A young, 14 year old girl woke up bright and early on a Sunday morning.
She was different than any other girl. She had one of the highest grades
at Hogwart's school of witchcraft and wizardry, and was gathering school
robes, her wand, and spell books for her sixth year.
Her name was Lily Evans. She had flaming red hair, and fierce green eyes,
that sparkled whenever she smiled. She had a contagious laugh, and was
admired by many.
Lily was getting ready for her first day of school. She was in her room
getting the last of her things gathered when her mother hollered from down
the stairs.
"Lily!" said a soft female voice from down the stairs. "Lily are you
ready? We have to leave fifteen minutes!"
"Just a moment mother!" she hollered back.
"Do you need help with your trunk?"
"Yes!" she replied.
A woman, who looked just like Lily came up the stairs. Lily picked up her
robes, and the cage, which her pale brown barn owl was in, and her mother
was walking down the stairs, with the heavy trunk floating behind her. Her
mother opened the door, when a girl who was younger than Lily came in. She
was bony, and had a face with a slight resemblance to a weasel. She stuck
her tongue out at Lily and said
"Thank goodness she's leaving! I've had quite enough of HER!"
"Petunia! You say sorry to your sister right now!" Lily's mother said.
The barn owl in Lily's cage began flailing its wings loudly against the
cage, and Petunia shrieked.
"Get that nasty beast out of here!"
"Lily, get in the car will you?" her mother insisted.
Lily did as she was told, sticking out her tongue back at Petunia on her
way out, and Lily's mother walked behind her as they got in the car.
"Do you have everything?" she asked
"Yes mother" she sighed.
"Did you check?"
"I checked and double checked. I assure you everything is fine."
Lily got in the car, and her mother began driving, while talking to Lily on
their way to King's cross. An hour passed by, and Lily and her mother both
arrived at the train station.
They both began to get a little teary before Lily had to get on the train,
but they both said their good bye, and Lily vanished through the brick wall
which appeared to be solid onto platform 9 ¾, and boarded the train, just
before it was about to leave. She walked through a couple of compartments
until she came to the back of the train, where a boy with messy black hair
was writing furiously.
"Not again" Lily groaned. "James Potter you do this every single year."
The boy looked up at her, and grinned.
"So if it isn't Lily Evans," he said. "How was your summer? You didn't
write me very much."
"How do you expect me to write you, when all I got was a singly ruddy
letter from you?"
James shrugged. "I was busy."
"You were to busy to write one of your only friends?" she asked, with a
grin of mock sencerity one her face. "Where are Peter, Sirius and Remus?"
"Well, Sirius is sitting somewhere sulking because I got rather annoyed
with him and kicked him out of the compartment, and Remus and Peter are
playing wizard's chess in a couple of compartments ahead."
"Why did you kick Sirius out of the compartment?" Lily asked, with a
puzzled look on her face."
"He was getting rather annoying you know? Wanting to know something every
thirty seconds, so.I kicked him out." James said, without an inch of
concern on his face.
"You disgust me." Lily snapped. "I also suggest that next year you do your
homework in the first couple of weeks, then maybe the other teachers may
not despise you as much," and Lily left the compartment to meet up with
Sirius, Remus and Peter
She walked through the next couple of compartments, past the lady who was
walking by with sweets, and into the compartment at the exact time where
Peter's rook, was being diminished by Remus' knight.
"That's absolutely horrible." Lily said as she watched Remus' pawn being
smashed.
"That's why it's called wizard's chess" Remus said smirking. "So." he
said. How was your summer?"
"Boring" she replied shortly. "I did homework, homework and" she paused
"Homework"
Peter grunted. "Sound l-like a-a typical s-s-summer to me" he stuttered,
and he watched his bishop getting attacked by Remus' queen.
"Where's Sirius?" she asked trying to draw attention away from the chess
game that was going on.
"He's just sulking in the corner over there" Remus said, pointing to him.
Lily peered over her shoulder to see Sirius sitting with his arms crossed,
and looking at the rain pouring outside on the window. Without so much as
a greeting, he turned to Lily and said.
"Ruddy git. He's such an idiot. He always has to have his way"
Sirius looked at Lily, and then peered out the window again.
"I know he's an idiot!" Lily replied. "Trust me I know. He's quite
inconsiderate at times."
