Author's Note : I'm sorry about a mistake in the 1st chapter, Flamaé (pronounced as Flem-ay) is the name of Lily's best friend, not Flema. Just so you noe… Flema sounds weird Lolz!
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James Potter awoke to the sound of a loud resounding bell. Someone said "Wake up, James! Class is over!" He heard loud, chattering, gossiping girls and clambering of feet as he groggily opened his eyes to find himself in the divination tower with three boys, who judging by their amused countenance had something to do with the loud, clanging gong that seemed to have vanished into thin air.
"James! What is your record, man?!" said Sirius Black thumping James on the back
"You know James; you should try to stay awake in class once in a while!" Another thump, This time from Remus Lupin.
James yawned stretching himself.
"You know, Professor Trevor might actually catch you, James. You might get detention!" squealed Peter Pettigrew.
James snorted lazily, as Sirius began to laugh. "Seriously Peter, we're the marauders. Do you think we care about detention? Learn from sleeping beauty James here!" Another thump.
"See, he doesn't even care if his snoring scares all the girls away!" Another thump from Remus.
As though he suddenly woke up, James stood up in a jiffy amid cheers from his friends. Grinning, he reached out for his backpack, slinging it casually over his shoulder, simultaneously pulling out his wand and muttering "Tenrash Pffeorolus", laughing as the three began they began to wheeze. <Pepper Breath Hex, works every time!>
"Guys, One : if you don't sleep in divination, you cant sleep anywhere else! Two: I do not like being thumped on my back and rudely awakened by loud, clanging bells! Three: Moony, I DO NOT snore! And hence four, this is my payback!"
Grinning wickedly, he jumped over the desks to get out of the room, knowing that the effects of the pepper breath hex would wear out moments later, after which his friends would follow him for revenge! Narrowly ducking from the light that was shooting out from Sirius' wand, James bolted into an unused corridor. As he turned the bend, he found his shoulder come in contact with something hard, following which he lost his balance and found himself rolling on the ground ending in an undignified heap.
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WHAM!
Lily looked up to find herself staring into a pair of deep hazel eyes. She had arrived at Hogwarts a few minutes ago, subsequently managing to lose her way in the large castle. As she was making her way through a lonely corridor, she saw a black robed blur rushing towards her. The next thing she knew, she was on the ground lying on the person who had knocked her down. She was still there when she opened her eyes.
"He has amazing eyes" was the first thought that came to her mind.
Unbeknownst to her, he was thinking almost the same thing. "She has beautiful eyes, the color of emeralds!"
Breaking off the eye contact they had shared for a few seconds, Lily pulled away from the dark haired boy, trying to disentangle herself from him. He was quicker than her, rising to his feet and holding out a hand to help her up. "Hey! I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to knock you over like that! I'm James Potter, by the way."
She abandoned his hand as she rose to her feet by herself muttering something James figured as "Male Chauvinists." She sniffed, and handed James a condescending look before walking away in the opposite direction.
James looked at the pretty red head flicking her hair over her shoulders as she walked away. She was dressed in black robes but they were different from those normally worn by the Hogwarts girls. They seemed to be made of a pearly silk and draped her elegantly. Had he seen her before? He didn't think so. Would he remember a red head with emerald eyes? He thought so.
Instantly making up his mind he hurried after her. "Hey! Aren't you in Ravenclaw?!"
"Am I in WHAT?!" the girl turned around to look at him incredulously.
"I thought as much. So you're new aren't you?!" James grinned
She smiled inspite of herself. This guy seemed nice, plus she needed someone to show her the way to the headmaster's office. Changing tactics, she said "Hi! I'm Lily Evans! I just transferred here from Beauxbatons."
"Oh!!!!! Coooooooooool! So which year are you in, Lily?" James asked
"I'm in the third year" Lily said, wondering whether this hazel-eyed, messy haired acquaintance of hers would be in the same year.
The stars are shining upon me today, James thought letting out a hoot! "Meeee tooooooo!"
She smiled. "Say, James, You wouldn't happen to know where the headmaster's office is, would you?"
"Headmaster's office?! Gee, you're new, aren't you?! How did you manage to get into trouble already?!"
"I did not!" She replied indignantly "I was called to his office for the sorting!"
"Oh!" He promptly turned around, walking away in the opposite direction leaving Lily to stare after him.
"Hey! Hey! James! Where are you going?!"
He turned. "You said you wanted to go to the headmaster's office, didn't you?"
"Yeah"
"So, what are you waiting for?! Follow me, dimwit!" He said, Eyes twinkling mischievously.
She grinned running to catch up with him. "Hey! Who do you think you're calling dimwit?!"
"I was under the impression that I was calling my friend under the invisibility cloak behind you a dimwit!" James replied.
"Invisible friend?!" Lily jumped visibly looking around for the invisible friend.
"DIMWIT!!"
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That night, Lily lay in her dormitory, wide awake. She had been sorted into Gryffindor and introduced to her dorm mates by the head of the house, Professor Carter. She was to share the dormitory with a petite brunette, named Shannon, a black haired girl named Sarah, and the brunette twins, Anne and Amanda. The girls had all been nice to her, though they hadn't said much, preferring to keep to themselves. Her classes were to begin the next day. "Wonder how they'll be…" she thought. Her thoughts wandered to a certain hazel eyed boy and she smiled vaguely before drifting off to sleep.
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