Chapter 1
The Owl
Lily Evans was sitting down at breakfast, nibbling her toast silently. Her mother and her sister where arguing. Yesterday Lily's older sister, Petunia had gone on a date with her new boyfriend, Vernon. He was very fat. Lily was very scared of him. He had a moustache. Lily thought that he resembled a very large beetroot. "He just likes the odd snack. So what! Big deal!" Petunia told her mother.
"He's so mean to Lily! I have no idea why you like him. He is nothing but a pig in a wig, in my opinion!" Lily's mother shrieked. At that moment Lily saw something very strange. Flying over the trees was a… what was it?" It looked like a bird. It was holding something in its claws. What could it be?
Petunia saw what Lily saw. As it came closer it started to look like some sort of bird. It was an owl! On a sunny day. Lily and Petunia stared at it. Then Lily's mum saw it. Suddenly it soared through the window and drooped the letter on Lily's lap. With trembling fingers, Lily opened it. This is what it said:
Dear Miss Lily Evans,
We would like to offer you a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you would like to accept the place, please send us an owl (a letter, use this owl to deliver).
If you choose to accept, please be at Kings cross-station on September 1st at 11:00 am. You will take the Hogwarts Express from Platform 9 ¾.
Yours Sincerely,
Professor M. Mcgonogall
Deputy Head Mistress
Lily stared at the letter. "I want to see it!" Petunia said trying to snatch the letter from Lily's hand. Lily dodged Petunia's hand and gave the letter to her mother. After a few minutes of total silence Lily's mother asked, "Well, would you like to go?" Lily did want to go. If she was a witch, she could make Vernon turn into a beetroot and stuff. She chuckled at the thought. "Yea. I'd love to go!" Lily replied.