Chapter 1

Unexpected Surprises

It was the middle of July for eleven year old Lily Anne Evans on her summer break. She was again in her 'secret spot' located in her attic, where she could slip away from everyone to be engrossed in her piles and piles of books.

Her secret spot was not a very big room, but big enough for a few bookshelves, her computer and bunches of cushy bean bag chairs. She first found out this place when she was 6 years old and it was covered with cobwebs and thick layers of dust. Lily decided she loved the room and cleaned it till it was spotless and filled the 3 walls with bookshelves except the window view which was the perfect view of the nearby lake.

Lily usually went up there when her older sister Petunia would be out with some friends, then she didn't have anyone to play with. Her and Petunia had a sisterly bond where they would do everything together. Lily loved her sister very much and Petunia loved Lily the same way.

Lily is very unique and different. Reasons why is that she has lovely straight fiery red hair that went a couple of centimeters under her shoulders. But what made her even more pretty were her bright vivid green emerald eyes which sparkled when she smiled. Lily was a very lovely girl. So many people thought that red hair would clash with her green eyes but its what made her more beautiful.

Today was one of the days that Petunia was out with her friends, shopping, gossiping or who knows what. So Lily decided to occupy her time with her favorite books.

Lily was positioned comfortably on a big blue Bean bag chair tucking a red strand of hair behind her ear while reading, until she was interrupted by a rather loud and annoying tapping noise.

Tap, tap, tap.

"Hmm.." Lily thought. She shifted her eyes from her book and took a glance around the room. Not seeing anything she continued reading. To her annoyance, the sound became louder and more persistent.

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.

"Hmph." Lily sounded. She took another glance but decided to ignore it and continue her reading once more.

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap

"Ok... Just ignore it, it will go away." Lily thought again getting annoyed.

Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap

Lily closed her book shut and laid it down on the nearby table. She looked around her room annoyed by the persistant tapping noise. She immediately went her window, just to check if one of the neighborhood kids were being bothersome little monsters.

Lily opened her window and scanned the surroundings of the community. Everything seemed to be in order so she sighed and was about to close her window when something big came swooping towards her out of nowhere.

Lily shreiked and instintively fled behind one of her bean bag chairs. She peered around the side of the bean bag to see what caused her to flee. She glanced at a brown owl calmy perched on the top of her study desk looking at her with its beady yellow eyes.

Her eyes widened in bewilderment as she hid herself behind the bean bag again. She was confused at two things. 1) What's an owl doing in my room? 2) Why does it have a letter attached to its leg?

She went to check again to see if the owl was gone but it was still sitting on her desk looking at her. It stuck out its leg that had the letter attached. Lily furrowed her brow as she looked at the owl skeptically. She slowly stood up and walked over to the owl.

Approaching the owl, she carefully reached for the letter. Keeping a close look out for the owl at the same time. Lily untied the thick letter from the owls leg. As she held the letter in her hands, the brown owl hooted at her while giving a nudge to the letter.

Lily looked at the thick letter. It was also quite heavy as well. The letter wasn't your usual white but a pale yellow color. And instead of your typical black ink it, the letter was addressed in fine green.

It read.

Ms. Lilian Evans

The Attic

198 Lake Rose Lane

Hillsburg Community

Lily was awed. Due to the fact that it knew the exact position in which she was at. She still eyed it suspiciously wondering whether she should open it or not. She knew better that to open letters from an anonymous sender. It also weirded her out that it was delivered by owl?

But curiosity didn't kill this cat, so she decided to open it.

She flipped the letter over and admired the fancy wax seal with the Capitalized 'H' in the middle. She carefully opened the seal and pulled out a piece of paper similar to the envelope. As Lily read the elegant cursive green text, she was a loss for words.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Ms. Evans,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted

at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find

enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term Begins on September 1. We await your owl

by no later than July 31.

Yours Sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,

Deputy Headmistress

So many questions soared through Lily's mind as she jumped around excitedly. "I'm a witch! I'm a witch! I'm a wi--wait." Lily said abruptly.

"This is way to good to be real." she stated. "Probably some cruel joke. Witches, there not real, just in movies...right?"

"But it looks so formal." Lily added skeptically looking at the letter in her hands. "And it looks like a real signature...so maybe it is real."

