The Year it All Began
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters but in this story I can do whatever I like to them! (HA! HA! Look out Pettigrew!!!)
This is my first attempt at a fanfic, please review so I know if I should continue!
Lily, James and the rest of the Marauders are starting their seventh year. Voldemort is becoming stronger, and Lily and James must learn to put aside their differences and work together to stop things from going from bad to worse.
Chapter 1: A New Year
Pushing her trunk in front of her, Lily Evans walked through the wall between platforms 9 and 10 and thought about the first time she had made this trip, 7 years ago. What a child she had been! She was barely eleven and knew nothing about the wizarding world except for the few things she had been able to pick up from reading in the summer. She had known no one, and was very apprehensive about what she would find upon reaching the mysterious platform 9 and ¾ . Now, here she was, entering her final year at Hogwarts, walking onto the platform as Head Girl of the best school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the world. She smiled at herself, thinking about how far she had come.
As soon as the platform came into focus she began to look around for her friends.
"Lily! Lily, over here!" Came a familiar voice. Lily turned to see her friend Alice Whitter smiling at her from the train. After making sure her trunk and pet Owl, Neigia, were taken care of, she raced over to Alice and gave her a big hug.
"Hey, I missed you over the summer! How was your trip to America?" Lily asked the pretty blond girl in front of her.
"Oh, it was great! You should have come with me though, I missed you. Now enough about me, Miss Head Girl, lets see the badge! I'm soooo happy for you, you really deserve it, Lily!" Lily laughed at her friend's enthusiasm as she dug through her bag and pinned the Head Girl Badge to the front of her shirt.
"Yes, congratulations Lily! But, really, its not much of a surprise, I knew you'd get it!" Lily turned to see Frank Longbottom, a tall muscular Quidditch player, with broad shoulders and dark hair, who was one of her best friends.
The three friends began searching for a compartment in the train, and finally found one that was unoccupied. A few minutes later, just as the train was about to pull out of the station, the door burst open and in popped a rather flustered girl. She brushed her brown hair out of her eyes, and began taking gasping breaths,
"Phew! I just made it! Hey Guys!" she said as she plopped herself down on one of the benches and began to compose herself.
"Emma Lynn Andrews! You really must try harder to be on time" Lily joked in her best McGonagall voice.
"I know!" Emma replied, clearly mortified, "I just can't help it...." She looked so sincere and genuinely sorry that everyone else started laughing. Finally understanding it was a joke, she laughed and told Lily,
"You're going to make a really good Head Girl! I know I for one would never want to be caught breaking the rules with you around! Hey! Does anyone know who got Head Boy?"
"I don't know for sure, but if I had to guess, I would say Remus Lupin would be the most obvious choice." Alice guessed.
"I don't know about that one," Frank said after a second a careful thought, "Maybe that Ravenclaw prefect, what's her name? The pretty one, who's on the Quidditch team."
"Caitlynn?" Suggested Emma.
"Ah, that's it!!! Caitlynn Baggler."
"Caitlynn's not that pretty!" Alice suddenly exclaimed out of no where, "And I've heard she has to charm herself every morning to look like that, and...." Alice suddenly realized she sounded crazy and that everyone was staring at her oddly,
"Never mind..." She said, going slightly red. "I think I'm going to go change into my robes."
"That's a good idea, I think I'll join you, I have to go meet with the prefects soon." Lily exclaimed, jumping up.
Lily finished with her robes before Alice and was waiting outside for her when she spotted the last person in the world she wanted to see walking through the corridor towards her. It was none other than James Potter. Oh no! She thought, here we go again! I had a whole peaceful summer to myself, now it's back to James and his pranks and his constant attempts to win me over. Why won't he just leave me alone? It wasn't like he didn't have other options, half the female population of the school was head over heels for the Quidditch star. Lily couldn't see what they found so exceptional, really. Well....., she thought staring at him, there was no denying that he was attractive. He was tall, and strong, with that adorable boyish grin..... and that hair, looking like he'd just walked off the quidditch pitch.......... and then there were those chocolate brown eyes..... and the way his eyes sparkled when he laughed.... Ok, Ok, so he was good looking, but looks aren't everything, right? He just acts like such a child, and he's really nothing but trouble, him and those Marauders of his. And he was still walking towards her, she tried her best to look invisible, without much success. But that didn't matter, James had stopped to talk to Anita Hall, one of the chasers on the Griffindor Quidditch team, and Lily noticed for the first time that he wasn't alone. He had his arm wrapped casually around the shoulders of a pretty 6th year Gryffindor. Lily stared, open mouthed, her stomach dropped to the floor and she could only stare as he gave the girl a quick kiss before continuing down the corridor brushing past Lily with only a brief, 'Hullo Evans'. Lily stood staring after him, her mouth hanging open, and it did not close for awhile. She was in shock and he was wearing the Head Boy badge!
