The train screamed as it pulled away from the station. Lily Evans sighed as she looked out of her window. She was on her way to Hogwarts, her friends were here, she had past her owl's everything was perfect. But of course did that happen in reality.
Nope.
As soon as she sat down to relax her compartment door burst open and three boys ran in ducked down and collapsed in a breathless state.
They were the marauders of course, predictable. They always did this. Got into trouble.
"What is it this time potter? Did you set snivellus. I mean Snape on fire?"
Potter, James Potter looked ups and smiled.
"Ah lovely lily. I didn't do anything. Snape walked into me and I by sheer accident jinx him into a dress. But now that you mention it I will go do that. Thanks." he winked at her and then him and his two comrades ran out.
Lily looked at her friends and rolled her eyes.
The marauders never surprised her. They were always going to be the immature little boys that left pins on the teacher's chairs. Lily was a girl who took life very seriously, although this has to be said she does sometimes let go … like there was that one time at Potter's party. Oh wait that "didn't" happen.
Her friends were the same. They at the time were all sitting in their compartment talking. Owl exams were last year and all of them were free for another year until N.E.W.T's came.
They had all decided to have one year of complete freedom to do what they want. None of them had decided to be prefects even though all of them had been offered. They all wanted to have some free time. And also some of them wanted to join the quidditch team.
So they had made a pact. They had all said that this year if one of them started going back to their old ways that they had to do a dare given by the other two. This worked well as lily had broken it in the first five minutes of making it. Charlie, the friend who had made it up pointed this out.
"Hey Lily you just broke the pact. Old Lily would have yelled at Potter new, wild Lily would have laughed and totally flirted. What happened?"
"No way! You cannot expect me to put up with Potter all year round. He's a menace. But I guess a pact is a pact. What's the dare?"
Lily's other friend Tasha looked mischievous. She looked at Charlie and winked knowingly.
"Hey Lily I got one. How about you have to go up to Potter and tell him that you want in on one of the famous Marauder pranks. We all know he worships you. He'll let you in. And you have to do it no matter what. Got it."
Lily looked horrified. But she had sworn on it and she always kept her word. But instead of getting up she just sat there scowling. But her friends just looked at her and grabbed her and shoved her out the door.
"Go get 'em tiger!" And then they slammed the door shut and she had to go. Lily walked down the train looking for James. She would ask him. God she was angry. Tasha was always coming up with the best dares.
She always knew exactly what got on your nerves. But her friends knew she meant well. Natasha or Tasha to her friends was a really good friend she could be really sarcastic but her friends knew her well enough to know she didn't really mean it.
Tasha was a Goth but she was still a total boy magnet but the boy that really liked her, she didn't really like, or that's what she told everyone.
Charlie was totally different. She was kind and quiet and always sweet to everyone but she could hold her own if someone started on her.
As she thought this she suddenly smelt something so horrible coming from behind her. She turned around and Lucious Malfoy and Severous Snape were having hysterics over pelting Lily with stink bombs.
"God Mudblood don't you ever wash!" Snape yelled.
Suddenly Snape flew into the air and then dropped right onto Malfoy. James walked up to them and whispered to them so that Lily couldn't hear.
"Lily is off pranking limits. Got it?" And he walked off not needing an answer. James walked up to Lily. Suddenly there was a yell.
"Get them!" And the two biggest Slytherins, Crabbe and Goyle were running towards lily and James for revenge. But James and Lily were already gone. James dragged her into a compartment and they magically locked the door behind them.
