Disclamer: Again, I do not own the characters even though I wish I did,
they belong to JK Rowling
A/N: Thanks for your replies! I hope this chapter is ok!
Chapter Two: Natalie Strong
"GO AWAY!" Lily heard someone yell. A flash of red light came from a compartment up ahead and another voice filled the air. "Your going to pay for that Strong, you filthy mudblood."
Lily recognized that voice instantly as Lucius Malfoy. Lily ran towards the compartment and gaped at the scene. Lucius and his two cronies, Crabbe and Goyle were in there. Goyle was on the floor stunned and Lucius had his wand pointed at a girl with long black hair. She had her wand in her hand which was over her head trying to hide her face.
"Leave her alone! Lily said between clenched teeth, her eyes blazing.
Lucius turned his head to see who had yelled at him and glared at Lily "like to see another mudblood try and stop me,"
"Lucius I'm warning you, if you don't take your friend Goyle and leave this compartment now, I will report you to Dumbledore and make sure your expelled."
The girl in the corner started to whimper and rock back and forth. Lucius looked back over at her with a look of discust and then made to leave the compartment. Crabbe grabbed Goyle under the arms and dragged him out past Lily. Just as Lucius reached the door he turned around muttered "Engorgio" while pointing his wand directly at the girl's nose. She let out a shriek and covered her nose up with her hands. He then smirked and left. Lily watched his retreating back to make sure he wasn't coming back and then hurried to see if the girl was alright.
"Are you ok?"
The girl looked up and was covering her nose which was the size of a small gourd. Lily muttered the counter curse and the girl's nose shrank back to normal,
"Thanks, I think I'm alright."
She felt the bridge of her nose with her sleeve and sat up. She still looked scared and a bit disheveled but other that that she looked ok. Lily recognized her as the strange quiet girl in her dormitory. Her name was Natalie Strong.
Natalie had shown up in Lily's fourth year. The rumors going around said that she was from New York and her parents died in a subway crash. But Lily, hearing that from James, didn't believe it. Lily never really talked to her because Natalie wasn't a person people liked to associate with. One time a first year Gryffindor tried to ask her if her parents really died in a subway crash and Natalie burst into hysterical tears and she had to be escorted to the hospital wing.
"Why did he come in here?" Lily asked her afraid that she might start crying
Natalie giggled suddenly and then frowned, "I accidentally tripped him while walking down the hallway and he got mad.."
Lily looked around the compartment and saw that she was sitting by herself but maybe someone was coming back..
"Are you sitting alone?" Lily asked cautiously
"Ch Yeah" Natalie said rolling her eyes.
Lily looked over at her and saw that she was eyeing the ceiling lazily like noting had happened. Lily got up and walked over to the door way "I'll be right back"
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Now you can't do that mate, that's cheating." Sirius said while moving his pawn forward.
"No, it's what I call strategic game playing." James said smirking
The compartment door slid open and James found his stomach flip-flopping again. There Lily Evans was standing looking even prettier that before and looking around the compartment.
"Where is Amelia?' She asked tucking her hair behind her ear.
"She went off to find Alice" Sirius said not looking up from his pawn which was stabbing one of James's pawns
Lily sighed in frustration and then looked James as thought she had never met him before. "Will you come with me then?" she asked quickly
James could hardly believe his ears, just to make sure he pointed at Sirius as if saying 'Him?'
"No, you, come with me please, I have to do something"
James beamed at his good fortune and grinned at Sirius and tipped over his king who shook its tiny fist at him "You win this game, be back in a bit."
James got up and walked over to Lily messing up his hair with his hand and smiling his famous smile that won him every girl's heart "I'm glad you're finally seeing things my way, I."
Lily's cold glare cut him off
"Don't you try anything, I'm just asking you to come with me because Amelia wasn't there."
They started to walk down the hallway and James followed Lily thinking how easy it would to be to "accidentally" trip her and catch her and make her think that he was her hero but he decided not to.
" Evans, where are we going?" he said messing up his hair again.
"You remember that strange, quiet girl with the weird accent in our house?"
"Uh. oh Natalie? Doesn't she talk to herself?" James laughed but stopped at the look from Lily.
"Well we are going to sit by her." Lily said in a matter-of fact tone
"Have you gone.." James broke off again.
Lily and James faced the open compartment which Natalie was in. Lily walked and James followed her cautiously. Natalie was lying on the seat looking up at the ceiling with her cloudy blue eyes. Her nose had a dash of freckles on it and her black hair was spread out behind her head. She was humming off tune to her self and once Lily coughed she sat up blushing.
"I thought you left. Like every one else does." She said sadly
"Well I thought you could use some company since your all alone."
James smiled at Lily, he thought that it was nice that she was trying to branch out to the uh. to the odd people.
"This is James; He's in our house too."
Lily smiled politely at her and Natalie smiled back but it didn't reach her eyes, it was more of a tortured smile. Natalie then looked out the window as if she saw someone outside of it.