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Oh Merlin, Lily looks good! Thought James as he passed her in the hall, and then mentally slapped himself for thinking such a thought. She doesn't like you, you moron, she has made that perfectly clear, and you're going to have to work with her a lot this year, things might as well be civil between us. But, wow, she really did look good. James was snapped out of his thoughts by a rather exasperated looking Sirius.
"Earth to Prongs!!!" Sirius chanted, "Nice to see we have you back with us! What were you doing? Daydreaming about Erin again?"
"huh?" James looked confused.
"Erin, your girlfriend." Sirius reminded him.
"Oh, ah, yeah, I mean no, no, I wasn't thinking about anything like that." James mumbled in a hurry. Sirius gave him a puzzled look, but dropped the subject.
"OK, whatever you say, old boy."
Sirius and James walked back to the compartment in silence. The truth was, James often forgot he had a girlfriend. They'd only been dating a month, and at first James had enjoyed being with her, but lately she had started to become a little too possessive of him. James didn't know if he wanted to continue things with her. But he didn't know how to say that to her, she really was a sweet girl, she just wasn't the girl James wanted to be with. The two friends reached the compartment they were sharing with fellow Marauders, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin. Peter was sound asleep and drooling at one side of the compartment and Remus was reading what looked like a school book on the other side.
"So Moony, are you ready to go? I still can't believe Dumbledore made me Head Boy over you! I mean, I wasn't even a prefect!" James said to Remus.
"Well, I would have been surprised if he had chosen me, given my condition" Remus said, a little sadly. Remus was always sensitive about the fact he was a warewolf.
"Oh come off it! Moony, you would make a better Head Boy than Prongs, warewolf or not, and we all know it!" laughed Sirius.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," James exclaimed drying.
"No problemo, mon ami!" Sirius grinned slapping James on the back. "What are friends for?"
"We really should get going, Prongs, or we will be late, and you know what would happen if we are late." Remus asked.
"Yeah, Evans will have our heads!" James replied, secretly smiling at the way Lily looked when she was angry. The flush in her cheeks matching the flame of her hair, and fire flashed in her green eyes, she always looked so exquisite... Maybe that is why he always tried to edge her on. But not this year, he vowed, this year would be different, he would be different. He'd grown up a lot. He wondered if she would notice.
That's it for now! More will come shortly...
**Please Review**
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters but in this story I can do whatever I like to them! (HA! HA! Look out Pettigrew!!!)
This is my first attempt at a fanfic, please review so I know if I should continue!
Lily, James and the rest of the Marauders are starting their seventh year. Voldemort is becoming stronger, and Lily and James must learn to put aside their differences and work together to stop things from going from bad to worse.
Chapter 1: A New Year
Pushing her trunk in front of her, Lily Evans walked through the wall between platforms 9 and 10 and thought about the first time she had made this trip, 7 years ago. What a child she had been! She was barely eleven and knew nothing about the wizarding world except for the few things she had been able to pick up from reading in the summer. She had known no one, and was very apprehensive about what she would find upon reaching the mysterious platform 9 and ¾ . Now, here she was, entering her final year at Hogwarts, walking onto the platform as Head Girl of the best school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the world. She smiled at herself, thinking about how far she had come.
As soon as the platform came into focus she began to look around for her friends.
"Lily! Lily, over here!" Came a familiar voice. Lily turned to see her friend Alice Whitter smiling at her from the train. After making sure her trunk and pet Owl, Neigia, were taken care of, she raced over to Alice and gave her a big hug.
"Hey, I missed you over the summer! How was your trip to America?" Lily asked the pretty blond girl in front of her.
"Oh, it was great! You should have come with me though, I missed you. Now enough about me, Miss Head Girl, lets see the badge! I'm soooo happy for you, you really deserve it, Lily!" Lily laughed at her friend's enthusiasm as she dug through her bag and pinned the Head Girl Badge to the front of her shirt.
"Yes, congratulations Lily! But, really, its not much of a surprise, I knew you'd get it!" Lily turned to see Frank Longbottom, a tall muscular Quidditch player, with broad shoulders and dark hair, who was one of her best friends.
The three friends began searching for a compartment in the train, and finally found one that was unoccupied. A few minutes later, just as the train was about to pull out of the station, the door burst open and in popped a rather flustered girl. She brushed her brown hair out of her eyes, and began taking gasping breaths,
"Phew! I just made it! Hey Guys!" she said as she plopped herself down on one of the benches and began to compose herself.
"Emma Lynn Andrews! You really must try harder to be on time" Lily joked in her best McGonagall voice.
