Hey, so i'm new to fanfiction, but i have recently fallen in love with the harry potter series =] i read each book in like,
and evening. I was quite proud of myself. I am writing a fic about lily and James because i think a) they are the cutest couple, b) have a great connection and c) i have read so many LilyXJames fics and i loved every one =]
Any way enough of my pointless ramblings. Here we go. Aaaaahh, i'm so excited =]
This is going to start right back at first year, and i'm sorry but i'm going to leave out peter and Snape as much as possible because, they are my least favorite characters. Peter more so.
(lily pov)
"Where do we go?" i thought. Me and my mum were currently standing in front of an old looking pub called "The leaky cauldron".
"Erm...i'm not sure honey. Are you sure that the map is right"
"Muuuum, please, trust me, Why don't we just go inside and ask for directions?"
"But lily darling, what if they think we're bonkers. I mean, come on we would look like idiots if we went in there and said "Excuse me can you direct me to the wizarding street diagon alley" wouldn't we?"
"Well we obviously wont tell them it's a wizarding street, we'll just ask if anyone knows where Diagon Alley is"
"Fine, lets go"
As i walked in i realised that maybe my mum was right. Maybe we would look like idiots, i mean what normal person would just walk into a bar ask for directions? Even if they didn't know it was a street for wizards.
"Excuse me?" my mum asked, she was looking over the bar at an young looking man who i assumed was the bar owner.
"Yes m'dear?"
"Erm..." she dropped her voice to a whisper "I don't suppose you know where diagon alley is do you?"
The man laughed a great booming laugh. "You're a muggle aren't you?"
"Excuse me?"
"And you" he said looking down at me "Must be starting your first year. "
"Yes how did you know?"
"Well, look at you. Clearly around the age of eleven, and a look on yourface that tells me you n'vr been to diagon alley in your whole life. C'mon i'll show you " And with that he walked out from behind the bar and beckoned me and my mum to follow him.
I exschanged a look with my mum who looked as bewildered as i did. We came to an abrupt stop at a brick wall. Now i was confused. How were we suppose to get to diagon alley when this man was clearly insane. With that he pulled out a stick which i clearly noticed as a wand. Well maybe he wasn't as insane as i thought. He tapped a number of bricks in what seemed like a pattern and then the wall moved. I heard my mumgasp but i was barely aware of that as i looked at what was beyond the wall.
Many different people, all dressed in what looked like robes, then there were all the curious looking stalls that held many magical looking things. In the middle of the alley, i could see a large building that had a huge sign saying "GRINGOTTS BANK"
"Whats 'Gringotts'?"
"Oh, thats where you can change your muggle money into wizard money" said the strange man who had introduced himself as Tom.
"I'm sorry but could you please tell me what a muggle is?" my mother said with a frantic look, i could tell she was worried she hated not knowing.
"A muggle is ordinary folk, you know. Non-wizard people"
"So i'm not classed as a muggle then!?" i asked excitedly
"Nope!" said Tom, with a toothy grin. "Now did ya bring your list of school supplies?"
"Yep"She said bringing it out of my bag "It says i need; a wand, school robes, several books and if i wish a pet, i can have an owl, a toad or a cat. Oh please mum can i get a cat!" i asked
"We'll see lily, i don't know how much all this is going to cost."
"Oh yeah" said Tom "you'll need to be changing your mug- er i mean human money into wizard money."
"Oh gosh, and where do i do that?"
"Well you'll need to go to Gringotts Bank and the Goblins will help ya out."
"Goblins?!" My mother said, white faced
"Yeah, don't worry they look grumpy, but...well they are but they're dead helpful, just go in there and explain your situation."
"Ok ok, well we better get going if we want to be finished early" my mum said determindly "Thank you so much for all your help Tom"
"Well...well thats okay" said tom bashfully
"Okay, well we better be going, come on Lily. Bye Tom"
"Yeah bye Tom" It felt cool knowing that i knew a wizard, it felt like something i could boast about. You know like 5 year olds do.
"Lily, do keep up."
We made our way into Gringotts and ohmygosh if i thought Diagon Ally was good this was even better. It had high ceilings big enough to fit several giants, but what was even more astonishing was the little men behind the counters.
i heard my mum intake a breath exactly as i did. Then i saw her face, she had her "Determined look" as dad called it, and with that she marched over to one of the counters.
"Excuse me i was wondering if you could help me?" The little man looked up and then looked over to me.
"I s'pose you need you muggle money changed"
"Erm..well yes. Do you have any idea how much it will cost for all her school things?" The Goblin then went into a very long discussion about a vault and accounts, i looked around bored with the conversation.
There were Goblins everywhere. I still couldn't believe all this. It all seemed surreal. She had been taught for the eleven years of her life that real magic didn't exist, it was all illusions and tricks of the hand, and i had agreed until that one day when i recieved the letter from hogwarts telling me that i was a WITCH! Of all the things. Petuunia still refused to believe it was real, but after today mum would have to believe it. Looking around she felt so lucky, she had always been a high achiever, always wanting more and now she felt she had finally found it.
