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Back, and in Style
Lily was happy with the world again, at least mostly anyway. She still had her moments of complete sadness because of her parents, but was very determined to find out who this Lord Voldemort guy was, and kick his butt for killing her parents, the only people who had ever really understood her, even if they didn't completely understand the whole magic thing.
It was September First, and Lily decided that she was totally gonna stun all of her friends, heck, everyone that saw her, she was gonna stun them. She was so determined on stunning all of them that she had gotten up at 3:30 that morning to get ready. Although most would think it was strange for her to get up so early, but ever since her dream about killing James, she never slept much anymore, just drank lots of Caffeine and ate lots of hyperactive sweets that she had gotten from Honeydukes, so that she wouldn't have anymore dreams like that.
She had even got an early appointment at a beauty parlor in Diagon Alley, called "Magical Beauty," so that she would perfect. So, she got up and took a shower, and then she decided what she would wear. Even though she knew her parents would have wanted her to get on with her life, she still wore mostly dark colors, but by this time it was her choice to. But today, she decided that she would wear something bright and eye-catching. Because she decided that she did want to move on, make friends, and actually have a social life ad know people.
She finally decided on her white, sleeveless, sweater top, and her emerald green mini-skirt that she had bought a few weeks ago when she had gone on a major shopping spree. Lily also decided that she would wear her hair up in a hat, so that she would be less recognizable. Her fiery red hair normally gave her away, since she was the only red head at Hogwarts. Her hat was white, with a thin line of black going around the whole thing.
After Lily had slipped on her white platforms, she checked to make sure she had everything packed in her trunk, and then she gathered up Moony, Stormy, and Midnight, who had been the only people, err, things that she talked to during her years of depression, an she didn't really even talk to them much. She then grabbed her trunk her parents had given her in her first year, and then took everything down stairs to the living room, so that she could say good-bye to her Aunt Zinnia and try and scare Petunia.
"Aunt Zinnia," Lily called, "I'm about to leave!"
"Coming dear, coming," she called back quickly. When she arrived in the living room, she ran up to Lily and said, "Lily dear, I want you to have fun this year. I'm glad you've finally figured out how your parents wanted you to live. Also," she said, putting her had into her pocket, "I want you to have this, your mother had this made for you after she found out you were going to Hogwarts. She wanted to give it to you when you wee sixteen, so here it is."
Lily took the item from her aunt's hand. It was a bracelet made of pure silver, with different little charms attached to it. There was a wand, a cauldron, a spell-book, a broomstick, but then Lily noticed, that the charms kept changing. "Tia Zinnia ("Tia" is Portuguese for "auntie") The charms are changing, and isn't this a muggle bracelet?"
"Well actually," Zinnia said, a glint in her eye, "Your mum went back to Diagon Alley after they had taken you to Kings Cross, and went to a Jewelry store there. This bracelet's charms will change to whatever you're thinking about, or with a spell. I have the little handbook thingy upstairs; I'll go get it. Sit tight."
When Zinnia came back with the book, she handed it to Lily. For a handbook, it was very large. But the fact that it was so big just made Lily's smile larger. "Thanks Tia, I really appreciate this. This year will be even more enjoyable then I had thought."
"Your very welcome dear," Aunt Zinnia said happily, then lowering her voice and whispering into Lily's ear while giving her a hug, "Just don't tell Petunia about it. She's seen the bracelet, and she thought that it was gonna be her Birthday Present or something. Well dear, have a good year and I'll pick up the car at Kings Cross this afternoon."
"Thanks Tia," Lily said while picking her things back up hurriedly, "I had better get going if I want to get to my appointment at the Salon, I just hope that it will be worth it."
"Don't worry dear, everything will be fine and everyone will love you, take care now!" she called as Lily walked out of the door, waving happily.
Lily climbed into the Thunderbird her mother had left her when she had died, and started off towards Diagon Alley, feeling a bit sad at the memory of her and her mum going to Diagon Alley in her first year in the very same car.
^I wonder how people will react to me when they see that I'm actually talking to people again^ She wondered as she pulled into a parking place in front if the Leaky Cauldron, then turning around she said, "I'll let you three out of your cages if you promise to watch the car."
Moony spoke up for them as he disappeared from his cage up to the front seat, "We'd jolly well love to matey, you can trust us. Now, off you go to make yourself the loveliest Lily in the Land."
"Thanks Moony," Lily said, blushing slightly, "I'll be back by 10:15, bye!"
