I'm so excited, I'm actually writing a story!!! I hope I do okay… Anyway…I have to thank my beta reader,
Disclaimer: I don't own anything yet. Lily Evans, Petunia Evans, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Hogwarts, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Sickles, Knuts, Galleons, Muggle, Arabella Figg, Professor Albus Dumbledore, Professor Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Amos Diggory, Gildory Lockhart, Billius Weasley, Mundungus Fletcher, and anyone or anything else I forgot to mention all belong to J.K. Rowling. I own everything you don't recognize.
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Lily had never been shy, until now. She was surrounded by kids who had grown up knowing how to do magic. She had never been at the top of her class, and she didn't think she would get very far along here either. As she sat down in an empty compartment, she wondered how she would make it through a whole year.
Before she had time to ponder this question, a girl with chocolate brown hair came strolling in.
"Hello," said the brunette. "I'm Sarah, what's your name?"
"Lily," she answered timidly, "Are you parents a wizard and witch?"
"Nah," replied Sarah non chantilly, "My mom was a sorceress, completely different from a witch."
"Oh," said Lily, feeling awkward for not knowing what the difference was.
"Before I forget, have you seen a purple cat?" question Sarah.
"What? A purple cat? No." replied a very confused Lily. "How do you have a purple cat?"
"I tried to do a spell to turn it's eyes purple, but she turned purple instead." grinned Sarah. "I think I know what I did wrong, can I try it on your cat?"
Lily clutched her cat, Merlin, close to her. "Um, I don't want to have a purple cat, or have a cat with purple eyes."
Sarah shrugged, "Your loss. I think I'll try the spell again when I find him."
As Lily was pondering the advantages of having a cat with purple eyes, two boys came bounding in, both with midnight-black hair. One had black eyes, while the other sported a deep brown.
"Hello," said the black-eyed boy, "I'm Sirius, and this is James," pointing to the brown-eyed boy. "We kinda just found out what happens if you put hair die in pumpkin juice."
"What happens? Did it explode or something?"
"No, but if you drink it your hair turns a lovely shade of green." (A/N I know hair die is most likely poisonous, but hey, that's just details…)
"So, if someone comes in here looking for us you haven't seen us, got it?" said James narrowing his eyes.
"Whatever," replied Sarah rolling her eyes, "Have you seen a purple cat lately? Like in the past hour or so?"
Before either of the boys could answer there was a knock on the door. They both ducked behind a seat. Lily walked over and slid open the compartment door. There was a fat witch standing there pushing a cart.
"Hello my dear, would you like some snacks?" asked the witch politely. Lily hadn't even had time to open her mouth before both of the boys had come bounding out from behind the seat. They dashed out into the aisle between compartments and started going through the food and candy that the witch was selling.
Lily was heading out to get some snacks when Sarah said," Buy me some stuff too while you're out there." Lily agreed and walked out of the compartment.
Lily had never seen any of the candy that was displayed on the cart before in her life. She decided that if the boys liked it, it wouldn't hurt to try the food. She also bought extra for Sarah. She forked over 17 galleons, 13 sickles and 3 knuts to the witch.
Lily arrived back into the compartment and dumped all of the food onto a empty chair. She sat down opposite Sirius and next to Sarah. The boys had already started trading food. She was about to join in when Merlin jumped into her arms. She was placing him back onto the floor when she noticed he was blue!
"Sarah!" Lily screamed, "I told you to leave my cat alone!"
Sarah grinned and replied," You said not to turn your cat purple you didn't say anything about blue."
Lily groaned and muttered, "You should have at least got the spell right, blue eyes wouldn't have been as bad as a blue cat."
"Well the spell did kinda work." Sarah replied, still grinning, "His eyes are blue too."
Lily looked into Merlin's eyes with horror. They matched his fur perfectly. She looked over at her newfound friends, and couldn't decide if this was going to be the best or the worst year of her life.
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That's the end of my first chapter. From now on the new chapters will be more or less a week apart. I'll try and make it longer next time. Please R/R.