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Chapter 9: Settling in the Potter Mansion

As soon as Lily stepped off the Knight Bus she was amazed by the sight of the mansion, though she dated James, she never went to his house, they always went to hers or hung out with the rest of the Marauders in their 'spot'.

"Wow." Lily said out loud, taking in the beauty of his home.

The house was made of stone, with towers and the cone shaped roofs like in the fairy tales. The gardens were full of color every which way and just beautiful in the night sky. The moonlight made the house look even more magical than normal. 'If it's like this during the night then what would it look like during the daylight?' Lily thought to herself in wonder, still captivated by home James was raised in.

"Lily, are you coming?" James asked, nudging his head in the direction of his house and turned to continue the journey to his home.

"James this place is a thing of beauty, honestly the next segment we have in Witches Weekly that has to do with houses, yours is getting a full page on the wonders and splendor of every turn and corner," Lily panted out, twenty minutes into the walk up the driveway. "But James, when your in the middle of the drive way and you've already taken twenty minutes of your life to get to this magnificent accommodation and still will take more out of it…James it's just too much." Lily whined.

"Oh, come on Lily, it's not that bad. Besides a little fresh air wouldn't hurt you, and if you're complaining after only twenty minutes then you obviously need more exercise." James added cheerfully, with Lily's trunk on his shoulder, and picked up the pace. "Come on Lily, we're almost there."

Lily groaned out in displeasure, but sure enough picked up the pace to a slow jog, complaining the entire way and in more than twenty minutes they were in front of James' abode.

"It looked smaller when we were at the gate." Lily said in a small voice.

"Well, let's go in." James said as he unlocked the door and stepped inside.

When Lily stepped through the entry, she was in the huge entrance room with two winding stair cases on each side and a chandelier that sparkled rainbows on the ceiling. There was a small table in the middle of the room with a vase filled with orchids and two red velvet couches on each side. In the middle of the stair cases was a hallway which most likely than none, leads to the rest of the downstairs rooms. Lily was dazed by how stunning an almost empty room can be, and how welcomed you could feel by a room that should feel so bitter.

"Are you going to stand in here forever, or would you like me to show you around?" James asked sarcastically, amused by her reaction to a room that looked so bland to him. He's lived here so long he never really took notice of it anymore. Just standing here made him remember all the memories he's had in this room.

"I once slid down both banisters over and over before going down one so fast I hit the table in the middle and broke one of my mother's vases. She was so upset at me, and grounded me for a week, but couldn't stay mad for long when she learned that Dad also tends to fly down them on his way to work…he still does it every so often," James said chuckling as he told the story.

Lily looked at him with warmth in her eyes and was touched deep in her heart by his words.

"Well, come on, we have a tour to do!"

James began to take her around the bottom floor, showing her the bathrooms and closets, using that enthusiastic voice all tour guides use.

"And this is the kitchen, but we don't go in there. The house elves take care of that room," James said, then added in a whisper, "but I sneak in there when I know they're asleep and make myself a midnight snack."

He lead her around showing her the portrait room which held every Potter ever known to man in portraits, all looking proud of themselves, and trophies all around the room.

James showed Lily the sitting room which was to him once again a boring room. Lily noticed that every room on the bottom floor was most likely was for formal company, but each room just as warm and welcoming as the next. The fun didn't really start until James took her up to the next level; it was filled with magical contraptions along with muggle contraptions, pool tables, TV's, radios, wizard chess, snap dragons and many more items. James took her to the special bathroom made especially out of muggle items. When he opened the door, Lily fell down with laughter and was literally rolling on the ground, tears pouring from her eyes.

"And exactly what is so funny?" James asked sort of mad by her reaction, he and his father worked hard to put this room together and didn't understand.

"The room," She stopped to catch her breath and stop laughing. After a second she calmed down and tried again. "The room is filled with rubber ducks." Lily said in a quiet voice, afraid to speak louder with out laughing. Because she was telling the truth, the wall paper was blue with yellow rubber ducks, the rug on the floor was infact a rubber duck, the shower curtain was just like the wallpaper, but with bubbles added in. There was actually rubber ducks themselves in the bathroom. "Well Ernie would be pleased by this room," Lily said, thinking of the puppet off of Sesame Street.

"Why would Ernie be pleased? What does Ernie have to do with this?" James asked, obviously thinking of the old man who drives the Knight Bus.

Lily shook her head. "Nothing, James, just show me where I'll be staying…please"

James shook his head in confusion, but sure enough took her to her room.

"Here you are. My room is just across the hall if you need ever need anything," James said then added, "I'll just leave you to unpack." Then left muttering "I thought she'd enjoy that bathroom, and what in the name of Merlin does Ernie have to do with it?" Lily shook her head, giggling, and began to unpack.

The room Lily was staying in, for the moment, was beautiful. Obviously James called ahead and had the house elves get the room ready for her. The room was a soft white, almost cream, the floor was wood, oak or cherry she thought. She had a old fashioned desk in one corner, and a four poster bed that reminded her of Hogwarts, but was much bigger and had a dark green comforter. There was white lilies all over and red roses right next to each lily.

On the bed was a letter, with her name on it. Lily opened the letter and read the contents.

Dear Lily,

The room matches you doesn't it? Green to match you're eyes, lilies to match your name. Red Roses to match you're hair…look behind you, it even has a fireplace, I know how much you enjoy to sleep by firelight. In the closet is full of clothing, that I thought you'd like and if they don't fit then we can make them fit with magic…duh. This room is yours and always will be. I love you.

Love,

James

Lily looked around and realized, yes this room matched her and in a weird subconscious way, this room was hers and always will be.

Author's Notes:

Okay so all can scream YAY! Because I just got done typing this and I just reached the middle of the third page! Yay! Now Goodluck45 () got it right Violet is Lavender Brown's mother… both having names like flowers… Lavender and Violet…and last name is a color…Brown! Violet is also the stalker freak, but I will not explain more to do with Violet. Now I hope this will not be the only chapter this long and I will try really hard to continue them this long, and I'm so in the mood to type that I think I'm going to go on to the next chapter, to make up for the dry spell I had before. So see you soon and keep reviewing!

Samantha