Disclaimer: All works here and in the next chapters are Fanfiction and anything you recognize does not belong to me (shocking isn't it?), but to the Goddess of recent fantasy writing, J.K. Rowling and all her peoples. If you've never seen it before, then it's mine, and if you take it without asking, I shall bite you. HARD.
Synopsis: Its 1975 and the MWPP gang has met some unusual girls on the train in their first year, forming bonds that lasted a lifetime. Unfortunately, two of those lifetimes are going to be all too short. James must find his love while Remus and Sirius must give up theirs. All throughout, a funky new teacher is reviled to be a key to the girls past, Severus Snape dreams of death eaterdom and must deal with less than apt lackeys; while the boys find out they're not the only ones to go out and play on the full moon. A start out Mary Sue and progresses to something more while songs frame each chapter.
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Pick me up, oh, from the bottom
Up to the top, love, everyday
Pay no mind to taunts or advances
I take my chances on everyday
Left to right
Up and down, love
I push up love, love everyday
Jump in the mud, oh
Get your hands dirty with
Love it up on everyday
All you need is
All you want is
All you need is love.
All you need is
What you want is
All you need is love.
Everyday
Everyday
Oh, Everyday...
Prologue To: Naturally Amazed
(Version 2.0)
It all happened because it was meant to. That's what it came down to in the end. As eleven-year-old Lily Evens looked at the blazing scarlet of the train going to her new school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she remembered that strange morning. A few weeks ago she had awoken to a soft tapping on her window. Opening the curtains she was greeted by the starling sight of a screech owl, mystified she opened her window, not remembering that owls don't usually do this, and that it could be dangerous. The screech owl turned its yellow eyes on her and dropped a letter on her lap. Then, giving the goodbye to match its name, it flew out the window. Lily had stared at the letter completely stupefied. Her parents had rushed in, wondering what was wrong, only then did Lilly think to open the letter. Slowly Lily opened the odd colored envelope, with words written in green ink; three pieces of paper were inside. It was this letter that changed her life:
Dear Miss Evens,
I am pleased to announce that you have been excepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please be at platform Nine and Three Quarters on September 1. Enclosed is a list of supplies you will need and a letter of explanation for your parents. We await you owl no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Professor M. Mcgonagall
Deputy head mistress.
Just as the letter had said there was a list of school things and directions to Diagon. Along with a charming explanation of exactly why Lily had been chosen for this school, from Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. A soft hoot from Lily's own heart faced barn owl brought her back to reality. "Oh, sorry Fates, I was day dreaming." Lily had just said goodbye to her parents and was feeling extremely nervous. "Guess I better put my stuff on the train, huh?" She gathered up Fates, her trunk, adjusted her bag, and strode up to the engine. After a long while of huffing and puffing, Lily managed to stuff her bulging trunk into a compartment. "I hope no one takes this, I want to save it for myself and Thalia." Smiling she pulled out her wand. 'I'm glad I dipped into my charms books a bit early,' she thought. "There!" Finishing that, she wandered into the hallways between compartments. "Now where is Thalia?" she wondered out loud.
"Right behind you, silly."
Lily jumped about ten feet in the air before turning around to great her friend. Thalia was a girl her own age and about five inches taller. She was Asian and Greek crossed and all the more stunning for it. True to the meaning of her last name, Karasuko, she looked like a raven child. Long, black hair, and almost black eyes with the slightest bit of yellowish amber in them. Thalia could have looked mystical if she tried, but she was happiest looking bold or confident. Her black hair was currently streaked with gold and red in the very front section, an open declaration of what house she intended to belong to. Her first name, Thalia, was the Greek muse of comedy. It suited her mischievous personality, and if she wasn't making everyone else laugh, those around her would feel "inspired" to do so.
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They had found each other at Madam Markins Dress robes:
"Lily Evens, for Hogwarts, correct?"
"Yes." Lily had responded to the Madams questioning.
"We have another one for Hogwarts back there as well, a Thalia Karasuko."
"Did you say Karasuko?"
"Yes."
"Weird, I mean there's no chance, but maybe…"
"Is their something wrong miss?"
"No, I as just thinking out loud. Can you take me back there now? And please, don't call me miss."
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"Oy, Lily!"
"Oh, sorry Thalia, I was day dreaming again."
"Honestly! I guess I understand though, this must be overwhelming, huh?" Lily nodded, "Well get over it! You have seven years at Hogwarts coming up and I don't intend on spending fifty percent of the time trying to keep you awake!"
Lily giggled, to some that may have seemed rude, but it was Thalia's way of saying, "You're okay, right?"
