(A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long! I've been so busy lately. I hope to have another chapter up within the week. I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and it WILL be living up to it's R rating in the next two chapters! Enjoy!)
Lily, Marie and Sarah got into one of the many horseless ones headed up to the towering castle that was set off a ways in the distance. Lily sighed and pulled her cloak closer around her. It was quite cold for the first day of September. Actually, Lily thought that it felt more like mid-October. She looked out the window, watching as the first years were herded, much like sheep, into the boats that lay on the lake's shore.
Lily was contented to just sit there. That was until one Mr. James Potter, Head Boy, so rudely interrupted her from her pleasant reverie.
"Hey Lily-kins. Mind if I sit here?" He asked whilst plopping down right into her lap.
"POTTER! Get-OFF!" Lily screamed as she abruptly stood up causing James to land on the floor.
"Ouch! James she's a feisty one, she is," laughed Marie.
"Aww, did poor Jamesie get dumped by Lily?" Sirius was doubled over in hysterics at his own joke.
"OUT POTTER! NOW!" Lily made no attempt to lower her voice as she screamed at James. Nearly blowing out everyone's eardrums, who were in a 5-meter radius.
Slamming his palms to his ears James stood up and faced Lily. Though he had her by a head the fire in her emerald eyes caused James to feel as though he was matched against someone twice his size. Shoving this feeling into his gut he looked Lily straight in the eyes.
"MAKE ME!" he boomed. Pure venom dripped from his voice. Lily, though, did not notice.
"WHY SHOULD I? I WAS HERE FIRST!"
"DO I HAVE TO TAKE POINTS FROM GRYFFINDOR ALREADY FOR ASSAULTING THE HEAD BOY?"
"HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I TOOK TWICE AS MANY POINTS FOR YOU SEXUALLY HARASSING ME?"
"URGH!" James cried and left the carriage, flanked closely by the rest of the Marauders.
"URGH, HE'S SOOOO ANNOYING!!!!"
"LILY, stop yelling! Geez, you're liable to blow someone's ear drums out." Sarah spoke up.
"Oh, sorry guys. I didn't mean for you to witness that."
"Hey, I thought it was pretty funny." Marie was still looking out the door at the Marauders' retreating backs. One in particular, one Mr. Sirius Black.
"Oh my GOD! Mar, you like Sirius!" Lily cried.
"What exactly did you do to him earlier?" inquired Sarah.
"That's for him and I to know, and you to wonder about." Marie sat with a smirk on her face.
"Marie, that is not fair. We're your best friends, you have to tell us!" Lily was stomping her foot like a child when it does not get what it wants.
"Some things are better kept to oneself. Though, if you want to know if it was something vulgar, then that I will give an answer to."
"Well…?" Sarah was growing impatient.
"The answer is no, it was not vulgar. Though, it probably would have been, had we not arrived at Hogsmeade."
"MARIE!" both Lily and Sarah cried in unison.
"What?" asked Marie in an innocent tone, using her big brown eyes to give a puppy-dog face.
They soon arrived at the enormous oak doors leading into Hogwarts and getting out of the carriages they were greeted by Peeves, the school's local poltergeist, throwing balloons full of a green slime. The three girls screamed and ran as quickly as possible to the doors, in order to escape Peeves.
Sarah was hit in the back of the head as they pushed through the front doors. Peeves cackled and left, saying, "Don't fret, I'll be back for the ickle firsties!"
Lily just shook her head and pulled her wand out. After casting a quick cleaning spell on Sarah's hair, they went into the Great Hall. Taking their usual seats at the Gryffindor table they were soon greeted by the, currently, most unwanted people.
The Marauders sat down on the opposite side of the table. Sirius sat across from Marie, who sat next to Lily. Across from Lily sat James, though she'd be damned if she was going to look up from the table, for fear that she might blow him up or something. On the opposite side of Lily was Sarah and across from her sat Remus. The two exchanged a quick smile and turned back to staring at the table, light blushes covering both of their cheeks. Peter, of course, had been left out, once again, so he sat next to Sirius.
Lily was growing rather impatient as McGonagall brought in the First Years, who, I might add, were covered from head to toe in the green slime. 'Poor dears,' Lily thought as McGonagall set the Sorting Hat on the three-legged stool.
For than one thousand years,
I have been the cause of cheers,
For each new student comes to me,
So I can tell them where they'll be,
From Gryffindor the brave are sprung,
From Ravenclaw fair triumphs sung,
From Hufflepuff the loyal come,
And Slytherin the determined are from,
I've never once wrong,
Yet I've been around so long,
So put me on and you will see,
I KNOW exactly where you should be.
The Hat finished its song and the Hall erupted with applause. McGonagall, not loosing any time unrolled her parchment and began reading off names.
After the sorting was over it was seen that Hufflepuff had received the most new First Years. They had 6 new girls and 7 new boys. Slytherin had received the next highest number with 5 new girls and 4 new boys, while Ravenclaw received 4 new girls and 4 new boys.
Oddly enough Gryffindor received the least amount of new students, 3 girls and 3 boys. Less than half of what Hufflepuff received.
James had infuriated Lily yet again during supper, by dumping pumpkin juice on her plate of treacle tart. Lily, damning herself, or more so, condemning herself, looked him straight in the eye, which was a mistake for his eyes were captivating azure orbs that sparkled with mystery and enchantment.
James finally caught Lily's eye, their gazes locked. Lily's emerald eyes pierced James heart as he looked in to them; strange was the feeling that was washing over him. It was almost as if Lily was staring into his soul, and he liked it, 'damn it Potter, look away!' he told himself, but a little voice somewhere said, 'Ah shut up! You know you want her Potter! You want her bad! And she wants you!'
Sirius' hand waved in front of James' eyes. James shook himself, and the thoughts raced from his head. He looked at where Lily had been seated and saw that she was nowhere in sight. He looked to Marie who looked down at the floor. James sunk down in his seat and found Lily sitting on the floor cursing herself.