The Makings of Destiny

By: NM Rizzuto aka Gremlin15

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, therefore, Lily, James, Sirius, Emmeline, Dorcas,Remus, Hestia, Peter, and many last names are not mine. Some characters, such Paula, Kerina, and McClaggen are mine. No events in this story were created solely off of my imagaination. In other words, everything that seems familiar was written by, or is related to the world created by, one JK Rowling, and I do not wish to infirm on any copyrights by creating this story for my sole enjoyent. All chapter names and any quotes found in chapters were said from either Napoleon or Winston Churchill.

Summary: Before there was Harry, there was Lily and James. Lily never expected to do anythign great in life. She just wanted to live her life. To have some fun. But sometimes, just sometimes, the most unsuspecting person is the main character in the shaping of the Destiny of the world. Sometimes the world's fate really is in the palm of your hand. Lily is about to find all this out. LilyJames MWPP fic.

Chapter 3: Soulmates?

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

We walked into the Heads Compartments where we were greeted by the perfect from various grades. Remus and Ginger were there for the seventh year Gryffindors, Hestia and Andrew Lovegood for Ravenclaw, Paula Fritz and some strange kid I never met before from Hufflepuff, and Severus Snape from Slytherin. His arm was around the fifth year Slytherin Perfect, Narcissa Black. Black looked thoroughly pissed off at a "mudblood" being made Head Girl. Everyone expected her to get it in a two years, when she was a seventh year, seeing as her sister, disowned sister, Andromeda had been Head Girl a few years back, as did Bellatrix, only two years ago. The only sixth year I recognized was Kerina Brewer who was neighbors with Hestia and was very nice. Kerina had silvery-blonde hair and gray, mercury colored eyes. She was petite and pale, and she looked longingly at Lovegood throughout the meeting. I knew no otherfifth years.

"Well, hello everyone," I began, "I'd like to congratulate all of you on becoming Perfects and I'm sure each of you will be wonderful assets to this school."

"Cut the crap Evans, and tell us why the hell we're here," Black said. I stared at her, about to say something snappish, but James rescued me from an early retirement from Head Girl.

"Just because you are perfect in every way and don't need to be congratulated, some people worked very hard for this achievement. And humans enjoy being praised for their accomplishments," James stated. Narcissa visibly paled and it was all I could do not to smirk.

"Just get on with it Evans," Snape snapped, trying to defend his girlfriend. Snape and Narcissa Black had been going steady since Snape's fifth year. The rumor was they would have to break it off after Black's graduation because Narcissa was betrothed to Lucius Malfoy. Malfoy had graduated a few years ago, and never took a liking to his fiancé, but custom was custom and they were to be married after her graduation. She and Snape had but three years left together, and truly I pitied them, they were so sweet to each other it was sickening.

"As Lily was saying," James continued, "We are very happy to have you with us today. If it isn't obvious enough, these badges are the size of Remus' brain," here he motioned to Remus, "Lily and I have been made Head Girl and Boy, respectively."

"So," I took up, "Today we're supposed to tell you what you're to do and when you'll be patrolling. So, we've made a schedule for the train and tomorrow night we'll hold a meeting for the school year schedule." I began to hand out the schedule. The fifth year Slytherins had the first quarter of the train, followed by the seventh year Ravenclaws, the sixth year Hufflepuffs, James and I, the fifth year Ravenclaws, the seventh year Slytherins, the sixth year Gryffindors, the fifth year Hufflepuffs, the sixth year Ravenclaws, the fifth year Gryffindors, the sixth year Slytherins, the seventh year Hufflepuffs and Remus and Ginger were in the back of the train.

The meeting was adjourned and we went to our assigned areas. James and I wandered aimlessly around our appointed guarding space, barely speaking at all. After about twenty minutes of this forced silence, I thought I was going to go star crazy.

"So," James said.

"So," I mimicked.

"Why?" He asked.

"Why what Potter?" I asked

"Why us?" He asked, I knew what he was talking about, "Why them?" James continued, this time about our parents' deaths, "Why now?"

"Because, Potter, that's the way life is," I replied as if the answer was written in the many books I read.

"But why? Why is life so cruel? If there is a God, why do people die every day?" he persevered, "Why do little babies, who have done nothing wrong, why do they die?"

"Because they were meant to," I explained, "Because if they didn't the whole cosmic order would be thrown off, because they were fated to do so."

"So then you believe in destiny?" James asked. I was quite taken aback by this question.

"Yes," I replied, "And fate and love and soul mates."

Potter must have thought the mood too dreary because he turned to me with a smile and asked, "Who's your soul mate Lily Flower?"

"I don't know Potter, I don't know," I replied.

"And why not?" James inquired.

"Because Fate has yet to reveal that to me," I replied as we turned to pace the other way.

"When you find out," James asked, "will you tell me?"

"Yes," I replied, and I meant it whole heartedly. But I did not mean that I would tell him when I found my soul mate, he was my soul mate and I knew it. No, I would tell him when he knew it. Because then it would be real, then it would be the truth.

Okay, one of my shorter chapters, but...oh well. Please review everyone.

Caboodle: Yes, this will be a very loooong story. Chapter seven is already typed up and done.

-Lots of love

Gremlin-