Title: The Beginning of the Beginning
Author: Her-mee-o-ninny (you can call me Danni, though)
Rating: PG-13 (just in case)
Summary: The Beginning of the Beginning tells of the Marauders and
their adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
During one of their quite amusing adventures however, one Marauder
is side tracked by a beautiful red-head with dazzling green eyes.
Love blossoms and I think you all know what will be waiting for
them in many years to come.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, however the amazing JK
Rowling does. All that I claim as my own is the plot and various
characters that are not found in the Harry Potter series.
A/N: To my one reviewer so far (Lady Flame-er), thank you so
much! That had to have been the best compliment I could have
gotten. Thank You!!! Anyways, in this chapter, the students
arrive at Hogwarts and we meet the expected characters, as well as
at least one unexpected character. Hope ya like it! And Pleez
review!
The Beginning of the Beginning Chapter Two: Feline Frenzy
The train came to a halt. They had arrived at Hogsmeade station. James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily were surprised at how fast the journey had gone by. They had never found themselves at a loss for words. The foursome had talked about literally ever subject that they could think of, while swapping chocolate frog cards and playing exploding snap. James, coming from a rather wealthy family, had bought almost the entire cart of candy, which they had devoured in no time.
To Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus were quite amusing. They had met merely hours before and the boys had already begun to treat eachother like brothers. Most of the time, Lily would sit and watch or listen to them because they were so entertaining on their own. The bigger reason was that she was indeed a muggle born. She had discovered the hard way that a different type of prejudice was among wizards. A group of either sixth or seventh year girls had deduced that she was a muggle born from the looks of her parents and tripped her on her way to the train. She would have been fine if they had not called her a mudblood and brought an even larger group of students over to simply mock her. Lily eventually had gathered her things and ran onto the train with tear-filled eyes. She had not mentioned she was a muggle born to the boys in her compartment because she had come to discover that they were all "pure bloods", as wizards called themselves, through their stories they told of their past years of mischief.
When they got up to gather their things and get off the train, Sirius and Remus continued their discussion of Quidditch, while James seemed to be off in his own world. He couldn't stop thinking about the girl that stood before him. She was beautiful, not just counting her looks, but her personality, as well. She wasn't like the girls he had met. Most girls he knew would talk non-stop or just stare at him lovingly. They were just utterly annoying. Lily, on the other hand, was easy to be around. She was fun to talk to, when she actually did talk with the boys, and her presence was simply soothing to him. He barely knew her, and he already felt a close bond with her. Just then he noticed Lily looking around with a worried expression.
"What's wrong, Lily?" James asked.
"Oh, where is he? I don't even remember bringing him on the train!" Lily said, more to herself than James.
"Lily?" James asked again.
"Oh, James! I'm sorry. I can't find Crookshanks anywhere!" she answered, while frantically searching the compartment.
"Crookshanks?" James asked, slightly confused.
"Crookshanks, my cat. I don't even remember bringing him on the train!" she repeated. "Ugh! It was those girls on the platform! They got me so worked up that I just ran onto the train. What if I left him on the platform? He could be anywhere!"
James didn't know what to say. What girls was she talking about? "Uh, I dunno Lils, we'll find him. He's probably around here somewhere."
"Oh, thank you, James." Lily said, giving James a quick hug before hurriedly walking out of the compartment to search for Crookshanks. James just stood there after she left, in a sort of daze. 'What am I doing? I need to help find Lily's cat. Wait! I don't even know what it looks like! How am I going to find it?' he thought to himself. He decided to bring the rest of their luggage outside and then return to the train to hopefully find Crookshanks, or at least Lily. 'Jeez, how much luggage does a girl NEED?' He piled everything up and carefully walked out of the compartment, hidden behind the luggage he was carrying. He was almost to the exit when he stepped on something and heard a shriek. James dropped the luggage from his shock and turned around to see what he stepped on.
"Crookshanks?" he asked. 'Well, that was stupid, James. Yes, he's obviously going to jump up and down and answer 'Yup! That's me!', nice one' he thought to himself. The cat in front of him, however seemed to glare at him at first and then walked right up to him and started to purr. "I guess it is you then. C'mon, Lily's been searching for you. You have her worried sick."
James, somehow, picked up the luggage once again and strode off the train with Crookshanks trailing behind him. He spotted Lily running around, apparently asking students whether they had seen Crookshanks or not. James smiled and went to drop his and Lily's things off onto the enormous pile of luggage off to the side. Crookshanks followed him.
"What are you doing? Go see Lily! She's the one that's close to hysterics trying to find you!" James said to the cat. Crookshanks just stared at James before jumping up onto him, forcing James to catch him. "Fine, fine. I'll bring you to her then."
