Lily Evans sat on her bed and stared at the ceiling 'Boring,Boring,Boring!' she muttered to herself, it was always the same!
'Lillian, mother wants you to come downstairs and start your piano practice, then tend to your horse and then have a cooking lesson with her. I've finished all of mine' said a short, but very skinny girl
'Whatever Pat' Lily said slipping her feet over the side of the bed
'Don't call me Pat! My name is Petunia and you'd better hurry or the piano will be put away again' Petunia said glaring icily at Lily
Lily jumped off the bed and then slouched to the door
'You should not stand like that! You'll have a very bad back when you get older' Petunia said
'Yeah and you'd better stop telling me what to do or you'll have a very sore face in a minute' Lily said walking down the stairs and into the horse paddock.
Lily Evans was an 11-year-old girl, who lived, in a large mansion on Willow Creek Hill. She was rich, well her family was. Lily hated it, she was into R&B and anything that involved getting dirty was her idea of fun, she had shoulder length, curly red hair (which was always a mess) and bottle green eyes. She had a very delicate look about her, what with the porcelain white skin and very skinny figure but she was known for keeping the boys in the town in order.
Her twin sister Petunia on the other hand acted like a perfect little girl and that really annoyed Lily.
Lily sat down in the snowy covered field, on Willow Creek Hill it snowed quite often. Her black kitten jumped out of a patch of snow and into her lap.
'Kit! Settle down' Kit looked up at Lily with it's little green eyes and mewed softly at her
'You'll catch your death sitting out there Miss. Lillian, quick come inside and let's get you and Kit warmed up.' Said Ms. Huska the cook opening the back door.
As she did a tawny colored owl flew down and landed on the bench, no one noticed.
Lily felt a tug on her skirt hem, she looked down and Kit had her dress in her mouth and was pulling at it.
'No Kit! Let go' Lily said
'Ohh, How cute! I think the little dear want's to show you something' said Ms. Huska.
Lily let Kit pull her over to where the owl was sitting.
'What's wrong Kit? Is it hurt?' Lily asked, Kit had been known to bring home injured animals often
The owl stuck out it's foot and Lily looked down at the brown envelope that it was holding, she untied it and the owl flew off. Lily turned the envelope over in her hands, she noticed something written on the front in green ink.
Miss Lily Evans
25 Willow Creek Hill
Hazleton
England
Lily read the letter and showed everyone she could, she decided to go and have a look at all this and then decide what she really thought!
***
James Potter sat on the lounge and turned on the TV. What a day! He was glad his parents were coming home today.
'JayJay! Luke and I want to watch Attack of The Killer Worms!' said a small voice beside him. James looked into the faces of his two nine year old brothers, who were twins.
'Preston! You and Luke have watched Attack of The Killer Worms all day! It's my turn to watch what I want now!' James said
'Jamie I want to watch Benny the Bear!' said James' little sister Wanda
'Can Krystal come over?' Called 8 year old Julia from the telephone
'No she can not!' James yelled back over the sound of Preston and Wanda fighting over the remote control
'Yes you can' Julia said
'I said no!' James yelled
Just then he heard crying.
'Good one you woke the twins!' said 5 year old Winston from the table
'All right no one move I'll be right back' James yelled running out of the room
He came back in a few minutes later holding the two 3-year-old twins Sebastian and Gemma's hands
'Oh My God! What have you done?' James yelled
'Dolly got dirty so Win got soap and cleaned him!' Wanda giggled
There were bubbles all over the place. Just then there was a knock at the door.
'Come in it's unlocked!' James yelled
'Woah! Dude what happened here?' said a tall black haired boy who just walked in
'Hey Sirius, Don't ask ok. Just help me clean up' James said
James Potter was and 11 year old boy. He was the oldest in the family and was in charge when his mother and father went away once every six months for a Ministry of Magic meeting. James was from a wizarding family and so was Sirius Black. That's why they were best friends.
Just then the door opened and James' mother and father walked in.
