LOVE IN THE WIZARDING WORLD
AUTHOR'S NOTE~**~Ok this story is the first Lily/James story I have wrote but I have been greatly influenced by the magnificent writing of Sierra Charm. I hope you enjoy and I will accept any criticism if it is to help my story and please review whether it is so bad you can't get through the first paragraph or whether you think it is the most wonderful thing ever invented.
DISCLAIMER~**~I do not own any of the characters, places, items or other ideas used and created by J K Rowling and Warner Brothers. I use these things will full respect of the mind that made them and just wish to create a story with these things.
CHAPTER ONE :: You Have Been Accepted
"Lily take Harry, it's him," the auror said. The woman with fiery red hair sprinted to the room and took Harry, but the evil stopped her.
A green light flashed from the other room.
"Please, take me, leave Harry." But the man had made his choice. Another flash of green light and a piercing scream, the woman fell to the ground leaving the child all alone.
~^^**^^~
Just then, a 10-year-old girl woke up with sweat pouring down her face at number 4, Privet Drive in Little Whining Surrey from a reoccurring nightmare. The little girl, Lily Evans, had been having the same nearly life like dream for as long as she could remember. She sat wide-awake; her slim body sticky with sweat, her hair drenched and matted from her distress and her piercing green eyes wide open. She stared around her room. She calmed herself at the familiar sight of her desk, cedar chest, rocking chair and teddy bears lined up along the shelf. She looked down to the loose floorboard, which was quite useful when you needed a pick-me-up snack in the middle of the night or for storing private things under.
Her attention moved over to the alarm clock on her night table and she looked at the clock, which read 11:50. 'Ah,' she thought. It was 10 minutes until her birthday on August 24th and she could not wait. She had been waiting all month for this day to arrive and could hardly wait until she could wake her parents up and get on with the days festivities. They were going to invite her grandparents over and have a little family celebration. Lily did not have any close friends and only felt like sharing the special day with her parents, siblings and grandparents. She loved her family. Her parents, Sara and Michael, were always so trusting and proud of everything she did. And her brother Sean was so sweet and innocent that the crack of his smile could bright up a gloomy day. She even loved her sister Petunia who was a year younger than her and despised everything about Lily. Lily marveled over her *Perfect Life*. Her parents never really spoiled her, but were always so kind and giving. She never got too many presents, but enough to get excited about. She always got a vanilla cake with strawberry flavored icing and little strawberries on the top.
A second peek over at the alarm clock told Lily that she was now an 11-year- old girl. She suddenly remembered why she had awakened and fear shot back into her head. She had had that dream so many times that she new it off by heart. She always tried to get more answers but there were too many pieces missing from the puzzle. Her heart went out to the parents and their, what had his name been? Oh yes, Harry. She wondered if this was at all real and who that evil man was. He had been holding what looked like a twig and muttered something that Lily could not remember making a flash of green light appear both times. Each time the old dream came to her she tried to get farther in and see what happened to Harry, but it was almost as if she, oh it sounded sill but, not there to see it. She felt somehow attached to the people in her dream and a ball of vengefulness raged in her stomach every time she saw the evil man's black coat twist before her eyes. She hated listening to him laugh every time. The thing that disturbed Lily the most was that the woman looked an awful lot like an older version of herself. Unfortunately, she never got to see the man who was obviously the father of little baby Harry.
A pain surged in her head. It was hard to remember all these details from the dream. She was too wide-awake to go back o sleep so she grabbed one of her favorite book; The Giver. She picked up the book and began to read about Jonas and his many journeys learning to become the Giver. (A/N This is a great story and it is by Lois Lowry so read it!) Being a speed-reader, Lily finished the book just before the sun peeked over the horizon. Lily put the book back on her shelf and sat up in her bed. The orange light streamed into her room, filling up every nook and cranny with sunlight. She got out of bed and put on her red comfy slippers and her blue cotton housecoat. She crept down the creaky stairs of her tiny house and sat down at the crimson sofa in front of the television. She turned on the captions and put the volume down low, so as to not wake her family. She flipped through the channels, looking for something that caught her eye and stumbled upon an interesting report on the 6:00 News. At least a thousand owls were being shown flying across the sky. There were hardly any owls ever seen at night let alone during the day! Lily looked; they all seemed to be carrying a similar letter. Then, as if reading Lily's mind, a man came up holding an envelope saying they were able to grasp an envelope from a trash bin and it appeared that all these letters were school letters.
