You don't get instructions for life

Chapter 1: Staring into the darkness

What would you do when you knew there was nothing left for you in the entire world? Sure you had family support and friends but there wasn't that one person who could brighten up the whole day by smiling at you, if they laughed you were forced too as you're body was enchanted by this voice. Not being able to see such a person everyday was like being addicted to a drug and then finding out it had become extinct after you had driven it all away. Thinking about this person that you were destroying your own mind as you searched for them within yourself, as you struggled to see any physical appearance. Knowing that she couldn't have this killed Lily within.

She may not have realised it yet, but that person was in her everyday life, she would see him as she strolled around Hogwarts determined to become someone to talk about as she achieved the highest grades and the most complicated of spells. Lily needed that person, and she was yet to notice what her heart yearned for as she happily made her way through life.

Lily Evans was soon to return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and was going to attend her sixth year there along with her delightful friends. Within her close-knit group of friends, Lily could express any view she was holding inside of her. They understood her and this was what lily loved most about her friends…and that they could bring a smile on to her face and one of them could make a mean hot chocolate drink!

First of all, there was Olivia Potter. A true saint. A pureblood. She had black hair layered and feathered around her face, with bright red streaks she liked to put in and light blue eyes, bringing out her complexion. She was 5'5 and loved anything to do with joking around. She was a twin with a boy in their year and was a polite, regularly sarcastic friend of Lily's. The girl's liked to call her Liv and Butter, no matter how much she tried to stop them.

Next, there was Cassidy Jones. Her parents were a wizard and muggle, but they still managed to stay together after sorting out several secrets and differences. She was not an only child, as much as she wished to be, she had a younger sister who was about to go into her first year. Cassidy had blonde hair just past her shoulders and it shimmered in the light, with grey eyes which could entrance you within seconds. She was 5'5 also and was not the most secretive person you'd meet. She was the gossip queen of Hogwarts, but you would never find her telling people about her own friends. She loved to be the one to shock people, but no matter how much she seemed as an outgoing person, she seemed to be shy in front of the male gender. Her nicknames were Cass and Di-di.

Then there was Sydney Edge. She was a pureblood, and had an older brother in the seventh year and a younger sister who would be starting Hogwarts along with Cassidy's smaller sister. Sydney had brown hair which was tones in different shades, and layered and thinned with light brown eyes. She was 5'6 and was a lovable person. She loved to laugh and make people do the same. She had guys on a pedestal before she had even spoken to them, but she didn't have to try. She loved her friends, and they were the most closest to her along with her family. She and Cassidy made sure that when there was juicy gossip that everyone from the ghosts to the groundskeeper knew about it. Her nicknames were Syd and evil child (Olivia liked to joke!)

And finally there was Lillian Evans, or what everyone called her, Lily. A muggleborn and she had an older sister who like the rest of her family excluding an aunt were muggles. She had ravishing red hair framing her face and shoulders with deep emerald eyes that kept you drowning in them. She was 5'6 also and tended to obsess over work. She needed her education to be perfect, and if it wasn't she tended to get hostile, amusing her friends all the while. She liked to be friends with everyone, except a select few, and was naturally kind. She tended to go to extremes to be nice, without noticing, and if she found someone would not like her, she would let it go, seeming it was there own loss. Her nicknames were Lils and Pookie.

The four of them were about to become the only 6th year Gryffindor girls. The only other 6th year Gryffindors were males. They liked to call themselves the Marauder's, and people followed this as if it was a religion. They were the Marauder's and they always would be.

First of all, there was James Potter. Twin to Olivia, they may have seemed alike but they weren't. James had black unruly hair, which he liked to toy with even more and hazel eyes. He had a slight tan and was amazingly taller then his sister at 5'9 and many thought they were older brother and younger sister. He was loyal to his friends and nothing could bring them apart mentally and emotionally. They loved each other…in a manly way and they were joined at the hip…not literally. They were famous in Hogwarts for their antics and behaviour…and the fact that a day never passed without someone being a victim of a prank…though it was amusing. His nicknames were Prongs (many not knowing the reason why) and Jamesie-Poo (invented by his best friends).

Next, there was the notorious womanizer and pranker, Sirius Black. He along with the other Marauder's were the ones you needed to find if you had been pranked, though they were not hard to find, as they never ran away, but stayed to see the effects of the pranks, laugh themselves silly and grin as they received numerous detentions. He had blacked, spiked hair that was pointing in all directions and had amazing grey eyes. He was the most mischievous and you could never really figure out when he was coming up with something devious. He was 6'0 and was pureblood like James, though he despised his family, as they weren't the most respectful, though they wouldn't admit it to any outsiders, they praised the Dark Arts. He loved the female sex and found girls very amusing. He had a younger brother Regulus, who wasn't the biggest saint and he was in 4th year and a Slytherin, following the rest of the family exempt Sirius. His nicknames were Padfoot and Siri-darling.

Third, there was Remus Lupin. He was the studious and quite one, though it didn't mean he wasn't mischievous, how else could he be part of the Marauders. He was the brains behind many complicated pranks, and was respected deeply by the others. He was a werewolf, hardly anyone knew this except the four and the teacher's at Hogwarts and he held a place for the other three who had helped him a great deal. He had a shady brown/blonde hair and mysterious light brown eyes, and a light tan. He was 6'0 and a Pureblood and was also an only child. He had become of werewolf nature at the age of three when he was bitten in the woods near his old home. He had not had a serious girlfriend as he doubted that they would want to be with him if they found out what he was beneath the human. His nicknames were Moony and Remy-munch.

Last, there was Peter Pettigrew. A pureblood and only child, he wasn't like the others. He didn't think come up with many pranks but was eager to help carry them out. The guys had become friends with him when they found he was the last one in the dorm, and the others found it highly amusing when Sirius lay back in his bed the first night at Hogwarts and had found eggs inside his bed, planted by Peter. He had blonde hair and light blue eyes, but sadly had a ratty look about him, but the boys thought nothing of him but as one of there dearest friends. He was 5'7 and his nicknames were Wormtail and YOU SILLY RAT...the others liked to use this when he had annoyed them.

Thinking about her friends, Lily silently dosed back off in bed, but with an extreme thump outside her room, her eyes shot open as she scrambled out of bed to see what had caused the commotion that was erupting outside in the stairway.