Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize. They belong to J.K. Rowling. A/N: This is a redone version of Chapter 1. The last one was really messed up.

Chapter One: Prologue (sort of)

Descriptions: Lily Rose Evans, age:16, b-day:11/4, height:5"3'. Wavy auburn hair, green eyes. Hates James Potter (will it change?). New Head Girl. Top student, especially good at charms. Friends: Bella Fleen, Alice Semes, Emmeline Vance, and (later) Patricia Atner. House: Gryffindor.

James Brian (A/N: don't ask)Potter, age:16, b-day:9/24, height:5"7'. Messy black hair, hazel eyes. Has a crush on Lily Evans. New Head Boy, Chaser and Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. Top student, good at transfiguration. Friends: Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew (they call themselves the Marauders). House: Gryffindor.

Isabella Anne Fleen, age:17, b-day:7/12, height:5"4'. Straight brown hair, brown eyes. Has a crush on Sirius Black. House: Gryffindor.

Sirius Black, age:16, b-day:2/11, height:5"8'. Black hair, brown eyes. Popular, though has never had a steady girlfriend. Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch Team. House: Gryffindor.

Alice Cindy Semes, age:16, b-day:4/16, height:5"1'. Wispy blonde hair, hazel eyes. House: Gryffindor.

Remus Lupin, age:16, b-day:12/10, height:5"5'. Light brown hair, brown eyes. Prefect. House: Gryffindor.

Emmeline Zoë Vance, age:16, b-day:9/7, height:5"3'. Dirty blonde hair, light green eyes. Prefect. Keeper on the Ravenclaw Quidditch Team. House: Ravenclaw.

Peter Pettigrew, age:16, b-day:5/13, height:5"2'. Dirty blonde hair, brown eyes. House: Gryffindor.

Patricia Atner, age:16, b-day:10/7, height:5"5'. Curly blonde hair, blue eyes. She is 1 of quadruplets. (Patricia, Penelope, Perrinda, and Pindovia.)

Severus Snape, age:16, b-day:1/16, height:5"5'. Oily black hair, brown eyes. Prefect. Friends: Gregory Rosier, Zach Avery, Bellatrix Black, Rolduphus Lestrange, Kent Wilkes. House: Slytherin.

Setting: (mostly) Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

James, Lily, Bella, Sirius, Alice, and Remus are visiting Bella's house. It is August 28th, 1976. Just that morning, a "Diamond" had been stolen. Everyone is seated around a table in the Fleen's library while Remus holds a book. Leaning forward toward the light, he reads: