Disclaimer: Does my name start in a J and end in a G? Than I think you know what the answer will be. I do not claim to own her treasure but someday I hope to have enough talent to measure!

Chapter 7: Sexuality Questions and Dumped Goodbyes

"Toowoo!" yelled Sirius as he broke through the barrier between gates 9 and 10, into Platform 9 ¾, pulling down the train 'horn' as he came out the other side.

"Dude, no," James laughed as he watched his friend come through.

"Dude, hell yeah!" Sirius exclaimed as three brunettes walked passed, giving him the eye.

"Hell yeah what?" Remus asked as he joined them.

"Sirius thinks it's cool to pretend to be a train," James explained, and Remus gave Sirius a weird look and Sirius grinned.

"Hey! You're blocking the path way!" an angry voice yelled from behind them. The Marauders turned around, and saw they were in fact blocking the gateway.

"So?" yelled Sirius over his shoulder at the disgruntled crowd.

"You think your so big, hot and popular and everyone loves you, get real!" the voice yelled back.

"Ahhh Isabel of course!" James said, turning around to see the strawberry blonde turning pink in the face from yelling.

"Well, now that you mention it Isabel, I had quite a number of lady friends call on me over the summer..." Sirius said sweetly

"Weren't you spending the summer with James in France" Peter asked him.

"Nice of you to join us Wormtail" Sirius said through clenched teeth, glaring at him.

"HA! Now if you don't mind, I'm going to find a compartment" Isabel announced, pushing between James and Sirius and hopping onto the waiting train.

"Ahhhhh Isabel," Sirius said and the others couldn't figure out how he was feeling while saying it.

"In what context 'Ahhhhhh Isabel' are you referring too?" Remus asked, smirking at him.

"Umm, the normal one," Sirius said, walking past them and onto the train, leaving his trunk on the platform.

"That was weird," Peter commented

"Was it?" Remus asked him, raising his eyebrows.

"Don't worry, he's still figuring out his sexuality," James explained, smiling to himself, remembering what he did in France to break him and 'Candy' up.

The two others turned to James, eyeing him suspiciously.

"James, what did you do?" Remus asked him slowly just before there was an outbreak of

"WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?"

"What the-"

"Was that-"

"Uh ha"

"James, you better tell us what happened in France,"

-:-

"Now honey, I want you to write to us once you get there, to tell us you arrived safe, and if you can't do it then, do it first thing tomorrow morning. Make sure you eat all your green vegetables, and don't do your homework at last minute. Be good to your professors and stay safe!" my mother ordered as we stood at Kings Cross Station, waiting for the train to arrive for Hogwarts.

"Mum, I'm just going to another school, its not like I haven't been to boarding school before!" I managed to say as my mother gripped me in a tight, suffocating hug.

"I know sweetie, but that doesn't make me worry any less," she said, finally releasing me.

"I'll miss you too mum!" I said, smiling as my mother fought back tears.

"I'm sorry you're father couldn't be here to see you off," she said sadly

"Me too, but I know he's starting at his new job so I didn't really expect him to be here," I replied and I couldn't help feeling sad as my dad had always been there to see me off to school. This was the first time he hadn't and it just felt different.

"And against my better judgment, I let Petunia stay home to sleep in, even though it's nearly eleven in the morning!"

"Mum, I think its better that tuna fish isn't here, she would stink out the station," I said, smirking to myself.

"Lily," my mother said sternly

"Sorry, but we haven't been close ever since I found out I was a witch and if she can't accept me for who and what I am, than, I dunno, I guess we'll never be close again" I said sadly, remembering how Petunia and I used to be best friends as well as sisters and all the good times she shared. I accidentally opened one of Petunia's boxes with her things in it and inside there was a small box with her photos in it and there was a picture in it when I was 5 and she was 6 and it was ripped down the middle. It just proved how much has changed.

"Lily, I understand but that doesn't mean you have to say mean things about her,"

"So 'freak' is a nice word now is it?" I snapped at her.

"No, your right Lily. I'm sorry. What platform did you have to be at again, its ten to eleven and I want to see you onto that train safely,"

I fumbled around my shoulder bag, locating my wallet and pulling out me ticket.

"Nine and three quarters" I said in surprise, reading the ticket twice to make sure it was right.

"But there is no such platform as 9 ¾!" my mother exclaimed.

"Mum, remember that anything is possible in the land of magic," I said to her and beginning to look around.

"I can see platform 9 and 10 but no ¾" she said, looking above the crowded platforms.

"Well, since 9 and 10 are over there I suggest that's where we should go," I decided and pushed my trolley towards the platform.

"Now what?" she asked, suddenly nervous.

