A/N: Here we are again! Well I'll just let you read! Oops the disclaimer is for this chapter and the last one.

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Lily slowly walked alongside the cool castle walls as she made her way to her next class. It was Transfiguration. Lily got top marks in all of her classes but that still didn't bring any attention to her. All Ravenclaws were smart. Lily didn't really think that anyone – other than the teachers actually knew her. She was merely acquaintances with all her classmates. They came, they went, they never actually got to know her. Why would they she was just a part of the scenery.

Lily remember last year when her scenery changed dramatically.

FLASHBACK

"Lily! You have an owl darling!" Lily's mother yelled to her red hair daught during the summer between second and third year.

"Thanks Mom," Lily said as she came crashing into the kitchen, "Good thing Dad isn't here or else I'd be gutted." Lily gently took the letter from the owl as she sat down in a chair. Smoothing out the creases she read:

Dear Miss Evans,

Your schoolwork for the past two years has been remarkable. Therefore we would like to offer you the option to advance into fourth year, and therefore skip your third year. Be assured that if you do choose to advance into fourth year it will entail much work, however we believe that it would be a suitable challenge for you.

If you do wish to advance into fourth year the book list for both third and fourth year is enclosed. I suggest that you get both so that you will be able to cover all of the third year knowledge in addition to the fourth year knowledge.

We await your owl.

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

Lily Replied back immediately with one word.

Yes.

END FLASHBACK

Lily walked into the Transfiguration classroom and smiled at Professor McGonagall who smiled back.

"Good Morning Professor!"

"Good Morning Lily!" Lily took a seat at the back of the room and started to take her books out of her bag. Suddenly something or rather someone sat on her.

"Oy! Sorry there didn't mean to sit…" The boy trailed off as he saw her distinctive red hair and glittering green eyes. "What's your name? I thought I knew every fifth years' name."

"Lily Evans."

"Aren't you that girl from the train; that I almost sat on? Shouldn't you be in fourth year?"

"I skipped a year."

"Oh. Do you remember me?"

"Yes." Lily responded as James, Remus and Peter gathered around Sirius, "Anyways, I'll be going now seeing how as you probably want to sit here. Goodbye."

"Wait! Sit with us! You shouldn't be the one to move." James exclaimed as Lily turned away.

"That's ok. I'll move" Lily responded as she continued to walk away.

"That girl's strange." Peter commented as he sat down in her vacated seat. James shrugged and proceeded to follow Peters' lead and sat down.

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"Hey look! It's the little mudblood!" Lucious Malfoy, a Slytherin yelled as he backed Lily into a corner with his clique arrayed behind him, "should we have some fun with her?" Malfoy asked as he poked Lily in the ribs. Lily winced as Malfoy pushed her backwards and his hands slammed against one of her bruises. Malfoy moved forward menacingly until he was inches away from Lily's face. "Aww is the little mudblood scared" Lucious taunted as his friends also came a few steps closer.

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James was walking down the hall to the dungeons where the Gryffindors had Potions with the Slytherins when he noticed a group of aforementioned Slytherins surrounding and young girl with a head of blood red hair. In front of her Lucious Malfoy stepped menacingly closer to the terrified girl

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Suddenly a figure burst through the crowd of Slytherin watchers and tackled Lucious and wrested his wand from him. Standing up the figure was revealed to be James Potter.

"What were you doing to her!?" James exclaimed as pointed both wands at the blonde haired boy lying sprawled on the floor.

"Nothing, just talking," Lucious said as he got up and wiped imaginary dust off of his robes, "That's not against the law, is it Mr. Potter? If I could have my wand back?"

James resignedly gave the wand back to Lucious as he watched the other boy stalk way to the potions classroom with the rest of the Slytherins following behind him. James turned to where the young girl had been, but when he looked he saw that she was gone.

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James ignored the girls gesturing for him to sit by them as he walked over to where Sirius sat in the potions classroom. Wondering who the red haired girl that the Slytherins had been harassing was.