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Lily Evans stared out the window of her dad's car. She watched for familiar signs, waiting for one to say "King's Cross Station next exit."

It was September 1, 1975 and it was Lily's final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was so excited to go back. It's not that she didn't enjoy being with her family, she just severely missed her friends. Plus, this year was going to be incredible. Lily had been made Head Girl, and she was willing to bet that Chandler Whitney would be Head Boy. Secretly she hoped it was him, he was so sweet and easy to talk to. Lily didn't have a crush on him or anything; he was just one of the nicest boys she met. Besides, many of the other prefects were past boyfriends of hers or her friends, and that might be a little awkward.

Lily's thoughts had been so preoccupied about how she missed her friends, she didn't even realize that King's Cross was only five minutes away.

All of a sudden, the car pulled into a parking spot. Lily was jerked back into reality. She was just moments away from seeing her friends!

Lily's parents helped her with her bags and walked with her to platform 9 ¾. Lily stood there with the most unusual luggage, at least to someone who was not acquainted with magic. She had a large trunk filled with clothes and school books. She also had two pets with her. A snowy owl named Delicia, and a white cat named Macie.

"Okay Lily, have a fun year at school. And make sure to write about everything that's happening," Lily's mom, Alexandra, had engulfed Lily into a humongous hug. For a petite woman, she had bone-breaking hugs whenever Lily was leaving for school. Alexandra's dark red hair, which Lily had inherited, was blocking Lily's view of the train station.

"Mum, you can let go now," Lily pleaded.

As her mom slowly let her go, Lily's dad gave a smile of encouragement. Then he to, gathered her into a hug, though it was slightly less bone-breaking.

"Have fun Lils, and make us proud," Richard Evans told his daughter.

"And write as soon as you get settled in your room so we know you got there okay," Alexandra called out in a motherly fashion.

"I will," Lily promised. "And, mum, dad, can you tell Petunia that I say goodbye?"

"Of course honey."

"Bye!" Lily called before she ran through the barrier.

The next second she was looking at the train for Hogwarts. Oh, it felt so good to be going back.

Now all she needed was to find her friends. Lily gathered her belongings and headed into the train. Now all that was left was to find the right compartment. And with so many people and so many compartments, that was going to be difficult.

"LILY!" she turned to see a girl with shoulder length brown hair and blue-green eyes. The girl had a gigantic smile, showing her perfectly white teeth.

"GRACIE!" Lily was so excited to see one of her best friends in the entire world.

The two girls embraced and turned to the compartment next to them. They were both tired of looking for the others. Everyone could find them, it wouldn't be too hard.

The girls chatted a bit, still waiting for their other friends. Neither wanted to have to listen and/or tell summer stories multiple times, so they waited.

"Holy shit this place is packed. If you hadn't spent so much freaking time on her hair and make-up we would have been here 20 minutes ago. And now we can't find a compartment." That was none other than the voice of Zoë Sutton, another good friend of Lily's.

"Who cares? We're here now, aren't we? And besides, I had to look my best. I mean last year, I didn't, and I didn't have as many boyfriends that year as in our fifth year. So I have to look good so that I'll be able to get a boyfriend." That was none other than the voice of Zoë's twin sister, Marissa.

"No Marissa, the reason you didn't get as many guys last year, it because you dated half the school during fifth year." Lily looked up and noticed that Gracie had opened the compartment door to make the comment toward Marissa.

Marissa nearly jumped five feet in the air with excitement. "Gracie! Lily!" I missed you guys so much. She ran into the compartment, her brown eyes leaping with joy. Marissa gave them each a hug, but not too tight, she didn't want her outfit to be messed up.

Zoë followed her into the compartment and hugged them both after Marissa was done.

Lily couldn't help but smile at how different the twins were. Although they were identical twins, they were nothing alike. Zoë was athletic, being one of two girls to make the Gryffindor Quiditch team. She really didn't care too much for make-up, just a light natural touch.

