"Fine. But only to Diagon Alley and the straight back to the manor. Understood, Albus?" Ginny Potter finally gave in to her 16 year old son's pleading and begging to go to Diagon Alley to purchase a pet.
"Diagon Alley?" Piped up 14 year old Lily Luna Potter. "Can I come Al?" She asked, ever so sweetly.
"Oh alright." He always gave in to his little sister.
Ginny put her hand on Albus' shoulder, and nodded solemnly. It was dark times, very dark. New Death Eaters had risen 8 years ago, and are quickly spreading all over. Aurors from london, America,
Canada, Austria, and Ireland have been forced to join and create an army towards them. The order had been shut down just prior to James' birth. The Potters now lived in an old stone castle hidden in the deep forests of England. Boarding along with them was Ginny's older brother Ron and his family,
consisting of Hermione, Rose, and Hugo. Plus, Draco Malfoy, Astoria Malfoy, and their son, Scorpius Malfoy. Draco and Harry had formed a strange bond over the past decade. It was for Draco and his family's safety Harry and Ginny had allowed them into the manor.
"Get your jackets on, then floo." Ginny muttered, preparing the floo powder.
Albus and Lily slipped their shoes on, zipped and buttoned their jackets hugged their mum.
"Be safe. Don't let each other out of sight, understand?" Ginny said, concerned, although they haven't left yet.
"Understood." Albus and Lily answered at the same time.
Albus and Lily stepped into the fireplace. Neither of them wanted to go alone incase one of them was intercepted into somewhere else, so they each wrapped an arm around eachother.
"Diagon Alley!" Albus shouted. Tightening his grip on Lily, he dropped the powder and they were off.
Spinning and spinning and spinning!
Lily had always hated it.
Suddenly, Lily and Albus had appeared in Diagon Alley. Lily looked around slowly, suprised at the change of the happiness and theme of Diagon Alley.
"What happened here, Al? It, it used to me so happy!"
"I don't know, haven't been here for a while." He too, was astonished. Looking around, Albus saw strange men and women lurking on corners, peeking out windows and lying on benches.
Lily just stared at her brother. When he looked to her, he wrapped his arm around her and lead her to the pet shop.
"What are you hoping to get, Al?" She asked, glancing around the broken down shop.
"A rat." He answered, pulling her towards the rat section of the store.
"Since when do you enjoy rats?"
"Since I was the only one in the manor without a companion. James has his owl, Hugo has his guinea pig,
Rose has Dominique, Louis has Sphynx, and you have your kitten!"
Lily shrugged, looking around at the different types of rodents.
Albus and Lily exited the shop with Albus' new rat in a small cage. They walked along the path of Diagon Alley, passing a group of young men.
One wolf-whistled towards Lily as she walked by, and Albus shot them a disgusted look while wrapping his free arm around Lily's back.
"Piss off." Albus shouted to them.
Lily looked over her shoulder, and quickly thanked Albus for his protection.
"How do we get back to the manor?" Lily wondered out loud.
"The way we came." She heard Albus answer.
The brother and sister duo returned to the Potter Manor. Albus ushered Lily out of the fire place, eager to show his parents his new friend.
James was sitting in the den, and looked up when the 2 had entered. He looked sad, not just any kind of sad.
"Where are mum and dad?" Albus asked, grinning.
James stood up, and put a hand on Lily's shoulder as he looked Albus straight in the eye.
"They all left on another mission." He muttered, rubbing Al's arm with he free hand.
"They, they left without telling us? We didn't even get to say bye.."
"They left you two a note, by the way." Said James, watching Albus and Lily take off their coats and boots.
"I got a rat, by the way, thanks for asking." Albus replied, an annoyed look plastered upon his face.
"Since when do you like rats?" James asked, confused.
"Thats what I said!" Lily exclaimed to her brother, and took her coat and boots into the closet on the other side of the hall to hang them up.
When she returned into the sitting room, Al and James were seated on the couch as they read their parents letter.
"I just can't believe they're gone again." Albus whipered. "They just got back."
Dishievled, Lily ran from her brothers and up to her room, suddenly feeling the need to cry. Up the stone stairs, around the corner and into the hallway that contained all of the children's bedrooms, Lily ran to the end of the hall, ran into her room and slammed the door shut. She flopped down on her bed, next to her orange and white kitten, Lukey. Soon Lily fell into a dark, deep and dreamless sleep.