Hiya! I said I'd do a better L/J, so here goes! This starts out before they're even at Hogwarts, but I will use my friend Mr. Fast Forward later on. This is interspersed with 'flash forwards' to see parralels between Hermione and Lily.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone but: Rose, Stella (lily's mom), Luna, and Artemis
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Real Magic
A/N: The front door of the Evans house opens right into the living room.
Hoofbeats. Rose Evans, 11 years old, looked up from her book, Squire by Tamora Pierce. She must've read it ten times already, but she was still annoyed at being interuppted. She heard the hoofbeats slow down, then stop. Rose reluctantly dog-eared the page and put in down on the couch. She heaved herself to her feet just as the front door opened. There was Rose's twin sister, Lily. Her long red hair was frizzy and had just caught the gold sunlight. Dust was still settling on her chaps, accenting her thin figure. Rose made a deep contrast: Her straight red hair was cut just under her earlobes, and she was more heavyset than the light, almost frail-looking Lily.
"Read this." Lily handed a letter to Rose, her face a mask of disbelief. Rose looked at her name and address in emerald green ink, the same color as her and her sister's eyes.
"Funny paper." It wasn't the crisp white of usual envelopes, more a sort of... parchment.
"Open it." Lily was wriggling out of her chaps. It was summer vacation, and both girls liked to go horse-riding in the large fields and gardens behind the house. They also picked up the mail, which was at the end of a really long driveway.
Rose opened the envelope. She unfolded the two sheets of paper, and read the first one.
"Dear Miss Evans, you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy?" Rose ended on a disbelieving tone. "You have got to be kidding me, Lil."
"Am not. I got one too." She handed over her letter. "And look at the sheet under that."
"A list of supplies." Rose scanned the list. "A magic wand?"
"Yeah. Crazy, huh?" Lily sat down on the couch.
"This has got to be some kind of prank." She looked at the green writing on the envelope again. "Who would send such a stupid thing? Look at the name of this school: Hogwarts. It's so dumb it obviously phony."
"I know, it's so weird. And how did they find our address? We should show it to Mom when she gets back."
"Yeah." Rose bundled the letters up and put them on the coffee table. "You interrupted my reading. I just got to the part when Kel was jousting against Lord Wyldon." She picked up Squire and started to read again.
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Stella Evans turned the parchment sheets over in her hands. Lily and Rose stood close by, knowing it was unusual for their mom to be so quiet.
"What's up?" Rose asked.
"Four years ago, Petunia got just such a letter. We discarded it, of course, saying it was all pranks and such. Then my sister called."
Lily knew this was serious. Her mother hated to talk about her twin sister, Luna Black. Luna had been everything Stella was not: loud, rebellious, and reckless. When she was younger, she had gone away to a special boarding school, which Stella was glad for. It meant she would only see her sister in the summer. Then Luna had gone off and married her cousin, and Stella never spoke another word about her. Something had to be up.
"She wanted to know why Petunia hadn't gone to the school. Her daughter was having a good time there." Stella tossed the papers on the table. "Yes, Hogwarts school exists. Now I think about it, that was the name of the school Luna disappeared to every year." She looked at her daughters, and smiled. "I don't think ill of this school. It would be wonderful to have witches in the family. It just reminds me of Luna." She made a face, looking at the list of school supplies. "I'll probably even have to see her again. She would be the only one to know where we can find this stuff." She pinned her daughters with a glance. "That is, if you want to go."
"I do," Rose surprised herself by saying. "It sounds cool. It'd be awesome to be able to do magic. Lily?"
Lily looked entranced. "Magic? You mean... like... Alanna-magic... and... MAGIC?" She smiled. "I'd love to!"
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"Magic." Lily bounced on the bottom bunk of their bunk bed. "Real magic! This is going to be so much fun."
"And maybe we can get an owl! That would be awesome." Rose sat on her top bunk and stared at the ceiling. "Think of the possiblities." They both sat in silence. Then Lily turned off the light.
"I'll never get any sleep if I keep thinking about it. G'night, Rose."
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"Good night, Hermione. Sweet dreams." Her mother closed the door.
Hermione lay on her bed, not sleeping at all. *This is so surreal,* she thought. *It's like something right out of a fantasy book.* She turned on her other side. *And Arachne had known about magic the whole time?* It was going to be a blast going to boarding school with her best friend. There were so many questions that she wanted to ask...
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"G'night Lily." No matter how hard Rose tried, she couldn't calm her mind enough to sleep. Eventually, she fell into a frenzied half-sleep, full of people with magic wands and green eyes turning into various animals and back, then blasting things with wands. Didn't they say something about broomsticks? Do they really fly on them? Cool.
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I finally did it! I'll have the next chapter up soon, believe me it gets better! And, of course, there's still Rose! Mwahaha. Review, please! I live for reviews. Oh, and drawing. And Tamora Pierce books. And...
liacoraginger@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/liacoraginger
Why do I even bother? Please visit it anyway, though! Especially for the Picture Maker, I can draw your character! I'll have the HP fanfiction up once my other compu starts working.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone but: Rose, Stella (lily's mom), Luna, and Artemis
*~*~*~*
Real Magic
A/N: The front door of the Evans house opens right into the living room.