"Or not... But I think I should at least see first." Lily thought happily as she ran down the stairs as fast as she could. She headed for the kitchen where her mother was preparing dinner.

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"Oh, Lily dear, don't run in the house, you might trip and hurt yourself" Anne Evans said to her eleven year old daughter.

Anne Evans looked like the spitting image of Lily. She had the fiery red hair and the same facial features, but she just didn't have the emerald green eyes.

"What's the hurry for Lily? Are you hungry already, dinner won't start for another hour or so, I'm sure you can wait." Mrs. Evans smiled at her daughter who was grasping for breath.

"Mom!(breath)..I got this...(breath)...Letter! Hogwarts School...Excepted...I'm a Witch...Can I Go!" Lily said completely out of breath from running all the way from the attic. She showed her confused mother the letter.

Lily watched her mom's face which was in awe and eagerly waited for her response if she could go. "Mom, can I please go, pretty please!" Lily said giving her mother the puppy dog pout. "With lots of sugar on top"

Mrs. Evans looked at the letter and again and looked at the her daughter. She was giving her the famous puppy dog pout.

"Oh, Lily don't give me that looked." Mrs. Evans said looking amused at her daughters desperation.

"It seems far stretched. Are you sure this isn't just a prank? Maybe someones playing a joke."

"No mom, the letter was delivered by an owl. And I don't know anyone who has an owl." Lily explained.

"I'm not so sure yet Lily. Seems a little skeptical but we will discuss this with your father when he comes home later. Alright?"

Lily gave a small warmful smile. "Okay mom, It sounds like so much fun. I want to be a witch."

"Alright dear, but just hold on for a bit." she said clearly. "So how do you answer by owl?"

"Oh, I think you just give it to the owl and it will deliver it. Its a big brown barn owl! It flew into my room with the letter attached to its leg."

"Okay, we will send the reply later. Go get cleaned up for dinner." Mrs. Evans said.

"Okie dokie mom." Lily said thankfully as she gave her mom a peck on the cheek and trotted up the stairs happily.

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Lily , Philip, Anne, and Petunia were all sitting in the den discussing on this new school called 'Hogwarts'. Seeing whether their daughter was going to attend or not. Petunia was the first to respond.

"Of course your not going to agree to all this rubbish! Completely and utterly absurd. A witch in the family, what will people think." Petunia Evans said appalled at the looks of her parents. It seemed as if they were going to agree to all this.

"Settle down Petunia." Philip Evans said calmly. Philip Evans had short brown hair and bright emerald eyes covered by black rimmed spectacles. "If Lily wants to go to this boarding school, then I don't see why not.?"

"WHAT! No!" Petunia said furiously as her eyes bulged out in horror.

"Petunia, why don't you want me to go to Hogwarts" Lily said as she was looking at her sister confused.

"Urgh!. Don't talk to me you... you freak! Stay away from me!" Petunia shouted to Lily who was angry and sad at the same time.

"Petunia! Don't talk to your sister in that manner, apologize NOW!" Mr. and Mrs. Evans said at the same time.

"FINE! IM SOOO SORRY.." Petunia retorted sarcastically. "I'm so sorry that Lily is a FREAK!" And with that Petunia stalked off to her room where there was the sound of a door slamming loudly.

"I'll go talk to Petunia." Anne Evans said sighing as she walked up the stairs.

"I'm sorry Lily, I don't know what had gotten into Petunia." Mr. Evans sighed sadly. "I'll go have a chat with her after your mothers done."

There was an awkward pause.

"So dad, can I go to Hogwarts?" Lily asked hopefully. Also at the fact that her sister hated her now because she was going to be a witch.

"What-oh of course Lily you can go. I don't know how we could reply, we err... don't seem to have an owl?" Mr. Evans said confused.

"Oh! That reminds me, there's an owl upstairs. I'll go send a reply!" Lily said very excitedly. She went and gave her dad a quick kiss on the cheek. "Thanks Daddy, I love you!" Then she fled up the stairs to her secret spot, which really isn't all that secret.

A/N: Sorry everyone for this i'll post each chapter everday while I fix some things. Or i'll just post it when i'm done with the chapter. I'll try to go as fast as possible so bare with me and thanks!

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