Dear Reader,
Hi. I'm back. You must be groaning out there. Yes, I'm bored and here to torture you with my terrible writing again. In this chapter, Lily gets her letter! Let's see how that goes.
Without further ado, here is chapter two! (Hehe that rhymed.:)
Spirit
Disclaimer: I wish I owned Harry Potter, but I don't.
July 16th, 1976
Morning
Dear Diary,
Today, I got a very odd letter. Now, I should have noticed something was wrong first thing. It was delivered by a beautiful speckled owl, which made Tuney screech and shoo it away right after the letter dropped in my lap. (That was funny.)When I turned it over, there was a funny crest on the place where most put a sticker to seal it shut. A cute little badger, a fierce lion, a majestic eagle, and a creepy snake were all curled around a big H. I left it on my table, because I have to go to school now, but it's under a thick stack of old novels, because Tuney can't find it there. She doesn't ever even think about reading my books. I love my sis, but a strange letter is sure to get her nosing around. Should I talk to Mum about the letter? I'm not sure I should. I tell her everything, but I need to read the letter first. It's just too odd. I've never had anything like this happen to me before.
Wait. What did Sev say about wizards again? Maybe school will get my mind working again.
Afternoon
Alright, I'm back. I'm opening the letter right now. Oops. I just tore the seal in the snake's tail. Eh. The snake creeps me out. It's coming out... Oh, I hope it's not a revenge prank from Tuney. here's what it says:
Dear Miss Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on the first of September. We await your owl by no later than the thirtieth of July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Oh yeah. This is a prank from my evil sister. Very funny, Petunia. But, Sev did say that there was a school for wizards. Oh, hang on. The door's ringing.
Later
A lot of odd things have happened to me, diary, but this topped them all by a lightyear. No, several million lightyears. First of all, let it be said that my original misconception that Miss Pratchet did not exist was proved wrong. She does, only her real name is Professor McGonagall. After the bell rang, I went downstairs, hoping for Amy, and was instead greeted by a youngish woman, admitted into the house by my mum. She was dressed really oddly, in a thick, heavy dress (she called it a robe,) and a funny pointed hat, like the one I got for Halloween when I was dressed as a witch. She introduced herself as Mrs. Pratchet, which immediately got everyone confused. Petunia told her, dumbly, that Ms. Pratchet doesn't exist. She seemed surprised that we knew that, but I think only I noticed. She sat down, Mum got her tea, and then she asked me if my letter had arrived.
Apparently, it wasn't a joke. When I confirmed that it had, in fact, arrived, she proceeded to explain that I was a witch, meaning a girl with magical abilities, that the fake letter from school was so we would allow her into the house, and that she was actually Professor McGonagall, a teacher at a school for "people like me.' She says that there's a whole hidden world of wizards out there! Sev was right! Wow. I was totally not suspecting that.
At this point, Petunia asked if she was a witch, too, which I thought was pretty stupid. If she was a witch, they would have sent her a letter when she was eleven. When the Professor replied no, she stormed off to her room. The Professor continued to tell us that there was a wizarding shopping mall, or at least it sounded like that, right in London! (Ignoring Petunia's reaction, of course.) Imagine, all the people living there and no one ever found it. I wonder what they sell there. The Professor left after a while, when Mum looked like she finally believed her, and promised to take us to a "Diagon Alley" on the first of August.
And now I'm sitting here, looking through the supplies lists. They're almost just like wizards in stories, but real! I need a cauldron, and a magic wand! There are a lot of odd sounding book titles too, like One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, and The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self Protection. I hope anything we learn in the Defense class we won't have to use. Now I'm a little scared. But, this magical world seems so cool! And it even explains all the other things that happen to me. I no longer believe in coincidences, now that there's magic. But what about school? I could just drop out now. But Amy? What do I tell her? Leaving all I know and love about home and moving to a magic world? Maybe I shouldn't. Help me, diary. What should I do? I guess I'll ask Severus about that, too, since you're not going to tell me.
Lily
So, Lily has some hesitations. But what about Petunia? What does she think? We're going to find out! I hope you have time to review and tell me what's wrong with this. If not, maybe follow or favorite? I'll try to update twice a week for you. Hope you liked it!
Peace Out,
Spirit