A/N: Hey to those who choose to read this. This is my first story, and
probably only story, so it won't be very good. I'm just writing this out
of boredom and for my own satisfaction. If you do read this, kindly
review, but don't be hard on me if u don't like it. Thanks much.
Disclaimer: All the content is J. K. Rowling's ideas, not mine.
Forever and Always Chapter 1
Lily Evans is your average teenage girl. She goes to school, does her homework, and is a caring person. She is fairly attractive; measuring at a height of about 5'6" with long, dark red hair flowing down to her mid-back. She also has gorgeous emerald green eyes that she inherited from her mother. At school, Lily plays on the soccer team, so she is in very good physical shape. Even though Lily is very pretty, she isn't much of a girly- girl; she never wears makeup.
Lily is now 11 years old. It's summer break, and she just got back, tired and sweaty, from a game of soccer with her friends.
"Hey, Mom! Guess what?! My team won today!" Lily said while she was still puffing and panting from running home.
"That's wonderful darling. Are you thirsty? I can make you some lemonade." Mrs. Julie Evans asked.
"Yeah, that would be great!" Lily replied. "Woah! Mom! Did you see that?! A huge bird just flu by the window. It looked like an eagle of something. Hey look, its coming back." Lily's mother walks over to the window to investigate. She sees the bird coming straight for her and ducks. The bird flies over to Lily drops a letter in her lap and then flu right back out the window.
Lily looked down at the letter with confusion and curiosity. She said, "Mom, that bird left me letter. Should I open it?" Her mom got up from the floor and walked over to Lily, peering over her shoulder.
"Well, honey, it's addressed to you, so I think you should open it. I wonder what this seal on the back is. I've never seen it before," Julie Evans commented with just as much confusion and curiosity as Lily.
Lily took the letter from her mum's hand, took a deep breath, and then ripped open the envelope. Inside were several sheets of paper. On the first sheet it read:
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
"A school of witchcraft? I'm a witch?! Mom, did you know about this? I mean, how can this be possible? You're not a witch; daddy's not a wizard...." Lily began to panic. "What am I going to do? I didn't even know that there were real witches and wizards; I only thought they existed in stories and fairy tales."
"Lily, calm down. This could be a great opportunity for you. You don't know how proud I am. This is obviously a school for gifted witches and wizards, and if this letter says you have been accepted, then that means you are also gifted. Not that I didn't already think that, but to be acknowledged by a school as gifted... Oh, I can't wait to tell your father. He's going to be so happy for you. See, now that you have this school, you won't have to go to that privet school in London," Lily's mother said excitedly. Lily considered this. Then her worried expression turned into a smile.
"You know what? You're absolutely right! This is going to be so much fun. I'm going to meet new people who are also witches and wizards, and then I will learn all about magic, which will make our lives much easier. This is so exciting. I'm going to go tell Petunia," Lily exclaimed and got up and ran from the room.
Petunia was sitting in her room, listening to music when all of a sudden her door burst open and Lily came running inside yelling, "Petunia, Petunia, GUESS WHAT?!?!"
Petunia was very annoyed, she never did like her sister, but she calmly said, "What is so important that you had to disturb me?"
Lily, unable to contain her excitement said, "I'm a witch!! Isn't that great? I've been invited to attend a special school to learn all sorts of tricks and spells and stuff!! The only bad part is I will be gone for the whole year, and I will miss you."
Petunia pondered this for a moment and then in a very snobby voice said, "This confirms the thoughts I've had of you all along......" She raised her voice and yelled, "YOU'RE A FREAK!! GET OUT OF MY ROOM YOU FREAK!!! AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING AWAY FOR A YEAR, THAT WAY I WON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH A FREAK!!! NOW GET OUT!!"
Lily began to cry and ran from the room. She went back to her room to find her mom, looking through old photo albums. Julie looked up and said, "Hey honey, what's wrong?"
Lily walked over to her mum and sobbed into her shoulder while saying, "P- Pet-unia..... She hates me. She thinks I'm a freak and she's glad I'm going. Oh she is such a horrible sister. Are you sure that she wasn't accidentally switched at birth?"
Mrs. Evans chuckled and said, "No, I'm sure she was just surprised to hear the news. She loves you Lily. She just might not understand. You know her, everything is very ordinary. She doesn't want to be perceived as weird. But don't worry. I'm sure she'll warm up to the idea of having a witch for a sister."
"Yeah, I guess so," Lily said while wiping away her tears.
There was a rumble below them. They looked at each other and both said, "Dad's home!"