Lily's attention was taken away from the television by a disturbing tapping noise. She went into the living room to find a great white owl tapping its beak against the window. For some reason Lily felt it was safe to let it in through the window so she did so. The owl hopped in and stuck out its foot for Lily to take the letter off of. She took the letter off and looked up at the television screen. It was identical to the envelope o the screen, but with her address on it. They even knew that she was in the second bedroom on the left! She carefully opened the first parchment and read it carefully over in her head.
Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You will need to be at Platform Nine and Three Quarters on September 1st ready to catch the Hogwarts Express at exactly 11:00. The ticket required is enclosed inside. The list of supplies that will be needed are on the next piece of parchment. All of the items may be found at Diagon Alley through the entranceway in the Leaky Cauldron. Ask the bartender if you are unsure how. Following that will be a little background information on the school in which you will be attending.
Sincerely,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Lily could not believe her eyes. She did not care what the school was. She, Lily Mary Evans, was a witch! She could do magic! And best of all, she would not have to go to her old school anymore, maybe she would at last make friends! Lily quickly looked at the enclosed list of supplies with excitement. First she had to choose from the choose able Classes, what classes she would be taking. She had to take Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, History of Magic, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Astronomy. She chose Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Quidditch and Arithmancy. So after scratching off the unneeded supplies she ended up with this list:
SUPPLIES
Basics Wand Standard Black Robes Black Wizards Hat CAN HAVE Cat, Rat, Toad Or Owl
Transfiguration (Book) Standard Book Of Spells Year One
Potions Pewter Cauldron First Year Basic Ingredients Scales Dragon Hide Gloves (Book) Cauldron Creations For First Years
Charms (Book) First Year Charms
History Of Magic (Book) Magic Since The Beginning Of Time
Herbology (Book) Magic Herbs And Plants
Defense Against The Dark Arts (Book) Protecting Against The Darkness Year One
Ancient Runes (Book) The Language Of The Runes
Astronomy Collapsible Telescope Star Charts (Book) Telling The Stars
Care Of Magical Creatures (Book) Winged Magical Beasts
Quidditch A broomstick if wanted, as first years are allowed to tryout for the house teams this year.
Arithmancy (Book) Reading The Numbers
Lily could not wait until she would go to Diagon Alley, the stores sounded as though there would be many amazing things and she was sure she would find some surprises along the way. Lily then flipped to the next piece of parchment, which would tell her what she needed to know about Hogwarts.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been around for so long that there is no knowledge as to when it was built. In the beginning there were 4 wizards and witches. Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw. They came together to build a school, choosing based on specific characteristics. Now, with the four wizards and witches long gone, a sorting hat sorts you into one of the four houses. More details about the houses shall be explained later. In school you will learn all the aspects of magic from the many teachers. The Head Master is Professor Albus Dumbledore and the Deputy Headmistress is Professor Minerva McGonagall.
Sincerely,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Lily couldn't wait to go to Hogwarts, it sounded so exciting and she was aching to learn more. She wondered all about the houses and what kinds of things would happen in the classes. Lily looked at the clock. It was finally 7:00. Lily ran upstairs and woke up her parents. They looked at their own alarm clock and asked why they had been woken up so early. Lily was about to tell them that she had been up at midnight but thought better of it. They would want to know why and she had never told them about her dream. Instead, Lily handed the letter to her mother and sat down at her mother's old rocking chair. When Lily thought about it, they seemed to have a rocking chair in almost every room. Thy must have been quite useful when they were babies and they seemed to offer her mother a comfort. They reminded Mrs. Evans of her mother who lived so far away. They were covered with Lily's grandmother's hand knitted wool blankets. They carried the scent of the lilies that was also in the old woman's house. The scent just never seemed to leave the blankets. In fact, Lily's mother named Lily especially because of that.
