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Chapter 4: HogwartsLily sat down between James and Tara. The only way, Tara and Lily had decided, to get peace and quiet at meals was to separate James and Sirius. Raluca and Remus sat opposite to them.
Dumbledore started to speak when the first years were all standing at the front of the hall. They all seemed so small compared to the seventh years. Lily remembered how she'd felt at her first night in Hogwarts. She was totally confused about the castle, but then Tara introduced herself, and they'd been friends ever since.
"Welcome to yet another year of Hogwarts! In first business, I would like to introduce the new head-boy and girl: James Potter and Lily Evans!"
The Great Hall burst into applause and cheers, except for the Slytherin table, who were sitting unhappily with their arms folded across their chests.
"Yes, yes! Congratulations Miss Evans and Mr. Potter! Well done. Also, I'd like to introduce our new Care of Magical Creatures professor: Professor Kettleburn!"
The hall went through their scattered applause of welcome. Lily studied the new professor. He looked awfully young, like he'd just graduated, but Lily didn't recognize him to be from Hogwarts. Maybe he was foreign.
"We're happy to have him! May I remind all of the students – young and old – that the Forbidden Forest is undoubtedly forbidden! If anyone is caught in the forest, they will face detention and other consequences. And, I have one more announcement. Since the Dark Lord Voldemort has been gaining power rapidly, the most rapid we've seen over these years, we will be taking special…precautions this year. Forth year students and older will only be aloud to go to Hogsmeade this year."
Moans were heard from the third years.
"I know you're upset, but we don't want you to not be able to handle yourselves if Voldemort shows up. Another precaution, there will be no Quidditch this year."
"What!? You're kidding!" James yelled, focusing his attention on Dumbledore instead of Lily. Other students muttered in agreement.
"I wish I was kidding, Mr. Potter, but I'm not. Like I said before, these are safety precautions! That's all. Now, let the Sorting begin!"
The Transfiguration teacher, Professor Grays, stood up and started calling off names.
"Ashpole, Athena!" Grays called sharply.
A little red head walked slowly up, looking terrified.
"Hufflepuff!" the hat yelled after a few seconds. The Hufflepuff table erupted in cheers.
"Beckman, Kaydi!"
A girl with her blonde hair in pigtails ran up to the hat, and forced it onto her head.
"Gryffindor!"
She beamed and ran over. Lily clapped. That girl reminded her of herself.
"Bryce Borkgren!"
The first boy to be sorted walked up slyly from the line and placed the hat on his head. The hat barely touched when it yelled…
"Slytherin!"
"Carter, Kelly!"
"Ravenclaw!"
James' little sister, Angel, we sorted into Gryffindor.
Before Lily knew it, the feast was over. Lily and James led the Gryffindor first years up to their new Dorms.
"Now, to get into the Gryffindor Common Room, you must say a password. You have to remember the password, or else you won't be able to get in. The password is Quidditch," Lily explained.
The portrait opened, and a couple of students awed, seeing it open. They walked in, and now even more students gaped.
"Now, the boys' dorms are to the right, and the girls' dorms are to the left. Remember, you will live with these people for the rest of your days at Hogwarts, so I would make a good first impression. Any questions?" Lily asked the students.
A little boy with brown hair raised his hand.
"What is Quidditch?" Lily looked at James, and he grinned.
"Here we go!" Lily muttered.
"It's a wizards sport that…" James started.
An hour later, James was still telling the little boy about the sport. Most of the kids were standing in pure boredom, except the ones who had never heard of the game, which wasn't a very large amount.
Lily had crouched down waiting for him to finish. When he seemed to not be anywhere from finishing, she spoke up, "James! Stop! Please! I'm sure the others don't want to hear this!" Lily told him.
"But I was getting to the best part!"
"Tell him later! Let's go join Sirius, Remus, Raluca, and Tara."
"Fine, I'll tell you the rest later, little guy. Any other questions before we go?"
A small girl raised her hand.
"Are you two going out?" James and Lily looked at her a little taken aback.
"Why do you think that?" Lily asked.
"You seem like a cute couple. Am I right?"
"Yes, you are. Now, if that's all of the questions you have, we are going to go." The kids said their goodbyes and raced upstairs or to other parts of the common room wanting to explore everything. Lily and James joined the rest of their friends.
When Lily and James joined them, Sirius was complaining about the no Quidditch rule. "NO QUIDDITCH? It's stupid, James! I mean, what kind of rule is that?" Sirius yelled, causing everybody in the Common Room look at him. Some muttered in agreement.
"I know! I wanted to beat Slytherin…again!" James punched his fist into his other hand in frustration. "I'm going to ask Professor Dumbledore about this…"
"James, it isn't going to change anything!" Tara told him. "Dumbledore is right; Voldemort could easily come to a game and hurt someone!"
