Chapter 2 – The First Glimpse
Lily sighed. She leaned her head against the cool window. She was really getting nervous now. They were 5 hours into the train ride, and everyone else in the compartment was chattering excitedly. She looked out the window, squinting to see if she could see any lights in the distance, but all she saw was the raindrops pelting against the window, and the darkness of the evening. Then, she heard the compartment door open.
"Hey guys, I've just been up to the conductor. He says we should be arriving in about 20 minutes! Oh hey, who's this?" the blonde boy asked the others.
"This is Lily. Lily, this is Scorpius Malfoy." Albus told her.
"Scorpius?! The one Uncle Ron always talks about?!" Lily remembered her uncle going on and on about someone named Draco Malfoy, and how he now had a son a year younger than Al, and from what she had heard, Scorpius was heading the same direction as Draco had. Death Eater Pathway. At least that's what her brothers had told her.
"Lil, we lied. We didn't want Uncle Ron knowing that Scorpius was our friend. He's actually really nice. And, he's in Gryffindor!" James told his younger sister, and smiled at Scorpius. Scorpius just continued staring at Lily. Lily didn't notice though. She couldn't get over the fact that all along, her brothers had been friends with Scorpius, while she was thinking he was a horrible person, still supporting Voldemort even though he wasn't alive anymore.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Scorpius." Lily finally got out. Scorpius just gulped. 'she's so beautiful. How the bloody hell did I never know that my friends never had such a gorgeous little sister!?' Lily noticed him staring and could feel a blush begin to creep up the back of her neck. She shook it off. Why was it always that whenever someone stared at her she blushed?! She didn't think it any different than if one of her brothers was staring at her. She was only 11, after all.
"Hey guys, look!" Al yelled, pointing out the window. Lily turned her head towards the window, and gasped. There were lights in the distance! They must be really close now. She reached into her bag, that aunt Hermione had charmed with an undetectable extension charm and grabbed her Hogwarts robes. She quickly put them on, and by the time she had finished, the train was almost completely stopped. She grabbed her bags, and followed her brothers out of the compartment. She was really nervous now. She jumped off the train, and immediately heard the voice that her parents had told her about.
"Firs' years! Firs' years, over here!" She heard Hagrid call. She followed the voice, and tracked it to the biggest man she had ever seen. She was not as surprised as the others though, because her parents had told her many great things about Hagrid. She smiled up at him. "Ah, Hello! You mus' be Lily!" Hagrid said, grinning down at her. She nodded, then turned to look around. She spotted Hugo, and walked over to him. They looked at each other, gave each other very frightened looks, and began to walk, quite quickly because of Hagrid's large steps, and walked towards the lake.
When they reached the lake, they climbed into a boat, and as soon as Hugo had sat down, the boats lurched forward, and set off across the lake. Lily looked up, and saw what she had dreaming about all summer. She had her first sighting of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