They both remained quiet for a few moments.
"so."he said in a monotone voice "I'm guessing he was an idiot to you too?"
"Well no" Lily said keeping quiet. "He told me what happened, and I think
he just thinks that you want sympathy."
"Oh well Lils. There's no convincing him is there?" he asked, holding out
his arms to give her a hug.
She hugged him back
"Forget about him" she said. "He'll realize it sooner or later."
"So.how long have we been in this hot stuffy train?" asked Sirius, taking
of his jumper. "It's positively steaming in here"
"I have no idea," she said. "I don't have a watch, but I'd rather stay
here, than have to go to that stupid sorting ceremony" she said. "It's so
boring, and we have to wait so long for it to finish."
"Yeah" he said, without paying attention. He stretched, yawned, and then
pressed his head against the glass, and then eventually fell asleep.
Lily's eyes eventually began to get heavy, and she slowly closed her eyes,
and fell asleep on Sirius'shoulder.
A couple of hours later the train stopped, and Lily and Sirius woke up to
get off the train as well as Remus, and Peter. The weather had changed
since Lily fell asleep.
The rain was like a blanket, covering everyone from head to toe, and when
they eventually got to the school, everyone was soggy, and sniffling.
Professor McGonagall was at the entrance of Hogwarts to welcome all of the
wet students, and lead them into the great hall for the sorting ceremony.
Candles had appeared to be floating on the ceiling, and the food was
extraordinary. The hall was filled with chattering students, and teachers
discussing summer, and everything that had happened. It was warm, and
cozy. There was hot chocolate, lollipops, chicken, and roast potatoes.
Lily, Sirius, Peter and Remus all took a seat next to each other, and
waited for Dumbledore to begin the ceremony.
Lily peered over her shoulder, and she could tell James was flustered about
leaving his summer homework until the last minute, and couldn't help
giggling while enjoying the warmth of her hot chocolate.
She joined in on Remus', Sirius', and Peter's conversation about their
Herbology essay on Mandrakes.
"How many feet did you write Peter?" Sirius asked.
"I wrote about three and a half feet." Peter replied fidgeting with his
hands.
"Peter, you never listen." Lily said with a sigh. "Professor Sprout said
four feet"
"And how many feet did you write?" Sirius questioned.
Lily blushed. "five and a half."
"Lily, you never listen" Sirius said mocking her.
"Well it's better than-"
Lily looked up to see Dumbledore was about to commence the ceremony.
"Good evening students" he began without hesitation. "I assume your train
ride was quite comfortable?"
The students whispered silently.
"I would like to welcome the first years at Hogwarts, and announce the
headboys, headgirls and prefects for this year before we begin the
sorting." He paused for a moment. "Gryfindor prefects with be Remus Lupin
and Lily Evans!"
Lily and Remus both stood up, did a small bow, and then took a seat and
began eating again while listening to the other prefects, and headboys
being announced, and the applause began to quiet down.
After the ceremony Dumbledore made a few short announcements about the
owlry, and where the students trunks were.
The headboys and headgirls stood up from their table after dinner, and lead
the first years, and the other students up to their dormitories, and told
them their passwords.
The Gryfindor students arrived in front of a farmiliar portrait of a fat
lady.
"Password" she said in a deep accent.
"Devil's Snare" said a tall, chestnut haired boy.
The portrait swung open, and the students flooded into the dormitory. Lily
and Sirius each took a seat on the leather chair in front of the fire,
catching up on what happened over the summer, while James went up to the
boy's dormitory so he could hopefully finish his summer homework before
school started.
The dormitory was filled with chattering students, and first years getting
organized for their first day of school.
Remus had gone to play wizard's chess with Peter again before it was time
to go to bed.
The talk ran for hours until Professor McGonagall had come in to announce
that it was bedtime. Lily stood up, and gave Sirius a hug before going up
to bed, and said goodnight.
She changed into a lavender nightgown, and went to sleep.
The next morning it was still raining, and lightning began to strike. It
was early and Lily woke up, stretched, and yawned before getting out of
bed.
She slipped on an emerald green, long sleeve shirt, and a pair of jeans,
the put her school robes over top. She brushed her shiny red hair, and
then walked down to the dormitory, where James was already sitting
attempting to finish up the last of his homework.