'Jay? What happened here?' James' mother asked
'Freak snow storm Mrs. P' Sirius said
'Oh hello Sirius' said James' father
'Jamie, see what we got for you?' said Mrs. Potter giving James a heavy parchment envelope and flipping it over to show him the back 'It's your Hogwarts letter'
'I got one of those too!' said Sirius
'Cool, we can play pranks there!' said James
So they walked off and started planning.
***
Lily walked into the Leaky Cauldron and looked around, she had never seen this place before. Her mother had given her $300 to spend. Lily walked up to a man who had white hair and was missing most of his teeth.
'Hi, Um…I was wondering if you knew how to get to Diagon Alley?' she asked as politely as she could
'Right this way miss' said the man walking out the back door, he counted the bricks on the wall and then tapped one with a wand.
The bricks seemed to disappear and reveal an alley full of sights and sounds.
'Wow' Lily muttered
'Welcome to Diagon Alley' the man said walking back out again
Lily walked down the street and pulled out her Hogwarts list of things to get.
'I think I might go and have a look at some books first' she muttered walking to the bookshop called "Flourish and Blotts"
Lily walked around for awhile and then spotted a book called 'Hogwarts a History' she picked it up and took it over to the counter, a young boy stood there.
'Hi, I was wondering how much this book cost?' Lily asked
'Um…thirteen sickles.' The boy said
'Sickles?' Lily asked
'Yeah, Sickles. You know money?' He said rolling his eyes
'I'm not from here.' Lily said
'So your Muggle born?' The boy asked
'What's a Muggle?' Lily asked
'It means your parents aren't a wizard and a witch' The boy explained
'Oh! Yeah I am' Lily said
'You're pretty for a Muggle born' The boy said
'Thanks' Lily said
'Oh, My name's Arthur Weasley by the way. I'm just watching over the shop while my brother has lunch. Here he comes now' said the red haired boy
A taller red haired boy with a large grin on his face walked in.
'Bye Marcus' said Arthur
'Yeah' the tall boy said
'How about I take you around Diagon Alley and help you get your Hogwarts stuff? I'm at Hogwarts too…I'm in my second year. But first I think we should go to Gringotts and change over your Muggle money' Arthur said
'What's Gringotts?' Lily asked following him out of the shop and down the cobbled road
'It's a wizards bank, run by Goblins' Arthur explained
'Real Goblins?' Lily asked accidentally running into a black haired boy, knocking off his glasses
'Oh I'm so sorry' she said picking up the glasses and handing them to the boy
'S'ok' he muttered, his friend beside him snorting with laughter.
***
'What are you laughing at?' James asked Sirius
'That…was…so…funny' Sirius laughed
James looked back over his shoulder but he couldn't see the red haired girl in the long blue dress anywhere.
'Look! There's Zonko's!' Sirius said
All thoughts about the girl with bottle green eyes were wiped from his mind 'My parents wouldn't let me go in there until I started school' James whispered
The two boys walked in there and their jaws hit the floor.
'Wow, can we buy one of everything?' Sirius whispered
Half an hour later the boys walked out of Zonko's with their arms full of stuff.
'Let's go over and get some butterbeer.' James said
The two boys walked over to the Three Broomsticks and sat down, they were looking at all the people coming in and out when a plump young witch walked over and smiled at them.
'Hi I'm Rosemarita. What will you be having today?' she asked clicking her green shoes together softly
'Just some Butterbeer thanks' Sirius said
The witch walked off and James looked around 'Who do you think that red haired girl was?'
'James the chance of you seeing her again is pretty bad you know man!' Sirius said
'I suppose' James answered taking the mug of butterbeer from the table.
***
Lily stood in front of a wall, platform 9 and platform 10. No where in between was 9 ¾!
'Hey Lily!' came the familiar voice of Arthur Weasley
'Oh! Hi, do you know where platform 9 ¾ is?' she asked
Arthur smiled and grabbed her trunk 'follow me'. He walked up and lent on the wall, Lily copied him. They both fell through the wall and platform 9 ¾ materialized in front of them.
'Wow' Lily breathed
'You should go and find a carriage, I have to go and find my friends. Bye Lily' He said handing over her trunk and walking away
'Where should I go Kit?' Lily asked her kitten
Kit took the hem of her dress in her mouth and led her onto the train and down to a carriage full of loud laughter and talking. Kit scratched on the door.
