All My Life
"A witch?!?" Petunia asked her sister, Lily, with a quizzical look, "Are you sure?"
"I dunno, it looks a little suspicious to me, I mean why would I get one, and you wouldn't? You're my sister!" Lily answered back, thumbing through her freshly opened 'Hogwarts' letter. She tried to hide her ecstatic smile at the letter, but no such luck. Though she felt bad for Petunia, she couldn't help think, 'how cool is this?!'
Petunia, knowing her sister too well for her own good, answered back, "Lily, this is amazing, you are going to be a great witch, and I for one, could not be happier for you!" Though she was jealous as hell, she hid it as best she could.
"Oh Petunia!" cried Lily, "thank you so much, you don't know how much your approval means to me!"
"I know Lils, I know," Petunia said hugging her sister. Though Petunia was 5 years older, Lily was her best friend, as she was Lily's.
"Come on Petty! Drive me over to this, 'Diagon Alley' and we can get my stuff!" the 11 year old said excitedly, bounding through the door.
(A/N: I don't know when kids in England get their drivers licenses, but in the US we get them at 16, so that's how old Petunia is, and she has her license. Thanks!)
"Lily? I really don't think that this place is actually operating, er… in business?!" Petunia stated as her 11 year old counter part pulled her through crowds of people to an abandoned old place, coined, 'The Leaky Cauldron."
"Yes I can see your point, but it says 'Leaky Cauldron' right here! I mean they didn't lie did they?" Lily asked, getting more and more apprehensive by the second.
"No Lily, of course not, best be getting inside though." Petunia answered, herself not even believing the words flying out of her mouth.
After asking a few people about Diagon Alley in the Leaky Cauldron, they were lead to a brick wall, neither of them knowing what to do.
"Go on Lils, do your magic!" Petunia urged, pushing Lily towards the wall.
"I don't know any yet!" she answered back, when someone walked through the wall (A/N: I cannot for the life of me recall any of the HP books saying how they got back out of Diagon Alley? So I took it upon my self to come up with it. Enjoy!) startling both girls. Petunia tried to grab Lily, but she was on the ground, with someone on top of her struggling to get up.
"Get off her!" Petunia screamed, tugging at Lily's arm, desperately trying to free her. Just as the words came out of her mouth two other boys came through the wall.
"We turn our backs for 10, 20 seconds tops, and he is already found a girl and is trying to molest her! Where did we go wrong James, where? I was so sure he was a good kid and now this?!" One of the boys exclaimed.
"Sirius, help me!" the boy who was on top of Lily yelled.
"Yes, help him!" Lily and Petunia screamed simultaneously.
"I will, I will, jeese Remus don't die on me here," Sirius said, barely able to contain himself, "don't just stand there and gawk Jamie, make yourself useful!"
James and Sirius hoisted Remus off the extremely put off Lily.
"Thanks," she breathed, dusting herself off and extending her hand to the boys, "I'm Lily Evans, and you are?"
"This is James Potter, and I do believe you already know Remus Lupin. And I am Sirius Black. Much obliged Miss Lily Evans." Said Sirius grinning and vigorously shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you all, you are all going to Hogwarts?" she said, surveying each of the boys. 'Not bad Lil, they are pretty cute!' she thought.
"Yeah, we are gonna begin our first year this term." James answered back. She is hot! he thought.
"Cool! I guess I will see you three later then! Nice meeting you!" Lily said, ecstatic that she not only met one person, but three!
"K, bye Lily! Nice meeting you!" the boys said waving and retreating towards the entrance to Leaky Cauldron.
"Cute Lil, very cute!" Petunia mused at her love struck sister, "Now, they just seemed to walk through the wall, so, since you're a witch, maybe that's just what you do? Walk through? Yes I'm sure that it is. Now Lily, don't be scared, just walk through, ok?"
"That sounds crazy Petty? But, I mean so did being a witch at first… Ok I'll do it!" Lily answered walking towards the wall.
"Oomph!" she sounded as she walked straight into the wall. (A/N: Who saw that coming?)
"Oh Lily! I knew it was too easy! Oh I'm sorry!" Petunia said while holding her sister.
