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Chapter 3. Reunited
Lily's heart was racing, today was the day she'd been waiting for, for years!
"Lily! Lets go or we'll be late!" Her mum yelled, "Mel no you are not of age yet. Wait till next year" Her mum said to Mel who was still bugging her. Lily looked around her room one last time. Her trunk was full and the room was sort of neat.
"Knock knock" Her Dad said before walking in. "Hey princess are you ready?" he asked as he looked around the room with a suprised look. "It's clean"
"Just about" Lily answered still looking around.
"Don't worry your room will look just the way you left it, down to the last shirt on the floor." He reassured as he looked around at the pile of clothing laying on the floor.
"James that is not a toy!" Her mum yelled interrupting her thoughts.
"It sounds like your mum could use a hand. Here let me grab this" He said before patting her head and taking the trunk with him out the door. Lily walked over to her bed and grabbed Mr mono. Who was my favorite stuffed animal. It was a gift from Julissa years ago. With one last look she walked out with him in her hand. The sight before her was memorable. Mel was chasing James who had taken her mum's wand and was waving it like crazy. Mum's hair was turned completely pink with a bit of green in it.
"Harry this is not funny! Help me!" She was yelling as Harry laughed. "you think this is funny?" she asked in a scary calm voice as she walked slowly towards him.
"Now Ginny" he said as he backed into the wall. She cornered him into the wall closing the distance between them. As she leaned close as if to kiss him she grabbed his wand which was in his pocket.
With two quick flicks Ginny yelled "Rictusempra" Immediately Harry and James broke into giggles holding their sides. Her Mum smiled and blew on the wand as the muggles in movies did. Mel and Lily laughed as Harry begged for her to stop it. She walked slowly up to james and grabbed her wand. With a simple flick her hair was back to its fire red color. She took one look at James and flicked her wand at him. Immediately he stopped laughing.
"Much better, i never did like pink too much" Ginny laughed.
"Go Mum" Lily chanted. She smiled and bowed before heading to Harry. She had a small twinkle in her eyes.
"You know wandless magic Harry" She said as she bent to look at him. His face was red and tears were slowly streaming down his cheeks from laughing so hard.
"Cant hahahaha think" Harry said laughing. "Please"
"But I thought you wanted to laugh" she joked. Harry looked at her with pleading eyes. "Okay fine" she sighed taking off the curse. Harry looked at her oddly. Her eyes widened.
"Harry no you don't" she yelled before running. He caught her easily and started tickling her. "Harry- we – need- to- take- Lily- to- school" she said in between laughs and breaths. Mel, Lily and even James all just watched them laughing. With her camera Lily snapped a picture of both of them knowing they'd enjoy it later one day.
When they were finally on their way it was considerably late. They used her dad's car, which he bought when she was really young. It was a silver color and fit everyone perfectly. It was about 10:45 when they arrived. Her Dad and mum looked around an unreadable expression on both of their faces. They arrived at a wall. Mel and Lily looked at each other oddly. Their parents however had huge smiles on their faces.
"This is where we first met Harry" Ginny said with a smile
"I remember, you were this cute little red head with so many freckles." He said smiling at the memory. Lily cleared my throat, I swear my parents get distracted quite easily. Lily thought.
"Oh yeah, well here's the barrier Lily. To get through is quite simple" her dad said. "You just walk through" Her Mum rolled her eyes at dad. Lily just stared at the wall. It was the barrier that was stopping her from getting to Hogwarts. Her mum walked up to me.
"Do you want me to go with you through?" Ginny asked her. All Lily could do was nod. Her determination was skyrocketing. She turned to her dad and mum and nodded.
"Amazing, she has that same look you gave me before I kissed you in the common room." Dad sighed. What is this a trip down memory lane? Lily asked herself "It's that look you get when you're determined." He added. "Well okay you two go first, ill take Mel and James." Her Mum looked at him. "What? Its not like the barrier's going to seal on me" he said with a knowing smile. Her Mum rolled her eyes at him before returning to Lily.
"Okay honey, are you ready?" Mum asked me gently. I nodded at her and gulped. I grabbed her hand and quickly we walked. It felt as if the wall wasn't there. The view changed immediately. Hundreds of people were congregated in front of a huge red train. "It's amazing right?" Mum said smiling at my expression.
"It's just like I remember" Her Dad said appearing behind her. "Ron and Hermione should be here soon with Julissa" Harry added. He looked like a kid who was just given his favorite toy.
"Did I hear my name?" Uncle Ron asked just as he walked through the barrier.
"hey Harry, Ginny" Uncle Ron said smiling at them. He turned to Lily and smiled wide "How's our new Hogwarts student?" he asked before hugging her.
