Betrayers of the Soul

By:

Azalea Tropkin

Dedication:

This is dedicated to the Chipmunks, Lorena, Lizard, and Marina for letting me use your personalities (sort of) for the characters.

Rating:

PG–13

Plot/Summary:

People warned you that growing up isn't easy. With eccentric friends, a cursed animagus, croutons, and exams Lily Evans could believe that fully. She thought it might even get better during her sixth year at Hogwarts, with nothing to worry about but homework. But fate just isn't that nice.

Characters:

Lily Evans: Petite girl, about 5' 4". Loves to read, enjoys Quidditch and likes to hang out with her friends. She's sarcastic, smart, loud, and hot-tempered. With red hair that ironically smells like roses and bright emerald eyes, she easily catches the attention of many boys including Mr. James Potter. She has pale skin that doesn't tan easily but goes well with her hair and eyes. She is one of the only muggle-borns in her year.

Melanie Roberts: Probably the shortest girl in their year, standing just above five feet. Despite her height, it's really hard not to notice her with her cynical comments, loud rants, and fiery temper that's only rivaled by her best friend Lily. Melanie if often called Mel by her family and friends. She has dark brown hair that curls and waves randomly. She likes it short (above her shoulders) but her pureblooded mother insists that she keeps it long enough to braid. Her bright sea-blue eyes sparkle in the moonlight, earning her the nickname (given to her by Sirius) Wildcat. Mel has a passion for sports like Quidditch and (a shock to her mother) soccer. Melanie is from a strict pureblood family with one older sister (Anastasia), an older brother (Jeffrey), and a younger brother (Merric).

Annabelle Johnson: She definitely qualifies as the first class snob of the group. She's the tallest out of all the girls (5'7") with a girly laugh and obsession for the latest fashion. Despite her snobby-ness though, Anna is quite sweet and often helps her friends with boy trouble. With her experience in boys, she has a fiery attitude and is very blunt. Her blond hair is worn very short and flips out, showing off her bright blue eyes and perfect face, easily the goddess of Gryffindor. Even though Anna is an only child, she has many aunts and cousins that are her age. They often visit Anna and also her friends. Anna is a half blood.

Cassandra Billings: Cassandra is medium in height (5'5") with black wavy hair and stormy eyes. She rivals Anna in the beauty department and Lily in the brains. Known as the quiet one of the group, she doesn't often speak out to others or people she just met. Although she is quiet normally, she can get extremely hyper off of sugar and other 'bouncy' products. Her expertise lies within advice on any topic besides boys. Is very good friends with Remus and James. Half-blood. She has two younger brothers (Robert {Bob} and Jacob).

Rosealyn Goldie: Rosie or Rose is the smart one. Although she is not in Gryffindor (she's in Ravenclaw) she still maintains a good friendship with all the girls, especially Cassie. Her brains and quick thinking earned her a prefect badge along with 'most trusted student'. Her long brown/golden hair and her bright brown eyes make her look approachable and nice. She has a very good sense of humor and often makes the others laugh. But like Lily and Mel, she has a deadly temper that only surface when no one is around and when she is pushed to her limits. She is the same height as Lily. Rose has one younger sister (Katie) who attends Hogwarts and four older brothers (George, Thomas, Sam, and Alexander). She is a pureblooded witch (the old kind).

James Potter: I don't really think I need to explain him. He's not any different from the James Potter in other fanfictions. James's is smart tying with Lily in that category. His messy, midnight hair and dreamy hazel eyes make him the second most wanted bachelor in Hogwarts. He starts out full of himself but slowly learns his lesson and becomes more humble (not too much though ;oD). He's tall – 6'. He has only one older sister (Madeline who prefers Maddie). James plays chaser of the Gryffindor team along with Rose's brother Alexander. His family is one of the oldest pureblooded families in the wizarding world, making him pressured to marry into another pureblooded family. But as we all know, that doesn't work out.

Sirius Black: Sirius, like James or the rest of the Marauders, does not need much explaining. We all know his family was pure evil and Slytherin-like but I couldn't help but wonder if they were always like that. So in the beginning, he's going to be happy with his family (sort of) but as the summer goes on, he's going to become suspicious. That's when he goes to the Potters. Sirius is a little taller than James and much cuter: long, shaggy black hair and bright blue eyes that glint mischievously give him a roguish look and the number one bachelor in Hogwarts. He's a beater on the Gryffindor team.

