Lily Evans was sprawled out on the grass in her Mum's garden. She wasn't watching the bees and butterflies flutter around the marigolds, though. Lily was busy trying to figure out why she could open and close the bud of a tulip.

"It must be some trick of the light." she muttered to herself.

But her mind kept playing back the time at the park when a boy, whose named was Severus Snape, saw her doing her flower trick and claimed that Lily was a witch and she possessed "magic". Lily was deeply offended by his words until he explained that he was a wizard and he didn't mean his comment to be hurtful. Petunia, Lily's older sister, had witnessed the whole thing and insisted the boy was just trying to creep her out and came to the conclusion that Lily just had some weird ability. But, Lily was curious about what Severus said, so she followed him home from the park, just in case she wanted to talk to him again, assuming his words were true.

"I really mustn't get worked up over one coincidence." thought Lily. "After all, I should be worrying about starting middle school next week."

Sighing loudly, Lily quickly turned and started heading towards the door of her house. But out of the corner of her eye, she saw a small flutter of a bird. As she took a closer look at the sky, she saw an owl.

"That's odd." Lily said, wondering why an owl would be outside in plain daylight.

It was only about four o'clock in the afternoon. Squinting through the afternoon sun, Lily noticed the Barn Owl had a letter clamped in its beak.

"A letter? I really must be going mad." She wondered out loud.

Then, it dawned on Lily that the owl was heading straight towards her. Panicking, she tried to duck out of the way.

"ARGH!" Lily screamed.

Unfortunately, Lily didn't move out of the way in time, so there was a moment of scrambling limbs and bird feathers until Lily and the freaked-out owl were both on the grass.

"Ugh…" moaned Lily.

Then, the owl dropped the letter into a bunch of daisies and flew off. Lily reached for the letter and realized her name was neatly written on it, in emerald green ink. It read:

Miss L. Evans

The Bedroom on the Right

7 Oak Tree Bend

Cherry Wood Village

Surrey

Lily open the letter up and found out she was accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

"Severus was right! I am a witch!" Lily exclaimed. "But what if this is some sort of prank?"

Judging the fact that the letter came with several other pieces of parchment with information on how to get onto the school train, where to find school supplies and school rules, Lily reckoned it probably wasn't a joke. But, just to be sure, she decided to run over to Severus' house. Lily pushed open the gate out of the garden. It creaked as she closed it. Lily ran as fast as she could to Severus' street, her long red hair billowing behind her. By the time she reached his house, she was gasping for breath. Lily was always horrid at sports, no less running. She walked up to Severus' house and knocked on the door.

"Lily? Did you get your letter?" asked Severus, when he saw her.

Lily quickly nodded her head. "Please have this all be real." Lily thought to herself.

"Oh, Merlin! That's brilliant. Come in, I'll tell you about the wizarding world." Severus said.

As soon as Lily stepped into his house she noticed something different. Well, besides the fact that the pots were scrubbing themselves and a broom was sweeping the floor without anyone pushing it. The whole house was, well, dark. The house was dim and the lamps gave it an eerie feel. Severus must have noticed Lily's horrified look because he quickly directed her into his room. In the first five minutes of talking to Severus, Lily felt her face heating up.

"Great. Already fitting in perfectly." Lily thought, sarcastically.

For the next hour Severus explained many wizarding things to her. He talked about soul-sucking creatures called dementors that guard the wizard jail, called Azkaban. He also talked about a sport called quidditch. When it was starting to get dark outside, Lily left to go back to her house. She was excited to tell he parents about being a witch. "I hope Petunia won't be mad that I got a letter and she never did. She probably won't be. She's always been understanding and a great sister." How very wrong Lily was. Lily skipped into her house, tripping over the welcome mat as she went. She had always been the clumsy sort.

"Lily! Dinner is ready!" Lily's Mum yelled.

"Coming Mum!" Lily replied.

Her Mum made her special shepherd's pie for dinner. As soon as Petunia and her Dad sat down, Lily showed them her letter. "I know this sounds crazy but…. Oh, just read the letter." She watched as one by one her family members read the letter wide eyed, mouths hanging open. All, that is, except for Petunia.

"You actually believe this rubbish? It's obviously a prank!" said Petunia angrily.

"Now Tuney, it makes sense. Lily could already do some special things. Then, she gets a letter explaining she's a witch. It has to be true!" said Lily's Mum.

"I agree." said her Dad.

"Special? LILY IS NOTHING MORE THAN A FREAK!" Petunia screeched.

Lily dropped her fork in surprise. It clanged down onto the floor. Petunia's words hurt. A LOT. She finally found the reason why she was always different than everyone else and then Petunia just freaked out.

"Tuney relax." Lily started to say.

"No! You are a disgrace to the family. Mum and Dad shouldn't be proud of you. You're a freak." Petunia said.

Then, she stormed out of the room. Lily's eyes filled with tears. She blinked them back.

"I'm going to bed now Mum."

"Alright Lily. Petunia is just in a bad mood. She'll be better in the morning." Lily's Mum said.

Lily raced to her room, tears streaming down her face. Today went from the best hours of her life to the worst minutes. Lily snuggled deep into the covers of her bed.

Everything will look better in the morning." Lily thought as she drifted off to sleep.