Note: This came out from the top of my head because I was bored.

Chapter 1: Hogwarts, Mudbloods and Love

Lily Evans, the small red head with brilliant green eyes, stepped out from the Muggle car her parents drove. Her sister, thin, bony Petunia Evans, glared as Lily took out her new owl, Hemigacho, and Hogwarts trunk out of the car. Lily had just been accepted to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was supposed to go three years ago but Petunia had convinced her parents not to let Lily go. Lily would be in fourth year. Petunia scorned magic. She called it "riff raff". Lily caught the eye of a handsome young boy with long tousled black hair, surrounded by a group of friends. He grinned at her.

'See you at Christmas. I'll be writing from school. I'll send it by owl, it's the only form of communication,' said Lily to her parents.

'Riff raff,' muttered Petunia. Lily just ignored her. She walked through the barrier to Platform 9 and ¾ where the Hogwarts Express was waiting.

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'May we join you?' The boy with tousled black hair opened Lily's compartment door, where she was sitting by herself.

'Sure,' came the reply from Lily. She moved over to the window. There were four boys.

'Sirius Black,' he said, introducing himself.

'Lily Evans.' Boy after boy, they introduced themselves. The leader came after Sirius. Evidently he and Sirius had been best friends for ages. He laid eyes on her, and a dreamy look came over his eyes. Lily blushed slightly. She wondered why. Her heart beat faster and faster.

'James Potter,' he said arrogantly. He absent-mindedly ruffled his hair. A small boy with overlarge front teeth came up. He sniffled like a rat.

'P-P-Peter P-Pettigrew,' he said nervously, his small black eyes darting all around. Lily shook his paw-like hand. Last of all, a tall boy came in with sandy brown hair and a responsible look about him.

'Remus Lupin.'

'Lily Evans.'

'Watch out with this one,' came Sirius' drawling voice. 'Bit of a biter.' All the boys laughed, except Remus. He just looked at Sirius mildly.

'Keep your mouth shut, you don't want it going all over the train,' said James. He looked at Lily for a moment. Lily looked confused.

'Okay, we'll tell you Remus' secret,' he said. 'Old Lupin here is a… werewolf.' Lily gave a gasp and was about to run out but Sirius pinned her down.

'Now don't you go spreading it all over Hogwarts,' he said, staring into her emerald green eyes. 'Lupin's only allowed here because of old Bumblebee.' The boys laughed again.

'Excuse me?' said Lily. 'Who's Bumblebee?'

'Don't tell me you haven't read Hogwarts: A History!' exclaimed Remus.

'No,' said Lily uncertainly.

'Dumbledore. Albus Dumbledore. Chief Warlock, Order of Merlin, First Class, Headmaster of Hogwarts,' rattled off Lupin. James stared at Lily again.

'What's up with you, Potter?' snapped Lily.

'What? Nothing,' said James quickly. He stared up at the ceiling, shooting suspicious glances at Lily once in a while. As the train travelled on and on, Lily grew to hate James. He was arrogant, and thought he was the best. No doubt he had a quick tongue and great brains, but he was just arrogant. The trolley came in, loaded up with snacks Lily had never seen before, but the boys seemed to know what they were so they explained. James took a small bag of coins from his pocket which he jiggled and then took out coins to pay the trolley witch. Lily didn't know that wizards used different money. The coins were the size of soft drink can lids.

'Knuts, those bronze ones. Sickles, the silver ones. And Galleons, the gold ones,' explained Lupin patiently. 'Seventeen Sickles to a Galleon and twenty-nine Knuts to a Sickle. There's that wizarding bank, Gringotts, where they keep the money. It's in Diagon Alley. No place safer than Gringotts, except maybe for Hogwarts.'

'Right,' said Lily.

'Chocolate Frog? Cauldron Cake? Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans?' The boys shoved various foods at her.

'Look, give Evans some space to breath,' said James lightly, finishing off a Cauldron Cake. He licked his fingers one by one, getting the crumbs off.

'Hasn't your mother taught you any manners, Pothead?' spat Lily at him. James looked angry.

'Well, how would you feel if you had no mother to look after you? No father to give you rides on his broomstick? No siblings to look up to or to look after? You're even lucky you've got that pest of a sister!' James glared at her. Lily just stared back, but this time with pity.

'Potter-' Lily started. Sirius cut her off with a furious look. James was pale.

'My parents were killed by You-Know-Who,' said James.

'Excuse me? I don't know who!' exclaimed Lily, fed up with James.

