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Chapter 1-

My name is Abigail St.James and I thought I had a pretty good life; I am a witch, and am home schooled by my mother along with my two best friends, Johnny and Christina. I was an only child until I was 13, then my mother got pregnant and I got the most adorable baby brother, Lucas. My mother was a very smart witch, she went to Hogwarts School of Magic and Wizardry, though she did have some hard times in her life. When she had graduated, at the age of 18, her father died but she said it wasn't that bad because her uncle was really helpful. He didn't even mind that mother had married my dad, who was a muggle (non-magic). My parents, Kathleen and Benjamin, were the happiest couple, they really and truly loved each other. Then something terrible happened, my dad died and my life came crashing down around me. Lucas was only a year old, when my father got in a car accident; it was really hard for me, I cried for days. That's when Johnny and I began going out, you see he was really supportive, and he got the accident off my mind when I was with him. I remember that he was the first one that got me to smile and then laugh. We became really close and my life was getting back to "normal."

Two Years Later

This week started off as one of the best then,something terriblehappened, and tuned into the worst week in my entire life. I'm on my way to Hogwarts now to begin my sixth year, I just recently turned sixteen. They usually don't allow transfers but seeing as the headmaster is my new guardian and great uncle, he made a few arrangements. As the bus rolled on, I thought over what had happened in the last few weeks. I turned sixteen two weeks ago and then while I was on a date with my boyfriend and best friend Johnny, my house was attacked by a dark wizard named Voldemort. He was suppose to kill my whole family including me, but I wasn't home or else I wouldbe dead.

I felt so guilty of how glad I was, that I was alive. My housebrough back to many memoriesso I stayed at my Chris' house for the rest of the week, she was a big help to me. After the funeral my great uncle told me I was to come to Hogwarts, I felt it was a chance for a fresh start so I was kind of excited, but nervous all the same. I didn't break up with Johnny, he still wanted to be my boyfriend but it was going to be hard, I mean I wasn't going to see him in a long time. I don't know if it was the best choice but he's my first love and I know I'm goingto miss him, but I still love him.

Hogwarts

Friday morning, Lily Evans, Taylor Myers, Rachel Prewitt, and Jacqueline Stewart could all be found sitting at the Gryffindor table eating breakfast.

"Do you guys want to start McGonagall's paper tonight?" asked Lily.

"Are you crazy Lily its Friday we'll have all weekend!" cried Rachel.

"Yes but you won't do it, if you don't do it now. We should all just get over with then we don't have to worry about it," reasoned Lily.

"Yes, but Lily-" started Rachel, but was cut off by a loud noise. All the girls turned to see half the Slytherin's table yell in shock as they spit out their food. The Great Hall erupted with laughter, none more so then four guys sitting a few seats away from Lily and her friends, who called themselves the Marauders.

"What did you do Potter?" screamed Lily.

"Well since their so fond of the word mudblood we thought they would likea little taste," responded Sirius laughing. Sirrus Black could be described as extremely handsome and most girls would say that was an understatement. He was a bout 6 feet tall, had black hair that was always perfect, and had a nice build because he played Quidditch. Every girl in Hogwarts knew he was a player yet they all would agree to go out with him in a heartbeat. He and James Potter, his best friend, had a passion for breaking the rules. James was one of the best looking guys in Hogwarts. He had black untidy hair and the most gorgeous hazel eyes. James was a very smart guy but not always using it for the best. Their third best friend was Remus Lupin, he had light brown hair and brown eyes he was also a Prefect and one of the top students in his year. Remus was the sensible one of the group and had a way of getting the other two to listen to him. The last member of the group was Peter Petigrew, Peter was considerably chubbier then the others as well as shy. He was quiet but very observant. No one really understood why he was accepted by the other three, since they were some of the most popular people in the school. Very well liked by everyone except by a few girls one of which being Lily Evens

"You guys think your so-" started Lily, but was cut off by Remus who wanted to avoid a fight, "Lily, Professor Dumbledore wanted to speak to us," said Remus

"What?" asked Lily, "When did he say this?"

"About 10 minuets ago he came up to me and told me," answered Remus. Lily dragged Remus up to the Professor's Table and straight to Dumbledore.

"Umm… excuse me Professor, but Remus said you would like t speak to us," said Lily politely.