"Are you coming to breakfast?" Lily asked with a smirk on her face.
"In a minute" James said. "Just have to finish this potions essay."
"I still don't understand how you manage to pull this off every single
year."
James looked up at her and smiled.
"I have my ways" he said, and then drew his attention back to his essay.
Lily left to go to the great hall for breakfast. Sirius, Remus and Peter
were already there, with their faces stuff with croissants, and warm
sizzling bacon.
"It's about time you showed up" Sirius attempted to say with his mouth
stuffed with cheese buns, grabbing for another one. "We've been waiting
for almost fifteen minutes.
Remus elbowed Sirius in the shoulder, making Sirius gag on his food.
"Some things will never change" Lily said, sitting down helping herself to
some taters.
"W-where's James?" Peter stuttered.
"He's just finishing his homework, or at least attempting to anyway." Lily
said. "I still don't understand how he pulls this off every single year.
He'll never learn any self discipline this way."
"Well that's me for you" James said, coming up behind Lily and making her
jump. He peered over his shoulder, and looked at a boy with greasy black
hair, engrossed in a Defence Against the Dark Arts book.
"Well" James said, keeping his eye intently on the boy. "if it isn't
Snivelus himself. What do you say we go and have some fun Padfoot?"
"James! No!" Lily said attempting to pull James back away from the boy.
When will you ever learn to stop this nonsense"
"It's okay Evans! I'll be fine."
"James! You do that and I'll never talk to you again!"
James persisted to inch towards the boy, with eagerness in his voice."
"It's just a little fun Evans!"
"James just leave him alone!" Lily yelled louder, as James began to leap
over the Raven claw table.
James walked up to the boy, but he didn't notice. He was still completely
engrossed in his book.
"Hello Snivelus!" James said in a teasing manner. "How was your summer
Snivelus?"
The boy jumped, and looked around in fear of where the voice was coming
from.
"Over here Snape!"
He looked at James.
"Potter."he said trying to hide behind his book. Snape grasped his wand in
his right hand, and James reached for his.
"Still a little nerd I see. Nothing has changed has it?"
"Expelliaramus!" James called out, and Snape was thrown against the wall
with such force, that the wind was knock out of him. He began wheezing,
and everyone in the great hall laughed as they watched James antagonize
him.
Snape pointed his wand and said something under his breath, and James was
thrown on to the Ravenclaw table knocking over the scrambled eggs.
"Don't think this is over yet Snivelus" James said as the laughter died
down.
"Oh I assure you it isn't" Snape said picking up his book, and reading it
again.
James sat back down next to Lily and Sirius.
"What an idiot" James muttered.
"You asked for it mate" Sirius said, covering his mouth trying not to
laugh.
"You all disgust me" Lily said with a disgusted look, and she went to the
other end of the table where another sixth year Gryfindor was eating her
breakfast quietly. She had long chestnut brown hair, and sapphire eyes.
"Hey" Lily said looking to the girl to her right. Don't I know you?"
The girl drew her attention to Lily.
"Uh.yeah. I sit right behind you in potions class."
"What's your name?" Lily asked her.
The girl took a piece of toast from the bowl on the table, and spread some
strawberry jam on it.
"My name is Lindsay" she said taking a bite of her toast. "Lindsay
Mcclelland."
"I'm Lily" Lily said.
"Lily Evans, I know" Linsay interrupted. "You have the second highest mark
in our class. Everyone knows you."
Lily blushed.
"Oh.right." She said looking down at her feet.
"What class do you have next?" Lindsay asked grabbing another piece of
toast.
"Herbology" Lily sighed. "You?"
"I have Transfiguration unfortunately" she said. "It really sucks that
it's raining doesn't it? I really wanted to go outside today"
"I guess" Lily said. "Strangely enough it always rains on the first day of
school."
Lindsay sighed.
"Yes.it does doesn't it? Well anyhow I guess I'd better get ready to go to
class, but I'll see you in potions."
"Sure thing" Lily said, as she gathered her books together and stuffed them
in her book bag. Lily peered over her shoulder to see Sirius held Snape up
by the legs as James took pleasure in putting a tickling spell on him.
