Disclaimer: All HP Characters, places and vocab belong to JK Rowling, I do not own them only the plot and secondary characters.

A/N: This is my first ff, please make sure that you review, I look forward to reading your comments. (

~ The Legacy of Two Generations ~





Chapter 1 ~ A Ride to the Train Station



Lily Evans seemed like any ordinary 17 year-old girl. She loved to shop with her friends, go to the movies, and listen to music. But above all, she loved to read. She could always be found in the sitting room, curled in one of the chairs, reading. She had read most of the books in her father's book room by the age of 11, and every year she was the only student of her school who knew the schoolbooks from memory. As much as Lily enjoyed the summer vacations, she liked her time in school more. This school was what made her different from other girls around her neighborhood. Lily was a witch and she attended Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. Of course family and friends were told that she was going to an exclusive boarding school in Scotland and nothing more.

Lily remembered very well the day she found out she was a witch. All her life strange things happened around her whenever she was scared or angry. One time her older sister Petunia took away her doll and her hair turned bright orange. Of course Petunia never forgot this and hated Lily for it. Another time in grammar school she was being teased by a group of boys when suddenly the windows nearby exploded all over. Nobody knew why strange things happened to Lily, her parents couldn't explain it, until the morning of her eleventh birthday. That morning Lily had woken up to find a letter awaiting her; it stated that she was witch and that she had been accepted to attend Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. She was very surprised by these news but it certainly explained all the strange things that occurred around her.

Lily was now ready to start her seventh year at Hogwarts and she was really looking forward to it, specially since she got a letter from the Deputy Headmistress, Professor McGonagall, stating that this year she was chosen as Head Girl. She was happy about this and her parents were very proud of her, the only thing that cast her down about this was the Head Boy, James Potter, whom she thought was unworthy of the position. But she didn't want to think about it.

On this cloudy day, September 1, she was pacing around the sitting room waiting for her parents to get ready. Her trunk, packed with all her school things, stood by the door and above it was her owl's cage with a red covering and inside it was Iocasta, her tawny owl. She couldn't wait until to meet her friends at King Cross Station by the platform 9 ¾, where they would board the Hogwarts Express, which would take them to school.

"Are you ready Princess?" Said Mr. Evans coming into the room.

"Dad, I've been ready for ages! What took you so long?"

"Sorry, but a call from work distracted me. Here let's take this out to the car."

Lily and her father took her trunk and Iocasta's cage out to the car. As Mr. Evans made sure that everything was secure, Mrs. Evans exited the house.

"Petunia isn't coming, she's meeting someone at the mall later today." Mrs. Evans said as she sat on the front seat.

"That's fine mum, I didn't want to hear her complaining all the way to the station anyways."

"Lily! That isn't nice."

"But it's the truth mum, you know she's always complaining."

"That's enough Lily."

"What happened?" Asked Mr. Evans as he entered the car.

"Nothing dear, is everything ready?"

"Yes, we can go now. Lily, are you sure you're not leaving anything behind?"

"I'm sure daddy."

"All right then, here we go."

"Why aren't you wearing your Head Girl badge Lily?" Asked Mrs. Evans.

"I'll put it on when I change into my robes in the train."

"We're so proud of you Princess, first Head Girl in the family."

"What makes you say that daddy, I could be the only witch in the family you know."

"Oh no. Once you marry, your kids are bound to go to Hogwarts as well."

"Mum!"

"It's true Hun. You don't think that your kids wouldn't inherit the magical blood do you? And I'm sure that they'll make us just as proud."

"Mum, I don't even have a boyfriend, I don't want to think about kids yet."

"That's right Princess, take your time. Stop giving her ideas Rose, she's too young for that."

"Oh piffle! We're never too young to think about the future."

"Piffle?"

"Yes piffle."

"Can we just get there fast, please?" Said a resigned Lily.

"She's at that age when she should be going out with boys and having fun. You should have a boyfriend Lily."

"Mum, I don't want to hear this."

"Leave her alone Rose, she doesn't want a boyfriend, fine, she'll have one whenever she's ready."

"But she should at least have some male friends. How is she supposed to meet any nice boys if she doesn't even notice them."

"She's not ready for that. She'll eventually meet a nice boy. Besides, it's not like she's going to an all-girls-school, I bet she knows some nice boys at that school."

"Then how come she doesn't have a boyfriend, if she knew some nice boys, she would've had at least one boyfriend after all these years."

"She has been studying instead. For my part, I'm glad she has paid more attention to her classes than to boys, I'm not spending all this money for her to meet boys, I'm paying for her to get an education."

"I'm not saying she shouldn't study, after all she'll need her education when she leaves school and goes out to look for work. But how is she supposed to meet the man she'll eventually marry if she doesn't keep her nose out of her books once in a while? We're not getting any younger Edward. I don't know about you, but I want to be able to enjoy my grandchildren before I get too old I can't do anything with them."

