Chapter 3 – Knowledge is Magic
September 1st, 1972 (Friday)
All too soon the moment arrived when Lily once again boarded the train for Hogwarts. All through out the summer Hogwarts was the only thing she could talk about. Her mother and father were so proud of her, while her sister, Petunia, was not. Anytime that Lily began to mention magic Petunia would leave the room and run off do something "normal" as she claimed to call things lately. This action did not go unnoticed by the youngest Evans, and was sad to see that her sister did not think that what she was doing was normal, at least by wizardry standards.
As the last whistle blew Lily ran to get on the Express, as she did not want to miss it. She was very excited about going back. Last year Hogwarts had started to feel like her home. Now do not get her wrong, she loved her home, where she was from, and her friends and family. But Hogwarts had something else that she couldn't quite put her finger on. There was just something different that Hogwarts gave off that she did not receive at home in the muggle world.
While looking for a compartment Lily couldn't believe that she is a second year. Everything was still new to her, but at the same time she felt as if she had never left and that this is truly where she belongs. Coming towards the end of the train and still no compartment left, Lily looked into the last compartment and asked 'Can I sit here?' The compartment was filled with four boys that looked about her age, but she couldn't quite place there names. 'Sorry we do not allow Mudbloods in our presence' and with that he slammed the door in her face and then continued on with his conversation as if nothing had happened.
Never once did I flinch when I was being called 'Mudblood'
The compartment across the hall and down two doors was opened and a young boy stuck his head out and said, 'Hey Lily right? You can come and sit with us.' Lily turned and saw the boy James that she met on the Platform and Diagon Alley last year. She gave him a smile and thanked him and then followed him into the compartment to see three other boys that she remembered seeing in Gryffindor.
'Guys this is Lily, Lily this is Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew.' The boys all smiled and waved to her when James introduced them. Smiling to each one Lily felt comfortable and sat and joined in on their conversation.
As time on the train passed Lily and the four boys learned a lot about each other. Lily learned that Sirius had come from a very dark family but was shunned for being sorted into Gryffindor. Remus was a very nice and intelligent person and seemed as if he was hiding from something but was unwilling to show it too much. James seemed to be the most energetic of the bunch and seemed to always have a smile on his face. Peter seemed to be the lost one in the group of boys, he seemed a little out of place and not quite sure what to do or say. The boys learned that Lily loved to read and that she was intelligent and that she was a person who follows the rules no matter what.
Soon the train arrived in Hogsmeade and the first years went towards the giant of a man, who she learned was Hagrid, and everyone else went to the horseless carriages that would bring them to Hogwarts.
October 2nd, 1972 (Monday)
Life for the students of Hogwarts seemed to continue as if there was no break to all the madness that they went through just a year before. With all the new experiences that were around every corner Lily felt at home again. Even though everything here was knew to her she was sure that she belonged her and not somewhere in the Muggle world with her sister.
As classes went on Lily was approached by Professor McGonagall about tutoring other students. At first it was just first years and a few of her class that she tutored mostly in Charms but also some of the other classes; minus Transfiguration (it wasn't her best subject). The feeling she got of teaching others and them realizing that what they did was right made her feel even more content as to where so was suppose to be. The comment that was made to her on the train was far from her memory that she didn't think about it again.
What surprised Lily the most was that as her tutoring sessions continued she was not only tutoring students her age and younger but students older than her. Lily was the only student it seemed in Hogwarts that was wise beyond her years in Charms and most of the classes there. Teachers were having a hard time keeping up with her knowledge that some just continued lessons and had Lily work on whatever she wanted to catch up on.
Never once did I flinch when I tutored students older than me.
Lily was never one to give up or be behind in anything that she did. So when the teachers approached her about her academics she was not surprised when they told her that she was doing well but needed to calm down about with the work load, as to not get to far ahead that she gets bored with everything else.