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have anything to do with the Harry Potter world.
Chapter 13~A Magical Day
James stared down at the list that he had made.
Sherbet World X
Space Trampolining X
Bertie Bott's Factory X
Paintballing X
Escalator Park X
Chandoranjuran's Excitement Land
After much deliberation he had finally decided on Chandoranjuran's Excitement Land, commonly known as
Chandy's. It was like muggle theme parks, except that the rides were magical. James didn't know whether
Lily had been there before, and it was one of his favourite places - he wanted to share it with her and show her
what it was like. They had arranged to meet on the first Tuesday of the Easter holidays - tomorrow. James
screwed up the piece of parchment and chucked it to his wastepaper bin, which growled and chomped it up.
He looked at the ceiling - it was midnight according to his projector clock. He burrowed under his quilt and fell
asleep with his glasses on.
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Lily dragged herself out of bed at 9:00am. She spent half an hour in the shower and the other half getting
dressed and washing her hair. At 10:00am she was ready and waiting for James to arrive. They had arranged
to meet at ten, but James wasn't there yet. Petunia sat down on the sofa next to Lily and started to boast
about her date with Vernon, and how perfect and romantic Vernon was. Lily snorted in reply and abruptly left
the one-sided conversation when the doorbell rang fifteen minutes later. Petunia stared out of the window as
Lily answered the door. A man with messy black hair, hazel coloured eyes and glasses was standing on the
doorstep, looking rather flustered and bleary-eyed as though he'd just got out of bed. He smiled when Lily
opened the door and gave her a warm hug. "Sorry I'm late, you know me - I'm not really a morning person."
He grinned apologetically.
"Yeah, it's okay. You obviously didn't get a chance to comb your hair though." Lily ruffled James' hair.
"Where did you apparate to?"
"The trees in the park." James replied.
"Okay, lets g-" Lily was interrupted by Petunia.
"Lily, aren't you going to introduce me to your boyfriend?"
"Oh, okay. Petunia, this is James Potter - my boyfriend. James, this is Petunia - my sister."
Petunia asked if James was a wizard, scowled when she heard the answer and quickly changed the subject to
Vernon. James got bored quickly and he could see that Lily was getting bored too, so he told Petunia that they
had to leave because they had booked a sherbet factory tour. Petunia raised her eyebrows at this, and bid
them farewell. "Bye then. Vernon will be here soon anyway. Did you know he's got...."
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Lily and James set off down the road five minutes later. Lily let out a huge sigh of relief. "Finally. Are we
really going to a sherbet factory?"
"No, I did think about it though. We're going to Chandy's."
Lily frowned. "Erm, Chandy's?"
"Chandoranjuran's Excitement Land - it's like a muggle theme park, but better."
Lily raised her eyebrows. "Have you ever been to a muggle theme park?"
"No," James grinned sheepishly, "but I don't think that they could be any better than Chandy's."
They reached the trees in the park and apparated to Chandy's. Lily looked up at the enormous rides and grew
excited. She had never been to a Wizards theme park and wondered if it could be better than muggle theme
parks. She loved extreme rides.
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They paid the admission fees and consulted a map to decide which ride to go on first. "Are there any rides that
you haven't been on?"
James pointed out the hugest rollercoaster on the map. "That's a new ride, I haven't been on it yet."
"Come on then." A few minutes later they arrived at the 'Choc and Marsh' rollercoaster. This was when Lily
noticed that the track seemed to run for only a few metres. She was just about to say something, when one of
the carriages shot off the track and into the air. She watched as it whizzed around and went round in loops,
until it finally came to a halt on the ground. "I told you it was good here. You still want to go on it?" Lily
grinned. "Yeah, I sure do. Do you think I'm chicken or something?" James returned Lily's grin and they joined
the queue.