Her mother read through every piece of parchment. Her eyes were growing so large that Lily thought they might pop out of their sockets anytime soon. Lily's mother looked up at her daughter and smiled. Tears poured out of her eyes.
"Just like her grandmother," whispered Sara.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"I never told anyone, but my grandmother was a witch. She herself went to Hogwarts, in Gryffindor. She was not the greatest but tried her hardest. For some reason I did not have any talent, but she loved me any way. She came back into the muggle world and began to act like a muggle and raised a family," Sara smiled. "And now, you." Sara grasped her daughter into a great bear hug and then told her, "we will go get your things tomorrow."
Lily and her parents rounded up the rest of the crew at 8:00 and Mrs. Evans, Sara, told them all the great news. Sean was ecstatic. He stared at Lily open mouthed in awe. Petunia immediately pulled her chair farther away from Lily. Lily heard her mutter 'Freak' continually all through breakfast and through the rest of the day snarled at Lily even more than normal. Lily's grandparents arrived, Sara's parents had been traveling for 2 days to get there and Michael's parents came from just the next town. All four were just as excited about learning about Lily as her mother had been. Grandmother Evans sat there bawling for an hour and burst out in tears every time she looked at Lily. Eventually, she got a hold of herself asked Sara if she could take Lily to Diagon Alley, she said it would mean a lot to her. In the end it was Lily's Grandmother, Delilah, who would take her to Diagon Alley.
Everyone, including Petunia, sat down around the pile of presents. Everyone had got her a present with a bonus one that Delilah had brought out. Lily opened Petunia's first. A diary made out of thick tree like paper, and a cover of pressed leaves and flowers with a pencil that looked like a branch was what Lily unwrapped to. Lily suspiciously thought that her parents must have told Petunia that she could not give her a lump of coal. Sean had bought Lily a picture frame with a bunch of Lily around it and the word Lily printed at the bottom. He had scribbled to Lily Happy Birthday on a card in his 7-year-old handwriting. She thanked him graciously and tried to hug Petunia but she ran away so she just shrugged and muttered thanks. Her parents then handed over a little basket that had several small gifts wrapped inside of it. From the basket, Lily unwrapped a book all about magic (that had obviously been one of her mother's cherished items), a bookmark that was a shooting star made out of a silvery wire and with little gold dust shimmering magically all over it and one of the blankets that her mother always kept over the rocking chairs. Lily held the blanket up to her face and breathed in the wonderful aroma. She kissed both her parents and turned to sit back down but her father handed her a manila envelope and told her that inside was all the money she would need. She found bills and coins thrown inside as well as a tiny piece of paper which explained what wizard money looked like. She recognized her grandmother's handwriting. There were bronze knuts, silver sickles and gold galleons. Seventeen sickles to a galleon and twenty-nine knuts to a sickle. Lily tucked the package into her pocket and turned to her grandparents. They passed her a photo album which had moons and stars imprinted all over the sides. Her grandmother passed her an 'enchanted' necklace as her grandmother said. It tied it self around your neck. It had a locket on the end and when Lily opened it her grandmother told her something else about it. If you said the name of a person that person would immediately show up in the locket and as it was a magic picture, it would wave, smile or even scowl back depending on it's personality. Lily whispered Sean and the little boy appeared in the locket giggling and smiling. At the words 'Petunia' a face came up obviously annoyed at the fact it was in Lily's picture, scowled and muttered 'freak' under its breath. Lily quickly whispered Sean again and closed it tight. With a few more more hugs and kisses, Lily and her family found themselves around the table wishing Lily a happy birthday as Lily blew out the candles of her strawberry vanilla cake.
The next week seemed to last forever and Lily was filled up to exploding point with excitement when August 30th finally arrived. As she and her grandmother stepped out the door, Sara, Michael, Sean and the remaining 3 grandparents were smiling happily and waving to Lily alongside Petunia, scowling away.