"I know!" Emma replied, clearly mortified, "I just can't help it...." She looked so sincere and genuinely sorry that everyone else started laughing. Finally understanding it was a joke, she laughed and told Lily,
"You're going to make a really good Head Girl! I know I for one would never want to be caught breaking the rules with you around! Hey! Does anyone know who got Head Boy?"
"I don't know for sure, but if I had to guess, I would say Remus Lupin would be the most obvious choice." Alice guessed.
"I don't know about that one," Frank said after a second a careful thought, "Maybe that Ravenclaw prefect, what's her name? The pretty one, who's on the Quidditch team."
"Caitlynn?" Suggested Emma.
"Ah, that's it!!! Caitlynn Baggler."
"Caitlynn's not that pretty!" Alice suddenly exclaimed out of no where, "And I've heard she has to charm herself every morning to look like that, and...." Alice suddenly realized she sounded crazy and that everyone was staring at her oddly,
"Never mind..." She said, going slightly red. "I think I'm going to go change into my robes."
"That's a good idea, I think I'll join you, I have to go meet with the prefects soon." Lily exclaimed, jumping up.
Lily finished with her robes before Alice and was waiting outside for her when she spotted the last person in the world she wanted to see walking through the corridor towards her. It was none other than James Potter. Oh no! She thought, here we go again! I had a whole peaceful summer to myself, now it's back to James and his pranks and his constant attempts to win me over. Why won't he just leave me alone? It wasn't like he didn't have other options, half the female population of the school was head over heels for the Quidditch star. Lily couldn't see what they found so exceptional, really. Well....., she thought staring at him, there was no denying that he was attractive. He was tall, and strong, with that adorable boyish grin..... and that hair, looking like he'd just walked off the quidditch pitch.......... and then there were those chocolate brown eyes..... and the way his eyes sparkled when he laughed.... Ok, Ok, so he was good looking, but looks aren't everything, right? He just acts like such a child, and he's really nothing but trouble, him and those Marauders of his. And he was still walking towards her, she tried her best to look invisible, without much success. But that didn't matter, James had stopped to talk to Anita Hall, one of the chasers on the Griffindor Quidditch team, and Lily noticed for the first time that he wasn't alone. He had his arm wrapped casually around the shoulders of a pretty 6th year Gryffindor. Lily stared, open mouthed, her stomach dropped to the floor and she could only stare as he gave the girl a quick kiss before continuing down the corridor brushing past Lily with only a brief, 'Hullo Evans'. Lily stood staring after him, her mouth hanging open, and it did not close for awhile. She was in shock and he was wearing the Head Boy badge!
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Oh Merlin, Lily looks good! Thought James as he passed her in the hall, and then mentally slapped himself for thinking such a thought. She doesn't like you, you moron, she has made that perfectly clear, and you're going to have to work with her a lot this year, things might as well be civil between us. But, wow, she really did look good. James was snapped out of his thoughts by a rather exasperated looking Sirius.
"Earth to Prongs!!!" Sirius chanted, "Nice to see we have you back with us! What were you doing? Daydreaming about Erin again?"
"huh?" James looked confused.
"Erin, your girlfriend." Sirius reminded him.
"Oh, ah, yeah, I mean no, no, I wasn't thinking about anything like that." James mumbled in a hurry. Sirius gave him a puzzled look, but dropped the subject.
"OK, whatever you say, old boy."
Sirius and James walked back to the compartment in silence. The truth was, James often forgot he had a girlfriend. They'd only been dating a month, and at first James had enjoyed being with her, but lately she had started to become a little too possessive of him. James didn't know if he wanted to continue things with her. But he didn't know how to say that to her, she really was a sweet girl, she just wasn't the girl James wanted to be with. The two friends reached the compartment they were sharing with fellow Marauders, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin. Peter was sound asleep and drooling at one side of the compartment and Remus was reading what looked like a school book on the other side.
"So Moony, are you ready to go? I still can't believe Dumbledore made me Head Boy over you! I mean, I wasn't even a prefect!" James said to Remus.
"Well, I would have been surprised if he had chosen me, given my condition" Remus said, a little sadly. Remus was always sensitive about the fact he was a warewolf.
"Oh come off it! Moony, you would make a better Head Boy than Prongs, warewolf or not, and we all know it!" laughed Sirius.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence," James exclaimed drying.
"No problemo, mon ami!" Sirius grinned slapping James on the back. "What are friends for?"
"We really should get going, Prongs, or we will be late, and you know what would happen if we are late." Remus asked.
"Yeah, Evans will have our heads!" James replied, secretly smiling at the way Lily looked when she was angry. The flush in her cheeks matching the flame of her hair, and fire flashed in her green eyes, she always looked so exquisite... Maybe that is why he always tried to edge her on. But not this year, he vowed, this year would be different, he would be different. He'd grown up a lot. He wondered if she would notice.
That's it for now! More will come shortly...
**Please Review**