Lily's Friend

A/N: So, this popped into my head whilst reading Slytherin's Potter ( s/6551834/1/Slytherins_Potter) and I decided to try my own Lily story. However, rather than Lily being the protagonist, I have Jess Cooper. This story is going to be set in first person, in Jess' POV, unless I say so :) Rated T for some language (not in this chapter though :P)

Our family owl, Luna, woke me up by tweeting at my window sill. I undid my blinds to see painfully bright sunlight flooding into my room. I squeaked and hid my eyes. When they had got used to the sudden brightness, I undid my window. Luna flew in, mouse in her beak. She landed on my bed and promptly started devouring it.

"Eww! Luna! What was that for? You had better eat all of it, I'm not picking up any leftovers!" I said, annoyed. She stopped eating and deliberately picked out what had to be the poor mouse's kidneys and liver, and dropped it on my bed, then flew up to the top of my wardrobe where I couldn't reach her. I could hear my mum bustling around making dinner for me and my 4 older brothers, Alex, James, Charlie and Matt (age order) I was the baby of the family. I was 11, Matt 12, Charlie 13, James 14 and Alex 15. My mum was determined that she would keep having boys until she had a girl. 4 children later, along came me. "Mum, Luna caught a mouse and left some of it on my bed! Can you come and pick it up please?" I called down the stairs. But my dad appeared at the door before mum replied.

"I'll get it sweetie. Have a good sleep? You should be getting your Hogwarts letters today." Immediately my stomach started churning. I wanted to go to Hogwarts, but I was worried about which house I would be put in. All of my family apart from uncle Oliver and my dad were in Ravenclaw.

My dad is a muggle who works in London. Oliver is extremely famous, you would probably recognise him more if I said Oliver Wood? Yes, he is the keeper for the Appleby Arrows. My aunt, Emily, is the chaser for the Chudley Cannons. That's how they met, it was ever so romantic. The Cannons caught the Snitch, he shouted 'how did the Cannons win? They are crap!' Then he turned up to look at aunt Emily and it was love at first sight. They have a daughter called Sophie, who is my age.

Anyway, Oliver was a Gryffindor. I was worried that I wouldn't be put in Ravenclaw. I don't know why, I just had, as the muggles say, a gut feeling that I wouldn't be Ravenclaw, though what I would be is beyond me. Dad picked up the entrails and threw them out the window. He ruffled my hair and said goodbye, then shuffled out of the room, his slippers slapping on the wooden floorboards outside my door.

"Kids! Breakfast is being served! Come and get it!" My mum hollered in a sing-song voice. I pulled on my dressing gown and slippers, brushed my hair, tied it up then walked downstairs, nearly being trampled on by my various brothers. I'm sure that all they did was eat, sleep and play Quidditch. I liked watching Quidditch, but the actual playing of it bored me. I had a crippling fear of heights. By the time I reached the bottom of the stairs, everyone else had sat down at the table. I sat down at the head of the table, facing Alex on the other side. Mum walked into the dining room, steaming hot plates piled high with pancakes and waffles, and set them down at the table. The boys were about to devour everything when my dad stopped them.

"Boys, seeing as Jess is starting Hogwarts in 2 days, why don't we let her have first pick?" I smiled sweetly up at Dad, and started picking up food. A chorus of "but that's not fair"s, "That didn't happen when I was starting Hogwarts"es and "Just because she's the youngest"s broke out. Mum hushed them impatiently.

I deliberately took my time picking out 2 waffles and 2 pancakes, covering them in maple syrup and chocolate sauce, and dipped my knife into something called Nutella, that my dad loves to eat, and I do too. I spread the Nutella over the waffles, and drizzled the chocolate sauce on top. I squeezed maple syrup onto the pancakes. The second I sat back down, there was huge scrabble to get to the rest of the food. By the time the boys had finished taking their pick, all that was left was half a waffle and 3 pancakes. Mum and Dad looked at each other and laughed, and took the remains before the boys grabbed those too. We all ate our breakfast, laughing and joking, until an unfamiliar owl swooped in and dropped off several letters. Suddenly I began to feel quite sick. Mum sorted through the various Hogwarts letters, handing out letters to everyone. There was a chorus of ripping paper as the boys all heard what they were going to have to buy today in Diagon Alley. Mum and Dad both came round to stand at either of my shoulders as I opened my list, hands shaking.

Hogwarts supply list

All first year students will require:

Uniform

-Three sets of plain work robes (Black)

-One plain pointed hat (Black) for day wear

-One Pair of Protective Gloves (dragon hide or similar)

-One Winter Cloak (Black, silver fastenings)

Books

-The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

-A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

-Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

-A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

-One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

-Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

-Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

-The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

Other equipment

-1 Wand

-1 Cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

-1 set of glass or crystal phials

-1 telescope

-1 set of brass scales

-Students may also bring an Owl OR a Cat OR a Toad.

Please note that all students' clothes should carry name-tags. Parents are reminded that first years are NOT allowed their own broomsticks.

Yours sincerely,

Horace Slughorn, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

After reading this, I breathed out a sigh of relief. It wasn't that bad, after all. I almost felt excited.

"Well, kiddies, lets all go and get dressed then we can go to Diagon Alley! Shall we apparate or Floo there?" Mum said. A chorus of "let's Floo there mum!" echoed around the room. Even though Dad was a muggle, he got to come to Diagon Alley with us. "Right then. Sam, can you look after the boys if I look after Jess?" Dad nodded. "Come on then, let's go get dressed!"

A/N: So, this came out better than expected. Please Read and Review, I'll give you a cookie that I'm about to make now :D Constructive criticism is fine, but if you hate it can you PM me instead? I don't really want people to read the reviews then not read the story. It can't be that bad. OH and by the way this chapter is a sort of foreshadowing-y filler thing, it gets more exciting, I promise :) Flowers-and-rainbows-123 xx