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Five minutes later, they sat down next to each other on one of the carriages on the rollercoaster. The carriages
looked as though they were made out of chocolate. The seats were like that of a muggle rollercoaster, where
your feet hang down. James was grinning like a maniac, which made Lily laugh. They set off; it only seemed
like a few seconds before the track disappeared. As they flew through the air, Lily screamed and James
laughed - enjoying the adrenaline rush. To Lily it was weird to be flying through the air without anything
supporting them. She reached for James' hand as they were about to land. The rollercoaster carriage landed
smoothly on what appeared to be a vast expanse of marshmallows. They exited the coaster, bouncing along
on the spongy marshmallow floor. Lily looked at James' excited face. "You really love it here don't you?"
James grinned once more. "Yeah, it's one of my favourite places. You said you wanted to get to know me
properly and I wanted to show you what it was like."
"I love it here too James. That rollercoaster was more extreme than a muggle theme park ride."
"What shall we go on now?" They were strolling along, still holding hands. Lily spotted a ride that looked like a
real rainbow, it was called 'Crock of Gold', and they headed towards it. The ride had seven lanes, one for each
colour of the rainbow. James sat on the blue lane and Lily took the Indigo lane. The ride set off and they were
propelled towards the centre of the rainbow. They slowed down as they reached the top and then sped down
the last section to the crock of gold at the bottom. James helped Lily up, and commented on the ride as
though he were a ride critic. "That ride's okay, you get a good view of the whole park from the top and it looks
like a real rainbow."
"Yeah, but it hurts your butt when you land on that gold."
They went on a few more rides before going to lunch.
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After lunch James took Lily on the 'Calming Clouds'. The clouds floated around a circuit in the sky, which had
clouds formed into words giving information about cloud formation. It was pretty boring, but very relaxing to
lay back and relax on the soft cloud. Lily held James' hand and breathed in the smell of his aftershave, as they
pointed out clouds that happened to look like certain shapes. He could smell the conditioner in her hair and
the soft floral scent of her perfume.
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When the cloud ride came to an end Lily and James went on several more rides before venturing into the
Haunted House. They held hands as they walked through the darkness. Real ghosts jumped out and random,
shocking people and occasionally scaring them. After they had exited the Haunted House, James insisted on
riding the 'Choc and Marsh' rollercoaster again, and again, and again. It was getting late, and the park was
about to close. Lily and James exited the park (A/N Because you can't apparate inside the park) and apparated
back to the trees near Lily's house, where they shared a kiss before they walked back to Lily's house. Lily's
parents answered the door and Lily introduced James to her Mum (A/N Because James has already met her
dad). They invited James in for tea (A/N As in Tea the drink, not food.) and they talked. Lily's parents got on
well with James and invited him to dinner on Easter Sunday. When James left, Lily showed him to the door and
they embraced. They shared a quick kiss and James left.
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James got home at 10pm and went to the living room, where he found his parents talking about Easter Sunday
(Sirius was still out on a date with Laura). He joined their conversation and told them that Lily's parents had
invited him to their house. They told him to invite Lily to their family party next Tuesday. He groaned
inwardly. Potter family parties were always a tedious affair for him.
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This is my longest chapter so far! It took me ages to write and type, so please review! With thanks to my sister Reeni who was actually nice to me for once. She thought up: Space Trampolining, Bertie Bott's factory, the rollercoaster starting on tracks (I was just going to have it flying) and floating along on clouds. Thanks to everyone who reviewed Chapter 12~Ntonks1, LegolasMirkwoodElfPrince, Hrei-siesn, hpfreak08, monki, Ljstagflower4e, and TrinitysBitch who reviewed chapter 1. Also, a huge thank you to LilyE, Maraudertimes and Urebriviel, who have my story on their favourites list. I said I'd update on Monday, and I have! I am truly proud of myself. Chandoranjuran is another strange name that I invented. To Karen-review, don't just read it, review! Actually, that goes for everyone! Anyway, thank you once more and please review, just click the little button that says 'Go' on it, and tell me what you think. Thanks!
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Chapter 13~A Magical Day
James stared down at the list that he had made.
