A/N: Hi guys! This is my first story that I'm submitting to Fanfiction.
I'm not too sure where it's really heading yet, but your feedback will
certainly help. I'm not sure how often I'll be able to post, I'm WAY busy
with schooling now. College is rough! Anyways! Hope you enjoy and I'd
love to hear what you guys think!
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter I certainly would not be "publishing" it on a Fanfiction website. I do however own this plot. Though I'm sure something of the like has been done before.
Attention!!: I'm looking for someone who wouldn't mind beta-reading my work! E-mail me at JLWitch86@aol.com if you want to. Thanks!!
Chapter One- The Longest Ride So Far
Smoke billowed out of the Hogwarts Express as Lily came plowing through the barrier with her best friend Rue Walker. The girls' faces were flushed and looked around the station for the male counterparts to their group. "Ooh! Over there! Who're those boys??" Rue cat-called to a group of boys standing in a circle close to the luggage compartments. She grabbed Lily by the hand and dragged her as she skipped over to them. "You'd think for a pair of seventh years, one of who's Head Girl, they could happen to be a little bit more mature." Lily mumbled to no one in particular as they skidded to a halt in front of the boys.
"Well, well, who are these lovely ladies?" one of the boys asked throwing a friendly arm around Rue. After giving him a look of distaste she shrugged it off. The boy, Sirius Black, dashing, debonair and all-star Marauder, and Rue have been unofficially dating since second year when Sirius pushed Rue into the lake. Sirius had scraggly long, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. However it seemed to fit him. Lily had to admit that in her deepest heart of hearts she thought only one person more attractive then Sirius Black. Sirius was tall, about six foot two, with plenty of toned muscles from hours of Quidditch practice a week.
"What trouble are you boys causing now?" Lily asked impatiently. Her green eyes were darting back and forth between Sirius and another boy, James Potter, while she stood in between them idly chewing a fingernail. "Why Miss. Perfect Evans! Why are we always the target of your wrath? You never reprimand Snivellus about pulling pranks. And who said we even did anything?" James Potter threw back at her. James was tall also, almost as tall as Sirius. In fact, many mistook them as brothers with their similar good looks and personalities.
-Of course it didn't hurt to be gorgeous too.-
James Potter was considered one of the most attractive boys at Hogwarts, and Lily had yet to admit that to anyone but herself. His thin, wire-framed glasses sat perched on his nose giving him a look of superiority over everyone else. Behind them were hazel eyes that seemed to spin in all their own glory. Gold, green, brown and almost a shimmer of blue spun and made Lily dizzy. Once, when Lily and James had gotten in a little tiff last year she caught herself in mid sentence staring and then had to hear the jokes about how James made her speechless for the rest of the year. His hair stuck up in the back and no amount of Sleazeasy's could keep it in place. But James liked it that way. It gave him that "windswept" look he said. Besides, he knew it drove Lily crazy.
Oh my goodness, I did not just think that about Potter did I? Lily asked herself. "Evans, you look good. Love the hair short." James said as the train whistle shrieked. He waved goodbye to Rue, tugged on a lock of Lily's newly cut hair and winked. He caught up to the boys, shoved his hands in his pockets and sauntered to their traditional apartment without a glance back.
"He is so frustrating! I don't know what to do about him!" Lily told Rue as they boarded the train. "And he likes my hair! I cut it purposely because he liked it long!" Lily grumbled. Over the summer Lily had cut her waist long deep red locks short, up to her chin. It was a big step for her, and she liked the change. Until Potter had to comment on it! She thought.
Lily's dark red, almost brown, hair was now cropped short, many thanks to Sirius Black. For most of her life Lily had kept it long and straight, now on account of an unfortunate accident Sirius had last June playing hairdresser, it was mostly gone. Her eyes were green. Rue told her once that they were the colour of emeralds, but Lily being plain and boring thought they looked much more like a sour apple lollipop. Lily was five foot three and would give anything for another three inches like Rue had. She was evenly proportioned, a little heavy on the top, but it didn't really bother her. Hogwarts uniforms and robes covered everything up Anyways.
