A/N: oh god… I'm at it again… someone stop me… no one? Oh well… new story! I really hope you guys like it… I haven't seen something like this on the HP fandom… but that could just be me… anywho… please leave a review and tell me what you think!!
Disclaimer: HP not mine
Chapter 1"Sean! Sean! SEAN, WHERE ARE YOU!" were the words that rang out through the Evans household four days before the end of summer vacation. Following this obscene cry were a loud thunk and mumbled curses.
"Whadayathinurdoin'?" came a muffled voice from the top of the stairs.
Lily Evans looked up and saw her twin brother staring at her through glazed green eyes. Judging by his ruffled brown hair, unshaven face, and the small fact that he was only wearing boxers, she figured she must've just woken up. No matter, this was far more important than sleep.
"Well finally! Listen I've got to talk to, it's of the utmost importance," she said hooking her long auburn hair behind her ears.
"Aw, Lils, do we have to talk now?" he whined.
"Yes we do! Sean, this is a matter of life and death!"
"Lils, quit being such a drama queen, I'll talk to you," he glanced at the clock in the hallway which read 8:45 AM, "In about three hours, ok?" As he turned to leave, Lily knew she'd have to take drastic measures.
"But, but Sean!" she said in a watery voice. He turned around to look at her and his eyes widened as he instantly realized his mistake. Lily just looked up at him with the most pitiful expression on her face. Her lower lip was slightly stuck out in a pout, but she knew it was her eyes that would be his downfall. Her large Emerald orbs appeared almost twice their normal size and were glistening with unshed tears. She looked at her bother in earnest, silently begging him to listen to her.
"Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, please Lils, please! Not the face, c'mon, please?"
Lily's expression never changed, and Sean sighed.
"Alright, alright, just let me get changed, I'll be down in a minute."
Lily's face immediately brightened and she flashed her brother a grin.
"Thanks so much Sean! See you in ten!" and with that she skip off to the living room to wait.
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About twenty minutes later, Lily was sitting in the living room across from Sean, ready to ask, and maybe even beg his help.
"Alright, Lils, what was so important that you couldn't wait for normal people to wake up?"
Lily reached into her jeans and pulled out a very worn piece of paper.
"Have you seen this?" she asked her brother handing him the paper.
He glanced at it for a moment before replying.
"No, but that's your school, and I don't see what Morgan's Finishing School for Young Witches has to do with me."
"Not yet you don't," she said taking back the paper.
"Lils, do I even want to hear the rest of this?" he sighed.
"Probably not," she grinned, "But you're going to anyway."
"Alright, let's get this over with, what's going on?"
She shrugged, "Simple really, I've been attending Morgan's for six years, and you know as well as I do that while it claims to be a school for witches, they don't teach us jack squat. For all intensive purposes, it's just like a muggle finishing school, this is the exact reason you've been teaching me everything you've learned while at Hogwarts."
"Lily, where are you going with this?" he asked warily.
"I'm not stupid. I know there's a war going on in our world, and quite frankly, Voldemort's not going to give a rat's ass if I know which fork to use first."
"Lily," he warned.
"Look, just hear me out! I need to know more, more than you can teach me. I need to know how to fight, how to defend myself, and the spells I need to learn for that aren't ones you can teach me. I want to help out with this war, I want to fight, but I can't do that if a remain at Morgan's, I need to go someplace else."
Sean's eyes widened in realization, "No, Lily, don't say it, please tell me you're not thinking what I think you're thinking."
She smiled, "I want you to help me get into Hogwarts School of Wizardry."
Silence met her statement, and as it stretched, she started to doubt her plan. To her, it seemed like the only solution, sure there were a few… okay, a lot of complications, but she refused to sit at that ridiculous finishing school while the rest of the world was at war. If Sean refused to help her, then she'd do it on her own. Sure, it'd be considerably more difficult, but she couldn't just sit around and do nothing… it was MADDENING!
After what seemed like an eternity, her brother finally spoke.
"You. Are. Nuts."
"Gee, thanks for the support."
"I'm serious, Lils, there are serious consequences for what you want to do. Hogwarts is a boy's school, do you know what will happen if you're caught?"