Lily rolled her eyes knowing that no matter how she tried, James and Sirius
wouldn't quit torturing him, and began walking outside to the greenhouse
for her lesson where she met up with her friends Alyssa and Nicole. They
were already in the greenhouse ready for class when Lily walked through the
door.
Alyssa had brown layered hair to her shoulders, and emerald green eyes.
She was approximately five foot five, and wore a side part.
"Hey" Alyssa said as Lily walked through the door.
Another girl was standing beside Alyssa. She had wavy milky brown hair
with blond highlights, and chocolate brown eyes. She was about five foot
six, and had a thin curvy figure.
"Nicole!" Lily sqealed she outstretched her arms to give her a hug. I
didn't see you yesterday. Where were you."
"Somewhere between this freaky goth dude, and Longbottom. I couldn't find
you."
"I was looking all over the train for you two, because I figured that you'd
be together. I ended up spending the whole train ride with James Potter
and Sirius Black." Lily said groaning.
Nicole rolled her eyes.
"Are they still as immature as last year?" she asked.
Lily sighed, and nodded.
"Worse."
The bell rang, and Lily, Alyssa and Nicole gathered up their books.
*** After school Lily walked into the dormitory to find Sirius, James and Remus curled up on the ground laughing, their faces completely red. "Ugh!" Lily said with disgust as she walked to the stairs of the girl's dormitory. "Evans!" James bellowed "Evans! Wait!" Lily ignored him and began walking up the stairs. James attempted to follow her, but half way up the stairs he slid back down. Lily giggled under her breath as she heard him cursing. She laid her books on her unmade bed, and sat down on the mattress while grabbing a book to read. "Evans!" Lily heard James still shouting. "Evans come back here!" She still refused to listen to him, and began rumaging through her trunk. She pulled out a pair of earmuffs that she had used in second year to drown out the scream of the mandrakes, and put them on to drown out the sound of James hollering. She had become totally engrossed in her book, and didn't even see Nicole and Alyssa come in until Nicole jumped on the bed. Lily jumped and then looked up at Nicole. "What the hell are you doing?!" Lily squealed, putting her hand over her heart. "Well" Alyssa explained. "We were quite concerned when our best friend was totally oblivious to us when we decided to parade in." Lily giggled as Nicole sat down on her bed, and went into her bag. She pulled out three chocolate frogs, and handed one to Lily and Alyssa. "So." Nicole said sarcastically. "Alyssa and I have formulated a theory, which we think we have the obligation to explain to you." "Oh?" Lily said pretending to be interested. "And what would that be?" Nicole took a bite of her chocolate frog. "Well we have been led to believe, with reasonable evidence that Sirius Black has developed a bit of a.well.a crush on you." Lily went wide eyed, hid under her blanket and began to laugh hysterically. Alyssa pulled the blanket down to see Lily's face. Lily giggled again. "Sirius Black?" she said in disbeleif Nicole rolled her eyes. "Yes!" "What reasonable evidence do you have to support this.statement?" "Well it's a long story." Nicole explained "I have time" Lily said with a wide grin on her face. Alyssa opened her bag, and pulled out a short piece of parchment with a little bit of writing on it. She looked it over and then cleared her throat. "Number one" she announced as though she was about to say a long speech. "He always acts strange around you." She paused. "Number two: "He always acts goofy around you, and number three, I overheard him telling James that he fancies you." Lily, Alyssa and Nicole all paused, and then began laughing hysterically. Lily went red in the face, and then looked at her alarm clock. "I suppose we should go to bed now shouldn't we?" Lily said. "I guess so" Nicole said after she stopped giggling, and looked at Lily's alarm clock. She put the piece of parchment back in her backpack. Alyssa and Nicole both gave Lily a hug and then both went separate ways to go to bed. Lily was about to go to sleep when she heard someone walking past her room. She got out of her bed and opened the curtains. Lindsay, the girl from breakfast was there. "Hey" Lily said to get her attention. Lindsay looked back. "Oh hi!" she said. "Come here," Lily said gesturing to her room. Lindsay came in and sat on her bed. "How were your classes?" Lily asked, as Lindsay stared up at the ceiling. "Boring as usual," she said. There was a short but awkward moment of silence. Lily sighed. "It's so strange" she