Lily, forgetting all about Petunia, ran downstairs to greet her father with the good new she had received. She jumped into his arms and said, "You won't believe the letter I got today Dad. It says I'm a witch and that I've been accepted to a special school to learn all about doing magic. Look." Lily held up her letter and her dad took it looking slightly confused. He read it, and then looked up at his wife as if asking her, 'Is this real.' She simply nodded. He looked back at his daughter with a huge smile on his face.
He picked Lily up and said, "I'm so proud of you!! You're a witch, this is great. I can't wait till you learn all sorts of tricks to make my life easier." He chuckled and put her down. He took another look at the letter and said, "So we are supposed to buy you all of these things? I wonder where we can get them. Maybe if we send this owl back to this lady, she will be able to tell us where to go because I don't think I've ever seen a store that sells real wands."
Lily, thinking that her dad made a good point about sending a reply, grabbed a spare piece of paper and wrote a letter saying that she would be delighted to attend this school, but that she needed to know where to go shopping for all of the materials that she would need. She looked around and saw the owl that delivered the letter sitting on the window sill. She walked over to it and said, "Am I supposed to send this with you?" The owl gave a soft hoot, which she took for a yes. She tied the letter to the owl's foot and it immediately took off.
Later that night, another owl came flying through the window with another letter. This one said:
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to receive your response. You will be able to find all of your required items in a street called Diagon Alley, in London. To access this street, you must enter a pub by the name of The Leakey Cauldron. Once inside you can ask anyone to help you get to the street. Just make sure to explain to them that you are a muggle-born 1st year Hogwarts student.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
After reading the letter, Lily asked, "Dad! Can we go to get my school supplies tomorrow? PLEEEEAAASSSSEEEEE??"
Lily's dad gave her a small smile and said, "Sure honey, anything for you."
The next morning, Lily woke up to pounding on her door. Her dad was yelling, "Lily, honey, you have to get up or we won't be able to get your school supplies today. You've over slept, hurry up."
When Lily finally understood what was being said to her through the door. She jumped up from bed, ran to the door, and said, "Dad I'm so sorry, I must have locked the door accidentally before I went to bed."
Her dad spoke wearily, "It's no problem, just hurry up so we can leave in about a half hour."
Without wasting anymore time, Lily dashed to the shower. She was so fast that she didn't even finish the entire song she was singing. She got out dried herself off and strolled over to her closet to see what she was going to wear. She decided on a pink t-shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. She just pulled her wet hair back in a low ponytail and went downstairs to eat breakfast. She was very anxious to leave as soon as possible.
At the same time, in The Leakey Cauldron, a young boy about 11 years old walked inside and found a table. James Potter was fairly tall for his age with messy, jet black hair and hazel eyes. About five seconds after James sat down, he was tackled by another young boy by the name of Sirius Black. They were both going to be attending Hogwarts school this year, and upon receiving their letters, they owled each other and picked a time to get their school supplies together. After saying a quick 'Hello, how've you been?' they got up and walked into Diagon Alley.
Shortly after James and Sirius had met up, Lily and her father walked into the pub, found the bartender, and asked him if he could help them get to the street. When they got to Diagon Alley, Lily couldn't believe her eyes. She was amazed at how many people were there, and how many little shops with magic were in this street.
Lily and her father spotted a bank ahead of them and decided to stop in because the bartender told them they would need to change their money to a different currency. Once in the bank called Gringotts, Lily couldn't suppress her look of shock. All around were funny little creatures that were very short and very ugly. Lily poked her dad and asked, "What are these things?"
Her dad just shook his head and walked over to one of the ugly creatures at the counter. He said, "Hello, I would like to exchange some pounds for whatever the currency I need to do some shopping in the street just outside." He handed the 'thing' 100 pounds.
The creature looked at him with a stern look at said, "Yes, sir, and how would you like that? Mostly galleons, sickles or knuts? Oh, but wait, you're a muggle, so allow me to explain. One galleon is equal to 17 sickles, and 29 knuts are equal to one sickle. So how about I give you a variety of all of them?"
Lily's dad, looking a little confused, said, "That would be great!" They took their money and went back to the street. Mr. Evans turned to Lily and said, "After that, I need to get myself a drink. Why don't I go back to that pub and you can get all your supplies and meet me there when you're done, ok?"
Lily said, "Sure dad, I'll see you later." And with that, she took some money from her dad and walked off in search of the things on the list she had received in the mail. After having gone through a lot of time looking through different stores, Lily finally had all of the supplies that she needed. She began to walk back to The Leakey Cauldron when she spotted a joke shop. Curiosity got the best of her, so she walked inside.
