An 11-year-old fiery red head ran from her sister's party to get the mail
for her mother. She quickly grabbed the envelopes on the ground and ran
back to the party. She quickly handed the mail to her mother.
"Here mom! Here's the mail! Can Petunia and I have more cake?" Lily asked as she eyed the cake hungrily
"Of course dear," said Mary Evans as she looked through the mail. "Oh! Look Lily, there's a letter for you! That's strange, it doesn't say who sent it."
The word letter lit up Lily's face. She hoped it was from her grandmother. Lily disregarded the fact that there wasn't a sending address. She opened the letter and read the first sentence. Her emerald green eyes became very wide.
"Mom? Do...do you want to...er...read this?" She asked as she held the letter out delicately. "You too dad." Lily then went and stood next to Petunia.
"What'd it say?" Petunia whispered.
"Said I was a witch...but there isn't such a thing...right?" Lily asked.
"A witch?" Petunia asked skeptically, "They don't exist!" Petunia scoffed. She shook her head at her younger sister. She was so naïve.
When her parents were at the end of the letter, their eyes were huge. They looked at each other and then smiled.
"Lily! You're going to learn magic! You have 2 months to buy all your supplies and go off to Hogwarts!" exclaimed her mother happily. Her proud mother and father embraced Lily in a hug. Petunia left on the side.
"Let's go buy your stuff now! Oh, I'm so excited! My little baby is going to be a witch! This is going to be so much fun for you. You will learn a lot and be able to make things very simple. I'm so proud of you! Go get ready to leave." Her mother ordered as she sat down on the living room couch.
"Petunia! Want to come with me?" Asked Lily.
"Course I do! I can't believe your going to actually learn magic!"
The two girls got ready in a hurry. Soon the Evans family was out the door heading to Diagon Alley.
"James! You got your Hogwarts letter!"
"Ok mum! I'll be down in a second!" James told his mother groggily. It was the summer and she wakes him up at nine in the morning. He had to admit though; he was excited about finally getting into Hogwarts. He quickly pulled a t-shirt over his bare chest and pulled on some pants. He slowly went down the stairs.
"James! Do you even TRY to brush your hair anymore?" sighed his mother exasperatedly.
"No," he said casually, "there is no point! It doesn't lay flat. Besides, I kind of like it. Gives me an edge. Don't you think so?" He asked, smiling at his mother.
She just shook her head and laughed.
'James is just so adorable. A real laugh too.'
"Well, your dad is at work, but I was thinking we could go to Diagon Alley to buy your school supplies."
That reminded James about the letter and Hogwarts. He saw the opened letter on the table and he grabbed it. After he finished reading it he said,
"Alright. Can we PLEASE look at the new brooms as well? I know you just got me one last year, but they have some new models out."
"You're not aloud to have brooms at Hogwarts. You're only in your first year, but I suppose having a new one won't hurt as long as it's at home."
"Thanks mum. Your great! Let me get in some better clothes," he waved a hand at himself, "And can we eat breakfast over there too?"
"Sure sweety. Today is your special day. I can't wait to find out what house your going to be in. Hopefully Gryffindor."
It took James quite a while to find some decent clothes. His wardrobe was spread around the floor of his bedroom. He finally decided to wear a red shirt with his baggy pants. Then he grabbed his navy blue robes and threw it on over his outfit. He didn't really want to wear a robe today.
"Hey mum? Do I have to wear my robes?""
"No, as a matter of fact, I think it would be fun to dress like muggles today."
His mother walked out. He gaped at her. She was wearing the most unusual and revolting outfit he had ever seen. He ran over to her and pushed her back into her room.
"No mom! NO! You are NOT wearing that in public and calling yourself my mother!"
He grabbed her a pair of overalls and a white shirt. He walked out as she changed out of her lacy orange shirt and skintight purple leather pants. Not to mention her spiky red high heels with green socks. She was chuckling to herself. She walked out of her room.
"Better dear?" She asked smiling.
"Much! Now let's go mom! I want to look at the brooms."
When James got to Diagon Alley, He went straight to the broomsticks. The Nimbus 1800 was out. It looked spectacular. It had a long shiny brown handle. Nimbus 1800 was also written in silver near the end of the handle. The tale was nicely trimmed. James looked at it in awe.
