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Story Before a Lifetime
Chapter 1
Lily Evans was your average seventeen year old girl. She enjoyed listening to music, hanging out with her friends, shopping and, like any girl her age, had a crush on Rick Springfield and David Cassidy. But Lily wasn't just like any girl her age, she was special.
No other girl could give her older sister a huge pimple in the middle of her forehead just before she went on a date, or turn her mother's hair pink when she wasn't allowed go to the movies, that is, unless, that girl was a witch. And that's exactly what Lily Evans was, a witch.
Now being a witch had its ups and its downs. First of all you couldn't go to normal high school because normal school couldn't teach the things you had to learn to be a witch. Instead you got to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a boarding school in the North of Scotland. There you could meet other witches and wizards, as well as ghosts, poltergeists, hags, centaurs, Acromantula and all sorts of things those with simple minds would never have thought existed.
Secondly Hogwarts in all its glory was a boarding school so in order to see your family any other time other than your summer holidays you had to pry yourself away from the magical immaculate, white grounds of the castle.
Also another down side to being a witch was that you couldn't tell your friends you had before because of a Statute of Secrecy. The only ones that could know were your immediate family.
And, in Lily's opinion, the worst thing about being a witch is that, no matter how many hexes, curses, spells, potions and jinxes you learned, you couldn't use any on your horrid, snot-nosed older sister. Petunia Evans was the most normal, magic ignorant, magic hating person Lily had ever met or could ever imagine meeting. That is, of course unless you counted Petunia's boyfriend; who thought that anything that wasn't plain like him, was abnormal.
Lily had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting him the week after she came back from her sixth year at Hogwarts. In Lily's opinion he was large and purple, nasty and rude. And worst of all, almost if not as pompous as James Potter.
James Potter was another reason to like or not to like Hogwarts. If you were Lily or any of her friends you hated him. To you he was the most arrogant, self-conceited, bullying toe rag you had ever seen. But, if you were a normal girl who hadn't her head screwed on fully and would fall for flirting and charms, then you'd think he was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
James Potter had been after Lily Evans heart since their third year and she had turned him down every time he asked her out.
This summer Lily ha decided that no matter how annoying he got she wouldn't let him get to her. As well as that, she decided that she wouldn't let her sister get to her either.
Lily sat in her bedroom by the window sill; she had her sketch book and pencil in hand and was silently drawing doodles and cartoons. Lily had liked drawing ever since she was a little girl and was quite fond of drawing animals. She was just finishing off her drawing of a moonlit stag when a dark falcon was seen coming toward her. Lily noticed it straight away as her best friend Serena's. Lily hastily opened the window and within a minute the beautiful bird was inside, holding her talon out to Lily, who untied the letter attached.
The bird flew over to Lily's owls' empty perch and took some food. Lily opened the letter and read it,
Hey Lil!
Hope you're having a great summer, well in the two weeks that I haven't seen you! Can't wait till tomorrow, we'll shop 'til we drop, or something to that accord!
Any who did you get your Hogwarts letter yet? I can't believe it's our last year! Serious planning for this one next week! I bet you got HG! All the professors on your side, well two at the very least!
Well I'm tired so, see you tomorrow!
Love,
Seri
XxX
Lily lightly laughed at her friends' letter. Truth be told she couldn't believe it was her last year either. Well, she thought, I'd better get to bed if I want to go shopping tomorrow.
She put away her book and pencils, got under her covers and dozed off after a few moments.
Lily woke the next morning to the smell of an English breakfast. Jumping out of bed, not bothering to redo the covers, she ran down and sat at the table.
Her mother placed a plate in front of her. Mmm, thought Lily, bacon, sausages, roast potatoes, fried onion and fried eggs. She dug in and began wolfing it down.
Ten minutes later Lily had finished and her father had walked in. Biding a 'Good Morning' and sitting down at the table he took out the newspaper.
Lily's mother came over and placed his breakfast in front of him. Then she turned to Lily, 'So, what's the plan for today?'
Lily looked up, 'Well Serena's coming over at eleven and we're going to Diagon Alley, but we might go shopping around mu-, normal London too.'
'Do you girls need a lift?' asked Mrs. Evans. Lily nodded in response and then glanced at the clock. Ten to eleven, she thought, TEN TO ELEVEN! OH SHIT! Lily ran like the wind up the stairs, into her bedroom and closed the door.