There was a big pause and Lily broke it
"How was your summer?" she asked politely
"Oh mine was great thanks, except I didn't have."James said
"Not you, Natalie!" Lily hissed
Natalie looked up from the window at hearing her name. "Present!"
James started to laugh but Lily elbowed him in the side and he put a hand over his mouth to try and stifle his laughter. Lily tried again.
"How was your summer Natalie?"
Natalie brushed her hair out of her eyes and looked at Lily like just met her new best friend
"Oh well. it was ok.. My older sister, Carolyn isn't very good at raising me and my little brother with her job and all so I mostly took care of Max all summer. He's my brother, and he's only three. Quite a handful if you ask me. Any way this summer we also flew back to New York on a Air plain, it's a type of muggle transport, and we went and saw are old apartment where Carolyn Max and I use to live. and . and we saw the place were the accident happened..." Natalie wiped a tear from her eye and continued "any way while in New York we also got to go to the Statue of Liberty, it's a important muggle statue, and we went up to the top. Other than that my summer was pretty boring because I don't really have any friends because. well people think I'm a freak." Natalie trailed off
Lily and James were in shock. They didn't think that Natalie had that much to say in her. They both shared a look of confusion and then Lily made up for their silence
"it sound's like you had a fun summer, well we are going to be at Hogwarts so James and I have to go"
James smiled at her when she said 'James and I' and decided not to say anything that would make her mad. Natalie's face fell again and she muttered good bye and turned back to the window.
James and Lily walked back out in the hallway and James faced Lily with a crooked grin
"Never she had it in her to talk that much"
"Well Potter did you ever think that she doesn't say much because she has no one to say it to? God, Potter you are a thick headed prat." Lily's temper was almost to the snapping point and she stormed off before it snapped. James walked in to the compartment with Sirius and Remus in it and found that they both were asleep. James changed silently into his black Hogwarts robes with Lily's words still echoing in his head. The train started to slow down and Sirius jolted awake
"wassamatter?" He said groggily
"Get into your robes Padfoot, we're there. I have to go 'supervise and attend' to the other students so I'll see you latter mate."
James walked out onto the platform and walked to a horseless carriage with out even paying attention to where he was going. He spotted Sirius and Remus and Peter, who had finally joined them, climb into a nearby carriage. James hurried over the carriage and climbed in before Peter closed the door.
"There you are Prongs" Sirius said laughing like a dog, " I was worried that Evans words really effected you this time."
"Nope not this time, Padfoot, I was just thinking of an awesome first of the year prank to pull off!" James said smiling mischievously.
A/N: Thanks for your replies! I hope this chapter is ok!
Chapter Two: Natalie Strong
"GO AWAY!" Lily heard someone yell. A flash of red light came from a compartment up ahead and another voice filled the air. "Your going to pay for that Strong, you filthy mudblood."
Lily recognized that voice instantly as Lucius Malfoy. Lily ran towards the compartment and gaped at the scene. Lucius and his two cronies, Crabbe and Goyle were in there. Goyle was on the floor stunned and Lucius had his wand pointed at a girl with long black hair. She had her wand in her hand which was over her head trying to hide her face.
"Leave her alone! Lily said between clenched teeth, her eyes blazing.
Lucius turned his head to see who had yelled at him and glared at Lily "like to see another mudblood try and stop me,"
"Lucius I'm warning you, if you don't take your friend Goyle and leave this compartment now, I will report you to Dumbledore and make sure your expelled."
The girl in the corner started to whimper and rock back and forth. Lucius looked back over at her with a look of discust and then made to leave the compartment. Crabbe grabbed Goyle under the arms and dragged him out past Lily. Just as Lucius reached the door he turned around muttered "Engorgio" while pointing his wand directly at the girl's nose. She let out a shriek and covered her nose up with her hands. He then smirked and left. Lily watched his retreating back to make sure he wasn't coming back and then hurried to see if the girl was alright.
"Are you ok?"
The girl looked up and was covering her nose which was the size of a small gourd. Lily muttered the counter curse and the girl's nose shrank back to normal,
"Thanks, I think I'm alright."
She felt the bridge of her nose with her sleeve and sat up. She still looked scared and a bit disheveled but other that that she looked ok. Lily recognized her as the strange quiet girl in her dormitory. Her name was Natalie Strong.
Natalie had shown up in Lily's fourth year. The rumors going around said that she was from New York and her parents died in a subway crash. But Lily, hearing that from James, didn't believe it. Lily never really talked to her because Natalie wasn't a person people liked to associate with. One time a first year Gryffindor tried to ask her if her parents really died in a subway crash and Natalie burst into hysterical tears and she had to be escorted to the hospital wing.
"Why did he come in here?" Lily asked her afraid that she might start crying
Natalie giggled suddenly and then frowned, "I accidentally tripped him while walking down the hallway and he got mad.."
Lily looked around the compartment and saw that she was sitting by herself but maybe someone was coming back..
"Are you sitting alone?" Lily asked cautiously
"Ch Yeah" Natalie said rolling her eyes.