Lily and Thalia heard a politely amused cough from behind them and turned around to see yet another eleven year old girl of Lily's height. She had short blond hair puled back with a thin dark blue band and intelligent crystal blue eyes. She was dressed in fashionable clothes, not trendy, but classic. She also had glasses, adding to the over all intelligent, but not boring, look.
"Oh! Lily, this is Clio, my friend from the age of, err, what was it 6 months in the womb?"
The girl sighed, "No, stupid, it was five." She stretched out her hand to Lily's "Hi, my name is Clio Aglaria, what's yours?"
"Lily Evens," Clio raised an eyebrow. "Is something wrong?" Lily asked concerned that she had muffed up some unwritten wizards' law on politeness, she had taken the girls hand, was she not supposed to?
"No, I'm okay. I just could have sworn I knew someone by that last name, but then again I was seven the last time I… Oh, never mind." Seeing the warning glare on Thalia's face and the blank expression on Lily's, she quickly diverted their attention to other matters. "So, are you a lily of the fields, valley, or a water lily?"
Lily burst out laughing, "Well, I don't like water much, so, how about valley?"
"Valley it is."
"Wait, are you both named after muses?"
"Yes, our parents thought it would be funny. Clio is the muse, the muse of history and her last name, Aglaria, is the grace of brilliance."
Lily was suddenly looking at Clio with the same look Clio had fixed her with a moment ago.
"Clio's the smart one." Thalia said, determined to keep them talking rather than thinking about certain subjects. "I guess her parents knew from birth she was going to be a good student."
A good student, the words echoed through Lily's brain for a moment. "Oh, this is so nerve racking! What if I fail everything? What if they hate me? What if I can't choose one of those house things?"
"Oh come on Lily, none of that is going to happen."
"Easy for you to say, you're from a wizard family!"
"So what! We may turn out to suck at magic, I doubt I will, but it's always a possibility." Clio pushed up her classes with one finger and smiled.
"Great encouragement Clio. Listen Lily; just do your best that's all they expect from you. Besides, I'm your friend now. I'll just beat the teachers into submission until they let you pass."
"Oh, and I'm the one who doesn't know how to give support!"
"Oh shut up Cli'!"
"Make me!"
"Fine! I am taller than you!"
"So? Shorter people are way better!"
"No way!"
"Yes way!"
They continued with their childish bickering, like only best friends could, until the giggling Lily felt movement under her feet, and, getting control over herself, said, "You guys, the trains pulling away, we should get out of the hall and into the compartment I saved for us."
"Fine!" They chorused happily.
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When they arrived in to back cabin of the train they were greeted with the sight of four boys there own age kicking at the door, evidently trying to get it open. The most violent one had longish black hair, just above his shoulders and animated, gray eyes. Already dressed in his cloak and, for some reason, grinning. The next was just as tall and maybe a little more built. He was still there age, and though his chestnut eyes were laughing, he seemed to have years crowding around his face. The third was tall, dark and handsome with dark brown eyes and glasses. His hair was pure black and extremely messy. He too was kicking the door but seemed to be doing it for entertainment rather than necessity. The boy fourth was short, with almost white blond hair and extremely nervous looking. He kept rubbing his hands together in the most peculiar fashion; Lily couldn't think of what it reminded her of.
"Sirius, we should go, the door isn't going to open and we're going to get into trouble." Said the last boy.
The first one, who was evidently Sirius, turned around, "My dear Peter, even if we did get in trouble it wouldn't matter because we are mischief makers and it is our duty and privilege to get into trouble!"
Thalia couldn't take it anymore, "Oh brother!" she exploded.
The boys jumped, surprised at another's presence. Sirius had just been going to tell the person to "go shove off," when he caught site of the three fiery girls. He quickly settled with, "And who, may I ask, are you?"
"No, you may not ask. But you are banging on our compartment door. Which, by the way, is a dumb excuse for mischief."
"What makes you such an expert?" Sirius said continuing to sound amused.
"That's for me to now and you to find out!" Thalia answered with her hands behind her back, rolling back and forth on the balls of her feet.
Sirius seemed satisfied with her answers, though they didn't explain anything, "Sirius Black" he said extending his hand.
"Thalia Karasuko" she shook the offered hand, they made eye contact, and sparks flew.
Literally
Lily waved the smoke out of her way as the third boy said, "Nice!" looking at the others singed hair.
"Oh Thalia! I told there were down sides to that curse!" Clio wailed hopping up and down.
"Can't imagine what they'd be!" said the second one happily.
