Lily Evans curled up on a large sofa in a corner of the Gryffindor common room to do her usual reading before she went to sleep. She pulled her rather worn copy of Hogwarts, A History from her school bag and dropped it into her lap. Her fingers whisked through the pages until she landed on the page where she last stopped reading. Mysterious Rooms Throughout the Castle, Lily read silently, searches have been made ever since Hogwarts was built by its creators, and many rumors and legends have risen such as the Chamber of Secrets and a Room of Requirement, yet there are probably hundreds of secrets and hidden rooms that will always be kept in the halls of Hogwarts.

Ever since Lily had first set her large green eyes upon the castle, she had felt that she was finally at home. Life with mum, dad, and Petunia was fairly nice, but she felt liberated by the magical world that had come to her doorstep with the simple letter that was left on her door step by a tawny owl when she was eleven. Whenever she read Hogwarts, A History Lily was refreshed with a love of school and all that she learned within its walls.

Yet her usual frivolity with her reading was interrupted by the conversation that caught her attention that was going on across the common room.

"It doesn't matter. I doubt I'll ever have her. You know, I've had my fair share of girls, but none of them are like her. With others I've never thought of them as playing any sort of role in my future. But Lily… she … I dunno."

WHAT?! Lily's thoughts screamed. James Potter?! ME?! No, it really must be another Lily. But what other Lily is there?! Calm down Lily… he probably just wants me so he can tell all his friends that he snogged the smartest girl in school. But what if Potter really does have some sort of a soul? Maybe he really isn't as bad as Sev says he is.

Lily shrunk farther into her seat as she heard the two boys make their way up to the dormitories. She yawned and closed her book, hardly reading more than a sentence that night. There was way too much on Lily's mind for her to be reading this late at night.

"Guess what tonight is!?" Sirius said excitedly as he fell into his seat at the table during breakfast the next morning. Remus rolled his eyes as he gnawed on a rather rare piece of ham. James raised his eyebrows and took another bite of his toast. "I dunno what is tonight?" Remus replied lethargically.

Sirius scoffed and threw back his head in laughter. "Common, it's the best night of the month Moony! How could you forget?!"

"I never forget Padfoot, it's just not quite the same for me as it is for you lot," Remus replied with a roll of his eyes.

"Sorry. But common, you have to admit we've had some good times when the moon is up and bursting in the evening sky," Sirius said while his eyes left his friends and followed a passing Ravenclaw girl whose skirt was a little shorter than it was suppose to be. "Hey James…" Sirius trailed off as he tried to get his friend in on the visual action. James didn't bother looking though since he and Remus were into a much more interesting conversation.

"I'd like to explore that farther west corner of the forest tonight. I thought I smelt something kind of odd the last time we were out there," James said before he finished his last bite of eggs.

When the four friends had finished breakfast they made their way off to class. The first period of their Fridays was the one class they did not all have together. James had Potions with Sirius while Remus and Peter had Divination. The journey down to the dungeons was a long and unmemorable one, since neither James nor Remus particularly enjoyed the subject. Yet James always looked forward to Friday Potions for a single reason.

"Yes Miss Evans?" Slughorn bellowed in response to a rigid hand that rose in the front of the class.

"Professor, I had a question about the homework regarding-"

A loud eruption of laughter formed in the back as all heads whipped towards the sound to see Sirius imitating Lily's overly enthusiastic question. Everyone laughed, even Lily, at Sirius's ridiculous impression. Snape scowled and doodled in his potions book while James sat quietly staring at the red head of hair as it bounced with laughter. SNAP OUT OF IT! James tried to shake himself back into reality.

"Class we will be creating a Draught of Peace potion today, just for fun, so pull out your cauldrons and turn to page 509 in your books," Slughorn announced as he plopped into his seat and pulled out a large box of crystallized pineapple. Everyone hauled their cauldrons onto their desks and began lighting fires to get the pots heated.

"Hey I'll talk to you later," James said as he grabbed his cauldron and made his way to the front of the classroom. Sirius didn't reply since he was far too caught up in the blonde Hufflepuff that he was assisting in lighting her fire. James slammed his cauldron next to Lily's making her jump, almost making her drop the entire collection of powdered moonstone that she was pouring into her cauldron.

"Hello!" James exclaimed as he quickly lit a fire and began scanning the book for the next step. Lily was perplexed by the blacked haired boy's actions, yet made an effort to keep her mind on Potions. "Isn't it funny that hellebore is an ingredient in the Draught of Peace? How ironic huh?" James blurted out, Wow… you can't say a single reasonable thing around this woman can you?

Lily turned a light shade of pink as she let a small laugh escape her mouth. James ran a hand through his hair and tried to rush through his potion making so he could escape to the back of the classroom to wallow in self-loathing and get a pick me up from Sirius.