Marissa on the other hand was quite prissy and a flirt. You could ask her any question about make-up, hair, clothing styles, and you could depend on her for the best answer. Even her hairstyle made her look more upbeat and prissy than her sister. She curled it every morning in loose curls, giving it a nice bounce to her normally straight hair.

Despite the differences, they got along awesomely together. They were best friends, and told each other everything. It was funny how complete opposites can make the best matches.

Now the only person that they were waiting for was Scarlett Dalton. Scarlett, in Lily's

mind could have been a supermodel. She was the tallest of the five friends, reaching 5'8", and had the most gorgeous eyes in the world. They were icy blue, and always had a certain look that always kept guys guessing. Her slim figure and black hair against her pale skin made her look even more beautiful. Scarlett had even mastered an elegance to her poise that made her look even more astonishing.

Sure enough, as if the world had read Lily's mind, Scarlett walked into the compartment. "Scarlett!" All four girls screamed at once.

"It's good to see you all too!" Scarlett exclaimed.

Now that heir fifth member had finally arrived, they could begin talking about their fabulous summers.

"Okay, so I haven't seen any one of you guys since July. You've got to fill me in on your summers," Gracie told the group.

"Okay," Marissa began, she always loved being the center of attention and started the stories about her life. "I saw the hottest guy in the whole world while we were in Venice."

"Oh, not him again," Zoë pleaded. Apparently she had heard enough about him over the summer.

"Shut up… Anyways, back to my story, before I was rudely interrupted. So, we were in Venice, at a little restaurant, and this drop dead gorgeous guy comes up. I swear to God, he was totally checking me out."

"He wasn't checking you out, he was taking your order," Zoë interrupted.

"No, he kept on looking at me," Marissa explained smugly.

"Marissa, for the millionth time, he was the waiter. It's his job to make sure you're having a good time." Zoë gave the other girls a look that said I've been telling her this all along, she just won't listen.

The twins continued on like this for a little while before Zoë finally broke down and let Marissa have her way. Marissa always was stubborn about getting her own way.

"Anything else happen with you guys?" Scarlett asked.

"Well, now that you bring it up, I got a summer job," Marissa said. The faces of three of the girls dropped. This couldn't be true, Marissa, the girl who didn't like to do anything, got a job. Impossible. "Yeah, I was interning at a magazine company. I think I could get a job there once school is over." The girls were now truly in a state of shock, Marissa actually thinking about the future and making a commitment.

After recovering from Marissa's announcement, the conversation went by smoothly. That is until Lily got to talking.

"You'll never guess the exciting news!" Lily exclaimed.

"Lils, we already know that you got Head Girl," Gracie told her.

"No, not that. It's about Petunia. She's engaged!" Lily had a gigantic smile on her face. She loved her sister so much. Despite Petunia being rude, mean, bossy, and degrading toward Lily and any other magical person.

"Lils, that great. You won't have to deal with her in the house anymore," Gracie said, trying to find what was so great about it. She personally, along with the rest of Lily's friends, hated Petunia. She was horrible to Lily, rude to them when they visited, and not to be offensive, but she looked like a horse. Who could possibly love her?

Lily chose to ignore Gracie's comment and went into details about the engagement. "I'm so excited for Petunia. She really deserves someone for her own. I'm so happy for her! And the man she marrying, Vernon, he's a really interesting person. And he's very successful."

The others couldn't help but notice Lily's comments about him; he's an interesting person, very successful. The girls knew Lily almost as well as she knew herself. Lily could always find a nice comment to say about anybody. But her remarks toward Vernon, if that was the only nice thing she could come up with, then maybe Petunia did deserve him. Two horrible people living together, why not?

Everyone was pretty shocked about the announcement, to say the least, but soon enough the lady with the cart of snacks came by and each of the girls bought some food to share. With snacks in hand, they continued on chatting and catching up with each other's lives.

Author's Note: I hope you like the story so far. Please review!