Lily stepped inside her house after a long walk to the muggle store a few minutes away and got surprised when her sister with purple hair jumped in front of her with a grin on her face.
"There you are! Take a look." Tonks said and gestured with her hands around the house. There were boxes all over the house but otherwise it was pretty much empty. The paintings on the walls were gone and so was almost everything else. The only thing which was left was the chairs and the table in the kitchen.
"Okay, Dora, what's happening?" Lily asked confused. "What is it with all this rush out of nowhere?" She was only gone for one hour tops and now nothing was left in her own house. Her mum and dad came into the kitchen where Lily and Tonks were, levitating their trunks.
"There you are, sweetie! Nymphadora, tell your sister the news." Andromeda said and put her trunks on the floor near the table. Tonks hair turned red and she stood up from her chair to watch her mother furiously. Lily and Ted giggled but it quickly turned into hysterical laughter. They knew pretty well how much Tonks hated to be called Nymphadora and it was so funny when their mum called her that because of her metamorphomagus "reactions".
"MOM! DON'T. CALL ME. NYMPHADORA!" Tonks snapped at her. Andromeda raised one eyebrow and crossed her arms. She had an innocent smile on her face.
Tonks turned to Lily again with a bright smile and took out a letter from the pocket in her jacket.
"WE'RE MOVING BACK TO ENGLAND LILY!" She screamed and hugged her. She even carried her in her arms and danced with her. Lily screamed and laughed even when Tonks let her go.
"What are you t-talking about?" Lily asked unsure what to believe. Tonks gave her the letter and when Lily read the first letter "H" she screamed hysterically. Tonks laughed and her hair turned into purple while Andromeda and Ted smiled fondly.
"MY HOGWARTS LETTER, IT'S HERE! I'M GOING TO HOGWARTS I-I WILL-" she jumped up and down and got tears in her eyes. It was time for her to go to Hogwarts! She would get a wand! Her wand! "-I'M GOING TO HOGWARTS!" She finished her sentence and tried to calm down.
"Now, now Lily, it wasn't that big of a surprise, was it? After all, you showed your magic quite early" Ted said and took a bite from an apple.
"That doesn't stop me from being excited! I'm going up to my room..." Lily screamed and made her way to the stairs.
"LILY! WAIT! I coming with you!" Tonks shouted and ran after Lily.
"Don't forget to pack properly you two! We are leaving tomorrow!" Their mum shouted from downstairs.
Lily ran in her room with Tonks after her and took her trunk which was under her bed. She had completely forgotten about her mum telling her to pack "properly" so she took all the clothes in her wardrobe and threw them in her trunk. She took all of her belongings and ran around her room in pure happiness. She would be going home tomorrow. She would be back in England in a few hours and she would really go to Hogwarts. She took her second trunk and threw her things in that too till it was full and she had to stand on it to close it. Tonks laughed at her sister's rush and with a flick of her wand Lily's trunk was closed. Now she had to wait a few painful hours before getting back home. She had to wait till the end of the summer to get her school stuff from Diagon Alley and had to wait even more before getting to Hogwarts. Lily sat on her bed and stared across the room with her thoughts flying around her brain. What house will she be in? What if she don't have any friends there? No, Tonks said it was impossible to not have a friend but she was in Hufflepuff.
Tonks watched Lily from the entrance to her room and walked towards her bed to sit next to her. She put her wand back in her pocket and sidehugged her sister. She knew Lily was nervous and she wanted to make her feel better. After all what was there to be nervous about? Lily was a wonderful person, no doubt she would have friends at Hogwarts in maybe all the houses there.
"Nervous huh?"
"No I'm so confident" Lily said sarcastically and put her head in her hands. "Sorry."
"Don't be, but common Lily! You are bloody amazing, i mean Merlin, you really are amazing." Tonks said and poked her arm playfully.
Lily smiled and raised her head. "You mean it?" Lily asked with a nervous smile.
"No I'm just joking. You are just so bloody perfect." Tonks said.
Lily giggled and hugged her sister."You are the best sister ever."
"I know, not everybody can change their appearance like I can. It's a bonus."
Lily burst out laughing still hugging her sister and Tonks began laughing too till they just sat there and talked about Hogwarts and the ghosts there. They sat there for an hour till their mum came into Lily's room with a curious look in her face.
