3rd Grade (1968)
"Class, today we have a new student. This is Severus Snape. Say hello, Severus."
"Hello." I solemnly said to the class. I pushed my shoulder length hair out of my eyes and looked around at my classmates. Why did my parents make me come to this school, they despise muggles? Most of them looked unskilled. I looked up at my so-called teacher and she gave me a smile. I grimaced at an attempt to smile.
"Hello, Severus." The class responded back to me.
"Severus, there is an empty seat over there." The teacher pointed to an empty desk. I walked over there and sat next down to a red-headed girl. She looked up at me and smiled a kind smile. I noticed she had vivid green eyes.
"Hi, my name is Lily." The girl said, "Severus, right?"
"Yeah, I just moved here."
"Where did you move from?" Lily asked interested.
"London. My parents liked England, just didn't like the busyness of the city. "
"Oh, I have lived in Spinners End my whole life. Hey, can I call you Sev?"
"Um…okay. Why?"
"I just thought it fit you." She said smiling again. I smiled back. Strangely it was an actual smile. This muggle…Lily…might actually be alright.
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Three Years Later (1971)
I came downstairs two at a time in my night clothes. My friend's 11th birthday party was this afternoon. My best friend Danielle invited me to spend the night after her party. I hurried into the kitchen and ran straight into my mother.
"Lillian, you need to be careful stampeding down the stairs like that."
"Sorry, Mum."
"Go get breakfast, Lily. Petty said she'd take you to get Danielle's present before the party."
I walked over to the table and sat next to my father who was reading the paper. "Good morning, Daddy."
"Good morning, darling."
I start putting bacon on my plate, when Petunia came downstairs.
"Morning, Petty." I said shoving the bacon in my mouth.
"Lily, that's disgusting." She said getting a piece of toast. "You need to hurry. So, we can get Dani's present before Liz's pool party." Liz was Petty's friend. She always had a pool party at the beginning of summer ever since they started high school. Petty got her license a couple of days ago and Mum asked her to give me a ride before she went to the party.
I grabbed another piece of bacon and hurried upstairs to get ready. Thirty minutes later I was downstairs ready to go. I walked passed a window in the living room and saw a brown owl. "Mum, there is an owl outside."
"Don't be silly, honey, there aren't owls out in Northern England." My mother replied while she came into the living room. "Oh, my! There is an owl outside." She dropped the book she was carrying when she saw it.
The owl landed on the window ledge and started pecking at the window. I looked curiously at the brown bird. My mom stared open mouth and ran to get my father. I walked over to the window and opened it. The owl flew in and land on the coffee table. It stuck its foot out and on it was an envelope. I approached it slowly, so I didn't scare it away. My hands grasp at the letter. After several seconds, I got it off and looked at the bird. The owl stared at me curiously and nibbled on my finger. I started laughing because it tickled, while my mom came in screaming with my father closely behind.
"LILY, GET AWAY FROM THAT BIRD!!" My mum yelled startling the owl and me. It flew out the window and I dropped the letter on the floor. My father ran to the window and closed it tightly. Then, he came to check on me.
"Lily, why did you let the owl in the house?" My father asked after he was sure I was okay.
"It had a letter on its leg." I bent down and picked it up. My mum grabbed it from my hands and ripped it open.
"Mum, what was all that screaming?" Petty had walked downstairs. "What's that letter for?" No one answered her because my father and I were watching my mother while she was reading. "Will any of you answer me?!?"
My mum's eyes widened as she got further through the letter. "Mum, what's in the letter?" I asked.
"Yes, honey, what is it?" My dad asked concern.
"It's a…school. I think."
"What do you mean a school?" I asked taking the letter from my mother.
Dear Lillian Ainslie Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The school term will start September 1st and you must accept or decline by August 31st. Included with this letter is a list of school equipment. You will be required to catch the Hogwarts express at platform 9 ¾ .
A member of the Hogwarts staff will meet with you by August 15th to explain further information since you are muggleborn.
Deputy Headmistress,
Professor McGonagall
Professor McGonagall
I finished reading the letter and skimmed the equipment list. I looked up at my mom and my dad took the letter from my hands. "What is Hogwarts?" No one answered and when my father was finished Petty read the letter. We all stared dumbfounded, unsure of what the letter meant.