Hoofbeats. Rose Evans, 11 years old, looked up from her book, Squire by Tamora Pierce. She must've read it ten times already, but she was still annoyed at being interuppted. She heard the hoofbeats slow down, then stop. Rose reluctantly dog-eared the page and put in down on the couch. She heaved herself to her feet just as the front door opened. There was Rose's twin sister, Lily. Her long red hair was frizzy and had just caught the gold sunlight. Dust was still settling on her chaps, accenting her thin figure. Rose made a deep contrast: Her straight red hair was cut just under her earlobes, and she was more heavyset than the light, almost frail-looking Lily.
"Read this." Lily handed a letter to Rose, her face a mask of disbelief. Rose looked at her name and address in emerald green ink, the same color as her and her sister's eyes.
"Funny paper." It wasn't the crisp white of usual envelopes, more a sort of... parchment.
"Open it." Lily was wriggling out of her chaps. It was summer vacation, and both girls liked to go horse-riding in the large fields and gardens behind the house. They also picked up the mail, which was at the end of a really long driveway.
Rose opened the envelope. She unfolded the two sheets of paper, and read the first one.
"Dear Miss Evans, you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy?" Rose ended on a disbelieving tone. "You have got to be kidding me, Lil."
"Am not. I got one too." She handed over her letter. "And look at the sheet under that."
"A list of supplies." Rose scanned the list. "A magic wand?"
"Yeah. Crazy, huh?" Lily sat down on the couch.
"This has got to be some kind of prank." She looked at the green writing on the envelope again. "Who would send such a stupid thing? Look at the name of this school: Hogwarts. It's so dumb it obviously phony."
"I know, it's so weird. And how did they find our address? We should show it to Mom when she gets back."
"Yeah." Rose bundled the letters up and put them on the coffee table. "You interrupted my reading. I just got to the part when Kel was jousting against Lord Wyldon." She picked up Squire and started to read again.
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Stella Evans turned the parchment sheets over in her hands. Lily and Rose stood close by, knowing it was unusual for their mom to be so quiet.
"What's up?" Rose asked.
"Four years ago, Petunia got just such a letter. We discarded it, of course, saying it was all pranks and such. Then my sister called."
Lily knew this was serious. Her mother hated to talk about her twin sister, Luna Black. Luna had been everything Stella was not: loud, rebellious, and reckless. When she was younger, she had gone away to a special boarding school, which Stella was glad for. It meant she would only see her sister in the summer. Then Luna had gone off and married her cousin, and Stella never spoke another word about her. Something had to be up.
"She wanted to know why Petunia hadn't gone to the school. Her daughter was having a good time there." Stella tossed the papers on the table. "Yes, Hogwarts school exists. Now I think about it, that was the name of the school Luna disappeared to every year." She looked at her daughters, and smiled. "I don't think ill of this school. It would be wonderful to have witches in the family. It just reminds me of Luna." She made a face, looking at the list of school supplies. "I'll probably even have to see her again. She would be the only one to know where we can find this stuff." She pinned her daughters with a glance. "That is, if you want to go."
"I do," Rose surprised herself by saying. "It sounds cool. It'd be awesome to be able to do magic. Lily?"
Lily looked entranced. "Magic? You mean... like... Alanna-magic... and... MAGIC?" She smiled. "I'd love to!"
*~*~*~*
"Magic." Lily bounced on the bottom bunk of their bunk bed. "Real magic! This is going to be so much fun."
"And maybe we can get an owl! That would be awesome." Rose sat on her top bunk and stared at the ceiling. "Think of the possiblities." They both sat in silence. Then Lily turned off the light.
"I'll never get any sleep if I keep thinking about it. G'night, Rose."
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"Good night, Hermione. Sweet dreams." Her mother closed the door.
Hermione lay on her bed, not sleeping at all. *This is so surreal,* she thought. *It's like something right out of a fantasy book.* She turned on her other side. *And Arachne had known about magic the whole time?* It was going to be a blast going to boarding school with her best friend. There were so many questions that she wanted to ask...
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"G'night Lily." No matter how hard Rose tried, she couldn't calm her mind enough to sleep. Eventually, she fell into a frenzied half-sleep, full of people with magic wands and green eyes turning into various animals and back, then blasting things with wands. Didn't they say something about broomsticks? Do they really fly on them? Cool.
*~*~*~*
I finally did it! I'll have the next chapter up soon, believe me it gets better! And, of course, there's still Rose! Mwahaha. Review, please! I live for reviews. Oh, and drawing. And Tamora Pierce books. And...
liacoraginger@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/liacoraginger
Why do I even bother? Please visit it anyway, though! Especially for the Picture Maker, I can draw your character! I'll have the HP fanfiction up once my other compu starts working.