A/N: Please R/R and tell me if I should keep writing.
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All Year Long: Chapter One, The Letter
Lily Evans stared at the letter in her hands with disbelief. She looked once again to see the same thing that she saw before. It was a letter that was inviting her to come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Unbelievable. She stared harder then ever at the thick parchment.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confederation of Wizards)
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been excepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed the list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September the 1st. We await your owl by no later then July 31st.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Mum, what is this?" asked Lily, thinking that maybe her Mum had played some kind of joke on her, but knowing that her Mum could also never think anything up, this, well, imaginative.
"I really don't know, hun. But I do believe it's inviting you to a school."
"Really?" said Lily dryly.
"Well, do you want to go or not, I mean, honestly and truly, it looks kind of fun."
Lily sighed. Her mum was one of the nicest people in the world, but she was kind of absent-minded. So she decided to go ask her dad about what he thought about the matter.
"Um, please stay here." Lily said, rather stupidly she thought, to the owl that had brought the letter. It had said we await your owl so she could only guess she was to send a letter back with this one, since she was quite short on owls at her house.
Finding her dad in the living room reading the newspaper, she showed him the letter, and asked him did he think she should go.
"Well, now, I think that could be interesting. Did you show your mother?"
"Yes, and she thought that it might be fun."
Her dad laughed. "Well, dear, I think you'll have to make the choice yourself. But remember, your mother and I will be here to support you, no matter what you do."
Deciding that the conversation was over, seeing that her dad had continued to read the newspaper, Lily went back to the kitchen to write her answer.
Lily thought about what Petunia might say. Her older sister had never been her favorite, for she was bossy, and spoiled, but she could also be nice...sometimes. But she was also one of those people who only did what everyone else did, and probably would be horrified that her sister would go somewhere that was completely un-normal. Oh well, thought Lily, I don't care what she thinks.
She found the owl waiting in the spot she had left it in, and laughed as she saw her mom trying to feed it some salad from dinner.
Not knowing if she should use the back of the letter of not, she grabbed a plain white paper and wrote in her neat handwriting:
Dear Ms. McGonagall,
I would love to attend Hogwarts.
Thank you,
Lily Evans
Lily, looking at what she had written, thought it looked quite stupid, but she didn't know what else to say, so she folded it and gave it to the owl who clamped it in his beak, and flew off through the window it came in.
~*~
When Lily woke up the next morning, she felt different. Then she remembered all about how the owl had came to her last night, and that she would be going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She suddenly became excited, and quickly got out of bed and put her clothes on. After she had finished dressing, and was halfway down the stairs, did she start to get worried. How would she get all the supplies she needed? How would she get to the school? Just then she heard her mother call to her, "Lily! Oh, Lily! There is someone here to talk to you."
Lily, unused to having visitors, besides her best friend Andrea, raced down the stairs. She ran into the living room to see something, that, well, she didn't expect to see.
Sitting there was a man. Well, he looked like a giant. He had huge hands, bigger then her mom's frying pans, feet that seemed to be as big as Lily's four feet, eleven inches, and a wild mane of hair and beard that made Lily's red mass of curls look very tame indeed.
"'Lo there Lily. Me name is Ruebeus Hagrid. You can call me just Hagrid. I'm the gamekeeper at 'Ogwarts. Professor Dumbledore sent me to take you to Diagon Alley, 'cus he thought you mightn't not know where it is."
Lily was amazed. Just a minute ago she'd been thinking how she would need all these things. Now, here was this person, telling her he'd take her everywhere. Could these people read minds? But somehow, Lily couldn't help trusting this Hagrid.
Lily looked at her mom and said, "Mom?"
Her mother seemed to trust Hagrid to, because after only a few seconds of thinking, her mother said, "Of course, dear."
Her mother went into the kitchen and came out with what Lily could tell was money.
"Mr. Hagrid, will this money work?"
"Yes, we'll trade it at Gringott's for gold."
"Okay. I'll leave it with you, just so Lil' won't lose it."
Lily, seeing how much money there was, had to agree with her mother. She wouldn't want to be responsible for all that money if it got lost.
