Spoilers: all those wonderful books by the goddess JKR.(who owns all of it)
And my previous story Redheads.
A/N: it's not just another Lily's first year at Hogwarts fic. Ok maybe it
is but it's really good so read and review please.
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A very small eleven year old girl with red braids, freckles and bright green eyes sat all alone on top of her trunk on platform 9 ¾. The blue gray cat called Pendragon sat purring on her lap. She was an hour early for the train. Her parents had very much wanted to be here with her to see her off but they had to take her sister to school today, also.
After a while people began arriving and a couple of big boys picked up her trunk for her and put it in the very last compartment. So now she was sitting in the train alone except for Pendragon. She watched out the window for a while. Parents were saying goodbye to children. Friends who hadn't seen each other all summer were getting reacquainted. It just got too hard to watch. She didn't have any friends at all, maybe she never would.
She pulled a book out of her trunk to read, "Hogwarts: A History", but it just made her feel smaller and lonelier. She put that book back and pulled out another, fiction this time. She was completely engrossed in the story when a boy her own age, a good three inches taller but nearly as thin, entered the compartment without knocking.
"I'm sorry," he said, "I thought there was no one in here."
"That's okay," she barely whispered.
"Do you mind if I stay? There's nowhere else."
The girl shook her head.
"I think we're possibly the shiest people on the train," he said with a half grin, sitting down on the seat across from her, "Name's Remus Lupin."
She smiled, "I'm Lily Evans."
A woman on the platform called Remus' name.
"That'd be my mum," he poked his head out the open window.
"You be careful, Remus, and you do whatever Mr. Dumbledore tells you to," the woman yelled up.
"Yes, Mum, I will."
"He let you in and he didn't have to," the woman continued, "You just remember that."
"I know, Mum," He looked at Lily and rolled his eyes, "Goodbye, Mum, see you at Christmas."
He closed the window and sat back down. "Parents," he shook his head, "Were your parents here to see you off?"
"They wanted to be but. . .er. . .they had to take my sister to school today, too." Lily looked uncomfortable.
"Well why's she not at. . , oh they had to take her to muggle school."
"Yeah, that's the word for it."
"So is anybody else in your family magic, then?"
"I don't think so," She was beginning to feel a bit more relaxed. This boy didn't seem to mind that she hadn't grown up a witch.
"I bet you were surprised when you got your letter."
"Well yeah, I had no idea there were schools like this. I kind of had a feeling there was something different about me, though."
"Why's that?"
"Well a couple of years ago I figured out that I could do this." She held her hand about 5in. over the top of her open book and waved it from right to left. The page lifted and turned, following her hand, although she never touched it.
"Cool." Remus grinned.
"That was wicked!" the voice came from the open doorway to the compartment. Lily and Remus both jumped. They hadn't realized anyone was standing there.
"Do it again," said the boy who was about their age with glasses and unruly black hair.
Lily was too startled to argue and she turned another page.
"Sirius, you have to come and see this," the boy called down the corridor. The boy who must have been Sirius, then appeared in the door way, "What's up?"
"Look what she can do," the first boy looked at Lily, "Well, go on."
Lily sighed and turned another page.
"Whoa," said the boy called Sirius.
"And she's muggle born, I heard him say it." The boy jerked a thumb at Remus.
"Excuse me," Remus spoke up having had enough, "Who are you exactly?"
"Oh sorry, I'm James Potter and this is Sirius Black."
Sirius waved he had already taken a seat next to Remus and had a mouth full of chocolate.
"I'm Remus Lupin," he wished the other they would leave so he and Lily could resume their conversation in peace.
"And you?" James sat next to Lily right on top of Pendragon. The cat screeched and took off running. Lily screamed too.
"Don't worry I'll get him." James winked at her and started down the corridor after the cat. A door suddenly opened and knocked him in the head. There was laughter and when the door closed again a very flustered boy was huddled on the ground in front of him.
The boy looked up at James, "They kicked me out."
"Well come on then," James helped him up. "We're down in the one on the end. Just let me get the cat."
James scooped up Pendragon and asked the other boy his name. They walked back to the compartment together.
"This is Peter," James told the rest of them as he handed the cat pack to Lily, "I'm sorry I didn't ketch it before. What was your name?"