~Kelsey~
AUTHOR'S NOTE~**~Ok this story is the first Lily/James story I have wrote but I have been greatly influenced by the magnificent writing of Sierra Charm. I hope you enjoy and I will accept any criticism if it is to help my story and please review whether it is so bad you can't get through the first paragraph or whether you think it is the most wonderful thing ever invented.
DISCLAIMER~**~I do not own any of the characters, places, items or other ideas used and created by J K Rowling and Warner Brothers. I use these things will full respect of the mind that made them and just wish to create a story with these things.
CHAPTER ONE :: You Have Been Accepted
"Lily take Harry, it's him," the auror said. The woman with fiery red hair sprinted to the room and took Harry, but the evil stopped her.
A green light flashed from the other room.
"Please, take me, leave Harry." But the man had made his choice. Another flash of green light and a piercing scream, the woman fell to the ground leaving the child all alone.
~^^**^^~
Just then, a 10-year-old girl woke up with sweat pouring down her face at number 4, Privet Drive in Little Whining Surrey from a reoccurring nightmare. The little girl, Lily Evans, had been having the same nearly life like dream for as long as she could remember. She sat wide-awake; her slim body sticky with sweat, her hair drenched and matted from her distress and her piercing green eyes wide open. She stared around her room. She calmed herself at the familiar sight of her desk, cedar chest, rocking chair and teddy bears lined up along the shelf. She looked down to the loose floorboard, which was quite useful when you needed a pick-me-up snack in the middle of the night or for storing private things under.
Her attention moved over to the alarm clock on her night table and she looked at the clock, which read 11:50. 'Ah,' she thought. It was 10 minutes until her birthday on August 24th and she could not wait. She had been waiting all month for this day to arrive and could hardly wait until she could wake her parents up and get on with the days festivities. They were going to invite her grandparents over and have a little family celebration. Lily did not have any close friends and only felt like sharing the special day with her parents, siblings and grandparents. She loved her family. Her parents, Sara and Michael, were always so trusting and proud of everything she did. And her brother Sean was so sweet and innocent that the crack of his smile could bright up a gloomy day. She even loved her sister Petunia who was a year younger than her and despised everything about Lily. Lily marveled over her *Perfect Life*. Her parents never really spoiled her, but were always so kind and giving. She never got too many presents, but enough to get excited about. She always got a vanilla cake with strawberry flavored icing and little strawberries on the top.
A second peek over at the alarm clock told Lily that she was now an 11-year- old girl. She suddenly remembered why she had awakened and fear shot back into her head. She had had that dream so many times that she new it off by heart. She always tried to get more answers but there were too many pieces missing from the puzzle. Her heart went out to the parents and their, what had his name been? Oh yes, Harry. She wondered if this was at all real and who that evil man was. He had been holding what looked like a twig and muttered something that Lily could not remember making a flash of green light appear both times. Each time the old dream came to her she tried to get farther in and see what happened to Harry, but it was almost as if she, oh it sounded sill but, not there to see it. She felt somehow attached to the people in her dream and a ball of vengefulness raged in her stomach every time she saw the evil man's black coat twist before her eyes. She hated listening to him laugh every time. The thing that disturbed Lily the most was that the woman looked an awful lot like an older version of herself. Unfortunately, she never got to see the man who was obviously the father of little baby Harry.
A pain surged in her head. It was hard to remember all these details from the dream. She was too wide-awake to go back o sleep so she grabbed one of her favorite book; The Giver. She picked up the book and began to read about Jonas and his many journeys learning to become the Giver. (A/N This is a great story and it is by Lois Lowry so read it!) Being a speed-reader, Lily finished the book just before the sun peeked over the horizon. Lily put the book back on her shelf and sat up in her bed. The orange light streamed into her room, filling up every nook and cranny with sunlight. She got out of bed and put on her red comfy slippers and her blue cotton housecoat. She crept down the creaky stairs of her tiny house and sat down at the crimson sofa in front of the television. She turned on the captions and put the volume down low, so as to not wake her family. She flipped through the channels, looking for something that caught her eye and stumbled upon an interesting report on the 6:00 News. At least a thousand owls were being shown flying across the sky. There were hardly any owls ever seen at night let alone during the day! Lily looked; they all seemed to be carrying a similar letter. Then, as if reading Lily's mind, a man came up holding an envelope saying they were able to grasp an envelope from a trash bin and it appeared that all these letters were school letters.
