Not the Lily You Know

And So It Begins

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING YOU RECOGNISE ALL THAT BELONGS TO THE AMAZING J.K. ROWLING AND ALL THE SONGS BELONG TO THE ORIGINAL ARTISTS.

Tommorrow is our first band practice. We are focusing on catchy songs that we won't forget the lyrics too first. Isabelle is on Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guita rand Keyboard, Marlene's on Drums, Alice is on Bass Guitar and I'm on Lead Guitar. Though we can all play every instrument in the band.

We decided to practice in the Room of Requirement so no one could hear us and what we would look like when we went on stage. We were going to transfigure our hair so that it had streaks of different colours but was reversable, we were going to wear modified school robes with all the house emblems on them and no tie. The problem was to be able to practise with no one finding out we were gone. It was Isabelle that came up with the idea to practise at night.

"I don't see the point in risking getting a detension just to practise" I grumbled. Turns out that while I was waiting for Potter to fall asleep I fell asleep and they had to come get me. So I was pretty grumpy at myself for giving into sleep.

"You agreed Lily, plus have you got a better idea?" Marlene asked me with a raised eyebrow.

"No' I replied blandly checking my watch to see that it was only ten thirty. "But..."

"Lily, what did you do?" Alice asked slowly.

"Nothing!"

"Lily."

"OK, fine. I nicked The Marauders Map. Happy?"

"Very" replied Isabelle with a smirk.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good" I muttered placing my wand on the parchment when I retrived it from its place in my pocket. As soon as I said it ink shot out of the place I just had my wand to form a map of Hogwarts.

"Impressive" I muttered to myself, 'though Remus must have done most if not all of it'.

"No one's coming" I told them.

"Well then what are we standing around here for? Lets go!!"

We made it to the Room of Requirement without running into a prefect or teacher once thanks to The Marauders Map.

Once we arrived outside the RoR (Room of Requirement) I paced three times in front of the wall and thought; 'we need a sound-proof place to practise playing rock music'. The door appeared and I whisked them all inside with me as soon as I opened it. We started to set up all our equipment and cast Sonorus on our throats.

"OI! Marlene!"

"Yeah!" She called from her drums.

"Pick a song!"

"OK! Hmmm, what about Wanted Dead Or Alive?"

"Perfect!"

"Here guys this is the music to it." I said handing out sheets of music.

"Everyone ready?"

"Yeah!"

We all start playing our separate parts.

L=Lily

M=Marlene

A=Alice

I=Isabelle

L: "It's all the same only their names will change

Everyday it seems we're wasting away

Another place where the faces are so cold

I'd drive all night just to get back home"

I: "I'm a cowgirl, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted dead or alive

Wanted dead or alive"

M: "Sometimes I sleep, some times it's not for days

And the people I meet always go their separate ways

Sometimes you tell the day

By the bottle that you drink

And times when your alone all you do is think"

A: "I'm a cowgirl, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

Wanted (wanted) dead or alive"

I: "Oh! And I ride!

I'm a cowgirl, on a steel horse I ride

I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive"

A: "I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back

I play for keeps, 'cause I'm not coming back

I been everywhere, and I'm standing

I've seen a million faces an' I'm rockin' on"

All: "I'm a cowgirl, on a steel horse I ride I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

I'm a cowgirl, I got the night on my side

I'm wanted (wanted) dead or alive

And I ride, dead or alive

I still drive, dead or alive

Dead or alive [4x]"

"Well, what do you guys think? 'Cause I think we were pretty good." I said wiping my brow.

"We were... we were... WE WERE AWESOME!!" Alice managed to get out through her open mouth of disbelieving of how amazing we are.

"Honestly Alice, did you not expect us to be awesome?" I said faking hurt.

"No of course not" Alice replied giving me a massive grin.

"Well" exclaimed Marlene "We have to go to sleep now same time next week? Or earlier?"

"EARLIER!!!" We all practically screamed at her. She gave us a grin to show us she was joking.

"OK, How about Sundays and Wednesdays we will meet in Lilsies's common room and leave at nine thirty?"

"Yeah that sounds good" we all agreed.

We picked up our instruments and took off towards our different common rooms.

I reached my common room in under five minutes with The Marauders Map and quickly hid my guitar in my room. I plopped onto my bed and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light.