During this conversation was taking place, Lily sat in the back seat trying to keep out of it, but when her mother reached this point Lily couldn't help but butt in.

"Fine mum, I promise to get a boyfriend this year, are you happy now? Can we stop this conversation please?"

"I'll hold you to that promise Lily."

"Rose! Lily, don't you go and do any thing rash young lady. But we'll stop."

"Thank you." Said Lily with a sigh of relief.

"So, what is a Head Girl supposed to do?" Asked Mr. Evans trying to start a new subject.

"Well, I'm supposed to uphold the rules of the school and make sure that all the students follow them, I'm sure that I will also have to plan for any events that will take place this year. Of course, I get to delegate some of these duties to the prefects; after all, I can't be everywhere at once."

"But, isn't there anybody else to help you besides the prefects?"

"The Head Boy woks alongside the Head Girl. But this year's Head Boy is such an immature prankster I don't really expect any help from him but quite the contrary."

"How did he become the Head Boy then?"

"I suppose it is because he is the top male student of our year and he is considered a role model by the younger students."

"He cannot be that bad then, he actually sounds like a nice boy, what's his name?" Asked and intrigued Mrs. Evans.

"James Potter, but don't you get any ideas mum."

"I'm just curious. What about his family?"

"I don't know, I've heard that his family is considered among the most respected and wealthiest families in the Wizard World, besides that I don't know anything."

"Hmmm."

"Rose!"

"What? I'm not saying anything."

"Are we near dad? We were already kind of late when we left and the train will leave in half an hour."

"Almost there Princess."

"Good, I want to meet my friends. We're supposed to meet below the platform sign and I don't want to be so late that we won't be able to get an empty compartment."

"Don't worry Princess, we're here."

While Mr. Evans piled all of Lily's belongings on a cart, Mrs. Evans took Lily aside.

"Remember your promise Lily. I want you to have fun this year."

"Mum! I don't need a boyfriend to have fun, I'm happy as I am."

"I know Hun, but you need to learn how to enjoy life; I don't want you to end up as a prude, bitter, old maid."

"I promise to spend less time with my books and socialize more often, will that make you happy?"

"Yes it does. Now let's get you to the barrier. Are you ready Edward?"

"Yes, what were you saying to Lily?"

"Just to have fun at school. Come she'll miss the train if we stay here much longer."



While Lily was going through this embarrassing conversation, in her point of view, her counterpart, Head Boy James Potter, was going through one of his own.

"Mum can we please hurry up, if I miss the train I'm blaming you for it."

"Calm down James, you're not going to miss the train. Are you sure that you have everything?"

"Yeah, I checked, the only thing I'm missing are my tricks set, but Sirius has that. Are we leaving soon?"

"Yeah, don't be so impatient. About those tricks and pranks with Sirius, I wanted to talk to you about that."

"Mum, can we do that while we drive to the station?"

"All right, let's go, but don't think that you're going to change the subject. Did you put everything in the car?"

"Yeah, Martin helped with it, I was just waiting for you. Where's father, is he going with us?"

"No dear, he was planning to but an owl from the Ministry came a while ago and now he's in his book room taking care of business."

"Oh, ok. Here let me help you with the bag. Martin is waiting in the car for us."

"Very well let's go."

"Here Madam." Said the driver as he opened the door to her.

"Thank you Martin."

Martin closed the door after James got in the car, and went to sit at the driver's seat. As the car drove out of the driveway, Mrs. Potter turned to her son and said:

"James, your father and I were talking last night. We're very proud of you, Head Boy and all. But you really have to stop this pranks and tricks business. You're 17 years old now. This is your last year at Hogwarts and I'm sure you don't want to be remembered for your pranks but because of your intelligence. You're a great athlete, but I want you to put more attention to your books, specially your Charms class, I can't tell you how disappointed I was by your notes from last year. And remember you have the N.E.W.T.s at the end of this year I really expect more from you."

"I know mum, don't worry, I'll work harder on Charms this year."

"I really hope so. I owled Dumbledore about this and asked him if you could have a tutor for this class. He said there are no assistant tutors this year, but that he would talk to one of the students about tutoring you, I think her name was Lily something or other, I really can't remember now."

"Lily Evans! But she's such a know-it-all mother! I just know she's going to rub her knowledge of Charms in my face. Can't I have someone else, she's going to drive me bonkers if I have to work with her."

"No, you can't. According to Dumbledore she's the best and that's what you need. Besides, from something he said I gather that she's Head Girl this year, you're going to have to work with her through out the year anyways, so you might as well get used to it."

"Oh mum! But she's no fun. All she does is read and study, what's the fun in that?"