Lily's attention was taken away from the television by a disturbing tapping noise. She went into the living room to find a great white owl tapping its beak against the window. For some reason Lily felt it was safe to let it in through the window so she did so. The owl hopped in and stuck out its foot for Lily to take the letter off of. She took the letter off and looked up at the television screen. It was identical to the envelope o the screen, but with her address on it. They even knew that she was in the second bedroom on the left! She carefully opened the first parchment and read it carefully over in her head.
Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You will need to be at Platform Nine and Three Quarters on September 1st ready to catch the Hogwarts Express at exactly 11:00. The ticket required is enclosed inside. The list of supplies that will be needed are on the next piece of parchment. All of the items may be found at Diagon Alley through the entranceway in the Leaky Cauldron. Ask the bartender if you are unsure how. Following that will be a little background information on the school in which you will be attending.
Sincerely,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Lily could not believe her eyes. She did not care what the school was. She, Lily Mary Evans, was a witch! She could do magic! And best of all, she would not have to go to her old school anymore, maybe she would at last make friends! Lily quickly looked at the enclosed list of supplies with excitement. First she had to choose from the choose able Classes, what classes she would be taking. She had to take Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, History of Magic, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Astronomy. She chose Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Quidditch and Arithmancy. So after scratching off the unneeded supplies she ended up with this list:
SUPPLIES
Basics Wand Standard Black Robes Black Wizards Hat CAN HAVE Cat, Rat, Toad Or Owl
Transfiguration (Book) Standard Book Of Spells Year One
Potions Pewter Cauldron First Year Basic Ingredients Scales Dragon Hide Gloves (Book) Cauldron Creations For First Years
Charms (Book) First Year Charms
History Of Magic (Book) Magic Since The Beginning Of Time
Herbology (Book) Magic Herbs And Plants
Defense Against The Dark Arts (Book) Protecting Against The Darkness Year One
Ancient Runes (Book) The Language Of The Runes
Astronomy Collapsible Telescope Star Charts (Book) Telling The Stars
Care Of Magical Creatures (Book) Winged Magical Beasts
Quidditch A broomstick if wanted, as first years are allowed to tryout for the house teams this year.
Arithmancy (Book) Reading The Numbers
Lily could not wait until she would go to Diagon Alley, the stores sounded as though there would be many amazing things and she was sure she would find some surprises along the way. Lily then flipped to the next piece of parchment, which would tell her what she needed to know about Hogwarts.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has been around for so long that there is no knowledge as to when it was built. In the beginning there were 4 wizards and witches. Salazar Slytherin, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw. They came together to build a school, choosing based on specific characteristics. Now, with the four wizards and witches long gone, a sorting hat sorts you into one of the four houses. More details about the houses shall be explained later. In school you will learn all the aspects of magic from the many teachers. The Head Master is Professor Albus Dumbledore and the Deputy Headmistress is Professor Minerva McGonagall.
Sincerely,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Lily couldn't wait to go to Hogwarts, it sounded so exciting and she was aching to learn more. She wondered all about the houses and what kinds of things would happen in the classes. Lily looked at the clock. It was finally 7:00. Lily ran upstairs and woke up her parents. They looked at their own alarm clock and asked why they had been woken up so early. Lily was about to tell them that she had been up at midnight but thought better of it. They would want to know why and she had never told them about her dream. Instead, Lily handed the letter to her mother and sat down at her mother's old rocking chair. When Lily thought about it, they seemed to have a rocking chair in almost every room. Thy must have been quite useful when they were babies and they seemed to offer her mother a comfort. They reminded Mrs. Evans of her mother who lived so far away. They were covered with Lily's grandmother's hand knitted wool blankets. They carried the scent of the lilies that was also in the old woman's house. The scent just never seemed to leave the blankets. In fact, Lily's mother named Lily especially because of that.
