Prologue

In later years, Lily would always think of the summer of '71 as the summer that changed her life. Her twin sister, fraternal not identical, Petunia received a letter. It accepted her to Bradsmore, a very highly regarded private school that was very hard to get into. For a while both Petunia and Lily were disappointed that Lily hadn't gotten into Bradsmore also.

Before they could mope long Lily got a letter in green ink. It showed her a world of wonder that neither twin had ever imagined. Hardly any time after she had time for that shock to settle in, she received her acceptance letter from Bradsmore. She was torn. She had been to visit Diagon Alley and had seen the wonders that magic could do. She loved her sister dearly though, and wanted to go to school with her.

She waited a few weeks to see if a letter for Petunia came from Hogwarts, but the letter never came. She was at odds trying to figure out which school to go to. She finally opted to go to Hogwarts. She would try it for a year and then see if she liked it. If she didn't, then she would go to Bradsmore and work hard 'till she got caught up on her studies. Petunia agreed on the idea, and thought it wouldn't matter either way. With her going to Bradsmore, they would have lots of fun together. With her a Hogwarts they could make their own images, and not judged on how their sister acts, Petunia also thought it would be fun to have a sister who could curse the snobby kids, and charm the cute guys into liking her.

So both twins set off to their new schools not knowing what they would encounter. They thought no matter the distance, they would always be friends. They had no idea how wrong they were.