Ok, I apologize for the image you got of Sabrina. * glares at beta reader * My . . . * clears throat * colleague seemed to have thought Sabrina was dorky. I assure you, dear readers, she isn't. What I meant for her to be was one of those girls where she knows everything about fashion, makeup and boys and seems to have an unshaken vote of self-confidence. She and James are so compatible, * laughs * I'm serious! Except… it's the opposite. James… isn't into makeup… and boys… * trails off *

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"We have to have goals. You know, like morals and stuff like that, that we want to accomplish in our seven years here." Misty said suddenly. They had just settled into their rooms and were unpacking when Misty found an old chalkboard in one of the spare closets. She carefully placed it on a blank wall.

"Not lose my virginity?" Lily joked.

"Sleep?" Sabrina added, grinning evilly.

Misty looked aggravated. "I'm serious you guys! I mean it, my mom's into all this psychoanalysis stuff and she says if we write down our goals we'll get much more accomplished and feel better about ourselves knowing we're taking a chance to get it done."

Lily frowned. "What if we have no goals?"

"My goal is to get to know that cute boy… what was his name?" Sabrina asked, wrinkling her nose.

"How am I supposed to remember?" Misty snapped, searching the closet for a piece of chalk.

"Well, my goal is to get top marks in every subject." She continued, brandishing a piece of worn-down chalk and writing in great, bold letters her aspiration. 

Lily looked around the room. What was her main goal in life at Hogwarts? Was it to become popular? Get good marks? Be able to do magic? Or was it something deeper and truer…like be herself?

"I'd most definitely like to know who that really good-looking guy was downstairs at the Sorting." Sabrina said thoughtfully, sweeping her silky black hair into a high ponytail and taking out her numerous earrings.

Misty and Sabrina looked expectantly at her. Lily gulped. Perhaps she'd just go along with what Sabrina said, better to make friends than enemies anyway.

"I'd really like to meet that boy… too… I guess." Lily said. She'd erase it some other time.

Misty looked reluctant before she put it up.


Sabrina brightened as she clinked her earrings into a small Christmas tree shaped glass tray. "Hey, why don't we go down to the Common Room and see if he's down there!"

Lily's stomach seemed to bottom out. What kind of friends would they be if all they ever did were being fascinated with the opposite sex?

"I was sort of hoping to see more of the Common Room than I saw anyway, would you mind it Lily?" Misty asked.

Lily shook her head and, although she was awfully tired, trooped down with Sabrina and Misty.

"This is so cool! It's like being in college!" Misty squeaked with excitement, throwing herself onto a plush red couch. Sabrina rolled her eyes, muttering something that sounded like 'oh, grow up' under her breath as she most primly took a seat on a stiff-backed red velvet chair.

Misty wiggled her mismatched socked feet as a sort of waving to three boys that suddenly entered through the portrait, looking rather flushed.

Sabrina let a small gasp wriggle from her throat as she realized one of them was the dark-haired boy from the Sorting and clasped the chair sharply.

"'Lo!" Misty said in a friendly voice, swinging her legs so she was sitting properly on the couch.

Lily waggled her fingers in a sort of shy, awkward way of her saying hello. She wasn't much for talking to strangers, especially strangers that were handsome and that were going to be her classmates.

"Hello." Sabrina purred in a silky and soft sexy voice. Lily's eyebrows shot up. Was it even proper to do that? Hadn't she ever heard of 'first impressions'?

"I'm Misty Hamilton, and these are my friends Lily Evans and Sabrina Felicity Brimstone." Misty said, somewhat formally as she messed with her hair.

The one person that they'd seen at the Sorting sidestepped the other two and flopped next to Misty.

"James Potter." He said smiling, extending his hand to shake. "These are my friends, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin."

Both of the boys nodded, the black-haired one, Sirius, came over to Lily's chair and kissed her hand. She grinned like an idiot, although she wasn't a 'fast' girl.

"I'm Sirius, but you can call me whatever you want to, babe," he said devilishly to Lily. Lily's jaw dropped, and she buried her face in her hands, her face on fire. Sabrina laughed out loud.

"You'll have to forgive him, he thinks he's God's gift to women." James said, smiling a crooked smile sending Sabrina almost in hysterics.

"He lives to be forward, and no one ever ends up having sex with him," Remus replied bluntly, also grinning.

Sirius looked apologetic, and crawled onto the couch where James and Misty were sitting.

"Have I mentioned he thinks with his genitals?" James cracked, hitting Sirius in the shoulder with a pillow.

This made Lily crack up. A boy criticizing the way he thought was priceless.

Misty smiled uncertainly; Lily seemed to be bonding with the guys rather well. All of the sudden, a tall boy burst through the portrait hole looking very tired and worn out in his scarlet robes.

James stared blankly at the boy. The boy stared blankly at James.

"ORION?"

"JAMES?"

"You're in Gryffindor?" The boy, Orion, said shocked.

James narrowed his eyes. "You expected Slytherin, Mama's Boy?"

Orion blushed, but retorted, "I did expect something other than Gryffindor, if that's what you mean. You don't have enough courage to confront a wet mouse, James."

James clenched his fists. "Oh yeah? Then what happened to that brave boy who was too afraid to stay in Grandma's cottage because of bats?"

"James, darling, as much as I enjoy family feuds, I don't believe you've introduced Orion to the class." Sirius remarked, grinning mischievously.

James clenched his teeth, and took a few deep breaths. Orion looked like he was relishing James introduce him to his friends and struck a pose.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce my brother, Orion?"


Lily smiled. James and Orion looked almost exactly alike, except Orion had blue eyes.

"Don't you have some award to win or something?" James snapped, crossing the room to sit next to Lily, trying to get as far away as possible.

Orion looked amused. "Don't you have some cowering to do? I hear another Malfoy arrived at the school tonight."

James groaned. "Not another one, don't you remember Sivor Malfoy?"

Orion shuddered, as did Sirius and Remus. "They were the worst neighbors; I'm so glad they moved."

"Remember the time Lucius threw a Quaffle onto our roof and it flew through the kitchen, breaking all the glass? I thought my mom was going to go out there in her facemask and slippers!" Sirius said, howling with laughter.

Lily observed how well Sirius, James and Remus interacted with each other. They looked like they were much closer than James and Orion.

"How long have you two known each other?" Misty asked, obviously thinking along the same lines as Lily.

"I should say a good ten years… but that includes being born and stuff like that." Sirius said, looking at James and Remus for agreement.

"My mum and Sirius's went to Hogwarts together." Remus added.

James grinned viciously. "My dad had a wicked crush on Sirius's mum."

Lily looked at James, and sighed. "I wonder what it would have been like to have my parents go to Hogwarts…But we're all muggles in our family.  Petunia…" Lily gave the slightest shudder at the name, barely noticeable, and continued. "Sometimes…sometimes she can almost make me believe I am a freak…"

The room suddenly became quieter, and was filled with an unspoken outrage at being insulted by this Petunia person.

"Lily…" Misty broke off, looking uncomfortable. James patted her arm sympathetically. Lily blushed slightly at his touch.

"Well… I'm really tired. I should be getting some sleep since we do start classes tomorrow," she squeaked and ran up the stairs.

James pulled his arm hastily away, like he'd touched a hot iron. Everyone stared at him.

"The poor girl has parents that pay no attention to her!" He protested.

Sirius looked sympathetic as he stood up to turn in too, "James, buddy, it's not good to fall for a girl you just met."

Misty and Sabrina giggled sleepily. "'Nighty-night, James."

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Short, but I got mostly everything out of the way. R/R! ~ IceAmethyst