Sorry for the delay…. so here is the summer of the first year!
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Lily's ride home was once again full of conversation with her mum and dad. She told them all about the remaining days at Hogwarts, but purposefully forgot to mention the scandal of her girls' dormitory. She didn't want her family to be too worried about her because she wanted to prove to them that she could take care of herself. She also wouldn't hear the end of it from Petunia, with all of her teasing and mocking, saying that Lily was a loser, even in her 'school of freaks'. Lily also started to talk about the Marauders. Actually, she started off talking about the Marauders, but as they came up into their town, she was just constantly bickering about a certain James Potter. 'James this, James that…. I beat James… James beat me….' everything she talked about suddenly revolved around James. Her mum noticed this and began to smile, because she knew that her daughter didn't notice that she was only talking about one boy. Her dad took it differently. He wanted to get to know this James and make sure that he was good enough for his flower. He was very worried to know that her daughter was already talking about boys, and she was only eleven, soon to be twelve years old. Lily's dad pulled up into the driveway, just as Lily was talking about her potions exam.
"…. and this slimy git from Slytherin named Snivell---uhhh----Severus Snape got top marks in that subject. I thought that I'd have won too! Oh well, I think I beat James anyway, so that's all that matters."
"That's nice dearest." said her Mum, still smiling at Lily's last statement.
"Yes, Lily, we know how much you hate this James fellow, but it's time to unpack your stuff now. Hurry now." said her dad.
Lily and her parents unloaded all of her stuff and carried it out to her room. Her room was still as clean as ever, and it looked like no one has been in it for months. Once again, Lily was captivated by the environment of her room and smiled to herself. This was her room, and no one else's, and she loved it dearly. As she started unpacking from her trunk, she wondered what her friends were doing. Jade was probably running around the house, excited to be home. Carly was most likely sitting in her room studying, or reading a book silently or something. Penny was probably at Carly's house, or vice versa. James…. nevermind. Once she thought of that name she slapped herself on the forehead and unpacked some more, swearing to herself whenever she thought of that name.
Dinnertime was Lily's first encounter with Petunia. Petunia avoided her all day, but it was inevitable that the two would meet at the dinner table. Lily sat uncomfortably next to her sister, while Petunia glared at her menacingly. Her mum gave Petunia a look that would kill, and she turned away and began eating her food. Lily could tell that Petunia was in the process of a diet. She had no meat on her plate, only salad. It was also much smaller than the serving that Lily had gotten. Yes, Petunia would look skinny, but it would only make her complexion worse. Lily continued eating her food, making sure that she didn't mention her Hogwarts year because of fear of outrage by Petunia. After dinner, Lily trotted up to her room and began to cry. After all that's happened, her sister only managed to hate her even more. She wondered if her and Petunia would ever become true sisters again, but she knew that it was not to happen now that she was a witch. She decided to take her mind off of her sister and concentrate of other things…….
mainly beating James next year in all of their classes.
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James was in his backyard, flying everywhere on his broomstick. He decided earlier that day, that after all those exams, he wanted to get things off his mind, so he went off to free his mind by flying. Flying to James was just like walking. He was flying on a broom before he could even walk, as a matter of fact. However, flying only made him think more about his past year. Actually it made him think more about his past year living with a flower. Lily Evans was floating through his mind. James has never thought about a girl this much before, so he assumed it was because he hated her. She was a challenge that James couldn't' solve yet, and he was slightly irritated by this fact. Flying only made him think that he would be better than Lily at flying. When he caught glimpse of the name he just thought of in his head. He frantically shook his head around trying to get it out, and not noticing a flying ball shooting straight towards his head.
"OWWWWWWW! What the heck is…… Sirius!"
"Hello Jamesy… I see you have been training without me. Some friend you are." Sirius said with a mock pout.
"Oh shut up, I was just flying around. I wasn't really training. Anyway, what are you doing here?"
"Got sick of my mum's bickering, so I decided to floo on over here to hang out."
"Cool… so what… how about a game of quidditch?"
"First to a hundred?"
"We got time.. first to two hundred."
"You're on."
