A Not so Beautiful Beginning

A/N This is a repost because my dear friends birthday's this week and she liked this story so I'm going to try something with is just for her. Happy Birthday Chica (you are so lucky I'm a good person!)

Lily Evans woke up on the morning of September 1st, ready and waiting for her last year at Hogwarts to begin. She walked down the stairs to the dulcet tones of her mother, Hilary Evans making breakfast. "Good Morning Lily, Ready for your Last year to begin?" "Yes Mum, looking forward very much."

Lily was Head Girl this year and was looking forward to getting back into the world of magic, though she did love spending her summer with her mother and father. But then again there was some definite pluses to going back and here comes one of them now thought Lily sadly "Good Morning Mumsies, how did you sleep; is Vernon not down for breakfast yet, hmm?"

Without acknowledging Lily once her sister, Petunia got up and went to look for Vernon-her now fiancée. This was one reason Lily was happy to be able to leave home. Her sister and her fiancée were completely against Lily and magic in general. Even when they were young, Petunia had always been somewhat jealous of Lily, Lily had no idea why though, as Lily always tried to be nice to Petunia. With that thought Lily looked up the stairs to see a rather big and bulky man come down the stairs with her rather thin and bony sister right behind him as per usual they both ignored Lily.

"Good Morning, Mrs. Evans" The big and bulky man named Vernon grunted. Lily for one couldn't believe that these two people who rather disliked Lily could ever get married. So as she did every morning she said very sweetly "Good morning Vernon, Good morning Petunia how are those wedding plans coming? They must be moving right along as you seemed to stay up in that room all night together, isn't that right. Well, talk to you later."

With that she ran upstairs to get finished packing but not before hearing her mother's voice ringing "What were you two doing upstairs all night, I have expressly forbidden it didn't I?" She finished getting her trunk all packed and then pinned her Head Girl badge on her sweater. She looked at herself in the mirror once and saw what she saw everyday red hair down to her mid back and green eyes that everyone said were beautiful. At the present time she felt ready for anything "and anything can happen" she thought to herself.

She then ran back downstairs to see her dad Tom waiting for her "Okay my Head case, oops I meant Head Girl. Come on my little Lily Flower, it's time to get to King's Cross." With that pleasant sentiment Lily went to say goodbye to her mother and grudgingly her sister and future brother-in-law. "Goodbye mum, I love you and I'll owl you all the time, I promise." Lily said all this enveloping her mother in a big bear hug. Her mother then whispered in her daughter's ear, "Lily have a good year and be careful. I want you to respect your classmates, be nice to all of them and I mean all of them. I love you and I'll see you at Christmas. I think, well we'll figure it out then. Goodbye sweetie, have fun and learn loads."

She let go of Lily at that time and Lily saw tears in her eyes. But it was time to go, so she said a fast goodbye to Petunia and Vernon but didn't receive a reply back and went out the door to her car. The car ride was fast and she got to King's Cross. With a final goodbye to her dad she ran through the wall between platform nine and ten. She looked around and saw the scarlet red engine with the words 'The Hogwarts Express' splayed out on front of the train.

She then started to search for some familiar faces and was surprised when she saw her roommate and one of her best friends screaming at her mother. "Mum I promise I'll be safe, and I'll watch out for Jude, she'll be fine, I'll be fine. Look she's already hanging out with her friends. Can I please go and find mine?" With that she hugged her mother and said a soft "I'll see you soon" and with that the woman left with tears in her eyes but, also looking back at her daughter with admiration.

"Kelleah!" Lily screamed across the platform and then they ran towards each other and embraced in a huge bone crushing hug. "Lily, Oh my god I've missed you so much. How was your summer, tell me everything did you have the best time? Was Petunia a bitch? Did you finish all the assignments? I think I might have forgot one, oh well I'll worry about it later. How was traveling in France, any cute boys; I mean they must have been cute, but then again boys with accents sometimes annoy me. So, hurry up tell me something." With this the girl named Kelleah suddenly stopped and allowed Lily to say something "Oh my god I've missed you!"

They hugged again and Lily looked at her friend. She saw what she usually did every year: long dirty blonde hair, a smile that reached her eyes and a hyper disposition. Even though many people thought Kelleah to be a ditz for the simple fact that she was a bubbly blonde they were largely mistaken. She had one of the highest grades in their year and she was very nice and kind to everyone. Also, though very hyper and jumpy she could also be very serious like when she was talking about her little sister, a second year by the name of Jude. "Okay Lils, we have got to find Maddie. She owled me over the summer and told me that Alice and Frank got married. Remember how much we loved him when she introduced us all? He was so sweet and nice, kinda like Alice. Oh I am so happy for them!"

Alice and Frank Longbottom were three years older then Lily, Kelleah and Maddie but, Alice lived next door to Maddie for years; they had all become close friends. "Oh they were perfect for each other. Small wedding I suppose, that's so sweet aww okay let's find her." As if someone knew what the next goal was they were both hit in the back with a fast, very hard force and fell to the floor. "Lily, Kelleah, Oh my I've missed you guys so much. Oh here let me help you up."

Madison better known as Maddie had dark brown hair that matched her eyes exactly, she was a good friend and liked helping people very much. She was a sweet girl, somewhat loud as they all were. It was impossible not to be when you were with your best friends. "Oh guys sorry for hitting you so hard! So how was summer; oh I've missed you guys."

They all gathered together for another group hug but stopped suddenly when they heard this voice. "See Padfoot, I told you there was a reason to be early this year. We got to be the first to see these lovely ladies embrace. Well hello girls, I hope your Summer was splendid."

The voice belonged to none other then James Potter or better known as a toerag, a slime, a prat and the jerk that has made for the only unbearable experiences in all of Lily's career of Hogwarts. "Great just what I need first thing in the morning, the annoying sounds of you. Okay Potter get it over with, ask me out and I'll reject you like usual." She saw a pink tinge come over his face; that's new she thought. "Actually Lily, I wasn't going to ask you out, I was just going to come and congratulate you on making Head Girl. I guess we'll be working a lot together this year." Lily looked down and to her utter most horror saw the Head Boy badge pinned onto his jacket. With that, she screamed and became silent and shocked as it seemed to her because no words came to her mouth.

A/n There you have it Happy Birthday and I'll try to continue okay? Other's review and tell me if I should...