"And 'fore I forget, here's yer tickets for the train to get to 'Ogwarts. You just have to walk through the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. Then you'll be at Platform 9 3/4, where the 'Ogwarts Express will be."
Her mother looked at the tickets in surprise. Then she nodded okay, and smiled, saying, "Okay, you go get your stuff Lil' and have lots of fun!"
Lily looked at Hagrid, then at her mom, and then back at Hagrid.
For some reason, she had this strange feeling she was going to have the adventure of her lifetime.
~*~
Lily looked in amazement at all the shops that were in, what had Hagrid called it? Diagon Alley. It was wonderful. There were tons of shops. Most of them were small, and they looked, well, magical. It was a gorgeous day, and she didn't seem to be the only person getting school supplies for Hogwarts.
After they had traded their money in for wizarding gold, a group of rowdy kids passed. Lily could tell that they weren't new to the wizarding world, for they were by themselves, and they were talking about something called 'Quidditch' which was something from the magical world. She heard snatches of their conversation as they sat down at a table outside an ice cream parlor.
"Oi! Hagrid!" yelled a boy, with messy hair, blue eyes, and glasses.
"'Ello James," said Hagrid, walking over to where the kids were.
"'Lo Hagrid! How are you?" said a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl.
"I'm fine Sarah. Everyone this is Lily Evans, she's going to 'Ogwarts too, you know."
Everyone finally seemed to notice Lily, who had been standing behind Hagrid.
"Hello Lily. I'm Sarah McKinnon, this is James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin."
"Hello," said Lily shyly.
Lily looked at all the people Sarah had pointed to. Sirius Black was a tall good-looking boy, with longish black hair, a mischievous eyes. Remus Lupin had light brown hair, was shorter then Sirius, and had the same look in his eyes. In fact, as she looked at all of them, who were talking to Hagrid, they all had that look in their eyes. The first word that came to Lily's head was troublemakers.
"So, Lily, what house do you think you'll be in?"
"Um, house?" said Lily, drawing a blank. Did the letter say something about houses?
"Are you muggle-born?" asked James.
"Muggle?" said Lily, feeling even more stupid then before.
"Well, I'm gonna leave you kids here, I'm gonna get a drink in the Leaky Caldron. Will you guys show Lily around."
"Sure, we will." Said Remus.
After Hagrid left, Remus explained that a muggle was non-magic person.
"Oh..." said Lily, still not quite getting it.
Sarah seemed to sense that Lily was uncomfortable, and came and whispered something in her ear. Lily giggled, and then blushed.
"Hey, guys, let's go get our books." Said Remus.
The other three groaned.
And then Sarah groaned again.
Sarah grabbed Sirius and Lily's hands, and Sirius, who was pretending to choke James, pulled him, then Remus came running after them. They all ducked in the bushes, then James, who was still rubbing his neck, asked what was going on.
"Look!"
They all looked up and saw a group of kids come in and sit by where they had been. Sirius explained that they were a group of kids who were goody-goody's to the greatest degree, and they told on you, and would cry if you teased them-they were big babies.
"What are there names?"
"Miranda Goshawk, Bathilda Bagshot, Adalbert Waffling, Emeric Switch, Philida Spore, Newt Scamander." Said James, counting the names on his fingers.
"They are gonna be Hufflepuff...the whole lot of them." Said Sarah.
"Well, why does it bother you if they cry or tell, unless you guys are telling me something..." said Lily slyly.
The four looked at each other, then back at Lily, all of them with looks of pure innocence on their faces.
"You guys suck and making innocent faces." Said Lily bluntly.
"Well, you try it sometime." Said Remus.
"Let's just say, you don't want to get on our bad side..." said Sirius, chuckling softly.
They continued talking about stuff, explaining to Lily what Quidditch was, about the four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.
"We are all gonna be in Gryffindor," said Remus, without any doubt, whatsoever.
"I bet I'm in Hufflepuff." Said Lily sadly.
"You'll be in whatever house you want to be in." Said James helpfully.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"Well, you know, if you say in your head what house you want to be in, then the hat will put you in it."