Lily looked over at her and saw that she was eyeing the ceiling lazily like noting had happened. Lily got up and walked over to the door way "I'll be right back"
*~*~*~*~*~*
"Now you can't do that mate, that's cheating." Sirius said while moving his pawn forward.
"No, it's what I call strategic game playing." James said smirking
The compartment door slid open and James found his stomach flip-flopping again. There Lily Evans was standing looking even prettier that before and looking around the compartment.
"Where is Amelia?' She asked tucking her hair behind her ear.
"She went off to find Alice" Sirius said not looking up from his pawn which was stabbing one of James's pawns
Lily sighed in frustration and then looked James as thought she had never met him before. "Will you come with me then?" she asked quickly
James could hardly believe his ears, just to make sure he pointed at Sirius as if saying 'Him?'
"No, you, come with me please, I have to do something"
James beamed at his good fortune and grinned at Sirius and tipped over his king who shook its tiny fist at him "You win this game, be back in a bit."
James got up and walked over to Lily messing up his hair with his hand and smiling his famous smile that won him every girl's heart "I'm glad you're finally seeing things my way, I."
Lily's cold glare cut him off
"Don't you try anything, I'm just asking you to come with me because Amelia wasn't there."
They started to walk down the hallway and James followed Lily thinking how easy it would to be to "accidentally" trip her and catch her and make her think that he was her hero but he decided not to.
" Evans, where are we going?" he said messing up his hair again.
"You remember that strange, quiet girl with the weird accent in our house?"
"Uh. oh Natalie? Doesn't she talk to herself?" James laughed but stopped at the look from Lily.
"Well we are going to sit by her." Lily said in a matter-of fact tone
"Have you gone.." James broke off again.
Lily and James faced the open compartment which Natalie was in. Lily walked and James followed her cautiously. Natalie was lying on the seat looking up at the ceiling with her cloudy blue eyes. Her nose had a dash of freckles on it and her black hair was spread out behind her head. She was humming off tune to her self and once Lily coughed she sat up blushing.
"I thought you left. Like every one else does." She said sadly
"Well I thought you could use some company since your all alone."
James smiled at Lily, he thought that it was nice that she was trying to branch out to the uh. to the odd people.
"This is James; He's in our house too."
Lily smiled politely at her and Natalie smiled back but it didn't reach her eyes, it was more of a tortured smile. Natalie then looked out the window as if she saw someone outside of it.
There was a big pause and Lily broke it
"How was your summer?" she asked politely
"Oh mine was great thanks, except I didn't have."James said
"Not you, Natalie!" Lily hissed
Natalie looked up from the window at hearing her name. "Present!"
James started to laugh but Lily elbowed him in the side and he put a hand over his mouth to try and stifle his laughter. Lily tried again.
"How was your summer Natalie?"
Natalie brushed her hair out of her eyes and looked at Lily like just met her new best friend
"Oh well. it was ok.. My older sister, Carolyn isn't very good at raising me and my little brother with her job and all so I mostly took care of Max all summer. He's my brother, and he's only three. Quite a handful if you ask me. Any way this summer we also flew back to New York on a Air plain, it's a type of muggle transport, and we went and saw are old apartment where Carolyn Max and I use to live. and . and we saw the place were the accident happened..." Natalie wiped a tear from her eye and continued "any way while in New York we also got to go to the Statue of Liberty, it's a important muggle statue, and we went up to the top. Other than that my summer was pretty boring because I don't really have any friends because. well people think I'm a freak." Natalie trailed off
Lily and James were in shock. They didn't think that Natalie had that much to say in her. They both shared a look of confusion and then Lily made up for their silence
"it sound's like you had a fun summer, well we are going to be at Hogwarts so James and I have to go"
James smiled at her when she said 'James and I' and decided not to say anything that would make her mad. Natalie's face fell again and she muttered good bye and turned back to the window.
James and Lily walked back out in the hallway and James faced Lily with a crooked grin
"Never she had it in her to talk that much"
"Well Potter did you ever think that she doesn't say much because she has no one to say it to? God, Potter you are a thick headed prat." Lily's temper was almost to the snapping point and she stormed off before it snapped. James walked in to the compartment with Sirius and Remus in it and found that they both were asleep. James changed silently into his black Hogwarts robes with Lily's words still echoing in his head. The train started to slow down and Sirius jolted awake
"wassamatter?" He said groggily
"Get into your robes Padfoot, we're there. I have to go 'supervise and attend' to the other students so I'll see you latter mate."
James walked out onto the platform and walked to a horseless carriage with out even paying attention to where he was going. He spotted Sirius and Remus and Peter, who had finally joined them, climb into a nearby carriage. James hurried over the carriage and climbed in before Peter closed the door.
"There you are Prongs" Sirius said laughing like a dog, " I was worried that Evans words really effected you this time."
"Nope not this time, Padfoot, I was just thinking of an awesome first of the year prank to pull off!" James said smiling mischievously.