She hopped out of the car and checked to make sure her wand was in her back pocket (hope she doesn't lose her buttocks! 5th Book) She then walked into the Leaky Cauldron and into the back so she could get into Diagon Alley.
When the archway opened, there were only a few people walking around, all of them obviously not enrolled in Hogwarts. She walked over to "Magical Beauty" which was right beside a Jewelry Store that Lily suspected to be the one that her mom had bought her bracelet at.
She walked up to the lady at the front counter, who had neon green hair, purple lips, magenta robes, and sky blue platforms, and asked who would be her stylist.
"Oh, good morning Li (yawn) ly," the Lady said yawning widely, "I'll be doing your hair and makeup this morning. Now, what were you looking for exactly?"
The neon green haired witch led her over to a beauty station and then said as an afterthought, "My name is Rachel by the way, like my look? Would you like it as well?" She said grinning.
Lily giggled softly and said, "Actually, I do. Its very bright, and I like bright colors. Although I do not think that I'd look to good in green,. Where did you get all of your bright clothes? I may not want bright hair, but I do like bright clothes."
"Well," Rachel said while brushing out Lily's hair and looking at it intently, trying to decide what she should do to make Lily more beautiful then she already was, "I'm a Metamorphmagus, but I but the robes at Hogsmeade. I'm a sixth year at Hogwarts ya know, but my mum let me work here over the summer, she said I had a gift with styling, at least with other people anyway, she said I wasn't very good with myself, but I really must beg to differ."
"You're a sixth year at Hogwarts?" Lily asked excitedly, "So am I, what house are you in?"
"I'm in Slytherin strangely enough," she said, sounding rather disgusted with herself, "I have no idea why I am, I mean, I have way more style then most of them, and I don't think that I am as mean either. Anyway, what house are you in?"
"Hmm," Lily said thoughtfully, "I don't really remember you, did you have green hair last year?"
"Nah," she answered, "I decided that I'd experiment with the colors this summer, and if I liked it, then I'd always be colorful. It just kind of sucks that I can't wear these robes, I'm rather attached to my bright robes and I don't wanna go back to my old boring style. And you STILL haven't told me what house you're in!!"
"I'm in Hufflepuff," Lily said, and then paused looking up to see Rachel's rather surprised face, "Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Slytherin. I was put into all the houses because the Sorting Hat couldn't decide where I belonged."
"Hmm, I think you might look good like this," Rachel said, screwing up her face and making herself look just like Lily, except she had her hair curled. "Yes, yes. I think you'd look quite good like that."
"Wow," Lily said, amazed, looking at Rachel who looked like her identical twin, "You look just like me, and I do like the hair. I'd love it like that."
"Alright," Rachel said smiling, and waving her wand and put a few charms on it to curl it and hold it that way, "There we are, that ok?"
"That's good," Lily said, and then added, "Can we go ahead and do my makeup, It's already ten o'clock, and I wanted to leave to Kings Cross by 10:15."
"Alrighty then," Rachel said as she screwed up her face again, so that she glittery eyes shadow, clear mascara, black eyeliner, and a light pink blush. "How about that?"
"That'll be perfect," Lily said happily as Rachel did some charms on her face, so that they both looked exactly the same.
"Thanks a bunch Rachel, I wish I was a Metamorphmagus," Lily said excitedly as she looked into the mirror, seeing that she looked pretty damn good, "It would be SO much easier to et ready in the morning. Anyway, how much do I owe you for this?"
"Let me sit with you on the Hogwarts Express, and hang out with me at Hogwarts," Rachel answered quickly leading Lily to the door, "You need to go, I'll see you on the train, probably anyway. I might be late, or I might not even come by train, me mum is a teacher there. Bye!"
Lily looked down at her watch and saw that it was 10:20, and she ran out of the Alley, through the bar, and back to her car. She drove it to Kings Cross after thanking Moony, Stormy, and Midnight for watching the car. When they got there she grabbed all of her stuff, and set a letter she had written for Zinnia on the driver's seat. She then picked everything back up and hurried into the station to put her things on a trolley.
As she put her stuff on the trolley, she remembered that she had forgotten her hat back at her house, and just sighed lightly and walked over to the barrier. Looking around to make sure there weren't any muggles looking, she pushed onto the barrier and felt herself slide through. When she got to the other side she saw many people, most of whom she already knew. She looked up to the clock and saw that it was 10:50. She still ad ten minutes until the train would be leaving.
