Chapter 1:The Beginning
The Letter
"Lillian, there's a letter for you," Dad said to me as I walked in through the door.
"Who's it by?"
"I didn't look," he said as she handed it to me.
I saw it was from Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry and got really excited. I had just met a boy named Severus Snape who had told me I was a witch. As an 11 year old, I obviously didn't believe him because 11 year olds aren't idiots, but he convinced me, and said I would get a letter and here it is!
"He was right! He was right!" I shouted as I read the letter that explained what I was.
"Who was right?" Petunia, my older sister by two years, asked as she came into the kitchen from the living room.
"Do you remember Severus?" I asked her.
"The greasy boy? Who could forget him?" She asked, wrinkling her nose.
"Don't be mean, he's my friend. Anyway, he said I was a witch, and was right!" I shouted, jumping up and down, waving around the letter.
"Lillian, don't talk nonsense," Mum said as she walked by me, in the middle of making dinner.
"I'm not talking nonsense! Here's the letter!" I gave Mum the letter.
I watched as her reaction went from weary to shock.
"I can't believe it! A witch in our family!" She said with joy and hugged me.
"What? That's not possible!" Petunia said, angrily.
"Why?" I asked, my mood dropping a tad.
"Well, there's no other witch or wizard in the family. It's probably just a school for freaks that says it's for witches and wizards!"
"You think I'm a freak?" I asked, hurt.
Petunia snorted and left.
"Don't be upset Lillian, she's just shocked," Mum said. I nodded and smiled again.
Platform 9 and 3 Quarters
"Goodbye, Lillian! I'll miss you!" Mum said, hugging me and giving me a kiss as I got ready to board the Hogwarts Express.
"I'll miss you, too, Mum," I said. I looked at Petunia, but she looked the other way, ignoring me.
"Petunia! Say goodbye to Lillian," he demanded.
"Goodbye," she said abruptly and turned away again.
I felt sad and Mum sighed.
"Lily!" Severus shouted when he spotted me. "Hi Mr. and Mrs. Evans," he said when he came up to us.
"Hello, Severus," Mum said.
"Are you ready? The train is leaving in exactly 4 minutes," he told me.
"Yeah, I'm ready. Bye Mum, bye Dad!" I said again, giving her another hug and boarded the train with Severus.
All the compartments were full until we found an empty one near the end. I opened the window to stick my head out and I waved to Mum. Soon, the train left the station.
Severus and I had been talking when four boys came up to the door.
"Do you mind? All the other compartments are full," one said, who was tall for our age, had black, messy hair, and glasses.
"Sure," "Yes!" Severus and I said at the same time. He looked annoyed but I said anyways, "It's okay," I told them.
The one who spoke came in first and sat down next to me, and one sat next to him and the other two next to Severus, who tried to sit as far away from them as possible.
"I'm James, by the way, James Potter," the one next to me said. "This is Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew," he said, pointing out all the boys who entered with him.
"I'm Lily Evans, and this is my friend, Severus Snape," I said, despite Severus's clear annoyance with them.
"It's nice to meet you," he said with a smile, so I smiled back at him, then turned to Severus.
"It's going to be so much fun! We'll both be sorted into Slytherin and it'll be just like at home but with training!" Severus told me and I smiled in agreement, but one of the boys, Sirius scoffed.
"Slytherin? That's the House my family's all been sorted in to, and I would rather be sorted into Hufflepuff than there. How about you, James?" He asked him.
"Oh, definitely, I hope I get into Gryffindor, like my dad, even though my mum would rather me be in Ravenclaw."
"Well put," said Peter.
"I don't believe we asked your opinion, Black," Severus said, using his surname.
"Watcha gonna do, Snivellus?" He said, smirking.
"Nice!" James said, apparently to the nickname.
"Don't be such prats!" I said, referring to the name-calling.
"Ooh, so scary!" Sirius said, laughing with Peter, but James and Remus didn't laugh.
"Come on, Severus, let's find somewhere else to go," I said.
