A/N: This chapter takes place right after Lily heard the doorebell ring.
Disclaimer: The only way I own Harry Potter is in my little head.
Lily rushed from her room to the hallway where her front door was located and saw her parents and sister already gathered there. "Go on dear, open it." Her mother told her. As she closed the short distance between her and the door her hand slowly reached out. She grabbed the knob and gave it a turn. What greeted her eyes did not look like a deputy headmistress at all. It wasn't even a human! It was a tabby cat. It's bright yellow eyes stared at Lily and she felt as though it could see through to her soul. "What…" Mr. Potter began but stopped when the tabby cat started to shudder a bit and ,out of nowhere, instead of a cat staring at them it was a woman! Her black hair was pulled back into a tight bun, though there were a few loose strands and you coulde tell there was some grey hair starting to appear. She wore emerald green robes and had glasses sitting on the edge of her nose.
"You are Miss. Lily Evans I presume?" she asked. " you Proffesor McGonagall?"Lily replied. A hint of a smile was on the womans face as she said "Yes I am. And you must be Mr. and Mrs. Evans" she said directing her attention to Lily's parents who were peering around the door and Lily, with gleeful expressions on there faces. Snapping out of her daze Mrs. Potter said "Um, yes would you like to come in,Proffessor McGoogal?" "Yes I would like that, but it is McGonagall" She said, and even though she was correcting a mistake Lily could tell she was amused.
Petunia sat in an isolated part of the room in an armchair, while Lily, her mum, and her dad sat on the sofa. Seeing there was nowhere else to sit, Proffesor McGonagall took what looked like a stick out of her robes and with a quick sweep of it, a chair appeared in front of them. Realizing that this was not a stick Lily asked "Is that a wand!?" "Yes, it is. I can tell you are very curious Miss. Evans. You would do well in my house" McGonagall stated. Lily gave her a confused look but she ignored this. "Please excuse my lateness as I had other future Hogwarts students to attend to." "That's quite alright" Lily's father answered. From across the room a very quiet "Hmmph!" was made but nobody but Lily and McGonagall heard it. McGonagall chose to ignore it but gave Lily a look that made it seem like she understood.
"Well you all must be wanting to know more about the education at Hogwarts,so that is why I am hear. To tell you what you need to know. At Hogwarts young witches and wizards are taught how to use and control their magical abilities and help them decide their future career in the magical world while interacting with their peers. There are the main courses taught such as Charms, Potions, and of course, my class, Transfiguration.
Every student is sorted into a house at the Sorting Ceremony. They will be placed into a house that best represents their personal qualities. These four houses are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin."
She had said this last house with a bit of unease though only Lily noticed seeing as her parents were to excited and her sister was to busy pouting in the corner, trying to receive some sort of attention. Lily knew to expect this though because Sev had told her that people didn't like Slyhterin much because they thought theywere bad people though he couldn't quite find the right word for what they were. When Lily supplied the word misunderstood he gratefully accepted the term and put it to rest.
"I am the Head of Gryffindor house." She said with pride in her voice. Severus had also said that Gryffindors were airheads and as shallow as a kiddie pool. As soon as he said this she immediately disliked that house, which seemed to please him, and when he asked what house she wanted to be in she had replied "I don't care what house I'm in, as long as we're together.".
Proffessor McGonagall didn't seem like a shallow airhead though, Lily observed. Lily pushed the memory away, trying to enjoy this moment.
"I must know your decision by the 31st of July. Term begins September 1st. Once Lily was sure Proffesor McGonagall was done speaking she answered "Well of course I'll be going! Won't I Mum? Dad?" She faced her mother and father now.
They looked at eachother for a moment and silently agrred to themelves and her dad said "She will be attending."
"I was hoping you would say that. I can already tell you'll be an excellant student!Here is your train ticket. Now, do you have your supply list? (At this Lily nodded.) Let me explain how to get to Diagon Alley and Platform 9 ¾ .
And with that Lily and her parents listened while Petunia marched up to her room, dissapointed and mad.
A/N: When Lily goes to The Leaky Cauldron she will know how to show it to her parents so sorry for not explaining it! Please read and review (Don't worry it should get better once she is at Hogwarts!) :)