CHAPTER 2

"What are YOU doing here?" James asked.

"What are YOU doing here?" Lily replied.

They began a stare down and were interrupted by Sirius. They noticed their friends had come out and were watching them.

"Hey. did you scream as well?" Sirius asked Lily. "Hey, you have a cut on your arm, same as Prongs, how did you get that?"

"I…er…fell." Lily lied.

"You did not." Abby interjected. "You got it while you were sleeping. You were talking in your sleep and then you got a cut and after a while you screamed."

Lily looked down.

Remus who had been eyeing them suspiciously spoke up. "Hmm…it seems the same thing happened to James. We couldn't wake him up. How did that happen?"

"Coincidence." Lily and James said together. Lily turned to glare at James.

"I though you were a muggle." James said.

"I though YOU were a muggle."

"Must you repeat what I say?"

"Maybe I was going to say it but you said it first. How do I know you're not stealing my thoughts so I look stupid?" She retorted haughtily.

"You're so STUBBORN!" He said angrily.

"ME! You should have just stayed behind me! I was helping!"

"I didn't want your help I was fine by myself."

Their friends were looking at them oddly all thinking, what the hell are they talking about? They've never met before. I think they should stop popping pills.

Lily snorted. "You were not."

"Was too."

"Was not."

"It's were, not was." James corrected.

"What are you? The grammar police?"

"What's your problem?"

"YOU!" Lily yelled. Their friends watched interestedly. Watching two people who had not met before fight was fun.

"Look I'm sorry about…you know."

"Don't pity me! I don't want to talk about that, so don't bring it up."

"I was just being nice!"

"Here's a tip…you suck at beings nice, don't try it."

"Whatever…why are you here…you're a muggle."

"I am not…YOU ARE!"

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not, you're the muggle."

"Am not…I think I'd know!" Lily retorted.

"Well I've never seen you before!"

"No one ever does…I don't remember you."

"See you must be a muggle everyone know me…I'm the hottest ("Second hottest" interrupted Sirius) guy around this school. I'm a Marauder and everyone knows me and every girl wants me." He smirked.

Remembrance dawned on Lily's face. "I DO know you…you're…James Potter…I think. If you are Potter let me tell you something…You are not the HOTTEST you don't come close and not every girl wants you…you're an arrogant, selfish, bullying, stuck up, pigheaded GIT!" She smiled sweetly.

"WHAT! No one talks to James Potter like that!"

"Guess what James Potter…I just did." She smiled and walked back to her compartment.

"Consider yourself an enemy, babe, and an enemy isn't something you want to be." He yelled after her.

"What was THAT about?" Sirius asked confused.

"Nothing…we had an unpleasant meeting is all."

"Yeah well, you got told." Sirius snickered. "I've NEVER seen anyone stand up to you before, except Snape and

Malfoy…you got told by a girl."

"Stuff it Sirius." He sat down angrily. "Right boys who was that?"

They looked at each other shrugging.

"I've never seen her before." Squeaked Peter.

"Me neither, but she seemed like quite a hottie, I might have to score her."

"YUCK PADFOOT! She was disgusting." James said disgusted.

"Are you off your rocker? She was HOT! She had gorgeous hair, deep eyes, great curves, good complexion, pouting lips…" he trailed off dreaming about it. "Actually I'm surprised I haven't noticed her. How did a beauty like that slip under my radar."

"EW…she is ugly tell him guys." James said cringing.

"Mate, I don't know what wrong with you she was good looking." Peter said.

"Remus, these two are nuts. Tell them." James commanded.

"Actually…" Remus looked down. "She was quite pretty."

"WHAT!" James screeched. "WHAT DO YOU GUYS SEE!"

"You're blind Prongs." Sirius smiled.

"I don't want to talk about that. Anyway, Moony, you know her?"

"Er…I don't know her. I know who she is."

"How do you know? How come WE don't know her?" Sirius asked.

"I only know her because I was partnered with her once in class. I saw her a few times after that. Then I think she was transferred to another school and I guess she's back. She sort of blended in with everything. She's like…invisible. I saw some blonde girl sit on her once…like they didn't see her."

"Wow…cool power."

"It's not a power, Dolt. She's just…quiet. I don't know. She was tied with Prongs for first in our year until she left."

"WHAT!" James yelled again. "She's…she's…it's her? She's the one I' was been trying to beat? I always thoughts it was that brunette from Ravenclaw with the weird teeth. I just assumed she admitted defeat and joined my fan club."

"Nope…it's her."

"Hey wasn't that girl she was with um…Ally…No, Abby, that's it. That weird one who got sick for a while?"

"Yeah that's it. Abby Miller. She was sick for ages and when she got back she still looked a bit off."

"Right. What was that red heads name?" James asked quickly.

"Lily Evans, if I remember correctly. She'll be in Gryffindor."

