden. This increased her fear.

"Lily! C'mon! Let's take this one!" Remus cried. He had just run up to her, obviously relieved he wouldn't have to sail alone. Lily and Remus pushed the boat into the dark blue water. They were about to set sail, but James and Sirius hopped in at the last minute.

" Sorry about that. We didn't want to ride all by our selves" James said smiling brightly. Lily noticed his nose was still bleeding a tiny bit. That twinge of guilt came back. She had a feeling this wasn't going to be a boring boat ride

" Sirius stop pushing!" James said irritably. He shoved Sirius back.. Then Sirius shoved him back.

" Stop rocking the boat!" Lily cried shoving them both. Her hair fell in reddish tufts in front of her eyes and she did. Of course, Sirius and James being the boys they were, shoved Lily back at the exact same time, sending her backwards and off the edge of the boat. She plunged head first into the dark waters. She came up to the surface, sputtering and gasping for air.

" Lily!" the three boys cried all at once.

" Oh don't fuss. I can swim perfectly well, see?" Lily did the backstroke a couple of times. However, she didn't notice that a large purple tentacle was coming towards her...It grabbed her leg, and before she knew it, she was being pulled deep down, beneath the water. She thrashed and twisted around to try and free herself . She could see a giant squid, pulling her in, ready to put her in it's jaws...

"Lily! Lily wake up! James saved you!" Lily heard Remus say. Lily tryed to open her eyes, but she couldn't. She could barely breath." Someone has to give her mouth to mouth!" She heard Remus cry

"Not me" Said Sirius " I have bad breath. I'd choke her to death.

" Well Lily's like a sister to me...I couldn't do it" Remus said, sounding rather ashamed " You'll have to do it James..." Sirius agreed. James and Remus bickered a bit, but James finally gave in. Lily felt nervous. She felt James come closer and closer and closer...and then his lips landed on hers. She was amazed that James was actually an ok kisser. Suddenly oxygen came rushing back to her lungs and her eyes flew open....