'Ok, ok' Lily murmured picking Kit up and opening the door
The laughter and talking stopped abruptly
'Hi. Can I um…sit in here with you?' Lily asked, pulling at a lock of her curly hair
'Yeah sure' said a black haired boy
'Hi I'm Remus Lupin' said a tanned boy with mousy brown hair and brown eyes
'My name's Sirius Black' said a tall muscular boy with black hair and brown eyes. He was the one who told her she could sit in here
'James Potter' said a short boy with messy black hair and blue eyes, hidden behind black framed glasses
Lily did a double take when she saw him 'You the guy I ran into in Diagon Alley' she said
'Yeah' he said blushing a bit
The other two boys sniggered
'Hi, I'm Lily Evans' Lily said still watching James
All of a sudden Kit jumped into James' lap and started to mew at him
'No Kit! Down!' Lily said
'It's ok' James said patting Kit, who started to purr.
'Where are you from anyway?' asked Remus
'Willow Creek Hill' Lily replied
Sirius did a double take 'That's the richest place in Southern England'
'Where are you all from' Lily asked
'Godric Hollow' The boys chorused
'All of you?' Lily asked
'Yep, were all from wizarding families' James answered
'I'm Muggle born' Lily said
Just then the carriage door opened and a greasy black haired boy with sallow skin and a hooked nose walked in.
'Well if it isn't the dream team' he said
'Snape' James muttered gravely
'Where is your other half?' Sirius sneered
'What are you talking about Black?' the boy named Snape asked coldly
'He means where is Malfoy?' Remus asked
'Looking for a carriage too' The boy replied shortly
'Then why don't you get lost?' Sirius snapped
'Well I wouldn't want to sit in here anyway, it's covered in Mudblood slime' he said icily looking at Lily
Lily politely stared back
'How…Dare…You! You…Slimy…Git!' James said, Sirius and Remus holding his arms
The boy just smirked and walked out closing the door behind him
'Settle down James' Remus said
'He had no right to do that!' James said
'What?' Lily asked
'He just insulted you!' Sirius explained
'How' Lily asked
'He called you a Mudblood' James said angrily
'So?' Lily said
'A Mudblood- it means you have dirty blood, you have Muggle heritage. It's this idea some pure bloods have.' Remus explained
***
James stood on the stage, he was looking down into the audience. Sirius, Lily and Remus had all been sorted into Gryffindor. He looked at Sirius, who gave him a thumbs up. He and Sirius had been friends for as long as he could remember, if he didn't get put into Gryffindor then James didn't know how long that friendship would last. Especially if he got put into Slytherin, no one liked Slytherins.
He then looked at Remus, who smiled at him. James liked Remus, he was very smart for a first year. James had a strange feeling that he was hiding something and they would find out eventually.
He finally looked at Lily, she was gripping onto the table. Her knuckles white, 'Good Luck' she mouthed. James smiled weakly at her, Just then…
'Potter, James' said the witch holding the sorting hat
James walked over and put it on. A voice in his ear said… Well, James Godric Potter I've been waiting for you. Most important descendant of Godric Gryffindor, well not for long anyway.
'What's that supposed to mean?' James thought
ANYWAY!
The voice continued What house shall we put you in? It should be Gryffindor but I dunno maybe it could be Slytherin, you know to liven things up!'NO! I want to be in Gryffindor'
James thoughtOk then…I guess it should be
'GRYFFINDOR!' The hat yelledJames got up and walked over to the Gryffindor table, Lily stood up and hugged him.
They all watched in scilence as the last few people got sorted. Then a man whom James recognized as Albus Dumbledore stood up.
'Welcome! Now before we get stared on the feast I just want to tell you a few notes.
Right the Forbidden Forest is out of bounds to anyone who wishes to have a slow and very painful death.
Also a Whomping Willow has been planted on the grounds. I suggest you look at it and try not to go too close.
Anyway tuck in and enjoy your year!' he said
They all started on the feast with much laughter and talking.
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