"I didn't say it before," Lily was still a bit flustered, too. "It's Lily."
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A very small eleven year old girl with red braids, freckles and bright green eyes sat all alone on top of her trunk on platform 9 ¾. The blue gray cat called Pendragon sat purring on her lap. She was an hour early for the train. Her parents had very much wanted to be here with her to see her off but they had to take her sister to school today, also.
After a while people began arriving and a couple of big boys picked up her trunk for her and put it in the very last compartment. So now she was sitting in the train alone except for Pendragon. She watched out the window for a while. Parents were saying goodbye to children. Friends who hadn't seen each other all summer were getting reacquainted. It just got too hard to watch. She didn't have any friends at all, maybe she never would.
She pulled a book out of her trunk to read, "Hogwarts: A History", but it just made her feel smaller and lonelier. She put that book back and pulled out another, fiction this time. She was completely engrossed in the story when a boy her own age, a good three inches taller but nearly as thin, entered the compartment without knocking.
"I'm sorry," he said, "I thought there was no one in here."
"That's okay," she barely whispered.
"Do you mind if I stay? There's nowhere else."
The girl shook her head.
"I think we're possibly the shiest people on the train," he said with a half grin, sitting down on the seat across from her, "Name's Remus Lupin."
She smiled, "I'm Lily Evans."
A woman on the platform called Remus' name.
"That'd be my mum," he poked his head out the open window.
"You be careful, Remus, and you do whatever Mr. Dumbledore tells you to," the woman yelled up.
"Yes, Mum, I will."
"He let you in and he didn't have to," the woman continued, "You just remember that."
"I know, Mum," He looked at Lily and rolled his eyes, "Goodbye, Mum, see you at Christmas."
He closed the window and sat back down. "Parents," he shook his head, "Were your parents here to see you off?"
"They wanted to be but. . .er. . .they had to take my sister to school today, too." Lily looked uncomfortable.
"Well why's she not at. . , oh they had to take her to muggle school."
"Yeah, that's the word for it."
"So is anybody else in your family magic, then?"
"I don't think so," She was beginning to feel a bit more relaxed. This boy didn't seem to mind that she hadn't grown up a witch.
"I bet you were surprised when you got your letter."
"Well yeah, I had no idea there were schools like this. I kind of had a feeling there was something different about me, though."
"Why's that?"
"Well a couple of years ago I figured out that I could do this." She held her hand about 5in. over the top of her open book and waved it from right to left. The page lifted and turned, following her hand, although she never touched it.
"Cool." Remus grinned.
"That was wicked!" the voice came from the open doorway to the compartment. Lily and Remus both jumped. They hadn't realized anyone was standing there.
"Do it again," said the boy who was about their age with glasses and unruly black hair.
Lily was too startled to argue and she turned another page.
"Sirius, you have to come and see this," the boy called down the corridor. The boy who must have been Sirius, then appeared in the door way, "What's up?"
"Look what she can do," the first boy looked at Lily, "Well, go on."
Lily sighed and turned another page.
"Whoa," said the boy called Sirius.
"And she's muggle born, I heard him say it." The boy jerked a thumb at Remus.
"Excuse me," Remus spoke up having had enough, "Who are you exactly?"
"Oh sorry, I'm James Potter and this is Sirius Black."
Sirius waved he had already taken a seat next to Remus and had a mouth full of chocolate.
"I'm Remus Lupin," he wished the other they would leave so he and Lily could resume their conversation in peace.
"And you?" James sat next to Lily right on top of Pendragon. The cat screeched and took off running. Lily screamed too.
"Don't worry I'll get him." James winked at her and started down the corridor after the cat. A door suddenly opened and knocked him in the head. There was laughter and when the door closed again a very flustered boy was huddled on the ground in front of him.
The boy looked up at James, "They kicked me out."
"Well come on then," James helped him up. "We're down in the one on the end. Just let me get the cat."
James scooped up Pendragon and asked the other boy his name. They walked back to the compartment together.
"This is Peter," James told the rest of them as he handed the cat pack to Lily, "I'm sorry I didn't ketch it before. What was your name?"
"I didn't say it before," Lily was still a bit flustered, too. "It's Lily."