A/N: Thanks for reading my story. This is my first fic, so please please please please, review. I wanna know if you love it or hate it or I'm just babbling on about nothing! So yeah, Oh and disclaimer, I unfortunately do not own the Harry Potter characters like Lily and James (they are J.K. Rowlings) but Steven Stolburg is mine! evil laugh So on with the story!

CHAPTER 1:

Lily's flaming red hair shook as she felt the train's motor roar and the train began to collect speed. She smiled as her emerald green eyes observed the hundreds of parents farewell the magnificent scarlet engine from Platform Nine ¾ at Kings Cross Station.

Lily let out a sigh as she watched the muggle world pass her by, the world of Petunia, her cruel sister who consistently whispered "FREAK!" whenever Lily passed, the world of cleaning, which in her opinion took forever as she was used to a faster way. She suddenly realized how she longed to be where she belonged, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Deep thoughts?" came a voice from the doorway of her carriage.

"Deep and meaningful" Lily replied in a gloomy voice. The two girls burst of laughing.

"Lily, how you been?" Emma Mascaul asked as she pulled Lily into a hug. Emma was Lily's best friend, they'd first met each other in their first year at Hogwarts in that exact same carriage. Emma had long straight golden hair and mesmerizing hazel eyes. She was tall, thin and looked basically like a model.

"Sorry to break up the party, but I believe there's a place in this carriage for me." Jackie Potter stated as she was followed in by Jasmine Culling.

Jasmine Culling was one Lily's really good friends. Jasmine had light brown hair, which as Emma said, really brought out the darkness of her brown eyes. Jasmine was a caring person who had lots in common with Lily. 1. They both were muggle-born 2. They both where top of their classes and 3. They both hated James Potter with a passion. Jasmine also had a crush on a certain kind and caring boy, who like her and her friends was a 6th year Gryffindor. Jasmine's best friend was Jackie who was actually quite the opposite of her. She, like Emma, was more of a looks person than books but that still didn't stop her from getting in the top ten for her class. Jackie had short black hair and chocolate brown eyes.

"Kie! Jaz! I haven't seen you guys in ages!" The two girls ran at Jackie and Jasmine with arms open.

Once the girls had over come their excitement they all sat down and told each other about their summers.

"Oh and James was a TOTAL nightmare!" Jackie groaned. James, Jackie's brother, was Lily's sworn enemy and the leader of The Maruaders, the school pranksters. If food began to levitate at dinner time, or people were stuck together the whole school knew The Maruaders were behind it.

Other than James in The Maruaders there was Sirius Black the player of the group who had shaggy black hair and grey eyes. His perfect white teeth were only one part of his famous James/Sirius grin (as it was named by their fan club) which could melt any girls heart.

Another member of the deceptive quartet was Remus Lupin. Remus' eyes were usually found staring at the pages in a book, well more than James' or Sirius'. He was much more kind and caring and could actually manage to stay in a relationship for more than a week. He wasn't as popular as James and Sirius but still had many fans.

Last and probably least was Peter. Peter was a shabby boy; short and fat. He was more of shadow to the other three, always seen running after James, Sirius and Remus staring with such enthusiasm at them. He wasn't nearly as bright or had anywhere near their looks. In fact, probably the only reason the three let him hang out with them was because when they pulled off their big pranks he was usually the diversion enabling him to actually own his own bed in the hospital wing.

"You lovely ladies wouldn't happen to be talking about me, would you?" James said egotistically appearing at the doorway flashing his perfect teeth with a famous James/Sirius grin.

Lily stared at him. His jet black hair looked messier than ever. She looked down his arm, his strong muscles flexed. 3 years of Quidditch has done him some good she

thought happily WAIT NO! What am I thinking? Bad thoughts! Sworn enemy…hate him, remember? Lily looked from his arms to his captivating hazel eyes. She saw a sparkle in them when she realized she'd been staring at James for about a minute. She sharply looked away feeling her cheeks redden.

"So, Evans, I was thinking maybe, you know new year, new -" James begun as casually as possible.

"No" Lily said simply. She knew what he was going to ask. After all he had asked about ten times everyday for 5 years.

"Hey…what? You didn't even know what I was going to ask!" James said dramatically

"Yes I did." Lily said tiredly and slightly annoyed.

"Oh yeah? Well then Miss I'm-So-Smart-I-Can-Read-Your-Mind, what was I going to say?" James replied defensively.

"You were going to ask me out…again. But my answer for the billionth times is no"

"You sure because…wait no. That's not what I was going to ask…um…something else" James replied. Jackie, Jasmine and Emma smirked trying to keep themselves from cracking up laughing.

"Really?" asked Lily crossing her arms. "Then what where you going to ask?"

"Um… something else" James said. "I gotta go" he said, then with one last brush through his hair with his hand to attempt to make it even messier he left. When suddenly without warning Emma, Jasmine and Jackie burst out laughing.
"That…was…so…good…"Emma managed to say between laughs. "I've…never…seen…him…so…so…" Jackie laughed

"Irritated?" Jasmine suggested

"Yeah" Jackie said finally being able to breathe.

Lily looked away trying to hide her smirk. She glanced down at her watch. 11:15 already?

"Oh guys. I gotta go" Lily scurried "Prefects meeting" she said looking at the confused expression on their faces.

"Oh" they said in unison.

Lily ran out of her compartment straight into a boy from Ravenclaw knocking her off her feet.

"Oh dear, I'm terribly sorry!" He said apologetically. His worried blue eyes stared upon her.

"Oh no, it was my fault. Running in the corridors, and you'd think I'd know, being prefect and all." Lily told him grinning as he helped her stand up

"You're a prefect?" He asked interested.

"Yeah, Gryffindor prefect" she said showing her shiny prefect badge on her chest.

"Oh, I'm a Ravenclaw prefect. I'm Steven Stolburg" he stated extending his hand.
"Lily Evans" she said shaking his hand.

"Well Miss Evans. Would you do me the delightful honour of walking to the Prefects meeting with me?" He asked. Lily waited for his hand to try and mess up his dark blonde hair, but he didn't! Infact, now that she looked properly at him he was quite good looking. His arm muscles weren't quite as nice at James, wait, bad thought! But his sea blue eyes looked like they were constantly swirling and his whole body language seemed so much nicer than James'. Plus he didn't hex anyone that walked past just because he could, which was always a plus.

"I would love to" Lily said.

So together, Lily and Steven walked towards the Prefects meeting room at the end of the corridor.