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A/N: All right. First a couple of things I would like to say. Thank you so much Merel for your help for this story. Without you I would be totally helpless. This is my first fic in English so, sorry for the probably many, many mistakes. I hope you guys like this fic.

PadfootLotte

-Surprising Love-

by PadfootLotte

1. Journey to Hogwarts.

Lily's PoV:

'Where the hell did that girl go?' you asked yourself while you were searching for your best friend, Gretchen. Everywhere there where people talking, walking and saying their goodbyes. Girls and boys where hanging out of the windows of the train and saying the last words to their families.

'Gretchen!' you yelled, still wondering where she was.

'If you're looking for the girl with the brown hair over there, I can help you.' Said a voice extremely close to your ear. You jumped and turned over to the person.

'Mary!' you hugged her. You didn't hear from her for ages! Mary always was your best friend till your fourth year at Hogwarts. She had said that she had to go to another school and you had lost tracks. 'It's been two years Mary, for goodness's sake! I thought you were dead or something like that!'

'Nah, I just went to Paris, you know.' She laughed. 'You really have to go there. The boys are great!'

'So, you speak French now?' you asked her, wondering if her cute brother was back also.

'Très bien, actually.' She spoke.

'What?'

'Very well.' She laughed while she waived her blonde hair and gave one of her oh so beautiful smiles.

'Mary!' a girl, known as Gretchen, with brown hair yelled and literally jumped on Mary. 'Bloody hell Mary, where did you go?'

'Oh, I just went to Paris.' Mary shrugged.

Gretchen shrieked, making people look at her. 'Cool!'

'C'mon, you two.' You took the girls with their arms and leaded them into a lonely carriage. When you finally sat down and were little calmer you asked her the question you wanted to ask since you had spoken the last time. 'Why did you have to leave?'

Mary went quiet and looked out of the window at the many families. 'My parents were divorced at the time. My mum wanted to go to Paris and she had the tender-real of me and my brother.' Said Mary with a strange look in her eyes. 'I hated it.'

'So why are you back here?' asked Gretchen.

'I decided to go back to England. I missed you guys and I was sick of speaking French.'

You looked very confused at Mary. She had never told this to you, about her parents and going to Paris. 'And your brother?'

'Oh, he stayed in Paris.' Grinded Mary. 'He actually liked Beauxbatons. But then again, he is younger, fool.'

You fell in silently when the train started to move. Gretchen waved at her parents and Mary took a book. You sat there when suddenly the door of the compartment opened. A boy with dark, brown hair and scratches everywhere, came in.

'Lily, as you are a prefect, you have to be in their compartment.' The boy said a little annoyed.

'Oh,' you had totally forgotten. 'Yeah, sure Remus. I'm coming.' You walked to the door and laughed at your friends. 'Be good girls.' And just before you closed the door you heard Mary asking when you had become a prefect.

You walked trough the carriages when suddenly Remus asked you to wait a second. You saw him walking to a door, open it and closed it behind his back, or that seemed so, but you knew better. Your curiosity took over you and you silently walked to the door. You saw that brat of a Potter with his best friends Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew.

'Look James, it's not that I love to do it, but you're my friend.' Said Remus to a boy with glasses and tangled, black hair. 'I saw her, but I have to warn you. Gretchen is with her accompanied by a new girl.'

'A new girl?' asked the boy who was sitting next to James.

'Yeah, although I think I've seen her before.' Remus cleared his throat. 'I've got to go.'

Before you had the chance to go back to the spot where he had left you, the door had already opened and Remus was staring at you.

'Come with me.' He declared. 'Luckily I was the one who left the compartment first, you know if it was James you probably wouldn't be standing here anymore.' He said with a voice like I-am-their-friend-so-next-time-I-have-to-say-it.

'Remus,' you said with your most flattering charm. 'It's only Potter. I can handle the boy.'

Remus laughed. 'Perhaps or perhaps not. Don't think that just because you bruised his ego last year, you can handle him all the time.'

'We'll see, Remus.' You pushed him softly against his back and you went trough the door into the prefect's compartment, starting to listen at your orders.

After a while you strolled over to your compartment and greeted your friends again. It was nearly lunch and your stomach began to growl.

'Has anyone something to eat?' you begged with puppy little eyes. Both girls shook their head. 'Damn. I could really use some food now, you know.'

'You're not alone.' Winced Gretchen. 'You should think after already five years, you'd know, but no. Every time, every year, same problem.'

Mary laughed. 'You two are obviously not changed in these years. Gretchen still the sarcastic one and you, Lily, still the smart one?'

You sighed. 'I am not smart, you know that.'

'Oh, please!' cried Gretchen. 'Not smart! You should have seen her O.W.L.'s, she had nine O.W.L.'s. Which reminds me, she had a poor on Transfiguration, though.'

'I hate it.' You defended yourself. 'And it's so difficult!'