"Oh..."
"Hey, Lily, are you going to try out for your house Quidditch team?" Said Sarah, excitement in her voice.
"No...I don't think so..."
"Aw, why not? Me, Sirius, and James are gonna be the chasers."
"What about Remus?"
"I don't like Quidditch like they do." Said Remus with a smile.
"I don't understand why first years can't be on the team. That is so unfair." Said Sirius.
"Oh stop complaining Sirius Lee Black." Said James, with a mischievous grin on his face.
Sarah snorted. Then she muttered, "of all the names for your parents to name you."
Then they all laughed.
"Hey you guys, do you think we could get out of this bush?" Said Remus, pulling out one or the branches that was sticking in his ear.
"Yeah, those kids are gone."
They all walked out of the area and found Hagrid looking around for Lily.
"Where have you all been?" said Hagrid.
"Oh...just around, you know, buying our school supplies."
"Did anyone ever tell you four that you are horrible at making innocent faces?" Said Hagrid, smiling at them.
"Yes, actually."
They all laughed, then said goodbye, then went there separate ways; Sarah and James leaving to go to the Leaky Caldron, Sirius and Remus heading to the Apothecary to get some potion ingredients.
Lily looked at Hagrid and said, "they're nice."
Hagrid's face broke into a smile. Lily could tell he was proud of them. "Yeah, great bunch of kids that lot."
Then Hagrid explained that James and Sarah were cousins, and that Sarah lived with the Potters most of the time, because her father and mother were Auror's and some of the best wizard's and witches of there time. And with this Dark Lord Voldemort gaining power, they were often gone, leaving Sarah with her aunt and uncle.
I hope I'm in Gryffindor, thought Lily, thinking of the friends that she might have.
~*~
A/N: PRETTY PLEASE REVIEW! I want Constructive Criticism, and Compliments...if you just have flames then keep them to yourself please!
Everything belongs to JKR except Sarah McKinnon.
Disclaimer: All things belong to J.K. Rowling, unless you've never heard of them before.
All Year Long: Chapter One, The Letter
Lily Evans stared at the letter in her hands with disbelief. She looked once again to see the same thing that she saw before. It was a letter that was inviting her to come to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Unbelievable. She stared harder then ever at the thick parchment.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorcerer, Chief Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confederation of Wizards)
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been excepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed the list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September the 1st. We await your owl by no later then July 31st.
Yours Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Mum, what is this?" asked Lily, thinking that maybe her Mum had played some kind of joke on her, but knowing that her Mum could also never think anything up, this, well, imaginative.
"I really don't know, hun. But I do believe it's inviting you to a school."
"Really?" said Lily dryly.
"Well, do you want to go or not, I mean, honestly and truly, it looks kind of fun."
Lily sighed. Her mum was one of the nicest people in the world, but she was kind of absent-minded. So she decided to go ask her dad about what he thought about the matter.
"Um, please stay here." Lily said, rather stupidly she thought, to the owl that had brought the letter. It had said we await your owl so she could only guess she was to send a letter back with this one, since she was quite short on owls at her house.
Finding her dad in the living room reading the newspaper, she showed him the letter, and asked him did he think she should go.
"Well, now, I think that could be interesting. Did you show your mother?"
"Yes, and she thought that it might be fun."
Her dad laughed. "Well, dear, I think you'll have to make the choice yourself. But remember, your mother and I will be here to support you, no matter what you do."
Deciding that the conversation was over, seeing that her dad had continued to read the newspaper, Lily went back to the kitchen to write her answer.
Lily thought about what Petunia might say. Her older sister had never been her favorite, for she was bossy, and spoiled, but she could also be nice...sometimes. But she was also one of those people who only did what everyone else did, and probably would be horrified that her sister would go somewhere that was completely un-normal. Oh well, thought Lily, I don't care what she thinks.
She found the owl waiting in the spot she had left it in, and laughed as she saw her mom trying to feed it some salad from dinner.
