Everybody loves a good Harry Potter fanfic, especially featuring James/Lily. :) This is my first, so I would LOVE some reviews!
Chapter #1: Foreshadowing
The golden, fluttering ball just didn't ever seem to want to stay put. Of course, the Golden Snitch's job was to never stay put—it was meant to keep moving at all times. Still, it was no match for James Potter's strong hands and flexibility as he caught the Snitch over and over again, almost leisurely. It never took him much energy to keep the Snitch from flying farther than a couple feet away.
"When are you going to stop playing with that thing?" Remus Lupin asked, looking over Quidditch Through the Ages. He was leaning against a tall oak tree, his forehead and his eyes being the only visible parts of his face. That tree also happened to be shading James, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. It was a late Friday afternoon, and they had just finished their last class for the day…for the weekend.
Two days to do whatever they wanted. Best of all, tomorrow would be another Hogsmeade trip, and everybody looked forward to that.
"When this little sphere finally manages to get the better of me," James replied, sniggering almost lazily.
"Which will never happen," Peter piped up.
"—Unless some girl comes and distracts ol' Prongs for a second too late," Sirius added.
"Please," Remus said, finally putting down his book and turning to the others. "James has had that Snitch since the beginning of eternity, and girls have been chasing him since the beginning of eternity. Nah…Prongs is—"
"Whoa," breathed James. The others turned to look what where he was staring at. His brown eyes were wider than Galleons.
"What are you looking—"
Before Sirius could finish his question, James grabbed him and pointed ahead.
"Do you see what I see, mate?" He said, still breathless as though he'd been running.
"Uh…I have no clue what you're seeing…" Sirius said, uncertainly. "Come off it, just tell us what in Merlin's name you're staring at."
"Who is she?"
"She?" Remus automatically turned. "Oh James—you idiot—that's Evans!" James's eyebrow raised in surprise.
"Lily? Lily Evans?" he said. Lily was holding her books and apparently chatting animatedly with her friend Gizelle Peters. There was no mistake about it. The reddish-brown hair, the green eyes, it was all the same. And yet...Lily Evans seemed to have changed as well. She'd seemed to have sprouted over the summer; her hair was wavier and curves had appeared. Her complexion was bronze, not so pale like the last couple of years.
"That's her?" Sirius said, incredulously. "Merlin's beard, she looks different!"
Before any of them could say another word, James was heading off towards Lily Evans. And for the first time ever, the Golden Snitch finally escaped from his grasp.