"We'll get it last dear." Mrs. Potter told him as she whisked him off to Madame Malkin's.
"Hello Madam Malkin! We're here to get James his robes for Hogwarts!" Mrs. Potter stated as she beamed proudly.
The Potters knew Madame Malkin quite well. They had been to her store many times.
"Why of course! I was expecting to see you here soon Jasmine! And I've told you, call me Cynthia!" She turned to James and said," Now James, If you would stand on that stool love, we can get to work."
James nodded and stood on the stool. After his robes had been fitted and bought, they headed over to Flourish and Blotts to buy his books. James wasn't really interested in the books. He didn't like reading much. He started walking around when he heard a thump. A boy was trying to get a book but he couldn't reach it. He had dark hair that was a bit long. James walked a bit closer and noticed the boy's blue eyes (a/n: Sirius eyes are blue right?) when the boy jumped up and grabbed the book. Several other books fell, one landing on James' head.
"Ow!"
"Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to knock you on the head."
"S'all right. You going to Hogwarts too then?"
"Yea, my mum's buying me an owl right now. By the way, I'm Sirius. Sirius Black." He held out his hand and James took it.
"James Potter."
The two boys started talking about how they were excited about school and then switched to quidditch. They were having a very wonderful conversation when they were interrupted.
Two girls approached them, one with red hair and the other with blonde hair. The red heard was hiding behind the blonde.
"Hi, I'm Petunia Evans and this," she said point to Lily, "is my sister, Lily."
"Hi" Lily muttered still hidden behind her sister. She grabbed Petunia's arm and said
"We got to go now!" and they ran off.
Sirius and James just looked at each other and shrugged.
"That girl was kind of pretty. I don't like her name though. Petunia." Said James.
"Yea, she was. I didn't get a good look at the red head though. What was her name again?"
"Lily or something. They are both named after flowers, but Lily is better then Petunia I think. I didn't get a good look at her either. Just her hair."
"I wonder if they are going to Hogwarts."
They boys continued talking for another 15 minutes when Mrs. Potter came looking for James.
"James! I've been looking everywhere for you. We need to get your wand."
"Sorry mum. I made a friend though."
"Oh! Why hello there..uhm..?"
"Sirius Black. It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Potter." He said shaking her hand.
"Where are your parents?"
"They are buying me an owl. I have to pay for these books and meet them at Ollivanders."
"Excellent! Mum, Sirius is going to come with us!"
So then James and Sirius ran to Ollivanders, closely followed by Mrs. Potter.
"Sirius! There you are! You kept us waiting!" Sirius winced at his father's harsh tone.
"Sorry..." He murmured.
"We've been here 30 minutes and all you can say is sorry? Why can't you be more like Regulus?" his mother snapped. Sirius hung his head. Mrs. Potter coughed.
"Excuse me, I'm Jasmine Potter. This is my son James. They met in Flourish and Blotts and started talking. I'm sorry if Sirius is a bit late, but it was James' fault too."
The Blacks just looked at her.
"Well, I see. Very well. Hello James, I hope you and Sirius will be...uhm...good friends. Are you muggles?" asked Mrs. Black eyeing them suspiciously.
"Oh dear me, of course not. Pure Bloods. We dressed as muggles because we used muggle transportation to get here."
Mrs. Potter didn't like the Blacks too much. It seemed that they didn't like muggles or muggle borns. They also didn't seem to treat Sirius too tell. He was a little late, but he was young and made a mistake. Sirius was so charming, but his parents were very much the opposite. Before any one else could say anything, Mr. Ollivander appeared.
"Hello, Would you like to start trying out wands?"
He handed James and Sirius each a box. They grabbed the wands and flicked them. Nothing happened. James finally found his want after the fifth try, but Sirius was still trying. His parents seemed impatient as they snapped at him to hurry up.
Sirius looked over at the Potters longingly. Mrs. Potter had been so kind to him. He wanted more of that, but he wanted it from his own parents. Mrs. Potter looked at him sympathetically.
"Well James, we better get going. We have to guy your owl and broom. We also have to get home to make dinner for your father. Now go say bye to Sirius." She told her son.
"Bye Sirius! I'll see you on the train!"
"Yes, good bye Sirius. I'm glad you have become friends with James. Have a nice summer dear." She said cheerfully.
"Good bye James! Bye Mrs. Potter!"