James came up behind Lily and tapped her on her shoulder. She turned around to reveal that she was, indeed, close to hysterics. Her eyes were bloodshot from trying to hold back tears. 'Wow, she must really love this cat,' he thought.
"Crookshanks!" Lily exclaimed. "James! Where did you FIND him!?"
"Well, he sort of found me. You might want to check his tail. I kind of stepped on it on my way off the train."
Lily snorted and took Crookshanks from him before giving him another hug and to James' surprise a quick peck on the cheek. She blushed and turned away to hide her smile. James fell back into a daze, but was quickly taken back to reality.
"C'mon, James. We have to be with the first years! The boats are leaving soon! Let's find Sirius and Remus," she said. Lily then grabbed James' hand and then ran off to the boats.
"Oy! James! Lils! Over here!" yelled Sirius. James and Lily quickly sat between Sirius and Remus in one of the boats.
"Are yeh ready ter go now, Miss Evans?" asked an enormous man, whom James hadn't somehow noticed.
"Yes, Hagrid! Thank you for waiting!" Lily responded. James just stared at the man. He couldn't be a normal man. He was far too tall and too wide, as well. But, he couldn't be a giant. Giants are stories tall. Half giant, maybe? He'd have to see. If he was though, he was unsually nice for someone with giant blood.
"Yer cat'll be'ave won' 'e?" Hagrid asked.
"Oh, yes, Crookshanks will be fine." Lily answered.
"Alrigh' then! We're off!" Hagrid said. The boats began their slow journey across the lake towards Hogwarts.
A/N: Sorry about that, I was gonna put in the Welcoming Feast in this chapter too, but I decided to cut it short. This chapter kinda sucked...sorry. I hope ya like how I put Crookshanks in! hehe! Ya, I was rushing this chapter cuz I'm sleeping over my friend's house tonight and then I hafta go over my dad's for the weekend. I should be able to get another chapter out by Saturday. Next chapter'll have the Welcoming Feast, and a few other things, most likely including the boys' first night of mischief. Don't worry, though. This IS obviously a J/L fanfic, so you will see them together soon. I was actually thinking of eventually jumping forward to their fifth year because according to the 5th HP book, Lily and James aren't even together by their 5th year. Just a thought. Tell me what ya think! PLEEZ Review!!!!!! hehe
Author: Her-mee-o-ninny (you can call me Danni, though)
Rating: PG-13 (just in case)
Summary: The Beginning of the Beginning tells of the Marauders and
their adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
During one of their quite amusing adventures however, one Marauder
is side tracked by a beautiful red-head with dazzling green eyes.
Love blossoms and I think you all know what will be waiting for
them in many years to come.
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, however the amazing JK
Rowling does. All that I claim as my own is the plot and various
characters that are not found in the Harry Potter series.
A/N: To my one reviewer so far (Lady Flame-er), thank you so
much! That had to have been the best compliment I could have
gotten. Thank You!!! Anyways, in this chapter, the students
arrive at Hogwarts and we meet the expected characters, as well as
at least one unexpected character. Hope ya like it! And Pleez
review!
The Beginning of the Beginning Chapter Two: Feline Frenzy
The train came to a halt. They had arrived at Hogsmeade station. James, Sirius, Remus, and Lily were surprised at how fast the journey had gone by. They had never found themselves at a loss for words. The foursome had talked about literally ever subject that they could think of, while swapping chocolate frog cards and playing exploding snap. James, coming from a rather wealthy family, had bought almost the entire cart of candy, which they had devoured in no time.
To Lily, James, Sirius, and Remus were quite amusing. They had met merely hours before and the boys had already begun to treat eachother like brothers. Most of the time, Lily would sit and watch or listen to them because they were so entertaining on their own. The bigger reason was that she was indeed a muggle born. She had discovered the hard way that a different type of prejudice was among wizards. A group of either sixth or seventh year girls had deduced that she was a muggle born from the looks of her parents and tripped her on her way to the train. She would have been fine if they had not called her a mudblood and brought an even larger group of students over to simply mock her. Lily eventually had gathered her things and ran onto the train with tear-filled eyes. She had not mentioned she was a muggle born to the boys in her compartment because she had come to discover that they were all "pure bloods", as wizards called themselves, through their stories they told of their past years of mischief.
When they got up to gather their things and get off the train, Sirius and Remus continued their discussion of Quidditch, while James seemed to be off in his own world. He couldn't stop thinking about the girl that stood before him. She was beautiful, not just counting her looks, but her personality, as well. She wasn't like the girls he had met. Most girls he knew would talk non-stop or just stare at him lovingly. They were just utterly annoying. Lily, on the other hand, was easy to be around. She was fun to talk to, when she actually did talk with the boys, and her presence was simply soothing to him. He barely knew her, and he already felt a close bond with her. Just then he noticed Lily looking around with a worried expression.
