A/N: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters or anything you recognize. All that was thought up by a wonderful woman JK Rowling. So without further ado here is my first HP fanfic. Enjoy
The day was finally here. It was here! I could have screamed it to the world and still not have been satisfied. Today was the day I would FINALLY get to go to Hogwarts. Every year I packed my trunk, hoping I could go early. But every year mum and dad shook their heads and made me carry my trunk back to my room. And carrying a trunk up stairs is really hard. It just wasn't fair! Three years ago when James went I tried to go but only got to the top of the stairs before dad stopped me. Two years ago it was Albus's turn I had gotten all the way to the kitchen. The trick was to get up earlier than anyone else. It was hard to do since Albus was always up before the sun.
Albus was always ready to go before everyone else. All of his things were always neat and in order and he was waiting in the kitchen before James even woke up. James, however, was the exact opposite. He was always running around and around looking for a lost sock or a missing quill or a shoe. That's how it always was every year.
How his things went missing… well I had to claim some of that myself. Of course, I would never tell anyone or hide anything too hard so that it would make us late, but I loved making James run and panic. After all the pranks he would do to me, it was my little revenge. And no one would guess it was coming from sweet little Lily Luna Potter.
My life was a boring stereotypical life if looked at from the outside. I was the only daughter of the-boy-who-lived Harry Potter, the youngest girl of the whole Weasely-Potter clan, and looked just like a Weasley. Red hair, freckles, tall and skinny, the whole package. Mum always put my hair in pigtails, claiming it made me look cuter. I always thought it made me look more like a baby, but I let her do it because I was her only daughter. Everyone thought I was sweet and would do no harm. I wouldn't do harm… but pranking people was pretty fun. Especially when James would be the one to get in trouble, not me. It's not that I wanted to be the sweet baby of the family but no one would let me have it any other way. Sure my cousin's Lucy, Roxanne, and Hugo were all my age, but for some reason I was the baby. Hugo was a bit mischievous too, but he hid behind a book, inventing things, more than pranking people. Roxanne, although everyone called her Roxy, was expected to be a prankster. Her dad is George Weasley for crying out loud! She had it in her DNA. Not only that, but she got all of the WWW earlier than the rest of us. Lucy was probably the farthest thing from your typical Weasley but then again her dad is Percy so she followed his footsteps. Smart as ever, but way too serious for her own good.
By the time mum was yelling "Everybody up!" I was already dressed and ready to go. I had been up a couple hours earlier, hiding James's lucky socks (according to him they are what wins Quidditch matches).
When I bounced down the stairs Albus was waiting by the door sitting calmly and quietly. "You know we'll be here for another hour at least," I said to him. He just shrugged and looked at the stairs, waiting for the rest of our family.
Dad came down about twenty minutes later, and upon seeing me beamed a huge smile. "Lily! I knew you'd be down already! Are you ready to go to Hogwarts?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!" I cheered and ran to him. He opened his arms for a hug and picked me up as I hugged him.
"Dad, mum! I can't find my lucky socks!" I heard James yell from his bedroom. He'd never find them if he stayed in his room. But I kept my mouth shut and giggled.
"Have you checked under your bed?" Mum yelled from upstairs somewhere. I giggled even harder.
"If only James kept his things together like you two," dad grumbled but laughed afterwards.
Albus looked over at me and raised an eyebrow. He knew. He had found out last year when I tried to hide James's Gryffindor scarf in his room. He'd awoken with a start and was severely shocked when he found out I was to blame. I couldn't give away all my secrets and swore that was the only thing I hid or ever did. I wasn't sure if Albus believed me, but he kept quiet about it all the same. I think he was secretly laughing at James too.
Albus was pretty quiet. He didn't speak much and he didn't really act like many people in our family. I guess that's how he ended up in Slytherin though. He would be going into his third year and was the only Potter-Weasely to end up in Slytherin. Not that it was a bad thing, we still loved him nonetheless and were okay with it.
He wasn't the only Potter-Weasely to not be sorted into Gryffindor, even if the list was small. Molly was in Ravenclaw and so was Rosie. Everyone else though had been sorted into Gryffindor. Dominique (although everyone just called her Dom) was going into her 7th year, Louis and Molly were going into their 5th, Fred and James were going into their 4th, and Rosie and Albus were going into their 3rd. There were a lot of us and two of our family had already graduated. Victoire and Teddy (though Teddy wasn't REALLY family but he had grown up with us after his grandmum died and dad was his godfather) had left Hogwarts a couple years ago. Victoire was a journalist for the Daily Prophet and Teddy was an auror with dad and Uncle Ron.
Speaking of Teddy, he was bound to be here any minute. Teddy always came over when it was time to go to Hogwarts. Really he came over as much as he could anyway. He didn't live to far in his own flat.
