buChapter one;/u Return of the raven/b
NB; I will say this only once. Only the plot, and Tessa Hinton belong to me. The rest of it is J K Rowlings, and is copyrighted by her. Anyone taking her stuff could be sued, and anyone taking MY stuff will be placed under one of the three unforgivable curses - I'm not going to say which, nor will I let you choose. You have been warned....
A young woman with raven blue hair, and eyes the deepest green walked into a dark and dusty room. She moved over to the window and ripped open the curtains. Light broke through the glass, falling in a beam on the floor. If you looked closely you could see the pieces of dust dancing in the light, like tiny fairies. There were dustsheets over the few pieces of furniture. Looking at the outlines, the woman could see a bed, a table a chair and a cupboard. Slowly, she exhaled. It had been a long time. Then, in the blink of an eye, she vanished, the only trace of her, a few, nondescript footprints in the dust...
"Lily! Lily! Wake up!"
Lily Evans turned over in her sleep, and groaned a few words.
"Lily! Get up or you will miss the express!!!"
These words woke Lily up with a start. She couldn't miss the Hogwarts Express. She was head girl - the school needed her! She jumped out of bed and looked at herself in the mirror. A girl in her late teens, with deep green eyes and short, brown hair stared back at her. Lily had been looking forward to this day for weeks, the day when she would become head girl at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For you see, Lily Evans was no ordinary girl - Lily Evans was a witch...
Lily hurried down to the breakfast table, where her mother and father were waiting for her. Her trunk was packed and waiting by the door, with her owl cage on top, a sleeping barn owl inside it. As for Lily's sister Petunia - well, as if Petunia would want to wave her off!! No - Petunia had decided to stay the night at a friend's house. Lily found it strange that, whilst she and Petunia were born within minutes of each other, only she was a witch, and only she had green eyes - everyone else in her family (as far as she knew) had either blue or brown.
Although it was just a theory, Lily often thought that it was her eyes that had got her to Hogwarts. It might sound stupid, but no one else had green eyes - and no one else had magic in them. The rest of the family were muggles through and through - even the family cat Felicitat had orange eyes. When she was younger, whilst surrounded by friends, she had always felt alone, now, at Hogwarts, for the first time in her life, she felt like she belonged - and she liked it.
Lily's mum and dad couldn't take her to Kings Cross - they both had to get off to work in the city, but they were taking her to Sutherum station from where it was only a ten minute train journey into Kings Cross.
In the car on the way, the only sound that could be heard was the gentle chugging of the car as it moved along the quiet B roads and her barn owl, Lupidup breathing gently on the back seat next to her. They got to the station five minutes before the train was due at the station. Her mother started battering her with questions.
"Lily - have you got your money from Grinningpots"
"Yes Mother - and its Gringotts - not Grinningpots"
"Gringotts, Grinningpots, who cares? Have you got enough food for the journey?"
"No Mum, but I'll buy some from the trolley, they do sell healthy food as well as sweets - you know that"
"What about...."
"Margaret, stop hassling the girl - she'll be fine, won't you sweetheart?"
"Sure Dad, look - if you guys don't go now you'll be late to get in the office. I'll see you at Christmas - promise."
"Well if your sure..."
"Of course she is Margaret. We'll see you soon honey." And with that, her parents kissed her on the cheek and left.
Lily didn't have to wait long before the train pulled up, she had her ticket ready, and, whilst she had to ask for help to get her trunk on the train, she was soon sitting down comfortably in a compartment of her own. The train whistle blew, and slowly the train pulled out of the station, picking up speed as it went, until it plunged into a dark tunnel and was immersed in darkness.
There was darkness in another place too. The place where the woman had mysteriously vanished. If you were to close your eyes in that room, and then open them, you would see the same thing. Darkness.
The woman pulled out her wand - by this action it was clear she was a witch - and said one simple spell. iLumos/i. Instantaneously the room was filled with a small beam of light, shining out of the wand. The woman opened her green eyes and saw herself in a mirror. Time had not changed her appearance, nor the grief from which she had suffered. She was Tessa Hinton, and she was angry....
Wahey!! First chapter of 'Mother Dear' finished - and actually, it was good fun. Please, please, PLEASE r+r, the more who do, the more likely I am to come up with an extra chapter. A few quick things though. Catamongapidgeons - sorry I haven't read Lily yet, but I will. To make up here is a plug for you!!! Miasha - where's Nightworld and my prophesy?!!! Naavi - please put up the next chapter of 'Lily's Problems' - and 'A new life for Lily' ASAP!!!!
Finally - a word of warning to all those out there who want to steal any of my work. I know the unforgivable curses, and I'm not afraid to use them!!! Also, my friend has a headless Hessian horseman I can borrow, and I know where I can get Mywthalthki and Kitty - who is scary and blue and purple and not at all kitty-ish.... Be afraid.... MWA-HA-HA-HAAAAA!!!!!!!