"Have you already packed Lily?" Andromeda asked and raised her eyebrow.
"Yes!" Tonks and Lily said in unison. Lily raised her eyebrows at Tonks giving her a look which meant "now you've done it".
Andromeda didn't look convinced and took out her wand to flick it over the big two trunks beside her bed. The trunks opened and all her belongings looked like a mess. Lily blushed and Tonks tried to hold in her laugh.
"I think I said properly" Andromeda said. "Now both of you, we still have plenty of time so pack your belongings properly." Andromeda said and walked out of the room with a mischievous grin. Lily and Tonks groaned and stood up on their feet slowly to begin packing properly.
"At least she didn't open my tr-" Tonks began.
"AND DON'T FORGET DORA'S TRUNK AS WELL!" They heard Andromeda shouting from downstairs.
Elena wasn't answering her phone and she had already done everything she could came up with in her mind. Amelia walked around in the small apartment trying to find something to do. Did earth eat Elena alive or what? She was probably reading her adventure books or planned how to prank people.
Amelia sighed and walked to the living room where she threw herself onto the couch and stared at the roof. It had been a week since she saw Lily and Elena. Elena had vanished somewhere and well, Lily didn't have a phone. Amelia waited for the next month though because she had her birthday then. That would be a boring day too but it was still her birthday.
A noise..
Amelia let her eyes travel towards the direction which the noise came from. It sounded like something was moving in the kitchen. She got up slowly and tip toed the way to the kitchen. She didn't see anything and the noise had stopped. Did she imagine things now. She was getting mental!
She headed to the living room again and then she heard the noise again. But now, it wasn't in the kitchen, it was in the living room a few feet away from her. She searched the floor and looked behind the telly and then she stared out through the window. What if it was a little bastard thing? A small little cockroach! She shivered and walked towards the couch again to sit down. This was one of the most boring summer breaks in history! She ran a hand through her hair and picked up her phone. Unlike Elena she had a good phone and she could watch videos. She tried to text Elena again but she didn't wait for an answer.
Amelia was listening to music when she heard that noise again and she sighed, annoyed. What was that thing? Oh great it's a big spider beside her on the wall.
A SPIDER!
Amelia shrieked and jumped from the couch. She ran to her room to grab an old math book and ran to the living room again. That was a black spider and she really didn't want to have it in her home. The spider was standing still and Amelia took small steps towards it, step by step, trying to get closer as she had the book in her hands. She would kill it! She would freaking kill it! She threw the book on the spider but it missed. Amelia shrieked again as the spider began moving fast and the weird thing was, the spider was on its way towards her. She panicked and let out a scream of pure fear and before she knew it, the spider was on fire. Soon enough the spider was dead but she was in shock as she watched the fire she had caused. Suddenly she heard a noise from the opened window in the kitchen and she walked fast to the window, ready to fight another spider. But it wasn't a spider. It was an brown owl with big yellow eyes and on the kitchen table was a letter.
Hogwarts?
Amelia looked around and then at the owl which was staring back at her.
"Did you bring this letter? To me?" Stupid she was, talking to a bird...but who did send her that letter?
"Let's find out what it says, then."
She was lying on the floor covered in sweat and her hands around her stomach. Her parents and little brother wasn't at home and they wouldn't be back for about another two hours. Everything was blurry around her and she groaned when the pain came back all the time. It felt like her bones were about to break and she couldn't stand up. Last time she tried, about five minutes ago, she fell on the floor and the pain was even more powerful than before. She thought it was over when she felt the pain for the first time a week ago. Clearly it was not and she wouldn't tell her parents. She would be alright, she didn't need any help and the last thing she wanted right now was to be put in the hospital. The pain will be over soon, patience..it'll be over..
Her phone made a quick noise, someone was texting her. Elena managed to roll her head a bit to see if her phone was near her or on the other side of the room. She couldn't be so sure anymore, her head felt like it was going to explode and her hearing wasn't good either. Her phone could be anywhere. The noise came again but she ignored it. The only thing she would have to focus on right now was to act as normal as she could when her family came back. They would believe her if she said something like being sick.
Elena gasped again and relaxed a little when the pain calmed down and then she took her chance. With a bit of help from the walls she managed to come up on her knees and then to her feet. It was a shock when her vision came back and disappeared again and then returned to be blurry. Her clothes were covered in sweat and her body was shaking now and then.
