Owl Post
(A/N: This is my first fan fic, so please judge it lightly. I love L/J romances, and so I decided to write one. This is the story plot of "You've Got Mail", a fluffy little romance with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Be sure to read/review!)
Disclamer: J. K. Rowling owns everything Harry Potterish, and I the plot isn't totally original either (You've Got Mail- don't know author, copy write, etc).
1 Chapter 1: Pen Pals and Powder Pranks
Lily Evens sighed as she looked out the window over her desk. It was pouring down rain, and she was extremely bored. She was stuck at home with her annoying little sister, Petunia, and she was trying to get in the mood to do the rest of her summer vacation homework. Although this homework was still a pain, it was not of the normal kind. There were assignments on Warlock Revolutions, Dragons, and predicting the Stars. This was because Lily was a witch and went to the best school of Witchcraft and Wizardry around, Hogwarts. She was going on her sixth year there, and was in the house Gryffindor. She had auburn hair, and sparkling green eyes.
Lily looked down reluctantly to her list of assignments, and was surprised to find that she only had two things left to do. One was a procedure and ingredient list for her least favorite subject, Potions. This would have been an interesting class, except for the fact that the instructor, Professor Dolent, hated all Gryffindors. Professor Dolent's favorite pastimes seemed to be taking points off Gryffindors for no reason, giving detentions, and crooning over the Slytherins, which she obviously favored. The other, more appealing assignment was not for a class, but to write the opening letter for a pen pal program. It was being set up between the Wizarding Schools to take the place of the Tri-Wizard Tournament (which had been a tournament between schools, and had fallen apart due to several deaths).
As she skimmed over the directions (no magic, only a letter, and don't include your name, address, or appearance), Lily sighed again. What the heck do I write? she asked herself. She wasn't the best letter writer, and stunk even more at conversing with complete strangers. Well, I might as well get writing…
"Hello Friend,
I am excited about writing to you. I like bunnies…"
No, no. The point here is to be honest, like a diary. Lily thought. This is going to be harder than I thought.
"Hello! I hope this letter finds you well, happy, and not to swarmed with school and homework. To be honest, I'm not really sure what to write. I'm a witch, and I am a sixth year this year (I'm 16). My birthday is April 12th. I really like to play pranks on my friends and enemies. Maybe we can switch pranks- that is if you like to play them. Oh- also- Quidditch and reading rule. My favorite subjects are Charms and Astronomy. I have three best friends, well, really two best friends. The other gal is nice and all, but I'm not as close to her. I have one real enemy. This guy is just, well, not worthy of being explained. Don't get me started on him! Do you have any archenemies? I think that this letter thing will work out, and it might be fun- don't you? Well, I've got to go. Bye. "
As Lily read over her letter, she smiled. At least she hoped that the letter thing would work out- she was a little nervous about telling things to a foreign stranger. Lily rolled up her parchment and stuck it carefully in her trunk- she didn't want it to get crushed among her schoolbooks and cauldron. As she did so, she heard a tapping at her window and looked up to see two owls hovering in the rain outside.
She rushed to let them in, and they both fluttered their wet wings and flew over to her bedpost. One of the owl's was hers (a black owl named Yahtzee), and the other was a huge tawny owl, obviously from Hogwarts. Lily relieved the latter owl of its letter first, and was not surprised to find a letter containing the yearly admission letter and book list. It also included a confirmation of her prefect-hood (she had been notified earlier in the summer). As Lily moved to Yahtzee, the other owl took flight, and disappeared into the cloudy sky.
Yahtzee was carrying a much less formal letter from her best friend, Elaine Dulch. She was staying at Bridget Lures' house, who completed the close knit trio. Jessica Mildon also hung out with Lily and her friends, but wasn't as close. She excitedly scanned the letter.
"Hey Lil! I'm having a great time at Bridget's house. I wish you could be here. Bridget introduced me to the pool concept, and I can't get enough of the cool, turquoise water that's clean and always perfect. Anyway, we're going to Diagon Alley in about a week. Can you meet us there? I also invited Jessica, Sirius, Remus, and James (yes, I'm sorry, I know you hate him). Hope to see you then. - Elaine"
Lily grimaced. The only thing she didn't like about Hogwarts was James Potter. He was really self centered and only thought about himself and occasionally pulling pranks on Lily (he hated her as much as she despised him, which is saying a lot). His best friends Sirius Black (the clown of Gryffindor tower) and Remus Lupin (who was shy and really nice) always accompanied James. I have to come up with an innocent but awesome prank to play on him at Diagon Alley, she thought as she started to comb her brain for the perfect prank.
