Chapter 1
Year 1
The Letters

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to J.K. Rowling.


It was a stormy Sunday in July. It was also Lily Evans's birthday. Lily was a slightly

skinny girl with flaming red hair and emerald green eyes. She was sitting by her window watching

the rain splash on her window when her mother called down from the kitchen. Lily, who had just

turned 11,rushed downstairs and sat at the kitchen table. The kitchen was painted a cheery yellow

which made anyone who walked in suddenly brighten up, but Lily didn't need the color of the

kitchen to brighten up her day today. Even Petunia couldn't spoil her day today. Petunia was

Lily's horse faced sister who had always been slightly jealous of her, for what she didn't know.

Just then Petunia walked or maybe sauntered into the room, saw Lily, and scowled.


"Hi Petty"Lily said non-enthusiastically knowing she wouldn't get much for a reply.

Just to be nice(not that she really wanted to)she plastered on a smile for her parents and said
"Hi" also non-enthusiastically.

Lily didn't really care because her mum, Annabel, had just set a delicious looking plate of

pancakes in front of her. After about a minute of scarfing down her food and her mother telling

her to stop inhaling it and breathe, Lily heard the mail slot click and raced to the door to see

if anything was for her. She found a purple card from her Grandma Rose, a green card from her

cousin Mike, and a peculiar letter in what seemed to be a parchment envelope. On it in curly

writing it said:

Miss Lily Evans
The Room at the Top of the Stairs
7 Cabhaul Drive
London

Lily walked back into the kitchen, handed her father the paper and some bills, and sat down to

open her letters. First she opened the letters from her family. The one from Grandma Rose written

in her untidy scrawl said:

Happy Birthday Lily,
I'm very sorry I couldn't make it,
but I sent you money for your present.
yours truly,
Grandma Rose
The next one from her cousin Mike was written in its usual scribble it said:

My dearest cousin Lily,
I'm here hoping you
have a great Birthday
your cousin,
Mike

P.S.I also mailed your present along with this card

"Oooooooh! Cousin Matt sent a present! Can I open it? Can I?! PLEEEAAASE!"Lily begged.

"Tiger, first you have to open your other card."Her mum stated.

"Oh yeah I remember now!"Lily said jumping up and down so wildly her mum swore the house was
shaking.

Lily opened the thick parchment envelope, only to reveal(da, da, da!)more pieces of parchment

with green curly writing. She took out the first piece of parchment. Lily read the first few

lines to herself. It said:

Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry

After Lily read this part of the letter, she squealed "Mum! MUM!"

Lily's mum looked up praying for her daughter's sanity and said "What is it dear?"

"This letter! It says I'm a Witch! This explains why all this strange stuff happens around me

all the time! It's because I'm a Witch"Lily said pensively. Lily started to read the letter to

her stunned parents.

"Hey mum, dad listen"Lily said.

Hogwarts School
of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Miss Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted
At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please
find an enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no
later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress

P.S. if you don't have an owl visit the Leaky Cauldron between
The big book shop and the record shop. Ask for Tom.

Lily's mum spluttered and said "A Witch how can you be there is no such thing, is there?"

"Well I suppose we could go to this Leaky Cauldron place! Can't we please?"Lily begged.

"No, No, No." Petunia screeched "I am not going to any freak place"

"OK honey you may stay home and we will see if this is a joke or not. If it isn't than we maybe
gone all day."Lily's mum said

"Fine! Just don't talk to me y-you FREAK!"Petunia shrieked again.

"Fine I don't know why I would anyway"Lily said wanting to cry but didn't because she would
never hear the end of it.

"Now that I read all the letters can I open my presents?"Lily asked excitedly

"Yes sure but hurry so we can go this Leaky Cauldron Place."

Lily opened the first present wrapped in shiny green paper and out fell a beautiful green silk

dress with sequins on the spaghetti straps from her parents. It was still a bit big but she said

she would grow into it. Next she opened a very large lumpy package in purple wrapping paper.

It held a book, called So you want to be a wizard? And a pair of green platforms to match the

dress, these were also bought a bit big, from her cousin Matt. Lastly she opened a small package

from her best friends Arabella Figg and Catlin Moon. Inside it held a silver charm bracelet with

a green Four Leaf Clover, A black Witch's hat, a very small silver book with minuscule pages, and

a rainbow colored horseshoe. What stumped Lily was that they all moved. She smiled and laughed.

All of a sudden the doorbell rung and Lily answered it. It was Bella and Cat.(short for Arabella

and Catlin)

"Hi" Lily said "come in"

"OK" they said simultaneously and walked in.

Cat and Bella saw the letter and shrieked "Oh my god you're a Witch too?"

"Witch? Me? Too?"Lily asked bewildered "Oh, did you get the same letter?"

"Yeah, but we knew we already were witches because we're purebloods"they said simultaneously
again.(It's a habit)

"Of course you wouldn't know because you are a muggleborn witch"Cat said

"Muggle what?"Lily asked

"Muggleborn."Cat and Bella said "It means you are a witch born from two nonmagical people."

"Oh Ok. Well I need to go to the Leaky Cauldron so I'll se you later."Lily said

"No wait, you can come with us!"Bella said "that's where we bought your bracelet."

"Ooh yeah!"Lily said "Can I go mum please!"

"Sure, Tiger"her mum said

Lily was very excited and couldn't wait to go shopping. Maybe she would make some new friends.


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