"Come on Lily, it's just James! Calm down. It's like his opinion runs your life. Be flattered! I would be!" Rue said as they sat down in the empty compartment. Lily flopped down on one of the benches by the window.
"I know, I mean it's just he's so infuriating. Not to mention he's gorgeous! And I have to yell at him otherwise I'd stare at him." Lily said her eyes downcast and her head buried in that months Quibbler. Rue's brown head snapped up from her September issue Witch Weekly. "Excuse me? What was that, couldn't hear?"
"Ok, you heard it. I admit it, he's beautiful! His body, the way he ruffle's his hair. I only tell him that it's cocky and annoying so he stops! I can't sit in the Common Room staring at Potter while I'm trying to do my Charms work now can I? That's why I always chide him on it! I thought you would have picked up on it earlier." Lily said looking nervous. "Now can we just drop it cause I have a feeling that they're listening to us now."
Three compartments over the boys were interested in a conversation amongst themselves. Well, at least James was interested in his own conversation. Sirius and Remus Lupin, another one in the boy's infamous Marauders were busy playing a game of Exploding Snap and little Peter Pettigrew was deeply involved in his Quibbler magazine. James on the other hand was having a in depth conversation with what looked to be a thread tear in the compartment bench.
"I don't know what it is about her that makes me think like that! She's so infuriating! And it doesn't help at all that's she's beautiful. Wish I could just run my hands over her nice slender-"
"Prongsy, remember there are others present and we don't want to hear about your innermost personal thoughts with our little Lily-flower." Sirius teased looking up at James with only half of his left eyebrow left. James looked up at Sirius. "It's not like we haven't heard about all your 'excursions' with Rue." James shot back. Sirius set down his cards. "That's different and you know it." He said his voice low and menacing.
"James calm down. Sirius was just teasing. Stop bothering him will you!" Remus said as he poked Sirius in the head with his wand. Remus was the sensible one of the Marauders. While he wasn't as popular as James or Sirius he certainly made up for it in his smarts and his looks. He was tall, about six foot even. His shaggy blond hair fell in his eyes just the right way. His eyes were the color of the sky just before a summer storm was about to break over an open field and right after the lightning flashed.
"Yeah, that's right, I don't want to hear about any of that stuff till it happens to me." Peter commented from behind his magazine. "Like it ever will?" Sirius muttered under his breath. James and Remus snickered. "What was that Padfoot? Couldn't quite catch that." Peter asked.
"Nothing my dear Wormtail, nothing." James said continuing to smile.
A loud speaker suddenly came on. "Would Mr. James Potter and Miss. Lily Evans please report to the first car? Your presence is requested immediately." James looked up. "Damn, do I really have to go to this dumb Heads meeting. See ya in a few." James said as he sauntered out the compartment to find Lily and escort her to the Heads Compartment.
"Potter, it would be most kind if you stopped strutting around the train as if you owned it. It's rather unappealing and I would rather not have to watch you walk all the way to the front of the train looking like an imbecile." Lily said coolly as she glided past him toward the front of the train.
James hurried to catch up with her. "Fine then, you're more then welcome to walk in front of me. Take your time while your at it." James whispered in Lily's ear. She spun around surprising both herself and James. She didn't realize how tall he was, she only came up eye-level with his shoulder. It didn't help that she was standing on his foot and he was almost up against the wall looking like he'd done something wrong.
"If you so wish to look at me then you better take a picture because the amount of good humor in me is running very thin. I don't appreciate that smirk either!" Lily said haughtily and turned away walking quickly down the narrow corridor.
James let out a low whistle and loosened his Hogwarts tie. This is going to be a long year, He thought as he followed Lily down the hall as he drug a hand through his hair.
