"Bored bored bored bored bored. God, I just wish something would HAPPEN!"
Lily thought, in Maths, of course. Another boring maths lesson, another
boring teacher, and Jim didn't even have any polos she could scav off him.
"Sigh." God was life boring. Nothing ever happened.
Then, something DID happen. Something that had never happened before. The door opened and in flew an owl. It was carrying something that looked vaguely white and papery. This it dropped in Lily's lap.
On the front, in spidery writing it said;
1.1.1.1 Miss Lily Evans
Maths class 7
Little Pidlington Secondary School
Little Pidlington
Pidlington
1.1.1.2 Essex
"Wo!" Jim said leaning over her shoulder. The whole class was in a state of shock. "Open it then," he urged.
With trembling fingers, Lily did as he directed. Was something actually going to HAPPEN to her?
Dear Miss Lily Opal Valentrica Evans,
You have been invited to join us at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We apologise for not writing this a year and a half ago, but you were accidentally overlooked. Someone with arrive to pick you up shortly, where you will be taken to get your things and come straight here. Your parents have already been informed and are quite happy with the decision.
Yours sincerely,
Albert Dippet
Headmaster.
"Gosh!" Somehow, this didn't seem to be enough. Suddenly, the full meaning of the letter came upon her. "I'M GOING TO HOGWARTS! I'M GOING TO BE A WITCH!"
***
It didn't take long to get all her stuff, and she was amazed at all the cool magic stuff there was. Her robes were midnight black shot through with indigo, so they changed colour when she moved. She decided on a black cat, and named him Ilektroniks. Her wand, when it chose her, was ash, phoenix feather, 7 inches. And then all her stuff was got and packed into her new trunk, and she was taken outside to a slim, silver and black car, which wasn't quite there if you looked at it full on. You had to kind of look at it out of the corner of your eye, not quite actually looking at it, to see it properly. Once inside, the car started forward with no jolts or bumps at all, and moved with a smooth, rocking gait, almost like a bird in flight.
"So, what'dja think of us, then?" It was a curiously deep gravely voice, that didn't suit his small spritely figure.
"Um, pardon me, but what do you mean by us?" she questioned.
"Y'know! Us! The magical people!"
"Oh! Well, I don't really know, I mean, I've barely met you and everything—" she stammered.
"You'll like us. And you'll love Hogwarts." He spoke confidently, as if he knew there was no way she wasn't going to like Hogwarts or them. "I'm Professor Dumbledore, by the way. Transfigurations teacher."
"Pleased to meet you. I'm—"
"Yes, I know who you are. You're the one who managed to hide your powers from us until now. You must be very powerful to have done that, as—"
"Um, excuse me, I think there must have been some mistake, I didn't hide my powers, I'm not even sure if I've got any, you'll probably have to send me back—"
"Whether you did it consciously or sub-consciously, you still hid your powers from us and for that, you'll need to have special lessons to learn how to control your powers. With powers as strong as yours, and if, as you say, you weren't consciously controlling them, you could be very dangerous without proper tuition. But we won't tell any of the other students, as they don't have them and they might take it the wrong way."
"Uh—"
"Don't worry, you can just tell your friends you're having extra lessons to help you catch up, after all, you did miss a year and a half." He smiled at her faintly through his small white goatee beard. She couldn't think of anything else to say, so they sat in silence til they arrived at Hogwarts.
***
"So, whether Hufflepuff, Gryffindor,
Slytherin or Ravenclaw,
There's gonna be just one single way
To find out where you should stay
So let me up onto your cranium
And I'll have a little look inside your brainium!"
As the hat finished it's song the audience broke into tumultuous applause. Someone who Professor Dumbledore whispered was called Professor Mcgonagal called out "Evans, Lily" As Lily climbed up to the platform, all she could think was, 'what the hell is a cranium?'
*Hmm, soo, what do we have here? A muggle, eh? Well don't worry about that. You'll soon settle down. Now, which house? Hmm… you could go into Ravenclaw, you're very brainy, or Slytherin, you have a lot of power… but you have a brave heart, so I think…*
*A/N tee hee hee! Aren't I evil! Don't worry, next chapter soon!