Lily's train of thought was soon interrupted by a loud "LIIIIIIILIIIIIIEEEE, Mom and Dad brought lunch home!" from Petunia downstairs. Lily hurried happily downstairs, happy to have an excuse to postpone her Potions assignment.
Meanwhile, far away across the British country side, another 16 year old wizard was sitting down near a rainy window. He knew Lily, and, in fact saw her everyday most of the year. The only problem was that he hated her, just like she hated him.
James Potter was in deep thought, wondering what to write in the same assignment Lily was doing in her world at the same moment. He just didn't know what to write, and after making several attempts at an opening sentence, he wrote
"Hey! Just to let you know, I have no idea what I'm writing here. I guess I'm the kind of person who would rather meet someone first, instead of sending owls back and forth. But, as this is a school assignment, It must be done. I'm a 16 year old wizard, and absolutely love Quidditch. It's the greatest. I'm a really good seeker, and the feeling of flying on a broom is the best in the world. I guess I also like to travel, and really like (and am good at) school (don't tell my best friend, who would probably die of shock, or at least persuade me to go on a rule breaking spout, which we are famous for at my school). I also love pulling pranks on people, especially this one girl who really gets to me- I hate her! Hope you write back!"
There- that explains the basics of me: Quidditch, Pranks, Hogwarts, and torturing Lily. The last aspect reminded him of a prank for Lily that he had thought of the night before, and he went downstairs to owl Sirius about it. On the way, he met his mother, who had just received Elaine's owl.
"Honey, Elaine invited you and your little gang to go to Diagon Alley with her in a week. Would you like to go?" she asked.
James quickly replied, "Yeah, sure. Can I see the letter?"
"Why, of course dear. Here you are" she handed him the letter with a quizzical expression on her face. Then she shrugged and walked off.
James scanned the letter and his face brightened. Diagon Alley would be a perfect place to play that prank on Lily.
It was a beautiful day to be shopping at Diagon Alley. The sun was shining brightly, and the street was bustling with Hogwarts shoppers. Lily, Elaine, Bridget, and Jessica were all at a table at The Leaky Cauldron talking about their summers. Elaine and Bridget had just gotten back from the beach and their tans were fabulous. Elaine had wavy dark-brown hair and was about Lily's height, and Bridget's hair was golden, strait, and almost always pulled back in a ponytail. Jessica was really tall, and had short brown bouncy hair. She had gone to the US to visit her aunt and uncle in upstate New York.
As they finished their drinks and got ready to go, James, Sirius, and Remus walked up to them.
"Hello Girls. Hello Evans. Nice to see you." James said in a sarcastic voice. He almost went on, but Elaine butt in.
"James. I've already talked to Lily, and I want you two to try to make this a pleasant experience for all of us. You are going to have to work together this year as prefects, so, please keep a civil head and stop insulting Lily for me- OK?" Elaine looked hopeful, but doubtful.
James replied, "I don't know if that will be possible, your highness, but I'll try to be nice to the carrot head over there." His voice was still sarcastic, and he smirked at Lily after.
After smirking back, Lily discarded his comment and said, "Alright, why don't we split up?"
Sirius, with a huge grin on his face, added "Sounds good. The first group will be Remus, Bridget, Jessica, myself and… the rest of us will be the other group. That's good. We'll meet in front of Olivander's in two hours. See ya then- have fun." Sirius said this all very quickly, and after bowing politely, he ushered his giggling group off, eventually disappearing into the brick wall.
Oh great. At least I have time to sprinkle that powder on Potter's junk now. Lily thought, as she and her quiet group moved towards Gringotts. They then traveled to Flourish and Blots to purchase the new books for the year (including A Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6 and an interesting new book called A Guide to the Deceiving, Dangerous, and Devious, a book that looked like a Defense Against The Dark Arts text book). After picking up parchment, quills, and ink, Lily and Elaine told James to go pick up potion ingredients for the three of them while they looked at dress robes.
