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A/n: no I'm not going crazy I'm just losing my mind (heehee) anyways I hope y'all liked the last chapter and I beg of you to review!! Reviews are like life support when you're dieing! I'll stop writing if I don't get any reviews. Anyways I don't know when the next chapter will be up because I'm having problems with getting onto Fanfiction.net (whaaaaa) anyways I'll try to get it up as soon as possible. Onwards of faithful readers!! On with the fic!!!!
Special thanks to: GrEeNEydRoSe, my only reviewer :'( Please I need reviewers! They are like water to a dieing fish! Ok maybe not quite that dramatic but you get my picture right? I will give my thanks to my reviewers in my chapters and answer questions!
What if I don't have any friends at Hogwarts, I know that there is Remus but really what boy would want to hang around a girl?! Oh Man I'm not gonna have any friends, what if this is all some big mistake or something what if there is no such thing as Hogwarts! Oh Man I'm gonna die. Lily thought as her parents were driving her to the Kings Cross station.
"Lily dear, we're here!" Mrs. Evans said breaking Lily out of her reverie. Lily clambered out of their mid-sized car and retrieved her trunk and owl cage from her father.
"Don't get into too much trouble Tiger Lily. I'll miss you." Mr. Evans said as he hugged his daughter tightly.
"Goodbye Lily! Have a good time." Said Mrs. Evans brokenly as she was on the verge of tears. "Say goodbye to your sister, Petunia!"
"Bye! Freak. And good riddance." Petunia muttered under her breath as Lily walked away waving goodbye.
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Well, now where is Remus he said that he would meet me at the clock… Lily thought, frantically searching for her friend. As she brushed her earlobe length hair out of her eyes Lily cauight sight of her reflection in the window of a nearby train. She noticed how with her baggy clothes and short hair, how much she resembled a boy. Oh well… I'm only eleven, who's going to care. Anyways, right now I must focus on finding Remus…
"Oh hey, Remus! Over here!" Lily yelled jumping up and down on a bench trying to catch her friends' attention. Finally Remus spotted her and made his way over.
"Hey Lils! Come on we'd better get onto the platform if we're gonna get a compartment." Remus said as he started to walk towards the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
"Yo Remus! Where are you going? There's a barrier there!" Lily exclaimed as she grabbed the back of Remus' jacket.
"Oh right! Well you see how on the ticket it says 'Platform 9 ¾'?" Remus asked pointing to her ticket. Once Lily nodded he continued "Well to get onto the platform you gotta walk between the two barriers – it's magic, I guess."
"Ah, it all makes sense now. Thank you for enlightening me O great one." Lily said as she pretended to bow.
"Well then now that you are enlightened, let's go!" Remus said as he pulled Lily through the barrier. Once Lily was sure that they were through the barrier she opened her eyes (which had been tightly clenched shut) to see a burgundy steam engine which bore the label 'The Hogwarts Express'. Around the magnificent steam engine milled hundreds of students, gossiping with their friends, putting their luggage on the train and in some peoples cases snogging their significant others like there was no tomorrow. Lily and Remus made their way slowly through the crowds absorbing everything in their sight. Once they had pushed and shoved their way to the train the got on and started looking for a compartment.
Finally when they had neared the end of the train they found an empty compartment which they gladly entered and stowed their stuff in. Not thirty seconds after Lily and Remus had gotten settled in the compartment the door burst open and two boys walked in.
"So I was saying to… oh sorry. Could we sit here too?" the boy with dark brown hair that was in dreads asked.
"Sure thing. My name is Remus Lupin." Remus said as he held out his hand. Both boys shook it before introducing themselves.
"I, am the great, the perpetually late, Oliver Twist" said the boy with dreads, his blue eyes twinkling mischievously.
"Actually this dufus" the other boy interrupted "is Sirius Black and I am James Potter."
"Well it seems like I'm the only one left to be introduced to, so without further ado, my name is Lily Evans." Lily said boldly as she examined the two boys.
"Isn't that a girl's name?" Sirius asked.
"No sh*t Sherlock." Lily replied, insulted.
"You mean you're a girl?!" Sirius asked again.
