From Friends to Enemies in the Blink of An Eye
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Summary: Lily and James have been best friends for three years and are very excited when they find out that they're going to the same school. Their friendship is tested when they arrive. James' long-hidden crush is revealed at school after a certain someone asks Lily out. James turns to pranks and Lily to schoolwork… follow them through friends, school, pranks and, of course, love, as they make their way through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Disclaimer: Obviously, everything and everyone you recognize are owned by JKR and not little Ms. Me.
Diagon Alley
Lily stretched and yawned lazily, turning over in her bed to snuggle more effectively in her huge comforter. She soon realized that she was completely and irreversibly awake for the morning and resigned herself to rubbing her eyes and checking her watch groggily. It was 11:00. She padded down the stairs softly, praying that no one would see her still in her pajamas. Lily was a late sleeper, a very late sleeper, getting up in the morning was a school thing, and if it was not school, there was no waking up early. However, her mother didn't really like this philosophy of hers, and just the day before had given her a lecture on wasting the day.
"Yeah right," thought Lily, "I get all the important things done at night!" But it didn't matter what she thought, as her mother's word was law in her house. That was why at eleven in the morning, two hours after the time she was supposed to wake up, Lily's hair hadn't been brushed, she hadn't eaten breakfast, and she was still in her pajamas. She finally decided that the coast was clear and walked into the kitchen, tickled pink that she hadn't been caught. She sat down and started to eat Lucky Charms, saving the marshmallows for last when she would eat them in order of color, and was scared out of her mind when two arms started tickling her mercilessly.
"Ahh! James! James, stop! What are you doing here?" She demanded angrily, for he had ruined her good mood.
"Lily! You don't remember? How could you not remember that you have a date with ME this fine day?" He asked.
"Of course I remembered, James," In truth she had completely forgotten but who was he to know these things? "I was about to get ready. And for you information, it's not a date. And never will be," she added as he opened his mouth in protest. "James," she said in the threatening way only she had mastered.
"Okay, I'm too excited to care anyways, you're going to Diagon Alley for the first time today!" he exclaimed. "Oh, and by the way, did I mention that my friend Sirius is coming? Sirius Black. You haven't met him, as I always have believed that you were a muggle, but now that you know of magic you can meet him! Just remember one thing," he said, his voice dropping and his expression becoming completely serious. Lily knew it had to be very important, she had only seen that expression on her friend's face once before, and she didn't want to relive that moment. "His family doesn't know that he's meeting us. Lily, I've been avoiding telling you this but I think it's something you should know before you encounter the wizarding world. There are some wizards that aren't too…friendly. They believe that witches or wizards who are muggle-born are lesser than other people. Sirius' family is like them. But don't worry—he's completely different. You'll see!" He added hastily. "Don't worry about it now, I was just giving you the heads-up. Today is pure fun! Oh, you'll love it! Zonkos, and oh, Quality Quidditch Supplies! Lily, have I told you about quidditch?" Lily shook her head absently, thinking about other things.
"Mean wizards?" she thought to herself. "That shouldn't be a problem, should it? I deal with Petunia every day, how could they be worse?" But as much as she told herself it was nothing, that she could deal, she couldn't shake James' expression from her thoughts.
"James, you can explain Kwikit,"
"Quidditch! Quidditch, Lily!" corrected James, outraged.
"Right, whatever. You can tell me about it later, I'm going to get dressed and then we'll go. Meet me here in a few minutes?"
"Sure. Lily, you have a lot to learn," he informed her, then sat down and started drawing helpful diagrams on a piece of paper to assist him in his explanation of quidditch.
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An hour later, James and Lily had just entered Diagon Alley, and Lily knew more about the wizarding sport of quidditch than she ever thought possible.
"Okay, so we're meeting Sirius at Zonko's. Do you remember what that is?" he quizzed her.
"The joke shop," she replied, thoroughly fed up with James' constant "mini quizzes" as he called them.
