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Chapter One: Hogwarts
Lily Evans, sat alone in a small seat in the Hogwarts Express. She looked at the window. At her parents and sister. Her parents looked pleased and were smiling and waving. Her sister, Petunia, had her arms folded over her chest and her face was stuck in an angry scowl. Lily was happy to be leaving to go to a school of magic, no less but was un happy for her sister's sake. Petunia never was one with popularity and good luck. She had a shrewd boyfriend. A beefy young man by the name of Vernon Dursley but this story is not about Petunia. Not at all.
Lily watched as the train rolled out of the station and watched as her family became smaller and smaller till she could no longer see them any more.
Around noon, a woman wheeling a large cart around containing food came into her compartment. Lily looked at the food and decided to buy a pumpkin pastry. She had never tasted a pumpkin pastry in her life but it looked good so she tasted it. It was delicious as she suspected.
Lily was writing in her journal when a girl about her age came in.
"Hi, my name is Lavinia Morwood, what about you?" Lavinia said. She was tall with dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes. She had small lips and a rosy complection and she seemed nice.
"Lily Evans, nice to meet you." Lily said. Lavinia stuck out her hand and Lily shook it.
"Are you a first year?" Lavinia asked. Lily nodded. "So am I. My mum said that I would probably be placed in Ravenclaw since most of my family has been in there with the exception of my father who was in Gryffindor. I want to be in one of them. How about you?"
Lily, feeling slightly out of place shook her head.
"I was not born into a wizarding family. I don't understand what you mean. Gryffindor? Ravenclaw? What are these things?" Lily asked, trying to sound polite as possible.
"There are four houses in Hogwarts. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin. You get placed in one of these houses, they serve as places for you to live at your time at Hogwarts. If your brave, you get put into Gryffindor. If your smart, Ravenclaw, if your loyal, Hufflepuff and if your sneaky, then Slytherin." Lavinia explained.
"Oh. I see." Lily said. Lily and Lavinia talked until the train pulled into the station.
"We're here? Took long enough." Lavinia muttered.
"Students, please leave your bags where they are. They will be brought up to Hogwarts after the feast." A loud voice boomed. Lily looked around for speakers but then she remembered, she was in the magical world now.
When Lily and Lavinia got out, they heard a voice calling all first years over. When Lily looked at the man, her eyes nearly popped out of her head. He was a giant!
"Woah, mum and dad told me he was big but I never imagined him to be that big!" Lavinia said. Lily was to surprised for words. "Well, come on then."
"A'ight firs' yea's ova 'ere! Four to a boat 'ow!" The large man roared. Lavinia and Lily took a boat with two other boys.
The water was muggy, and seemed to have something large and noisy swimming in it. Lavinia explained it to be the giant squid.
The large man, (Who Lily found out was named Hargrid) walked the first years to the Hogwarts castle which defiantly looked magical. He knocked twice on large double doors and a woman with a stern face answered.
"Thank-you Hagrid, I'll take them from here." The woman said. "My name is Professor McGonagall, head of Gryffindor house. I am not someone to be toyed with, I warn you. The sorting will start momentarily, we shall call you when we're ready."
Lavinia sighed. "Gee, talk about a warm welcome. So, what do you think of Hogwarts?"
Lily smiled, "It looks so magical. Have your parents told you anything else about Hogwarts?"
"A few things. They've got tons of great classes but dad said to make better use of your time during History of Magic. The teacher is a ghost. They have a poltergeist here named Peeves and he is extremely anno-"
Lavinia was cut off as all the first years were thrown onto their backs. Some one pulled the carpet out from under their feet! When Lily looked up, she saw a small transparent man, sitting in the air indian style. He looked down upon them with a pleased look on his face.
"Oooh! Ickle Firsties!" He cackled. This, was undoubtedly Peeves the Poltergeist. Professor McGonagall walked back into the room.
"What are you all doing on your backs? Get up! Its time for the sorting ceremony!" She said. All first years got into single file and followed her into a large room.
Their were four large tables with many children at each one. In the front of the room were many teachers wearing fancy robes and on the stage, was a worn hat.
"I shall call you up. When your name is called, come up here and put on the hat and sit." She explained.
"Angel, Patricia!"