Everyone exchanged introductions. The tall, dark one turned out to be James Potter and the graying, yet vibrant boy was named Remus Lupin. Lily stepped forward to the door; James was still in her way. "The reason you couldn't open the door was because I sealed it magically, no one but me can open it."
"Well, that's cheating!" said James indignantly.
"I know." Smiling she sidestepped James and stroked the door, it slid open.
Clio threw her hands in the air, nearly knocking poor Remus over, "This from a girl who just was worried about flunking out! Honestly Lily, you of all people have nothing to worry about."
"You are a crafty one, my friend!" Thalia proclaimed proudly.
"Humph! Too crafty for your own good!" James said pouting.
Lily smiled as if she was explaining something to a small child, "Just because I thought of the perfect way to keep our compartment safe, doesn't mean I'm too crafty for my own good. It just means I'm too crafty for your own good."
And on that sweet note, she turned and strode into the compartment. Her original intent had been to let in her friends and then shut the door in the boys' faces. However, as Clio and Thalia pulled Sirius and Remus in, who pulled in Peter, which made James forced to follow, it didn't work. The trip to Hogwarts was uneventful, unless you count Thalia and Sirius trying to curse one another while flirting and Peter begging them to stop before they were all caught. Remus and Clio talked about authors and got into a heated argument about Emily Dickinson,
"She wasn't a real writer! Every one's just fascinated by her mystery. There's nothing special about her writing." Remus said pointedly.
"How can you say that! Everything she wrote echoed something from another time and place! It was beautiful!"
Remus decided to back off when the smoke almost started to pure from Clio's ears.
And then there was Lily and James, they got along easily enough, but if one of them crossed the line they paid for it. It seemed they couldn't figure out if they hated each other or not. For the time being, they settled on hate. Lily said that it was because James ate the last chocolate frog. James said it was because Lily let him eat a boggier flavored Beartie bean. Either way they supplied amusement for their friends and displeasure for one an other.
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When the train stopped they got off it expecting to see the live version of the rumored amazing and rambling Hogwarts castle. Instead, the sight of a giant greeted them, or what looked like one.
"Oh dear." Clio said weakly and everyone had to agree. Lilly giggled, startling as the giant was, she knew he was the sappiest sweetest thing on Gods Green Earth. By circumstances beyond her control, she had befriended the giant on her trip to Diagon Ally.
"Alright there, Lily?" He called.
"Fine Hagrid, were do we sit?"
"You know him?" James asked mouth gaping.
"Yup." Lily said pleased at his shock.
"Line up in the boat, only four to one mind you."
Sirius, Thalia, Remus and Clio piled in one and Lily and James were forced to occupy another one with Peter.
Once on the boats, the true adventure of Hogwarts seemed to begin. And Lily and James, at least, set their tone for their next five years at the school.
"So, Evens, dipping into the homework early are we?"
"Whatever do you mean, Potter?"
Despite the obvious layer of thin ice he was standing on, James continued. "Already know lock charms do you? It takes a lot of time to work those out. Been obsessing about your grades?"
"Are you implying I'm a nerd, Potter?"
"If the Sorting Hat fits…"
"Like you can talk, four eyes."
"Touchy aren't we? Well, excuse me!"
"You are most certainly excused!" she brandished her wand and uttered a banishing curse.
James flew out of the boat and disappeared beneath the surface of the water. "Oops! Sorry James! Got carried away!" she shouted leaning over the boat.
"Nice one Lily!"
"You'll fit in just fine here!" Remus and Sirius shouted. Peter was currently in a state of hyperventilation, so he was too preoccupied to say much.
Despite the laughter, everyone quickly became worried, "James come out!" Lily called over the water, "Please do come out, we'll call it Pax!" Lily scanned the water, her eyes filling with tears. 'Why am I so rash!' she thought, 'all he did was call me smart. I and…'
"Call it Pax?" an indignant voice behind her. Lily spun around to see the blazing brown eyes of James Potter, stare into her own greens. "NEVER!" he yelled, pulling her into the lake; wildly Lily grabbed at something, anything, to stay up.
She found it.
"Oh! I'm sorry Peter! It's all Potters fault. He's Refractory, Obstinate, u-N-ruly, headstronG, Stubborn and he made me!" she yelled, punching the water for effect.
"Alright, alright," Hagrid said "Brake it up, move it along."
The guilty party soon realized that an audience had been gathering.
Hagrid turned to them, "Now look at you three, going in to be sorted and you're soaking wet. Now what good did that do you, Eh? None, that's what."