The gamed ended up with James beating Sirius 200-170. The game ended so fast, that they played another game to fifty, and Sirius got even beating James 50-20. As they were about to settle the score with each other in another game, Mrs. Potter called them in for dinner. They filled their stomachs as they chatted merrily with each other. Mr. and Mrs. Potter were proud of their son, and of course… their "other son." Both boys earned high marks in all of their classes. Mrs. Potter gave both of them an extra sundae just for their good work in school. Afterwards, James and Sirius went into James' room to discuss on some things that they wanted to do for the upcoming year.
"So James, what do you think we should do next year… you know besides pranks and nagging Slytherins and stuff."
"Well, first of all, we have to make that bloody quidditch team."
"Yeah!!! We're gonna make it, James… you, me and Remus are shoe-ins for chasers, and Jade has a good shot at being the second beater for the team too."
"That's right, and we're gonna get both the quidditch and the House cup back to Gryffindor. In the meantime though, we should find a way to help Remus with his condition."
"But how can we do that?? It's impossible to help a werewolf unless you were an…
"Animal!!!" James finished.
"Animal?? So how are we gonna get animals?"
"No you idiot, we become animals… we become animagi!!!"
"James, that's extremely hard to do, not to mention illegal."
"And when have you ever NOT do something illegal, Sirius. It's just the fact that we're breaking a bigger rule than what we usually break, that's all. And we won't get caught."
"I hope so, it's a good idea and all, but there's a lot of risks. Still, whatever we can do to help Remus is fine by me."
"Good attitude, Sirius, we'll inform Peter at the train station, right now let's just get some rest. I'm still worn out from our games."
"Alright."
James and Sirius went to sleep dreaming of the adventures of their second year, but James' dreams not only involved the remaining of the Marauders, but also with a redheaded flower named Lily.
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The next day for Lily was pretty eventful. She spent the entire morning helping her mom around the house, then went shopping with her at the mall in the afternoon. She bought tons of new clothes, and also ran into Jade, Carly, and Penny there as well. They were out watching a movie together, and Lily decided to join them after Mrs. Evans confirmed that she would get a ride home with Mrs. Atwater. After the movie, Lily and her friends were walking around the mall so more making conversation with each other.
"So why didn't you guys tell me you were gonna meet up?" Lily asked.
"Well, we didn't' know where you lived, and Jade didn't know your phone number." said Penny.
"Yeah, we would've let you know though, and we're really sorry." said Carly.
"Oh no, it's fine, I was just wondering that's all."
"Lily, we would never leave you behind. Besides, you're my best friend!!" mentioned Jade. "In fact, you all are."
"Best friends forever!" chanted Carly.
As the girls were eating at the food court, Jade suddenly got pelted by a small piece of bread. She turned around trying to look for the person that did it. After a few seconds, another one hit her square in the ear so she had to pick at it to get it out. She was getting angry and stood up to look for the troublemaker. Lily was too busy giggling with Carly and Penny at this, so she didn't notice that her tray got taken away from her. She reached down to grab her burger, when she realized it wasn't there. Fuming, she stood up with her hands on her hips and knew exactly what to say.
"I only have one word to say to this girls……." They understood and scowled as they mumbled…
"MARAUDERS."
Suddenly they heard distant snickering behind them. They all turned around just to see all four of the infamous Marauders laughing and pointing at them, with James holding Lily's tray and looking at her as if he was calling her out to come and get it. Lily was now furious, but she didn't want to make a scene. She gracefully walked over to the Marauders followed by the rest of the girls. When she got there, she politely took the tray from James and then…. well… and then she toppled it all over James' head.
James was a mess. His messy hair was not covered in ketchup and mayonnaise, and his glasses had fries stuck on the side of his frames. Sirius, Remus, and Peter started doubling over in laughter, but immediately stopped when they saw the looks in the eyes of Jade, Carly, and Penny. They smiled at them, then grabbed James and dashed away, knowing that James would've hexed Lily if they hadn't done so.
"That was bloody brilliant, Sirius." said Peter.
"Yeah, and… eww.. .what's that smell?!?!"
"Nothing, it's just James."
"Shut up, Remus, you git."
"We're just messin around James, you don't have to take it personally."
"Oh it IS personal. This is Lily Evans we're talking about, and she is going to pay dearly for this."
"Whatever James, now let's just hurry up and go to the bath store."
"Why, Sirius??"
"Because…. that's where you need to buy your new shampoo to get all that ketchup out."
With this statement, everyone burst out laughing at James. Even James himself managed a smile, secretly happy he got to have a run-in with the beautiful Lily Evans.