Lily Evans was not an average 17 year old girl. For instance, she was a top student, had red hair, emerald green eyes and least ordinary, she was a witch currently attending Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Muggles (non-magic folk) assume that if you're a witch, you're automatically as ugly as a troll. They also assume that you're covered in warts and you often turn people into frogs. Witches, however it may seem, are attractive (usually) and only turn people into frogs if necessary.
Lily was a muggle-born, meaning she was the first magic enabled person in her family. Her sister, Petunia, hated her for that and often called her rude names such as "wart worm" or "bookmarker" but she most often called Lily a "freak show" or "freak". Lily just thought her sister was jealous and would get over it eventually. She was absolutely mistaken.
If there ever was a wizard that Lily disliked, it was James "Prongs" Potter. Lily knew James as a "Slimy git." However, James fancied Lily. James came from one of the most pure-blooded wizarding families there ever was. (Besides the Blacks) He asked Lily out at least twice a day with the occasional marriage proposal. Lily hated James. She didn't know exactly why, but she hated his guts. She hated that snitch he was always playing with, and the way he messed his hair up constantly made her hate him even more.
His friends were okay, on Lily's part. Sirius "Padfoot" Black was cute, smart, funny and nice, even if he was almost half as bad as James. Another of James' friends was Remus "Moony" Lupin. Lily adored Remus. She'd gotten her first kiss from Remus in the Quidditch stand no less than one year earlier. Last but not least was the tiny Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew. Clumsy little Peter was always tagging behind the group. The four boys were called the "Marauders" and Lily had a love-hate relationship with the quad.
Lily had three best friends, Raven Hinsee, Lauren Pines and Rebecca Ewing. Raven was a total tomboy who still managed to keep her silky blonde locks perfectly straight, even while playing chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Raven loved Sirius Black and spent as much time possible with him. Lauren was energetic and beautiful. She had black hair with pink highlights and she played beater for the Gryffindor Quidditch team while Sirius was the other beater. Finally, there was Rebecca, the girly and goofiest one of the group. She constantly did her makeup and knew almost nothing about Quidditch. These four were rivals to the Marauders and henceforth received their name, the Mafia.
The day was September first, and Lily had just boarded the Hogwarts Express to begin her final year at Hogwarts. This year, Lily was the head girl, so she had to go to the Head compartment and wait for the head boy to arrive.
James had just boarded the Hogwarts express with his three best friends, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. They entered their usual compartment and Sirius suddenly reminded James,
"Prongs, mate, don't you have Bighead boy duties to attend to?"
"Oh, yeah… Thanks, Padfoot. I don't even see why Dumbledore made me the Head boy," James said.
"Because Little Prongsie here is a responsible boy," Sirius said turning to Peter, who was mighty gullible. "I bet you three galleons that Evans is the head girl."
"You're on. I think it's the Ravenclaw prefect, Lindsey Ash," Peter said, opening his ugly coin purse.
"That's the ugliest wallet I have ever seen," James said, laughing slightly, "And have you seen Moony's mum's coin purse? It's absolutely dreadful. Like Lindsey Ash is going to be head girl, honestly…"
"He only says that because he fancies her. You should get going Prongs," Remus said, "Don't want to be late, do you?"
"No way, Moony dear," James joked, "Bye, mate." And he headed towards the head compartment. When he opened the door, Lily gasped.
A/N: This is my first fanfic. Please oh PLEASE review. I love reviewers… So please review my story… I'm proofreading the next chapter RIGHT NOW and I may even have it up later today… I just LOVE Lily/James ship stories… Don't you? PLEASE REVIEW!!!
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