She climbed up into the train, and started looking for George. She finally found him in the second to last compartment at the end of the train. But, he was rather busy snogging some girl ^Undoubtedly his girlfriend^, Lily thought bitterly. Lily quickly shut the door of the compartment, and decided that she would just put her trunk up on the rack as well as her three pets, and bid them farewell until a later time.
She started looking for some of her other friends in the other compartments, and as she walked past a slightly open door, she heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw a boy with white-blonde hair and steely gray eyes. She immediately recognized him as Lucius Malfoy.
"Hey Lucius," Lily said walking back to the compartment, "How ya doin?"
"I'm doing okay. I can't believe your actually talking to us again." He said, rather surprised. He tried to talk to her every year, but she normally just kept walking, ignoring everyone who spoke to her.
"Nice to talk to you Lucius, but I need to go look for some other people. I'll see you at the Feast, I'm starting the year in Slytherin."
"Ok later," he said back as she walked away.
She met many more of her friends, the conversations all sounding about the same as the one with Lucius. After looking for about fifteen minutes she ran into someone and fell down and went BOOM!
Looking up, she recognized the guy, to be none other than Remus Lupin, with his sandy blonde hair, concerned gray eyes and rather tired look, though he was taller and more muscular looking. Lily of course knew why he always looked so tired, she had figured out back in second year that he was a werewolf. It wasn't that hard to figure out when he left every full moon and came back the next day looking deathly pale and saying his mother had been sick. But Lily knew someone's mum could be sick at the full moon every month, and had figured it out.
"We really need to stop meeting this way," Remus said chuckling, as he reached down to help her up, knowing that it was Lily and hoping to see her smile at his joke.
"I agree," Lily said smiling, waiting for his stunned reaction at her speaking, "I really don't want any more bruises, and if we keep meeting like this, they'll never be gone."
Remus smile widened and said, "Glad you're finally talking to us again. Want to come and sit in a compartment with me and the other Marauders?"
"Who're the Marauders?" Lily asked, totally confused.
"You remember who they are, you just don't know what out little group is called," Remus answered, dragging her over to a compartment and opening it. There were three other boys sitting in it, "These are the Marauders."
"Oh yes," Lily said, realization dawning on her face, "You people."
Lily looked at their smiling faces and recognized each one of them. Peter Pettigrew still had his mouse-brown hair and blue eyes, but they weren't quite so watery anymore. He also was also no longer chubby, but built instead and was almost handsome. Then there was James Potter. His dark brown hair still stuck up in the oddest places, and his hazel eyes still framed by his gold-rimmed glasses, the only difference was that he was taller, more muscular ^From being Seeker on the Quidditch Team no doubt^, and was very handsome. Then there was Sirius Black with his bright, laughing blue eyes, blue-black hair that was currently tall and spiky, and it used to be longer. He was also taller, handsome and muscular from being a Beater on the House Quidditch Team.
"You look rather familiar," James said thoughtfully, "have we met before?"
"Of course we know her," said Sirius, jumping up to give Lily a hug, "This is our Lily flower, we saved her from the lake in First Year. I mean, how could you forget her hair? And that freezing cold water!"
"Oh yeah," James said, "Nice to be on speaking terms again with you Lily flower. And Sirius, I never thought I'd be saying this, but you're right. I have no idea how I could have forgotten that fiery red hair or that cold water!"
"Don't mess with the hair you bums," she said after they had finished talking about her hair, "But I do agree. How in the world could you have forgotten me, I am rather unforgettable ya know. I mean, look at this face and tell me you could forget me."
"Hey," Sirius sad with a hurt look on his face, "I didn't forget you! And your right, I definitely couldn't forget that pretty face. "
"I know," Lily said smiling, "That's why I'm gonna sit by you and Remus."
James stuck his tongue out at Lily and Sirius and pretended to pout. "Don't be such a baby James, I was only joking," Lily said laughing, "I'll just sit on the floor and that way I'll be sitting by all of you!"
"Yay!" They all said pretending to cheer as she sat down Indian-style in the middle of the floor. After a minute they decided that they were all gonna sit on the floor and climbed down as well.
They sat and talked for about an hour when a neon green head popped in and said, "Hey Lily, I finally found you. It took me ages."
Sirius jumped up and kissed her hand and said, "How do you do? I am Sirius Black, although I am rather lacking in the serious department. And who are you?"
