Title: A James and Lily Story

Posted Date: April 4th 2007

1st Revised Date : May 21st 2007

Author Note: Heres my second chapter, so I hope you enjoy as I try to make each chapter longer and longer

Disclaimer: This story is based on the Harry Potter Series by J.K.Rowling. Most of the characters, terms, and locations are all hers.

As Lily Evans helped her mother with the dishes, they began to hear a tapping sound that got louder as the taps continued.

"Whats that?" Sarah Evans asked while drying a plate she just washed.

"I'll go check" Lily dried her hands and walked out of the kitchen. As soon as she entered the living room, she knew exactly where the sound was coming from. Lily walked over to one of the windows and looked outside of it before opening it. She stick her head out the window when something flew right passed her and landed on the couch. It was a tawny owl and it was holding something. Lily slowly started to approach the owl but jumped back when her older sister screamed. "Stop. You'll scare it away".

"Mum, Dad" screamed Petunia.

"Stop". Lily reached over and grabbed the envelope that was in the owl's mouth.

Petunia looked at her sister then notice the owl fly back out the window. "Mum, Dad" she screamed even louder. It was about a minute later when both their parents came running into the room. "She let a wild animal loose in our house" Petunia continued as she pointed at Lily.

"Petunia, Calm down" Sarah said as she walked over to her oldest daughter and put her arm around her.

"Now, Whats really going on in here?" Christopher Evans asked as he looked from one daughter to the other before settling his eyes on the younger one.

"An owl flew in and it was carrying this" Lily replied as she held the envelope out to her father.

Christopher looked at the envelope then opened it and began to read the letter inside.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL

of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme

Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)

Dear Ms. Lily Evans,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts

School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find an enclosed list of

necessary books and equipment.

Term begins September 1. We await your owl no later than July 31.

Your sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

"Is this some sort of joke?" He handed the letter over to his wife then looked at his oldest daughter to see if she was behind the prank.

"What does it say?" Lily and Petunia asked at the same time.

"Chris, I think this might be real"

"There is no way this is real"

"Whats not real?" Lily said as she and Petunia looked at their parents for an explanation but the girls were ignored once more.

"Did you read the last page?" Sarah asked her husband as she raised her voice so he could hear her.

Christopher looked at his wife in confusion as she handed the page over to him. He read the last page then looked at his wife and said "Its unbelievable but if a representative shows up then I guess it is real".

"Can I read it?" Lily asked in a louder voice as she finally grabbed the attention of her parents.

Sarah and Christopher looked at each other before Sarah walked over to Lily and handed her the first page from the envelope.

Lily grabbed the letter and read it rather fast. "I'm a witch"

"I could have told you that" Petunia said before walking up the staircase out of sight.

Lily ignored her sister's comments and looked up at her parents. "But magic isn't real".

Pop

Lily, Sarah, and Christopher all jumped back as they heard the loud noise and saw an older man standing in front of them.

"Hello I'm Seamus Tyler" he said as he put his hand out and shook Christopher's hand. " I used to work for the ministry but now I'm a representative from Hogwarts for children of non magical families".

"So its real" Lily said as her sparkling green eyes lit up with excitement especially after seeing him appear out of nowhere.

"Yes it is" Seamus replied as a grin spread across his face. He always loved when he saw this reaction from young witches and wizards.

Her eyes grew wide as she turned to her parents "Can I go?"

Christopher looked at his daughter "Alright but I would like to find out about the place I'm sending you first"

Christopher, Lily, and Sarah all sat down as Seamus explained all about Hogwarts's subjects, teachers, and the average school year. It took a long time for Seamus to explain everything to them, especially from Petunia, who occasionally listened to the conversation from the nearby hallway. "I'm must be going" Seamus said as he got up after explaining. "I'll send my owl by later so you can reply to Professor Dumbledore about your decision". And with that Seamus apparated out of the house.

"So?" Lily asked as she turned to her parents to see their reactions to everything they just learned.

"It sounds like its a place you'll enjoy"

"And she will be home every summer and christmas holiday" Sarah commented to her husband.

"So, I'm definetly going?"

Christoper and Sarah looked at each other before Sarah replied "Definetly".

Lily couldn't contain her excitement as she ran over to her parents and hugged each of them. After she finished hugging both of them, all kind of questions popped into her head. "When can I go to that Diagon Alley place?"

"Sometime in August" Dorea replied as she got off the couch and noticed Lily's smile fade. "But when we do go, we'll make a day of it"