Mrs. Potter surprised Sirius and his parents when she went over and gave Sirius a motherly hug. Then the Potters let the shop. They finished their shopping and headed home. James was smiling since he got the broom he wanted. He decided he would give his other one to Sirius to cheer him up. His parents didn't seem to kind. When he got home he scribbled a note:
Dear Sirius,
I got a new broom today so I thought you might like my old one. It's still quite new since I got it last year. I hope it cheers you up and that you'll like it.
James
He used his new owl to send it off with his broom.
Lily was amazed with Diagon Alley. It was spectacular. She couldn't believe how many shops there were and how many witches and wizards there were. She went to get her wand first.
"Hello?" She called as she stepped into the small musty shop.
"Hello, What might your name be?"
"Lily Evans. This is my mum and dad and my older sister Petunia. I'm here for a wand."
"Well, I think that we will find a want that suits you, or want that you suit. The wand chooses the witch, you know."
He handed her a wand and told her to wave it. She did so, but nothing happened. She tried out several more when two dreary people walked in. They looked at her coldly before sitting down.
"Where is Sirius?" Lily heard them mutter.
"Probably still at Flourish and Blotts. Taking all the time in the world."
Lily finally got her wand and went to Flourish and Blotts. She linked arms with Petunia and went to look at all the books.
"This is fascinating isn't Petunia?" Lily asked as she dreamily fingered the spine of a book.
"Yea, I thought that magic didn't exist."
"Me too."
The two girls spotted two boys standing in the corner talking.
"Oh Lily, isn't he cute? The one with the messy black hair?"
Lily shrugged. She wasn't interested in boys like Petunia was.
"Let's go say hi, Lily"
The two girls walked over and Petunia poked James in the arm. He turned around and Petunia said hi and introduced herself and Lily. Lily murmured a hello and grabbed Petunia to find their parents.
"Why'd you DO that?! I was ABOUT to make a conversation!" Petunia whined, slightly annoyed.
"I don't know. I didn't really want to talk to them."
They found their parents and finished shopping. Madame Malkin had called Lily and Petunia beautiful little flowers and gave them each a ring that had a picture of the flower they were named after on them. They were really happy.
After a long shopping day, they trudged back to their house and went to bed. It was already ten at night.
"Here mom! Here's the mail! Can Petunia and I have more cake?" Lily asked as she eyed the cake hungrily
"Of course dear," said Mary Evans as she looked through the mail. "Oh! Look Lily, there's a letter for you! That's strange, it doesn't say who sent it."
The word letter lit up Lily's face. She hoped it was from her grandmother. Lily disregarded the fact that there wasn't a sending address. She opened the letter and read the first sentence. Her emerald green eyes became very wide.
"Mom? Do...do you want to...er...read this?" She asked as she held the letter out delicately. "You too dad." Lily then went and stood next to Petunia.
"What'd it say?" Petunia whispered.
"Said I was a witch...but there isn't such a thing...right?" Lily asked.
"A witch?" Petunia asked skeptically, "They don't exist!" Petunia scoffed. She shook her head at her younger sister. She was so naïve.
When her parents were at the end of the letter, their eyes were huge. They looked at each other and then smiled.
"Lily! You're going to learn magic! You have 2 months to buy all your supplies and go off to Hogwarts!" exclaimed her mother happily. Her proud mother and father embraced Lily in a hug. Petunia left on the side.
"Let's go buy your stuff now! Oh, I'm so excited! My little baby is going to be a witch! This is going to be so much fun for you. You will learn a lot and be able to make things very simple. I'm so proud of you! Go get ready to leave." Her mother ordered as she sat down on the living room couch.
"Petunia! Want to come with me?" Asked Lily.
"Course I do! I can't believe your going to actually learn magic!"
The two girls got ready in a hurry. Soon the Evans family was out the door heading to Diagon Alley.
"James! You got your Hogwarts letter!"
"Ok mum! I'll be down in a second!" James told his mother groggily. It was the summer and she wakes him up at nine in the morning. He had to admit though; he was excited about finally getting into Hogwarts. He quickly pulled a t-shirt over his bare chest and pulled on some pants. He slowly went down the stairs.
"James! Do you even TRY to brush your hair anymore?" sighed his mother exasperatedly.