"RAVENCLAW" The hat shouted out the name and children were taken back. It continued on like this for a while.
Finally, Professor McGonagall reached Lily..
"Hmm, hard to tell young Lily..Hmm indeed. Your future shows great bravery...hmm...well if thats what I see then better be GRYFFINDOR!"
Lily, stood up dazed and walked towards the Gryffindor table. Lavinia clapped and cheered for her. So did other Gryffindors.
While Lily sat, waiting for Lavinia to be sorted she started talking to a ghost. Named Nick.
"So nice to meet you Lily, I'm Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. Call me Nick."
"Hello Nick. How long have you been at Hogwarts?"
"Many, many years."
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Lavinia had been sorted. Into Gryffindor. Lily was very thankfull she needed to know someone in her own house!
After the speech, the children ate. The food appeared magically on her plate and was delicious. Lily and Lavinia continued their conversation with Nick for a while, till it was time for everyone to be sent to bed. The Gryffindors followed a boy who had the words "PREFECT" on the top left corner of his robes. He led them through many passageways.
"Stay here, I wanna go up front and ask that prefect something." Lavinia said. Lily stopped and was pushed to the back of the line as Lavinia made her way foward. Lily tried to follow the line and Lavinia but failed and ended up lost, wandering through the halls of Hogwarts.
"Sirius! Come on! Plant the bomb and lets go!" She heard someone say. Bomb? A bomb? That would explode? She followed the voices.
"I wanna find a spot where it would make a good show James! Peter stop whining!" Lily heard another voice say. She turned down the hall and saw a boy with brown hair climbing on a statue with a something that looked like a brown ball in his hand. Three boys were waiting at the bottem. One with sandy blonde hair, who was very tall. Another with wild jet black hair who was a little smaller and a very small boy who was biting his nails viciously. She walked toward them, ducking to stay out of view.
"Sirius hurry up! Oh, good spot. Now hit the timer!" The boy with sand blonde hair said.
"Calm down Remus." The boy who was probably Sirius said. Lily walked closer towards them. She walk almost in their view.
"Hello? Can you help me?" The three boys turned quickly and looked at Lily.
"Bloody hell! She might tell. Oh no and its gonna go off! Sirius jump down! Quick!" The boy with wild jet black hair said. Sirius jumped down from the statue and the brown ball he had been holding started ticking. Lily took a step back.
Three of the boys ran as fast as they could and Lily didn't know what to do. The boy with sandy blonde hair, grabbed her arm and ran quickly.
"What are you doing? Can you tell me how to get to my house?" She asked as they ran.
"I'm saving you from a big mess and danger of being given a weeks worth of detentions what house you in?"
"Gryffindor. What do you mean?"
"RUN! FOLLOW ME!" The boy dove into a hole in the wall and Lily followed. They slid down a passage way till they caught up with the three other boys.
"What did you bring her for?"
"She might get us into trouble"
"SHH!"
The pushed open a spot in the wall and Lily found herself in a room, with large, over stuffed arm chairs, a glowing fire. On one wall there was a huge sign with a lion on it.
WELCOME ALL GRYFFINDOR FIRST YEARS!
She had made it to the common room. Thanks to these boys.
"Lily! There you are! Where did you go?" Lavinia rushed over to her.
"I guess I lost my way. I followed these boys back." Lily explained. Lavinia eyed the boys carefully.
"Excellent choice Lily!" Lavinia looked excited. Lily looked confused. Then she noticed the sandy haired boy walking over to her.
"I'm Remus Lupin, second year. I saved you from the detentions just now. And you are?" He stuck out his hand. Lily shook it.
"Lily Evans. First year." She explained.
"Sirius! James! Peter. Meet our new friend!" Remus said. The three boys he had been with walked over to her.
"This is James, Sirius and Peter." They all nodded and started talking to Remus. Lavinia pulled on her robes and motioned for Lily to come upstairs to bed.
When they got upstairs and into their Pajamas, Lily wrote in her journal and eventually, she felt sleepy. And she drifted off into a deep sleep.
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Authors Note: Well? What did you think? Excuse any errors. Please review. Remember, you'll be put into my ~*Thanks Section*~ if you do a nice review. Any suggestions? Tell me in the review! Next part, to come out soon. More MWPP don't worry!