Not knowing if she should use the back of the letter of not, she grabbed a plain white paper and wrote in her neat handwriting:
Dear Ms. McGonagall,
I would love to attend Hogwarts.
Thank you,
Lily Evans
Lily, looking at what she had written, thought it looked quite stupid, but she didn't know what else to say, so she folded it and gave it to the owl who clamped it in his beak, and flew off through the window it came in.
~*~
When Lily woke up the next morning, she felt different. Then she remembered all about how the owl had came to her last night, and that she would be going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She suddenly became excited, and quickly got out of bed and put her clothes on. After she had finished dressing, and was halfway down the stairs, did she start to get worried. How would she get all the supplies she needed? How would she get to the school? Just then she heard her mother call to her, "Lily! Oh, Lily! There is someone here to talk to you."
Lily, unused to having visitors, besides her best friend Andrea, raced down the stairs. She ran into the living room to see something, that, well, she didn't expect to see.
Sitting there was a man. Well, he looked like a giant. He had huge hands, bigger then her mom's frying pans, feet that seemed to be as big as Lily's four feet, eleven inches, and a wild mane of hair and beard that made Lily's red mass of curls look very tame indeed.
"'Lo there Lily. Me name is Ruebeus Hagrid. You can call me just Hagrid. I'm the gamekeeper at 'Ogwarts. Professor Dumbledore sent me to take you to Diagon Alley, 'cus he thought you mightn't not know where it is."
Lily was amazed. Just a minute ago she'd been thinking how she would need all these things. Now, here was this person, telling her he'd take her everywhere. Could these people read minds? But somehow, Lily couldn't help trusting this Hagrid.
Lily looked at her mom and said, "Mom?"
Her mother seemed to trust Hagrid to, because after only a few seconds of thinking, her mother said, "Of course, dear."
Her mother went into the kitchen and came out with what Lily could tell was money.
"Mr. Hagrid, will this money work?"
"Yes, we'll trade it at Gringott's for gold."
"Okay. I'll leave it with you, just so Lil' won't lose it."
Lily, seeing how much money there was, had to agree with her mother. She wouldn't want to be responsible for all that money if it got lost.
"And 'fore I forget, here's yer tickets for the train to get to 'Ogwarts. You just have to walk through the barrier between Platforms 9 and 10. Then you'll be at Platform 9 3/4, where the 'Ogwarts Express will be."
Her mother looked at the tickets in surprise. Then she nodded okay, and smiled, saying, "Okay, you go get your stuff Lil' and have lots of fun!"
Lily looked at Hagrid, then at her mom, and then back at Hagrid.
For some reason, she had this strange feeling she was going to have the adventure of her lifetime.
~*~
Lily looked in amazement at all the shops that were in, what had Hagrid called it? Diagon Alley. It was wonderful. There were tons of shops. Most of them were small, and they looked, well, magical. It was a gorgeous day, and she didn't seem to be the only person getting school supplies for Hogwarts.
After they had traded their money in for wizarding gold, a group of rowdy kids passed. Lily could tell that they weren't new to the wizarding world, for they were by themselves, and they were talking about something called 'Quidditch' which was something from the magical world. She heard snatches of their conversation as they sat down at a table outside an ice cream parlor.
"Oi! Hagrid!" yelled a boy, with messy hair, blue eyes, and glasses.
"'Ello James," said Hagrid, walking over to where the kids were.
"'Lo Hagrid! How are you?" said a blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl.
"I'm fine Sarah. Everyone this is Lily Evans, she's going to 'Ogwarts too, you know."
Everyone finally seemed to notice Lily, who had been standing behind Hagrid.
"Hello Lily. I'm Sarah McKinnon, this is James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin."
"Hello," said Lily shyly.
Lily looked at all the people Sarah had pointed to. Sirius Black was a tall good-looking boy, with longish black hair, a mischievous eyes. Remus Lupin had light brown hair, was shorter then Sirius, and had the same look in his eyes. In fact, as she looked at all of them, who were talking to Hagrid, they all had that look in their eyes. The first word that came to Lily's head was troublemakers.
"So, Lily, what house do you think you'll be in?"