While Lily was looking around, two boys entered the shop laughing. She picked up a weird looking object and it immediately exploded in her hand. The two boys walk over to her to investigate the explosion. When they say her, they burst out laughing and one said, "You're supposed to use that on other people you know, not yourself....." He continued to laugh, but when he caught a breath he said, "At least do us a favor and don't set off a dungbomb while were still here."
Lily thought out loud, "What is dungbomb?"
The two boys just stared at her for a few moments and then finally the second one said said, "You really need to get out more," as he was walking away.
Lily called after then, "You shouldn't insult strangers; for all you know, they could be a part of your future." When they reached the door, the first one turned his head and said, "Well, Miss Stranger...good luck with life, I'm sure you're going to need it," and then he walked out of the store.
Lily thought that these two boys were very rude, and she hoped that not all wizards were like that too. She then left the shop, not buying anything, to find her dad.
Later that night, Sirius and James were sitting in the living room of James's house, talking about the day. "I can't believe we are finally going to be going to Hogwarts; it's going to be so much fun this year, I can feel it," James commented happily.
Sirius agreeing said, "Yeah, I can't wait to get out of my house. I can't stand my family anymore. They are too horrific in the way they live their lives to have to spend another year with them."
"Well if you want you could stay here the rest of the summer, I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind," James replied with a mild concern for his friend's happiness.
"Yeah, that would be cool. It's only another week or so until we have to be on the train. I'm glad we got all of our school stuff today, so we don't have to bother with it later. That was fun. Too bad that girl was in the joke shop, I wanted to stay there longer and look around."
"Yeah, how about that girl in the joke shop? She seemed a little queer..." James said reflectively.
"She was queer... and a little stingy, but not bad looking. She seemed intelligent, but she didn't know what a dungbomb was. How can anyone not know what a dungbomb is? Honestly! Even if you've never experienced the rare smell of one, the word itself is self explanatory."
James yawned, "Yeah, I'm tired, I think I'm going to go to bed. Are you staying over tonight too? Cuz if you are, I want to go to sleep now."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming...."
Lily was sitting in her bed, thinking about the day. She remembered all the interesting people she met and the very rude boys from the joke shop that she hoped to never see again. She couldn't wait until next week when she would be taking the train to school. She was anxious to meet more people like her...
Disclaimer: All the content is J. K. Rowling's ideas, not mine.
Forever and Always Chapter 1
Lily Evans is your average teenage girl. She goes to school, does her homework, and is a caring person. She is fairly attractive; measuring at a height of about 5'6" with long, dark red hair flowing down to her mid-back. She also has gorgeous emerald green eyes that she inherited from her mother. At school, Lily plays on the soccer team, so she is in very good physical shape. Even though Lily is very pretty, she isn't much of a girly- girl; she never wears makeup.
Lily is now 11 years old. It's summer break, and she just got back, tired and sweaty, from a game of soccer with her friends.
"Hey, Mom! Guess what?! My team won today!" Lily said while she was still puffing and panting from running home.
"That's wonderful darling. Are you thirsty? I can make you some lemonade." Mrs. Julie Evans asked.
"Yeah, that would be great!" Lily replied. "Woah! Mom! Did you see that?! A huge bird just flu by the window. It looked like an eagle of something. Hey look, its coming back." Lily's mother walks over to the window to investigate. She sees the bird coming straight for her and ducks. The bird flies over to Lily drops a letter in her lap and then flu right back out the window.
Lily looked down at the letter with confusion and curiosity. She said, "Mom, that bird left me letter. Should I open it?" Her mom got up from the floor and walked over to Lily, peering over her shoulder.
"Well, honey, it's addressed to you, so I think you should open it. I wonder what this seal on the back is. I've never seen it before," Julie Evans commented with just as much confusion and curiosity as Lily.
Lily took the letter from her mum's hand, took a deep breath, and then ripped open the envelope. Inside were several sheets of paper. On the first sheet it read:
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
"A school of witchcraft? I'm a witch?! Mom, did you know about this? I mean, how can this be possible? You're not a witch; daddy's not a wizard...." Lily began to panic. "What am I going to do? I didn't even know that there were real witches and wizards; I only thought they existed in stories and fairy tales."
