The bright morning light spilled over her as she lay in her bed, it was warming and in short; bliss. Lily Evans thoughts were nothing but content as her mind drifted in and out of consciousness. She was thinking of the time of year… how lovely it was. The end of a wonderful summer and the beginning of what was sure to be an eventful year. She would be going back to Hogwarts in a few short hours and nothing could change the brilliant mood she was in.
The Hogwarts Express continually drifted in and out of her mind, the steam dreamily floating out of the top, the platform, the comfortable inside compartments where she had spent so much time chatting with friends and enjoying the exhilarating feeling of hurtling towards a new year at Hogwarts at top speed.
Lily was so content, in fact, that she had failed to hear the soft murmur of a voice in her ear until now.
"Lily." – The voice was familiar and deep with concern. But not a voice she usually hear around her house, no this voice was different.
"hmmm…." She thought dazedly. Her mind still drifting in and out of oblivion. It was not until she felt her shoulders being lightly shaken, and a note of hysteria entering the person's voice that she fully regained consciousness.
"Lily! Lily come on wake up! Lily!" The voice shook a little in concern.
She slowly lifted her eyelids to see who could be visiting at such an early hour. Her vision drifted in and out of focus she was staring up at an odd metal object she was, to say the least, very confused.
"Hunh…" She uttered stupidly.
She felt warm breath spill over her face. "Oh…" The voice breathed, and evendent sigh of relief in the words.
Lily was utterly perplexed as her vision cleared. She was staring at what seemed to be a luggage rack! It dawned upon her then that she was definitely not in her warm cozy bed as she had thought. In fact she was in no bed at all! She sat bolt upright and gave the onlooker a start.
"Geez Lils, its alright" A smile evident in the voice. He was happy, happy to see her alright.
She whipped her head around and caught sight of James Potter, the good looking fellow griffidor in her year. How utterly bizarre, she cocked her head and her eyed widened. What was this?
"Madam price! Madam price! Shes awake!" James called leaning his head out of the compartment door. Wait, compartment door? Lily was beyond confusion, and she only realized where she was when she heard the familiar sliding of the door, as Madam price entered the compartment. She was on the Hogwarts express. Desperate for answers lily began to speek "What why am I here? Why is he here? Whats going on? How did I get here?" Lily herself recognized the tone of fear in her voice as she quickly uttered the words. She was lost in confusion.
"Oh its alright deary… Shhhhh….its okay" She heard the soft tones of Madam price hit her ears. "You fainted on the platform waiting for the train, its alright you may be a little confused… but im sure your remember this mornings happenings shortly" she cooed.
Lily just about fainted again when she heard the words faint fall through price's lips, because it all came back to her in a flash of sheer horror. Yes, she remembered and once she did she immediately wished she could forget.
"Shes going to be just fine, no worries" Price addressed James this time. Immediately his shoulders relaxed and she felt his hand slip from her back. Madam Price left the compartment with a bang of the door, leaving Lily and James alone. Lily looked at him, realization of what had happened clear in her expression. A small yet smug smile crept onto his face.
"So lils, come round have we?" He said teasingly. Her cheeks burned as she thought of the events that had just taken place.
Yes she had fainted, she remembered that part. Falling strait over backwards right into James arms (the fact he had caught her made it all the more mortifying). She couldn't remember anything else though. She thought hard, but had no recollection of the events prior to her fainting. 'What a great way to start off the year' she thought sickly.