"Well, there are four walls on this platform, maybe something happens on the third," I said to her. She nodded and I began pushing the trolley towards wall number 3. An amazing sight greeted us as we arrived. Several teenagers running through the brick wall and not hitting it and falling back in pain.

"Woah!" I said, watching them go into the wall one after another.

"Lily, that doesn't look safe..." my mother warned me

"Mum, if that is platform 9 ¾ then I have no choice but to run into the wall, and by the looks of it, I won't crash." I said, though trying to convince myself more than my mother.

"Come on," I said, taking my mothers hand and walking into the wall.

It was the oddest sensation, but before I knew it, we were on a platform in front of a scarlet train.

"Come on, we better get you on that train, it will be leaving in a couple of minutes" my mother said, leading me along the platform, weaving in and out and around people around my age saying goodbye to their non magic friends and family. After loading my luggage onto the train, we walked back up the platform before saying a proper goodbye, not a to do list.

"I'm going to miss you Little Evans!" my mother said, using my baby pet name and pulling me into a hug.

"I'll miss you too mum! Don't worry, I will send letters, like I have always done. It's just a new school! I'll be fine!"

"I know you will, but that doesn't make me worry any less. You've been acting different since we came here to England. You were so happy and joyful over the holidays, I thought I would have to make you go outside but you were always out there and happy and glowing but now you seem rather sad and down. I don't know if its just the weather or what but that can't stop a mother worrying"

"Mum, I'm fine. Really," I said, giving her a reassuring hug before getting onto the train. The door swung closed and I hung out the window. The train engine started and the train began to move. My mother blew me a kiss and I gave her one before the train turned and she was out of sight.

-:-

"Spill!" they ordered James after they found an empty compartment and sat down.

"Spill what? James isn't holding anything," Sirius stated as he walked into the compartment.

"Spill what?" he asked again when no one answered his question.

"Why you're questioning your sexuality," Peter said simply. Everyone in the compartment gave him a death stare.

"Who said anything about me questioning my sexuality?" Sirius snapped, glaring at everyone. For once Peter had the common sense to hold his tongue.

"Does the name 'Candy' ring any bells?" James smirked at Sirius and he turned white.

"You didn't. You didn't tell them did you?"

The others roared with laughter before Sirius tackled James to the ground, which made the others laugh even louder.

"Okay okay! Get off me!" James moaned, summoning up a white flag and waving it.

"So what happened?" Remus asked, his eyes going back and forth between the two of them.

"Yeah, what happened?" Peter repeated.

"Wormtail, why do you always repeat what we say?" Remus asked, his eyes switching to watching Peter.

"Yeah, I noticed that too," James added and Peter turned red.

"Well, are you going to answer?" Sirius asked him sternly, trying to imitate McGonagall

"No," Peter said quietly

"Fair enough. Anyone for Exploding Snap?"

-:-

Lily had been walking along the corridor for the past five minutes, peering into each compartment as she walked passed. She was looking for an empty compartment or one with not many people in there as she didn't want to make friends with a person, then get sorted into a different house and she would have to make another friend.

A few minutes later, she came across compartment that only had three people in it. She knocked timidly on the door, before opening it wide enough for her head to stick inside.

"Um, hi. I'm sorry to disturb you but I'm new here and I was wondering if I could sit with you?"

"You're quite tall for a first year aren't you?" the black haired girl asked, looking Lily up and down.

"Imogen!" the girl next to her exclaimed and elbowed her in the side "Don't be rude!"

"Your right, I am. But I'm not a first year, I'm in the sixth," Lily explained and the others nodded.

"Come in, join us. We're in the sixth year too," the third girl with strawberry blonde hair invited, moving over and tapping the seat next to her with her hand.

"Thank you," Lily said, opening the door and sitting down on the seat.

She began to look around the compartment. The girl sitting next to her was perhaps a little taller than her, her strawberry blonde hair was swept up in a loose, high pony tail, her light blue eyes peering out from underneath her fringe and her face was softened by loose, wavy strands that were too short to fit into the pony tail.

The girl opposite her, the one who had nudged the girl in the corner had long, brown hair

that was rather wavy that went down to just above her elbow. Her side fringe was bobby pinned on top of her head, the fringe puffing a little on top of her head. Her dark blue eyes shone and she had a rather nice smile.

The girl in the corner had black hair that was in two loose plates and was the same length as the girl sitting next to her. Her brown eyes were the opposite of the girl next to her, showing sadness rather than happiness, and her eyes had red circles under her eyes which meant that she had been crying. Her arms were folded over her chest and she seemed to be hiding under a think layer of mascara.

"What's your name?" the strawberry blonde asked, before eating the head off a jelly snake which was a type of muggle lolly.

"I'm Lily, Lily Evans. I just moved here from France," Lily said and the others nodded.

