Chapter One
Perfectly Happy
The first time I was invisible was the summer right before Al went to Hogwarts. James and Al were out playing quidditch in the garden, Dad was on the phone in his office and Mum was making lunch in the kitchen. I was bored and I was looking around Mum and Dad's room, trying to find something to play with, when I found the invisiblity cloak. I had heard stories about it, of course, but I didn't know that was what I had found. I thought it was just a normal cloak. I took it downstairs and hid under it, calling it my "den" or something. Then Dad wandered into the livingroom and sat on the couch, the couch I was currently lying on. He sat on me and I yelped in surprise and pain. Dad apologised lots and it didn't really hurt so that should have been that. Done. But I was intrigued by the idea of being invisible.
After that I would steal the cloak any chance I got. Dad, realising this, started trying to hide the cloak but it didn't work. I would just search until I found it. By the time I was 11, and starting Hogwarts after the summer, I knew there were other ways to become invisible. I stopped being loud, drawing attention to myself, blending into the background. People used to forget I was even in the room, turning round and saying, "Oh, Lily, when did you get here." or, "Hey Lily, didn't see you there". But it didn't bother me much. Yes, sometimes it could be annoying - trying to join in a conversation and nobody hearing you - but it could be fun sometimes. I could be in a room, un-noticed, and overhear a conversation I wasn't supposed to hear. I always knew everything that was going on but I never told anyone the things I knew. I believe people have the right to keep secrets, as long as they aren't hurting anyone.
Then I went to Hogwarts.I was put in Gryffindor, much to everyone's surprise, including myself. Nobody expected quiet little Lily to be brave. I kept my head down, got good grades, I even made a couple of really good friends. Rikki and Melody. Rikki is the complete opposite of me. She's loud and opinionated and a great laugh, hardly invisible. She has short blonde hair (it used to go down to her waist but she cut it to her ears in first year on a dare), big brown eyes and she is really tall and slim. Melody, on the other hand, is more like me. She is small and quiet but she is ... well, she isn't the best at school work let's just say. She's a bit ditzy and confused but she's such a lovely person. Her long black hair that she always wears in a braid and green-blue eyes, like the sea. Rikki and Melody are the only people who notice me. I'm the quiet one.
At Hogwarts, us Potters and Weasleys are all given nicknames. For example: Rose is the smart one, James and Fred are the trouble makers (Thing One and Thing Two), Al is the golden one (which is stupid if you ask me) and I'm "the quiet one". It's been that way since first year and I'm in 4th year now. James, Fred, Roxanne, Dominique and Molly are all in 6th year, Al, Louis and Rose are in 5th year, Hugo is, like me, in his 4th year and little Lucy is in her 2nd year. Time flies.
Four years have passed and I'm still the quiet one. I don't mind it. I'm perfectly happy with my life, being invisible. And even if I wasn't ... It's never going to change.