A loud CRACK that made Albus jump and my dad curse, indicated that Teddy had in fact arrived.
"TEDDY!" I yelled and jumped up from the kitchen table.
"Merlin Ted, you could use a door once in a while," mum muttered coming down the stairs. She was smiling though and meant no harm. It was easy to tell when mum was mad. Her face turned as red as her hair and she talked so low you really had to pay attention to hear what she was saying. But you better listen or you'd be in even bigger trouble.
"Lily-bug!" Teddy yelled back at me and scooped me up in his arms. His normally blue hair turned the same shade of red as my hair as he swung me around in his arms. Teddy was my third big brother and I didn't care what anyone said about it. He was the only person allowed to call me Lily-bug and anyone else that tried found themselves in trouble by some of my 'accidental' magic.
Truth was I had learned to control this accidental magic and used it to my favor on multiple accounts. Because there was no wand involved most people instantly looked at James or one of my other cousins and I was safe. And if I did get caught I would just claim I didn't mean to.
"Sorry Gin," Teddy said after putting me on his back. "I was getting off work and didn't feel like being a muggle just yet."
"Work? They have you working third shift?" mum asked him. He shrugged, sending me up in the air. I giggled and held on to him tighter.
"Ted is our best secret agent Ginny," dad butted in. "With that metamorphmagus ability of his the office tends to want him at odd hours. You know crime is worse when it's dark."
Mum shook her head and quickly dished us all some breakfast. James must have smelled it and came running down the stairs, his broom in hand.
"Woah there, Jamie. You going to fly to Hogwarts?" Teddy joked with a mouthful of food. James almost dropped his broom when he saw Teddy and yelled his name.
"James Potter, put down that broomstick this instant and eat your breakfast," mum insisted. James carefully put down his Firebolt III and sat down at the table with his head down.
But within seconds he was back to his cheerful self and talking about everything. "… and I found my socks," he said between bites. "They were in the hall closet under the towels. How they got there is beyond me."
I giggled. "Yeah because you never shower. I was surprised you knew where the closet even was," I said.
"He only knew about it because I found him knackered one morning after-" Albus started but James threw a piece of toast at him.
"Put a sock in it Al!" James yelled and turned a bit red.
"You can do that easily, now that you've found yours," Albus shot back with a sly grin. Teddy snorted and I stifled a laugh. Mum, on the other hand, was not laughing.
"Boys! Enough," she announced and glared at them. Albus and James did this often. I was sure Al just loved seeing James get riled up like I did, even if he didn't show it. James loved picking on Al though, so Al was just getting back at him. It was all in good fun.
But that did quiet the rest of breakfast. I think James was afraid to even ask for the butter. He kept glancing over at mum and stayed quiet, which was odd for him. But mum was on his case extra hard after he tried to set our Uncle Dudley's cat on fire the last time we went to visit them.
Dad was determined to have a good relationship with Uncle Dudley, even though dad was the subject of most of Uncle Dudley's bullying before he went to Hogwarts. However, after Dudley came to him the year before James went to Hogwarts saying his son Marcus was magical, we had been visiting them a lot and trying to keep up with them.
Marcus was a real git of a boy though and ended up in Hufflepuff, to our amusement. James and him only got along for our dad's sake but ended up fighting last week after we visited Diagon Alley. James pulled his wand right before Marcus tripped him and ended up shooting a nonverbal Incendio, missing their cat by inches. I thought mum was going to blow a gasket that day and jerked James by his ear back to our house.
Since then James has tried to keep under the radar, fearing mum will take his broom away or worse, forbid him to go to hogsmeade this year.
I sat quietly through all this and smiled. I had started the row but hadn't gotten in trouble at all. I wasn't really an annoying little prat or anything, I was just sly.
Finally an hour later we were all ready to go and everything was in the car. Dad insisted getting a car and muggle license, saying it would be easier for us all to act like muggles if we had a muggle car. Although he magically expanded it on the inside to fit our trunks and us at ease, but that was only necessary.
"Ted, why don't you head to your flat and sleep some, the Hogwarts express hasn't changed any," mum tried, noticing how tired he looked. He did look pretty tired but shot up and smiled at mum's suggestion.
"And miss Lily-bug leaving for the first time?" he scoffed. "Never!" and with that he picked me up and ran to the car. I giggled the whole way. Teddy was the best.
The car ride was filled with Are we there yet's and how much further and I was sure mum was ready to kill us all by the time we arrived at King's Cross. As we got out of the car and put our trunks on trollies dad stopped us.