"You always remember correctly." Sirius snorted.

"Well, well. Lily Evans." James smirked evilly, scaring the rest of the marauders. "She won't be invisible when I'm through with her."

Scene change-

"What was that?" Abby asked Lily.

"That was…er…that was...What?" She asked seeing Abby's smile.

"Well…I think a little turtle has finally come out of her shell."

"What?"

"Well…you've never yelled at anyone before. Remember you were waiting for something too happen before you came out of your shell? I think that was it. And on your first day back, Beauxbatons certainly changed you."

Lily snorted. Abby could be really weird. "Oh please, Abby. He's going to forget all about that and then I'll go back to my quiet self."

"Don't be so sure about that. This is James Potter, he hold grudges. He's become a real ladies man since you left."

"Doesn't surprise me. He always was a git, scoring 5th years in his 3rd year, what an idiot."

"Don't let his fan club hear you say that."

"Fan club?" Lily snorted. "We're almost there let's get changed."

-Next morning-

"Hey Lily." Abby greeted her in the great hall.

"Morning, Sunshine." Lily joked. "Why are you up so early?"

"I don't know I just had a feeling I should be. And they always say the early bird catches the worm."

"You're weird."

"You know Potter keeps looking this way…you don't think he was serious about you being his enemy do you?" She asked worriedly.

"Nah, he's forgotten that by now. He's probably checking some bimbo out behind us."

Scene change -

"What are you going to do Prongs?" Sirius asked. James had never actually been enemies with a girl before.

"I'm going to go easy on her…because she's a girl and she might break a nail, what a tragedy." He smirked.

"I don't know Prongs I wouldn't underestimate Lily." Remus warned.

"Oh please. She's just like every other girl, she probably worships me already and is waiting to say sorry."

"I wouldn't be so sure. Look her scores must have been good in her other school, she's a prefect."

"Yeah but look at the other girls she had to beat, it's not that hard after last years female prefect moved."

"I wouldn't underestimate her Prongs."

"Whatever…watch." James muttered something and suddenly Lily's skin was flashing different colours. He saw Abby gasp and tell Lily. He thought she would scream and run out but to his surprise she started laughing drawing a few stares. James was a little shocked, he'd never had that reaction before.

Remus smiled seeing James reaction to Lily laughing, maybe Lily would change him for the better.

James decided to draw attention to her. That would get her. He started laughing and pointing at her. Soon all the students were looking at her. But instead of being humiliated she just stood up. She stopped laughing, smiled and set her gaze on James.

"Come on Potter is that the best you got?" She asked.

There were whispers all around…

"Who is that?"

"Who would dare challenge James Potter?"

"If I had my skin changing colour I'd be screaming."

"Who is that girl and why isn't she swooning over James Potter?"

"Come on Potter don't go easy on me because I'm a girl." She smiled. "Wingardium Leviosa. Sit up there and think about your poor attempt at pranking me." She grinned and walked off leaving a stunned James floating mid-air, amused Professors and a shocked hall off students all asking the same thing…

"Who dares take on James Potter?"

Scene change -

"That was great Lily." Abby gushed as she caught up to her.

"Ok." Lily said confused. "What's so great about floating James Potter?"

"Well…it's James Potter. NO ONE has ever stood up to him, except Malfoy and Snape. You're a girl and you bested James Potter."

"Right." She noticed people were looking at her oddly. She made her way to potions.

During potions they had made the weightless potion and Lily had done it flawlessly. She was about to bottle the potion when James Potter knocked over her cauldron spilling her contents. He then smirked at her and sat down.

"No one messes with James Potter." He hissed. Lily was mad. He was so damn arrogant.

"Watch me Potty." She muttered a spell and his clothes were replaced with a ridiculous orange dress with blue spots and green stars. He had enough time to look down and scowl before he jumped up from his seat and stated singing 'Born to dance' loudly. He was doing twists and pulling moves no one thought imaginable. The class was watching him in awe and then they burst into laughter, even his fellow marauders. When he had finished he scowled at her.

"Who did this?" Professor Lebinx, the potions teacher demanded. He was usually nice and was surprisingly unbiased.

"Evans." James growled.

"Evans…Evans…Who is this…Evans?"

"Her." He pointed to Lily who was standing in mock-horror from being accused.

"Why Professor, I don't know what he's talking about. I could never do such a think…I'm a prefect." She said innocently.

"She's…she's right." He said trying to think who she was, then he remembered. "Ah yes she is also a top student from Beauxbatons, and wouldn't cause problems. You must be mistaken. You obviously did your potion wrong, looks like zero for you Mr Potter." He walked away.

The class stood in amazement. She had pranked James Potter. She had pranked the unprankable and gotten away with it. Lily broke into a grin. James glared at her.

"This is war." He hissed. She narrowed her eyes.

"Bring it on Potty." Then she skipped out of class as the bell rang.