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Cats' Eye
Chapter 1
Lily sat in her corner of the decrepit store, The Magical Menagerie. For years she sat in that corner in the store in Diagon Alley just watching people pass by. The storekeeper never paid much attention to her. Neither did anyone.
It all started years ago when she learned to become an animagus illegally during her time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She only wanted to see how it was done and ended up learning how to do it and keeping it a secret. She never really knew why everything ended up like this. Her husband, James Potter, died at the hand of the Dark Lord Voldemort for Lily and their son, Harry resulting in Lily and Harry being saved. So she wandered the streets as the amber colored cat with emerald green eyes until the storekeeper of The Magical Menagerie captured her and took her to his shop. She knew she wouldn't see Harry for a long time if ever again.
Lily never planned on being sold to any customer that walked through that creaky old door. Until she saw a young girl about the age of 13 with a pretty face and bushy brown hair wearing a Gryffindor Hogwarts uniform walk into the store. They instantly liked each other. The girl glanced around at other animals and then walked straight over to her.
"Oh he's gorgeous!" she exclaimed. 'I'm a she.' Lily thought but couldn't really make much mention of it. "Sir!" the girl called to the stuffy old storekeeper. "This cat, how much is he?" "He's 56 sickles. Been here for quite awhile he has. About 12 years I think." the storekeeper replied. "Then it's about time he gets adopted." she said and took out her change purse and handed over 56 sickles.
She bought her a pretty blue collar, a red food dish, some chicken flavored cat food, and a comfortable looking bed. "Thank you, sir!" she said and happily left the shop.
'I don't know how I'm ever going to get her to call me a she.' Lily thought but figured it wasn't that big a deal. "Now what am I going to call you?" her new owner asked. She walked down Diagon Alley thinking for quite a while until she finally came up with something. "How about Crookshanks? Yes that's the perfect name for my perfect kitty." 'Crookshanks? Where did that come from?' Lily couldn't believe that she may be spending the rest of her life going by the name of Crookshanks. 'It will take some getting used to.' she concluded.
After awhile of walking through crowds of witches and wizards buying school supplies for the new school year, she spotted a boy who she could have sworn was James. Then with quite a feeling of shock she realized it was Harry. 'I truly thought I would never see my little baby again!' Lily felt like crying she was so happy to see him but cats can't cry. Harry looked just like James. He had the same dark, messy hair, same face, even similar glasses. But he had Lily's beautiful green eyes. And another difference Lily noticed was that Harry had something strange looking on his forehead. It looked to Lily like a scar.
"Harry! Ron!" Lily's owner called out to them. Harry and a boy with red hair, Ron, both turned in their direction. "Hey, Hermione." Ron said. "How's your summer been?" Harry asked as they all found a seat at a small circular table. "Oh, It's been a nice break." Hermione replied. "So what's that monster?" Ron laughed. "This is Crookshanks and he is the most perfect cat for me! Isn't he gorgeous? I couldn't believe it when the storekeeper said he's been there for 12 years!" Hermione said. "I can," Harry said, laughing along with Ron.
"Oh, stop you twits." Hermione said getting up. "I've gotten all my things so I'm heading back to the Leaky Cauldron. My parents said they would just let me stay the night here since we're leaving for Hogwarts tomorrow." "Yeah we had best be getting the rest of our stuff." Harry said. "Alright, I'll be seeing you later. We have to catch up!" And with that the three of them went their different ways and would meet again at dinner.
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