Disclaimer: I own only the idea, J.K. Rowling owns the rest
Title comes from the lyrics of Taylor Swift's song Long Live
All The Magic We Made
Prologue
"Come on, Lily! We're going to the beach!"
"I'm coming, Tuney, hold your horses!" Petunia always waited for her younger sister. It was a blessing and a fault. Lily was usually late.
The day was perfect. The air was crisp and not muggy and humid. It was just slightly windy, but not enough to blow sand into your face, and although the water was freezing, the air was just warm enough to tempt you to dip your feet in. Lily and Petunia dunked immediately. We are fearless, Lily had declared before diving in with Petunia on her heels.
They played mermaid and pirate and a number of other underwater games before running shivering up to Mr. and Mrs. Evans, each of which were enjoying their own books and sharing bits of information here and there. Wrapped in towels with sandy feet shoved into old flip flops, they piled back into the car.
Once home and after a joint bath still in their sand coated bathing suits, the girls had changed into matching skirts and sandals. The sky was just barely beginning to darken, and the happy family of four sipped lemonade in the beautiful back garden.
Lily and Petunia played games with sticks and fallen flowers, and Mr. and Mrs. Evans read a bit more of their books and talked politics and economy and other adult topics. The day was absolutely perfect.
It was perfect because Mr. Evans was not yet sick, and Lily had no clue who lived down the street, and words like magic and wands were only ever uttered as a joke.
It was perfect because the family was still whole, and no one ever had real arguments of any worth, and everyone was happy.
It was the last perfect day that Petunia Evans ever recalled having, and she tried to keep the memory in her mind during difficult times. She tried particularly hard to remember when a certain boy was left on her doorstep nearly fifteen years later.
A/N:
Yeah, it's short. So this is the L/J story that I've been working on. This is the Prologue, obviously, and the rest of the story is divided into three parts: one for Lily's 5th year, one for her 6th, and one for her 7th. I've been trying to make it as canon as possible and it's a lot of painstaking work, but worth it.
Please, please, please review, it would mean a lot. I promise to take critique well- critique and not insults.
Thank you for reading!
Sapphire1616