Here's my first HP fanfic! I've written stories for HSM, but I wanted to try out something new! I hope you like it.
Summary: Whoever thought that the Dark Arts vanished after the famous battle between Harry Potter and Voldermort took place was wrong. When Lord Voldermort died, someone stood up to take over his legacy. Harry Potter and his family were one of the first people he went after, leaving his daughter Lily without her family. Follow her as she begins her wizarding journey.
There are some things I need to warn you about:
1. Don't expect regular updates, I'm in University and therefore I have loads of work. Sometimes I'll be able to write a lot, other times it might take a few weeks. But don't let this stop you from enjoying the story!
2. I'm not a native speaker, so there might be mistakes in the english. Please notify me if there are any mistakes, I'll be able to fix them and it will improve my English.
3. It may seem that I start out really slow with this story. There's a reason for this; I want to take the time to really introduce you to the characters and show their development. I don't want to rush this story, for I feel you can never empathize with a character if the writing is too fast and you can't get to know the character. So in the beginning you'll just be introduced to Lily's life, before the good stuff starts happening.
Enjoy this story!
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing. THough I would like to have some magic myself...
– CHAPTER ONE –
The Letter
Emily Diamond sighed as she looked at the envelope she was holding in her hands. Lily L. Potter was written in green ink across the front of it, followed by their address. Whoever had sent this letter, and she had a pretty good idea of who it was, knew she wasn't their biological daughter for they had used the name Potter instead of Diamond. She had always known this letter would come someday. It looked exactly like the letter her brother had gotten when they were younger. The letter she had waited for for years, though she never got it. She didn't possess the powers the rest of her family did. So, when her brother left for Hogwarts, she stayed at a 'muggle' school. There she had met her current husband, Jim Diamond, a muggle-born. They had adopted a little girl. With the help of her brother they had taken in a little girl that had needed protection. She needed to be kept out of the wizarding world, however, the time had come that Lily learned about her real family.
Emily walked into the living room, where she knew Jim was watching sports on the television. 'It's happened, Jim.' They needed no more words, for they had been expecting this to happen. Lily would turn eleven in exactly 6 days, and all wizards and witches received a letter from the wizarding school around their eleventh birthday. At first they had hoped she would be like her, a squib. However, at a young age Lily started to show the signs of being a wizard. She couldn't controll it, but whenever she got really angry or she wanted something really badly things would happen to help her. Emily remembered the first time little Lily made something happen. They had tried to force her to eat brussels sprouts when she was three years old. After the first bite Lily had realized she didn't like them, but they had tried to get her to eat them anyways. Then all of a sudden the sprouts had disappeared. They had known ever since that Lily was a witch.
After a few moments of silence Jim spoke up 'Well, I guess we should tell her then.' He looked at his wife, she could she that he was frightened. 'How are we going to tell her? She doesn't even know that we aren't her birthparents. Let alone that she has magical powers.' Emily just shrugged her shoulders, indicating that she didn't know either. 'Well, then. Let's just do it. We'll see how it plays out.'
'LILY!' Emily yelled, so that her daughter, who was currently reading upstairs, would hear her. 'Could you please come down?' She locked eyes with her husband, seeing he was just as nervous as she was.
They heard Lily running down the stairs, skipping the last step since it squeaked terribly. 'Hey mom! What's up?' Jim and Emily looked at each other, not knowing how to answer that question. A look that didn't go unnoticed by their daughter. 'Is everything okay?' Jim nodded his head, though it wasn't very convincing, and indicated with his hand that she should sit down.
Emily coughed a little, before starting to talk to her daughter 'Lily, you know how weird things keep happening? Food disappears when you really don't want to eat it, apples start falling out of the trees when your bullies are standing under them and that time when you ran away and you were suddenly standing on the other side of town?'
Lily laughed 'Yeah, I haven't even told you guys the latest story' she chuckled to herself 'Yesterday I was sitting at the hairdresser, and she wanted to dye my hair – blonde, which is a terrible colour on me – I told her I didn't want it, but she tried to push me to do it. So I asked her if she would like it if someone forced her to colour her hair some stupid colour like purple. And before I knew it her hair had actually turned purple!' She snickered some more. 'You should have seen her face! It was priceless.'
Emily and Jim laughed, it sure was funny. However, what was to come next wouldn't be so funny. 'Right' her mother continued 'Well, there's a reason for things like that happening to you.'
Lily's eyes started twinkling 'Does that mean you have finally found out what is wrong with me? Why things like this happen to me and not to other people?' She was practically jumping up and down 'Not that I mind, it comes in handy sometimes. But it's so weird! It's like magic.'
Jim let out a nervous laugh 'Well, you see, it's not just like magic. It is magic.' Lily had a shocked expression on her face, indicating that she couldn't really follow what her father was saying. 'You are a witch Emily. So it is magic, you have magical powers.'
