Disclaimer- I obviously don't own Harry Potter!!

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Okay, this is my first fanfic in a LONG time, and it took me really long to finish just this first chapter, so I do hope you like it!! Remember to r/r!

…Here it goes…

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Lily Potter wasn't having the best day, and the fact that it was raining didn't make it any better.

A beautiful, 10 year old girl with long, wavy, jet-black hair, green eyes, a shower of freckles across her nose, and a perfect reflection of her mother and father, all the kids at school loved her.

"I was never that popular during primary school," her father would say. "Be happy with what you have."

Even though she was beautiful, a bit arrogant and stubborn, she had a great personality. She was smart, clever, never prejudiced, and easy to talk to. But her most admired qualities were her bravery and hunger for adventure. She was always the superhero, and was "afraid of nothing," she used to brag to her friends. Today, though, she was quite crabby, and was looking for something to do. She couldn't wait for her dad to come home, since he was taking her out to London this weekend to look for a birthday present. She just hoped he would be back in time for it. Her birthday was only a week away…

"Ugh… Where's dad when you need him? It's so boring at home. I wanna go out and explore. See the world, like him!" she asked herself. It had been a while since she had seen her father– almost a month. He was out on a mission with his partner, Ron Weasley, (Uncle Ron, she called him) to bring a convict, Draco Malfoy, to prison. It was highly confidential, so Lily didn't know a lot about it. She hadn't heard anything about it on TV. She guessed they didn't want the public to know about it. Now, Harry Potter wasn't the ordinary working father. Lily didn't really know what he actually did for a living. He didn't go to work regularly. He just went on top-secret missions to various places once in a while, and believe me, those missions were never short. Although Mr. Potter wasn't at home all the time, and Lily knew he loved her, and she loved him just as much, but he was due back home in 2 weeks ago, and those 2 weeks she had waited seemed an eternity to his stubborn and arrogant daughter. All she cared about was getting something adventurous to do.

"It isn't fair," she grumbled miserably, "He's almost never home!"

Her mother had heard her, as Lily stepped into the kitchen to grab an apple.

"What is wrong with you, Lily? You've been sulking all day!" her mother asked her, quite absentmindedly, as she was washing the dishes.

"Oh, nothing, Mum…"

"Don't worry about your father. I'm sure he'll be back ASAP. He's probably just… oh don't worry about him, Lil. I know where he is, and if you really want to talk to him, I suppose we could…"

"Sure, sure…"

Lily stomped out of the kitchen. When her mother, Cho Potter, had seen she was out of the room, she took her wand from her pocket and gave it a little wave. The dishes began to clean themselves, while Cho tuned on the TV to watch some of the muggle news.

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Harry Potter sank down into a chair at 12 Grimmauld Place, London. This was the official headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, and also the house of his dead godfather, Sirius Black, the one person he depended on for advice and loved. He died almost 25 years ago, in a fight with his cousin Bellatrix. You wouldn't be able to feel the pain and suffering Harry emotionally felt after Sirius died. He had just finished his most recent mission, which involved capturing his childhood enemy, Draco Malfoy, ("All he is is a bloody Death Eater… always was a coward," Ron would say every time he heard that he had run away from the ministry) and bringing him to Azkaban, the wizard prison.

He really missed his daughter and wife, but he was too tired to travel now. It took a while to find Malfoy and lug him all the way 500 miles to the remote location in which Azkaban was situated. Tough job, being an Auror. He almost couldn't bear being without his family, even though his own parents were dead.

He also couldn't stand the thought that he was one of the most renowned wizards of all time, even escaping from one of the most evil wizards of the century about 50 times, and he couldn't even tell his daughter about it– Dumbledore's order…(A/N: apparently Dumbledore was given part of the sorcerer's/ philosoher's stone from Flamel before he died… It was in Flamel's last will to make sure Dumbledore lived as long as he wanted.) Harry was furious that he had to shield Lily (of course named after his mum) from the Magical World, but he knew it was best for her. Voldemort could kill her if she knew…  

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Meanwhile, Lily was upstairs sulking when, strangely enough for the little Potter girl, an owl flew into her window and dropped a letter into her hands. Lily screamed.

"WHAT IS AN OWL DOING IN MY ROOM?!" she exclaimed.

Her mother was running up to her room, when she stopped suddenly on the stairs.

"Hogwarts…" she whispered to herself.

Lily screamed again.

"MUM?!"

"Coming, honey…"

Mrs. Potter entered her daughter's room. Lily looked scared and confused.

"HELP MUM!"

Mrs. Potter took the letter from her daughter and looked at it.

Miss Lily Potter

11 Morgan Place

London, England

"Mum, what should I do?" Lily asked frantically.

"Come with me, Lily. We're going to talk to your father."

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Soon, Mrs. Potter was throwing some kind of green shimmery powder into her fireplace, and said clearly, "12 Grimmauld Place, London!" She stuck her head in the fireplace ("MUM!"), and found her husband sitting in a chair by the fire.

"Oh, hello there, Cho," Harry said quite calmly.

"No time for greetings, Hun," she started, "Lily has just received her Hogwarts letter."

Suddenly Harry looked panicked.

"I'll be right over," he said, already getting his jacket on and running out the door.

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"So, you got back early from the mission, Dad?" Lily said excitedly as her beloved father walked into the door.

"No, Lily. I have something important to tell you," Harry told her.

"What was so important that you just had to come home? That bad guy could be walking around shooting people, and you're here–"

"Lily, sit down."

Lily sat down with an annoyed face on.

"So what do you want?" she said rudely.

Harry sighed.

"I wanted to tell you before, flower, but, for your safety from Lord Voldemort, I had to keep it a secret. If–"

"Who's Lord Voldemort?" she interrupted.

"Please don't interrupt me when I'm speaking Lil."

"OK, OK, just go on…"

"So, as I was saying, if I had told you about your destiny, you would've been killed."

Lily's mouth dropped. "Killed!?" she gaped.

"Killed," Harry confirmed.

"But why me?"

"Because long ago, it was me Voldemort wanted to kill. I was the one though to have equal powers with him! You see, if you found out about this earlier, well, I know you, Lily. You'd wanna go out, find him, and kill him yourself!"

"Powers?"

"Yes, honey. Powers."

"What– What kind of 'powers'?"

"Uh… Well, maybe I'll just explain this after I tell you–"

"Wait a minute! I wouldn't want to kill anyone!"

Harry chuckled. "I was just kidding Hun."
"Fine… whatever… but it's nothing to joke about!"

"He would've killed you or kidnapped you if I told you, just to get revenge. If I told you before we got this letter…" he held up the letter. "Well, let's put it this way. I'm your secret-keeper, and if I told you, the secret would've definitely gotten out…"

"Go on…" Lily said anxiously.

Harry sighed.

"Lilly… You're a wizard."

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Ok, end of Chap 1!! (oOoh longest chap I've ever written!!) I know it's kinda confusing, but I promise that I'll upload a new chap with all the answers ASAP.

I hope to see lots of reviews!! .

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