Remus Lupin: Aw… our favorite werewolf! Remus is shorter than James by about two inches with light brown, wavy hair and sparkling gray eyes. He often appears tired for reasons unknown to everyone except James, Sirius, Peter, and Cassie. He's very smart but tries to hide it behind a light-hearted mask that gives him the Marauder look. Master mind of all the pranks but normally does not pull them off. James or Sirius normally does that. Remus is half-blooded and has one older brother (MUCH older): Romulus.

Peter Pettigrew: The Marauders were awesome people (at least that's my opinion) so if Peter was in it, he must have been awesome to an extent. Meaning that he wasn't the betraying rat everyone saw him to be later on. That was his choice of the wrong path; he couldn't have always been like that. So in this story, he is going to be on the wimpy side but not so much. He's large with bright blond hair, beady eyes, yadda, yadda, yadda…

(A/N:) Ok, I know this is a bit much… but experience from my style of writing; I have MUCH trouble describing people without putting a complete stop to the story. I don't want to waste time doing that either so I decided to put it all in one section. You'll need to know these traits to know why they're acting like they are sometimes. Don't memorize it or anything; just know it so you don't get the characters confused. That's another thing it will help out with – if you get confused with the characters, just come back here and look 'em up!

Introduction

It is a law at Hogwarts that Slytherins and Gryffindors are always to disagree. Everyone respected the unspoken rule and happily obliged it, even though it drove the professors mad. But it had been that way for years, ever since the famous rivalry between Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor. There was always at least one pair of arch nemeses from each respective (if you could call Slytherin that) house every year.

No one expected anything different this year.

Professor McGonagall sighed inwardly as she watched the young first years line up in front of her. She could already tell who had become friends with whom and who had become enemies; it wasn't hard to spot considering the fact that she had done this every year for the past five years.

Not wanting to waste more time, she called out the first name: "Abbot, Henry!"

A tall, lanky boy stumbled up to the stool and placed the Sorting Hat on his head. The hat sat in thought for a moment, probably conversing with the boy through his mind, before shouting "RAVENCLAW!"

The Great Hall erupted into applause as Henry Abbot ran to take his seat, the Ravenclaw table being the loudest. Minerva lifted the list again to read off the next name. "Billings, Cassandra!"

A girl with wavy black hair timidly walked up to the hat. She cautiously picked it up in her hands looking at in wearily. Cassandra glanced up momentarily and Minerva caught out of the corner of her eye a golden haired girl giving her the thumbs up. Minerva smiled to herself. It was good to have encouraging friends.

The hat slid onto Cassandra's head and sat there for over two minutes. Finally, the hat seemed to have made up its mind: "GRYFFINDOR!"

The line continued in alphabetical order, choosing houses for the first years. 'It's the same every year.' Minerva thought to herself.

And then something unexpected happened, something Minerva was not anticipating.

She guessed it started when she called the name of a short redheaded girl with vibrant green eyes… 'What was her name again? Oh yes, Lily Evans.'

The small girl was standing near the back of the line and had to make her way through the anxious students, but this proved to be a problem; particularly with two boys in the front. They were much taller than she was and didn't seem to notice that she was trying to get to the Sorting Hat.

Minerva frowned when the boys continued not to move out of Evans's way and was about to make a comment when they were suddenly shoved aside by a petite brunette. The boy with long, shaggy hair (she recognized him as another Black) glared at the brunette while the other boy (Potter she presumed) glared at Evans. Evans glared right back and attempted to take a step at the Sorting Hat–

But fell right on her face.

Laughter rang through the hall as Minerva hurried forward to help Evans up. The brunette whom had shoved the two boys seemed furious but a tall blond held her back from pounding the daylights out of Potter.

When Evans was firmly back on her feet, she spun around and glared at Potter and Black. Tears welled up in her eyes and she marched defiantly over to the Sorting Hat. Placing it on her head roughly, the hall quieted down enough to hear it shout "GRYFFINDOR!"

Minerva looked sternly at Potter and Black when Evans was seated safely at the Gryffindor table. "See me after dinner," she told them furiously.

They nodded solemnly and she went back to reading out the first year's names.

It must have been fate that had done it, but Potter, Black, Roberts (the brunette) and Evans all ended up in the same house. McGonagall glanced at the foursome one last time before sighing and shaking her head.

The years wouldn't go by fast enough.

(A/N:) Yep, EXTREMELY rough, I know. But you had to see what started the rivalry between Lily and James. Next chapter will be better and fun to write!

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