Lily burst out laughing and stood up, ready to leave the room 'Very funny dad! You didn't think I was actually going to fall for that, did you?' As her laughter died out she realized her parents weren't laughing, they didn't look like they had been joking. Her mother was nervously fidgeting with her scarf, while her father was looking down at his feet. 'Do you mean to say that it is actually true?' she let herself fall back on the couch 'A witch? Witches don't exist that, that's just in the books. Does it looks like I'm brewing potions, flying on a broomstick and worship the devil?'
However, the serious look on her parents' faces told her that there must be some truth to this. 'Well, witches, and wizards for that matter, are real honey. They're nothing like what are portrayed in the books and other media that talk about the stereotypical witches but there is such a thing as magic, wizards and witches. And you're one of them.' Then as an afterthought 'Although, the thing about broomsticks and potions is true.'
Lily seemed to think about that for a moment 'But you guys, you don't have magical powers, right? I've never seen you do any of the things I did.' She looked from one parent to the other and back 'How can I be a witch, if you don't have magical powers?'
Emily spoke up again 'You're adopted. We aren't your birthparents' Lily was about to speak up again, but Jim hold up is hand, indicating that she should hear her mother out, before saying anything else 'I was born into a wizarding family, however, for some reason I don't have magical powers. I'm a squib. Someone who's born into a wizarding family but has no powers. When we-' she gestured to herself and her husband 'found out we couldn't have children we decided to adopt. My brother, your uncle Earl, who does have magical powers and is therefore a wizard, heard about this he helped us adopt you since you were in danger in the wizarding world. That doesn't mean we love you any less than we would have loved any biological child, though. Even though I didn't give birth to you, you are my daughter.'
They could see Lily was flabbergasted 'I- I'm adopted?' she looked at her parents, who were both nodding 'How come I didn't know? Why didn't you tell me?' she raised her voice 'YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME!'
Lily started to run away, but Jim grabbed her arm, trying to hold her back. 'Honey, we couldn't. Y-You...' he stuttered 'You were in danger in the wizarding world. Had you known you were adopted from a wizarding family, god knows what would have happened. Nobody could know.'
A shocked expression once again came over Lily's face 'What kind of danger?'
'I do not know the exact danger you were in.' Her mother started of. 'However, Earl told me it was very grave. From what I understood from what he told me, the wizarding world has been involved in a war for years. A war between good wizards and dark wizards. Your father, Harry I believe his name was, beat the strongest dark wizard ever to walk the face of this earth. Everyone thought that would be the end of it, unfortunately another dark wizard took over his place.' She searched for words to tell her daughter the next part 'That wizard, Lucius, though I understand he wants to be called "The Dark Lord", he-' she hesitated for a moment 'He killed your parents.'
Emily had burst out into tears, preventing her from continuing, so Jim took over. 'They thought you were in danger, if he knew where you were. So they decided to put you in a so-called muggle family, a family that consists of people outside the wizarding world.'
Millions of questions were making their way into Lily's head, she fired of the first question she could think of 'So why did you tell me this now? If it's dangerous, why didn't you tell me before?'
Her mother had calmed down a little, and started to speak again. 'A letter arrived for you. A letter from Hogwarts' Lily looked at her, her eyes filled with confusion 'Hogwarts is a wizarding school, and I believe, though we have not opened the letter yet, that this is your acceptance letter.' She handed her daughter the large parchment envelope.
'Potter?' her motter nodded 'My birthname?' Softly she let her fingers wander across the words written in green. She whispered once more 'Potter. Lily Potter.'
'Since that is your birthname, it is your official name in the wizarding world.' Her mother looked down at her feet. 'We want you to use it, to honour your parents.' Lily started to protest 'I know we are your parents too, Lily, but they are your birthparents. And nothing is more important in the wizarding world that one's bloodline.' She smiled at her daughter 'Like I said before, that doesn't mean we love you any less. You are our daughter, no matter what.'
With a scared expression visible on her face, Lily looked up to her parents. 'Should I open this letter?' Both her parents encouraged her to do so. When she did, she found two pieces of parchment, the size of normal A4 paper, though it definitely was not made of normal paper. The text was written in the same green ink as was used on the envelope. The first page was a letter.
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 Miss Potter,
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
Headmistress
'Can I see the letter?' Her mother asked, encouragin Lily to show her the letter 'So she still teaches at Hogwarts' Emily noted as she read McGonagall's name. 'Headmistress, impressive. She was still deputy headmistress when Earl received his letter.' She looked over at her daughter once again 'Well, go on! There's something else included in the letter.'
Emily took out the second page of the letter, listing all the supplies she needed.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WHICHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
UNIFORM
First-year students will require:
sets of plain work robes (black)
plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)
Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.
COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)
by Miranda Goshawk
A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot & Hermione Granger
(latest edition, with extra chapters added by Hermione Granger)
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi
by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by Newt Scamander
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection
by Quentin Trimble (latest edition)
OTHER EQUIPMENT
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring and owl OR a cat OR a toad.
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
Lily had a hard time processing all this. 'Where am I supposed to get these things? A cauldron, books about magic, dragon hide gloves?'
She was engulfed in a hug by her mother. While softly stroking her hair she whispered to her 'Don't worry baby, your uncle Earl will take you shopping. He knows where all the shops who supply these things are.'
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