It was a cold morning, but the happy feeling inside the Evens house made up
for it. Lily was so excited; she had just gotten an owl inviting her to go
to Hogwarts. Since she came from a muggle family, she was surprised she was
accepted.
She and her mom had gone out shopping for her school cloths and supplies over three weeks ago, but it hadn't been easy. They were in a totally different world when they went into Diagon Alley, and it had been quite a shock. Lily hadn't expected it to be like everyday London, but she didn't expect to see hundreds or small witches and wizards wandering around the streets in funny looking robes. Also, the goblins in the bank had given her quite a shock, and she still didn't have this strange new currency figured out.
Despite all of this, Lilly still hadn't figured out her biggest problem, where was platform 9 ¾ ? She had been to the train station hundreds of time before, and had never noticed that platform.
She decided not to worry about that for the moment, right now she was still trying to cram all of her books and robes into her new trunk.
Miles away, James and his family were packing into a ministry car.
"Now James, I want you to behave yourself while you are away! I know you have a tendency to.how should I put this.. misbehave, and I don't want you getting into any trouble."
"Mom, I'm not two!" James yelled turning around and closing his eyes.
"Well, sometimes you act like it!" his dad said in a stern voice. "We'll have no more of this foolish fighting, it's ridiculous!"
With that the butler shut the door and they drove away.
When they got to the station, any tense feeling was gone with the excitement. James had been waiting for this year his whole life. Everyone in his family had gone to Hogwarts, so it was no surprise when he got is owl. Also, he already knew the headmaster, Jundrick Melenkow, and most of the teachers because of his fathers job in the ministry.
"Hurry up James, the train will be leaving soon!" his mom bellowed from fifteen feet in front of him, "You don't want to miss the train on your first year!"
"So it'd be ok to miss it next year then, right?" he smiled, starting to speed up a little.
His father turned to look at him, with a serious expression on his face. "There will be no talking back like that at school.right?!?"
"Sure, whatever dad," he paused for a second," but you might want to hurry, mom looks like she going to pop if we don't get there on time."
"Mom, where are you going?" Lily yelled after her running mother. "the train doesn't leave for another half an hour!"
"Yes, dear I know this, but don't you see that family up ahead of us?"
"No. what are you talking about?" she wined.
"Well, they were talking about not missing the train the first year, and I think they're going to the Hogwarts platform, now hurry or we'll loose them!"
Lily rolled her eyes but sped up, so she wouldn't lose her mom. "So (puff) we're following (puff) some family who (puff) may or may not (puff) be going the same (puff) place we are, (puff) that makes sense!"
"Oh, stop complaining," she scolded, "We don't have time for that!"
Half an hour later, after carefully following that family through the wall between platforms nine and ten, Lily and her mother started to get Lilie's trunk onto the train. Even though Lily had packed it completely full, it wasn't too heavy.
"So you're sure you packed everything, right honey?"
"Yeah, I think I got it all."
"You think."
"I did, and if I didn't, I'll send you an owl so you can send me whatever I might have forgotten!" Lilly rolled her eyes and have her trunk the final push to get it on the train.
"Well I guess this is it." Lily's mom said," I'm going to miss you!"
"Yeah, and I'll miss you," Lilly said eager to get on the train, because it was getting ready to leave. "I'll write you sometime this week ok?"
"Write me today!" "I'll see.well I have to go, bye!"
"Bye!" Mrs. Evens yelled as Lily disappeared from her sight onto the train. She was going to miss her daughter, but she knew this was going to be the best place for her.
"Hey, is anyone sitting here?"
"Oh, no go ahead. By the way, my name is Black, Sirius Black."
"Oh, hello," Lily said while walking into the small compartment, "my name's Lily Evens."
"So is it your first year as well?"
"Yeah, I had no idea I was a witch until I got my letter, I thought it was a joke at first, but obviously not."
"Oh, so you come from a muggle family? That's pretty cool. Everyone in my family is a wizard or a witch, but I was surprised when I got accepted, because I'm not that er.smart." He said, smiling a little.
As Lily laughed, she couldn't help but think that his smile was kind of cute. "I'm sure it's not all that bad," she said smiling"
"Apparently, you don't know Sirius!" said a voice from the door.
"Ah, James," Sirius yelled standing up, "where have you been?"
"You try getting out of my mom's death grip, not an easy task!" he laughed. "And who are you may I ask?" he said looking at Lily.