Severus nodded, and we grabbed our stuff and found another compartment to stay in.
The Sorting
All of the First years were crowded in the Grand Hall of the beautiful castle. Severus and I were mixed in the middle of it all when the sorting began. Multiple names were called up when Severus was called.
"See you at the Slytherin table," he said to me as he walked up to the Sorting Hat.
"Slytherin!" The hat shouted, and Severus jumped off and went over to the cheering table with all the Slytherins.
Many more names were called up when finally I was called. I walked up and sat on the stool, facing the whole school. I felt nervous, but calmed my nerves as the Hat was placed on my head. Soon I'll be with Severus, I thought. However that didn't happen.
"Gryffindor!" It shouted. I felt a little disappointed, but was excited all the same.
I walked over to the table with all the cheering, and when I sat down on the bench next to fellow Gryffindors, I saw Severus look shocked and sad. I smiled at him, and watched as the other First Years were sorted. Soon after me, James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Remus Lupin were all sorted into Gryffindor. I was annoyed, but I luckily didn't have to talk to them, for they weren't near me.
After we ate dessert and Dumbledore, the headmaster, finished a speech about rules, off-limit areas, and so on, we went up to the Gryffindor Tower. A portrait of an old-ish woman in pink blocked the door to the Tower, and the Head Boy and Girl explained to us that we had to say a password to the Lady to gain entrance. Somebody said the password, and we entered the amazing Common Room.
"Girls, to get to your rooms, go up the stairs, take a right, and then a left into a hallway. Along the hallway is a row of doors, each of which contain four or six beds. Boys, you take a left and then a right, and there will be a row of dorms also. Girls are not allowed in the boys' dormitories, and boys' are not allowed in the girls' dormitories. Find the room with your trunks and you have found your room," the Head Girl explained.
Once she finished we all went up to our dorms and found our stuff. I saw three other girls in the room when I found my stuff.
"Hi, I'm Mary," she said, bouncing up to me, as excited as I felt. "And this is Marlene and Alice."
"I'm Lily," I said, smiling.
"Well it's nice to meet you," she said in a singsong voice.
"You, too," I told her, and I guess that 'you too' is what started our great friendship.
3nd Year
"Lily, there you are," Severus said when he caught up to me as I walked to the Grand Hall.
It was our second year here and I was still really close to Severus. He was my connection to the Wizarding world since I'm muggle-born and don't have an owl.
"Are you okay?" He asked me. "I heard what happened," he said, referring to when some Slytherins had called me a 'Mudblood'.
"Yeah, I'm okay. It's like you said, it doesn't matter if I'm muggle-born or not and that I shouldn't worry when people say otherwise," I said, reciting what Severus always tells me.
"Are you sure you're okay, though?" He asked me.
"Yes, I'm sure. What does it even mean?" I asked him.
"It means dirty blood, but it doesn't matter what they say because it's not true," he said earnestly.
"Don't worry, Severus, I'm fine," I said to him.
"Hey, Evans!" I turned around and saw Potter coming up to me.
"What do you want?" Severus asked him rudely.
"I don't think I was addressing you, Snivellus," Potter said.
"Hey! Stop calling him Snivellus," I said. Before Severus could get angrier, I motioned for him to go on ahead. "What do you want, Potter?" I asked him.
"I was just wondering how you were. I heard what those prats from Slytherin called you."
"I was under the impression that you don't care for my well-being. And you shouldn't, if you do," I quickly added when he started to say something. "Bye, Potter."
5th Year
"Severus, why do you hang around those guys? They're not good people," I said to him in the courtyard.
"I don't like your friends very much."
"But with my friends it's a dislike, with yours the issue is that they are the kind of people to call me Mudblood and they use the Dark Arts."
"Don't say that word, Lily. And no, they aren't the kind of people to use the Dark Arts."
"Yes, they are, Severus, and you know it."
"Lily! Come on, we have to go to our next class," Alice called out to me from in the doorway.
"I have to go, Severus."
"See you later," he said to me as a goodbye.