Quickly she grabbed some tight, dark jeans, a jumper and a vest top and changed. She then got a brush off her dresser, ran it through her hair and put some gloss on her lips.
After winking at herself in the mirror she turned around to see a tawny brown owl sitting on the window. She walked over, took the letter, which was particularly heavy, and opened it. It read;
Dear Ms. Evans,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected this year as Hogwarts' Head Girl. We hope you will treat this as a privilege and do your best to keep fair punishment.
We hope you have a great last year and keep your grades in standard, as always.
See you September first,
Your Head of House,
Professor M. McGonagall
Lily Evans was head girl. She, Lily Evans, one of Hogwarts most popular and prettiest girls was Head Girl. Serena was right, she was Head Girl! Who was Head boy? The letter hadn't said. Well maybe she'd just have to wait thirty-three days. Thirty-three days! It seemed like ages. She took her badge out from the envelope and placed it next to her hairbrush on her dresser.
Lily scanned through her supplies list and brought it down stairs where she saw her best friend talking to her mother.
'Seri!' she squealed. Lily threw her arms around her friend and engulfed her into a bone-crushing hug. After they let go Serena looked at Lily, her eyebrows raised.
'So? Am I looking at Hogwarts new Head Girl or did someone beat our Little Lily to it?' Serena teased.
'Yep, just got the letter! I'm the new Head Girl,' Serena gave Lily another hug and then Mrs. Evans did. Lily went and told her father, who gave her fifty pounds to get something while shopping.
The three girls got into the car and drove down the road. After fifteen minutes or so they pulled up outside the Leaky Cauldron and Lily's mum handed her money for school supplies.
The two seventeen-year-olds said Good-bye, entered the bar and then walked through to find Diagon Alley.
They weren't two seconds down the busy street when they heard a familiar voice calling, 'Evans! HEY EVANS!'
James Potter woke at dawn to a tapping noise at his window. He threw off the covers, placed his gasses on his nose and went over to see what was going on. A tawny brown owl that James recognised as the schools was lightly pecking at his bedroom window.
He undid the rope around its leg and stroked it lightly on its head. He opened the letter and read it.
Dear Mr. Potter,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected this year as Hogwarts' Head Boy. We hope you will treat this as a privilege and do your best to keep fair punishment.
We hope you have a great last year and keep your grades in standard, as always.
See you September first,
Your Head of House,
Professor M. McGonagall
So, he was Head Boy? Well that meant he could stay out well past curfew and he could dock points from Slytherin, nice. This year was going to be fun.
James placed the envelope and letter on his desk and went back to bed, not waking until ten. He only then got up, dressed and had breakfast.
James' father had gone to work a few hours previous, so it was just him and his mother in the kitchen.
'James honey,' she cooed. 'Your father wanted to know who you were bringing to the Ministry Ball next week. You'll have to let him know by tonight.'
'Yes mum, Sirius and Remus are definitely coming; I'm not so sure about Peter, he's on holiday in Turkey.'
His mother nodded in acknowledgement. 'Your father said you should think about inviting a girl as wel-' James cut his mother off. 'Mum I have already told him. The girl I want to invite doesn't want to come.'
Mrs. Potter shrugged, 'Okay, but he'll make sure you have someone to dance with.' She left the conversation there, not wanting to annoy her son.
Five minutes of silence passed and there was a loud 'crack' and James' best friend Sirius Black appeared in the kitchen, smiling.
'Well Prongsie my boy, what lucky street are we going to today?'
'Diagon Alley,' replied James, 'for school supplies.' Sirius just grinned. 'Yeah, school supplies.' James stood up and gave his mother a quick peck on the cheek before standing with Sirius and Disapparating to Diagon Alley.
Lily and Serena turned to see the person Lily did not want to see until, at least, the start of term. James and Sirius made their way through the crowd to the girls.
When they got to them Sirius flashed his most charming smile at Serena, who just rolled her eyes. James, on the other hand, gave Lily a genuine smile that wasn't returned, no matter how cute he looked.
'So why do such fine ladies as you, grace this Alley today? Such visions of loveliness, so angelic-' Sirius was cut off by the object of his attention. 'Save it Black. We didn't plan o bumping into anyone.'
'Hey Evans,' said James, smoothly. 'You know opposites attract.'
Lily just smiled and said, 'Well I sincerely hope you find someone who is attractive, honest, intelligent, and modest and cultured.'
Sirius laughed at the look on James' face, while the two girls turned on their heels and walked in the direction of Flourish and Blotts.
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