DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

A/N: My internet has been down for the past few days. I had to repost the story I muffed up the layout somehow. Italics are characters thoughts, they are normally written after a bit of speech by that character. They sort of follow on. You'll get the idea when you see it.



Lily and her friends descended from the train with arms linked. Making their way towards the carriages the girls all stopped to say a mantra before unlinking arms and grabbing a carriage.

"Mil, can you see that awful looking thing pulling the carriage?"

"Nup sorry Lils. Its not a good idea for the Head Girl to be seeing things now is it?"

"Ahhh. Evans," came an unwelcome voice.

"Potter. Nice to see you," spat Lily.

"Mil here is right you know. It's not a good idea for you to be seeing things. Especially when I'm Head Boy and don't want to have to be explaining why………Merlin. Why is it that whenever I let any female know I'm Head Boy they faint?"

"Oh, I don't know Potter. Maybe because you're a self centred bastard or maybe it's the fact that your head it twice the size of your body," said a very sarcastic Mil, "Now help me get her into the carriage you buffoon." Where did that come from?

The carriage ride was uneventful unless you count the fact that Lily finally came too and nearly passed out again when hearing that James Potter was indeed Head Boy.

As seventh years they entered the Great Hall and sat down just before the first years were led in. Many of the girls got teary just looking at the hall and one Ravenclaw announced that she would never forget the way the hall looked for the first dinner. For the last time they listened to the Sorting Hat and for the last time they clapped in the new Gryffindors. As Dumbledore stood to make the last start of year speech they would hear Mil and Belle burst into tears and Mel looked at the floor. Lily however sat there in stony silence she didn't look at any one and never once uttered a word.

"Good Evening. For some of you this is only the beginning for others it is the beginning of the end. The Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all students, yes that includes you Mr Black. Mr Flich would like me to remind you that magic is not permitted in corridors between classes and that a list of banned items, all 300 of them, is pinned to his door. Now before many of you fall out of your chairs and die from hunger I have five words for you. Home is where the heart is."

It was with these words that a bang erupted from the Slytherin table and Severus Snape started to sing a very tacky muggle love song. The Marauders had struck again but the Four Black Cats had yet to act. As usual Lily turned Snape back with a wave of her hand, if there was one thing the Four Black Cats couldn't stand was people picking on only one persona at a time, Mil shot the Marauders a dark look and whilst they were all distracted by this unusual, or so they thought, turn of events Belle and Mel said a few spells and turned the whole Slytherin table into a bunch of seagulls, the Ravenclaw table into a bunch of bats and the Hufflepuff table into a gaggle of geese.

"Looks like they won again Prongs," stated Remus.

"Oh but were not finished yet Moony," smirked a very smug Padfoot.

With a crash the house banners came falling down and the words You Can Run But You Can't Hide formed. With a wave of her hand Lily quickly changed them into Beaten By A Bunch Of Girls Again, A Bit Sad Isn't It Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail and Prongs?

"Damnit. How do they manage to do that? It takes us hours to prepare and all she does is sit there and it all happens."

"Clam down Sirius. Don't get so bloody worked up its just a prank."

"Just a prank, how can you say that James? How?"

"He is right Sirius it is just a prank and they beat us every year of course this year they had to go out with a bang."

Meanwhile………

"Since when can you do wandless magic Lils?"

"I dunno. I just did it. My wand is in the dorm and-" Oh shit. My wand is in the dorm. I leave behind the most important thing I own can I get any stupider?

"In the dorm? How did it get there?"

"It was in my bag and I totally forgot about it," smiled a nervous Lily.

"Right and Bob's my Uncle."

"I thought Bob was your Uncle," Mil remarked.

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Later that night the girls were sitting in the common room just talking about their holidays and things in general.

"Lily, your very quiet tonight. What's up? I mean we haven't had the usual James Potter and Sirius Black rant from the summer and there hasn't been one comment about your parents or Petunia."

Lily took off like a bat out of hell and ran up the stairs, she didn't want the girls to see her tears.

"What did I say?"

"I dunno. Maybe Potter and Black did something really awful."

"Speaking of the devils. Look over there," pointed Belle.

"Oy. Potter, Black get your sorry arses over here."

"You called ladies?"

"Yeah what the hell did you do to Lily this summer?"

"We didn't-" started Sirius.

"-do much just the usual pranks. Why?"

"No reason. We'll be seeing you guys round. Later."

"What was that for Prongs?"

"Don't you get it Sirius? Lily hasn't told them about, well you know."

"Oh. I get it now."

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The next day everything was going along nicely, until breakfast that is. Lily and her friends walked into the Great Hall just in front of the Marauders. Mistake number one. Their conversation was overheard.

"So Lily what was up last night? You just ran off and didn't answer and when we went up to the dorms you were already asleep. Anything the matter?"

"Nup. Severus is lookin' sexy today!"

"What?!"

"Well can't you three see it the long black hair, the symmetrical face, the perfect complexion-"

"Not to mention he is a total idiot Evans. Look at that hooked nose and that slimy hair."

"I didn't ask for your opinion Potter. So sod off."

With that she stuck her nose in the air, spun on her heel and walked off in the other direction.

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A/N2: I know, I know. It's a short chapter but I'm going away for a week and I thought you might like it now instead of then. It might be a while between updates after that because I go back to high school and its my final four terms. I'm not looking forward to year 12 and the HSC, (leaving exams in NSW, AUS). So until the 11th see ya later.