"Now Al and James know this, but Lily, people are going to stare and gawk at you a lot. You are a Potter, the youngest Potter, and the only girl Potter. Keep your head up, don't let it get to your head, and smile at them all. They'll want to be your friend just because of your last name, but remember to make your best judgment when picking your friends because not all wizards and witches have good things in mind. Remember that Lils," he lectured and pulled me into a hug.
"I know, I know," I mumbled. "I can't have much bigger of a head than James though." We all laughed, including James, and nodded. It was true that James loved all the attention he got. He was proud to be a Potter and accepted the fame with open hands.
We entered the station quickly and kept our heads down, trying not to be noticed by muggles. Some would look our way and glance at our things but most didn't notice us. The only things really catching attention were James's owl Gunther, Albus's owl Midnight, and my cat Rudy. I was so thrilled to have Rudy. I figured I could use Gunther or Midnight if I needed to send letters and Rudy was cuddly and really cute. She was a brown kitten with blue eyes.
Teddy turned his hair black to match dad and Al's to look more like a muggle. Normally he turned it brown but I guess he wanted to blend in with the family today. I grabbed his hand as we approached the wall between platforms nine and ten. Even though I had walked through it time and time before, I was nervous that this year I would crash. I knew it was silly but I couldn't help it. Teddy seemed to understand and gave my hand a squeeze as we ran through the platform and out to platform 9 ¾.
The Hogwarts express was sitting there in all of her glory, billowing steam and was as shiny red as a firetruck the muggles used to put out fires. It looked more impressive this year, and I knew it was because I would be getting on it!
"There they are!" a man's voice called out, waving his arms all around. This was followed by a smack on his arm by the woman standing next to them. I beamed and pushed my trolley up to Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione, greeting them excitedly.
"Sorry we're a bit late," dad started with a chuckle. "James couldn't seem to get everything together, as usual." Ron shrugged and started in on some adult talk, which bored me quickly, and I looked around for Hugo.
Hugo was standing right behind Uncle Ron, messing with some kind of watch in his hands. I ran up to him and hugged him.
"Whatcha got there Hugh?" I asked.
"A trouble-timer," he said and showed me the invention. "It goes off before you're about to be in trouble. Handy thing… if I can get it to work right."
"What's wrong with it?" I asked again. I loved hearing about Hugo's inventions. They were so cool. And this one was genius.
"It won't shut up after it goes off," he complained with a frown.
I tapped my chin for a minute and then jumped up and down. "Maybe it needs a modified silencio charm," I exclaimed. Hugo's face lit up.
"I haven't thought of that!" he said. "Maybe Dom can help me with that."
I nodded and listened to him talk about his trip to Romania last month. I wanted to go, but mum said we would miss Marcus's birthday if we did and Dad really wanted to be there. It wasn't fair but I loved hearing about all the dragons from Hugo. He said it was magnificent how the trainers, including Uncle Charlie, were able to control those dragons. I would make sure to go on the next trip, that was certain.
"Oi, Hugo, Lily, get over here or you'll miss the train," Uncle Ron called out. I hadn't noticed they had left where we were standing. Hugo and I ran up to the rest of our family and received all the hugs. Everyone was so excited that the last three of our families (for now) were going off to Hogwarts. Lucy had joined us by this point and kept a tight grip on Aunt Audrey. She seemed more timid to go to Hogwarts but she would be fine.
After our last goodbyes mum pulled me into another hug. "Don't forget to write. Every day would be nice. Be good. I love you so much."
"Mum, every day?" I complained, trying not to be squished under her grasp. "How about after big things happen? You know that will be often enough."
This seemed to satisfy her but only broke her down into tears. Mum had cried a little when James and Albus left for their first time, but not nearly as much as this.
She finally let go, but before I could step on the train, I was scooped up again. I was about to groan when I noticed it was a blue haired man instead of a red or black haired person.
"Okay Lily-bug," he started, holding onto me tight. "This is it. This is what you've waited for all your life. Write to me often, make the quidditch team, get into Gryffindor, and don't be afraid of anything." He was whispering this into my ear. This time I could feel tears forming in my eyes. I didn't know if I could say anything so I just nodded and hugged him tighter. He kissed my forehead and let me down, winking at me as I got onto the train. It would be weird not seeing Teddy almost every day and I would miss him terribly.
Hugo was waiting for me by the entrance of the train and ushered me down the corridor. Everywhere we looked there seemed to be full, or with older kids that wouldn't take kindly to two first-years sitting with them. Finally though, after what felt like forever, we found a compartment with only two boys in it who looked like first-years.
A/N: So whatcha think of the first chapter? I'm honestly not sure if I like it too much and nothing really happens because well I had to introduce all of the family and establish the story. So good or bad? What do you think about my interpretations of the characters?
Favorite/like/review. Ya know the drill. This is my first HP fanfic. So be brutal!