The Weasley in me
Prologue
Lily Luna Potter was content. She'd stuffed a sufficient amount of food in herself, avoided Emily Jordan through the entire train ride, Welcoming feast and even in the common room and flopped back onto the bed that fit her better than the one at home. In all, it was a pretty damn good evening!
"Lily, you asleep?" the well-known voice of Amy Zeller floated to Lily from the bed next to her.
Said girl pulled back the curtains and mumbled something intangible into her pillow. Ah, the joys of sleeping on your belly!
"Right. So, what do you think this year's going to be like?"
"It's going to be hell and it's going to be amazing, brilliant even," the other girl said after rolling to her side and chasing away all thoughts of falling asleep.
"Yeah, O.W.L.s are a pain in the ass, a royal pain in the ass even. I heard that two years ago Rose Weasley started studying for them even before school started! Can you believe that?" Amy let out a little laugh. Not the ha-what-a-looser laugh, but a genuinely amused one. One of the reasons Lily liked the girl so much- no drama, no pretence, no nothing! So simple it almost hurt.
"Actually her mom made her study for them and the N.E.W.T.s since she started Hogwarts."
"Seriously? How did yo- Ah, damn! I forgot about what a big family you have! You seriously scare me sometimes, I have the feeling you'll take over Hogwarts."
"Yeah, you know, first Hogwarts, then the Wizarding community, then the world… maybe other worlds too. We'll see, we'll see," both girls laughed wholeheartedly. It was hard, thinking of the Potter family, the Potters, the name that was said only with respect around the Wizarding community, as just another continuation of the Weasley clan. It was scary.
"I'm really jealous of you, Lils, having a big family like that, knowing that there will always be people behind you. It just me and my aunt for me… no one else." A notch of sadness made it's way into Amy's voice.
"Cheer up, puppet, a lot of family means little heritage," the Potter winked at her friend, her wink going unnoticed because of the darkness surrounding them.
"You material minx, you!" a pillow was chucked at Lily's general direction, missing her laughing face by mere inches.
"Yeah, what can I say- diamonds are a girl's best friend… Oh!"
After the girls' giggles had subsided a bit, a silence stretched between them. Yet it wasn't an awkward one, just the opposite really, it was friendly and familiar. "I'm glad I went to that summer camp." The redhead broke the silence softly.
"Yeah, me too. You know, for the four years we spent sharing a dorm I've always thought you to be a pompous, spoiled brat. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised."
The recently past summer Lily had gone to a school trip that consisted in camping in the forest of Dean and near the ocean for two weeks- no magic allowed. It had been hell for most students but all pulled through somehow. It was there that Amy and Lily got closer, despite sleeping in adjacent beds for four years already. The other students had either been too small or too big compared to them so, evidently, the two stuck together and found out that the other was nothing like they had imagined.
Amy was quite calm, always had a solution for everything, quick-witted and generally fun to be around. She was a bit shy though, even a bit old-fashioned which led the other girl to believe that she was a book worm with a cult to rules.
On her side, Lily had turned out to be very outgoing, mischievous, passionate and had quite the temper. She was very slow to trust and really open up to people though, which made the impression of being a self-centered daddy's girl that got everything she wanted.
"Really? What made you think I was pompous and spoiled?" there was no offence in Lily's voice, just pure curiosity.
"Clichéd enough- your dad. It's only natural to assume that our age's hero's daughter would be spoiled senseless. That and you've never really hung out with Gryffindors a lot, you seemed to always prefer Slytherin. It was like you were looking down on us."
"Looking down-? No! It's just that Albus is in Slytherin and as he's older than me he brought his friends home in the summer and we got close. Now I'm part of the group whether I like it or not. Which I do by the way. I like it ve-ery much…" a predatory gleam lit up Miss Potter's face.
"Okay, scary. So, Lily Luna Potter, the new school year will officially start in-" Amy checked her watch, "- exactly seven minutes. Do you have any resolutions for this school year?" an imaginary microphone was taken from the girl's lips to Lily's general direction.
"As a matter of fact I do, Amy Zeller, four of them actually. Do well on my O.W.L.s, screw Emily Jordan over as much as I can and have a blast throughout. That and Scorpius Malfoy. I've been eyeing that arse for years and now's my last chance."
"Ah, yes, one of Hogwarts' finest arses. But isn't he going out with Emily?"
"Look at point two, puppet. What about yourself, do you have any resolutions?"
"Not really, no. I've been thinking about it and I can't find something that I want out of this year. I'll just go with the flow."
The girl's conversation carried on for about an hour more, concentrating on shoes, boys, clothes, more boys and their giggles subsided only after their other roommates engaged in the fun game of throwing slippers at them because of the noise they were making.
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So what do you think? It's my first try at writing Next Gen and it's really exciting for me. I've tried to introduce most of the main characters at least by name but there will be others of course. Hope it turned out okay and I'm sorry if there are any typos but it's 3 am and my mind's a little woozy. I hope you liked it and all reviews will be appreciated- pointers, ideas, constructive criticism, just a plain smile, anything! : D
Deliya