A/N: This is my first fanfiction, if you have any ideas on what I should add in the story then im open to everyone.
DISCLAIMER: No .. I do not own the Harry Potter series , all the characters are J.K.'S .. the plot is mine though.
On the corner of Spinners End, stood a rather peculiar house. No, not wholly in appearance but mostly of what was inside.
Number 25 of Spinners End was usually the gossip of summer. Mostly because their youngest daughter came home from boarding school. Owls mysteriously swoop down during her presence, during the day time too! Green, yellow, red even blue colored smoke could occasionally be seen from the girl's window. But one day, it was quite normal, or as normal as it could be.
"Lilllyyyy!" complained a 17 year old Marlene, "I'm bored" she claimed.
Marlene was spread out on her single bed with her head dangling off one side. She was a rather tall girl with all the right curves. Her hair was long, light brown darker highlights with eyes to match. Along with slightly tanned skin from all those summers she spent in France.
This summer she decided to spend it with her friend instead.
Lily glanced at Marlene from above her copy of Pride and Prejudice and sighed, "You've only been saying that for about the past hour Marlene." She had to admit though, Lily was quite bored herself.
Unlike Marlene, Lily had a petite frame, vivid red hair and emerald green eyes. Her temper was as fiery as her hair. Although, she was known for being very sweet at times. And of course both girls were beautiful even if they didn't know it.
Out of nowhere a hand came forward snatching the book out of her hands. "HEY!" she exclaimed. Desperately trying to get it back she gave up with no avail and a huff. "Marlene Jane Mckinnon" she growled "you better have a good reason for making me lose my page". Marlene straightened herself up and brushed off some invisible dust from her clothes. She cleared her throat dramatically while Lily rolled her eyes.
She really wouldn't expect anything less from Marlene, she was known to be slightly over dramatic at times.
"I would just like to enlighten you with the fact that we will be going out for a stroll." She informed Lily in a very business-like manner.
"Us? We? As in you and me ?" Lily asked raising an eyebrow.
"Yes us" Marlene impatiently said grabbing Lily's right arm and pulling her up off the couch she had been relaxing on.
The two girls were strolling around town minutes later not really sure what they were about to do.
"Alright... Where to first?" Lily asked swinging her satchel around her arm. "I don't know, let's just look around." Marlene said peering into an ancient ice-cream parlor. Soon the girls were walking along the street, each with an ice-cream cone in hand. Lily's was strawberry while Marlene's was vanilla.
"What do you think about next year being the last for us at school?" Lily asked. Marlene rolled her eyes. It's been barely two weeks into summer; trust Lily to bring it up.
"Well I'll miss it obviously… I've practically lived there. It's home to me." She replied honestly. Lily hummed in response.
For the next few minutes the girls tried to make small talk but ended up just enjoying the weather. Turning around the corner the girls bumped into a man handing out fliers. He smiled and handed Lily one seeing as Marlene had continued walking on. Lily thanked him and continued down the road stuffing the paper in her bag trying to catch up with Marlene
. "MARLY! WAIT UP!" she said a bit breathlessly. "What did he give you" Marlene asked curiously. "I don't know, and why'd you bound off like that?" Lily asked a tad annoyed. "He gave you something and you ignored it?" Marlene asked shocked. "It's just an advertisement." Lily said. "A what?" Marlene asked confused. It's a wonder how wizards could be so ignorant and clueless about muggles. "Let me see" Marlene said grabbing Lily's bag ignoring her protests and rummaged through it. Finally she pulled out a crumpled up paper and began to read. Marlene and Lily were different in many ways.
Marlene is hyper while Lily is calmer. Marlene constantly needs to be moving around doing something while Lily is content on just sitting around with a good book. Speaking of which, the only time Marlene reads is when it sparks her interest, is for school or if you tell her not to.
Apparently the paper that WAS in Lily's bag had been very interesting. You could tell by the way her eyes widened as they swept across the page. "What is it?" Lily asked in curiosity. Marlene grinned jumping up and down looking quite delighted with what she had just gathered up from a mere paper. "MARLENE!" Lily cried in exasperation. Marlene and grabbed her arm and apparated on the spot. Lily felt the uncomfortable pull on her navel for a moment and stumbled on the ground surprised to say at the very least. Giving Lily no time to straighten herself up, Marlene raced out between two cabins pulling Lily along with her. The place was genuinely empty apart from a couple of people here and there.
They arrived at a small one floor building. Looking around for any insight on where she was she noticed a banner hanging not too far off on a tree. She squinted her eyes to read what exactly was written on it.
"Wil-bury Sum-mer Camp" she pronounced slowly. "Marlene ... why are we he-."Lily started to asked but noticed she was no longer next to Marlene. She saw a glimpse of Marlene's navy blue shirt entering the reception center.
"Gosh … the woman brings me to a random place then leaves me with all my questions." Lily muttered to herself.
Just as she starts to open the door she smacks into someone. "Oh sor-" she starts but cuts off when she sees its her so called best friend Marlene grinning at her as if Christmas had arrived early.
"I'm going to ask you calmly ... what the bloody hell was that about." She said her voice rising a bit at the end. Lily certainly was fuming.
At least Marlene had the decency to look ashamed and a tad afraid. "I volunteered us for summer camp , this one actually , it starts Saturday." She explained. Forgetting about earlier Lily squealed. Something she hadn't done in a while. Marlene laughed at her antic. "What?" Lily asked grinning. "It's just you've never acted like that before." Marlene said letting a few giggles escape her lips. Lily rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Come on, I want another ice-cream." She said.
"You know, the way you keep rolling your eyes they'll fall out soon, and didn't we just have an ice-cream." Marlene said.
Lily ignored her and crossed the street trying to find a sign or any board telling her way back.
After a couple of minutes of looking around and an unhelpful smirking Marlene. "Alright where are we?" Lily asked giving up. "The country side" Marlene flatly stated. "Wha-? But how are we supposed to get back? It's too fa-"Lily started but was interrupted.
"Are you a witch or not? Can you or can you not apparate?" Marlene said.
"Well technically I can't apparate .. only sidelong apparate."
Chuckling Marlene grabbed her arm and did her work.
With a pop they had arrived in an alley close to the ice-cream shop. They bought the same flavors as they had earlier.
Roaming around for a while they met up with Lily's mom in a grocery shop. "My what a surprise! What are you girls doing here?" Claire Evans chuckled.
Mrs. Evans was a tall woman with long dirty blonde hair and twinkling blue eyes. If you looked closely enough, Lily was a younger carbon copy of her mother, not that Mrs. Evans was old, and 38 certainly wasn't old. The colors of their features were the only thing that made them different. They both had pale skin with freckles lightly sprinkled across their noses.
"We signed up for volunteering at a summer camp" Lily said in reply.
"Really? What's it called?"
"Wilbury Summer Camp." Marlene grinned.
Marlene's excitement was certainly spilling out of her. Mrs. Evans chuckled at her expression.
"Well have fun there, and be back in time for dinner today." She said walking away. "We will." the girls chorused behind her.
Claire waved at them in acknowledgment without turning to face them.
The rest of the day went rather uneventful, as did the rest of the five days after them.
I hope you enjoyed and there are many more chapters. READ AND REVIEW.