"Well then, I just won't be caught now, will I? Besides, what are they going to do, expel me?"
Sean gave a weak laugh, "Lils, if you're caught being expelled will be the least of your worries."
"But that's why I need you, so I won't get caught. Don't you see, with you're help I'll have no problem!"
"Yeah, just one question genius, have you though about the fact that the Seventh Year class is full? How are you going to get around that little problem, huh?"
"Simple, I'll take you're spot. We both know you're not planning to go back this year," she smirked.
Sean just stared at her, "How do you know that? I haven't told anyone about… wait… you didn't…"
"I did."
"Lils, I told you not to do that! C'mon, can't you respect a guy's privacy?"
"'Fraid not Seany."
"Ugh, what have I told you about snooping through my stuff?" he demanded.
"For you're information, I wasn't snooping!" she replied, "It's not my fault that you have a bad habit of leaving important letters and documents lying around for all the world to see. Just be happy it was me who found it and not Mum."
"Yeah, that about covers it," he sighed, "Alright, Lils, I'll help you out, but only because we're both set on fighting Voldemort, got it?"
She nodded, "Got it, now… what's The Order? Is it some kind of–"
Sean lunged across the table and slapped a hand over her mouth.
"How do you know about that?" he hissed.
She pulled his hand off, "it was in the letter you dolt."
"Listen for your own sake don't ever mention that to anyone, are we clear?"
"All right, all right, I got it, sheesh."
"Good, now, we have four days and a lot to do to get you ready. From now on, you listen to everything I say and do everything I say, clear?"
She nodded.
"Good, now first thing's first, Hogwarts is a boys school, you obviously can't go as you are now, so we'll address that issue first. So, I'll make this simple, what are you going to do about your boobs? 'Cause I can assure you that that will be the first thing people notice."
Lily's face flushed, this was not a conversation she wanted to have with her brother, but it appeared she had no choice.
"Ace Bandage," she muttered. He nodded.
"Good, next order of business, you're hair…"
"I know, I know, I'm going to have to cut it," she sighed running a hand through her long locks, this was probably the part she was dreading the most.
"Right, we'll take care of that the day before we leave and we'll buy you a wig when we go to London to get your school supplies and robes. That way Mum and Dad won't notice anything when the drop us off at the station."
"That's perfect! I thought I'd have to wear a hat to the station and then cut it all off on the train. This makes things so much easier."
"Good, now, when Mum takes us to Diagon Alley tomorrow, just buy you're normal school supplies and I'll buy mine, then I'll give you the Hogwarts stuff when we get home. As far as clothes go, you're smaller than me so you should fit into my old clothes from a couple years ago. They're all in boxes in my closet, Mum and Dad will never know they're gone. Now there's only one thing left, your name."
"Yeah, I was thinking about that, she said leaning forward, "I need something with the same initials that I have now, because those are the ones carved into my trunk. Oh, and something that sounds kind of like 'Lily' would be nice, that way it won't be such a difficult adjustment to a new name."
Sean nodded, "Alright, so L.M.E. huh? Let's see… Larry?"
She made a disgusted face, "Ugh, no, I have to actually like the name."
"Okay, what about Luke?"
"And how does that sound like Lily?"
"Fine you come up with something then!" he huffed.
"Fine! I will!" Lily wracked her brain for the right name. Something that sounded like Lily, started with an L, and that she actually liked. "How about Lawrence? Laurie for short?"
Her brother appeared to be thinking about it.
"I've got it!" he said, "How about Lawrence Matthew Evans?"
Lily smiled, "Perfect! Hello Lawrence Matthew, good-bye Lily Marie!"
Sean just shook his head, the next four days would keep her busy if she planned to actually pull of this little stunt.
A/N: so… whadayathink? Good? Bad? Ok? Reviews are amazing! So please leave one! Oh… and in my other fic 30 Kisses, I mentioned that I would have this chapter up by 7… it's now 8:43…. Whoops… sorry to my fantabulous (it's my word, you can't have it :)) reviewers who were probably wondering where this story was… here it is… and once again sorry… reviews are amazing!
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