Hi everyone! In case you wanted to know, I'm redoing Changing minds. Why? It was getting rather messy, so I thought to fix it up! Anyway, I hope you like the new, revised one. The setting starts from their sixth year.

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Chapter 1

"LILY EVANS!!!!!!!!!" A very wet and very angry James Potter shouted as he slammed the portrait door in the common room shut.

A dozen or so Gryffindor students turned to see one of their sixth year prefects who looked about ready to blow.

"Lily," Bella, one of Lily's best friend giggled. "What did you do now?" Bella glanced at her friend from across the chessboard.

"Nothing really" A smirk crept up Lily's pretty face. "Just that a dozen water balloons pelted down the hallway after him."

Both girls started to laugh.

By this time, James was looming over the chessboard. Water was dripping from his jet-black hair. "Evans! You did this!" He accused.

"I?" Lily said, trying her best to look innocent.

"Cut the crap Evans"

"Why should I, when you don't."

They were both standing now, both eyes were flared up. Although Lily was looking more smug then James did. James shot her one more glare before he turned and stormed off to his dorm.

A second later the portrait door slammed shut and 3 good-looking and very happy boys came in the room. Once they saw Lily and Bella, two very close friends of theirs, they came over.

"Lily darling," a bouncy Sirius Black came bounding toward them, "nice job. Well done, clean and smooth." He said in a voice that sounded curiously like their headmaster Professor Dumbledore.

"Never saw him move so fast." Remus Lupin said somewhat mischievously.

"You should have seen his face. It's worth millions I tell you." A laughing Peter Pettigrew said.

Lily looked at them and bowed. "Thank you thank you my fans, no autographs please." She grinned. "For the next show—"

Bella who was still grinning interrupted. "Sorry to interrupt, but Lily we kind of have a game going on, if you don't mind." She added mockingly.

"Not at all Bella my dear." Lily said, "Although, the chess pieces are looking rather crossly at us." Lily added as she eyed the pieces who were raising their fists to the two girls.

"Well we better find Ol' Jimmy, he might think we abandoned him." Remus said.

"Yeah, we better get going." Peter added.

Both started to walk away, but Sirius being Sirius, said to Lily "You better watch out Lily darling. I can't wait to see what James has planned next." He started laughing like a maniac before turning on his heel and bounding up the staircase where his three best friends disappeared less than five minutes ago.

"That was interesting." Arabella commented as she sent a drying spell to the wet chess pieces.

"I know." Lily said with a proud grin. "I got the water balloon idea from Peeves, believe it—"

"That's not what I mean Lily." Bella interrupted.

Lily raised an arched eyebrow. "Well then, what were you talking about?"

"What Sirius said."

"What did he say?" Lily asked slowly.

Bella shrugged nonchalantly. "You know—what he said about James...." She trailed off.

"Oh! You mean what Potter will plan to do on me."

"Exactly!"

Bella turned to her seriously. "You do know he'll get back at you."

Lily started to laugh. "Come on Bella! That's quite an insult to my intelligence. Don't worry I'll be prepared."

"Don't be so sure about that Lily, he always manages to get you back at every prank you pulled on him the past..." She turned to Lily. "I can't keep you guys straight."

Lily rolled her eyes as she moved her knight.

"Let me get this straight." Bella cleared her throat. "First and second year, you were best friends, am I right?" Not waiting for her to answer Bella continued. "Next 3 years you start hating him, pretty shocking if you ask me. I mean you guys were friends and then the next second, you start biting his head off."

Lily shot Bella a pointed look.

"Whatever. Anyway, then this year, you guys stoop to an even LOWER level by doing pranks on each other." Bella chuckled. "I mean this year has only begun, but I can't wait for next year." She gave Lily a side-long glance. "I can't wait what you guys start to feel for each other next."

Lily groaned. "Your pieces are cursing you right now."

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When Sirius opened the door to his dorm, he was quite amused to see his best friend kneeling beside his bed trying to reach for something that was pushed under the four-poster, and Remus and Peter cat-calling and annoying the heck out of Prongs.

"Hello Prongs." Sirius greeted, trying to sound solemn.

Funnily, he heard a muffled groan coming from under the bed followed by a series of mixed-up words that he couldn't quite place.

"What's that Prongs?" Sirius asked his best friend with amusement as he jumped on the four-poster that James was looking under, causing another muffled but rather clear word from James.

James popped his messy haired-head from under the bed and looked at Sirius, rather crossly. "Can it?"

"Can it what?" Sirius asked.

"I'm not in the mood Padfoot." James said exasperated before he ducked back under the bed.

"Too bad." Sirius turned to Remus and Peter. "Are you guys in the mood? Because, you know, I am."

With matching mischievous gleams in their eyes, Sirius made room for his two friends on the bed before Remus and Peter joined Sirius by jumping on the bed beside him.

Again, they heard an even louder and clearer word from their friend.

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Again, this is a redone version of Changing minds. I used the original version, played around with it and came up with this.

Hope you guys like it!

~~~ Littlewhitehorse