A/N-Well here it is, the beginning of a new Harry Potter Story. The story features Lily, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and many other students as they learn, adventure, make friendships, romances, and mature through their Hogwarts experience. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!

Disclaimer-Let's keep this simple...Not Mine.

As she stepped onto the platform (platform 9 and 3/4 , who had ever heard of such a thing?), Lily Evans began to experience a feeling that she couldn't quite name but associated with anxiety, nervousness, and fear. To put it bluntly, she was freaking out. As Lily approached the Hogwarts express, she listened to the bustling crowd around her, and watched people seemingly pop out of nowhere from a not-so-solid brick pillar.

At age eleven, Lily was exceedingly mature for her age, but here was something that could not be explained with books or knowledge, how had she, a girl born of two non-wizard parents, been invited to one of the greatest schools of witchcraft and wizardry that existed? Lily thought back to the time three months before the present, when she had gotten the letter.

"Lily dear, can you please fetch the mail for me," her mom had asked her just as she was sleepily walking down to breakfast. Too tired to argue, Lily walked outside in her striped pajamas to the mailbox at the end of the driveway.

Lily got the mail and began to rifle through it. As she was going through it, she saw a letter with a strange seal, and turned it over to see her name on it.

Lily Evens

378 Winston Drive

Second Bedroom On The Left

Lily thought that was an odd way to address a letter "second bedroom on the left." It was true, her bedroom was the second on the left, but how would this person

know? She tore open the seal, and pulled out a letter. Her hazel eyes growing wider and wider as she read through it.

Dear Ms. Evens,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been invited to the Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry…

When Lily finished reading the acceptance letter, she turned to the second page and read the list of required items.

...All Hogwarts students are permitted to bring an owl, a cat, or a toad.

Lily finished reading the last line of the letter before rushing inside. "Mum, Dad! Petunia! Anyone!"

"What is it? What's wrong," Lily's mother came rushing into the room, thinking some emergency was taking place. Lily's father joined her mother with a concerned look on his face.

"Mum, Dad, I've been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

The next three months pasted in a blur of, school books, robes, potions, and of course a wand. Finally Lily was standing in between platforms nine and ten at King Cross Station.

"Bye Mum, bye Dad," Lily said to her tearing mother and father.

"Bye honey, promise you'll write," her mother said to her.

"I will. Bye!"

Her parents waved at her as she turned around, only to realize that she did not know how to enter the platform. Glancing around at the other passengers she looked desperately for another person trying to get into the platform. Then Lily caught the words, "Hogwarts express" and turned to face a family with two boys. She watched carefully. The boys each ran straight at the brick pillar in between platforms nine and ten and then disappeared.

Lily took a deep breath, there were ten minutes left before the train departed and she couldn't miss the train. She than closed her eyes and ran straight at the brick pillar awaiting the expected crash. Lily opened her eyes in shock when she realized that she had not crashed and she had in fact, gone right through the barrier.

"Five minutes until departure to Hogwarts, five minutes until departure," a blaring voice came out from the overhead speakers and Lily hurried towards the train. Lugging her heavy trunk behind her, she stepped onto the train only to duck her head quickly as an unidentifiable golden object zoomed by her right ear.

"Hey!" Lily exclaimed angrily. She looked op to face an extremely good-looking guy with a shock of ruffled black hair over well-placed features. Lily opened her mouth to yell at him for almost decapitating her with his gold flying object, but before she could speak, he cut her off.

"James Potter, nice to meet you." Lily just stared at him expectantly. "What? Can't take my good looks?" Lily continued to stare at him. "Well, despite the fact that you feel the need to stare and not say something, I'll be off." He grinned and winked at her before strutting off down the train. Ugh, the nerve of him. Lily thought before continuing her interrupted entrance into the train. Lily's trunk seemed to get heavier and heavier as she walked down train searching for an open compartment. Finally, she spotted a dark

haired girl sitting alone at the end of the train reading a magazine.

"Hi, can I sit here? All the other compartments are full," Lily added the last part somewhat desperately.

The girl looked up at her and Lily was momentarily stunned at her brilliantly blue eyes.

"Sure, go ahead," the girl said before going back to her newspaper. Lily sighed in relief.

"Well, thanks, I'm Lily."

"I'm Tara," the girl said shortly before returning to her magazine. Well, she's sure friendly, Lily thought sarcastically before taking her seat. She studied Tara; she had long dark hair and had a sort of natural pretty look.

The girls rode in an awkward silence for a while before the compartment door burst open and a tall sandy haired girl walked in. Well, she didn't exactly walk in, she sort of bounced in.

"Hey! I'm Shannon!" She said in a friendly voice before sitting next to Lily. Lily was taken aback by her outgoing attitude and was slightly intimidated.

"Hi, I'm Lily." When Tara didn't introduce herself, she said, "and this is Tara."

