Disclaimers: I obviously don't own the characters blah blah blah, but I have made a few of them up.
AN: this is my first chapter of my first fan fic so review and add suggestions please! I'd love to thank friends but mainly my big sister Ashley who looked over this chapter! =D
Chapter 1
As I sat in the garden reading I heard, an owl hoot not far off in the distance. Just a few months before and I would have been very confused as to what the sleeping patterns of owls. However, I knew now at the tender age of 11 that I had discovered the sleeping patterns of owls. Of course, when this first got out at school the other kids soon realised that they had another reason to pick on me. Petunia, my older sister, would always protect me though. She would make the other kids stop what they were saying or even doing. She would pull me away from them and say things like 'come on Lily', or 'Don't listen to what they say'. Or even simply 'Don't let them get to you.' But this was all about to change and if only I knew what was to happen I may have been able to save the relationship we had. I looked at the owl that had suddenly appeared sitting by my feet. I took the letter from its beak, it was addressed to Tuney. With hope in my heart, I set my book on a low branch of the tree I was leaning on. I got up and walked into the house. "Tuney?" after no response, I tried again "I think you have a reply from Dumbledore." I obviously said the right thing because she came tearing down the stairs. She snatched the letter snarling "Thanks" as she took off to her room.
When my mind processed how rude she had been, our mum walked in and gave me a lolly. "Thanks mum! Why are you giving me this?"I asked carefully picking off the wrapper.
"You'll understand soon honey." She replied in a calm voice. This of course just confused me more, however, I went with what she said, and I took the wrapper of the before going into the garden to get my book. I retrieved the book off the branch and that's when I heard Tuney's scream. Thinking nothing of it, as my sister usually screamed about something once a day. I climbed onto the waist high tree branch and sat there. Not long later when I was about to get off the branch, Tuney stormed out of the house in my direction. Her already horse shaped face appeared, in front of me, which had turned a shade of deep red, as her hair flowed wildly about like an untamed mane. "Lily!" she screamed. I hopped off the tree, with the lolly in my mouth. Waving the letter in front of my face too fast for me to read, she started yelling at me. "This is a joke right?" when I shook my head she made a horse-like grunt. And said one last hurtful thing before returning to the house, "The kids at school are right, you are a freak!"
"Tuney-" but before I could try and calm her she stormed off or understand why she was being so mean she was gone. It confused me, how she was behaving so mean to me all of a sudden. 'What could Dumbledore have said that caused her to react in such a way?' is all I could think about for the rest of the evening.
After dinner I played a bit with Pye, our pet turtle, until our mother told me it was time for bed.
"Lily! Wake up sweetie, remember? We're going to the zoo!"
AN: dont forget to review! Bella x