The One Who's Different
or
Lily is Not Like That
Chapter One
Lily yawned. The sun was streaming in her window, right into her eyes. It was Saturday morning, and it was early. She was the only one in the whole house that was awake. This was Lily's favorite time of day, the time when nothing can touch you and the day is still young. She jumped in the shower, got dressed, then walked downstairs into the sunny kitchen.
Lily cut herself a slice of bread and turned to look out the window just as a tawny owl flew into it. Bang! She ran out the back door to check on the owl ho was now looking quite dazed as it lay there on the ground. Lily took the envelope tied to its leg, two letters fell out, the first read:
Dear Lily,
Caroline and I have decided to go to Diagon Alley next Saturday. Will you join us? We're going to stay at the leady cauldron 'til school starts. You can stay there with us if you want, I know how much you hate it at home. If your interested, we'll meet you at Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor at two o'clock.
Much love,
Sarah
Then Lily looked at the second letter.
Dear Lily,
Please stay at the Leaky Cauldron with Sarah and me. Pwetty pwease? If you want, mum says that you can come over here today and stay with us 'til then. I know you want to get away from Petunia. So, please concider coming to my house today with all yor Hogwarts stuff. This is the last summer you know, we might as well live it to the fullest. Anyways, reply TODAY, and if you don't I will definitely come and bodily drag you out of your house. Yes, this is a threat. Anyways, see you later Lily.
Caroline
Lily sighed, she knew that there was no way to talk Caroline out of coming to get her and staying the rest of the summer with her and Sarah. She decided to break the news to her parents once they woke up, for now, she would pack. This was the first time that Lily was able to pack with magic. She had only turned seventeen two weeks ago, and hadn't had much cause for doing magic since. With one flick of her wand, all of har things folded, wrapped, and stacked themselves before settling gently into her enourmous school trunk.
After that was all done, Lily once again went back outside. She wandered in the garden for a couple of hours reading a book. Then she picked a boquet of flowers, walked back to the house, and put them in a vase on the table. At that time she heard her parents stirring in the master bedroom above the kitchen. She trugged pensivly up the stairs thinking about how she would tell her parents that she wouldn't be seeing them for another year.
As Lily entered their room, her mother turned away from her desk where she had been writing and said, "Good moning Lily! Are you after something?"
"Yes mother, as a matter of fact, I am. You see, I got an letter today from Caroline asking me to spend the rest of the summer with her and Sarah. And I would REALLY like to go. Please let me."
"Oh, well, if that's the case, I'll need to talk to your father. Are you SURE that you want to go, I mean, this is your last summer at home?"
"Mum, I'm positive that I want to go. See, we're going to be spending a lot of time in Diagon Alley, and I'll be able to see all of my friends for the first time in a month. I really do want to go mum. You're the only one that can talk dad into it, please try really really hard. I REALLY want to go mum, please."
The look on her daughter's face was too much for Amelia Evans, so she gave lily a hug and said,"of course sweetheart, if you really want to go that much, I'll talk your father into it before you can say 'hello.'" And with that Mrs. Evans left the room and walked straight downstairs to the kitchen where Fred Evans was cooking breakfast for himself.
"Fred?" Mrs. Evans ventured. "I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment," she said after her husband had acknowledged her.
"Hmm?" came the reply.
"I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment about Lily."
"Of course, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing is wrong, it's just that she has a request to ask of us."
"Oh?"
"Yes, you see, this morning Lily got a letter from Sarah (A/N Mr.Evans liked Sarah and her parents more than Caroline's.) asking her to stay with her for the rest of the summer. Lily has been missing all of her friends from school and would really like to see them. The girls will be spending a lot of time in Diagon Alley, and every Hogwarts student goes there to get their books and things. I think that we should let her go, it is her last summer after all, and she should be able to spend it the way she wants to, it's only fair Fred. After all, she is of age."
"I suppose. Though, I would like to talk to Sarah's parents before Lily goes."
"Oh Fred, how can you do that? Our daughter is seventeen, she is of age in the wzarding world, she is grown up. Why can't you see that? Lily is going, and you are NOT talking to Sarah's parents, and that is FINAL!" Lily's mother would not tolerate her husbands overprotectiveness over his daughters. She knew how painful it was for them, and he decided to turn a blind eye. Oh well, she had gotten her temper up, and when that happened, Fred always gave her her way.
"Alright then," came the meak reply.
"Yes," whispered Lily. She had been listening at the door and could hardly keep herself from screaming in elation.
A/N Hope you liked it. This is my first fanfic, and I don't think that the beginning is very strong. PLEASE REVIEW! Constructive critisism is VERY VERY welcome. Thank you so much.