"Lily, calm down. This could be a great opportunity for you. You don't know how proud I am. This is obviously a school for gifted witches and wizards, and if this letter says you have been accepted, then that means you are also gifted. Not that I didn't already think that, but to be acknowledged by a school as gifted... Oh, I can't wait to tell your father. He's going to be so happy for you. See, now that you have this school, you won't have to go to that privet school in London," Lily's mother said excitedly. Lily considered this. Then her worried expression turned into a smile.
"You know what? You're absolutely right! This is going to be so much fun. I'm going to meet new people who are also witches and wizards, and then I will learn all about magic, which will make our lives much easier. This is so exciting. I'm going to go tell Petunia," Lily exclaimed and got up and ran from the room.
Petunia was sitting in her room, listening to music when all of a sudden her door burst open and Lily came running inside yelling, "Petunia, Petunia, GUESS WHAT?!?!"
Petunia was very annoyed, she never did like her sister, but she calmly said, "What is so important that you had to disturb me?"
Lily, unable to contain her excitement said, "I'm a witch!! Isn't that great? I've been invited to attend a special school to learn all sorts of tricks and spells and stuff!! The only bad part is I will be gone for the whole year, and I will miss you."
Petunia pondered this for a moment and then in a very snobby voice said, "This confirms the thoughts I've had of you all along......" She raised her voice and yelled, "YOU'RE A FREAK!! GET OUT OF MY ROOM YOU FREAK!!! AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING AWAY FOR A YEAR, THAT WAY I WON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH A FREAK!!! NOW GET OUT!!"
Lily began to cry and ran from the room. She went back to her room to find her mom, looking through old photo albums. Julie looked up and said, "Hey honey, what's wrong?"
Lily walked over to her mum and sobbed into her shoulder while saying, "P- Pet-unia..... She hates me. She thinks I'm a freak and she's glad I'm going. Oh she is such a horrible sister. Are you sure that she wasn't accidentally switched at birth?"
Mrs. Evans chuckled and said, "No, I'm sure she was just surprised to hear the news. She loves you Lily. She just might not understand. You know her, everything is very ordinary. She doesn't want to be perceived as weird. But don't worry. I'm sure she'll warm up to the idea of having a witch for a sister."
"Yeah, I guess so," Lily said while wiping away her tears.
There was a rumble below them. They looked at each other and both said, "Dad's home!"
Lily, forgetting all about Petunia, ran downstairs to greet her father with the good new she had received. She jumped into his arms and said, "You won't believe the letter I got today Dad. It says I'm a witch and that I've been accepted to a special school to learn all about doing magic. Look." Lily held up her letter and her dad took it looking slightly confused. He read it, and then looked up at his wife as if asking her, 'Is this real.' She simply nodded. He looked back at his daughter with a huge smile on his face.
He picked Lily up and said, "I'm so proud of you!! You're a witch, this is great. I can't wait till you learn all sorts of tricks to make my life easier." He chuckled and put her down. He took another look at the letter and said, "So we are supposed to buy you all of these things? I wonder where we can get them. Maybe if we send this owl back to this lady, she will be able to tell us where to go because I don't think I've ever seen a store that sells real wands."
Lily, thinking that her dad made a good point about sending a reply, grabbed a spare piece of paper and wrote a letter saying that she would be delighted to attend this school, but that she needed to know where to go shopping for all of the materials that she would need. She looked around and saw the owl that delivered the letter sitting on the window sill. She walked over to it and said, "Am I supposed to send this with you?" The owl gave a soft hoot, which she took for a yes. She tied the letter to the owl's foot and it immediately took off.
Later that night, another owl came flying through the window with another letter. This one said:
Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to receive your response. You will be able to find all of your required items in a street called Diagon Alley, in London. To access this street, you must enter a pub by the name of The Leakey Cauldron. Once inside you can ask anyone to help you get to the street. Just make sure to explain to them that you are a muggle-born 1st year Hogwarts student.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress
After reading the letter, Lily asked, "Dad! Can we go to get my school supplies tomorrow? PLEEEEAAASSSSEEEEE??"
Lily's dad gave her a small smile and said, "Sure honey, anything for you."
The next morning, Lily woke up to pounding on her door. Her dad was yelling, "Lily, honey, you have to get up or we won't be able to get your school supplies today. You've over slept, hurry up."
When Lily finally understood what was being said to her through the door. She jumped up from bed, ran to the door, and said, "Dad I'm so sorry, I must have locked the door accidentally before I went to bed."
Her dad spoke wearily, "It's no problem, just hurry up so we can leave in about a half hour."
