"How could you?" "Idiot! You in there?" "Don't test me, get out!" These are just some of the nicer phrases used to wake the poor girl up. Never "Good morning" or "I'll see you at breakfast". Those would be luxuries in her eyes. She brushed her hair, but still came to breakfast with bed-head.
It was finally Christmas morning, which means Daniel comes home. He is Lily's cousin and she lives with him. He likes her. He is her only living relative that actually shows some respect towards her. But for some reason, his parents don't like him. She thinks it might be because he likes her.
Anyway, he goes to a fancy boarding school in London. She hopes she can someday go to that school. But until then, she was treated like a maid. Sometimes she feels like she's going to turn out great, like her dad, Harry. Oh, and by the way, her name is Lily Luna Potter. Her dad, Harry Potter, was betrayed by Neville Longbottom, the new Herbology teacher at a school called Hogwarts. That's in London, too. But she doesn't trust that they will do a good job taking care of her. My father didn't even attend final year. Also, she would not be able to live with herself if she had the teacher that had killed her mother and father. Many years ago, there was a "Battle of Hogwarts". And her father saved Mr. Longbottom! Years later, Mr. Longbottom married an old school friend of Lily's dad's, Hannah Abbott. And then they moved into the Leaky Cauldron and she became Landlady. Weird name for a bar, don't you think? Only witches in the old fairytales use cauldrons! Lily has never been there, though, it doesn't matter. It's said to be located in "Hogsmeade", where ever that is! Lily's parents said they would take her this Christmas.
They said today would be the day they take her to "Hogsmeade" and tell her a secret. They told her they wouldn't be angry if she was a squib. She didn't even know what a squib is. They would tell her what a boggart was, and how to save herself from it. They said it would be a spider, like uncle Ron's. Or maybe failing. Like Aunt Hermione. They said the burrow would be where she would stay if anything happened to them. But they said she would need a portkey to get there. She still didn't know the meaning of any of these words. But she remembered them just as clearly as they were told to her that morning. And today would be the day that she finds out exactly what her parents meant. By the end of that year, she promised herself that she would be a Weasley. Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron will be the ones to sign school permission forms. And they would tell her everything she wanted to know.
As Lily tiredly stumbled down the old wooden stairs, she heard her fat aunt Marie scream. "Good! Do you think I care? This house is better off without you! We have an extra room, and for us not to have to move everything out just for you is ten times better for us." And Lily knew instantly that she was speaking to Daniel. He wasn't coming in for Christmas. She would be alone with her aunt Marie. Her uncle Terry was divorced to her aunt. He was the long- lost brother of Petunia Dursley and Lily Potter. Terry had left when Lily had arrived. 10 years old and completely alone, she rang the doorbell. And when her uncle Terry answered, and Lily told him who she was. And who her parents were. He welcomed her in, gave her a cup of tea and called someone who looked like a lawyer. He brought in a bunch of papers, and then another call was made, and a truck took most of the furniture in the house. They were divorced. Lily never saw him again. So anyway, she was quite disappointed in this. She would be making dinner, but for some reason, she would not be eating it.