"Have you tried talking to her, you might find that she's a nice girl. Dumbledore said that she comes from a Muggle family but according to him a very good family, wealthy and respected in their community, so I must assume that this girl knows how to comport herself. I'm sorry to say that I can't say the same thing about you. We have paid to give you the best tutors before you left for Hogwarts, you didn't lack for anything we gave you everything you needed, and you can't say that we left it to the servants to raise you, and you know that it happens a lot in out society, we gave you attention and we spend a lot of time with you as you grew up. But every year we receive so many owls describing your behavior, we expect more from you James. Your father is going to retire soon from the Ministry and you know that the estate is entailed and that you will be in charge after your father. We do not want everything to go to waste. You are old enough to start thinking about your future, what are you going to do after you leave Hogwarts? Have you thought about that? What about a family? Do you know what kind of girl you want for a wife?"

"Now mother, don't start thinking about matchmaking I don't want to return at the end of the school year and find the whole place full of girls waiting to be paraded in front of me so I can choose a wife among them."

"Now there's a thought."

"Mother don't! I promise to think about what you have said. I still have a whole year to make a decision on this subject. But really mother, you can get the idea of a wife out of your head. I'm way too young for one and I really don't want to deal with a wife and children any time soon."

"Very well, but we will talk about it in the future."

"Yes mother."

"Don't yes mother me James. But enough of this. What does Sirius have to say about his summer?"

"You know Sirius mother, but he seemed to love spending time in Greece with his father. He said that the Greek Ruins were a great place to play hide and seek in."

"That's Sirius, leave it to him to think of playing hide and seek among one of the marvels of the ancient world."

"Well yeah, he does know how to have fun. He says he brought a lot of souvenirs from his trip that he wants to share with us."

"We're here madam."

"Thank you Martin, can you help James with his things please, he has to be inside the barrier in less that 10 minutes if he doesn't want to miss the train."

"Yes madam."

"Come James, help Martin, you can't stay here just standing."

"Yes, mum."

As James and Martin piled his belongings on a cart, Mrs. Potter saw as a young lady with red hair passed by with two adults who seemed to be her parents, she was pushing a cart with a trunk and a covered cage, which Mrs. Potter was sure contained an owl. When James was ready he stood beside his mother.

"Who's that young lady walking in front of us James?"

"Where?"

"There, with the red hair."

"Oh, that's Lily Evans mother. The one you want to hire as my Charms tutor."

"Hmmm.She's very pretty."

"I suppose so, if you like them with red hair and slim. But don't worry mother her looks won't distract me from my Charm lessons."

"What a pity." Mrs. Potter muttered.

"What was that mother."

"Nothing dear. Let's get you to the barrier, I'm sure you're looking forward to meeting with Sirius and the rest."



The Evans stopped in front of the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.

"Now Lily dear, remember to have some fun, this is your last year at school and you should enjoy yourself before going out into the world when you're done this year."

"Yes mum, I'll try to be less uptight."

"Take care Princess, and remember don't do anything rash."

"I know daddy. I'll owl you once I get there."

"Bye Hun."

"Bye Princess."

"Bye." Said Lily just before she crossed the barrier.

"Mother, don't worry. I'll try to behave myself, but I can't guarantee anything."

"James, you better try hard, remember you're a Head Boy you're supposed to lead by example, I don't want to receive any more owls from Professor McGonagall."

"All right mum, don't worry. I'll owl you when I get there."

"Bye dear."

"Bye mum." James said just before he crossed the barrier.

Mrs. Potter saw the couple that had walked by her with the girl James said was Lily Evans. Intrigued she approached them.

"Hello, I'm sorry to approached you like this but I saw your daughter earlier and my son said she was the new Head Girl. You must be very proud."

"Oh yes we are. She's just a very special girl." Said Mr. Evans.

"I'm sure she is, it is a great privilege to be Head Girl, your girl must be and exceptional student."

"Sometimes I wish she would pay attention to her social life as she does to her books."

"And I wish my son would do just the opposite. But where are my manners I didn't even tell my name. I'm Susan Potter and my son, James Potter, is the Head Boy this year."

"I'm Edward Evans and this is my wife Rose Evans."

"Very pleased to make your acquaintance. Maybe you would like to join my husband and me this weekend for dinner. After all if our children are going to be working together, I'm sure we would like the families to know each other."

"We would love to join you. Our older daughter will be with her friends this weekend and we don't have anything planned, if you give me your directions we'll be there." Said Mrs. Evans.

"Good, I'll owl you with the details. Have a good day."

"Same to you." Responded Mr. Evans. "What are you doing Rose?"

"Just getting acquainted with the world our daughter belongs to. I don't know about you, but I want to know how a wizard family lives; specially one that is considered to be among the top families."

"Rose, don't you start matchmaking. My little girl doesn't need that right now."

"Edward, Lily is not a little girl anymore. I know that you wished she was but she isn't, and if I can make her way a little easier I will. If you don't want to go this weekend fine, I'll go on my own."

"I'll go, I never said I didn't want to. I am curious about wizard families too you know, just wanted to know what is on your mind."