"Uncle Ron!" Mel and James yelled before running into him.
"Where's Hermione" Ginny asked.
"She's coming. She made me go through first. Something about the barrier sealing." Ron said. He and Harry shared a smile.
"What am I missing here?" Lily asked curious as to what story they were obviously referring to.
"Lily!" Julissa screeched as she ran through the barrier with Aunt Hermione. Julissa hugged her.
"Oh my god I can't wait! I wonder what house we will get into" Julissa said.
"I know me too!" Lily screeched.
"Remember girls we all got into Gryffindor. I might just have to disown you if you get into Slytherin" Ron said with a serious face. His eyes were twinkling. "But no pressure" he added as the girls stared at him with wide eyes. Aunt Hermione smacked him.
"Ronald shush you're scaring them. Girls we will love you no matter the house you get placed into. Right Ginny" She said genuinely.
"Of course girls, but you know Gryffindor is the best house." Lily's Mum replied.
"Ginny!" Hermione scolded shaking her head.
"What it's the truth and you know it." Mum answered playfully. Hermione looked at her trying not to smile.
"You got that right" Harry added with pride. They were all congregated in front of an entrance to the train.
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"Jesse have you finished packing? They're going to be here any minute to pick us up" Gran said at Jesse's room door.
"Where's mum?" He asked.
"She's in her room." Gran answered. He nodded and took one last look around his room before pulling dragging his trunk out. His owl hooted softly. "Make sure that things quiet okay" Gran said before preparing to leave. She was still shocked that all this was real. After their trip to Diagon Alley with Professor Longbottom she's been on edge. Especially when Jesse used part of his savings to buy Amity, his owl. He couldn't help it when he saw her it made my heart soar. She's the color of snow. Apparently she is extremely rare and only one other person ever bought a snowy owl from them. He left my trunk towards the front door and entered his mum's room. She was in her bed reading a book. Her hair was starting to fall out again due to the Chemo. Her bucket lay next to her bed just in case she couldn't make it to the bathroom.
"Hi mum" Jesse said entering the room. He walked straight to her bed and sat next to her.
"Jesse, I was hoping you'd come to say goodbye" she answered her voice cracking. She had on a small weak smile. Her skin was paler then ever.
"Mum are you sure you don't need me here?" Jesse asked.
"Honey look at me" She said weakly. He couldn't help but look. "I will be fine here. The doctor will visit every week and Gran will take care of me. You go and make some new friends. Just make sure you use that pretty little owl to write me everyday." She said smiling at him.
"I'll miss you mum" He admitted. She pulled him into a soft hug.
"I'll miss you too. I love you baby, now go" She said letting him go. He smiled to her and kissed her cheek. With one last look he walked away from her. "Remember to write" she reminded.
"I will mum" He replied before heading to the door.
Outside the door was a black car. A man stood in front of it. He was dressed in a black suit almost like one of the men from the movie men in black.
"Mr. Lawrence I presume" he said looking at me. "well come now or you'll miss your train." Gran and Jesse rode in the car, which was pretty big and spacious. The man took out his wand and shrunk the trunk, he then handed it to Jesse and told me he'd change it when they arrived at the station. Both Gran and Jese looked at each other. The man also handed Gran Amity to hold. She looked like she was caught between throwing it out the window or throwing up. The car ride was pretty short. Jesse thought the ride to Kings cross would be a long one but they managed in just less than 30 minutes.
"here we are" the driver stated. A woman this time opened the door for them.
"Hi I am here to escort you to the barrier. I will only do this once. So please remember it for next year" Gran and Jesse look at each other again before exiting the car.
"I will be here to drive you home" The driver said to Gran obviously easing her worry. She looked at Jesse and practically threw Amity's cage at him. The woman walked them to this wall. Jesse looked at my ticket and for the first time noticed that the ticket said to meet at platform 9 and ¾. My Gran must have noticed too because she took the ticket and looked at it.
"excuse me this must be a mistake. There is no platform 9 and ¾." Gran said.
"That's what muggles are supposed to think" The woman stated simply before stopping completely in front of the wall between platform 9 and 10. Well here we are." She stopped and pointed at the wall.
"why are you pointing at a wall?" he asked confused. "Is this some sort of joke?"
"I don't kid around." she answered annoyed "I'm going to have to help you aren't i?" she sighed. Jesse looked at her worried. "Okay you need to walk through it. It's only sealed up once ever so don't worry. What's the odds of that happening again?" she asked amused. "Okay then I'll go with you. Are you coming too?" she asked Gran. Gran stared at them obviously not amused. She shook her head.
