Lily sat up in her large canopy bed and stretched while letting out a huge yawn. Blinking a few times, she peered around the room,"Well" she thought, "this is definitely different from my house in France"

Lily's family had moved from Paris to London the summer before her sixth year, for her father's business. Which meant that Lily had to come along. Needless to say she was nothing short of outraged when she learned that she not only had to pick up and move her home to a whole different country, but that she also had to change schools. She had been perfectly happy at Beauxbaton's Academy of Magic. Lily had great friends, an wonderful and loving boyfriend, and was well on her way to becoming Head Girl. Now she had to leave all of that to attend blasted Hogwarts! "What kind of name is 'Hogwarts' anyway?" she exclaimed in her mind.

Deciding that she better get a move on if she wanted to get anything done today, she swung her legs over the side of her bed and let them dangle there for a few seconds. In reality, her bed really wasn't all that tall, but Lily had a rather petite stature. She stood only at 5' 5". Although she had long legs, she had a short torso. Shaking her head, she set her feet firmly on the floor and headed for the shower.

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An hour later she was on her way to Diagon Alley to meet up with her old friend Emily. Lily had lived in England when she was young, but moved to France soon after she turned ten. Lily stepped into the dimly lit pub and took off her dark sunglasses so she could see properly. She had no idea of where to go from there, so she went to ask the man behind the bar.

"Excuse me sir!" She called to the man. He looked over, yet ignored her calls. "Hey! Hello over there can't you see that I need some help?" The barn man finally acknowledged her by turning around and flashing a toothless grin, "Ew." She thought.I hope that's not an example of what all the guys in England look like. Lily tried her best to put on a polite smile to hide her disgust. "Um, I was wondering if you could point me to the entrance of Diagon Alley." she asked hurriedly, and quickly turned her gaze away, determinedly looking anywhere but at the man. As he heard her question, his smile got wider and, if possible, more sinister.

"Sure thing, love. Follow me." He walked slowly,with a limp, around the bar and began to lead her to a back alley. Lily followed him hesitantly, making sure to keep a distance of about three feet between them. "There you go love." He said as he stopped to gesture at the brick wall before them. "Just tap these bricks with your wand and you should be on your way." He tipped he bowler hat to her and left the alley, the door shutting with a click behind him. Lily shuddered, glad to be rid of his presence. She tapped the bricks with her wand, as the man instructed. As she stepped back, an archway formed out of the bricks. Giving it a once over, she said to herself, "Not too shabby, England." Lily stepped through the arch and began to walk slowly to the ice cream parlor that she agreed to meet Emily at. She took her time to marvel at the brightly colored shops surrounding her. Suddenly she stopped as she spotted a gorgeous group of guys talking animatedly by a store called Flourish & Blots. The boy closest to her was crouching over in laughter. He had soft black hair that fell shaggily to just above his shoulders. She could tell he had a slightly muscular build by the way his gray shirt clung to his torso. He was tall, around 6' 1", probably the middle height of his two friends.

The next boy was leaning coolly against the building's wall, grinning amusidly at the behavior of his two friends. He had sandy brown hair, the fringe falling just bellow his eye line, he was the shortest of the group, yet still quite tall, at roughly 5' 11". He, too was well built,wearing khaki pants and an open button-down, green stripped shirt with another white shirt underneath. Lastly, the tallest of the three was leaning against his black haired friend , gasping for breath between fits of laughter. Lily didn't have a very good view of him, but could tell that he was also rather muscular. When he finally straightened up, Lily could see that he was wearing wire framed glasses. His raven coloured hair stuck out at all end, yet added to the rugged handsomeness of him. Lifting his head, his eyes met hers, and she was astonished at how amazingly clear his hazel eyes seemed even from a distance. He was just as surprised as her, but quickly caught himself, he instead gave her a slight smirk making his eyes twinkle. With one last look over her, he turned back to his friends. Although he had turned away, Lily kept gazing at him, thoroughly hoping that he went to Hogwarts. "Maybe this move won't be so bad after all." she thought.

Lily was brought back from her musings by a pretty, strawberry blond girl, dressed in jean shorts and a read tank top, calling her name. She immediately recognized her as her old friend Emily. "Emily!" She called back, running towards her to give her a hug. "It's so great to see you again!" she exclaimed as Emily hugged back excitedly. Lily glanced over her friends shoulder to see if the group of boys was still there, only to be disappointed to see that they had disappeared.

Lily drew back to get a better look at her once very close friend, and she realized just how long had passed since she had been in England. Instead of the chubby face and curly blonde pigtails she had remembered about her, she was met with a thin face and short shoulder length shining blonde hair.

"Oh my god! Lily! You look amazing! I cannot believe i haven't seen you since we were nine! We've got alot of catching up to do. Plus," She paused as if for dramatic effect. "I have to fill you in on all of the social happenings at Hogwarts, especially the boys." Emily finished with a knowing smirk.

Lily was taken aback by the new confident aura of her friend. The last she remembered was that Emily was very shy and used to always grab Lily's hand when meeting new people.

"Alright." Replied Lily.

"Great!" Emily squealed, in a very high pitched voice. Lily winced slightly at the octave Emily had hit, but effectivly hid it from her friend. "Great! Follow me, there's this great shop down the street. We can talk there."

Lily nodded and allowed Emily to take her hand and lead the way.

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The two girls were seated under a white umbrella outside of Madame Tiff's Coffee Shop. Emily had not stopped talking since they had sat down. Lily listened to her titter away about Hogwarts and her friends. Finally after what had seemed to be an eternity to Lily, Emily sat back and drew in a breath of air.

"So that's pretty much all about me. I mean I've changed alot since you last saw me Lils."

Lily nodded her head, she couldn't have agreed more.

"But enough about little ol' me, what about you? I haven't seen you in..." Emily paused to count the years in her head and on her fingers. Lily sighed, waiting for her friend to get back to the subject.

"Um, well it doesn't really matter." Emily decided, having given up on trying to count the years. "But seriously! It's been waaay too long. Oh my gosh! Tell me all about Beauxbatons! I mean, were there like a ton of hot guys?"

Lily chuckled under her breath and began to tell her about life back home in France. Although all the while the back of her mind was wondering who was the boy with the astonishing hazel eyes.