"You actually hang out with this people Lily?" Rachel asked, rather surprised by Sirius's gesture of welcome, speaking of Sirius, "I'm doing alright, and I already know that you don't live up to your name. I am Rachel Fonts."
"Glad you could make it Rachel," Lily said as she dusted herself off and stood up, "Since Sirius has already introduced himself, I'll introduce you to the others. This is James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew." And she pointed to each one in turn.
"Nice hair," Peter said smirking slightly.
"Thank you, I really do like it very much. Anyway, my real purpose to come her was to tell you all that we'll be at the Station in five minutes and that you should change into your school robes." Rachel said after Peter's remark.
"You're one to talk about changing," Remus said smiling, "Your robes are magenta. You're so bright looking, I'm surprised that I'm not blind yet."
"I'll take that as a compliment," Rachel said rather coolly as she walked out of the compartment slowly, her hair now a deep blue.
"I think I'm in love," Sirius said with a dreamy look on his face.
"Sirius," James yelled, clapping his hands in front of his face, "Wake up!! You honestly CAN'T be serious?? Did you see her hair? Hey, when she left, was her hair blue? And it was green when she walked in, wasn't it?
Lily was about to answer, but Sirius cut her off, "I love her hair! And everything else about her. What house is she in anyway?"
"Slytherin," Lily answered quickly, "She's in the sixth year dorm with me. That reminds me, I'm starting the year in Slytherin."
"She's in Slytherin??" Sirius said totally bewildered, totally ignoring Lily's last remark, "That sucks, I said I wasn't ever gonna date a Slytherin."
"Sirius, do I really need to remind you about Janet last year," James said commenting on Sirius's statement, "She was not only in Slytherin, but she dumped pumpkin juice on your head when you dumped her to go out with her sister Holly, who was also in Slytherin. And then there was that girl you dated over the summer.."
"Ok, ok," Sirius surrendered, pouting, "I have dated a Slytherin, but they are ALL filthy scum buckets!!! They're just to cute for me to say no. "
"Excuse ME!!!" Lily shouted, "I AM a Slytherin ya know, and I don't appreciate it when you diss my friends like that."
"Sorry Lily," Sirius said quickly, and he looked and sounded like he really meant it, "It's just that Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape both give Slytherins a bad name."
"For your information," Lily said, getting a bit upset, "Lucius is my friend and I will not just stand here and listen to you diss him. Got it?!?"
"He gets it Lily, don't worry," James piped up after a minute, "We've just never seen you angry before."
"Please forgive us," Sirius said with puppy eyes, "I'm really sorry, and unfortunately, I can't promise that it won't happen again because I'm Sirius, and I just can't do that."
"I understand," Lily said standing up, "I'm gonna go see if George is done snogging with his girlfriend yet"
"Oh crap," Sirius said suddenly, "I gottta go meet Ashley Sprouts, in Hufflepuff, I went out with her at the end of the year, and she still thinks I'm her boyfriend. I gotta go break up with her. Later!"
Lily walked out of the compartment laughing at Sirius, but then calmed down a little when she thought about how upset Ashley would be. Just because Lily didn't talk to anyone or the last five years, didn't mean she didn't listen. She heard Ashley squealing about Sirius asking her out during the last month of school and knew that she would be completely distraught about being dumped by him."
She walked to the back of the train to see whether George was still in the same compartment. Lucky for her, he was, and he wasn't snogging anyone anymore. This time he was talking to three other guys.
"Hey Lily," George said when she walked in, "How ya doing?"
"I'm okay, just wanted to come by and say hi, since I won't be in Ravenclaw for a few weeks," she said, feeling kind of nervous but pleased, that George's friends were all eyeing her, with interest written all over their faces, "I'll see you in a few weeks okay?"
"Ok Lily, talk to you later!"
Lily walked out of the compartment and found an empty one so that she could change in to her Hogwarts Robes. After she changed, she went to look for Rachel so that they could go on the carriages together.
After a few minutes of looking, she gave up since the train was pulling into the station. ^I'll probably see her when I get out onto the platform, he hair isn't exactly hard to miss.^
^I think this is gonna be a good year. Maybe I might even be Head Girl next year, sure wish I could have been a prefect though..^
A/N- How did you like it?????? And maybe Lily will be made a prefect, but at a terrible price! Wouldn't YOU like to know what that price is!!?! I worked on it really hard, and just to let you know, the Rachel character stands for myself because I love bright colors!! I wish I could change my appearance on will. Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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Back, and in Style
Lily was happy with the world again, at least mostly anyway. She still had her moments of complete sadness because of her parents, but was very determined to find out who this Lord Voldemort guy was, and kick his butt for killing her parents, the only people who had ever really understood her, even if they didn't completely understand the whole magic thing.
