*~Till Death do us Apart~*
By: Ice Princess
Part One ~ Roses Are Red
Chapter One ~ Petunia Evans - Er, Dursley
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"You may now kiss the bride!"
And with those words Petunia Evans was transformed into Petunia Dursley.
The charming Muggle way of uniting one man and wife worked with even the longest
necked female and the thickest necked male. Petunia married Vernon Dursley
in a drafty church two miles away from the Evans house to which they returned
later that night.
"Congratulations Petunia," Mrs. Evans, a petite lady of five foot and one
inch with soft red hair that drew into wispy curls towards the bottom, said
smiling.
Petunia gave a little smirk towards her sister, Lily, who wasn't married yet.
They always had a little rivalry between each other. On Lily's hand it was
completely good natured, but Petunia completely loathed Lily. How dare Lily
be abnormal and go off to that school for witches and wizards, those freaks!
How dare their parents allow Lily to go? Oh, no, they did not just allow
Lily to go, but they loved Lily. She was their perfect child, top in all her
classes at her freak school, and so much more. Always good natured, always
happy, and always beautiful with hair like her mothers and the brightest green
eyes inherited from her father.
Petunia slouched in her seat, but she was absolutely determined not to let
Lily get the better of her. After all, she did something before Lily. She
got married. With that happy thought, she let Vernon put his arm around her.
The whole family sat down in front of the fireplace. Lily popped in a good
movie and Mrs. Evans brought out the popcorn.
"Well Lily," Mr. Evans began, above the movie. "Looks like this is your last
full day at home. What time are we leaving tomorrow?"
"Early morning. My last year at Hogwarts. I can't believe it!" Lily exclaimed.
Petunia rolled her eyes.
"I'm so proud of you! You made Headgirl and all!" Mrs. Evans said happily.
This is my night! Not Lily's! I just got married for crying out loud! And
yet here they are, paying attention to that child and forgetting all about
me! Petunia thought selfishly.
The folded her arms up in her lap and shifted closer to Vernon who was munching
on popcorn loudly.
Suddenly Lily stood up.
"I think I'm going to turn in early tonight! After all, tomorrow's a big day!"
she exclaimed.
"Good idea Lily. You're always so sensible," Mr. Evans said.
Lily floated up the stairs into her room. While she was getting ready for
bed she noticed an owl tapping furiously at her window. She ran to it and
opened it up.
"Hey little fellow, what have you got for me?" she asked in a sweet little
voice.
The owl hooted in response. Lily untied a piece of parchment from its leg.
"Hold on little guy. Let me read this and then I'll get you something to eat
and drink," Lily said softly.
Suddenly there was a thunder of noise coming up the stairs.
Lily flung the owl back out the window and hid the parchment out of view.
"Sorry! Stay there, you'll get a treat!" Lily exclaimed quietly.
Then Petunia threw the door open and looked Lily straight in the eye.
"Listen to me Lily, and listen good!" she exclaimed angrily.
A/N: Ohh, what's gonna happen next? Ya, I know... Lame chapter. Nothing happened
in it. It's basically the get a feel for everything chapter. It'll be better...
Promise! K, R/R, Bye!