"Yes, Miss Evans, you see my niece passed away last week-"started Dumbledore.

"I'm sorry, Professor," interrupted Lily and Remus.

"Yes, thank you, but the reason I wanted to speak with you is that my great niece is now in my custody and she will be starting school next Monday. She will arrive today in Hogsmeade and I would like for you both to help her buy her supplies. She will be sorted tonight but she needs to buy many things. I selected you because you're about her age and I consider you friendly and responsible people. Will you be willing to help?" asked Professor Dumbledore.

"Yes Professor"

"Of course"

"Thank you, you will both be excused from classes today, so you can spend the day in Hogsmeade," Dumbledore informed them.

Lily and Remus nodded and walked back to their table, "Well we should put away our bags and then leave," said Lily.

"Alright, you go ahead I'm going to tell the guys," Remus informed Lily. Remus walked over to James, Sirrus, and Peter, "Hey guys, I'm not going to classes today-"

"What! But the full moon is not-"Peter started but was hit in the head by Sirrus.

"Shut up Wormtail! Do you want everyone to know?" asked James.

"Alright guys, stop, Dumbledore has excuse Lily and myself from classes to help a new student," Remus said.

"Who is it? Is it a girl? What's their name? What year are they in? Why you and Lily?" blurted out Sirrus quickly.

'If you want an answer to a question you have to wait for a response before you ask another question," Remus said smiling slightly, "So I don't know HER name but she's in our year,Ithink, and as for why me and Lily, well Dumbledore said he could trust us," answered Remus.

"Maybe we can skip and meet you in Hogsmeade," James said already planning.

"Absolutely not, Potter, Dumbledore sent Remus andI, not you and besides we don't want to frighten her already, come on Remus lets go." Lily said walking away.

"Hey guys take this to the dorm, please, I don't have time."

"Yes Master!" Sirrus said acting like he had a hunched back.

"Did Dumbledore say what her name was?" asked Remus as they walked to Hogsmeade.

"No" replied Lily.

Lily and Remus walked to Hogsmeade chatting about classes and Prefect duties.

Hogsmeade

Uh, I'm never riding the Knight Bus again Abby thought to herself. "Thanks Andrew" she said to the young man helping her with her trunk.

"Have a nice day now" he said.

"Thanks, you too" Abby replied. Now uncle said that two people would meet me here. She pulled her trunk along as she walked along the main road. Now where to go? She saw two students walking down the road heading her way.

"Hi are you the new student?" asked a pretty redhead with bright green eyes. She was about the same size as Abby, about 5 feet 6 inches.

"Yeah, my name is Abigail St. James, but everyone calls me Abby," she explained to the redhead.

"My name is Lily Evens," Lily said to Abby, "and this is Remus Lupin," she said pointing out the guy next to her.

"Hi, I'm Abby nice to meet you," she said.

"Hey, nice to meet you too, so do you want to get started? What do you need to get?" Remus asked.

"Um… I need all my books, some uniforms, and then all my other supplies," Abby informed him.

"Well, lets get started," Lily said, "Remus will take you trunk, wont you?" she asked him.

"Of course," he replied. Remus grabbed Abby's trunk and started walking with the girls in the direction of the book store. They walked in and picked out all the books she needed.

"I love reading especially muggle books, Do you read muggle books Abby?" asked Lily.

"Yeah I love them, my dad was a muggle, you know, and he got me to read them," Abby explained.

"Oh, I thought you were a pure blood being related to Dumbledore and everything," Lily said earnestly.

"That's on my mother's side," Abby said quietly.

"Oh, so where did you go to school?" Remus said changing the subject.

"Um… I was home schooled actually," Abby replied.

After spending about a hour at the book store getting all the textbooks plus a couple more recommended by Lily and Remus they headed to a couple of other stores buying a cauldron, potion supplies, a set of weights plus many other things. They headed to Gladrags Wizard Wear to get Abby's uniforms, and Remus sighed as they walked in. Hopefully they won't take too long Remus thought to himself.

"So, tell me about Hogwarts," Abby said as she was being measured.

"Well, it might seem big at first but you'll get use to it. Besides if you're ever lost you can always ask for help, I'm sure any guy would be happy to help," Lily said grinning.

"Why?" Abby asked confused.

"Because you're gorgeous," Lily said sincerely.

"What? No I'm not" Abby said quickly.

