Chapter 1- The Birthday
Lilly Evans sat seated at a small round table surrounded by her family who smiled back at her as they all
sang happy birthday. Young Lilly was turning eleven today which is why eleven multicolored candles with golden yellow flames danced before her eyes.
"Make a wish! "Mrs. Evans, Lilly's mother, said as Lilly filled her lungs with as much air as they would allow. After a brief pause she released a gust of warm air blowing out all but one candle. Lilly sucked in more air and blew out the last candle with a small puff.
"Congratulations my dear, sweet Lilly." Her father said as her hugged and hissed the top of her head.
"Oh my baby is all grown up! I remember when you were turning one. Such a tiny thing, and here you are on..." Lilly's mum was unable to finish her sentence because she had broken into hugging and kissing Lilly as hard as she could. Luckily to Lilys relief there was a knock on the door.
"Oh! Petunia darling, would you mind getting that? Mr. Evans asked.
"Sure, whatever" She replied. Petunia was Lilly's older sister by two and a half years. Not much, but enough that Lilly was often bugged by the things that Petunia could do, and she couldn't.
About a minute later a sopping wet Petunia entered the room carrying a small envelope with slightly smeared ink on the front.
"Its for you Lil." She said handing it to her sister. "But when I opened the door nobody was there so I looked around and found that" She said pointing to the letter in Lilly's hand.
"Darling, why don't you come and sit by the fire and dry off." Mrs. Evans said as she led the wet Petunia into the living room filled with golden light, and a warm fire.
Lilly and her father followed her in there and took a seat as Mrs. Evans brought them cake and tea.
"Why don't you go ahead and open it." My Evans said.
"OK"
The front was like any other letter, bearing her name and address, but on the back there was a red wax stamp of an odd looking crest divided into four sections, each with a different creature on it.
'What is it?" Mrs. Evans asked her daughter.
"I don't know" She replied and broke the seal to open the letter.
"Dear Ms. Evans we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.." She stoped and read the rest of the letter in silence while her parents read over her shoulder. For a moment none of them said anything, they just stood there staring at Lily like she had just won a million pounds and were to shocked to say anything.
"I never thought my Lily would be accepted to Hogwarts, especally since Petunia wasn't !Oh, I'm so proud of you! We have so much to do! Tomorrow we'll go into London to get everything you will need."
However, Lily wasn't paying attention anymore. She was still reading the first sentence 'accepted to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.' Why had her parents never told her she was a witch? For her entire life up till now she thought she plain old Lily Evans- overachiever in school, but far from witch in reality. But what did that matter now? She would be going to a school far away to learn spells and enchantments. What about Emma, her best friend, what would she think of her now? The more she thought about it the further away from the answer she seemed.
"Lily darling? Are you O.K?"
"I suddenly don't feel so good..."