"No I stop right here"
"But Gran" I begged
"no this isn't my world. You go okay. I love you. Make sure you write." She said hugging me tight. "Go"
"Well come on, just take my hand" she said softly, her voice becoming gentle. He took her hand and with one look back waved at her. As the wall approached he closed my eyes waiting for the impact to hit. It never did. He opened one eye and noticed they were somewhere completely different. He opened his 2nd eye and noticed that the woman was laughing.
"Muggle-borns are always the cutest." She said before starting to leave.
"Wait!" He yelled. She turned around and looked at him.
"Oh of course, my apologies" she tapped her wand to the trunk and it immediately grew in size. "There you go, be safe" she said.
"Where do I go?" He asked confused again.
"Well onto the train, pick a compartment make friends go on now." She replied before leaving completely. He walked slowly with his trunk taking in his surroundings. There were hundreds of people here. Most were adults seeing their children off. Most were saying their goodbyes or mingling with each other. They all seemed to know each other. Many families would be stopped as they headed to the train by others. He walked closer to the train trying not to look at the families saying goodbye. Each time he heard it he would feel my heart beat faster. Just as he was in front of the train he tried to figure out the best way to get his trunk and owl up onto it. The trunk was so heavy he could barely lift it.
"hey son do you need help?" a man asked him. From behind the man a family with red hair and black hair stood. "Hello boy?" the man asked interrupting his thoughts.
"Oh yes please" Jesse replied kindly. He looked back to where the family was and couldn't see them anymore. Great I'm losing my mind now he thought. The man levitated the trunk up onto the train easily with just one flick of his wand. Yep I definitely am going crazy. "Thank you sir" Jesse said but when he turned around he was gone. Jesse shrugged and moved on. Lots of the compartments weren't free but somehow he managed to get one to himself. He placed the trunk under the seat and just stared out the window. All the families looked so happy. Many of the mums were crying and most of the fathers stared proudly at their children.
"Excuse me do you mind if I sit here?" A boy asked. He had dirty blonde hair and river blue eyes. Jesse shrugged at him and kept staring outside. Jesse heard him pushing his trunk under the seat.
"I'm Christian, everyone call me Chris." He said. Jesse turned to face him.
"I'm Jesse. I'm not really sure if I can shorten it anymore than it already is though" he replied with a small smile.
"Oh nice to meet you." At that they both talked for a bit of time. Well it was mostly Chris that talked. He talked about how excited he was for school and to be out of his house.
"Wait so quidditch is a mixture of muggle sports then just on a broom?" Jesse asked intrigued. He always liked sports so this seemed to catch his attention.
"yes actually I've actually watched some muggle sports like basketball and futbol." Chris said
"Anything from the trolley dears?" A woman called from outside.
"I don't know about you but I'm starved" Jesse said.
"I'm good I ate a huge meal earlier" Chris replied.
"Ok suit yourself." Jesse said before heading out. His Gran had given him money and exchanged it into wizarding gold. It wasn't much but it was enough to keep him satisfied till Christmas. The cart had an assortment of different candies. Each looked unique and like nothing he'd ever seen before.
"What's that" he asked her pointing at a weird shaped box.
"Oh that's a chocolate frog. Would you like one?" As she asked he heard the sound of girls laughing.
"I told you Julissa I heard the trolley" A girl said sort of loud laughing. "what? i did hear it" That laugh it sounds so familiar He thought. As the girls came into view his thoughts all disappeared. One of the girls had brownish red hair. She was about Jesse's height and had a few freckles. It was however the other one that caught his eye. She had dark red hair. It shined when the sun hit it and looked like wildfire. Her eyes were an emerald color and were sparkling with life. But it was that laugh that he recognized, it sounded so carefree so like her…Lily.
"Jesse what are you doing?" Chris asked. As soon as he said Jesse's name she looked up and caught his gaze. "Jesse! Hello" Chris said waving his hands in front of Jess's face. Her eyes stared in wonder and then widened.
"Lily hello" J ulissa said trying to get her attention. She was a mere 20 feet away from him, a good hearing distance.
"Lily?" Jesse asked.
"Jesse" She said barely audible.
She smiled brightly at him and came running. He was only able to take one step before she enveloped him in a hug worthy of a mother bear.
"I knew it! I knew you weren't a muggle!" she screeched.
"Lily I think you're choking him" Julissa said amused. Chris stared at her.
"Oh sorry" Lily said to Jesse turning red. Jesse however hadn't mindt at all.
"Oh my gosh where's your compartment?" She asked excitedly. Before you knew it all four of them were in Jesse's compartment introducing themselves and they explained to Jesse each of the four houses. Chris stayed pretty quiet as they explained this to him. He knew this year would be life changing.
Author's Note: I hope you liked this chapter. Feel free to make suggestions!
