A/N: hey guys, this is my first fanfic, so woot. I hope you guys like it, so please review even if you don't. : ) I'm sorry if the first two-ish chapters aren't the greatest –actually they kinda suck, but as I said, my first fanfic and the chapters after that are definitely better, these are just kinda setting the scene for what will later happen. Reviews help so…review. Woot K go read:

Chapter 1: Lily's Summer

Beep – Beep – Bee – Lily Evans's alarm went off with a loud start.

"Ugh, thanks PETUNIA!" Lily screamed her sister's name. "You know I hate being up early!"

"Bloody hell why is there an 'early?" She grumbled to herself. Lily's bedroom door opened, it was her mother.

"Lily honey, it is not your sister! Will you please stop blaming her for everything!" she said exasperatedly, "you set the alarm yourself, remember? You said your school letter would be coming today."

Lily Evans is a witch; she attends Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Britain. Of the seven years of school at Hogwarts, Lily was heading into her final year at Hogwarts, which would start, as usual, on the first day of September. She would be taking her NEWTS, this year, her last and most important exams at Hogwarts. She had always known when she would be getting her letter since second year because her closest friend, Jacky, always got hers a day before Lily did.

"What?!" Lily shrieked, "Has it come yet? Is it here?'

She started rushing around the room, looking for her dressing gown. In her haste, Lily upended her trunk, spilling all of its contents across the floor.

"Oh hell with it!" Lily rushed out of her bedroom, nearly knocking over her startled mother who picked herself up with raised eyebrows. However much her parents had tried to understand the prefect system at Hogwarts, they still just didn't get it. This letter would tell her if she was Head Girl or not. She jumped down the stairs three at a time and landed in the hallway. Running into the kitchen, the first thing Lily saw was her prissy, horse-faced sister cowering under the table while on top of the refrigerator stood…

"Oh. My. God." Shakily, Lily walked over to the refrigerator and the sooty looking grey school owl stuck its leg out.

With trembling hands, Lily stepped forward and untied the thick parchment envelope from the owl's leg. The owl shuffled his feathers importantly and took off through the window that Lily opened for him (he had flown through the chimney because Petunia wouldn't open the window). Shaking all over now, she opened the envelope and pulled out the parchment within.

Flipping the envelope over, Lily waited for something else to fall out, but nothing did. Her face fell. Disappointedly, Lily turned to the letter and opened it. Uttering a slight scream, she let the letter float gently to the floor, staring at something in her cupped hands.

"LILY! Are you – oh," Lily's mother had just sped into the kitchen skidding to a halt when she saw Lily's face.

"Little freak got scared by the freak school bird!" Petunia laughed but then cringed at the glare her sister shop her and crawled back under the kitchen table and glared right back at her sister.

"Petunia darling, come out from under the table, Lily will NOT hurt you. Isn't that right Lily?" her mother said tersely.

"Right mum, I won't harm a hair of old Loony Tuney's head."

"LILY!"

"Alright, alright mum, keep your hair on, I promise." An exasperated Lily said.

"Good, I'm glad that's over. Now, Lily, why are you so excited about your school letter?"

Wordlessly, Lily held out her hand and her mother bent over to look at the scarlet and gold badge in her hand. Seeing that her mother was puzzled, Lily cut off the question Mrs. Evans was about to ask.

"It's the Head Girl badge mum."

This time it was Mrs. Evans who screamed shrilly.

"Oh Lily! Oh my, oh come here!"

Mr. Evans skidded into the kitchen to see his youngest daughter being hugged and kissed to death by her mother.

"Rose, let go of Lily, you're strangling her." Mr. Evans said with the hint of a smile on his face. He turned to Lily,

"Now what has happened to make your mother all cheerful, she hasn't been this giddy since you got your O.W.L. results back."

Before Lily could utter a single word, her glowing mother exclaimed,

"Lily has been made Head Girl at Hogwarts!"

"Head what?"

"Head Girl, dad" Lily explained "it means that I'm the co-head of all the prefects at school." She held out her badge so her father could see it. He took it gingerly and looked at it closely. Petunia, who had crawled out from underneath the table, looked at the badge warily over her father's shoulder.

"Doesn't look like much," Petunia scoffed "red and gold, with a lion and 'Head Girl'. Big bloody deal."

"Actually Petty, it is a pretty big deal because now I can boss everyone around at school 'cept for the teachers and Dumbledore, which means, that if you went to my school I could boss you around!"

"Like any normal person would go to that freak place you call a school." Petunia snapped.

"Yeah, like any sane person would date that purple whale you call a boyfriend."

"GIRLS!"

Lily and Petunia jumped at hearing their dad yelling so loudly.

"Petunia, up to your room, Lily stay here for a minute." At the end of his sentence, his voice became that of a proud father. Petunia stormed off, but not before Lily got a parting shot in.

"Are you sure he's even human, Tuney?"

They heard a bedroom door slam upstairs and Mr. Evans turned to Lily.

"Now, explain this Head Girl thing."

"I told you dad, Head Girl means I'm in charge of planning activities, the prefects, and the student body." Lily patiently explained, "I've been hoping to get Head Girl this year ever since I heard about it."