"No," he said casually, "there is no point! It doesn't lay flat. Besides, I kind of like it. Gives me an edge. Don't you think so?" He asked, smiling at his mother.
She just shook her head and laughed.
'James is just so adorable. A real laugh too.'
"Well, your dad is at work, but I was thinking we could go to Diagon Alley to buy your school supplies."
That reminded James about the letter and Hogwarts. He saw the opened letter on the table and he grabbed it. After he finished reading it he said,
"Alright. Can we PLEASE look at the new brooms as well? I know you just got me one last year, but they have some new models out."
"You're not aloud to have brooms at Hogwarts. You're only in your first year, but I suppose having a new one won't hurt as long as it's at home."
"Thanks mum. Your great! Let me get in some better clothes," he waved a hand at himself, "And can we eat breakfast over there too?"
"Sure sweety. Today is your special day. I can't wait to find out what house your going to be in. Hopefully Gryffindor."
It took James quite a while to find some decent clothes. His wardrobe was spread around the floor of his bedroom. He finally decided to wear a red shirt with his baggy pants. Then he grabbed his navy blue robes and threw it on over his outfit. He didn't really want to wear a robe today.
"Hey mum? Do I have to wear my robes?""
"No, as a matter of fact, I think it would be fun to dress like muggles today."
His mother walked out. He gaped at her. She was wearing the most unusual and revolting outfit he had ever seen. He ran over to her and pushed her back into her room.
"No mom! NO! You are NOT wearing that in public and calling yourself my mother!"
He grabbed her a pair of overalls and a white shirt. He walked out as she changed out of her lacy orange shirt and skintight purple leather pants. Not to mention her spiky red high heels with green socks. She was chuckling to herself. She walked out of her room.
"Better dear?" She asked smiling.
"Much! Now let's go mom! I want to look at the brooms."
When James got to Diagon Alley, He went straight to the broomsticks. The Nimbus 1800 was out. It looked spectacular. It had a long shiny brown handle. Nimbus 1800 was also written in silver near the end of the handle. The tale was nicely trimmed. James looked at it in awe.
"We'll get it last dear." Mrs. Potter told him as she whisked him off to Madame Malkin's.
"Hello Madam Malkin! We're here to get James his robes for Hogwarts!" Mrs. Potter stated as she beamed proudly.
The Potters knew Madame Malkin quite well. They had been to her store many times.
"Why of course! I was expecting to see you here soon Jasmine! And I've told you, call me Cynthia!" She turned to James and said," Now James, If you would stand on that stool love, we can get to work."
James nodded and stood on the stool. After his robes had been fitted and bought, they headed over to Flourish and Blotts to buy his books. James wasn't really interested in the books. He didn't like reading much. He started walking around when he heard a thump. A boy was trying to get a book but he couldn't reach it. He had dark hair that was a bit long. James walked a bit closer and noticed the boy's blue eyes (a/n: Sirius eyes are blue right?) when the boy jumped up and grabbed the book. Several other books fell, one landing on James' head.
"Ow!"
"Oh, sorry. Didn't mean to knock you on the head."
"S'all right. You going to Hogwarts too then?"
"Yea, my mum's buying me an owl right now. By the way, I'm Sirius. Sirius Black." He held out his hand and James took it.
"James Potter."
The two boys started talking about how they were excited about school and then switched to quidditch. They were having a very wonderful conversation when they were interrupted.
Two girls approached them, one with red hair and the other with blonde hair. The red heard was hiding behind the blonde.
"Hi, I'm Petunia Evans and this," she said point to Lily, "is my sister, Lily."
"Hi" Lily muttered still hidden behind her sister. She grabbed Petunia's arm and said
"We got to go now!" and they ran off.
Sirius and James just looked at each other and shrugged.
"That girl was kind of pretty. I don't like her name though. Petunia." Said James.
"Yea, she was. I didn't get a good look at the red head though. What was her name again?"
"Lily or something. They are both named after flowers, but Lily is better then Petunia I think. I didn't get a good look at her either. Just her hair."
"I wonder if they are going to Hogwarts."
They boys continued talking for another 15 minutes when Mrs. Potter came looking for James.
"James! I've been looking everywhere for you. We need to get your wand."
"Sorry mum. I made a friend though."
"Oh! Why hello there..uhm..?"
"Sirius Black. It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Potter." He said shaking her hand.
"Where are your parents?"
