A\N: This is my first Harry Potter Fan fiction. For some reason or the other I have been in a Harry Potter World lately so I decided to try my hand at this. I welcome reviews because without them I may or may not continue. If you have read this story I urge you to review it good or bad(all is welcome) I just want to know that I am not wasting my time. Anyways hope you enjoy.

Oh I own nothing!!!!!!! Everything belongs to JK Rowlings. Except my plot.

Before there was Three, There was This...... The Story Of Lily Evans & James Potter

"That was just too good to pass up!!" exclaimed a very satisfied James Potter.

Captain of the Griffindor Qudititich team and arguably one of the best chasers in a long time in the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardery, top pupil with one slight consideration to be discussed later on and now Head Boy, was doing exactly what came as second nature to him and his cohorts at school. One would tend to think that having a reputation, as previously mentioned, would in some way illustrate a well mannered and certainly law abiding (in terms of school) pupil. However, if such a false misinterpretation of our dear and ever fun loving protagonist was ever made, let it so stand corrected.

For unlike the norms of society this particular pupil was unlike anyone in his position in any secondary level school in all of Britain. Albeit, he didn't attend a schoolwhich would be deemed normal in terms of Muggle standings, but he was a teenage boy of seventeen and had in fact for the past six years been attending a recognized (if only in the Wizarding world and not the Muggle world) Secondary School. Mr. Potter was in fact a prankster. Along with his group of three other friends our dear Mr. Potter has at been times been known to add a few extra gray hairs to Headmaster Albus Dumbledore's already flowing head and also a few more crinkles in Professor McGonagall's forehead.

He was at present rejoicing in the fact that he had just gloated about his newly acquired position as the school's Head Boy to his "arch nemesis" Severus Snape, a fellow seventh year from the much despised Syltherin house. Severus Snape and James Potter shared a long time rivalry at Hogwarts for reasons unknown to many except to James and his friends. This rivalry at times bordered on utter hatred on the part of Snape but James was never tempted return the hatred. It was never in Potter's nature to be consumed by such petty feelings of hatred. It was not that he was not capable but James found that it took a lot of time to hate someone that intensely. However, this is not to say that James actually liked the company of Snape, in fact he despised it but not to the point that Snape so generally let his feelings consume him.

Thus James and his friends Seventh and final year began, aboard the Hogwarts Express for the last time. However this final year was going to be a most interesting and unexpected one for James Potter. Little did he realize that his and subsequently all of history was soon to be determined this year as he and his friends started chatting endlessly of all the pranks that would be able to accomplish this year with their secret weapon on their side. The Head Boy. Little did they know that on the other end of the train in a compartment by herself reading quietly was the new and unexpected challenge to the friends, that could throw their plans of pranks out the window. There sat the new Head Girl, Miss Lily Evans.

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"Lily? Lily?"

Lily Evans looked up from the novel to see who was calling her name. Before she had attempted to answer the call Kaelyn's head poked into the compartment.

"Jocelyn, I've found her" said the petite brunette before entering and taking her seat opposite Lily and next to the window.

Lilly Evans friends knew better than to ask why was their friend was reading on the first day back from holidays. Lily was assiduous as she was pretty. If she was not chatting pleasantly with her two best friends, who so happened to be her dorm mates in Griffindor House Girls Dormitories, then she could be found engrossed in a classic novel or doing extra school work in the library. Coming from a Muggle family Lily felt her desire to work extra hard to prove that she was excellent enough to be a part of this particular school.

This hard work and continuous motivation has elevated to her first being a normal prefect at her school but also now the honour as serving as school's Head Girl. Proud as she felt, Lily however did not let complacency set in. This being her final year in Hogwarts was also a beginning of sorts for Lily, who had decided against the hopes of her parents that she wanted to make her life in the wizarding world. Lily's family whole-heartedly supported her decision when she told them the day before. Although her parents knew that her heart was long since lost to the magical Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade they still kept hopes of her wanting to live a Muggle existence although they had known in their deep recesses of their hearts that she no longer belonged there. Only her sister Petunia seemed actually relived that her "strange" sister would no longer be a hindrance in her perfect life.

Lily's aim at the end of the school year was to start a small but quaint little bookshop on the truly magical Diagon Alley. Her love of books, both Muggle and magical was always a passion of Lily's together with her passion of all things magic. Since her third year at Hogwarts Lily had realized her dream and has since then been working towards this goal. She had promptly opened an account at the Gringotts Bank and had saved every Galleon, Knut and Sickle she could spare. She had even convinced Headmaster Dumbledore to allow her to work weekends in Hogsmeade, at the sweet shop, Honeydukes, in her fourth year.

As far as Lily's calculations went at the end of the school year she would have enough saved to start her life in the magical world in her own magical way.

Thus began Miss Evans Seventh and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardery. As Lily chatted away her friends about the upcoming year and also about there summer, little did she know that this year her and subsequently all of history was to be determined this year.

This is the story of Lily Evans and James Potter.