A week later, Alex and Jessi were called to Dumbledore's office. When they arrived they found a petite red-head waiting for them by the fire.
"Lily Evans?"
"Hi! You must be Alex and Jessi! "Lily nodded.
Bright personality, outgoing, a go with the flow kind of person. Bright green eyes of course, although not as green as Remus's were. She's tiny, probably a little spitfire though. She's beautiful too, gorgeous in fact. I hope she likes me. Alex thought, while Jessi's thoughts focused more on the fiery spark in Lily.
"Have fun girls!" Dumbledore called as they stepped into the flames.
The girls stepped out in Diagon Alley and walked down the street to Gringott's. They all got their money and when the trio stepped out into the sun Lily asked a familiar question.
"So I take it you know who I am?"
Jessi nodded "Lily Evans, fourth-year Gryffindor, object of James Potter's affections, sister Petunia, and a muggle-born like us."
"Yeah. So what should we do first?" Lily asked, trying not to appear overly surprised by how much these two girls knew about her.
"Umm, how about potion supplies?" Alex suggested, wanting to get that one out of the way.
"Okay!" Lily said brightly, "So why are you coming to Hogwarts specifically?"
"Well, we wanted to try something new. We've always loved travelling, and seeing as we're so close, we thought it'd be best to do this together." Jessi smiled.
"I speak French, so I could've gone to Beauxbatons, and Jessi's family is French, but she speaks Spanish not French, so that didn't seem like a good idea, so we just decided to go to a nice English speaking school instead." Alex laughed.
"Well you'll love Hogwarts! It's so beautiful!" Lily sighed.
"We know; we're living there right now."
"Really?"
"Yeah, they wanted to make sure we had time to adjust to our surroundings."
They reached the apothecary and went inside. They bought the supplies they needed, Alex and Jessi also buying cauldrons and went back outside. After that they went to the Owl Emporium where Alex got a spectacled owl and Jessi got a Barn owl, the book store, where Lily got her books, the parchment store where they all got quills, parchment, and ink. They sat down at Florean Fortescue's for ice cream and Jessi noticed a small little broom shop hiding behind Madam Malkin's shop. It wasn't Quality Quidditch Supplies and Jessi decided to go check it out.
"Lily, what's that store over there?"
"Oh! I don't know; I never noticed it before." Lily responded.
The girls all stood up and paid before walking into the little shop.
"Good Afternoon! How can I help you lovely ladies?" The man behind the counter asked.
"Can you tell us a little about the shop? We never noticed it before." Jessi smiled politely.
"Well, I make brooms that are a bit safer than the ones at the Quidditch store. They are also more in-tune with their riders thoughts because I make the broom to fit the customer to an extent."
"That's amazing! Any chance we could buy a couple brooms?" Alex gasped.
The man smiled at her and nodded.
"I'll just need to ask you a couple questions. Let's start with you my dear."
"Okay." Alex nodded.
"What house are you in?"
"Gryffindor."
The man made a small note. "What kind of wand do you have?"
"Willow and cherry with a unicorn hair core."
"How good of a flier are you?"
"Decent, I only just started flying."
"Okay, and what type of flying do you like?"
"Well, I like to fly just for the freedom. I do a lot of tricks, but I like to go for quiet rides too."
"Right, now you."
"I'm in Gryffindor as well, my wand is vine with Dragon Heartstring, I also just started flying, and I'd like to be able to play quidditch eventually." Jessi listed
"Okay, I'll be right back."
The man went into the back room and Lily turned to Alex and Jessi.
"You just started flying?"
"Our school didn't offer flying lessons." Alex responded truthfully.
"Oh, that sucks."
Jessi nodded and smiled as the man came back in with two beautiful brooms. Alex's was a swirled cherry and willow with a tail that used both woods as well. Alex touched it and warmth spread through her fingers. Jessi's was made of vine wood with a swirled design carved into it. A vine wrapped around the wood where the tail began. Jessi felt as if she were picking out a wand again when she touched her broom.
"It's perfect!" She breathed, and the man nodded.
"I make every broom to fit the person who is buying it perfectly. I have my own special combination of spells that I place on them."
"That's amazing!" Lily said in awe as she stared at the broom.
"How much?" Alex asked, pulling out her bag of money, but Jessi shot her down.
"No, I'm going to pay. Count it as your birthday gift, Alex. I was going to try and find something today anyway, and since you took care of us winding up in England, so this can also help pay you back for that."
Alex protested futiley as Jessi had already made up her mind.
"Thank you, thank you so much."
Jessi paid and they left, laughing as they walked down the street. It was clear that Lily and the girls had hit it off. They were already great friends.
"Miss America! Bachelorette!"
Alex and Jessi turned around and saw Gideon and Fabian running towards them. They winced and threw their bags to Lily as they ran into them, knocking the girls flat to the ground.
"Oops! Sorry 'bout that!" Gideon apologized, pulling Alex to her feet as Fabian helped Jessi.
"Don't worry about it." Alex smiled as she took her things back from Lily.
"So what house are you in?" Fabian asked.
"Go Go Gryffindor!" Jessi cheered and the boys scooped them up into a bone-crushing hug.
"You know the Prewitt boys?" Lily asked.
"Yeah, they took us to Diagon Alley the first time we were here."
"Right, well we'll see you at Hogwarts little Yankees! Enjoy your day! Oh, and Little Lily petal, tell Allie-bear we say hi!" the boys laughed, leaving to catch up with some of their friends.
Jessi laughed and shook her head, as Alex caught sight of another familiar face. She waved over at Remus who waved back, making the people around him look over curiously.
"LILY!"
"Oh no! Potter! Come on! RUN!" Lily shouted, shoving Alex and Jessi down the alley.
I kind of want to meet them, but I can tell Lily doesn't. I guess we'll just have to wait for school to start… I wonder what they'll be like. Jessi thought as she was propelled forward.
They ran down the street, weaving in between the groups of people while clutching their packages. The girls bolted into the Leaky Cauldron and stepped into the flames, shouting their destination.
Lily, Jessi, and Alex came out of Dumbledore's fireplace pealing with laughter.
"We barely escaped them!" Lily laughed.
"They looked so annoyed! Their faces were priceless!" Alex giggled.
"That was certainly a first impression." Jessi scoffed.
The girls lay down, laughing for a few minutes before Lily stood up.
"I have to get going! I'll see you in a few days though, okay?"
Jessi nodded and Lily left so Alex and Jessi brought all their stuff to their room in Gryffindor tower.