Hi, I'm Stars-Guard And this will be my first story that I'm doing here. I am most certainly not the best writer to have ever walked the planet but I will try my hardest to do a good job for you all. I hope you enjoy!
This will be following Lily's perspective by the way.
Also just quickly I'd like to inform you that while the events of the cursed child may be mentioned this story will not be following that book/script/screenplay timeline.
All credit for these characters goes to the wonderful J.K Rowling.
On a cold gray June morning, a young girl with light ginger hair sat cross-legged upon a kitchen counter staring intently at the window opposite her, bright green eyes open wide. She was waiting for an owl to come. Her brothers James and Albus, as well as her cousin Hugo, had all gotten their letters on their birthdays and it was now June tenth, so surely she'd be receiving her own letter today.
Her family came from a long line of well-known witches and wizards, Very well known. Her father is Harry Potter, the boy who lived and the youth who defeated Voldemort, her mother is Ginevra Weasley, the only daughter of Molly and Arthur Weasley. The Weasleys are a very well-known pureblood family although not in the same prestigious way like the potters had been nor the notorious way the Blacks or Malfoy's are, they were well known for their hair and freckles ranging in many shades of red and ginger as well as having large families that they couldn't exactly afford. Although that definitely was not true with her mother's generation as she and her mother's older brothers all had very well paying job's.
Her name is Lily Luna Potter, and although she was nervous about her letter to Hogwarts deep down she knew that it would become because she was very definitely magic. When she was eight months old her mother had walked into the living room to find her with animals of different colors and sizes floating around her head in the form of smoke. Not two months later she had started to have sparks come flying out of the tips of her fingers when she was bored. Things like this continued to become more and more common until she reached the age of six and was able to finally get a hold of her magic.
-She had become so caught up in her own thoughts that she nearly toppled off the kitchen counter when she noticed the large screech owl that swooped out of the sky to land on the windowsill and taps repeatedly on the window. Once she regained her composure she leaped off of the counter with a shriek so loud that it woke the other residents of the house and sent them tumbling down the stairs hair ruffled and wands out ready to fight off whatever had scared the youngest Potter-Weasley. As they burst into the kitchen they found lily on the floor holding a very disgruntled looking screech owl and a ripped open envelope previously sealed with wax in the shape of a large letter H surrounded by a snake, lion, bird, and badger. At the sight of Lily, Ginny dropped her wand and sat down on the floor with a plop,
'You got in!' she said excitedly,
'Yes, well, of course, I did.' lily scoffed. Even though her words suggested that she wasn't worried they knew that she had been coveting a Hogwarts letter since she first went with her parents to drop James off at platform 9&3/4 four years ago.
Harry stepped forward to pry the letter from his daughter's hand and read aloud for his family to hear,
'Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry
Headmistress: Minerva McGonagall
Dear Ms. Potter-Weasley,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1st. We await your owl by no later than 31st of, July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall, Headmistress'
'Hey good going little sis you're coming to Hoggy Hoggy Hogwarts.' James said walking over to ruffle his little sister's ginger hair,
'James leave her hair alone' Albus complained walking over to his siblings.
'I wonder what house you're going to be in' their mother said from her spot on the floor, '
I reckon she's going to be another Gryffindor' harry suggested from where he sat at the table a few meters away writing a response for the owl who still sat in his young daughter's clutches,
'Gryffindor wouldn't be bad' James started 'But I mean Hufflepuffs are quite nice and smart so that wouldn't be bad either' all four members of his family stared at him jaws open in surprise.
'What!' James cried at the looks his family gave him,
'Well' Ginny started
'You've never really said anything nice about a house that isn't Gryffindor' Hary finished,
Albus squinted at James 'I know why you think Hufflepuff is so good suddenly!' he said with mischief rarely seen in him except for when his friend Scorpius is around 'It's that third year Hufflepuff that you've taken a liking to, isn't it!'
'No!' came a shrill and girly shriek from James
'Merlin's beard James, calm down I'm only teasing you.'
'I am perfectly calm.'
'Boy's leave each other alone would you? I'm trying to write to professor McGonagall' Harry said with faked venom.
'Harry love, now that Lil has her letter we need to go to Diagon alley sometime soon.' Ginny said getting up to stand next to harry,
'I know we do, we can go today, after lunch?'
'Yes!' Lily screamed 'I want to go to the bookshop' Her brothers rolled their eyes, Lily always wanted to go to a bookshop. Harry smiled, 'Of course we will,' 'we need to get school books too' Ginny added at James and Albus' groans.
Lily jumped up suddenly, releasing a very upset owl to run into the loungeroom grabbing Floo powder along the way. She stopped just before she would have run into the lit fireplace, throwing in the powder and screaming the address of her Aunt Hermione, Uncle Ron, and her cousins Rose and Hugo. The flame had only just turned green before she stuck her head in -Somewhat singing her eyebrows-
Her poor Uncle turned around so fast from where he had been walking. Lily thought he must have given himself whiplash, but rather than dwell on that thought she screamed into the fire 'HUGO GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW'
Ron looked like he might have a few ideas about her yelling for his son so early in the morning but before he could voice these opinions a long-limbed red head came into view.
'Luna girl, Whats up?'
'I got it! I got my letter!'
'Ya-'
'LILY' Ron bellowed from behing hugo 'THAT'S GREAT, ANOTHER WEASLEY IS OFF TO HOGWARTS ON THE FIRST, I'M GOING TO GO GET YOUR AUNT RIGHT NOW' he said walking out of view and-
Judging by the loud thump and slight rattle of the walls, Uncle Ron had just walked into a wall in his enthusiasm. Hugo laughed out a breathy 'One sec' and went to check on his father, a few minutes later he reappeared.
'He's Okay, I got Mum and she's fixing him up, oh, and she said congratulations.'
'Tell her I said thanks.' 'What house do you think you'll be in?'
'Gryffindor for sure, I'm not smart enough for Ravenclaw or ambitious enough for Slytherin and I'm definitely not a Hufflepuff'
'What house do you think I'll be in?'
'Gryffindor. Or Ravenclaw? Maybe Ravenclaw, You're smart enough, but I'm sure you're also plenty brave and loyal.'
They continued to speculate about all the people they'd meet and things they'd learn at Hogwarts. Eventually, though Hermione and Ron came back and asked when they'd be going to Diagon Alley, she called over her parents and it was decided they'd meet Ron and Hermione at Diagon Alley, at noon today.
I really hope you have enjoyed this first chapter, I will try my best to make this something you'd want to read. Please leave a review on this chapter with any sort of constructive critisim or ideas, have a nice day/night!