NB; I will say this only once. Only the plot, and Tessa Hinton belong to me. The rest of it is J K Rowlings, and is copyrighted by her. Anyone taking her stuff could be sued, and anyone taking MY stuff will be placed under one of the three unforgivable curses - I'm not going to say which, nor will I let you choose. You have been warned....
A young woman with raven blue hair, and eyes the deepest green walked into a dark and dusty room. She moved over to the window and ripped open the curtains. Light broke through the glass, falling in a beam on the floor. If you looked closely you could see the pieces of dust dancing in the light, like tiny fairies. There were dustsheets over the few pieces of furniture. Looking at the outlines, the woman could see a bed, a table a chair and a cupboard. Slowly, she exhaled. It had been a long time. Then, in the blink of an eye, she vanished, the only trace of her, a few, nondescript footprints in the dust...
"Lily! Lily! Wake up!"
Lily Evans turned over in her sleep, and groaned a few words.
"Lily! Get up or you will miss the express!!!"
These words woke Lily up with a start. She couldn't miss the Hogwarts Express. She was head girl - the school needed her! She jumped out of bed and looked at herself in the mirror. A girl in her late teens, with deep green eyes and short, brown hair stared back at her. Lily had been looking forward to this day for weeks, the day when she would become head girl at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For you see, Lily Evans was no ordinary girl - Lily Evans was a witch...
Lily hurried down to the breakfast table, where her mother and father were waiting for her. Her trunk was packed and waiting by the door, with her owl cage on top, a sleeping barn owl inside it. As for Lily's sister Petunia - well, as if Petunia would want to wave her off!! No - Petunia had decided to stay the night at a friend's house. Lily found it strange that, whilst she and Petunia were born within minutes of each other, only she was a witch, and only she had green eyes - everyone else in her family (as far as she knew) had either blue or brown.
Although it was just a theory, Lily often thought that it was her eyes that had got her to Hogwarts. It might sound stupid, but no one else had green eyes - and no one else had magic in them. The rest of the family were muggles through and through - even the family cat Felicitat had orange eyes. When she was younger, whilst surrounded by friends, she had always felt alone, now, at Hogwarts, for the first time in her life, she felt like she belonged - and she liked it.
Lily's mum and dad couldn't take her to Kings Cross - they both had to get off to work in the city, but they were taking her to Sutherum station from where it was only a ten minute train journey into Kings Cross.
In the car on the way, the only sound that could be heard was the gentle chugging of the car as it moved along the quiet B roads and her barn owl, Lupidup breathing gently on the back seat next to her. They got to the station five minutes before the train was due at the station. Her mother started battering her with questions.
"Lily - have you got your money from Grinningpots"
"Yes Mother - and its Gringotts - not Grinningpots"
"Gringotts, Grinningpots, who cares? Have you got enough food for the journey?"
"No Mum, but I'll buy some from the trolley, they do sell healthy food as well as sweets - you know that"
"What about...."
"Margaret, stop hassling the girl - she'll be fine, won't you sweetheart?"
"Sure Dad, look - if you guys don't go now you'll be late to get in the office. I'll see you at Christmas - promise."
"Well if your sure..."
"Of course she is Margaret. We'll see you soon honey." And with that, her parents kissed her on the cheek and left.
Lily didn't have to wait long before the train pulled up, she had her ticket ready, and, whilst she had to ask for help to get her trunk on the train, she was soon sitting down comfortably in a compartment of her own. The train whistle blew, and slowly the train pulled out of the station, picking up speed as it went, until it plunged into a dark tunnel and was immersed in darkness.
There was darkness in another place too. The place where the woman had mysteriously vanished. If you were to close your eyes in that room, and then open them, you would see the same thing. Darkness.
The woman pulled out her wand - by this action it was clear she was a witch - and said one simple spell. iLumos/i. Instantaneously the room was filled with a small beam of light, shining out of the wand. The woman opened her green eyes and saw herself in a mirror. Time had not changed her appearance, nor the grief from which she had suffered. She was Tessa Hinton, and she was angry....
Wahey!! First chapter of 'Mother Dear' finished - and actually, it was good fun. Please, please, PLEASE r+r, the more who do, the more likely I am to come up with an extra chapter. A few quick things though. Catamongapidgeons - sorry I haven't read Lily yet, but I will. To make up here is a plug for you!!! Miasha - where's Nightworld and my prophesy?!!! Naavi - please put up the next chapter of 'Lily's Problems' - and 'A new life for Lily' ASAP!!!!
Finally - a word of warning to all those out there who want to steal any of my work. I know the unforgivable curses, and I'm not afraid to use them!!! Also, my friend has a headless Hessian horseman I can borrow, and I know where I can get Mywthalthki and Kitty - who is scary and blue and purple and not at all kitty-ish.... Be afraid.... MWA-HA-HA-HAAAAA!!!!!!!