'But don't forget that James is good at it!' Gretchen told with a big smile upon her face.

'Don't remind me.' You groaned.

Mary looked over at you and then to Gretchen who nodded. 'About James,' she began. 'Is he still the same idiot from two years ago?'

'An idiot?' you shrieked, where had she been? 'You mean, you've forgotten all about who he is like? He is more then an idiot, he's a fool, an arrogant, little scallywag. Oh, god, he is POTTER!'

'Did I hear somebody call my name?' the person whom you had just cursed entered.

'Go away.' You said, begging that this would be over soon.

'Hello to you too, Evans.' He greeted and stared at you and Gretchen. 'Well, are you girls going to introduce me to this lovely girl?' pointing at Mary.

Mary raised her eyebrows. 'You mean you've already forgotten all about me, now do ya?'

You couldn't help yourself but to glace at Potter. This was so embarrassing for him. You could imagine how he was feeling right at this particularly moment. And you were laughing, inside of course.

'Er.' Hesitated Potter. 'No, of course I didn't forget you. Er…How are you?'

You heard Gretchen started to giggle and you looked over at Mary who was looking rather worried. 'Let me say, James, because you've seem to forgotten all about, or you think I'm one of your old girlfriends and that makes me wanna gag…Hey, no wait…you've also forgotten my name, so that makes two logical reasons, but I have a third one. You're completely insane!'

At this point you couldn't resist laughing, so – well you started to laugh, out loud this time. 'Which one do you think it's the right one, James?' Mary asked with a small smile. You were sure she also wanted to laugh. Gretchen on the other hand was as serious as professor McGonagall. You just wanted to ask her what was wrong when Sirius Black also came into the compartment.

'Hello, ladies.' He said with his beautiful voice. He looked at you for a second and you could swear he winked at you. 'Gretchen, all right?' he asked with concern hidden in his question. She nodded and gave an almost loudly sigh. Then he turned over to Mary. 'Well hello, beautiful. My name is Black, S…'

'I know who you are Sirius without the introducing.' Mary said, cutting his James Bond style.

'Oh, you've heard of me.' He turned to Potter who was actually a little red behind his ears but also smiled at his friend for the interruption. 'See, James, told you I was famous.'

'You'd wish.' You whispered.

'What did you say, Evans?' Potter asked you with a cocky voice.

'None of your business.' You snapped. To be honest, you kind of misted your word battles over the summer.

'Everything that has to do with Sirius, is my business, Evans.'

You rolled your eyes and looked sarcastically at James. 'I didn't know that you were the married couple. Why didn't you invite me to the wedding?'

Potter didn't had the time to respond. Remus accompanied with Peter.

'Oh, nice. We have a party!' smirked Gretchen. 'Now if everybody is settled maybe we can introduce, you guys, to this, er, new girl.'

You raised your eyebrows when you saw Potter raising on his chair and getting all flushed across his face. Was he nervous about Mary? You felt panic growing in your body and glanced at the two of them. This wasn't possible. You could remember them back in the third year. Mary hated Potter because he was such a jerk. Going from one girl to another, a huge ego and a typically macho, that were her exacts words and you had joined her. But then something cold brought you back to reality and made you shiver. Mary had changed. Not only physically but mentally as well. Ok, you had recognised her from the beginning, but that was just because you've had known her since you were little. You took a closer look at Mary. Her hair had become more blonde than you could remember and her skin was darker. She was taller – of course- she had left England when she was 14 and now she was 16. Don't forget her new humour. You couldn't think of one moment when she had laughed at a joke, or had made a joke or being sarcastic. Ok, neither had you humour but you were sarcastic and your best moment of that was with Potter and now she had it too. You felt a pain going through your chest like as if you were stabbed with a knife. What had happened the past two years?

'All right, guys.' Began Gretchen with a curly smile upon her face. 'May I present to you, Mary Printnick, Gryffindor till the third year and fresh from Paris. Give her a….'

'Thanks, Gretchen. That'll do it.' Said Mary a little annoyed.

'No, seriously?' asked Remus confused.

'You can't possibly meaning that this girl, this attractive girl is Mary?' Sirius mouth was hanging wide open, like a fish and his eyes were pulping out. James rubbed with his fingers trough his hair and you were looking jealous. He only did that when he wanted to make impress on a girl, especially when you crossed his path.

'Yeah, same girl, Sirius, perhaps a little changed, but still the same Mary Printnick.' Mary laughed.

'No. You can't be serious. You?'

This behaviour of the boys maid you want to throw up and you couldn't barely stand it any longer. 'Yes, Sirius. This girl is Mary and if you're still not sure, why don't you ask Potter if you can't borrow his glasses?'

'Oh, Evans, why don't you stop being such a drama queen?' snapped Potter at you.

'What?' you said unbelievably. 'What did you say?'