"Well, we're very proud of you sweetheart." Mrs. Evans said as she walked out of the kitchen to go check on Petunia.

Lily happily put the badge down and went to open the school list, but her father interrupted her.

"Lily, you never told us how you did on your exams this year."

"Oh yeah! Sorry dad, I was just so wound up about getting my letter and finding out if I was Head Girl that I completely forgot. Don't worry, I passed every exam with O's, except for History of Magic, which was an 'E'. But I'm not upset, and an E is like a 90, or A-. Besides, everyone always fails History of Magic, so it's no big deal.

"YOU WHAT!?"

Lily and Mr. Evans spun around at the outburst, Mrs. Evans stood in the doorway to the kitchen with a mixed look of anger, shock, and disappointment.

"You FAILED one of your exams?!" there was definitely no pity in her face now, only anger.

"No mum! You've got it all wrong-"

"Don't you care ANYTHING for your future!? Fail-"

"Rose, listen to Lily, she – "

Even Mr. Evans couldn't make his wife listen to his youngest daughter. He just stood there, resigned to listening to her until she finished. Lily however, had had enough.

"SILENCIO!" Lily pointed her wand at her mother, pulling it from the back pocket of her pajama pants.

Her mother looked stunned for a moment, and then opened her mouth to reprimand Lily, but no sound came out. Scared, she opened her mouth even wider, attempting to scream, but still no sound came forth. She eventually calmed down enough to sit and glare at her youngest daughter.

"Now, if you'll listen to me, I'll have you know that I did NOT fail any of my exams, I got top

grades in all but History of Magic, which was an 'E', rather than an 'O'. I was saying that not getting an O in History of Magic is no big deal because most people fail that class. Do you understand now?"

Mrs. Evans nodded.

"Good, now I can…" Lily paled. Even though she was seventeen, she still wasn't supposed to do magic at home when her family was around since they were muggles. The moment she realized this, her sister walked downstairs, smirking.

"Oooohh! Is someone in trouble?" still smirking, she walked into the kitchen where she let out a piercing scream. Petunia ran out of the kitchen, shrieking,

"I hate those bloody freaky birds! Get them out!" She ran upstairs again and slammed her bedroom door yet again.

If possible, Lily paled even more and, turning on her heel, left her confused parents behind her as she slowly walked into the kitchen. Once again, there was an owl sitting on the counter. As soon as it saw Lily, it swooped over her and dropped the letter on her head. Nervously, Lily picked it up off the floor and saw the Ministry of Magic double MM crest on it. For the second time that day, Lily opened a parchment envelope with shaking hands.

Dear Miss Evans,

We have received intelligence that you performed the Silencing Charm at 17 minutes past seven this morning, in a muggle-inhabited area and in the presence of three muggles.

As you have already received an official warning for a precious offense under Section 13 of the International Confederation of the Wizard's Statute of Secrecy, we regret to inform you that your presence is required at a disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Magic at 11:00 A.M. on July 18th.

Hoping you are well, yours sincerely,

Serena Torino

IMPROPER USE OF MAGIC OFFICE

MNISTRY OF MAGIC

P.S. Jacky says hi!

The letter floated gently to the floor as the recipient also sank down, leaning against the Refrigerator.

Lily sat there for what must have been minutes, with her head in her hands. Hearing mocking laughter, she looked up, startled. Immediately, her surprised expression turned into a scowl, because it was, once again her darling sister Petunia.

"So, what are you in trouble for? I can't wait to tell mum and dad! Then they won't let you go back to that freak place you call a school. Or are you already kicked out?" Petunia had a disgustedly excited look on her horsey face.

"Oh just shut up you prissy, horse-faced, toe rag! Ugh!" And with that, Lily stormed out of her normally serene kitchen.

Passing her still startled father, Lily stopped in front of her mother.

"Mum, I can't take the charm off yet; I have to wait until I get permission."

"How will you get permission Lily?" asked Mr. Evans.

Lily took a deep breath before answering,

"Well, by either owling the Ministry of Magic, or waiting two days until my hearing." She said the latter part of the sentence in a rush, looking down.

There was dead silence until,

"WHAT!" Her father thundered. "You have a HEARING!" Then in a normal tone of voice he said,

"Wait a minute, I though you can do magic this summer because you are of age in the Wizarding world. So why are you in trouble?"

"No its not because I'm underage, I'm in trouble because I did magic in front of three muggles, which would be you two and someone else. Was Tuney looking?" She paused, and when she spoke again she sounded oddly cheery, almost too cheery. "But don't worry; I'll probably get off because the muggles I did magic in front of were you guys and you know about magic. So there goes the whole 'in front of muggles' thing," Lily said with a confidence she didn't feel.

"Don't worry dad, I haven't been expelled."

"Yet," she thought grimly to herself as she trudged upstairs.

A/N: so review and tell me what you think, hopefully you'll have liked it, and I update as fast as I can, so keep an eye out. Mucho thanks to my beta, Friar-Freaking-Lawrence

-Wicked