What would you do if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No I get by with a little help from my friends,
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh, I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
Do you need anybody,
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody
I want somebody to love.
Would you believe in love at first sight,
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see hen you turn out the light,
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh I get by with alittle help from my friends.
I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
Do you need anybody,
I just need somebody to love,
Could it be anybody,
I want somebody to love.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mm I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends,
Oh I get high with a little help from my friends,
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends.
Lily sat with her head propped up on her hand trying not to fall asleep again in class. She was sitting in her History of Magic class and professor Binns had to be the most boring person ever! Feeling her eyes start to droop she jumped and made a quiet yelp as she was prodded in the back by James. She and James had become the best of friends. They were even closer than he was with the boys; with the exception of Sirius. They talked about everything and shared all their secrets. They had this special bond with each other and could sometimes be seen walking hand in hand, although everyone knew they were not a couple. They had no feelings for each other aside from a deep and profound friendship that most never experience without years of hard work. Rubbing her hand on her cheek she turned around and tried to look irritated at James
"What is it?" she whispered "I was about to catch up on my sleep!"
James snickered, "I was just telling you to look over at Snape and Malfoy during potions next period"
"Why on earth would I look at them?" Lily looked appalled at the suggestion
"Oh, just because" James said with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes", don't worry Lily, it'll be great!"
Lily couldn't help but giggle and grin at James, she knew they had something evil planned for those stupid Slytherins and for the first time since the first day of class when the professor took 10 points from Gryffindor from her for not sitting down quickly enough she couldn't wait to get to potions! The two Slytherins in question had continually been picking on Lily whenever she was alone, so she mostly stayed around the Marauders, as they had taken to calling themselves. Apparently, Malfoy and James had some sort of history, both being from prestigious pureblood families and had an intense dislike for each other. Lily was thankful that she was in the same house as the boys; however because of the large amount of time spent with them she had little interaction with the girls in her dorm. She even forgot their names half the time! Jolted out of her thoughts, class was over and she hurriedly made her way with the boys down to potions, all with matching grins on their faces.
She hated potions the most of all her classes, first of all it was held with the Slytherins which just made it unbearable to begin with. Second of all, it was in the dungeons! It was always cold, dark and dank down there and smelled of mold and old socks. Then last, their professor was the head of Slytherin and would take points from Gryffindor on a regular basis for any small thing that a normal professor wouldn't even notice or care about. Lily slid into her seat and was surprised when a girl she recognized from her dorm asked to sit by her. Lily smiled up at the pretty girl and said sure, knowing that the boys needed to sit together for whatever prank they were pulling. The girl smiled gratefully and sat down.
"You're Lily Evans right?" The girl said, she had shoulder length golden brown hair that flowed in soft waves, big brown eyes that gave her a perpetual look of innocence and a perfect set of teeth. "I'm Arabella Figg" she said with a friendly smile, "Please to meet you!"
"Yep that's me! It's good to meet you too! You're in my dorm right? I'm sorry I haven't spent much time in there, I'm usually over hanging out with the boys." Lily gestured at the four boys who had their heads together and were speaking quietly; every so often one would look over towards the Slytherins.
Smiling, Arabella simply said "I know" noticing that James looked over to Lily and winked at her she sighed, "it must be nice to have such good friends, and so quickly too!" She looked longingly from Lily to the boys.
"Well…." Lily started then changed what she was going to say as she saw the look on Arabella's face. "Why don't you hang out with us all the time then and find out for yourself? Don't worry, they're just boys, although they do smell worse than girls, they are much more entertaining sometimes. They'll accept you without question! It'll be great! I could use a girl friend anyway, some things you just can't tell boys," Lily said with a shake of her head
Arabella looked shocked "Me? Friends with them? But all four of them are purebloods! How am I supposed to be friends with them! I'm only half and half!"
Lily laughed, "That's silly Belle! You don't mind if I call you Belle right? I'm a full muggle born witch! I didn't even know witches were real until a few months ago! They don't care at all! Anyway, you're my friend now and I'm their friend so you are their friend by default!" Lily grinned at her new friend and was glad to see that she grinned back.
"Thanks Lily" Arabella smiled softly to herself, it would be a good year.
Later in potions, Lily and Belle, (Arabella had taken a fondness to her new nickname and said that it would be her new name) were working hard on their potion. They were supposed to be making a potion of light that when thrown against something in the dark illuminated it for twenty minutes to 20 hours depending on the strength of the potion. The girls were having trouble getting the potion to look right, it was supposed to be a gold color but instead it was a murky bronze. Lily sighed bringing the attention of Professor Lannister to their cauldron. He loomed over them menacingly and spoke in a harsh tone "You didn't put enough milkweed in and you did not chop the chokeweed properly! 10 points from Gryffindor for your carelessness"
Lily's mouth dropped open and she felt her anger rising "But that's not fair professor! This is our first potion and we have been working as hard as anyone! Besides! Look at their potion" She said pointing to a group of Slytherin girls "their potion is all gray and watery looking and you didn't take any points off of them and we are way closer than they are to what it's supposed to be!" Lily was out of breath after her speech and noticed that Professor Lannister bristled with anger
"That is enough Evans! 30 points from Gryffindor for your insolence! I will not tolerate such nonsense in my classroom!" As he was lecturing Lily and Belle, no one noticed as Peter crept towards Snape and Malfoy's cauldron and added some mysterious ingredient to it. No one else noticed because all eyes were on the professor and Lily. The Professor abruptly turned from Lily to face the class. "Now is the time to test your potions, except for those of you I've already spoken with" he said with a glare at Lily and Belle. "Don't worry, the potion is safe to drink, you'll just glow slightly for about 5 minutes, it's not as strong when ingested."
Lily looked quizzically at the boys and saw wide grins spread across their faces. She watched as everyone drank their potion and her eyes fell on Snape and Malfoy. Slowly everyone else seemed to glow, kind of shimmered as if light were coming from within them. Looking at Snape and Malfoy she noticed they started to glow as well, but bright gold! She noticed Sirius mutter something with is wand pointed at the two boys and their hair, nails and eyes suddenly turned deep scarlet. All they Gryffindors started laughing wildly at the two Slytherins decked out in Gryffindor colors while the Slytherins just looked on mortified. Before the Professor was able was able to yell at the Gryffindors, class ended and everyone bolted for the door leaving a mystified Snape and Malfoy behind. Pulling a hysterical Belle behind her, Lily grinned widely and said "Come on! It's time for lunch!" And they both ran towards the Great Hall.
Plopping down at the Gryffindor table, the boys were still laughing at their prank on the Slytherins, Lily and Arabella sat down next to them smiling. Once the boys calmed down Lily proceeded to introduce Arabella. "Hey guys! This is Arabella Figg, she's great and in my dorm. She'll be hanging out with us from now on so play nice!" Lily smiled at her friend and she smiled back
"Hi! Good to meet you! And call me Belle" Arabella said with a wink at Lily. The boys all made their introductions, Sirius being as corny as ever making Belle roll her eyes. As lunch began, everyone took note of their seating; Remus was next to James who was next to Lily. Across from Remus was Peter, Across from James was Sirius and Across from Lily was Arabella; from that day forward they sat in the exact same places, in the exact same order for every meal everyday.
A/N—I'm sad, very very sad that no one has reviewed L I thought you all like this story. I didn't edit a whole lot in this chapter, actually most of my editing will be done when Lily is older, I want to move past this part. Ummmm I like reviews!!
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The song is called "A Little Help From My Friends" by again the Beatles J