"It's no worries, Sir." Clio said to him as they landed on shore next to gentle giant.
Hagrid look around wildly to see who on earth had called him Sir. "No need to be so formal, just call me Hagrid, everybody does. Now why shouldn't I worry? Look at 'em."
Clio took out her wand and said, " Acio friends, Dryurenz!" Lily, James and Peter were dry and safe on the land with the rest of the gang in a second.
"Whoa, look Potter, and you thought I was the smart one." She and James seemed to be friends again.
"Prongs," said Sirius smiling.
"What?" Everyone else said.
"P for potter, R for refractory, O for Obstinate, N from unruly, G from headstrong, and S for Stubborn." He continued to grin, proud that he had thought of it so quickly.
"Very cute Sirius, but it won't catch." James said, trying to look superior. The effect was spoiled by the fact that, while he was dry, his hair was even messier than usual and he stilled smelled like essence of lake.
"Oh, I think it will!" Lily said smiling, James glowered at her.
They were back to hate.
"That's a nice nickname, you sound like a great stag or something, but you're going to be late." Hagrid rushed them in the waiting room with the other first years before departing to the great hall. Thankfully the strict deputy headmistress had already left to fetch the hat
When they walked into the great hall several people started to snicker, but most seemed too nervous to say much and, eventually, everyone became subdued. One group of people though, was having a time of it. They were laughing and pointing at James and Lily making falling motions and play arguing, taking swats at each other now and then. They found out soon enough that this was Snape and his band of Slytherin goons. They ignored them and lined up to be sorted instead of taking immediate revenge; James waited until the next day before cursing Snape with boils. Each person in our band of friends stuck on the hat, and each person had his or her own conversation with it.
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Aglaria, Clio:
"Hmmm" said a small voice in her head, "Very smart, perhaps Ravenclaw?"
"That would be fine, but I'm not just smart you know, there are other sides to me."
"I can see that, brave, loyal, and sticks up for yourself too. Something else sticks out but I can't pin point it."
Clio squirmed and the hat continued its musings into her head, "I think big things are coming your way. Yes, involving Tom Riddle, big things indeed. You'll help Harry, I suppose, too."
"Whose Tom Riddle? And Harry?"
"What? Oh dear I can't tell you, it'd take all the fun out of things, Tom isn't a love interest no, neither is Harry. Forget about them for now."
"Easy for you to say. And I thought you were a sorting hat, not a fortune teller."
"I am, but one of the founders told fortunes so I see them once in a while. No matter the trimmings, you belong in, GRYFFINDOR!"
It shouted the last words and Clio ran to the table underneath the gold lion banner.
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Black, Sirius:
"Hmmm. Another one, I dare say you shall be an interesting lot."
"What?" Sirius thought to the hat.
"Nothing my dear boy, now down to sorting. A blatant disregard for rules I see, Slytherin perhaps?"
"Dear God, no!"
"Wouldn't work there anyway. To loyal, you'd do anything for your friends. Focus my dear, Thalia may be pretty but she won't help in your sorting."
"How did you…?"
"I am reading your mind here."
"Oh."
"Brave too. Well, you shall have a time of it but in the end it will work out alright."
"Will you stop doing that!"
"Sorry, just two more things, pay attention when Professor Mcgonagall talks about Animagi and you'll do good in GRYFFINDOR!" It shouted again.
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Karasuko, Thalia:
"Well, Thalia, complicated girl! It seems your will background make a difficult sorting."
"Oh, sorry?"
"No need to be sorry, I love a challenge. You belong in that group don't you?"
"What group?"
"The one with Aglaria, Clio and Black, Sirius."
"Well Clio's been my friend for years and I just met Black." She blushed beneath the hat
"Hmm, adorable. Anyway you are resourceful and hate rules, but instead of breaking them you find loopholes. Then there's the bravery and loyalty, oh dear. Are you, by any chance, really a Natural raven child?"
"Yes," she sighed.
"Oh, not so hard anymore, definitely GRYFFINDOR!"
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Lupin, Remus:
"Oh, a werewolf, juicy!"
"Don't tell anyone!"
"I won't, do you think they'd take the word of a hat anyway?"
"If it was you."
"Flatterer, but don't worry they won't leave you."
"Who?"
"Padfoot and Prongs, I suppose Wormtail will do alright at first."
"Who are they?"
"All in good time, let's see Hogwarts hasn't seen a werewolf in years! Possibly since GRYFFINDOR himself, bye, bye honey"
"Wait! Oh, you sorted me, tricky aren't you?"