Her mother read through every piece of parchment. Her eyes were growing so large that Lily thought they might pop out of their sockets anytime soon. Lily's mother looked up at her daughter and smiled. Tears poured out of her eyes.
"Just like her grandmother," whispered Sara.
"What do you mean?" asked Lily.
"I never told anyone, but my grandmother was a witch. She herself went to Hogwarts, in Gryffindor. She was not the greatest but tried her hardest. For some reason I did not have any talent, but she loved me any way. She came back into the muggle world and began to act like a muggle and raised a family," Sara smiled. "And now, you." Sara grasped her daughter into a great bear hug and then told her, "we will go get your things tomorrow."
Lily and her parents rounded up the rest of the crew at 8:00 and Mrs. Evans, Sara, told them all the great news. Sean was ecstatic. He stared at Lily open mouthed in awe. Petunia immediately pulled her chair farther away from Lily. Lily heard her mutter 'Freak' continually all through breakfast and through the rest of the day snarled at Lily even more than normal. Lily's grandparents arrived, Sara's parents had been traveling for 2 days to get there and Michael's parents came from just the next town. All four were just as excited about learning about Lily as her mother had been. Grandmother Evans sat there bawling for an hour and burst out in tears every time she looked at Lily. Eventually, she got a hold of herself asked Sara if she could take Lily to Diagon Alley, she said it would mean a lot to her. In the end it was Lily's Grandmother, Delilah, who would take her to Diagon Alley.
Everyone, including Petunia, sat down around the pile of presents. Everyone had got her a present with a bonus one that Delilah had brought out. Lily opened Petunia's first. A diary made out of thick tree like paper, and a cover of pressed leaves and flowers with a pencil that looked like a branch was what Lily unwrapped to. Lily suspiciously thought that her parents must have told Petunia that she could not give her a lump of coal. Sean had bought Lily a picture frame with a bunch of Lily around it and the word Lily printed at the bottom. He had scribbled to Lily Happy Birthday on a card in his 7-year-old handwriting. She thanked him graciously and tried to hug Petunia but she ran away so she just shrugged and muttered thanks. Her parents then handed over a little basket that had several small gifts wrapped inside of it. From the basket, Lily unwrapped a book all about magic (that had obviously been one of her mother's cherished items), a bookmark that was a shooting star made out of a silvery wire and with little gold dust shimmering magically all over it and one of the blankets that her mother always kept over the rocking chairs. Lily held the blanket up to her face and breathed in the wonderful aroma. She kissed both her parents and turned to sit back down but her father handed her a manila envelope and told her that inside was all the money she would need. She found bills and coins thrown inside as well as a tiny piece of paper which explained what wizard money looked like. She recognized her grandmother's handwriting. There were bronze knuts, silver sickles and gold galleons. Seventeen sickles to a galleon and twenty-nine knuts to a sickle. Lily tucked the package into her pocket and turned to her grandparents. They passed her a photo album which had moons and stars imprinted all over the sides. Her grandmother passed her an 'enchanted' necklace as her grandmother said. It tied it self around your neck. It had a locket on the end and when Lily opened it her grandmother told her something else about it. If you said the name of a person that person would immediately show up in the locket and as it was a magic picture, it would wave, smile or even scowl back depending on it's personality. Lily whispered Sean and the little boy appeared in the locket giggling and smiling. At the words 'Petunia' a face came up obviously annoyed at the fact it was in Lily's picture, scowled and muttered 'freak' under its breath. Lily quickly whispered Sean again and closed it tight. With a few more more hugs and kisses, Lily and her family found themselves around the table wishing Lily a happy birthday as Lily blew out the candles of her strawberry vanilla cake.
The next week seemed to last forever and Lily was filled up to exploding point with excitement when August 30th finally arrived. As she and her grandmother stepped out the door, Sara, Michael, Sean and the remaining 3 grandparents were smiling happily and waving to Lily alongside Petunia, scowling away.
~Kelsey~