Two weeks later Lily found herself boarding the Hogwarts Express, struggling to drag her trunk towards an empty compartment at the far end of the train. She sat alone throughout the journey, only to be visited by an old woman who asked
"Anything off the trolley, dear?" Lily shook her head as she said "no thank you" then she was be left alone with her thoughts once again, her thoughts of Steven. 3 weeks ago he was sitting beside her, laughing as he tickled her neck and entwined his fingers with hers. Lily watched the snow covered landscape flash passed her, her face expressionless. She could here the sounds of students walking passed her compartment, talking and laughing. Then sun slowly began to set as they neared Hogwarts. That was when Lily heard a familiar voice coming from the corridor,
"Where can we hide?" the voice said hurriedly
"I don't know, how about in here?" Another voice said, just outside Lily's compartment. Then the compartment door slid open and in ran Sirius Black, a very handsome, black haired boy, with intense gray eyes, known as the player of the school, he had dated more girls than thought possible. Along side him was Mr. Arrogant himself, James Potter, a tall boy with round-rimmed glasses and beautiful hazel eyes, he had jet black hair that stood up in all directions. He was also known to have quite a charms with the ladies, but not quite to the extend of his best mate, Sirius Black. He was a Chaser and Quidditch captain for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and these two were part of a group called "The Marauders." The four worst-or "best," as they would put it-troublemakers Hogwarts had ever seen. Their fellow Marauders were Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, currently awaiting their friends' arrival at Hogwarts. Remus Lupin had blond, sandy hair, warm green eyes, and cheerful personality; he was concerned the "responsible" one of the four, but he had a secret, a secret that no one, except the marauders, knew, and he intended to keep it that way. Peter Pettigrew was a short, chubby boy, with blond hair and brown eyes; he was the tagalong, the bait for their pranks. Between the four of them Remus was known as Moony, Peter was called Wormtail, Sirius was Padfoot, and James was Prongs.
James immediately closed the door and the two of them ducked down, so the could not be seen through the glass. Soon after the door was closed someone ran passed the compartment yelling
"What till I find you!" Sirius started laughing as James said
"That was bloody close."
"Yea, but another brilliant prank accomplished." Sirius said
"What did you do?" A voice asked from behind them. James and Sirius jumped up and spun around, James hand immediately flew to his hair
"Evans, funny meeting you here." James said with a nervous chuckle
"What did you two do?" Lily asked again as she stood up
"Us? Nothing! How could you even think that we would do something bad?" Sirius said, putting his hand on his chest, acting hurt.
"How can I not?" She said, folding her arms across her chest
"Ooh, she got you there, Pad." James laughed
"Shut up, she's talking about you as well." Sirius said
"Right." James said, running his hand through his unruly hair again. Lily sighed and asked again
"So, what did you-"
"Where's your Stevey?" James asked, changing the subject as he cut Lily off. Lily's expressions softened into an almost sad look, looking out the window at first she didn't say anything, and then eventually she said
"He's not-"
"Sorry, Evans, but we have to run." Sirius said, opening the compartment door
"See you later." James said with a wink and then they were gone, leaving Lily alone once again. Lily slumped down in her seat, took a deep breath and slowly released it. A moment later the Hogwarts Express was slowing down as it approached Hogwarts. Lily looked out the Window and saw the lights from the castle shining brightly in the night. Lily smiled to herself, knowing that she was home again.