It was September First, and Lily decided that she was totally gonna stun all of her friends, heck, everyone that saw her, she was gonna stun them. She was so determined on stunning all of them that she had gotten up at 3:30 that morning to get ready. Although most would think it was strange for her to get up so early, but ever since her dream about killing James, she never slept much anymore, just drank lots of Caffeine and ate lots of hyperactive sweets that she had gotten from Honeydukes, so that she wouldn't have anymore dreams like that.
She had even got an early appointment at a beauty parlor in Diagon Alley, called "Magical Beauty," so that she would perfect. So, she got up and took a shower, and then she decided what she would wear. Even though she knew her parents would have wanted her to get on with her life, she still wore mostly dark colors, but by this time it was her choice to. But today, she decided that she would wear something bright and eye-catching. Because she decided that she did want to move on, make friends, and actually have a social life ad know people.
She finally decided on her white, sleeveless, sweater top, and her emerald green mini-skirt that she had bought a few weeks ago when she had gone on a major shopping spree. Lily also decided that she would wear her hair up in a hat, so that she would be less recognizable. Her fiery red hair normally gave her away, since she was the only red head at Hogwarts. Her hat was white, with a thin line of black going around the whole thing.
After Lily had slipped on her white platforms, she checked to make sure she had everything packed in her trunk, and then she gathered up Moony, Stormy, and Midnight, who had been the only people, err, things that she talked to during her years of depression, an she didn't really even talk to them much. She then grabbed her trunk her parents had given her in her first year, and then took everything down stairs to the living room, so that she could say good-bye to her Aunt Zinnia and try and scare Petunia.
"Aunt Zinnia," Lily called, "I'm about to leave!"
"Coming dear, coming," she called back quickly. When she arrived in the living room, she ran up to Lily and said, "Lily dear, I want you to have fun this year. I'm glad you've finally figured out how your parents wanted you to live. Also," she said, putting her had into her pocket, "I want you to have this, your mother had this made for you after she found out you were going to Hogwarts. She wanted to give it to you when you wee sixteen, so here it is."
Lily took the item from her aunt's hand. It was a bracelet made of pure silver, with different little charms attached to it. There was a wand, a cauldron, a spell-book, a broomstick, but then Lily noticed, that the charms kept changing. "Tia Zinnia ("Tia" is Portuguese for "auntie") The charms are changing, and isn't this a muggle bracelet?"
"Well actually," Zinnia said, a glint in her eye, "Your mum went back to Diagon Alley after they had taken you to Kings Cross, and went to a Jewelry store there. This bracelet's charms will change to whatever you're thinking about, or with a spell. I have the little handbook thingy upstairs; I'll go get it. Sit tight."
When Zinnia came back with the book, she handed it to Lily. For a handbook, it was very large. But the fact that it was so big just made Lily's smile larger. "Thanks Tia, I really appreciate this. This year will be even more enjoyable then I had thought."
"Your very welcome dear," Aunt Zinnia said happily, then lowering her voice and whispering into Lily's ear while giving her a hug, "Just don't tell Petunia about it. She's seen the bracelet, and she thought that it was gonna be her Birthday Present or something. Well dear, have a good year and I'll pick up the car at Kings Cross this afternoon."
"Thanks Tia," Lily said while picking her things back up hurriedly, "I had better get going if I want to get to my appointment at the Salon, I just hope that it will be worth it."
"Don't worry dear, everything will be fine and everyone will love you, take care now!" she called as Lily walked out of the door, waving happily.
Lily climbed into the Thunderbird her mother had left her when she had died, and started off towards Diagon Alley, feeling a bit sad at the memory of her and her mum going to Diagon Alley in her first year in the very same car.
^I wonder how people will react to me when they see that I'm actually talking to people again^ She wondered as she pulled into a parking place in front if the Leaky Cauldron, then turning around she said, "I'll let you three out of your cages if you promise to watch the car."
Moony spoke up for them as he disappeared from his cage up to the front seat, "We'd jolly well love to matey, you can trust us. Now, off you go to make yourself the loveliest Lily in the Land."
"Thanks Moony," Lily said, blushing slightly, "I'll be back by 10:15, bye!"
She hopped out of the car and checked to make sure her wand was in her back pocket (hope she doesn't lose her buttocks! 5th Book) She then walked into the Leaky Cauldron and into the back so she could get into Diagon Alley.
When the archway opened, there were only a few people walking around, all of them obviously not enrolled in Hogwarts. She walked over to "Magical Beauty" which was right beside a Jewelry Store that Lily suspected to be the one that her mom had bought her bracelet at.
She walked up to the lady at the front counter, who had neon green hair, purple lips, magenta robes, and sky blue platforms, and asked who would be her stylist.
"Oh, good morning Li (yawn) ly," the Lady said yawning widely, "I'll be doing your hair and makeup this morning. Now, what were you looking for exactly?"
The neon green haired witch led her over to a beauty station and then said as an afterthought, "My name is Rachel by the way, like my look? Would you like it as well?" She said grinning.
Lily giggled softly and said, "Actually, I do. Its very bright, and I like bright colors. Although I do not think that I'd look to good in green,. Where did you get all of your bright clothes? I may not want bright hair, but I do like bright clothes."
"Well," Rachel said while brushing out Lily's hair and looking at it intently, trying to decide what she should do to make Lily more beautiful then she already was, "I'm a Metamorphmagus, but I but the robes at Hogsmeade. I'm a sixth year at Hogwarts ya know, but my mum let me work here over the summer, she said I had a gift with styling, at least with other people anyway, she said I wasn't very good with myself, but I really must beg to differ."
"You're a sixth year at Hogwarts?" Lily asked excitedly, "So am I, what house are you in?"
"I'm in Slytherin strangely enough," she said, sounding rather disgusted with herself, "I have no idea why I am, I mean, I have way more style then most of them, and I don't think that I am as mean either. Anyway, what house are you in?"
"Hmm," Lily said thoughtfully, "I don't really remember you, did you have green hair last year?"
"Nah," she answered, "I decided that I'd experiment with the colors this summer, and if I liked it, then I'd always be colorful. It just kind of sucks that I can't wear these robes, I'm rather attached to my bright robes and I don't wanna go back to my old boring style. And you STILL haven't told me what house you're in!!"
"I'm in Hufflepuff," Lily said, and then paused looking up to see Rachel's rather surprised face, "Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Slytherin. I was put into all the houses because the Sorting Hat couldn't decide where I belonged."
"Hmm, I think you might look good like this," Rachel said, screwing up her face and making herself look just like Lily, except she had her hair curled. "Yes, yes. I think you'd look quite good like that."
"Wow," Lily said, amazed, looking at Rachel who looked like her identical twin, "You look just like me, and I do like the hair. I'd love it like that."
"Alright," Rachel said smiling, and waving her wand and put a few charms on it to curl it and hold it that way, "There we are, that ok?"
"That's good," Lily said, and then added, "Can we go ahead and do my makeup, It's already ten o'clock, and I wanted to leave to Kings Cross by 10:15."
"Alrighty then," Rachel said as she screwed up her face again, so that she glittery eyes shadow, clear mascara, black eyeliner, and a light pink blush. "How about that?"
"That'll be perfect," Lily said happily as Rachel did some charms on her face, so that they both looked exactly the same.
"Thanks a bunch Rachel, I wish I was a Metamorphmagus," Lily said excitedly as she looked into the mirror, seeing that she looked pretty damn good, "It would be SO much easier to et ready in the morning. Anyway, how much do I owe you for this?"
"Let me sit with you on the Hogwarts Express, and hang out with me at Hogwarts," Rachel answered quickly leading Lily to the door, "You need to go, I'll see you on the train, probably anyway. I might be late, or I might not even come by train, me mum is a teacher there. Bye!"
Lily looked down at her watch and saw that it was 10:20, and she ran out of the Alley, through the bar, and back to her car. She drove it to Kings Cross after thanking Moony, Stormy, and Midnight for watching the car. When they got there she grabbed all of her stuff, and set a letter she had written for Zinnia on the driver's seat. She then picked everything back up and hurried into the station to put her things on a trolley.
As she put her stuff on the trolley, she remembered that she had forgotten her hat back at her house, and just sighed lightly and walked over to the barrier. Looking around to make sure there weren't any muggles looking, she pushed onto the barrier and felt herself slide through. When she got to the other side she saw many people, most of whom she already knew. She looked up to the clock and saw that it was 10:50. She still ad ten minutes until the train would be leaving.