"Um, house?" said Lily, drawing a blank. Did the letter say something about houses?
"Are you muggle-born?" asked James.
"Muggle?" said Lily, feeling even more stupid then before.
"Well, I'm gonna leave you kids here, I'm gonna get a drink in the Leaky Caldron. Will you guys show Lily around."
"Sure, we will." Said Remus.
After Hagrid left, Remus explained that a muggle was non-magic person.
"Oh..." said Lily, still not quite getting it.
Sarah seemed to sense that Lily was uncomfortable, and came and whispered something in her ear. Lily giggled, and then blushed.
"Hey, guys, let's go get our books." Said Remus.
The other three groaned.
And then Sarah groaned again.
Sarah grabbed Sirius and Lily's hands, and Sirius, who was pretending to choke James, pulled him, then Remus came running after them. They all ducked in the bushes, then James, who was still rubbing his neck, asked what was going on.
"Look!"
They all looked up and saw a group of kids come in and sit by where they had been. Sirius explained that they were a group of kids who were goody-goody's to the greatest degree, and they told on you, and would cry if you teased them-they were big babies.
"What are there names?"
"Miranda Goshawk, Bathilda Bagshot, Adalbert Waffling, Emeric Switch, Philida Spore, Newt Scamander." Said James, counting the names on his fingers.
"They are gonna be Hufflepuff...the whole lot of them." Said Sarah.
"Well, why does it bother you if they cry or tell, unless you guys are telling me something..." said Lily slyly.
The four looked at each other, then back at Lily, all of them with looks of pure innocence on their faces.
"You guys suck and making innocent faces." Said Lily bluntly.
"Well, you try it sometime." Said Remus.
"Let's just say, you don't want to get on our bad side..." said Sirius, chuckling softly.
They continued talking about stuff, explaining to Lily what Quidditch was, about the four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.
"We are all gonna be in Gryffindor," said Remus, without any doubt, whatsoever.
"I bet I'm in Hufflepuff." Said Lily sadly.
"You'll be in whatever house you want to be in." Said James helpfully.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"Well, you know, if you say in your head what house you want to be in, then the hat will put you in it."
"Oh..."
"Hey, Lily, are you going to try out for your house Quidditch team?" Said Sarah, excitement in her voice.
"No...I don't think so..."
"Aw, why not? Me, Sirius, and James are gonna be the chasers."
"What about Remus?"
"I don't like Quidditch like they do." Said Remus with a smile.
"I don't understand why first years can't be on the team. That is so unfair." Said Sirius.
"Oh stop complaining Sirius Lee Black." Said James, with a mischievous grin on his face.
Sarah snorted. Then she muttered, "of all the names for your parents to name you."
Then they all laughed.
"Hey you guys, do you think we could get out of this bush?" Said Remus, pulling out one or the branches that was sticking in his ear.
"Yeah, those kids are gone."
They all walked out of the area and found Hagrid looking around for Lily.
"Where have you all been?" said Hagrid.
"Oh...just around, you know, buying our school supplies."
"Did anyone ever tell you four that you are horrible at making innocent faces?" Said Hagrid, smiling at them.
"Yes, actually."
They all laughed, then said goodbye, then went there separate ways; Sarah and James leaving to go to the Leaky Caldron, Sirius and Remus heading to the Apothecary to get some potion ingredients.
Lily looked at Hagrid and said, "they're nice."
Hagrid's face broke into a smile. Lily could tell he was proud of them. "Yeah, great bunch of kids that lot."
Then Hagrid explained that James and Sarah were cousins, and that Sarah lived with the Potters most of the time, because her father and mother were Auror's and some of the best wizard's and witches of there time. And with this Dark Lord Voldemort gaining power, they were often gone, leaving Sarah with her aunt and uncle.
I hope I'm in Gryffindor, thought Lily, thinking of the friends that she might have.
~*~
A/N: PRETTY PLEASE REVIEW! I want Constructive Criticism, and Compliments...if you just have flames then keep them to yourself please!
Everything belongs to JKR except Sarah McKinnon.