"Um, excuse me, are you trying to get to Diagon Alley?" a very pretty blonde girl asked.
"Yeah… rather unsuccessfully if I do say so myself…" Lily answered quietly, while rubbing the sore spot on her head.
"You must be muggle born! Hello, I'm Avienna Graham." The girl smiled and shook Lily's hand.
"Lily Evans nice to meet you. Moogle did you say? What is a moogle?" Lily asked with a questioning look on her face.
"Oh, a muggle is a non magic person. Just a term we use here in the wizarding world." Avienna explained, "Are you going to Hogwarts? I'm going to be in my first year."
"Me too!" Lily answered.
"Great! Oh yeah, these are my parents, William and Bella Graham. Mum, dad, this is Lily Evans, she is going to Hogwarts too!" Avienna said.
"Nice to meet you Lily, and who is this young lady behind you?" The Grahams asked Lily.
"This is my older sister Petunia, she's a muggle." Lily answered; thrilled she could use the term 'muggle' already!
Petunia raised an eyebrow at Lily and took the Grahams outstretched hands, "Hullo, very lovely meeting you. Do you think that you would be able to help us, erm, get through this wall?"
"Oh yes, of course dear!" As the Grahams ushered them into the Alley, Lily and Petunia were awe inspired at the sight to behold.
"Oh wow." Was all either of them could say.
"Mum, Dad, Lily, Petunia and I will meet you at the Leaky Cauldron in 2 hours ok?" Avienna told her parents.
"Ok dear, have fun. Be safe!" they answered merrily, their reply slowly drifting away as they were sucked into the crowd of witches and wizards.
"Where to first Avienna?" Lily asked.
"First of all, please call me Ava, only my parents call me Avienna. And second, we are going to Gringotts too exchange your money to wizarding money." Ava answered.
Lily looked up at Petunia expectantly, "Sounds good to me Lil, lets get a move on though, only one hour and 57 minutes left!" Petunia answered, being pulled onward by a surprisingly strong 11 year old, named Ava.
"Ok, lets go get our wands first Ava!" Lily practically screamed, grabbing her new friend and running with her to Ollivanders.
"Don't worry Lily, I will be fine by myself." Petunia said quietly. Even though Lily was much younger, getting blown off by her hurt Petunia's feelings more than words can describe. She was no longer the center of Lily's universe. And as much as she tried not too, she resented that. Very much so.
By the time Petunia arrived at the shop, Lily and Ava were waving around little wooden sticks, knocking things off shelves and breaking vases. When all of a sudden a yellow light surrounded Lily engulfing her in its entirety.
"Oh, yes, willow, 10 and a ½ inches with a dragon heart string core! It is very good for charms, Miss Evans. Oh no! Miss Graham that is defenitly not the wand, PUT IT DOWN!" He screamed as Ava single handedly disrupted the entire shelf on the right side of the store.
Petunia sat wide-eyed next to Lily, who was also sitting with her mouth wide open watching the spectacle play out in front of them.
"Ok Miss Graham, this is an ash, 11 and ¾ inches, with unicorn tail." He said handing her the wand and backing away ever so quickly. Suddenly, fuchsia sparks flew out of the wand. And there stood Mr. Ollivander with a very smug look on his face.
"Ok girls, where to now?" Petunia asked.
"Madam Malkins! We have to get our robes!" Ava exclaimed, while running in the opposite direction. Through out the next hour the girls bought all their supplies, and even a few extras. They skidded into the Leaky Cauldron and collided right into William and Bella.
"Well girls, I hope you had a wonderful time shopping, and a productive one at that?" Mrs. Graham inquired as all three girls nodded their heads.
"How about we sit down and have a drink or two and then head home? On me? What do you say Petunia? Lily?" Mr. Graham asked. Petunia was just about to decline when Lily quickly said, "We'd love to!"
Petunia just stared open mouthed at her sister, "Yes, um, I think that would be fine."
"Great!" The two girls cried out.
"Oh wow Mr. and Mrs. Graham, this place is amazing!" Lily said after her fourth drink.