"Really, James! I don't want anything to happen to you. And you being an heir to Gryffindor, and him being the heir of Slytherin, there's no telling what could happen. You need to be careful!" Lily reasoned.
"I guess you're right…but, I'm still upset about it!"
"I know…so…who's excited about the new year?" Lily asked, changing the subject.
A few hours later, they decided to go to bed.
"Goodnight, James!" Lily said, walking over to him.
He took her in his arms and kissed her.
"I love you!"
"I love you too!"
He kissed her again, and again, and again.
Lily pulled away, not wanting to go any further.
"Goodnight, James. See you in the morning."
She walked over to Tara, and they walked up the stairs together.
"Man, was I close!" James told Sirius. Remus had already gone up to bed.
"No, you weren't! Not as close as you could be! And, anyway, you've already…"
"No, actually…we haven't," James confessed.
"What? You lied to George? To me?"
"Yes…but can you blame me!? I mean, George and you have. Remus hasn't, of course. But, me!?!?!? Lily's been my girlfriend longer than Tara has been yours.
"James, don't worry about it!"
"Why not?"
"Because it's not a big deal!"
"Yes! It is! It's, like, I'm falling behind with you guys! I want to keep up! You know what? Just…never mind! Goodnight!"
James walked up the stairs in frustration.
"James! Come back! It's no big deal!" Sirius yelled, running after him.
"No, it's not ok! We've been together for 6 years!" James hissed.
"James, you could be together for your whole lives, but you are only 18. That's young!"
"Please, Sirius, you've got nothing to worry about! Leave me alone! I'm tired!"
James started to walk up the stairs again.
"Not only tired, but crabby!" Sirius added under his breath.
Severus was feeling quite nervous as he walked out of the Great Hall early the following morning. He decided to finally talk to Lily Evans, his long time crush. Lucius knew nothing of what Severus was about to do. He told Lucius that he had a stomach ache and was going to make a quick potion to calm it. Severus was one of the most talented people in Hogwarts with Potions, perhaps better than the Potions teacher himself. But anyway, Severus was going to talk to Lily Evans. He'd been trying to ever since he saw her the first night at Hogwarts, but never had gotten the courage. Severus knew he wasn't as handsome as James, let alone any other guy at Hogwarts. And he assumed that someone as beautiful as she would never want anything to do with him. The reason why Severus had fallen in love with her was because of her bright green eyes. And now, hopefully, he'd see them up close instead of far away.
But as Severus rounded the corner, he saw a sight that made his heart wrench. James and Lily were making out in the middle of the hallway.
'Damn,' Severus cursed silently. 'Typical.' Every time Severus planned to talk to her, James stepped in before he even started to. But soon, James wouldn't be a problem anymore. Not if the Dark Lord had anything to do with it.
Severus grinned. Soon. But for now, he would have to wait and play it cool. But that didn't mean that he couldn't talk to her.
Severus waited in the shadows until they stopped. Since his first class was Potions, he figured he'd be able to miss the beginning, since he knew most of the potions they'd be studying this year, he didn't see it necessary.
Finally, after about ten minutes, Lily broke off James' kiss and smiled.
"Look, I better get to Arithmancy…" Lily whispered.
James kissed her again. He seemed to ignore what she'd said.
"Seriously, James!" Lily whispered again. "Arithmancy is one of my favorite subjects. I can't miss the first class on the first day."
James rested his head on her shoulder, sighing in defeat.
"Alright…"
Lily took a step back.
"I'll see you in Defense, okay?" She quickly kissed him again and headed off toward the Arithmancy classroom.
Severus waited for James to leave and then headed after Lily, as quietly as possible, in order not to scare her.
As Lily was closing in on her destination, Severus spoke up.
"Lily," Severus said, as his voice cracked.
Lily turned around and looked at him oddly.
"What?" she asked, sounding slightly irritated.
"I – I like your shoes." Severus said.
Severus mentally kicked himself. He was acting like a fool. No wonder she never paid much attention to him.
Lily looked down at her shoes. She was beginning to be a little concerned about Snape. No wonder James had told her to stay away.
"Do you need something?" she questioned, looking down the hallway, hoping someone would save her.
"N-no. I mean, yes. I mean…"
"I have to go…" Lily said slowly. She hurried off towards the classroom, already twenty minutes late.
"You idiot!" Severus muttered to himself, watching her walk off. As soon as she was gone, he began running to the dungeons, hoping he didn't miss too much.
"Lily Evans, you're late!" barked Professor Draiman, the Arithmancy professor.
"Sorry…head girl business…a first year couldn't find the Transfiguration room…" Lily lied.
"Alright, you're excused this time. Now, back to our lesson…" continued Draiman.
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