"Yes you are, isn't she Remus?" Lily asked a nervous looking Remus.

"Well…I mean…um…you are"

"See," Lily said cutting of Remus.

"Well I doesn't matter I'm not gonna go out with anyone here," Abby said frankly.

"Why? Do you have a boyfriend back home?" Lily asked.

As soon as Lily asked this a huge smile formed on Abby. "That's a yes," Lily said smiling herself.

Remus chuckled.

"Well, kind of, yeah Johnny and I have been going out for two years now but I don't know it's going to be really hard being so far away from him and everything. We almost broke up when I found out I was to come here, but Johnny didn't want to and neither did I," Abby said and then grew quiet.

"He's really the sweetest guy I know," Abby said sighing.

"The guys I know are all prats, except Remus, of course," Lily said.

"So, I guess it's safe to say you're including James in that?" Remus asked grinning.

"Of course, he's the King of the Prats," Lily said simply.

"He's one of my best friends, you know," Remus said quietly.

"I'm sorry Remus but I never understood why you're friends with him and Sirrus. They're so immature and arrogant totally unlike you." Lily said sincerely.

"You just don't know them like I do," Remus explained.

"Well I don't want to get to know them and neither would you, Abby," Lily added.

Remus frowned when Lily said this but, decided to let it go.

"So how are the teachers?" Abby asked wanting to stop any further arguing.

"Well, most teachers are really nice although some can be rather strict, like our Head of House and Transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagall." Lily explained.

"Yeah, they're all great except the Potions Professor, she's has a short temper and tends to favor her house, Slytherin," Remus added.

"So, what house will I be in?" Abby asked.

"Well, you'll be sorted tonight but don't worry all you have to do is try on a hat. I think you have everything you need, unless you want something else?" Remus asked.

"Umm… I don't think so. Oh! Wait, is there somewhere I can buy some chocolate? Sometimes I just have a craving for chocolate and sugar quills," Abby said.

"Yeah HoneyDukes is right there," Remus pointed out a store not far off.

"Great!" Abby exclaimed.

After buying all the candy they wanted, the tree teenagers made their way back to Hogwarts. Abby found a real friend in Lily and Remus as well. She felt like she had known them for the longest time, they all shared similar interests. Once they arrived at Hogwarts, they were greeted by Professor McGonagall, "Hello Miss St.James, welcome to Hogwarts. I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here. You may leave your belongings here, they will be taken to your Dormitory once you've been sorted. We will be having dinner shortly, but you need to be sorted first," McGonagall explained, "you two may go in and join your friends," she added.

"Yes, Professor."

"You must wait here for a moment, until their ready for you," McGonagall told Abby.

"Okay," Abby replied quietly.

Great Hall

Remus and Lily entered to find the Great Hall packed, they each went to sit with their friends.

"Hey Guys," Remus said to his friends as he took a seat next to James.

"Hey Remus, so did you have shopping?" James said to Remus smirking.

"Yeah, Remus, is the new girl hot? Hopefully she is because I'm getting tired of all the same girls," Sirius said.

"Yeah, poor Padfoot," Peter said sarcastically.

"Well, I'm sure you'll like her Sirius," Remus replied.

"Well, come on what's she like?" James asked.

"Ssshhh Dumbledore is going to say something," Peter whispered before Remus could say anything.

"I want to thank everyone for coming down tonight. I sure everyone knows by now, we have a new student joining us today. Her name is Miss Abigail St.James and she will be entering her sixth year. I hope everyone will give her a warm welcome and show her how nice everyone is here at Hogwarts," Dumbledore said looking around the Hall.

"Dumbledore is very happy to have you here, Miss St.James," McGonagall said to Abby, "I think their ready for you, follow me."

McGonagall lead Abby through the doors and into the Great Hall. Abby was impressed by how big the hall looked and taken aback when she saw the ceiling it was absolutely beautiful, reflecting the sky outside. Abby looked around to see all eyes on her and immediately found herself growing nervous. She looked around and spotted Lily and Remus each sitting with their friends. That's when the wolf whistles and catcalls started, she was really embarrassed but then Lily gave her an encouraging smile. Before she knew it she found herself at the front of the Hall next to a stool with an old wizard's hat on it.

"Ready?" McGonagall asked, "Good, take a seat."

Abby sat on the stool and Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head.