Without wasting anymore time, Lily dashed to the shower. She was so fast that she didn't even finish the entire song she was singing. She got out dried herself off and strolled over to her closet to see what she was going to wear. She decided on a pink t-shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. She just pulled her wet hair back in a low ponytail and went downstairs to eat breakfast. She was very anxious to leave as soon as possible.
At the same time, in The Leakey Cauldron, a young boy about 11 years old walked inside and found a table. James Potter was fairly tall for his age with messy, jet black hair and hazel eyes. About five seconds after James sat down, he was tackled by another young boy by the name of Sirius Black. They were both going to be attending Hogwarts school this year, and upon receiving their letters, they owled each other and picked a time to get their school supplies together. After saying a quick 'Hello, how've you been?' they got up and walked into Diagon Alley.
Shortly after James and Sirius had met up, Lily and her father walked into the pub, found the bartender, and asked him if he could help them get to the street. When they got to Diagon Alley, Lily couldn't believe her eyes. She was amazed at how many people were there, and how many little shops with magic were in this street.
Lily and her father spotted a bank ahead of them and decided to stop in because the bartender told them they would need to change their money to a different currency. Once in the bank called Gringotts, Lily couldn't suppress her look of shock. All around were funny little creatures that were very short and very ugly. Lily poked her dad and asked, "What are these things?"
Her dad just shook his head and walked over to one of the ugly creatures at the counter. He said, "Hello, I would like to exchange some pounds for whatever the currency I need to do some shopping in the street just outside." He handed the 'thing' 100 pounds.
The creature looked at him with a stern look at said, "Yes, sir, and how would you like that? Mostly galleons, sickles or knuts? Oh, but wait, you're a muggle, so allow me to explain. One galleon is equal to 17 sickles, and 29 knuts are equal to one sickle. So how about I give you a variety of all of them?"
Lily's dad, looking a little confused, said, "That would be great!" They took their money and went back to the street. Mr. Evans turned to Lily and said, "After that, I need to get myself a drink. Why don't I go back to that pub and you can get all your supplies and meet me there when you're done, ok?"
Lily said, "Sure dad, I'll see you later." And with that, she took some money from her dad and walked off in search of the things on the list she had received in the mail. After having gone through a lot of time looking through different stores, Lily finally had all of the supplies that she needed. She began to walk back to The Leakey Cauldron when she spotted a joke shop. Curiosity got the best of her, so she walked inside.
While Lily was looking around, two boys entered the shop laughing. She picked up a weird looking object and it immediately exploded in her hand. The two boys walk over to her to investigate the explosion. When they say her, they burst out laughing and one said, "You're supposed to use that on other people you know, not yourself....." He continued to laugh, but when he caught a breath he said, "At least do us a favor and don't set off a dungbomb while were still here."
Lily thought out loud, "What is dungbomb?"
The two boys just stared at her for a few moments and then finally the second one said said, "You really need to get out more," as he was walking away.
Lily called after then, "You shouldn't insult strangers; for all you know, they could be a part of your future." When they reached the door, the first one turned his head and said, "Well, Miss Stranger...good luck with life, I'm sure you're going to need it," and then he walked out of the store.
Lily thought that these two boys were very rude, and she hoped that not all wizards were like that too. She then left the shop, not buying anything, to find her dad.
Later that night, Sirius and James were sitting in the living room of James's house, talking about the day. "I can't believe we are finally going to be going to Hogwarts; it's going to be so much fun this year, I can feel it," James commented happily.
Sirius agreeing said, "Yeah, I can't wait to get out of my house. I can't stand my family anymore. They are too horrific in the way they live their lives to have to spend another year with them."
"Well if you want you could stay here the rest of the summer, I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind," James replied with a mild concern for his friend's happiness.
"Yeah, that would be cool. It's only another week or so until we have to be on the train. I'm glad we got all of our school stuff today, so we don't have to bother with it later. That was fun. Too bad that girl was in the joke shop, I wanted to stay there longer and look around."
"Yeah, how about that girl in the joke shop? She seemed a little queer..." James said reflectively.
"She was queer... and a little stingy, but not bad looking. She seemed intelligent, but she didn't know what a dungbomb was. How can anyone not know what a dungbomb is? Honestly! Even if you've never experienced the rare smell of one, the word itself is self explanatory."
James yawned, "Yeah, I'm tired, I think I'm going to go to bed. Are you staying over tonight too? Cuz if you are, I want to go to sleep now."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming...."
Lily was sitting in her bed, thinking about the day. She remembered all the interesting people she met and the very rude boys from the joke shop that she hoped to never see again. She couldn't wait until next week when she would be taking the train to school. She was anxious to meet more people like her...