"What's wrong, Lily?" James asked.
"Oh, where is he? I don't even remember bringing him on the train!" Lily said, more to herself than James.
"Lily?" James asked again.
"Oh, James! I'm sorry. I can't find Crookshanks anywhere!" she answered, while frantically searching the compartment.
"Crookshanks?" James asked, slightly confused.
"Crookshanks, my cat. I don't even remember bringing him on the train!" she repeated. "Ugh! It was those girls on the platform! They got me so worked up that I just ran onto the train. What if I left him on the platform? He could be anywhere!"
James didn't know what to say. What girls was she talking about? "Uh, I dunno Lils, we'll find him. He's probably around here somewhere."
"Oh, thank you, James." Lily said, giving James a quick hug before hurriedly walking out of the compartment to search for Crookshanks. James just stood there after she left, in a sort of daze. 'What am I doing? I need to help find Lily's cat. Wait! I don't even know what it looks like! How am I going to find it?' he thought to himself. He decided to bring the rest of their luggage outside and then return to the train to hopefully find Crookshanks, or at least Lily. 'Jeez, how much luggage does a girl NEED?' He piled everything up and carefully walked out of the compartment, hidden behind the luggage he was carrying. He was almost to the exit when he stepped on something and heard a shriek. James dropped the luggage from his shock and turned around to see what he stepped on.
"Crookshanks?" he asked. 'Well, that was stupid, James. Yes, he's obviously going to jump up and down and answer 'Yup! That's me!', nice one' he thought to himself. The cat in front of him, however seemed to glare at him at first and then walked right up to him and started to purr. "I guess it is you then. C'mon, Lily's been searching for you. You have her worried sick."
James, somehow, picked up the luggage once again and strode off the train with Crookshanks trailing behind him. He spotted Lily running around, apparently asking students whether they had seen Crookshanks or not. James smiled and went to drop his and Lily's things off onto the enormous pile of luggage off to the side. Crookshanks followed him.
"What are you doing? Go see Lily! She's the one that's close to hysterics trying to find you!" James said to the cat. Crookshanks just stared at James before jumping up onto him, forcing James to catch him. "Fine, fine. I'll bring you to her then."
James came up behind Lily and tapped her on her shoulder. She turned around to reveal that she was, indeed, close to hysterics. Her eyes were bloodshot from trying to hold back tears. 'Wow, she must really love this cat,' he thought.
"Crookshanks!" Lily exclaimed. "James! Where did you FIND him!?"
"Well, he sort of found me. You might want to check his tail. I kind of stepped on it on my way off the train."
Lily snorted and took Crookshanks from him before giving him another hug and to James' surprise a quick peck on the cheek. She blushed and turned away to hide her smile. James fell back into a daze, but was quickly taken back to reality.
"C'mon, James. We have to be with the first years! The boats are leaving soon! Let's find Sirius and Remus," she said. Lily then grabbed James' hand and then ran off to the boats.
"Oy! James! Lils! Over here!" yelled Sirius. James and Lily quickly sat between Sirius and Remus in one of the boats.
"Are yeh ready ter go now, Miss Evans?" asked an enormous man, whom James hadn't somehow noticed.
"Yes, Hagrid! Thank you for waiting!" Lily responded. James just stared at the man. He couldn't be a normal man. He was far too tall and too wide, as well. But, he couldn't be a giant. Giants are stories tall. Half giant, maybe? He'd have to see. If he was though, he was unsually nice for someone with giant blood.
"Yer cat'll be'ave won' 'e?" Hagrid asked.
"Oh, yes, Crookshanks will be fine." Lily answered.
"Alrigh' then! We're off!" Hagrid said. The boats began their slow journey across the lake towards Hogwarts.
A/N: Sorry about that, I was gonna put in the Welcoming Feast in this chapter too, but I decided to cut it short. This chapter kinda sucked...sorry. I hope ya like how I put Crookshanks in! hehe! Ya, I was rushing this chapter cuz I'm sleeping over my friend's house tonight and then I hafta go over my dad's for the weekend. I should be able to get another chapter out by Saturday. Next chapter'll have the Welcoming Feast, and a few other things, most likely including the boys' first night of mischief. Don't worry, though. This IS obviously a J/L fanfic, so you will see them together soon. I was actually thinking of eventually jumping forward to their fifth year because according to the 5th HP book, Lily and James aren't even together by their 5th year. Just a thought. Tell me what ya think! PLEEZ Review!!!!!! hehe