began. Lindsay looked back at Lily, with a confused look glued on her face. "The other day before we came to school I realized that next year is going to be our last year," she said. Lindsay giggled. "Oh? Is that so?" she said sarcastically. She paused for a moment. "Why do you look so far ahead?" she asked. "Why don't you look at what's right in front of you?" "I don't know." She said. "Bad habit I suppose" Lindsay nodded. "Yeah, I guess.so what are you doing tomorrow?" she asked changing the subject. Lily ran her fingers through her hair, flipped it and then put it behind her ears. "Well I was considering doing homework.homework, and oh wait! More homework." She muttered. "Oh the pleasant joys in life." Lindsay let out a short laugh. "Well if you wanted to work together tomorrow." Lindsay trailed off. "Really? Yeah sure!" Lily said while plopping back on her bed. "Alright" Lindsay said standing up. "7:00 sound good to you? I have to go." "Sure, seven's fine with me" Lily said. "I'll see you then I guess" "okay" Lily said waving. "Goodnight" Lindsay left the room, and Lily slid under the sheets and went to sleep * * * * *
The next morning Lily opened her eyes, sat up, stretched and yawned. She took a quick glance at her alarm clock and let out a groan. It was 7:30am, and she kicked her sheets off, and then stood up to look in her mirror and take the pony tail out of her hair. She ran her fingers through her hair, and then brushed it, and then knelt down in front of her trunk, and dug down to the bottom to find a clean pair of robes. She slipped them over her lilac turtle neck, and a pair of dark blue jeans, and got ready to leave for breakfast. She stuffed her books in her black knapsack, and then put on a pair of white and blue sneakers. When she got to the great hall Nicole and Alyssa were already seated eating breakfast. Alyssa had worn her hair down with a side part, and Nicole's hair was up in a high ponytail, and she was reaching for an apple strudel. "Hey Lils!" Alyssa said greeting Lily. "You're not here at your usual time. You're usually here before us." "I suppose I slept in a bit today." She said sitting down between Alyssa and Nicole. "What have you guys been doing?" "Not much" Nicole said. "You know.the usual. But I was wondering you know? Who was that girl that you were talking to last night after we left?" "Oh, that's Lindsay" Lily said. "I met her when I sat down next to her, and we just started talking. She sits behind me in potions" Alyssa looked towards the end of Gryfindor table, and Lindsay was sitting there spreading some butter on her toast. "Are you going to introduce her to us, or are we just going to ignore her?" Nicole asked grinning. "Fine fine" Lily said, and she got up to go and get Lindsay. Lindsay walked with Lily over to where Alyssa and Nicole were. "Isn't she new?" Nicole asked mouthing to Lily. Lily shrugged, and pointed to Nicole and Alyssa to introduce them to her.
*** After school Lily walked into the dormitory to find Sirius, James and Remus curled up on the ground laughing, their faces completely red. "Ugh!" Lily said with disgust as she walked to the stairs of the girl's dormitory. "Evans!" James bellowed "Evans! Wait!" Lily ignored him and began walking up the stairs. James attempted to follow her, but half way up the stairs he slid back down. Lily giggled under her breath as she heard him cursing. She laid her books on her unmade bed, and sat down on the mattress while grabbing a book to read. "Evans!" Lily heard James still shouting. "Evans come back here!" She still refused to listen to him, and began rumaging through her trunk. She pulled out a pair of earmuffs that she had used in second year to drown out the scream of the mandrakes, and put them on to drown out the sound of James hollering. She had become totally engrossed in her book, and didn't even see Nicole and Alyssa come in until Nicole jumped on the bed. Lily jumped and then looked up at Nicole. "What the hell are you doing?!" Lily squealed, putting her hand over her heart. "Well" Alyssa explained. "We were quite concerned when our best friend was totally oblivious to us when we decided to parade in." Lily giggled as Nicole sat down on her bed, and went into her bag. She pulled out three chocolate frogs, and handed one to Lily and Alyssa. "So." Nicole said sarcastically. "Alyssa and I have formulated a theory, which we think we have the obligation to explain to you." "Oh?" Lily said pretending to be interested. "And what would that be?" Nicole took a bite of her chocolate frog. "Well we have been led to believe, with reasonable evidence that Sirius Black has developed a bit of a.well.a