"LILY!"
"Wha-"
Her mother sighed, and pushed out her shocking red hair out of her eyes. "My little Lily, always with her head in the clouds" she said smiling fondly down at her. "Come on we need to buy all your stuff, i've got the money."
"Whats it called?"
"Well the golden ones are called galleon, the silver ones are called sickles and the bronze ones are called knuts. It's 17 sickles to a Galeeon and 29 knuts to a sickle" she pronounced looking proud.
"Well come on we need to get your school robes" And with that they proceded to 'Madam Malkin's Robes for all occasions' where i bought 3 robes for school, then we went to Flourish & Blotts where we bought 6 books including a book about the history of Hogwarts which looked like a good read. As we passed a new stand i saw the newspapers and stopped dead in my tracks
"Mum look!" i whispered pointing
"ohmygosh their moving" Then a woman behind the stall (i assumed she was a witch) looked at them as if they had grown another head. I flushed an unatractive shade of red.
"C'mon mum lets go" i said tugging on my mothers was when we were walking to ollivanders to get my wand that we wandered past a shop which contained many different animals of all different colours and sizes, and then i spotted it. The most gorgeous ginger tabby cat looking up at me
"Muuuuum please please please please can i have this cat, mum please!"
Kate Evans looked down into her daughters pleaseing face hesitantly. "Maybe, we'll see how much we have left afterwe get you wand ok?"
"Okay" said Lily grinning widely.
After i had got my wand, which was a truely fascinating expirience, when a wand decided it didn't like her it would fly out of her hand a crash into boxes. Lily was almost giving up hop when she found a very nice sleek wand that emmited red and golden sparks when she swished it through the air.
They were going back up to The Leaky Cauldron when they went past the ginger tabby cat.
"Mum, please we have enough left" She looked so cute, she gave a soft "meow" as i scratched her behind her little ear.
"Oh fine then" Thats when i ran at my mum and gave her a huge hug,
"THANK YOU THANKK YOU!"
"I'll just go in and pay for her."
I lifted up the cage to look at her, you know "i think i'll call you ginger"
"Very imaginative" said a sarcastic voice behind her.
She turned around to see a pair of mocking hazel eyes. Their stood a lanky boy with rimmed glasses, he had jet black hair that looked messy as if he was constantly running his hands through it. As if to prove her point he haphazardly ran his hands through his hair.
"So the cats name's Ginger, what's yours?"
"Maybe idon't want to tell you"
"And why wouldn't you?"
"Maybe i don't like you"
"You don't even know me?!"
"Yeah but anyone who insults me as a first greeting i don't want to talk to"
"You know that didn't make alot of sense"
"Whatever" i said blushing a light shade of pink.
"Hey James whatchya doin?"
Lily turned to see another black haired boy, but unlike "james" it was slightly longer and more also didn't wear glases and looked less lanky
"Well i was trying to get red here to tell me her name"
"Hmm, will you tell me. I mean i can understand not wanted to tell James, he's a reatrd. But me. Well just look at me"
"Shut up sirius!"
"I'm not telling either of you!"
"What about if we guess?"asked sirius
"Hm, lizzie?" guessed James
"Nope"
"Edwina?" asked sirius
Lily scoffed "Nope"
"Sophie?"
"Nope"
"Jodie"
"Nope"
"Megan"
"Nope"
"Janey?"
"Nope"
"C'moncan't you give us a clue!" asked James
"Nope"
"Dude, i'mstarting to think thats all she can say" muttered Sirius
"Hey!"
"LILY!?" Ohmygosh, why did she have to come out at that moment shouting her name "Oh Lily there you are. Well i bought you cat...Oh look you've already made 2 friends" she beamed
"They're not my friends"
"Hi i'm James Potter" he stuck his hand out to my mum, she greeted his extended hand.
"And i'm Sirius, Sirius Black" He too sruck his hand out for my mum to shake
"Well aren't you polite, i'm Kate Evans and this is Lily as you know"
"Well i do now" said James looking straight at me, i turned away and blushed.
"Well, i'm sorry boys but we have to go now."
"Oh thats a shame isn't it James" Said Sirius
"Yeah, well bye lily"
"Bye" i mumbled
Then Sirius caught my mum up in a very long goodbye, saying we were sure to be best friends, Pft yeah right. Then so quitely i wasn't sure i even heard it James walked past me and whispered "See ya round Evans" And with a wink he dragged Sirius away.
"Well aren't they lovely young lads, i think this school is going to be very good for you, Lily honey why are you Blushing?" I lifted a hand to my flaming cheeks trying to make the flames go away. "Oh i know why your blushing!"
"Really?" i had a bad feeling about this.
"You fancy that James boy, aww Lilly has a crush"
And thats when i decided i Hated James Potter.
Phew!
That was long =] Well it felt like it was long.
Please review if you liked it, and i know there's probably a ton of spelling and grammar mistakes, but please forgive me lol =]
oxox