Chapter 1: Unexpected
Lily Evans was not like any other girl. She was special, a witch, unlike her older sister Petunia. For one thing she was the only red-head in her family she knew apart from some great aunt, and she also had bright almond-shaped green eyes that complemented her hair beautifully, you could say that Lily Evans was more than a pretty girl. Her older sister Petunia on the other hand, she was much taller than Lily, had short, pale blonde hair and blue eyes. When Lily was younger she was jealous that she didn't look like Petunia as she was made a freak that she had different hair and eyes by her sister.
One usual morning in late August, a single white owl swooped into the Evans kitchen holding out it's foot with a letter attached.
Petunia was the first to notice, shrieking unattractively as the owl perched itself on the counter, flapping its wings patiently. Lily jumped up and raced over to her owl, grabbing treats for her out of the cabinet.
"Is that my Hogwarts letter, Carrie?" Asked Lily scratching the spot behind her ear she knew Carrie liked while detaching the letter. Carrie hooted in response. Just then, Lily dropped the letter looking shocked.
"What's that look for, have the freaks finally realised you're an even bigger freak than them and kicked you out?" Asked Petunia, trying to hide her curiosity.
"I got Head girl" Lily replied, her voice barely above a whisper. "I got Head girl!" She repeated, shouting, as her mother walked in with fresh milk. Lily reread the letter to them, Her mum congratulating her while Petunia looked horrified.
"So you're going to be head of the freaks?" Said Petunia, scowling when Lily nodded. She got up and left the room. Lily stared after her, anger and longing replacing happiness, why couldn't Petunia just accept that she is a witch and be happy for her?
"She's got a lot on her plate at the moment, you know," said Rose, as if reading Lily's thoughts. Lily nodded sadly, recalling her fight with Vernon the other day and him calling off the engagement.
"I just wish she'd be happy for me." A tear sliding town her cheek, and with that she got up and went to the park down the road.
The train for Hogwarts was just over a week away and Lily couldn't wait to start her final year, now with more responsibility being Head girl. Her mind wondered to who would fill the position of Head boy, hoping it was Remus, the other Gryffindor prefect, and not Severus the Slytherin prefect.
She was going to leave in two days to spend the last week of the holidays staying at her friend Becky Meadows with her other friends Alice Tottleham and Marlene McKinnon. Becky was tall and had long dark hair, she was cousins with Sirius Black but her family wasn't against any muggle-born rights unlike his. Alice had honey brown hair cropped short and was in a relationship with Frank Longbottom, who was in the year above and would not be joining them in their final year. Marlene was also muggle-born, like Lily, and had mid-length blonde hair.
She was glad to leave Petunia but upset about not spending the last week with her Mum. Rose had been hard on her recently regarding Petunia, telling her to play nice and be sensitive about her relationships, but it was Petunia who always called her out on being a freak. She knew if her father was still with them he would stick up for her, but he died at the end of her fifth year making the loss of her father and best friend, Sev, unbearable.