Soon Lily and Shannon had engaged in a spirited conversation about their families, expectations of Hogwarts, and anything else they could think of. Soon Tara joined in and the three were talking like old friends.

"Well, my parents are both not wizards," Lily began, telling the two about how she got into Hogwarts.

"Not wizards? You mean muggles?" Shannon asked.

"Muggles?" Lily asked, confused.

"Yeah, muggle is the wizarding term for non-magical people," Tara answered.

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At the other end of the train four very different friendships were forming. James Potter tossed his golden snitch in the air, let it travel a short distance and then caught it one-handed. He decided that it was time to take his seat as he was getting tired of standing up on the lurching train.

He found a compartment with three boys in it and walked and flopped down on one of the train's seats

across from a boy with long, dark brown hair.

"Hey," James said.

"Hey, I'm Sirius."

"I'm James, do you play quiddich?"

"Yeah, I play chaser and sometimes keeper, how 'bout you?"

"Seeker." James pulled out his snitch and started playing with it again. One of the other boys in the compartment, a short fat boy, watched in amazement, his mouth hanging open.

"Peter," Sirius said, "If you hold your mouth open any wider and it rains, you might just drown." James laughed at that. "James, this is Peter, and the apparently anti-social boy in the corner is Remus." Remus was a pale, skinny boy, with moppy, brown hair. This was all James could see of him, however, as his face was immersed in a large black book.

"Wanna see something cool?" James asked the three. He pulled out a flowing cloak, and held it up for all to see.

"Wow! Is that an invisibility cloak?" Sirius asked excitedly. At this, Remus looked up from his book,

"Aren't those really rare? Where did you get it?" He asked.

"My dad gave it to me at the beginning of the year."

"Wow! It's so cool! What does it do?" Peter asked.

"Um, Peter, Invisibility cloak," Sirius said with a casual roll of his eyes.

The four boys spent a leisurely time discussing quiddich and invisibility cloaks until a plump woman with a trolley full of food passed by.

"Anything off the trolley, dears?"

James and Sirius's faces lit up as they bought food for the four of them. After buying, the four began to eat.

"Oh! Cauldron cakes! I love these! And Berty Botts Every Flavored Beans! Yum!" Peter couldn't get the words out fast enough as he began to stuff food in his mouth at an alarmingly fast rate. Throughout the whole ride so far, none of the boys had seen Peter so lively or excited. Peter grabbed a cauldron cake, and began to shove it in his mouth, crumbs spilling everywhere.

James caught Sirius' eye, and motioned for him to watch James' wand. James discreetly pointed the wand at the cauldron cake and muttered, a spell. Peter, seemingly oblivious continued to eat the cauldron cake. After he had swallowed the last piece, a loud popping noise filled the compartment and Peter turned into a large cannery.

James and Sirius burst out laughing in unison. Peter the cannery attempted to speak but could only squawk, which made the two boys laugh harder.

Remus pulled out a battered wand and pointed it at Peter and muttered the reverse curse, and he turned back to normal.

"Aw, Remus!" James said before friendly punching him in the shoulder. Remus flinched at the punch and then turned red. He looked at James' and Sirius' disappointed expression and then pointed his wand at Peter, said a quick spell, and soon Peter's nose had

almost tripled in size and length.

"It's a great improvement," Remus said laughing quietly. Peter frowned and then laughed. Despite his obsession with food, and constant idiocy, James decided he liked the fat, good-humored boy.

The four boys ate the rest of the food together and talked for a while, before James let out a loud yawn.

"I'm bored, what do you want to do?" He asked Sirius.

"Eat more?" Peter said hopefully. Sirius rolled his eyes at that.

"How bout we go find some girls," Sirius asked. He smoothed back his hair and put on his most charming smile and winked.

"Ohhhh, Sirius, you're so handsome," James joked in a high-pitched squeal, placing an emphasis on the word handsome. "Sure, I saw a group of girls in the back of the train! Let's go."

James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter made their way down the train.

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Lily, Tara, and Shannon had begun to discuss the different houses.

"Personally, I'd like to be in---," Lily began, but before she could finish, the compartment door opened and four boys came shoving, pushing, and yelling into the previously serene compartment.

"You!" Lily said, pointing an accusing finger at James.

"Wha--," James began, but Lily cut him off.

"You obnoxious, loud, arrogant..." Lily began a loud rant about the many bad characteristics of James Potter.

"Woah, James. Looks like you already have a reputation here," Sirius said laughing at James' surprised expression.

"Now, if you don't mind we have to change! Get out, OUT!" Lily yelled into James' ear, while shoving Peter, Sirius, and Remus out of the compartment.

"Umm, Lily, what was that about? Did you notice that you just kicked two totally gorgeous boys our of our compartment?" Shannon asked, slightly annoyed.

"Ugh, it's nothing. I just can't stand James Potter," Lily responded.

The girls put on their robes and in a short time afterwards the train slowed, they had arrived at Hogwarts.