"Excellent!" he replied, completely oblivious to her glare. "Sirius!" he called suddenly. Lily looked up, catching sight of a tall boy with long black hair waving excitedly. James laughed and started to run in his direction shouting over his shoulder, "If I know Sirius, and I do, I would say he's had a bit too much sugar!" He then reached his friend and they hugged (in a completely manly fashion, of course). Lily giggled,
"Boys," she thought, grinning. Then she walked over to them.
"Lily, this is Sirius, Sirius, Lily," James said. Lily held out her hand but instead Sirius jumped on her giving her an enthusiastic hug.
"Heyyy Lily Billy! Jamesie here has told me so much about you!"
"He has?" she said, looking over to James who had turned brilliant shade of red. She laughed and took Sirius' arm, "Sirius," she said, "I like you already!"
"Likewise, m'lady. Shall we skip?"
"But of course!" She replied. When James finally looked up he saw that his two best friends were nowhere to be found.
"Hey, wait up!" He called, and ran in the direction of Zonko's, which was always his and Sirius' first stop.
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"So what about this one?" Sirius asked, twirling around in what must have been the zillionth dress robe he had tried on in the two hours they had been at Madam Maulkin's.
"Fine! Can we just go already?" demanded an annoyed Lily, who between the two very vain boys had critiqued more dress robes than she could count. Her infamous anger had already taken over and, had it been just James, they would have left about 1 hour and 59 minutes ago. Sirius, however, was a different story, and seemed immune to her demands.
"Lily, that is not a proper evaluation. Do we have to go through the fine art of observing again? Because I would be glad to…"
"No, Sirius! No! Okay, it's too orange and makes your tan look funny," she conceded.
"Thank you, Lily, my thoughts exactly. I knew I trained you well!" He returned to the dressing room just as James walked out.
"How about…" he didn't get to finish however because Lily blew up at him.
"James, we've been through this ten million times already! Pink is not your color! You obviously chose this to annoy me! What is your problem? I'm leaving! Meet me at that ice cream store if you two can manage to get your fat heads through the door!" She stalked out in a huff.
"Perfect, James! We really are good aren't we?" Sirius emerged from his room with a smirk on his face.
"Of course, we're the best. How dare you question that, mate?" They laughed and went back to try on more dress robes, they did need to impress the ladies after all.
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Lily was completely and utterly lost. As much as she tried to avoid it, she really wished she hadn't left James and Sirius.
"Those prats!" she thought aloud angrily. "It's my first time here and they let me walk out on my own! They should be more considerate! If they weren't so busy admiring themselves in the mirror all day long…" she grumbled.
"Sorry, but I couldn't help overhearing, do you need help?" a pretty girl who looked Lily's age asked. She held out her hand. "I'm Alice Prewett." Lily hesitated, James' words from earlier running through her head. But she decided that this little girl could never be mean and so she took the chance.
"Lily Evans," she stated, taking Alice's hand. "I was with these boys, James Potter and Sirius Black, and they just left me! And I've never been here before, so now I'm completely lost! And now I'm supposed to go to some ice cream store, and I'm lost!" She fumed.
"Yeah, I know James and Sirius. I'm from a long line of wizards so we all know each other," she explained. "But that doesn't sound like James to let a girl go off alone, especially if she doesn't know her way around. I've seen him with his girlfriends and he's always pretty chivalrous, you know pulling out their chairs and stuff…"
"Girlfriends? Chivalrous? We're obviously talking about different people here!" exclaimed Lily.
"We can talk about it later…now for ice cream!"
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A/N: And that is where I leave you! I thought it was getting a bit too long and I liked that as a stopping point. As always review! It makes me so very happy! Oh, and in your reviews, suggestions on how to make my summary better/names for the story/any constructive critizisms would all be greatly appreciated! Of course, just saying that you love me is wonderful too hehehe ;)
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