This is perfect for my plan thought James. He was going to slip under his Invisibility Cloak and pull the prank on her then. Since it was the Holiday's, no magic was allowed. But, instead, James had bought some Slime Powder at Zonko's last year, and had saved it to cover Lily over the summer. He planned to attack her with it just as they were leaving the store. After covering himself with his beloved cloak, he hid by a window, armed with the powder, ready to sprinkle it on Lily when she left the store. As soon as it touched something, it would turn to goo, but right now is was a fine green powder.
Meanwhile, in Madam Malkin's, Elaine and Lily had bought new Hogwarts robes and cloaks and were ready to move on to the dress robes. They knew for a fact that there would be a Fall Ball, and they wanted to buy their robes early.
"LILY! Come look at this! This gown will fit you perfectly. And, it goes great with your eyes- you have to try it on"
"Alright- I'll be right back". Lily scampered in the dressing room and a few minutes later she came back, twirling around and around. The dress accented Lily's features beautifully, and the color on her was smashing.
Outside, James saw Lily come out from the dressing room in the silver dress robes. He grinned, and got ready to sprang on Lily as she and Elaine paid for their robes.
The girls came out of the store, laughing and talking about a yellow robe that Elaine had picked out. James sprung, and sprinkled the Slime Powder. It landed all over Lily and she screamed "POTTER!" Then, in a lower voice, said "Take off that cloak RIGHT NOW and show your face. You are going to die a thousand deaths when we get back to Hogwarts."
"Oh, Goody Goody! I can't wait! Sirius will be so jealous!" James taunted as he pulled off the cloak.
Lily, her hot temper flaring, remembered what she had in her pocket. She pulled it out and dumped it's contents on James' cloak and than his bags and knapsack (hoping that they held the Marauder's Map and James' summer homework). She smiled, and Elaine gave her a questioning look. As the two girls walked away from a puzzled James, Lily said, "Magnetic Powder, the boys won't be able to touch the cloak or that bag for three weeks." Both of them dissolved in giggles, and James glared furiously at Lily, fuming and assuring himself that his next prank would finish her off.
(A/N: This is my first fan fic, so please judge it lightly. I love L/J romances, and so I decided to write one. This is the story plot of "You've Got Mail", a fluffy little romance with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Be sure to read/review!)
Disclamer: J. K. Rowling owns everything Harry Potterish, and I the plot isn't totally original either (You've Got Mail- don't know author, copy write, etc).
1 Chapter 1: Pen Pals and Powder Pranks
Lily Evens sighed as she looked out the window over her desk. It was pouring down rain, and she was extremely bored. She was stuck at home with her annoying little sister, Petunia, and she was trying to get in the mood to do the rest of her summer vacation homework. Although this homework was still a pain, it was not of the normal kind. There were assignments on Warlock Revolutions, Dragons, and predicting the Stars. This was because Lily was a witch and went to the best school of Witchcraft and Wizardry around, Hogwarts. She was going on her sixth year there, and was in the house Gryffindor. She had auburn hair, and sparkling green eyes.
Lily looked down reluctantly to her list of assignments, and was surprised to find that she only had two things left to do. One was a procedure and ingredient list for her least favorite subject, Potions. This would have been an interesting class, except for the fact that the instructor, Professor Dolent, hated all Gryffindors. Professor Dolent's favorite pastimes seemed to be taking points off Gryffindors for no reason, giving detentions, and crooning over the Slytherins, which she obviously favored. The other, more appealing assignment was not for a class, but to write the opening letter for a pen pal program. It was being set up between the Wizarding Schools to take the place of the Tri-Wizard Tournament (which had been a tournament between schools, and had fallen apart due to several deaths).
As she skimmed over the directions (no magic, only a letter, and don't include your name, address, or appearance), Lily sighed again. What the heck do I write? she asked herself. She wasn't the best letter writer, and stunk even more at conversing with complete strangers. Well, I might as well get writing…
"Hello Friend,
I am excited about writing to you. I like bunnies…"
No, no. The point here is to be honest, like a diary. Lily thought. This is going to be harder than I thought.
