DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter (I wish I did), I just own the plot.:D
Hey! Sorry this is so short, it's my first FanFic, so I just want to see how it goes. It's about Lily and Scorpius, but you don't actually see that until the next chapter.:-)
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Chapter One: The Human Tomato; Unleashed
My heart was racing as my dad led me to the entrance of platform nine and three-quarters. As I saw Albus and James barge through the wall, I remembered when Dad told me the time when he couldn't get through the barrier in his second year. What if that happened to me?
'Dad, I don't know about this...' I said nervously as I saw Hugo, my big-headed cousin step into the wall and disappear into thin air.
'Don't worry Lils, you'll be fine!' My Dad replied chuckling to himself.
'If you say s-' My sentence finished after that. I let out a worryingly high pitched squeal as my third-year cousin pushed me through the barrier.
'See! It wasn't that bad now was it?' Rose said in a reassuring way, which had slight impact on me. She helped me get up off the ground and brush myself off.
'Thanks,' I mumbled. Why did she always have to embarrass me? I mean honestly I love her to bits, but seriously , now about half of the students and parents turned to look at the girl who stumbled and nearly tripped to through the barrier. I saw my reflection in the train window, my face had gone as red as my mother's fiery red hair. Great! Stare at the living tomato why don't you? I walked off angrily towards Albus, who happened to be in the same year as Rose, when a hand gently touched my shoulder. As a instant reflex I had just managed to whack my dad in the gut.
'OW!' He cried in pain.
'Sorry...' I bit my lip and said worriedly.
'It's okay... But that's not why I came to talk to you,'
I raised an eyebrow in confusion.
'I came to talk to you, because I know that you may get embarrassed by your brothers and cousins, but stick together. And no matter what house you get into, Gin- your mother and I will always love you.' He said so only I could hear. He always restricted himself from saying my mother's name. I wondered why on the other hand.
'Thanks Dad,' I said blushing, feeling the blood rushing to my face. He kissed me on the head, and told me to get on the train.
I hurried to get to my siblings and cousins, and hoped no one noticed that I was blushing. My head was bowed low, and I waited to calm down before I lifted it up again. Breathe in... Breathe out. Everything will be fine, you'll be put in Gryffindor, and that's it. You'll be with your family, and Dad and Mum will be proud of me. I mean they'll be proud if I'm in any house right? My worried thoughts were interrupted when my obnoxious brother walked in the carriage, I tried to say something witty, but I was too nervous to say anything. Words were forming at the tip of my tongue but refused to come out.
'Look I know you're nervous, as was I but look at me now!' he exclaimed.
'What? Obnoxious, annoying and vain?' I retorted. He looked hurt, and he got up to leave.
'Wait no! Don't leave, I'm sorry' I cried as he turned around with a confused face. A smirk lurked up around the corners of his mouth.
I gave a toothy grin and he gave a low chuckle. James was going into fifth year, and was soon starting his O.. He wanted to follow my fathers footsteps into being an auror, I on the other hand wanted to work as an 'unspeakable' in the Department Of Mysteries. James smiled at me and said, 'You know, I bet you a Galleon that you'll be put in Gryffindor like the rest of us,' I winced at the thought of me being in Slytherin. I wouldn't mind it but, it just seemed a bit out of order. 'A galleon it is then!' I smirked.
'I may have to change that, you make a pretty good Slytherin if I may say so,' He winked as he got up and left the carriage.
'Ow.' I rubbed my head painfully as I had banged my head on the train wall. I didn't even realise I had dozed off, thinking about how good a Slytherin I would be. Oh Merlin. I completely forgot that I needed to change into my robes. I got up and I realised a familiar pair of eyes staring at me. Strangely reminded me of someone, I just don't remember who... My pale face soon change into a bright crimson as the grey eyes turned away.
We were finally at Hogsmeade. I mean I can't believe I'm seeing it for real! Dad always told me the stories about The Three Broomsticks and the amazing Honeydukes. As I turned to the lake, James winked at me quickly and I smiled to myself. Albus was grinning like a complete idiot and turned to look at me. He swiftly turned to face his friend again. A familiar shiver ran through me.
I got into a boat with two other boys and a shy looking girl. One of the two boys took out his hand and said,
'Hi! My name is Callum!' I nodded curtly and replied,
'Nice to meet you, I'm Lily!'
'Do you like Quidditch? I'm an amazing keeper if I may say so myself,' He grinned and I could already tell we were going to be great friends.
After what seemed an eternity of silence from the other two, the pretty girl turned and quietly said
'Hi, I'm Esha'. I smiled and she flashed me a grin, I thought to myself, had I just made another friend? I hoped so. We kept on talking about the houses, and we were discussing about Hogwarts: A history. Aunty Hermione said it was amazing, well she herself is amazing. Even though she and Uncle Ron are divorced, she still manages to keep a giant grin on her face. We talked and talked about utterly stupid things, but it was good to talk to someone exactly like me. After about 5 minutes, we reached the other side of the lake. It was a dark night, partly cloudy and stars beaming everywhere across the purple sky.