She climbed up into the train, and started looking for George. She finally found him in the second to last compartment at the end of the train. But, he was rather busy snogging some girl ^Undoubtedly his girlfriend^, Lily thought bitterly. Lily quickly shut the door of the compartment, and decided that she would just put her trunk up on the rack as well as her three pets, and bid them farewell until a later time.
She started looking for some of her other friends in the other compartments, and as she walked past a slightly open door, she heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw a boy with white-blonde hair and steely gray eyes. She immediately recognized him as Lucius Malfoy.
"Hey Lucius," Lily said walking back to the compartment, "How ya doin?"
"I'm doing okay. I can't believe your actually talking to us again." He said, rather surprised. He tried to talk to her every year, but she normally just kept walking, ignoring everyone who spoke to her.
"Nice to talk to you Lucius, but I need to go look for some other people. I'll see you at the Feast, I'm starting the year in Slytherin."
"Ok later," he said back as she walked away.
She met many more of her friends, the conversations all sounding about the same as the one with Lucius. After looking for about fifteen minutes she ran into someone and fell down and went BOOM!
Looking up, she recognized the guy, to be none other than Remus Lupin, with his sandy blonde hair, concerned gray eyes and rather tired look, though he was taller and more muscular looking. Lily of course knew why he always looked so tired, she had figured out back in second year that he was a werewolf. It wasn't that hard to figure out when he left every full moon and came back the next day looking deathly pale and saying his mother had been sick. But Lily knew someone's mum could be sick at the full moon every month, and had figured it out.
"We really need to stop meeting this way," Remus said chuckling, as he reached down to help her up, knowing that it was Lily and hoping to see her smile at his joke.
"I agree," Lily said smiling, waiting for his stunned reaction at her speaking, "I really don't want any more bruises, and if we keep meeting like this, they'll never be gone."
Remus smile widened and said, "Glad you're finally talking to us again. Want to come and sit in a compartment with me and the other Marauders?"
"Who're the Marauders?" Lily asked, totally confused.
"You remember who they are, you just don't know what out little group is called," Remus answered, dragging her over to a compartment and opening it. There were three other boys sitting in it, "These are the Marauders."
"Oh yes," Lily said, realization dawning on her face, "You people."
Lily looked at their smiling faces and recognized each one of them. Peter Pettigrew still had his mouse-brown hair and blue eyes, but they weren't quite so watery anymore. He also was also no longer chubby, but built instead and was almost handsome. Then there was James Potter. His dark brown hair still stuck up in the oddest places, and his hazel eyes still framed by his gold-rimmed glasses, the only difference was that he was taller, more muscular ^From being Seeker on the Quidditch Team no doubt^, and was very handsome. Then there was Sirius Black with his bright, laughing blue eyes, blue-black hair that was currently tall and spiky, and it used to be longer. He was also taller, handsome and muscular from being a Beater on the House Quidditch Team.
"You look rather familiar," James said thoughtfully, "have we met before?"
"Of course we know her," said Sirius, jumping up to give Lily a hug, "This is our Lily flower, we saved her from the lake in First Year. I mean, how could you forget her hair? And that freezing cold water!"
"Oh yeah," James said, "Nice to be on speaking terms again with you Lily flower. And Sirius, I never thought I'd be saying this, but you're right. I have no idea how I could have forgotten that fiery red hair or that cold water!"
"Don't mess with the hair you bums," she said after they had finished talking about her hair, "But I do agree. How in the world could you have forgotten me, I am rather unforgettable ya know. I mean, look at this face and tell me you could forget me."
"Hey," Sirius sad with a hurt look on his face, "I didn't forget you! And your right, I definitely couldn't forget that pretty face. "
"I know," Lily said smiling, "That's why I'm gonna sit by you and Remus."
James stuck his tongue out at Lily and Sirius and pretended to pout. "Don't be such a baby James, I was only joking," Lily said laughing, "I'll just sit on the floor and that way I'll be sitting by all of you!"
"Yay!" They all said pretending to cheer as she sat down Indian-style in the middle of the floor. After a minute they decided that they were all gonna sit on the floor and climbed down as well.
They sat and talked for about an hour when a neon green head popped in and said, "Hey Lily, I finally found you. It took me ages."
Sirius jumped up and kissed her hand and said, "How do you do? I am Sirius Black, although I am rather lacking in the serious department. And who are you?"