"Um, Lily, I think that you have had enough excitement today. We should probably get going; our mum and dad will be worried. Thank you for everything though, making Lily feel welcome and all." Petunia said quickly, grabbing Lily by the arm and dragging her across the room to the exit, with Lily yelling, "thank you! Bye Ava see you on the Hogwarts express!!"
Through out the rest of the summer, Ava and Lily kept in touch and became very close friends. On August the 30th a bright pink owl flew into Lily's room, scaring her half to death, not because it was an owl, but because it was pink.
"Hey Orion! What happened to you?" Lily asked the bird, which happened to belong to Ava. She took the letter from around the bird and gave it some food to tide it over until Lily could reply to the message.
Dear Lily~
Summer is almost over! OMG! I can't believe we are going to start Hogwarts in a matter of days! (2 to be exact!) So my mum and dad said that we could pick you up to go to the train if you want. Is that ok? I hope so; I don't really know anyone else! Well, reply to this letter ASAP, and give Orion some special attention, please? Rhyce dyed him pink because supposedly Orion delivered the "wrong love letter to the wrong girl! How stupid can a bird be? I just lost two of my best girls." Brothers are so annoying. I'm glad he's in 7th, I don't think I could handle more than one year! AHH!!! Ok, talk to you later!
Sincerely,
Avienna Marie
"Oh poor owl! Well that's ok, some how we will get Rhyce back, ok?" Lily cooed to the owl.
Ava,
We have to get Rhyce back! When we were in Diagon Alley, I bought a book from Zonko's about pulling pranks this year is gonna be so fun! (A/N: a true Marauder at heart, eh?) So I asked my mum, and she said that it would be great if you could take me, if the offer is still good. Well I better get packing, and I'm going to the salon to get my haircut before I leave for school! No need to reply, I will be ready for you to get me on Sept. 1st! Ok, bye!
Love,
Lillian Elizabeth
Once Lily was packed, she went down stairs and looked for her parents and sister.
"Mum! Dad! Petunia! When are we going to the salon?" Lily called wandering through the rather large house.
"Hey Lil! Do you want to come with me? I'm going in like 5 minutes?!" Petunia yelled from her room.
"Can I? I would love to!" Lily said, popping her head in Petunias doorway. She envied Petunia so much. Though she already was prettier than Petunia, her sister was beautiful in her own right. Just how she carried herself, and how she acted towards others. Petunia was Lily's idol. And Petunia knew that, and was a better person because of that, because she never wanted to let Lily down.
"Ok Lil, lets go." Petunia said, grabbing her purse and walking downstairs. Lily got up and followed her out to the car. On the way to the salon, they talked about how life would be like without Lily in the house.
"You! Red! Get to the chair on my right. Hey! Blondie! Get to the chair on my left." The salon "seater" barked at the Evans girls.
"'Allo! You must be Leelee! I am Fabian, your coloreest, and I will be dyeeng yoor hair!" the man said. (A/N: I suck at accents, Lo Siento. So just imagine its their?! Ok Toodles!)
"I don't want to dye my hair!" Lily said yanking her waist long hair from the evil stylists clutches, "I'm only 11! I just want it cut!"
"Now, now, lets not be dramatic Leelee. I will put this cap on your head, and I will pull hair through these holes and bleach it blonde, since your skin is so tan, unusual for a red head, it will look fabulous. (A/N: If any of you have had your hair capped, or sun glitzed, that is what I'm trying to explain.)
When Fabian was finished, Lily looked absolutely amazing. Her much shorter hair, about 10 inches cut off, 5 inches below her shoulders, looked great. The blonde made her look REALLY tan and pretty, and she didn't even need make-up, though she wore some anyway. Petunia looked great too, with red high lights in her dark brown hair.
"Lily! You look so beautiful!" Petunia cried.
"You too Petunia!" Lily replied, hugging her sister.
It was just getting dark when they came back to their mansion. Their parents were incredibly happy with the results and they had one of their last dinners together before Lily left. Before she knew it, Ava was breaking down the door on Sept. 1st, yelling, "Kings Cross Station, Lily! Lets go now!" It was going to be an exciting year.
(Hey everyone! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, and I'm sorry with the whole Three Broomsticks thingy, thanx for pointing it out to me Pamela! Ok on with the show!)