Yay! Chapter One done! This is my own plot. If you read this and find that it's similar to another story, it's just a coincidence. Thanks!!!
Disclaimer: If I owned Harry Potter I certainly would not be "publishing" it on a Fanfiction website. I do however own this plot. Though I'm sure something of the like has been done before.
Attention!!: I'm looking for someone who wouldn't mind beta-reading my work! E-mail me at JLWitch86@aol.com if you want to. Thanks!!
Chapter One- The Longest Ride So Far
Smoke billowed out of the Hogwarts Express as Lily came plowing through the barrier with her best friend Rue Walker. The girls' faces were flushed and looked around the station for the male counterparts to their group. "Ooh! Over there! Who're those boys??" Rue cat-called to a group of boys standing in a circle close to the luggage compartments. She grabbed Lily by the hand and dragged her as she skipped over to them. "You'd think for a pair of seventh years, one of who's Head Girl, they could happen to be a little bit more mature." Lily mumbled to no one in particular as they skidded to a halt in front of the boys.
"Well, well, who are these lovely ladies?" one of the boys asked throwing a friendly arm around Rue. After giving him a look of distaste she shrugged it off. The boy, Sirius Black, dashing, debonair and all-star Marauder, and Rue have been unofficially dating since second year when Sirius pushed Rue into the lake. Sirius had scraggly long, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. However it seemed to fit him. Lily had to admit that in her deepest heart of hearts she thought only one person more attractive then Sirius Black. Sirius was tall, about six foot two, with plenty of toned muscles from hours of Quidditch practice a week.
"What trouble are you boys causing now?" Lily asked impatiently. Her green eyes were darting back and forth between Sirius and another boy, James Potter, while she stood in between them idly chewing a fingernail. "Why Miss. Perfect Evans! Why are we always the target of your wrath? You never reprimand Snivellus about pulling pranks. And who said we even did anything?" James Potter threw back at her. James was tall also, almost as tall as Sirius. In fact, many mistook them as brothers with their similar good looks and personalities.
-Of course it didn't hurt to be gorgeous too.-
James Potter was considered one of the most attractive boys at Hogwarts, and Lily had yet to admit that to anyone but herself. His thin, wire-framed glasses sat perched on his nose giving him a look of superiority over everyone else. Behind them were hazel eyes that seemed to spin in all their own glory. Gold, green, brown and almost a shimmer of blue spun and made Lily dizzy. Once, when Lily and James had gotten in a little tiff last year she caught herself in mid sentence staring and then had to hear the jokes about how James made her speechless for the rest of the year. His hair stuck up in the back and no amount of Sleazeasy's could keep it in place. But James liked it that way. It gave him that "windswept" look he said. Besides, he knew it drove Lily crazy.
Oh my goodness, I did not just think that about Potter did I? Lily asked herself. "Evans, you look good. Love the hair short." James said as the train whistle shrieked. He waved goodbye to Rue, tugged on a lock of Lily's newly cut hair and winked. He caught up to the boys, shoved his hands in his pockets and sauntered to their traditional apartment without a glance back.
"He is so frustrating! I don't know what to do about him!" Lily told Rue as they boarded the train. "And he likes my hair! I cut it purposely because he liked it long!" Lily grumbled. Over the summer Lily had cut her waist long deep red locks short, up to her chin. It was a big step for her, and she liked the change. Until Potter had to comment on it! She thought.
Lily's dark red, almost brown, hair was now cropped short, many thanks to Sirius Black. For most of her life Lily had kept it long and straight, now on account of an unfortunate accident Sirius had last June playing hairdresser, it was mostly gone. Her eyes were green. Rue told her once that they were the colour of emeralds, but Lily being plain and boring thought they looked much more like a sour apple lollipop. Lily was five foot three and would give anything for another three inches like Rue had. She was evenly proportioned, a little heavy on the top, but it didn't really bother her. Hogwarts uniforms and robes covered everything up Anyways.
