A New Friend

Isabella Griffin entered platform Nine and Three-Quarters and looked at the Hogwarts Express in awe.

It had been two months since she moved to England and she couldn't have been happier. Isabella couldn't say she was happier in England than she was in Italy, but now she felt that she could start anew, have a clean slate. She new everything was going to be great, well, at least better than before. She had even found her first friend, Lily Evans.

Isabella's new house was in a muggle community, Lily's neighborhood. Dumbledore, who was the one to persuad Isabella's parents, Patricia and Robert to move to England to help with his Order against the uprising dark lord, Voldmort, thought it was the safest area, where Voldemort was least likely suspect them living; they were still connected to the wizarding world by the floo network.

It was in the middle of summer when Isabella met Lily, when she was exploring the neighborhood.

Flashback

Isabella and her parents had just finished unpacking all their things into their new house and now she was bored. Isabella heaved a sigh and flopped down on the couch.

"Bored honey?" Robert asked amused.

She sighed again. "Yes, most of the people in this area are old and nosy, there's no one for me to talk to. Besides, they're all muggles, booooorrrrring."

He gave her a look. "Maybe if you actually got up and explored your new home, you might find some kids your own age."

She took the hint and got up. "Fine, just get the pool ready please, i want to swim later."

"As you wish, princess."

She rolled her eyes and left the house. As she made her way down the street she saw the nastiest thing, there was a elephant like boy and he was making out with a girl that looked like a stick. 'Ewwwwwwww, nasty image, NASTY IMAGE! RUN AWAY!'

Isabella then started to walk--or run-- as fast as she could. But the problem was she didn't notice the girl sitting on the curb or the roller skate. The next second she found herself on her back, after hitting her head very hard on the cement.

Isabella heard a gasp from her right. "Are you okay?!"

Isabella opened her eyes and saw a concerned looking girl. She had long red hair and beautiful green eyes. Isabella sat up and rubbed the back of her head. "What?"

"I said are you okay? Oh of coarse your not, come on we'll go to my house to get some ice."

Isabella felt an arm go around her shoulders to help her stand and support her as Isabella was dragged into someone's house.. She felt a cool burst of air as she went in, and was happy to be out of the sumer heat.. She was led into what looked like a kitchen, probably because it was, and was pushed onto a chair as the red head went to the freezer for ice.

Isabella closed her eyes and fought off the dizziness. All of a sudden she felt something cold be put on the back of her head. It took her a second to figure out that it was an ice pack. "Thanks, what happened?"

"You tripped over my roller skate. I was just taking them off when you came running by. I'm really sorry I shouldn't of left it in the middle of the sidewalk, are you okay?"

Isabella opened her eyes and looked at the concerned redhead who sat across from her. "Yeah I'm fine, thanks for the ice..."

The girl just shook her head. "Oh it's no problem, seeing as how it was my fault. I'm Lily, Lily Evans." She held out her hand for Isabella to shake.

Isabella shook her hand, her other hand holding up the ice pack. "Isabella Griffin, and it was my fault I shouldn't have been running with my eyes closed."

Lily nodded, then looked at Isabella with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, why were you running with your eyes closed? That doesn't seem like a smart thing to do."

Isabella snorted. "It wasn't and and my reward was almost cracking my head open. As to why I was running, I saw something very nasty, that will probably give me nightmares tonight." She shuddered.

Lily was curious. "What was it?"

"It was like an elephant boy and a very skinny girl and they were kissing if you could call it that, actually it looked more like he was eating her face." She shuddered again. "Gross."

Lily laughed and shook her head. "That was my sister Petunia and her boyfriend Vernon Dursley."

Isabella gasped and put her hand over her mouth in horror. "Your sister, I'm sorry if I offended you, I didn't know it was your sister, or I wouldn't of laughed."

Lily just waved off the apology. "It's fine, you didn't know." She then leaned in, and motioned for Isabella to come closer. "I get grossed out too when I see them kiss." They both giggled.

Just then Petunia walked in to the kitchen and walked over to the sink. They stopped giggling and looked at her, her lipstick was all smeared.

She glared at them. "What are you looking at?"

They didn't respond, they just started to laugh. Petunia "Hmphed" while rolling her eyes and leaving. Muttering "Freaks" under her breath.

Lily and Isabella finally stopped laughing when she left, but there still was the occasional giggle. "I haven't laughed that hard since, well since never." Isabella commented.

Lily nodded. "Me either. If knew there was another girl that lived near by that didn't act like Petunia I would have jumped at the chance to hang out with you sooner, did you just move here?"

Isabella was shocked to hear this but didn't show it and nodded. "We just moved into that big house on the hill."

Now Lily looked shocked. "You mean that mansion, with the huge pool indoor pool and backyard?"

Isabella nodded. "Yeah that's it. You can come over now if you want, we could go swimming, the pool is all ready. And I just finished unpacking my things."

Lily looked excited. "Really, awesome. Okay, wait here I'll go get my suit and tell my mom where I'll be, then we can go."

Isabella nodded. "Right well, I'll just wait outside." Lily nodded then ran to her room.

About five minutes later Lily came back with her swim suit and they walked back to Isabella's house. Once there Isabella introduced Lily to her parents, then got her swim suit.

The rest of summer passed and Lilly and Isabella became very good friends, even better when Isabella caught Lily using a drying charm on her hair after they went swimming about a month later. Lily looked panicked, but Isabella confessed that she was a witch too, and Lily got excited and immediatly starting asking about the differences between the wizaring worls in England and Italy.

When their Hogwarts letters came they went shopping together for school supplies at Diagon Ally. Lily was happy to find that she was Head Girl. Lily had told her all about Hogwarts and the houses. She even went as far as to make a list of student she should avoid. What kind of a group names themselves the Marauders? She had asked, and Lily just said.

"You'll have to wait and find out."

End Flashback

Isabella said a final goodbye to her parents, promising to write, before getting on the train and searching for Lily.

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