I walked nervously and thought to myself, this is it. This is my chance to finally compete with the family, I'm no longer tiny little Lily, I'm finally going to steal the limelight. Albus had always been amazing at Quidditch, James had extreme talent in DADA, and now. Now it was my turn, to finally found out what I was good at. A bunch of third and fourth years bustled past noisily, and I was shaking with nervousness. Esha put a hand on my shoulder and once again I managed to elbow someone in the gut. I need to get rid of that. She looked slightly pained, but got over the shock almost instantly, and gave me a wink of confidence. I smiled weakly back. At least I had made friends.
'Follow me children, we will go to the Great Hall to the sorting ceremony. I will call your name, and you will sit on the stool and place the hat on your head.' A stern voice said. It was Headmistress McGonagall. A few murmurs whispered around the first year crowd. She carried on. 'Hogwarts is your new school, and I trust you to respect it greatly. The prefects will be here to help you, and will be showing you to your dormitories. As you will be staying here for the majority of the year, please consider it your home,' Lily looked around, and she saw smiling faces and Esha was standing there with an idiotic grin across her face. I giggled quietly trying not to distract anyone.
The Great Hall was utterly amazing. No other words described it, and honestly, I didn't believe my family when they said the ceiling was enchanted. I had read it in Hogwarts: A History too! I just didn't believe it. Well at least it was true. I gazed in awe as hundreds of candlesticks fluttering throughout the air. The other years were already seated and I saw Albus smile at me from the Gryffindor table. I closed my eyes and looked up, hoping that Merlin would answer my wish. Please put me in Gryffindor, I wouldn't want to ruin the family tradition. My thoughts were disrupted by Professor McGonagall.
'Alan-Jones Matthew' Soon after, a tall lanky boy came up and started shaking.
'HUFFLEPUFF!' The Hat screamed, a cheer came from the Hufflepuff table. It felt like forever until It was Callum's go, and even then I managed to calm down my panicking thoughts.
'Edwards, Callum' Professor McGonagall said. Callum walked up proudly with a beaming smile. He sat down confidently and the mysterious Hat spoke yet again,
'Hmmm, tough one...' Callum shuffled nervously.
'RAVENCLAW!' The Hat boomed. A booming cheer came from the other side of the hall. He smiled at me and Esha and walked towards his new house table. More and more first years past and I was wondering when it was my turn.
I was lost in my thoughts again, when suddenly a mighty roar came from the Slytherin part of the room. A blushing Esha walked silently grinning toward the Slytherin table. A shocked look appeared on my face, when suddenly I saw a boy high-fived her, which she sat next to. He looked very much like her, so I presume he was part of the Gupta family. She grinned heartily as a group of older looking Slytherins shook her hand, and the boy was looking extremely proud. I payed attention to all the others until my turn came.
'Potter, Lily' Professor McGonagall announced, and as I looked towards James, he winked at me. I shuffled past the other first years and sat shakily on the stool.
'Hmmm, difficult one... A lot of ambition in there, oh so you're in competition with your brothers are you now?'The hat said quietly.
'Plenty of bravery in there... SLYTHERIN!' It took me a few seconds to realise what he said. James and Albus had a shocked look on their faces. There were a lot of gasps, whispers and mumbles around the room as I walked towards the Slytherin table. I sat down next to Esha, and luckily there was no one else there for a few seats. As the whispers and shocked faces ceased, I remembered my bet with James. I was proud, but it felt odd to be different. The one that stands out. As my dad defeated the Dark Lord, the Prophet was all over us, I had gotten used to it by now. I'm sure this would make a brilliant story, I could just imagine 'Darling daughter Potter defied family tradition' all over The Daily Prophet.
'I can't believe you're in Slytherin with me!' She exclaimed happily.
'Me too!' I tried to say cheerfully.
'Also! Meet my brother Jai,' She said happily. Jai turned to look at the sound of his name.
'Meet Lily, Jai,' She squealed.
'Hey, nice to see a Potter in Slytherin for once,' He replied with a low voice.
'You know me?' I asked curiously, not using my common sense. Jai looked amused.
'Oh yeah sorry, I get confused sometimes,' I blushed at my stupidity.
'I also know your brother James as well, he's in my year,'
'Oh...' I said biting my lip.
'Don't worry, we're good friends,' He said with a tone of amusement in his voice.
'I'm sorry for interrupting your seriously interesting conversation, but you know I'm sure your mates are missing you Jai,' Esha announced in annoyance.
'Yeah, sorry about that,' I replied with my best sorry face on. She giggled childly and I joined in. Jai winked at me. I smiled back and he turned away. I turned to find James staring at me with a grin on his face. He mouthed 'I'll talk to you later,' while I nodded with a sign of peace lying within me. I can't wait to see my dorm! It was like Esha was reading my mind at that exact moment and exited the topic of conversation currently and ditched it for the topic of our dorms. I grinned at her excitement. Ooh! It was Hugo's turn, and excluding me, now EVERYONE in the Potter/Weasley family was in Gryffindor. At least I became a Galleon richer.
I caught myself heavily involved in mine and Esha's conversation. Soon enough my eyes were drooping lazily while I forced myself to stay awake. It had been a long day. She carried on talking excitedly and I nodded occasionally to go with the flow. Oh boy, I wonder how shocked Mum and Dad will be after they find out about this...