'Dark Lord!' exclaimed Peter. 'Evil! Bad! Whatever you want to call it!' Everyone was silent for the rest of the journey.

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'First years! First years this way!' The boys and Lily headed curiously for the direction of the voice, even though they were fourth years. They arrived at a gruff teacher who's auburn hair, so much like Lily's, was tied up in a tight bun.

'I'm Professor McGonagall,' she said as soon as all the small, scared-looking first years arrived. 'We will get to Hogwarts by boat. Please follow me, and go in threes.' James, Sirius, Peter, Lily and Remus bunched together and moved away from the first years. They met a giant fourth year who towered over everyone else called Rubeus Hagrid.

''Ello, James, Sirius, Peter, Remus,' he said in a gruff voice. 'Who's tha' girl? ('Lily Evans,' said Lily shyly to the giant boy.) Eh, had gud 'olidays? Me fourth year at Hogwarts. Dad saw me enterin' firs' year 'n secon' but never lived ta see th' thir'. Mum's…' His voice trailed away, and he gave a loud wail, which gave McGonagall's attention.

'Mr. Hagrid (Lily gave a small giggle)! Miss Evans! Mr. Lupin! Mr. Black! Mr. Potter! Mr. Pettigrew! Honestly, what have you done?' She waited expectantly for an answer. Lupin patted Hagrid's shoulder awkwardly.

'Umm… Professor, Madam, Hagrid was just remembering, his mother, Madam…' stammered Lily. Professor McGonagall smiled down at Lily kindly.

'That's fine.' She walked away briskly, her black witch's hat bobbing up and down on her head. The group walked up to the coaches and arrived at the big castle.

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'Well, well, well, what do we have here?' sneered a gloating voice. A boy with shiny pale hair blocked Lily's way to the castle. James, Rubeus, Sirius, Peter and Remus were right behind Lily. 'A pretty little Mudblood.' Lily just shook her head and guessed it was a type of rude nickname or something.

'Come on, let's go,' said Lily to Hagrid, not understanding what Mudblood meant.

'Lucius Malfoy, you're dead,' hissed James. He pulled out his wand and bellowed, 'Sectumsempra!' Lines appeared all over Malfoy's chest spurting blood. Lucius Malfoy screamed and dropped to the floor. It was like some invisible sword was slashing at him. James tucked away his wand in his black robes and grinned.

'So, you're Muggle-born?' he asked Lily casually. She took no notice. She had rushed to Malfoy's side.

'James Potter! What did you do?' she screamed at him.

'Umm, sort of defended you?' said James quizzically. Sirius laughed.

'Ooh, look, Jamesie, you've fallen in lurrrrrrve!' The boys laughed. A pale, greasy-haired kid stepped from the crowd.

'I saw what you did to Malfoy,' he glared at James slowly.

'And you are…?'

'Snape. Severus Snape,' the boy echoed. 'Potter. Trouble-maker.' He spat on the ground and narrowed his eyes. 'My father warned me against you. You're so pathetic and arrogant!' Sirius lifted his wand.

'Levicorpus!' Snape was lifted into the air by his foot, and his robes fell down over his head to reveal grey cottony underpants. Everyone laughed. Sirius grinned. Snape sniffed under his robes miserably.

'Stop that, you jerks!' screamed Lily. 'Why do you torment everyone? I don't see the point!' She got out her wand and pointed it at James and Sirius.

'Petrificus Totalus!' She then got Snape down. He didn't even say a word of thanks.

'Mudblood,' he spat, and walked away with Malfoy, who was inevitably cured. Sirius and James got up as soon as the spell wore off.

'Lily, are you Muggle-born or not?' asked James again gently.

'Muggles? What are you talking about?' snapped Lily.

'Non-magical people.' Sirius rolled his eyes.

'Oh, yeah, I'm the only witch in my "Muggle" family,' said Lily. 'Well, I don't know if anyone else is a witch or wizard, but so far I know I'm the only one.'

'Well, Evans,' said James. 'This is sort of complicated, but just listen. A pure-blood family is where all the family are wizards and witches. When your entire family is not witches and wizard, then you are Muggle-born. You can be half-blood, like one of your parents is a witch or wizard and the other is a Muggle. So you're Muggle-born. Some pure-bloods pride themselves and think pure-bloods are better, and they call half-bloods Mudbloods, Muggle-borns too.'

'Come on, come on!' called McGonagall. 'The Sorting is about to begin for those new to the school!'

'See you later.' James gently kissed Lily's hand, apparently for no reason. Lily blushed, but honestly, she liked the feel of James' warm lips brushing softly against her hand.