Ok this story is a prequel to my other fanfic "Harry Potter and the
Stranger at the Door". That ones not finished and has even got to this bit
in the story but I just wanted to write this down. Please read and
review!!!
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Chapter 1 : Lily Reflects
Lily Evan's had a great 6 years. Ever since she'd discovered she was a witch and went off to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizarding, into a completely new world. Her parent's had been absolutely delighted, thrilled with the prospect of having a fully grown witch in the family, her sister Petunia had been less so. They had never really been close but they were far from enemies. Petunia had taken the news rather badly and had since taken to calling Lily every name under the sun when she thought their parents couldn't hear.
This didn't really bother Lily that much. Petunia was only one person and so Lily usually just chose to ignore her, she was away for most of the year anyway. Home was good to Lily, but Hogwarts was just so... great! She had thoroughly enjoyed her life there, with four big exceptions... Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and James Potter, collectively known as the Marauders. She supposed Peter wasn't really that bad, Peter wasn't really anything; Remus actually was quite pleasant and responsible, Lily had got to know him better due to the fact they were both made Prefects in their 5th year; Sirius Black on the other hand was arrogant and cocky, worsened by the fact he was probably the best looking boy in the year, but my god he knew it; finally the bane of Lily's existence... James Potter, he had made it his purpose to torture and tease her beyond belief, Lily suspected it was because she was muggle-born, that was usually the reason she got picked on and she had got that a lot.
Lily had faced interest and controversy in her first experience of the wizarding world, on the Hogwarts Express. She had been sitting in a compartment by herself, very a little apprehensive about what was to come, after all she had no one to tell her what being a witch was like, or what Hogwarts was like, and she didn't know anyone. A girl with flowing curly, blonde hair abruptly interrupted her loneliness however.
"What you doing sitting in here all alone?" She said as she took the seat directly in front of Lily. Lily was a little taken back by the girl's forwardness.
"Em..." Lily mumbled something about not knowing anyone.
"Well I'm Caitlin Kenworthy. I'm in first year, I'm from Godric's Hollow, my wand's 7 inches, made from willow and a single unicorn hair, and I support the Ballycastle Bats!" Lily tried to digest this sudden rush of information slowly, but Caitlin was looking at her intently. "You go." She prompted.
The first three Lily could answer no problem.
"I'm Lily Evans. I'm in first year too. I live in Surrey and my wand is 10 and a quarter inches, made of willow." Here she began to falter a bit. "Em... I'm afraid I don't know who the Ballycastle Bats are."
"What?! You don't follow Quidditch?!"
"Quidditch?" At this Lily noticed Caitlin had started to stare at her suspiciously, as if she was about to pull off her mask and reveal that she was secretly a mass murderer.
"What's with you then?" Lily thought for a moment.
"I'm sorry. I don't know that much about witches and wizards. I'm the first wizard in my family see, and..." She stopped when she noticed the look on Caitlin's face.
"Wow...imagine meeting a muggle-born on the first train journey. I've never met one of you before. It must be so daunting to come here, you're really brave. You must so know much about muggles."
"Yea but that's hardly going to help me here is it?"
"Oh don't worry about that. I'll take you through the basics." She then proceeded to tell Lily all about Quidditch and growing up in a wizarding family, she even explained who the Ballycastle Bats were. "Quidditch team from Northern Ireland. Dads from there. He's had me supporting them since I was 3."
About halfway through Caitlin explaining the Ministry of Magic the compartment door opened again. This time it was a boy that entered. He was small and skinny, and his dark hair was messy and ruffled, almost hiding his brown eyes. As he entered Caitlin greeted him with a big grin. Her whole attitude changed completely, she became giggly and a bit flirty.
"Jamie!" She cried as she flung her arms around his neck. "Come sit! This is Lily, she's muggle-born! Isn't that amazing? Lily this is James Potter." James said nothing. He was staring at Lily apparently stunned. "Jamie speak!" Caitlin commanded.
"Y-you're b-beautiful." He finally stuttered at Lily.
"Jamie!!" Caitlin cried apparently appalled, as she cracked him round the back of the head.
"Will you go out with me?" He said quickly.
"Right that's it out! If your not going to be sensible you can clear off!" And with that Caitlin threw him back out into the corridor.
"Goodbye Lily!" He yelled back in, as Caitlin pressed her palm on his forehead, pushing his head out and squeezing the door shut.
"Sorry about that Lils. James can be a bit of a joker, I hope he didn't offend you. We grew up together, he's from Godric's Hollow too. What'd ya think of him?" She asked apparently waiting for Lily's approval.
"He's a bit of a runt really isn't he?" Caitlin looked a bit taken a back for a moment and then concurred.
"Well yea I suppose, but it's been slim pickings round where I live, and he was the best of a bad bunch. Let's hope Hogwarts has better talent to offer!" Lily couldn't help but laugh at this.
And that was that. Caitlin, boy crazy, brainy and beautiful, and Lily, always standing up for what was right and following the rules, became best friends. Caitlin over the years matured, and found that instead of running after them, boys were more likely to follow her if she appeared hard to get and mysterious. This realisation, coupled with the fact that she was absolutely stunning, had made one of the most sought after girls in the school. She had several minor dalliances during her school career, but not anything serious. Lily on the other hand, had kept herself to her books, she was popular sure, but no one had ever really tempted her, so she kept single. Everything had been fine with this arrangement... until the end of fifth year. Something had happened with the Marauders that Caitlin had been sworn to secrecy on. It took a while for Lily to get over the fact that her best friend was holding secrets from her, especially as it was to do with them, but got over it she did. Then Caitlin did something that Lily wasn't sure she could ever forgive her for...