"Oh, I'm Lily, Lily Evens. It's my first year."
"Lily comes from a muggle family," Sirius blurted.
"Oh, well hi Lily, and bye, because you're in my seat." James said ignoring the confused look on Sirius' face. "There are other compartments with girls in them, you should go find one and leave my friend and I alone!"
"James what are you talking about?" Sirius asked.
"She should just go ok? Well bye."
"Ok, fine! I'll go!" Lily yelled opening the door and slamming it shut.
"WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?" Sirius yelled, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO DO THAT!"
"God, it's just a girl, get over it." James said as he rolled his eyes. "Hey, can you believe the Cannons lost in quidditch last week?"
After that, Lily wasn't quite sure where to go. Every compartment she went to had at least four people in it already, so there was no room for her.
Finally, she had some luck. It was the last compartment, in the corner of the train. She knocked on the door, and almost instantly a girl opened the door.
"Hey, I'm Lily, is there any room in your compartment by any chance, all of the others are full."
"Oh, yeah, sure. Come in!" the girl said opening the door completely, giving Lily room to slide in. "I'm Morgan, and this," she said pointing at the other girl in the compartment, "is Kelsey."
"Oh, hi, and thank you so much, I've been to every compartment, and they're all full!"
"Really, there's usually no problem fining one. Were you late for the train or something?" Kelsey asked confused.
"Well," Lily said sitting down, "actually I was in one, but some James kid kicked me out, saying I should leave Sirius and him alone."
"Oh, that explains a lot," Morgan said rolling her eyes, "James is a really big snot, or so I've heard, I've never actually met him, but everyone who has says the same thing. Well, except Sirius, I think he's his only friend right now."
"That's sort of sad, but your right, it does explain it." Lilly said laughing.
"So it's your first year fight?" Morgan asked.
"Yeah, how bout you two?"
"Well," started Kelsey, "It's Morgan's first, but it's my third. It's really fun here, I hate leaving for the summer."
"That's so cool! I've been waiting to come ever since I got my letter. It was a huge surprise though.because nobody else in my family is a witch." Lily said starting to explain all about her life. She had a good feeling about them, they seemed so nice, and like maybe they would all soon be friends. Little did she know, that soon, what she thought was going to be a good year, was about to start crashing down, and much sooner than she thought.
She and her mom had gone out shopping for her school cloths and supplies over three weeks ago, but it hadn't been easy. They were in a totally different world when they went into Diagon Alley, and it had been quite a shock. Lily hadn't expected it to be like everyday London, but she didn't expect to see hundreds or small witches and wizards wandering around the streets in funny looking robes. Also, the goblins in the bank had given her quite a shock, and she still didn't have this strange new currency figured out.
Despite all of this, Lilly still hadn't figured out her biggest problem, where was platform 9 ¾ ? She had been to the train station hundreds of time before, and had never noticed that platform.
She decided not to worry about that for the moment, right now she was still trying to cram all of her books and robes into her new trunk.
Miles away, James and his family were packing into a ministry car.
"Now James, I want you to behave yourself while you are away! I know you have a tendency to.how should I put this.. misbehave, and I don't want you getting into any trouble."
"Mom, I'm not two!" James yelled turning around and closing his eyes.
"Well, sometimes you act like it!" his dad said in a stern voice. "We'll have no more of this foolish fighting, it's ridiculous!"
With that the butler shut the door and they drove away.
When they got to the station, any tense feeling was gone with the excitement. James had been waiting for this year his whole life. Everyone in his family had gone to Hogwarts, so it was no surprise when he got is owl. Also, he already knew the headmaster, Jundrick Melenkow, and most of the teachers because of his fathers job in the ministry.
"Hurry up James, the train will be leaving soon!" his mom bellowed from fifteen feet in front of him, "You don't want to miss the train on your first year!"
"So it'd be ok to miss it next year then, right?" he smiled, starting to speed up a little.
His father turned to look at him, with a serious expression on his face. "There will be no talking back like that at school.right?!?"
"Sure, whatever dad," he paused for a second," but you might want to hurry, mom looks like she going to pop if we don't get there on time."
"Mom, where are you going?" Lily yelled after her running mother. "the train doesn't leave for another half an hour!"
"Yes, dear I know this, but don't you see that family up ahead of us?"
"No. what are you talking about?" she wined.
