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Lily's Place in Life
Part 2
By: cheesepuff
"Lily? Lily Evans what are you doing here?"
Lily heard her name and opened her eyes. 'I must have fallen asleep. I wonder what time it is!' She thought. 'It must be pretty late 'cause it's already dark'
"Lily?"
She looked up and saw her neighbor, Katie Figg. "Oh, hi, Katie."
Katie looked at Lily, and she saw a small, redheaded girl with pretty green, eyes that at the moment were all puffy and red. "Lily what is wrong?"
"Oh, nothing Kay, nothing at all!" Lily's answer came out very quickly.
Katie knew this wasn't true, but she also knew better than to pursue the subject (It could be painful if you got on Lily's bad side).
"Lily you're a mess! You should go home, it's like about..." She looked at her watch, "9:30 PM!"
"Oh my gosh! I slept the whole day!!!" Said Lily jumping up.
"I'll walk home with you, OK?"
"Sure, whatever. What are you doing out here this late?"
"Me? Oh, nothing. I just had to get away from all those stupid cats, they were driving me up the wall!" Katie rolled her eyes.
Lily laughed. "You do have a lot of cats, don't you?"
"I'll say! Mum is like obsessed! I just can't stand it! I'm sorta glad I get to go away to boarding school."
Lily's ears pricked with interest. "Where" she asked.
"Somewhere in Britain, I'm not quite sure..."
"What's it called?"
"Um... I forgot."
"Oh," Lily was a little disappointed. 'What are the chances of her going to Hogwarts anyway? Like 1 in 1 million. I wish she was going there, but I shouldn't wish for things I can't get.'
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When they finally emerged on the sidewalk they said "Bye" and parted ways. Lily opened her front door nervously and walked in.
"Lily! Oh Lily! We were so worried about you!" Lily was swept up into her mother's arms.
Over her mum's shoulder she could see Petunia glaring at her, but she just glared back. Before Lily had fallen asleep in the woods she had resolved that she shouldn't be sad because Petunia hated her and she had gotten quite mad that her own sister couldn't accept her how she was. Lily knew she wasn't a "freak", and decided her sister was just jealous.
"Sweetie, you're a mess! Go take a bath and get in bed. You have to get up early tomorrow if you want to get you're stuff."
"OK! Goodnight, Mum and Daddy! See you bright and early tomorrow morning!" Lily jumped up the stairs two at a time and went to go take a bath.
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BUZZ!
Lily flew out of bed when she heard her alarm go off at 6:30 AM the next morning. She ran over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of shorts, then she hurried over to her closet and spewed stuff all over her room (Lily wasn't the neatest person in the world) until she found a T-shirt. Then she went into the bathroom took a bath, got dressed, fixed her hair in two braids, and ran downstairs to eat breakfast.
When she got downstairs her parents were waiting for her with breakfast already to eat. Lily ate quickly without saying a word. As soon as she finished she hurried upstairs and brushed her teeth. She peaked in her room and spotted her watch on her night stand. 'I'll need that!' Lily thought, and grabbed it.
When she was finally ready she went downstairs and said, "I'm ready! Lets go!"
Mr. Evans too, was already to go, so he gave his wife a quick kiss on the cheek and grabbed his car keys. "Got your list?" Lily nodded "OK! Hop in the car."
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"OK, Lil, here's some money for your things. Use the extra for a birthday present." They had finally got to the village center where the Leaky Caldron was located.
"Birthday present? But my birthday is not till October!"
"I know, but you'll be away at school, so I thought you might want to get something sort of... Um... Magical."
Lily through her arms around his neck. "Oh, thank you, Daddy! What time do you want to pick me up?"
"Four. That should give you enough time to look around. Bye, Honey have a good time."
"Bye , Daddy." With that Mr. Evans drove off leaving Lily to do her business.
'OK. Ask for assistance it says. I wonder if that means the people there will show me around.' Lily walked into the bar and took a look around. She saw what looked like a normal bar and was a little put out she thought that there would be something different about it, like maybe candles floating in the air or something like that.
Since she didn't know what to do she walked up to the counter and did as the letter told her to do, "Um... Sir I am going to Hogwarts and the letter said to ask for assistance here, so..."
"Ah, yes... A muggleborn! Yes... Please follow me young lady." Said the toothless man as he beckoned for her to follow him.
'What a strange guy! A muggleborn? He must be a nut or something' Lily looked at him strangely.
The man took her to a little courtyard out back. All Lily saw here was a brick wall and a trash can. 'Please don't let this be a joke!' Lily thought over and over. Then the man pulled out a long, slender stick, and counted three bricks up and two over and tapped it with his stick. 'That must be his wand' thought thoughtful Lily.
As soon as the tip of his wand left the brick a small hole appeared. Quickly afterward it stared growing. It grow until it was an archway big enough that a ten foot tall man could easily fit through it.
Lily gaped. She couldn't believe it! She was a real witch! She was so happy she ran over to the toothless wizard a gave him a great, big hug, then she turned around and skipped off as the bartender thought, 'Those kids just get crazier and crazier every year!'
Lily looked around with wide eyes. 'There are so many interesting shops! Which should I go in first?' Lily couldn't decide, so she closed her eyes, pointed a finger strait out and spun around. When she stopped her finger was pointing to a shop at the far end of the street. She walked down to the shop which was called, Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.
When Lily walked in a small bell that was on the door rang. A short, little witch bustled up to Lily, and said, "Hogwarts Dear?" Lily nodded. "Oh come on in, Hun, we can get you fitted up right now!"
Lily followed the short lady back to where she was stood on a small platform to get measured. One other boy, about Lily's age, was getting fitted at the same time by another witch. As soon as the witch was done measuring Lily she went into a back room leaving Lily alone with the boy.
He had messy, black hair, glittering, brown eyes and was in Lily's opinion was very cute. "Going to Hogwarts, too?" He asked with a smile.
Lily smiled back. "Yes," she said shyly.
"Cool! I'm a first year, you are too right?"
"Yes. How many years are there?"
"Seven years. You're a muggleborn, aren't you?"
Lily was sick of not knowing. "What is a 'muggleborn'?"
"Oh, you are then. A muggleborn is a person that has muggle parents."
"A 'muggle' is...?"
"A muggle is a non-magical person. I have nothing against muggles or muggleborns, but some people do, so you should watch out for them."
"Why do they not like 'muggleborns'. I mean what is the difference?"
"Nothing at all! There is no diff what so ever, but they just think they're better than those who are not purebloods," he saw Lily's puzzled look and added, "A pureblood is a wizard or witch that comes from a long line of witches and wizards."
"That's really dumb that some people would think that way. I don't like people like that!" Said Lily thinking of her sister who thought magical people were "freaks".
"I don't like people like that either. They make me really mad," the boy said fiercely.
It was then that Lily realized that she didn't know this boy's name. "I'm sorry, but... What's your name?" She said blushing.
"Oh! How rude of me!" He said, "I'm James Potter. Nice to meet you..." He looked at her questioningly.
"Lily. I'm Lily Evans. Nice to meet you too, James," Lily said laughing.
Just then Madam Malkin came out with Lily and James's robes done. "Here you go dears. That will be five galleons, please."
'Galleons?' All Lily had was what her father had given her. How was she going to pay for her stuff?
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Dun. Dun. Dun. What will Lily do?
Just Kidding! Just thought that was an ok place to leave off. Hope you liked it, although not much happened. I'll start the next part soon as possible.
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