"Come on Lily, it's just James! Calm down. It's like his opinion runs your life. Be flattered! I would be!" Rue said as they sat down in the empty compartment. Lily flopped down on one of the benches by the window.
"I know, I mean it's just he's so infuriating. Not to mention he's gorgeous! And I have to yell at him otherwise I'd stare at him." Lily said her eyes downcast and her head buried in that months Quibbler. Rue's brown head snapped up from her September issue Witch Weekly. "Excuse me? What was that, couldn't hear?"
"Ok, you heard it. I admit it, he's beautiful! His body, the way he ruffle's his hair. I only tell him that it's cocky and annoying so he stops! I can't sit in the Common Room staring at Potter while I'm trying to do my Charms work now can I? That's why I always chide him on it! I thought you would have picked up on it earlier." Lily said looking nervous. "Now can we just drop it cause I have a feeling that they're listening to us now."
Three compartments over the boys were interested in a conversation amongst themselves. Well, at least James was interested in his own conversation. Sirius and Remus Lupin, another one in the boy's infamous Marauders were busy playing a game of Exploding Snap and little Peter Pettigrew was deeply involved in his Quibbler magazine. James on the other hand was having a in depth conversation with what looked to be a thread tear in the compartment bench.
"I don't know what it is about her that makes me think like that! She's so infuriating! And it doesn't help at all that's she's beautiful. Wish I could just run my hands over her nice slender-"
"Prongsy, remember there are others present and we don't want to hear about your innermost personal thoughts with our little Lily-flower." Sirius teased looking up at James with only half of his left eyebrow left. James looked up at Sirius. "It's not like we haven't heard about all your 'excursions' with Rue." James shot back. Sirius set down his cards. "That's different and you know it." He said his voice low and menacing.
"James calm down. Sirius was just teasing. Stop bothering him will you!" Remus said as he poked Sirius in the head with his wand. Remus was the sensible one of the Marauders. While he wasn't as popular as James or Sirius he certainly made up for it in his smarts and his looks. He was tall, about six foot even. His shaggy blond hair fell in his eyes just the right way. His eyes were the color of the sky just before a summer storm was about to break over an open field and right after the lightning flashed.
"Yeah, that's right, I don't want to hear about any of that stuff till it happens to me." Peter commented from behind his magazine. "Like it ever will?" Sirius muttered under his breath. James and Remus snickered. "What was that Padfoot? Couldn't quite catch that." Peter asked.
"Nothing my dear Wormtail, nothing." James said continuing to smile.
A loud speaker suddenly came on. "Would Mr. James Potter and Miss. Lily Evans please report to the first car? Your presence is requested immediately." James looked up. "Damn, do I really have to go to this dumb Heads meeting. See ya in a few." James said as he sauntered out the compartment to find Lily and escort her to the Heads Compartment.
"Potter, it would be most kind if you stopped strutting around the train as if you owned it. It's rather unappealing and I would rather not have to watch you walk all the way to the front of the train looking like an imbecile." Lily said coolly as she glided past him toward the front of the train.
James hurried to catch up with her. "Fine then, you're more then welcome to walk in front of me. Take your time while your at it." James whispered in Lily's ear. She spun around surprising both herself and James. She didn't realize how tall he was, she only came up eye-level with his shoulder. It didn't help that she was standing on his foot and he was almost up against the wall looking like he'd done something wrong.
"If you so wish to look at me then you better take a picture because the amount of good humor in me is running very thin. I don't appreciate that smirk either!" Lily said haughtily and turned away walking quickly down the narrow corridor.
James let out a low whistle and loosened his Hogwarts tie. This is going to be a long year, He thought as he followed Lily down the hall as he drug a hand through his hair.
Yay! Chapter One done! This is my own plot. If you read this and find that it's similar to another story, it's just a coincidence. Thanks!!!