"Hello! I hope this letter finds you well, happy, and not to swarmed with school and homework. To be honest, I'm not really sure what to write. I'm a witch, and I am a sixth year this year (I'm 16). My birthday is April 12th. I really like to play pranks on my friends and enemies. Maybe we can switch pranks- that is if you like to play them. Oh- also- Quidditch and reading rule. My favorite subjects are Charms and Astronomy. I have three best friends, well, really two best friends. The other gal is nice and all, but I'm not as close to her. I have one real enemy. This guy is just, well, not worthy of being explained. Don't get me started on him! Do you have any archenemies? I think that this letter thing will work out, and it might be fun- don't you? Well, I've got to go. Bye. "
As Lily read over her letter, she smiled. At least she hoped that the letter thing would work out- she was a little nervous about telling things to a foreign stranger. Lily rolled up her parchment and stuck it carefully in her trunk- she didn't want it to get crushed among her schoolbooks and cauldron. As she did so, she heard a tapping at her window and looked up to see two owls hovering in the rain outside.
She rushed to let them in, and they both fluttered their wet wings and flew over to her bedpost. One of the owl's was hers (a black owl named Yahtzee), and the other was a huge tawny owl, obviously from Hogwarts. Lily relieved the latter owl of its letter first, and was not surprised to find a letter containing the yearly admission letter and book list. It also included a confirmation of her prefect-hood (she had been notified earlier in the summer). As Lily moved to Yahtzee, the other owl took flight, and disappeared into the cloudy sky.
Yahtzee was carrying a much less formal letter from her best friend, Elaine Dulch. She was staying at Bridget Lures' house, who completed the close knit trio. Jessica Mildon also hung out with Lily and her friends, but wasn't as close. She excitedly scanned the letter.
"Hey Lil! I'm having a great time at Bridget's house. I wish you could be here. Bridget introduced me to the pool concept, and I can't get enough of the cool, turquoise water that's clean and always perfect. Anyway, we're going to Diagon Alley in about a week. Can you meet us there? I also invited Jessica, Sirius, Remus, and James (yes, I'm sorry, I know you hate him). Hope to see you then. - Elaine"
Lily grimaced. The only thing she didn't like about Hogwarts was James Potter. He was really self centered and only thought about himself and occasionally pulling pranks on Lily (he hated her as much as she despised him, which is saying a lot). His best friends Sirius Black (the clown of Gryffindor tower) and Remus Lupin (who was shy and really nice) always accompanied James. I have to come up with an innocent but awesome prank to play on him at Diagon Alley, she thought as she started to comb her brain for the perfect prank.
Lily's train of thought was soon interrupted by a loud "LIIIIIIILIIIIIIEEEE, Mom and Dad brought lunch home!" from Petunia downstairs. Lily hurried happily downstairs, happy to have an excuse to postpone her Potions assignment.
Meanwhile, far away across the British country side, another 16 year old wizard was sitting down near a rainy window. He knew Lily, and, in fact saw her everyday most of the year. The only problem was that he hated her, just like she hated him.
James Potter was in deep thought, wondering what to write in the same assignment Lily was doing in her world at the same moment. He just didn't know what to write, and after making several attempts at an opening sentence, he wrote
"Hey! Just to let you know, I have no idea what I'm writing here. I guess I'm the kind of person who would rather meet someone first, instead of sending owls back and forth. But, as this is a school assignment, It must be done. I'm a 16 year old wizard, and absolutely love Quidditch. It's the greatest. I'm a really good seeker, and the feeling of flying on a broom is the best in the world. I guess I also like to travel, and really like (and am good at) school (don't tell my best friend, who would probably die of shock, or at least persuade me to go on a rule breaking spout, which we are famous for at my school). I also love pulling pranks on people, especially this one girl who really gets to me- I hate her! Hope you write back!"
There- that explains the basics of me: Quidditch, Pranks, Hogwarts, and torturing Lily. The last aspect reminded him of a prank for Lily that he had thought of the night before, and he went downstairs to owl Sirius about it. On the way, he met his mother, who had just received Elaine's owl.
"Honey, Elaine invited you and your little gang to go to Diagon Alley with her in a week. Would you like to go?" she asked.
James quickly replied, "Yeah, sure. Can I see the letter?"
"Why, of course dear. Here you are" she handed him the letter with a quizzical expression on her face. Then she shrugged and walked off.