'It's not like you're the entire world.' He shrugged and turned back to Mary and asked her a lot of questions about Paris and Beauxbatons. You were feeling embarrassed and walked to the door to another compartment but still you heard Potter laughing: 'Told you she was a drama queen.'

'Sorry.' You apologised when you saw five students looking confused at you. 'Can I come sit down here for a while?'

A little girl nodded her head and looked out of the window. The tension was extremely high when silence fell down. You heard your friends laughing trough the wall and crossed your arms. 'Oh, I'm Lily Evans, prefect of Gryffindor.' You smiled a little. 'And what are your names?'

'I am Chelsey Newgate and this is my twin brother Alex.' Told a girl with black hair and pointed at the boy who was sitting across her.

'My name is Britt Flanger.' Whispered the girl who had nodded.

'And I am Tom and this is my nephew Carl.' Said the boy who was sitting next to you.

'Nice to meet you all.' You were thinking how you could start a conversation. 'Er. I never saw you at Hogwarts before, first years?'

The gang nodded.

'A little nervous?'

Again the gang nodded.

'Wondering which house you'll get sorted?'

Three of them actually said something that sounded Gryffindor and the others just shrugged.

'All right, nice chatting.' You said sarcastically and rolled with your eyes.

After half an hour you walked out the compartment and started walking cross the train to check on the other students. There were no problems and you sadly walked back to your compartment. Unfortunately Potter and his friends were still there.

'Ah, Evans.' Started Potter with a cheery voice. 'Cooled down?'

'Shut up.' You said and sat down next to Sirius. 'Gretchen did the lunch trolley already came?'

'Yep.' She nodded.

'Damn.' You crossed your arms and started to ignore your grumpy empty stomach. 'Any food?'

'Nope. But James may have something.'

'Do you want some?' Potter asked you when he held a Chocolate Frog in your face. Deep down you wanted to say yes, but your stubborn side took over.

'Not in a million years would I want something from you!' you snapped.

'Good, because you wouldn't get it even if you want to.' He concluded with twinkles in his eyes.

Remus looked at you with pity and walked to the door. 'James, Sirius, Peter are you coming?'

'Sure.' They said and leaved you with the girls alone.

'Finally!' you cried.

'He's so cute!' Mary began. 'Why didn't you write me about James being so handsome?'

Gretchen laughed. 'Maybe because Lils doesn't see him as cute and handsome, neither do I.'

'Ah, well. He is.' Mary looked at you while you sighed sarcastically.

'All the girls think that way about him.' You said. 'It's disgusting. Potter thinks that he is the gift from God for the girls. It's annoying!'

'But he is handsome.' Mary sulked. 'He is gorgeous!'

'Please.' You made a gagging sound and Gretchen laughed.

'James is handsome, but Sirius is by far better looking.' She said.

Now it was your turn to look at Gretchen. 'You really don't mean that, do you?'

'Sure, why wouldn't I?' Gretchen asked confusedly. 'He has that very deep, dark, black hair and the futures of his handsome face make you want to kiss him everywhere. And his body, don't get me started on that. It's so strong and muscled form Quidditch practice. Oh, good Lord, I admit, I really fancy him!' Gretchen yelped from pleasure when she saw the disgusting look on your face.

'I'm in hell.' You whispered to yourself. 'Gretchen, I know you have feelings for Sirius but would you please write it down in a dairy and not say it into my face?'

'I'll talk to Mary then.' She said. 'At least she listens to me.'

The two started a girly conversation about Potter and Sirius and you couldn't bare it. You took the Transfiguration book out of your trunk and started reading the first chapter.

It soon became darker in the compartment and lights magically sprung on. You placed your book back in your trunk and changed your Muggle clothes into the school robes. A lion that stood for Gryffindor was the only thing colourfully unto it except the Prefect's badge.

'I'll see you guys later. I have Prefect's duties.' You said when you leaved the compartment and went out, looking for Remus. You found him in his robes also, together with Sirius. They didn't saw you coming.

'Padfoot, I swear that I would try it, ok?'

'Right, Moony.' Sirius said mischievously.

'What are you two up to?' you interrupted their conversation.

The boys looked at each other and Sirius smiled friendly at you. 'Lily flower, why would you think that we are up to something? We are the kindest students of the school.'

'Sure,' you said with an upcoming smile. 'Minus the pranks that you guys do, minus that you're name is Black, minus that…'

'Ok, we get the picture, Lily.' Remus said. 'See yah, Sirius.'

'See yah. If you're looking for me, look for James!'

'What was that all about?' you asked curiously.

'What was what?' Remus questioned innocently.

'What is Padfoot and Moony?'

'Oh, rather who.' Remus laughed nervously and changed the subject drastically. 'The train will stop soon, let's go.'

A/N: This was the first chapter. Read and Review please. I would like to know what you guys think about it.

PadfootLotte