Suddenly a door opened and voice came out of nowhere. Her family couldn't be home yet, she thought. Then other voices came till she heard conversations which didn't made sense. She was going mental and Elena held in the sob which was growing in her throat. She took a few steps to her bed and fell. At least she was in her bed.
"Please..stop.." She muttered, then everything went black.
Her eyes opened automatically and met the darkness in her room. How long was she out? She noticed she was under the covers still with her clothes on and that meant her family was home. It was silent in the apartment and the only noise came from the kitchen. The clock. She could hear the clock from the kitchen. Her body was sore but she tried to stand up on her feet. The pain was gone at the moment but she was still very warm, warmer than any human could ever be. She looked over the room again and the only light was the moonlight which came in from her window. When she took one more step, trying to get to the kitchen for a glass of water, the pain came again, more powerful than she had ever felt it before. And this time, it didn't stop. With a bite on her lip she fell to the floor with only one thought in her mind. 'She had to get out of here'
So the only thing she had to do now was to collect all her strength and get out from here. Out in the night, somewhere far away from this apartment. Elena could taste blood in her mouth, her blood when she got up on her feet. Tears threatened to run down her cheeks but she ignored it. She had to get out of here, now.
She walked as fast as she could, opened the door to her room and made her way out to the hall. Without thinking about taking her shoes or a jacket she opened the door and went to the elevator after closing the door shut.
To her surprise the elevator was already there so she got inside. Elena turned around with a hand on her stomach and looked at her reflection on the mirror. She looked terrible, she was very pale, her hair was covered in sweat and her pupils were so big, you almost couldn't see her usual brown eye color.
When the elevator stopped she pushed the door open, unaware about her strength and managed to ran. Her instinct led her to the forest so she ran as fast as she could the pain growing even worse. She wanted to scream at the pain to go away and to leave her alone but she kept running till she came to forest. When she was surrounded by trees and away from the sight of big apartments she let herself fall onto the grass. The pain came again and it was like her bones were trying to get another shape. Her eyes landed on her hands and she saw claws of a dog and the pain, the pain was...
She screamed and watched in fear as she saw her hands changing shape and then she felt pain on her back and the rest of her body. Elena was screaming in pain as her bones was starting to break, or at least that was what she thought. Her vision wasn't blurry anymore but she felt her face hurting.
"Please, stop it, s-stop!" She screamed in agony and tears ran down her cheeks. "HE-" she began but then she heard an animal's howl. Like dogs howl. It took several minutes for her to understand the sound came from her own mouth. The pain came over and over again and she was screaming till everything suddenly stopped. The pain was gone, the headache was gone, her vision was clear, more than it had ever been in her entire life. She didn't even need her glasses. Her eyes fluttered open and met the green smooth grass. Elena stood up and looked around wondering why the pain was gone now. Her eyes landed on her hands again, but what she saw wasn't 'hands'. They were big and smooth grey-white paws and claws of a..a monster? She began walking and tried to get used to her new body. Was she stuck like this now? The thought was a terrifying one.
Elena walked to a lake nearby and prepared herself for what she might see in the reflection of the water.
She closed her eyes as she took a few steps in the water. Normally it would be ice cold but now it felt good. She opened her eyes slowly. What she saw was a grey/white and a little brown wolf staring back at her with green eyes and big black pupils.
Elena felt a light on her face. With a groan she opened her eyes and panicked when she saw where she was. She was lying on an old couch and then she remembered. Last night, she needed a place to stay in because she couldn't go home like a freak, like a monster, so an old cabin in the forest came up in her mind. Amelia used to come here with her, looking for adventures.
Elena stood up on her feet and took an old sheet to wrap around her body. How would she get home? She needed clothes...and she didn't have her phone with her.
Suddenly a bird came in through the broken window. An owl with white feathers carrying a letter.
She furrowed her eyebrows and stared at the owl.
"What's happening?" She muttered and took the letter. Hogwarts The cabin in the forest Dear Miss Ambrosia Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and Minerva Mcgonagall
She felt, sore, sad and unhappy after last night. Elena read the front of the letter and gasped.
Sweden
We are pleased to inform you that you have been
accepted at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await you owl by no later
than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
"FREAK!" She screamed at her reflection and the mirror shattered into pieces.