Btw, cranium = head
Feline_boarder
Then, something DID happen. Something that had never happened before. The door opened and in flew an owl. It was carrying something that looked vaguely white and papery. This it dropped in Lily's lap.
On the front, in spidery writing it said;
1.1.1.1 Miss Lily Evans
Maths class 7
Little Pidlington Secondary School
Little Pidlington
Pidlington
1.1.1.2 Essex
"Wo!" Jim said leaning over her shoulder. The whole class was in a state of shock. "Open it then," he urged.
With trembling fingers, Lily did as he directed. Was something actually going to HAPPEN to her?
Dear Miss Lily Opal Valentrica Evans,
You have been invited to join us at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We apologise for not writing this a year and a half ago, but you were accidentally overlooked. Someone with arrive to pick you up shortly, where you will be taken to get your things and come straight here. Your parents have already been informed and are quite happy with the decision.
Yours sincerely,
Albert Dippet
Headmaster.
"Gosh!" Somehow, this didn't seem to be enough. Suddenly, the full meaning of the letter came upon her. "I'M GOING TO HOGWARTS! I'M GOING TO BE A WITCH!"
***
It didn't take long to get all her stuff, and she was amazed at all the cool magic stuff there was. Her robes were midnight black shot through with indigo, so they changed colour when she moved. She decided on a black cat, and named him Ilektroniks. Her wand, when it chose her, was ash, phoenix feather, 7 inches. And then all her stuff was got and packed into her new trunk, and she was taken outside to a slim, silver and black car, which wasn't quite there if you looked at it full on. You had to kind of look at it out of the corner of your eye, not quite actually looking at it, to see it properly. Once inside, the car started forward with no jolts or bumps at all, and moved with a smooth, rocking gait, almost like a bird in flight.
"So, what'dja think of us, then?" It was a curiously deep gravely voice, that didn't suit his small spritely figure.
"Um, pardon me, but what do you mean by us?" she questioned.
"Y'know! Us! The magical people!"
"Oh! Well, I don't really know, I mean, I've barely met you and everything—" she stammered.
"You'll like us. And you'll love Hogwarts." He spoke confidently, as if he knew there was no way she wasn't going to like Hogwarts or them. "I'm Professor Dumbledore, by the way. Transfigurations teacher."
"Pleased to meet you. I'm—"
"Yes, I know who you are. You're the one who managed to hide your powers from us until now. You must be very powerful to have done that, as—"
"Um, excuse me, I think there must have been some mistake, I didn't hide my powers, I'm not even sure if I've got any, you'll probably have to send me back—"
"Whether you did it consciously or sub-consciously, you still hid your powers from us and for that, you'll need to have special lessons to learn how to control your powers. With powers as strong as yours, and if, as you say, you weren't consciously controlling them, you could be very dangerous without proper tuition. But we won't tell any of the other students, as they don't have them and they might take it the wrong way."
"Uh—"
"Don't worry, you can just tell your friends you're having extra lessons to help you catch up, after all, you did miss a year and a half." He smiled at her faintly through his small white goatee beard. She couldn't think of anything else to say, so they sat in silence til they arrived at Hogwarts.
***
"So, whether Hufflepuff, Gryffindor,
Slytherin or Ravenclaw,
There's gonna be just one single way
To find out where you should stay
So let me up onto your cranium
And I'll have a little look inside your brainium!"
As the hat finished it's song the audience broke into tumultuous applause. Someone who Professor Dumbledore whispered was called Professor Mcgonagal called out "Evans, Lily" As Lily climbed up to the platform, all she could think was, 'what the hell is a cranium?'
*Hmm, soo, what do we have here? A muggle, eh? Well don't worry about that. You'll soon settle down. Now, which house? Hmm… you could go into Ravenclaw, you're very brainy, or Slytherin, you have a lot of power… but you have a brave heart, so I think…*
*A/N tee hee hee! Aren't I evil! Don't worry, next chapter soon!
Btw, cranium = head
Feline_boarder