"Of course she is Captain Obvious" Remus exclaimed coming to his friend's aid. Suddenly everyone was interrupted by Lily who was rolling around on the ground hopelessly lost in mirth.
"Oh my gosh! That was priceless!" Lily gasped out between giggles. Then James' mouth started to twitch upwards and in moments they all were rolling around on the ground laughing until they were crying.
A good while later once they had all caught they're breaths and sat back down on the seat Lily finally had a chance to get a good look at both of the newcomers to Lily and Remus' friendship. Both of them were as tall as Remus who was a good 5'4. James had dark black hair which looked like it had never been brushed. His chocolate eyes were filled with depth and mesmerizing. Lily knew that one day many girls would be lost in those eyes of his. James also had a more mature air about him, although compared to Sirius everyone did. Sirius was if possible a tad bit taller than James and his dark brown hair was in dreads which gave him an almost punk-like look. He had mischievous blue eyes that seemed to really be the gate ways to his soul. You could tell by looking in his eyes how he was feeling. Lily could tell that with these three guys in tow that her years at Hogwarts would definitely be memorable.
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"Anything off the trolley dears?" A witch that appeared to be in her late twenties asked as she opened the door to the compartment that our favorite characters were in. However a few moments later she probably wished she hadn't, because the moment she asked James and Sirius ran to the door but not before tripping over Remus' outstretched foot. This sent them sprawling while Remus jumped up and ran to the trolley – in the lead. After a frantic five minutes in which Remus, James and Sirius bought everything they could the witch practically ran away in fright. Meanwhile Lily was once again rolling on the floor laughing which caused many problems for the others when they were trying to get back to their seats, which in turn caused the position that they all ended up in when the door to their compartment opened again.
"Well, well, if it isn't Potty and his friends. I didn't know you swung that way." The boy at the door said surveying the compartment.
James quickly untangled himself from everyone else on the floor and retorted "Bugger off Snape! We all know for a fact that you do swing that way."
"No I don't!" Snape snapped back
Suddenly Lily piped up saying "Denial is the first stage of acceptance." This was too much for Sirius and he burst out laughing again.
"And just who might you be?" Snape inquired haughtily.
"I'm Lily Evans, and you might be?" Lily answered.
"I am Severus Snape."
"So?" Sirius whispered to Remus.
"And you there – 'Lily', isn't that a girls name?" Snape inquired disdainfully. Suddenly all four of the other first years in the compartment cracked up.
Lily explained through the giggles escaping her mouth, "That's – the – second time – today! I'm – a girl."
James finally calmed down and yelled in a girlish voice a Snape left the compartment in disgust "Ta-Ta Snapey-poo!" this once again sent the four friends into peals of laughter.
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"Alrigh' firs years o'er here! Firs years o'er here!" a large man called towering above the crowd. Lily, James, Sirius and Remus made their way over as the man (who they later found out was called Hagrid) led them over to a small fleet of boat by the shore of a lake. James held them back until there was only one boat left, because he was scared to death of water. When they finally clambered in the boat sped away towards the rest of the flotilla that had gone ahead of them. By the time they caught up to it they 40 or so other students had started to clamber out of their boats, staring in awe at the majestic castle standing before them. With mouths still hanging open Hagrid led the distracted first years to a door which he opened to reveal a witch in her mid-thirties.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said the witch. "My name is Professor McGonagall. The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like you family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common-room.
The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours.
The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting." And with that the witch walked out of the room which she had led them to during her speech.
Suddenly Lily noticed that James and Sirius were missing. Frantically she looked around and spotted them in a corner. Lily was about to pull Remus over there when suddenly Sirius threw something into the crowd of first years. When it exploded a terrible stench permeated the room and despite its smelliness James and Sirius made sure that they smelled to so they wouldn't look guilty.
Suddenly Professor McGonagall walked into the room and wrinkled her nose at the stench. With a flick of her wand however the odor was gone. "Now," she said "Who did this! If no one confesses then it will be 10 points from all of the houses!" when no one spoke up Professor McGonagall continued "Very well then. Ten points will be taken from your houses. Now follow me, the Sorting Ceremony is about to begin."