"They are buying me an owl. I have to pay for these books and meet them at Ollivanders."
"Excellent! Mum, Sirius is going to come with us!"
So then James and Sirius ran to Ollivanders, closely followed by Mrs. Potter.
"Sirius! There you are! You kept us waiting!" Sirius winced at his father's harsh tone.
"Sorry..." He murmured.
"We've been here 30 minutes and all you can say is sorry? Why can't you be more like Regulus?" his mother snapped. Sirius hung his head. Mrs. Potter coughed.
"Excuse me, I'm Jasmine Potter. This is my son James. They met in Flourish and Blotts and started talking. I'm sorry if Sirius is a bit late, but it was James' fault too."
The Blacks just looked at her.
"Well, I see. Very well. Hello James, I hope you and Sirius will be...uhm...good friends. Are you muggles?" asked Mrs. Black eyeing them suspiciously.
"Oh dear me, of course not. Pure Bloods. We dressed as muggles because we used muggle transportation to get here."
Mrs. Potter didn't like the Blacks too much. It seemed that they didn't like muggles or muggle borns. They also didn't seem to treat Sirius too tell. He was a little late, but he was young and made a mistake. Sirius was so charming, but his parents were very much the opposite. Before any one else could say anything, Mr. Ollivander appeared.
"Hello, Would you like to start trying out wands?"
He handed James and Sirius each a box. They grabbed the wands and flicked them. Nothing happened. James finally found his want after the fifth try, but Sirius was still trying. His parents seemed impatient as they snapped at him to hurry up.
Sirius looked over at the Potters longingly. Mrs. Potter had been so kind to him. He wanted more of that, but he wanted it from his own parents. Mrs. Potter looked at him sympathetically.
"Well James, we better get going. We have to guy your owl and broom. We also have to get home to make dinner for your father. Now go say bye to Sirius." She told her son.
"Bye Sirius! I'll see you on the train!"
"Yes, good bye Sirius. I'm glad you have become friends with James. Have a nice summer dear." She said cheerfully.
"Good bye James! Bye Mrs. Potter!"
Mrs. Potter surprised Sirius and his parents when she went over and gave Sirius a motherly hug. Then the Potters let the shop. They finished their shopping and headed home. James was smiling since he got the broom he wanted. He decided he would give his other one to Sirius to cheer him up. His parents didn't seem to kind. When he got home he scribbled a note:
Dear Sirius,
I got a new broom today so I thought you might like my old one. It's still quite new since I got it last year. I hope it cheers you up and that you'll like it.
James
He used his new owl to send it off with his broom.
Lily was amazed with Diagon Alley. It was spectacular. She couldn't believe how many shops there were and how many witches and wizards there were. She went to get her wand first.
"Hello?" She called as she stepped into the small musty shop.
"Hello, What might your name be?"
"Lily Evans. This is my mum and dad and my older sister Petunia. I'm here for a wand."
"Well, I think that we will find a want that suits you, or want that you suit. The wand chooses the witch, you know."
He handed her a wand and told her to wave it. She did so, but nothing happened. She tried out several more when two dreary people walked in. They looked at her coldly before sitting down.
"Where is Sirius?" Lily heard them mutter.
"Probably still at Flourish and Blotts. Taking all the time in the world."
Lily finally got her wand and went to Flourish and Blotts. She linked arms with Petunia and went to look at all the books.
"This is fascinating isn't Petunia?" Lily asked as she dreamily fingered the spine of a book.
"Yea, I thought that magic didn't exist."
"Me too."
The two girls spotted two boys standing in the corner talking.
"Oh Lily, isn't he cute? The one with the messy black hair?"
Lily shrugged. She wasn't interested in boys like Petunia was.
"Let's go say hi, Lily"
The two girls walked over and Petunia poked James in the arm. He turned around and Petunia said hi and introduced herself and Lily. Lily murmured a hello and grabbed Petunia to find their parents.
"Why'd you DO that?! I was ABOUT to make a conversation!" Petunia whined, slightly annoyed.
"I don't know. I didn't really want to talk to them."
They found their parents and finished shopping. Madame Malkin had called Lily and Petunia beautiful little flowers and gave them each a ring that had a picture of the flower they were named after on them. They were really happy.
After a long shopping day, they trudged back to their house and went to bed. It was already ten at night.