“You may now kiss the bride” Lily and James smiled to each other and kissed softly, happiness overwhelming them. The kiss may not have looked passionate to an onlooker, but to Lily and James it was quite the passionate kiss. Plus there was plenty of time for the reallly passionate stuff later... They looked out at the crowd of their best friends around them; There were the mauraders, grinning, looking as mischevious as ever, Sirius, Remus and Peter, and there were Lily’s besties, Amelia, Liz and Alice. Wow this was a good day.

10 YEARS EARLIER


“Bye Tuney!!!” Lily Evans waved her final farewells to her sister
Petunia glared back. Lily sighed and turned to board the Hogwarts Express. It was nearly a month ago that Lily had received her letter. At first the family had thought it was a joke from a friend, and laughingly thrown it away. But after several more (and quite a bit more persistent) letters, Lily and her family began to read the letters more thoroughly. After a mind-boggling visit to a place called “Diagon Alley” to retrieve her school things, Lily had been reading all about the fantastic world of magic and anxiously waiting the arrival of this day. Kings Cross Station. Platform 9 3/4.
Lily’s trunk was soon taken away and she went to find a compartment, a book under one arm, school robes under the other. Lily had never been particularly good in new situations. She nervously maneuvered her way through the packed isle. All the compartments were full, or looked quite unwelcoming. At one point, Lily had been tripped by a mean looking girl with dark, curly hair.
“Oh look! A little mudblood got lost!” she spat.
Lily looked away and tried to keep walking, only to be tripped again. The girl cackled.
“Shut up Bellatrix! Leave the girl alone!” Another dark-haired boy Lily’s age yelled.
Lily kept walking down the isle and slipped into an unoccupied compartment.
A couple minutes later a girl Lily’s age poked her head in
“May I sit here?” She asked quietly.
“Sure!” Lily looked up from her book, smiling.
“I’m Alice. Alice Johnson”
“Hey- I’m Lili Evans. Is this your first year too?”She asked

For the next 5 minutes 2 other students piled into the compartment. Amelia Bones, and Liz Fenwick. The four girls became immediate friends. Eventually, to their excitement, the train began to chug along and the girls chattered lively.
“So are you guys from wizarding families? I’m not. The letter was a shock- we hardly believed it!” Lily said
Amelia was the first to respond “Yea the majority of my family are wizards, but we arent the type to have anything against muggle-born witches and wizards. That is completely ridiculous” Amelia spoke quickly and excitedly
Alice was also from a family like Amelia. Liz however was also muggle born. The girls chattered on for almost an hour... they all wanted to be in Gryffindor, but agreed that Ravenclaw would be great too. Before they knew it, they were in their robes, climbing off the train.

Lily slowly walked up to the stool and sat down. The last thing she saw before the newly introduced Professor McGonnagal slid the singing, sorting hat over her eyes was a boy her age with dark messy hair smiling at her.
“Hmm... You sure have the brains for Ravenclaw, but hmmm its gonna be GRYFFINDOR!”
Lily smiled happily to herself, Amelia had already been sorted into Gryffindor and man Gryffindor!!! Gryffindor sounded amazing...
Liz then Alice were also happily sorted into Gryffindor. The four girls sat together at the long table smiling and whispering between sortings.
“POTTER, JAMES” McGonnagal called
Hey! Thats him! thats that messy hair guy that smiled at me! Almost immediately, as the hat touched his head, James was sorted into Gryffindor.

A couple hours later, in the Gryffindor common room...

“Hey Lily!” James Potter squeezed himself in beside lily on the Loveseat. James grinned broadly and ruffled his already ruffled hair, looking at Lily expectantly.
“Hey so Lily... you wanna be my girlfriend?! I mean... ya know!?” James winked at Sirius who sat watching the scene from the other side of the room.
“Excuse me I was reading.” Lily stood up and walked away.

Sirius Black and Remus Lupin fell out of their chairs laughing at the shocked look on James Potter’s face.

That year, friendships flourished. James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and surprisingly, Peter Pettigrew, became known as the Marauders. They played pranks on anyone and everyone. They completely disregarded all rules, and constantly reveled in that fact. They were the cool kids. Yup. They aced all their classes and all of them, (Peter being the exception) could beat anyone outside their gang in a duel. They were all the teacher’s favorites- in fact they were everyone’s favorites. Except for Lily Potter. Lily Potter saw all of this as immaturity and stupidity. Her group of friends, Amelia Bones, Liz Fenwick and Alice Johnson were the best and the brightest of their grade. They rivaled the Marauders, but would not stoop to their level of idiocy. So the year went on in happy routine.



Ok so its not the greatest, but this is my first attempt at fan fiction! Ah! Don't worry its going to get a whole lot better as we move through the years.

“FREAK!!!!” Petunia screamed at the top of her lungs.
Thats my name don’t wear it out- I murmered to myself. What Now???? As if in response, an owl hooted from downstairs. MY HOGWARTS LETTER!! Yes! Its finally here!
Standard Book of Spells, Grade Two by Miranda Goshawk. I chuckled to myself. Professor McGonagall is going to be assigning those books til the end of her days. I tossed the letter on my bed. However, another letter fluttered away from the rest. Uh oh. Not again! How does he do that! UGH!

Lily swiped up the letter angrily.

Dearest and most lovely Lily, WHAT A SUCK UP!!!!!
I miss you soo much! I am counting down the days until I get to see you again. 19 more as of today!!! UGH WHAT A GIT! YEA RIGHT! He thinks its funny to flirt with every girl in the school. Stupid idiot thinks that every freakin girl in the whole freakin school is in love with him. I can not stand the insolent pig!
I will meet you at platform 9 and 3/4!!!
Your Love,
James

What an arse.

Ah. September First. Third Year of Hogwarts. Its finally here!

Lily arrived at Platform 9 and 3/4 15 minutes early. Unfortunately for her, this only meant more open seats on the train.
Within ten minutes, Liz, then Amelia, and finally Alice took their seats in Lily’s compartment. As soon as the train began to move Lily pulled out her want and doubled the size of the compartment. Just in time for...

“LILI!!! MY LOVE!” James flung the compartment door open slid into the seat beside Lili.
“Oh God.”
“James Potter if you do not get out of my compartment this instant i swear I will hex you!”
James looked warily at Lily
“Come on!” James ruffled his hair and smiled cutely at Lily.
“OUT!!”
“Lily!” James whined.
Lily whipped her wand out
“Engorgio!!!” Lily smiled as James head immediately blew up to triple its normal size. James stared at Lily in shock. Lily leaned back to get a better view.
“Hmm... thats better. now it fits your ego. Get out because next I'm gonna shrink something.” At that James jumped up and (having a hard time balancing his head) ran down to get Sirius to deflate his head.