"You actually hang out with this people Lily?" Rachel asked, rather surprised by Sirius's gesture of welcome, speaking of Sirius, "I'm doing alright, and I already know that you don't live up to your name. I am Rachel Fonts."
"Glad you could make it Rachel," Lily said as she dusted herself off and stood up, "Since Sirius has already introduced himself, I'll introduce you to the others. This is James Potter, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew." And she pointed to each one in turn.
"Nice hair," Peter said smirking slightly.
"Thank you, I really do like it very much. Anyway, my real purpose to come her was to tell you all that we'll be at the Station in five minutes and that you should change into your school robes." Rachel said after Peter's remark.
"You're one to talk about changing," Remus said smiling, "Your robes are magenta. You're so bright looking, I'm surprised that I'm not blind yet."
"I'll take that as a compliment," Rachel said rather coolly as she walked out of the compartment slowly, her hair now a deep blue.
"I think I'm in love," Sirius said with a dreamy look on his face.
"Sirius," James yelled, clapping his hands in front of his face, "Wake up!! You honestly CAN'T be serious?? Did you see her hair? Hey, when she left, was her hair blue? And it was green when she walked in, wasn't it?
Lily was about to answer, but Sirius cut her off, "I love her hair! And everything else about her. What house is she in anyway?"
"Slytherin," Lily answered quickly, "She's in the sixth year dorm with me. That reminds me, I'm starting the year in Slytherin."
"She's in Slytherin??" Sirius said totally bewildered, totally ignoring Lily's last remark, "That sucks, I said I wasn't ever gonna date a Slytherin."
"Sirius, do I really need to remind you about Janet last year," James said commenting on Sirius's statement, "She was not only in Slytherin, but she dumped pumpkin juice on your head when you dumped her to go out with her sister Holly, who was also in Slytherin. And then there was that girl you dated over the summer.."
"Ok, ok," Sirius surrendered, pouting, "I have dated a Slytherin, but they are ALL filthy scum buckets!!! They're just to cute for me to say no. "
"Excuse ME!!!" Lily shouted, "I AM a Slytherin ya know, and I don't appreciate it when you diss my friends like that."
"Sorry Lily," Sirius said quickly, and he looked and sounded like he really meant it, "It's just that Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape both give Slytherins a bad name."
"For your information," Lily said, getting a bit upset, "Lucius is my friend and I will not just stand here and listen to you diss him. Got it?!?"
"He gets it Lily, don't worry," James piped up after a minute, "We've just never seen you angry before."
"Please forgive us," Sirius said with puppy eyes, "I'm really sorry, and unfortunately, I can't promise that it won't happen again because I'm Sirius, and I just can't do that."
"I understand," Lily said standing up, "I'm gonna go see if George is done snogging with his girlfriend yet"
"Oh crap," Sirius said suddenly, "I gottta go meet Ashley Sprouts, in Hufflepuff, I went out with her at the end of the year, and she still thinks I'm her boyfriend. I gotta go break up with her. Later!"
Lily walked out of the compartment laughing at Sirius, but then calmed down a little when she thought about how upset Ashley would be. Just because Lily didn't talk to anyone or the last five years, didn't mean she didn't listen. She heard Ashley squealing about Sirius asking her out during the last month of school and knew that she would be completely distraught about being dumped by him."
She walked to the back of the train to see whether George was still in the same compartment. Lucky for her, he was, and he wasn't snogging anyone anymore. This time he was talking to three other guys.
"Hey Lily," George said when she walked in, "How ya doing?"
"I'm okay, just wanted to come by and say hi, since I won't be in Ravenclaw for a few weeks," she said, feeling kind of nervous but pleased, that George's friends were all eyeing her, with interest written all over their faces, "I'll see you in a few weeks okay?"
"Ok Lily, talk to you later!"
Lily walked out of the compartment and found an empty one so that she could change in to her Hogwarts Robes. After she changed, she went to look for Rachel so that they could go on the carriages together.
After a few minutes of looking, she gave up since the train was pulling into the station. ^I'll probably see her when I get out onto the platform, he hair isn't exactly hard to miss.^
^I think this is gonna be a good year. Maybe I might even be Head Girl next year, sure wish I could have been a prefect though..^
A/N- How did you like it?????? And maybe Lily will be made a prefect, but at a terrible price! Wouldn't YOU like to know what that price is!!?! I worked on it really hard, and just to let you know, the Rachel character stands for myself because I love bright colors!! I wish I could change my appearance on will. Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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