Professor McGonagall led the students across the hall and came to a pair of double doors. She opened the doors which looked like gilded gold and led the students into the Great Hall. As Lily walked into the hall she was amazed at the grandeur of everything. The cutlery and plates were made of gold, the moldings on the walls were so ornate and as she looked upwards she saw the ceiling which was enchanted to show the night sky. Lily would have stopped there in the middle of the hall if it hadn't been for Remus who pushed her forwards.
All too soon it seemed, the first years had reached the front of the room and were facing a stool with a hat on it which the stern professor had brought out. Suddenly a rip near the brim of the ratty hat opened and it began to sing a song that explained the different traits of the four houses. (A/n: I'm too lazy to make up a song for the sorting hat. If you have a good song email it too me and I'll put it in here.) For Gryffindor there was bravery, Hufflepuff – loyalty, Ravenclaw – intelligence, and for Slytherin there was ambition.
"I think that Gryffindor sounds like the best house." Lily whispered to Remus as Professor McGonagall started calling people up to be sorted.
"Abbot, Jon"
"HUFFLEPUFF"
"Avery, Aaron"
"SLYTHERIN"
The Sorting continued in this fashion until it got to-
"Black, Sirius" Sirius found himself being pushed forwards towards the hat. Not seconds after it had touched his head the hat declared "GRYFFINDOR" and Sirius jumped up took a bow and waltzed over to the Gryffindor table where he sat down. Immediately the sorting resumed with "Brown, Rob"
More people got up and were sorted and then finally it was Lily's turn.
"Evans, Lily" Professor McGonagall called and Lily quickly glanced at Sirius who waved from the Gryffindor table, as she walked up to the hat and put it on. Moments later the hat yelled out "GRYFFINGOR" and Lily jumped of the stool and skipped over to where Sirius was sitting. She then proceeded to sit on the bench beside him and make bets as to who would get into which house. A girl named Arabella Figg also got into Gryffindor and no one else did until Professor McGonagall got into the L's.
"Lupin, Remus"
"Please let him get into Gryffindor" Lily prayed with her fingers crossed underneath the table as Remus slowly walked up to the hat. A few painfully long minutes later the hat had sorted Remus into Gryffindor. The three friends were congratulating each other on getting into the same house when they "Potter, James" be called. They all turned as one to see the hat barely touch James head before yelling out Gryffindor.
With about 8 people left to be sorted everyone left in the Great Hall could feel there stomachs growling. Gryffindor was joined by one other person, a short little boy with blond hair and watery blue eyes, while all of the other houses had many more than them. Slytherin had the most first years than any other house. In their ranks was the infamous Severus Snape and a particularly evil looking boy by the name of Lucious Malfoy.
Suddenly Professor Dumbledore (James had pointed him out to the rest of the group earlier) stood up and commanded their attention. "Welcome" he said "to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to give you a few start of term notices. First years should note that the forest in the grounds is forbidden to all pupils." at this point Lily, James, Remus, and Sirius all shared a mischievous glance, "I have also been asked by Mr. Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors.
Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of term. Anyone interested in playing for their house team should contact Professor Quadle. And finally now that the boring notices are out of the way - let the feast begin." Lily glanced at the now food laden table and gasped. There was everything from roast beef and turkey to spaghetti and carrot sticks. Lily grabbed some lasagna that hadn't yet been touched by the boys who were devouring everything within a ten meter radius. Lily quickly scooted a few seats down from the boys to by the other girl in her house.
"Hi my name's Lily Evans!"
"My name's Arabella Figg – isn't that disgusting, I mean the way they eat?" Arabella said gesturing to the boys (including Peter) who now all had lovely face masks on, that were made up of food.
"Well I've know Remus, the one with light brown hair, forever so I know how to ignore them when they're binging on everything in sight." Lily said with a laugh.
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"Black Rose" a prefect at the front of a small crowd called the Gryffindors said as a painting of a woman in a pink silk dress swung open. The prefect led the Gryffindors in and directed the girls through one door to their dormitory and the boys through another.
Lily and Arabella went into their dormitory and they were both asleep before their heads even hit the pillows.