"Did you come from Beauxbaton's? I've always wanted to go there, I heard it was very beautiful," the girl brunette opposite asked.

"Oh it is! Especially in spring, when the rose garden blooms and you can walk around the maze in the evening," Lily exclaimed as the girl took it all in.

"Sounds a lot more exciting then Hogwarts at least," the black haired girl called Imogen grunted.

"But Hogwarts is fantastic in itself! The castle is huge and so are the grounds! There is a lake beside the castle, but I wouldn't go swimming in it if I were you as there is a giant squid in there but Hogwarts is really wonderful!" the brunette explained.

"Melody, you've gone a little of track," said the strawberry blonde. "Hi Lily, I'm Isabel Scott. The grumpy guts over there is Imogen Harvey and sunshine over there is Melody Carmichael," Isabel said, while Imogen and Melody both yelled

"Hey!"

"Nice to meet you! Are you all in the same house?" Lily asked, eager to know anything to do with Hogwarts.

"No, Isabel and I are in Gryffindor and Imogen is in Ravenclaw. You're probably thinking that Imogen should be in Slytherin because she's all grumpy, but she's just had a bad summer," Melody explained and Imogen gave her and evil glare while she just shrugged her shoulders.

"What house do you think you'll be in?" Isabel asked her.

"Truthfully, I have no idea. I don't know anything about Hogwarts other than what you've told me,"

"Really? Well these are the houses:

Slytherin: Worst people you will meet in the world. They are stuck up, slimy, ugly, gross and in total, everyone's mortal enemies. Don't worry, I doubt you'll end up there, you're really nice.

Hufflepuff: Basically, if you don't have any of the qualities for any of the other houses, you'll end up here. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad about Hufflepuff, all the people there are really nice.

Ravenclaw: Imogen's house. If you are really smart you'll end up in here, they are the smartest students in the school, though others who have other qualities as well as smartness, you'll end up in the other house.

And last but not least, Gryffindor: The AWESOMEST house in the whole school! If you value friendship, you're not a sissy, and have faith and some brains, you'll end up here," Melody finished and Lily took it all in.

"What house do you reckon you'll be in?" Imogen asked, saying the first, non mad thing in front of Lily.

"Well, I am really really good in potions, and do quite well in all my other subjects, except for divination but I also value friendship and I don't think of myself as a sissy," Lily said thoughtfully.

"Awesome, so you should end up in one of our houses which is pretty awesome," Isabel said "But if you end up Gryffindor, you have to have a LOT of patience, as the school pranksters are in Gryffindor, though I don't see why they should,"

"Okay," Lily said, nodding "So how did you all become friends, being in different houses and all?"

"Melody is my cousin" Imogen said flatly.

"Oh,"

"So don't you get along that well?"

"No, we're just opposites. Melody is always happy and well liked by everyone and I'm always rejected by everyone, which makes me sad and I always get bullied and name called. Usually I don't mind that much, I can be as happy as Melody sometimes, but I've been dating this guy who is a muggle and we've been dating for the past three years and somehow the topic came up about why I went to a boarding school so far away and why couldn't I go to the local school and I told him my school was a special school and he just laughed. I told him I was serious and then he asked what was so special about it and I told him the truth, about witches, about Hogwarts everything and he just laughed in my face. So now I have found out I wasted three years of my life on this guy who doesn't believe in magic and that is why I'm not happy today," Imogen finished and the compartment went quiet.

"What was his name?" Lily asked, breaking the silence

"Denis," she replied. The others snorted.

"Gen, doesn't that explain anything? His name is DENIS! Haven't you heard of Denis the Manic?"

"No"

"Oh"

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find someone who will like you for you. I may be new but I do believe that,"

"Thanks Lily. You know, I can't believe I'm taking advice from a person I've known for fifteen minutes!" she said, smiling the first true smile Lily had seen.

"What can I say? I'm good at fixing other's love lives, not my own," she said sadly

"Don't worry Lily. Like you said, new school, I'm sure we can fine someone for you too, maybe you might even know someone there!"

She had no idea.

A/N: Well, aren't you guys lucky that my writer's block just broke, just in time for the school holiday's too! So my present to you guys is ten pages of writing! They meet next chapter, which I'm going to start in a minute! Do you love me :D? Special thanks to Penelope Richmond, live4eva, potterlady4691, CASOCCERCHIC02, firewalker32, headoverheels4HP, Mrs. Claire Potter, Grey Mustang, PrincessKiri14, piggy396, Isolde Eris, crazylily, BrazilianPrincess and blondewivbrains who are fantastic reviews, who believed in me, and waited patiently for me to update, not knowing how long it would take and for that, I am thankful. Any crissum's or ideas are always welcome, so are reviews!!!