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August 15th, 1971
Albus sent for me, as the Deputy Headmistress I was to meet the muggleborn children and I needed to pick up the list of all the names. I arrived at the gargoyle, "Skittles." Albus always had a unique interest in muggle candy. The gargoyle moved aside and I went to knock on the Headmaster's door.
"Come in, Minerva. Would you like a sweet?" Albus offered.
I walked in, "No, Albus. I heard you needed to add names to the list and I came to pick it up."
"Yes, yes. Here it is." I picked up the big scroll Albus handed me.
"Goodbye, Albus."
"Such a short visit," Dumbledore's eye twinkled. "Goodbye, Minny." He popped a sweet in his mouth as I walked out the door.
I had just visited the first ten students on the list and I was now to "Lillian Evans." I disapparated and reappeared in Spinners End. The Evan's house was easy to spot and I was soon standing on their doorstep. I knocked on the door and a girl about eleven answered. "Hello, I'm Professor McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and you must be Lillian."
"Just Lily," Lily turned back into the house and called, "Mum, there is someone at the door who says she is from that school in the letter." A few seconds later a blonde woman came to the door.
"Hi, I'm Caitlyn Evans and you are?"
"Hello, I'm Professor McGonagall."
"Oh, come in." Mrs. Evans led me to the kitchen and offered me a seat at the table. Lily followed her mother and me and sat in a chair across from me. "Would you like some tea?" Lily's mother asked.
"Yes, thank you." Mrs. Evans busied herself in the kitchen and I started telling Lily about Hogwarts. "There are four houses: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and my house Gryffindor."
"So, Hogwarts is a real school? What does it mean "Witchcraft and Wizardry"?"
"Yes, Hogwarts is a real school. It says witchcraft and wizardry because students who attend Hogwarts are witches and wizards. It is where students go to harness and learn about there magical ability."
"I have a magical ability? I'm a witch?" As Lily asked these questions, Mrs. Evans walked in with a teapot and three cups. "Mum, she says I'm a witch."
"A witch, Ms. McGonagall?"
"Yes, Lily has magic and with Hogwarts School she will be able to learn how to control and expand her powers." I spent the next hour explaining the ins and outs of Hogwarts. When I was finish, I asked, "Do you have any questions?" I could tell by the look in Lily's eyes that she had many, but didn't know how to put them. "You will learn more when you attend Hogwarts."
Lily looked at her mother, who nodded. "Yes, I would like to come to your school."
Mrs. Evans then voiced a concern, "Where do we buy her supplies?"
I gave directions to the Leaky Cauldron, "Tell the bartender that you are a first year student for Hogwarts and he will show you the entrance to Diagon Alley. If that is all, I have to go."
"Good day, Ms. McGonagall."
"Goodbye, Professor McGonagall."
"Good day, Mrs. Evans, Lily." I walked out the door and apparated to my next meeting.
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August 24, 1971
Yesterday, my mum took me to Diagon Alley and I got my first wand. Mr. Olivander said it was Willow, 10 1/4", swishy, and good for Charms. Today, I was sitting on my bed looking through my school books. Potions and Charms looked like the most interesting classes so far. In a couple of days, I had read both the Potions and the Charms books. I was excited to try the interesting concoctions in Potions. The Charms book was so invigorating that I was reading it for a third time. While I was right at the passage for the correct wrist movement, there was a knock on the door.
"Honey?" It was my dad waiting for permission to enter.
"Come in, dad."
"Lily, I got an announcement during work today. They are transferring me to France."
"Umm…" I wasn't sure what my dad was getting at.
"We are going to move to France before the end of summer."
It dawned on me what he was talking about. "What?!? What about Hogwarts, dad?"
"I'm sorry, darling, but you won't be able to go."
"What, we already accepted! I was so excited about going."
"I'm sorry." He looked sorry, but I was upset that I wouldn't get to go. I ran out of the room and straight into the bathroom. I locked myself in and started crying.
After some time, I came out of the bathroom. I walked downstairs and found my parents with a letter from Hogwarts.
"Lily, dear. Come here for a moment, we have a letter from Hogwarts." My mum said seeing me at the bottom of the stairs.
I came in and sat down in the arm chair across from my parents.
"The letter says that since you can not attend Hogwarts because of us moving to France, that there is a school in France they are sending your admission to. A place called Beauxbatons Academy of Magic."
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