crush on you." Lily went wide eyed, hid under her blanket and began to laugh hysterically. Alyssa pulled the blanket down to see Lily's face. Lily giggled again. "Sirius Black?" she said in disbeleif Nicole rolled her eyes. "Yes!" "What reasonable evidence do you have to support this.statement?" "Well it's a long story." Nicole explained "I have time" Lily said with a wide grin on her face. Alyssa opened her bag, and pulled out a short piece of parchment with a little bit of writing on it. She looked it over and then cleared her throat. "Number one" she announced as though she was about to say a long speech. "He always acts strange around you." She paused. "Number two: "He always acts goofy around you, and number three, I overheard him telling James that he fancies you." Lily, Alyssa and Nicole all paused, and then began laughing hysterically. Lily went red in the face, and then looked at her alarm clock. "I suppose we should go to bed now shouldn't we?" Lily said. "I guess so" Nicole said after she stopped giggling, and looked at Lily's alarm clock. She put the piece of parchment back in her backpack. Alyssa and Nicole both gave Lily a hug and then both went separate ways to go to bed. Lily was about to go to sleep when she heard someone walking past her room. She got out of her bed and opened the curtains. Lindsay, the girl from breakfast was there. "Hey" Lily said to get her attention. Lindsay looked back. "Oh hi!" she said. "Come here," Lily said gesturing to her room. Lindsay came in and sat on her bed. "How were your classes?" Lily asked, as Lindsay stared up at the ceiling. "Boring as usual," she said. There was a short but awkward moment of silence. Lily sighed. "It's so strange" she began. Lindsay looked back at Lily, with a confused look glued on her face. "The other day before we came to school I realized that next year is going to be our last year," she said. Lindsay giggled. "Oh? Is that so?" she said sarcastically. She paused for a moment. "Why do you look so far ahead?" she asked. "Why don't you look at what's right in front of you?" "I don't know." She said. "Bad habit I suppose" Lindsay nodded. "Yeah, I guess.so what are you doing tomorrow?" she asked changing the subject. Lily ran her fingers through her hair, flipped it and then put it behind her ears. "Well I was considering doing homework.homework, and oh wait! More homework." She muttered. "Oh the pleasant joys in life." Lindsay let out a short laugh. "Well if you wanted to work together tomorrow." Lindsay trailed off. "Really? Yeah sure!" Lily said while plopping back on her bed. "Alright" Lindsay said standing up. "7:00 sound good to you? I have to go." "Sure, seven's fine with me" Lily said. "I'll see you then I guess" "okay" Lily said waving. "Goodnight" Lindsay left the room, and Lily slid under the sheets and went to sleep * * * * *
The next morning Lily opened her eyes, sat up, stretched and yawned. She took a quick glance at her alarm clock and let out a groan. It was 7:30am, and she kicked her sheets off, and then stood up to look in her mirror and take the pony tail out of her hair. She ran her fingers through her hair, and then brushed it, and then knelt down in front of her trunk, and dug down to the bottom to find a clean pair of robes. She slipped them over her lilac turtle neck, and a pair of dark blue jeans, and got ready to leave for breakfast. She stuffed her books in her black knapsack, and then put on a pair of white and blue sneakers. When she got to the great hall Nicole and Alyssa were already seated eating breakfast. Alyssa had worn her hair down with a side part, and Nicole's hair was up in a high ponytail, and she was reaching for an apple strudel. "Hey Lils!" Alyssa said greeting Lily. "You're not here at your usual time. You're usually here before us." "I suppose I slept in a bit today." She said sitting down between Alyssa and Nicole. "What have you guys been doing?" "Not much" Nicole said. "You know.the usual. But I was wondering you know? Who was that girl that you were talking to last night after we left?" "Oh, that's Lindsay" Lily said. "I met her when I sat down next to her, and we just started talking. She sits behind me in potions" Alyssa looked towards the end of Gryfindor table, and Lindsay was sitting there spreading some butter on her toast. "Are you going to introduce her to us, or are we just going to ignore her?" Nicole asked grinning. "Fine fine" Lily said, and she got up to go and get Lindsay. Lindsay walked with Lily over to where Alyssa and Nicole were. "Isn't she new?" Nicole asked mouthing to Lily. Lily shrugged, and pointed to Nicole and Alyssa to introduce them to her.