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They're in: Sixth Year
Recap:
Pretty soon, the train was stopping. Lily had fallen asleep on the plush seats of her compartment, but feeling the lack of movement from the train, she awoke suddenly. She threw open her trunk, glad that she had thought of putting her robes on top of everything else. Hastily throwing them on, she thrust all her things into her bag hurriedly.
As she walked briskly from the compartment, she didn't hear the dull thud as her carelessly put away book fell to the ground.
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James Potter picked up the textbook, with full intention to giving it to Lily Evans, the girl he never knew.
THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN REWRITTEN (7/05)
Chapter Two: The First Day Back
Lily entered the Great Hall and looked for an empty spot. She saw one and immediately went to go sit in it. As she sat down, she realized she had sat down next to Anna and Jopelle, two of Hogwarts prettiest, most popular girls. Please don't let me do anything stupid, Lily prayed.
For some reason, ever since First Year, the two girls had taken a great disliking to Lily and never tried to hide their cruel words when they had talked about her.
Professor Dumbledore stood up, as if to make a speech. He looked around at all the students and smiled, "To our new students, welcome! And to our returning students, welcome back!" He gazed fondly through out the Great Hall. "There is a time to make speeches, but this is not it. Eat!"
The students clapped and laughed appreciatively. Lily reached out to put food on her plate and began to eat.
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"So, Prongs, that guy over there is pretty hot, isn't he?" Sirius pointed out a boy over at the Ravenclaw table.
"Oh yes," James replied, "but he could never measure up to you, Paddy dearest!"
Sirius batted his eyelashes jokingly before saying, "Please stop! You're making me blush!" They all laughed and Sirius said, "And you're right, he could never measure up to me, I've got the biggest--"
"Sirius!" Remus cut through Sirius's words warningly.
"...brain! Sheesh, everything has to be perverted now, huh?" They all laughed again. "But really, what about Anna? She's er, grown a lot over the summer."
James turned to look at her and began to agree, but that girl next to her... The frizzy red hair was slightly familiar...
"Ja-aaames!" Remus was waving his hand in front of James's face. Remus smiled smugly, "Look's like Prongs has a crush already."
"What?" James said, breaking his gaze and looking back at his friends. "No, I don't."
"Yeah... sure you don't," Peter, the smallest and dullest Marauder said.
"Shut it, Wormtail," James snapped. The only reason Sirius (the jokester of the group), James (the hot one), and Remus (the gentleman) had become friends with the mousy haired boy was because they felt bad that he had no friends and wasn't exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer. They also felt it was their duty to protect his from his teasing classmates.
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After dinner and all the usual announcements had been made, the plates had cleared themselves and students were sleepy, eager to get into bed. Lily walked up to Gryffindor Tower and felt happy. She didn't feel this emotion often so she hung on to it and relished it for as long as she could.
Yawning, she changed into her comfortable pajamas and slipped into bed, falling asleep almost at the same instant that her head rested against the pillow.
Potions is so utterly completely useless. I hate Potions... I'd rather be doing Transfiguration, or Defense, or--
"...Ms. Evans?" the Potions master was directing a question at her.
Oh shit. "Er, what?" Lily replied.
The Potions master, Professor Walden was generally a really nice man. He was usually fair to all the students, but he absolutely hated it when a student wasn't paying attention to him. He sighed, "I'm sorry but five points from Gryffindor for lack of attention. Now, who knows the answer?"
Severus Snape was almost off his chair, waving his hand energetically saying at the same time, "I know it! Oh, pick me! I know it!"
Professor Walden smiled, "Mr. Snape?"
"Teacher's pet..." James said, loud enough for the class to hear, but not quite loud enough for the professor to her. Snape glared at James but answered the question right anyway.
"Excellent! Very well-worded. Ten points to Slytherin!"
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"So, who was the loser who made us lose points today in Potions?" Sirius asked after the lesson as they walked to the Great Hall for lunch.
"You mean besides you?" Peter sniggered.
"Duh."
"She isn't a loser." Remus, Sirius, and Peter turned to look at James. "Well, she isn't." They shrugged and continued to walk. Since when did James defend people who made them lose points? He had always been the one who ragged on them the most.
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Lily walked into the Great Hall and sat at the end of the table, by herself. As usual, Lily thought. She wished that she could have friends. Lily hadn't yet discovered the joy of friendship, and she feared that she never would. Lily sighed sadly and waited for the food to appear.
Staring at the doors, she watched as people met up with the friends and sat down together. Remus and Peter entered and sat down together near the middle of the table. A few minutes later James walked in, stuffing parchment into his pocket. He looked around, and began to make his way toward his friends. But before he moved even a few feet, a new person appeared. Sirius Black jumped on James's back and yelled "Jamie boy!"
Several people laughed at them. James rolled his eyes but gave his friend a piggy back ride anyway. Seconds later, a shout had erupted from Sirius yet again grinning goofily, "Moony! Wormtail! My friends!"
Even Professor Dumbledore heard the shout and turned to them. He chuckled and continued his conversation with Professor McGonagall.
James and Sirius sat with their friends, laughing about something. Lily wistfully stared at them. She so badly wanted to have a friendship like they had with each other. She wanted friends more than anything.
Still staring at them, James pulled out a book and pointed over at Lily's direction. Quickly looking down and blushing, her heart began beating wildly at just the thought that Sirius Black would be finally noticing. She had a crush on him since fifth year.
But her heart fell as she heard him shout again. "Hey Anna! Come sit with us!" Lily heard Anna and Jopelle giggling and saw them walk over to them out of the corner of her eye. She felt her eyes begin to water. I can't cry. I should've known he wouldn't be looking at me. He doesn't even know who I am... She looked up at the stormy ceiling, willing herself not to cry. Before she finally succeeded, one single tear fell down her cheek.
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James pulled out a book. "Are we turning into a bookworm, Prongs?" Sirius said, eyeing what James had taken out of his book bag.
He shook his head, "No, it's Lila's. I was going to give it back to her." He pointed at her to show them who it was. James saw Lily look down at her food and blush.
Sirius turned to look at who Lila was, but saw Anna and Jopelle instead. "Hey Anna!" he shouted, "Come sit with us!" James watched Lily as she looked up at the sky and appeared to have an inner battle.
Before her inner battle had seemingly come to an end, a single tear fell down her cheek.
"So, what do you think of it, Prongs?"
Paying attention once more to his friends once he heard his nickname he replied, "Er, yeah sure."
"I said," Sirius said, his eyes sparkling mischievously, "'let's pants James!'"
"Oh, well I'm still all for it!" James joked.
"I, for one would not like to see James in his underpants..." Sirius trailed off, "but I know plenty of girls who would be delighted to." They all laughed and James had momentarily forgotten Lily.
spotted kitten: Rewriting the chapter has been mucho fun. Thanks to those who reviewed the first version: Scary Person, mira is lazy, kitty katty, elise, Swishy Willow Wand, Miss Lady Marauder, and DerangedButMagic.