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Sorry I like cliffhangers :D. Please read and review. I'll update it soon.
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Chapter 1 : Lily Reflects
Lily Evan's had a great 6 years. Ever since she'd discovered she was a witch and went off to study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizarding, into a completely new world. Her parent's had been absolutely delighted, thrilled with the prospect of having a fully grown witch in the family, her sister Petunia had been less so. They had never really been close but they were far from enemies. Petunia had taken the news rather badly and had since taken to calling Lily every name under the sun when she thought their parents couldn't hear.
This didn't really bother Lily that much. Petunia was only one person and so Lily usually just chose to ignore her, she was away for most of the year anyway. Home was good to Lily, but Hogwarts was just so... great! She had thoroughly enjoyed her life there, with four big exceptions... Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black and James Potter, collectively known as the Marauders. She supposed Peter wasn't really that bad, Peter wasn't really anything; Remus actually was quite pleasant and responsible, Lily had got to know him better due to the fact they were both made Prefects in their 5th year; Sirius Black on the other hand was arrogant and cocky, worsened by the fact he was probably the best looking boy in the year, but my god he knew it; finally the bane of Lily's existence... James Potter, he had made it his purpose to torture and tease her beyond belief, Lily suspected it was because she was muggle-born, that was usually the reason she got picked on and she had got that a lot.
Lily had faced interest and controversy in her first experience of the wizarding world, on the Hogwarts Express. She had been sitting in a compartment by herself, very a little apprehensive about what was to come, after all she had no one to tell her what being a witch was like, or what Hogwarts was like, and she didn't know anyone. A girl with flowing curly, blonde hair abruptly interrupted her loneliness however.
"What you doing sitting in here all alone?" She said as she took the seat directly in front of Lily. Lily was a little taken back by the girl's forwardness.
"Em..." Lily mumbled something about not knowing anyone.
"Well I'm Caitlin Kenworthy. I'm in first year, I'm from Godric's Hollow, my wand's 7 inches, made from willow and a single unicorn hair, and I support the Ballycastle Bats!" Lily tried to digest this sudden rush of information slowly, but Caitlin was looking at her intently. "You go." She prompted.
The first three Lily could answer no problem.
"I'm Lily Evans. I'm in first year too. I live in Surrey and my wand is 10 and a quarter inches, made of willow." Here she began to falter a bit. "Em... I'm afraid I don't know who the Ballycastle Bats are."
"What?! You don't follow Quidditch?!"
"Quidditch?" At this Lily noticed Caitlin had started to stare at her suspiciously, as if she was about to pull off her mask and reveal that she was secretly a mass murderer.
"What's with you then?" Lily thought for a moment.
"I'm sorry. I don't know that much about witches and wizards. I'm the first wizard in my family see, and..." She stopped when she noticed the look on Caitlin's face.
"Wow...imagine meeting a muggle-born on the first train journey. I've never met one of you before. It must be so daunting to come here, you're really brave. You must so know much about muggles."
"Yea but that's hardly going to help me here is it?"
"Oh don't worry about that. I'll take you through the basics." She then proceeded to tell Lily all about Quidditch and growing up in a wizarding family, she even explained who the Ballycastle Bats were. "Quidditch team from Northern Ireland. Dads from there. He's had me supporting them since I was 3."
About halfway through Caitlin explaining the Ministry of Magic the compartment door opened again. This time it was a boy that entered. He was small and skinny, and his dark hair was messy and ruffled, almost hiding his brown eyes. As he entered Caitlin greeted him with a big grin. Her whole attitude changed completely, she became giggly and a bit flirty.
"Jamie!" She cried as she flung her arms around his neck. "Come sit! This is Lily, she's muggle-born! Isn't that amazing? Lily this is James Potter." James said nothing. He was staring at Lily apparently stunned. "Jamie speak!" Caitlin commanded.
"Y-you're b-beautiful." He finally stuttered at Lily.
"Jamie!!" Caitlin cried apparently appalled, as she cracked him round the back of the head.
"Will you go out with me?" He said quickly.
"Right that's it out! If your not going to be sensible you can clear off!" And with that Caitlin threw him back out into the corridor.
"Goodbye Lily!" He yelled back in, as Caitlin pressed her palm on his forehead, pushing his head out and squeezing the door shut.
"Sorry about that Lils. James can be a bit of a joker, I hope he didn't offend you. We grew up together, he's from Godric's Hollow too. What'd ya think of him?" She asked apparently waiting for Lily's approval.
"He's a bit of a runt really isn't he?" Caitlin looked a bit taken a back for a moment and then concurred.
"Well yea I suppose, but it's been slim pickings round where I live, and he was the best of a bad bunch. Let's hope Hogwarts has better talent to offer!" Lily couldn't help but laugh at this.
And that was that. Caitlin, boy crazy, brainy and beautiful, and Lily, always standing up for what was right and following the rules, became best friends. Caitlin over the years matured, and found that instead of running after them, boys were more likely to follow her if she appeared hard to get and mysterious. This realisation, coupled with the fact that she was absolutely stunning, had made one of the most sought after girls in the school. She had several minor dalliances during her school career, but not anything serious. Lily on the other hand, had kept herself to her books, she was popular sure, but no one had ever really tempted her, so she kept single. Everything had been fine with this arrangement... until the end of fifth year. Something had happened with the Marauders that Caitlin had been sworn to secrecy on. It took a while for Lily to get over the fact that her best friend was holding secrets from her, especially as it was to do with them, but got over it she did. Then Caitlin did something that Lily wasn't sure she could ever forgive her for...
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Sorry I like cliffhangers :D. Please read and review. I'll update it soon.