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Pettigrew, Peter:
"Let's see… you want to prove yourself and you hate getting into trouble, I think you picked the wrong best friends. Oh wait, but you're brave deep down and deeper still, you're conniving, don't give in to that Peter."
"I won't, err, sir?"
"Doesn't matter what you call me, I'm a hat."
"Okay…"
"Well, you shall be a main character in this story, whether you're the villain or the hero is up to the you and the choices you shall make. GRYFFINDOR!"
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Potter, James:
"Goodness there are a lot of you!"
"Who?"
"You all ask the same questions too."
"WHO!"
"The future."
"You can see the future? Wicked!"
"In a way. I know your ways and how they will interact with others, thus forming the future. Ravenclaw was also a seer, and since her brains are in me, I see things sometimes."
"What do you see?" James asked exited
"That's for me to know and you to find out."
"You sound like Lily"
"You two are cute together"
"Together!"
"Never mind dear, you're too young anyway. Ah so your Harry's dad!"
"I'm no ones dad! I'm eleven!"
"What? Oh never mind. You're brave, just, loyal, rule breaking and still believe in Calvary, daring too. GRYFFINDOR!"
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Evens, Lily:
"Hello dear, oh! Another one, just like your girl friends, that secret ingredient, that last piece of the puzzle."
"What puzzle?"
"The big puzzle leading up to…"
"Well?"
"Frustrating isn't it?"
"Yes!"
"Well, then, stop listening to me."
"How can I? You're inside my head!"
"Even more frustrating"
"You're worse than James."
"It's fitting too, that an Animagi and a Natural should be together. Harry's Parents, Just, loyal, brave and fun, both belonging in GRYFFINDOR!"
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Lily got off the stool in a complete daze and sat down at the gold and red table. Everyone was too immersed in his or her thought to talk much; that was until Sirius shot Thalia with a tickling curse.
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After the feast was over, Professor Mcgonagalls shadow fell over the gang, "Are you all quite finished?" Suddenly, all previous merriment and dreams of future adventures went down the toilet faster than you could say balderdash. "If you will all follow me, please." She said before striding away with an air of dignity and appending detentions. They all sighed and followed her; she practically had to dragged James, Lilly, and Peter inside her office before slamming the door in the others faces.
"So, have a good swim?"
They all hung their heads.
"What happened?"
Lily cringed it was all her fault, she was going to have to explain and then except her punishment.
Damn.
"I'm sorry Professor, but it's all-"
"My fault!" James said stepping in front of Lily, "Lily and I were arguing and I lost my balance. I dragged her in by accident and Peter fell in too."
She looked at them over her square glasses wearily, as if she had heard one to many bad excuses lately. "Is this true?" she barked to the terrified Peter.
"Glug," was his only response; James kicked him under the table and he shook his head yes.
"Alright, you are dismissed. But anymore disturbances like this one and you will be given detentions! Now get to your dormitories, the password is 'Claptrap'."
They all filed out into the hall were Remus, Sirius, Thalia and Clio was waiting.
"Did you get detentions?" they all shouted at different intervals."No, thank goodness!" Peter gasped. "We had better get to the dormitories before we get into more trouble!" he said before turning tail and running up the staircase.
"I probably won't ever say this again, but I agree with wormtails for brains over there. Let's go." Clio guided the gang up the winding staircase. James went to follow, but someone grabbed onto his robes. Tuning back, he saw Lily on the end of his sleeve.
"Yeah?" he said cautiously.
"Um, I just want to…" she squirmed, "say thanks. If Mcgonagall found out I hexed you I could have been expelled."
"It's no big deal, I was really protecting us both, if she found out I pulled you and Peter into the water on purpose I would at least have gotten a weeks detention. Besides, you're not that bad, for a red head you are fairly sedate." He winked and jogged up the stairs.
Lily cast a glance at her flaming hair and grinned, " You have no idea James Potter." Smiling secretively with a hint of a blush on her cheeks, Lily ran up after her group of friends. With whom she was inseparable from that day on.
Good love fight for everyday
Jump in the mud, mud
Get your hands filthy, love
Give it up, love
Everyday
All you need is
All you want is
All you need is love.
All you need is
What you want is
All you need is love.
Oh...
Up from the bottom, everyday
Up to the top love, everyday
Pick me up love
Lift me up love
Pick me up love
Everyday
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A.N. And so ends the Prologue, I hope you enjoyed! The song is "Everyday" by Dave Matthew's off of their 'Everyday" Album. Go buy it! Onto the next chapters, six so far are posted. Please review!