James scanned the letter and his face brightened. Diagon Alley would be a perfect place to play that prank on Lily.
It was a beautiful day to be shopping at Diagon Alley. The sun was shining brightly, and the street was bustling with Hogwarts shoppers. Lily, Elaine, Bridget, and Jessica were all at a table at The Leaky Cauldron talking about their summers. Elaine and Bridget had just gotten back from the beach and their tans were fabulous. Elaine had wavy dark-brown hair and was about Lily's height, and Bridget's hair was golden, strait, and almost always pulled back in a ponytail. Jessica was really tall, and had short brown bouncy hair. She had gone to the US to visit her aunt and uncle in upstate New York.
As they finished their drinks and got ready to go, James, Sirius, and Remus walked up to them.
"Hello Girls. Hello Evans. Nice to see you." James said in a sarcastic voice. He almost went on, but Elaine butt in.
"James. I've already talked to Lily, and I want you two to try to make this a pleasant experience for all of us. You are going to have to work together this year as prefects, so, please keep a civil head and stop insulting Lily for me- OK?" Elaine looked hopeful, but doubtful.
James replied, "I don't know if that will be possible, your highness, but I'll try to be nice to the carrot head over there." His voice was still sarcastic, and he smirked at Lily after.
After smirking back, Lily discarded his comment and said, "Alright, why don't we split up?"
Sirius, with a huge grin on his face, added "Sounds good. The first group will be Remus, Bridget, Jessica, myself and… the rest of us will be the other group. That's good. We'll meet in front of Olivander's in two hours. See ya then- have fun." Sirius said this all very quickly, and after bowing politely, he ushered his giggling group off, eventually disappearing into the brick wall.
Oh great. At least I have time to sprinkle that powder on Potter's junk now. Lily thought, as she and her quiet group moved towards Gringotts. They then traveled to Flourish and Blots to purchase the new books for the year (including A Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6 and an interesting new book called A Guide to the Deceiving, Dangerous, and Devious, a book that looked like a Defense Against The Dark Arts text book). After picking up parchment, quills, and ink, Lily and Elaine told James to go pick up potion ingredients for the three of them while they looked at dress robes.
This is perfect for my plan thought James. He was going to slip under his Invisibility Cloak and pull the prank on her then. Since it was the Holiday's, no magic was allowed. But, instead, James had bought some Slime Powder at Zonko's last year, and had saved it to cover Lily over the summer. He planned to attack her with it just as they were leaving the store. After covering himself with his beloved cloak, he hid by a window, armed with the powder, ready to sprinkle it on Lily when she left the store. As soon as it touched something, it would turn to goo, but right now is was a fine green powder.
Meanwhile, in Madam Malkin's, Elaine and Lily had bought new Hogwarts robes and cloaks and were ready to move on to the dress robes. They knew for a fact that there would be a Fall Ball, and they wanted to buy their robes early.
"LILY! Come look at this! This gown will fit you perfectly. And, it goes great with your eyes- you have to try it on"
"Alright- I'll be right back". Lily scampered in the dressing room and a few minutes later she came back, twirling around and around. The dress accented Lily's features beautifully, and the color on her was smashing.
Outside, James saw Lily come out from the dressing room in the silver dress robes. He grinned, and got ready to sprang on Lily as she and Elaine paid for their robes.
The girls came out of the store, laughing and talking about a yellow robe that Elaine had picked out. James sprung, and sprinkled the Slime Powder. It landed all over Lily and she screamed "POTTER!" Then, in a lower voice, said "Take off that cloak RIGHT NOW and show your face. You are going to die a thousand deaths when we get back to Hogwarts."
"Oh, Goody Goody! I can't wait! Sirius will be so jealous!" James taunted as he pulled off the cloak.
Lily, her hot temper flaring, remembered what she had in her pocket. She pulled it out and dumped it's contents on James' cloak and than his bags and knapsack (hoping that they held the Marauder's Map and James' summer homework). She smiled, and Elaine gave her a questioning look. As the two girls walked away from a puzzled James, Lily said, "Magnetic Powder, the boys won't be able to touch the cloak or that bag for three weeks." Both of them dissolved in giggles, and James glared furiously at Lily, fuming and assuring himself that his next prank would finish her off.