"Well, they were talking about not missing the train the first year, and I think they're going to the Hogwarts platform, now hurry or we'll loose them!"
Lily rolled her eyes but sped up, so she wouldn't lose her mom. "So (puff) we're following (puff) some family who (puff) may or may not (puff) be going the same (puff) place we are, (puff) that makes sense!"
"Oh, stop complaining," she scolded, "We don't have time for that!"
Half an hour later, after carefully following that family through the wall between platforms nine and ten, Lily and her mother started to get Lilie's trunk onto the train. Even though Lily had packed it completely full, it wasn't too heavy.
"So you're sure you packed everything, right honey?"
"Yeah, I think I got it all."
"You think."
"I did, and if I didn't, I'll send you an owl so you can send me whatever I might have forgotten!" Lilly rolled her eyes and have her trunk the final push to get it on the train.
"Well I guess this is it." Lily's mom said," I'm going to miss you!"
"Yeah, and I'll miss you," Lilly said eager to get on the train, because it was getting ready to leave. "I'll write you sometime this week ok?"
"Write me today!" "I'll see.well I have to go, bye!"
"Bye!" Mrs. Evens yelled as Lily disappeared from her sight onto the train. She was going to miss her daughter, but she knew this was going to be the best place for her.
"Hey, is anyone sitting here?"
"Oh, no go ahead. By the way, my name is Black, Sirius Black."
"Oh, hello," Lily said while walking into the small compartment, "my name's Lily Evens."
"So is it your first year as well?"
"Yeah, I had no idea I was a witch until I got my letter, I thought it was a joke at first, but obviously not."
"Oh, so you come from a muggle family? That's pretty cool. Everyone in my family is a wizard or a witch, but I was surprised when I got accepted, because I'm not that er.smart." He said, smiling a little.
As Lily laughed, she couldn't help but think that his smile was kind of cute. "I'm sure it's not all that bad," she said smiling"
"Apparently, you don't know Sirius!" said a voice from the door.
"Ah, James," Sirius yelled standing up, "where have you been?"
"You try getting out of my mom's death grip, not an easy task!" he laughed. "And who are you may I ask?" he said looking at Lily.
"Oh, I'm Lily, Lily Evens. It's my first year."
"Lily comes from a muggle family," Sirius blurted.
"Oh, well hi Lily, and bye, because you're in my seat." James said ignoring the confused look on Sirius' face. "There are other compartments with girls in them, you should go find one and leave my friend and I alone!"
"James what are you talking about?" Sirius asked.
"She should just go ok? Well bye."
"Ok, fine! I'll go!" Lily yelled opening the door and slamming it shut.
"WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT?" Sirius yelled, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO DO THAT!"
"God, it's just a girl, get over it." James said as he rolled his eyes. "Hey, can you believe the Cannons lost in quidditch last week?"
After that, Lily wasn't quite sure where to go. Every compartment she went to had at least four people in it already, so there was no room for her.
Finally, she had some luck. It was the last compartment, in the corner of the train. She knocked on the door, and almost instantly a girl opened the door.
"Hey, I'm Lily, is there any room in your compartment by any chance, all of the others are full."
"Oh, yeah, sure. Come in!" the girl said opening the door completely, giving Lily room to slide in. "I'm Morgan, and this," she said pointing at the other girl in the compartment, "is Kelsey."
"Oh, hi, and thank you so much, I've been to every compartment, and they're all full!"
"Really, there's usually no problem fining one. Were you late for the train or something?" Kelsey asked confused.
"Well," Lily said sitting down, "actually I was in one, but some James kid kicked me out, saying I should leave Sirius and him alone."
"Oh, that explains a lot," Morgan said rolling her eyes, "James is a really big snot, or so I've heard, I've never actually met him, but everyone who has says the same thing. Well, except Sirius, I think he's his only friend right now."
"That's sort of sad, but your right, it does explain it." Lilly said laughing.
"So it's your first year fight?" Morgan asked.
"Yeah, how bout you two?"
"Well," started Kelsey, "It's Morgan's first, but it's my third. It's really fun here, I hate leaving for the summer."
"That's so cool! I've been waiting to come ever since I got my letter. It was a huge surprise though.because nobody else in my family is a witch." Lily said starting to explain all about her life. She had a good feeling about them, they seemed so nice, and like maybe they would all soon be friends. Little did she know, that soon, what she thought was going to be a good year, was about to start crashing down, and much sooner than she thought.