Sherbet World X
Space Trampolining X
Bertie Bott's Factory X
Paintballing X
Escalator Park X
Chandoranjuran's Excitement Land
After much deliberation he had finally decided on Chandoranjuran's Excitement Land, commonly known as
Chandy's. It was like muggle theme parks, except that the rides were magical. James didn't know whether
Lily had been there before, and it was one of his favourite places - he wanted to share it with her and show her
what it was like. They had arranged to meet on the first Tuesday of the Easter holidays - tomorrow. James
screwed up the piece of parchment and chucked it to his wastepaper bin, which growled and chomped it up.
He looked at the ceiling - it was midnight according to his projector clock. He burrowed under his quilt and fell
asleep with his glasses on.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily dragged herself out of bed at 9:00am. She spent half an hour in the shower and the other half getting
dressed and washing her hair. At 10:00am she was ready and waiting for James to arrive. They had arranged
to meet at ten, but James wasn't there yet. Petunia sat down on the sofa next to Lily and started to boast
about her date with Vernon, and how perfect and romantic Vernon was. Lily snorted in reply and abruptly left
the one-sided conversation when the doorbell rang fifteen minutes later. Petunia stared out of the window as
Lily answered the door. A man with messy black hair, hazel coloured eyes and glasses was standing on the
doorstep, looking rather flustered and bleary-eyed as though he'd just got out of bed. He smiled when Lily
opened the door and gave her a warm hug. "Sorry I'm late, you know me - I'm not really a morning person."
He grinned apologetically.
"Yeah, it's okay. You obviously didn't get a chance to comb your hair though." Lily ruffled James' hair.
"Where did you apparate to?"
"The trees in the park." James replied.
"Okay, lets g-" Lily was interrupted by Petunia.
"Lily, aren't you going to introduce me to your boyfriend?"
"Oh, okay. Petunia, this is James Potter - my boyfriend. James, this is Petunia - my sister."
Petunia asked if James was a wizard, scowled when she heard the answer and quickly changed the subject to
Vernon. James got bored quickly and he could see that Lily was getting bored too, so he told Petunia that they
had to leave because they had booked a sherbet factory tour. Petunia raised her eyebrows at this, and bid
them farewell. "Bye then. Vernon will be here soon anyway. Did you know he's got...."
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Lily and James set off down the road five minutes later. Lily let out a huge sigh of relief. "Finally. Are we
really going to a sherbet factory?"
"No, I did think about it though. We're going to Chandy's."
Lily frowned. "Erm, Chandy's?"
"Chandoranjuran's Excitement Land - it's like a muggle theme park, but better."
Lily raised her eyebrows. "Have you ever been to a muggle theme park?"
"No," James grinned sheepishly, "but I don't think that they could be any better than Chandy's."
They reached the trees in the park and apparated to Chandy's. Lily looked up at the enormous rides and grew
excited. She had never been to a Wizards theme park and wondered if it could be better than muggle theme
parks. She loved extreme rides.
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They paid the admission fees and consulted a map to decide which ride to go on first. "Are there any rides that
you haven't been on?"
James pointed out the hugest rollercoaster on the map. "That's a new ride, I haven't been on it yet."
"Come on then." A few minutes later they arrived at the 'Choc and Marsh' rollercoaster. This was when Lily
noticed that the track seemed to run for only a few metres. She was just about to say something, when one of
the carriages shot off the track and into the air. She watched as it whizzed around and went round in loops,
until it finally came to a halt on the ground. "I told you it was good here. You still want to go on it?" Lily
grinned. "Yeah, I sure do. Do you think I'm chicken or something?" James returned Lily's grin and they joined
the queue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Five minutes later, they sat down next to each other on one of the carriages on the rollercoaster. The carriages
looked as though they were made out of chocolate. The seats were like that of a muggle rollercoaster, where
your feet hang down. James was grinning like a maniac, which made Lily laugh. They set off; it only seemed
like a few seconds before the track disappeared. As they flew through the air, Lily screamed and James
laughed - enjoying the adrenaline rush. To Lily it was weird to be flying through the air without anything
supporting them. She reached for James' hand as they were about to land. The rollercoaster carriage landed
smoothly on what appeared to be a vast expanse of marshmallows. They exited the coaster, bouncing along
on the spongy marshmallow floor. Lily looked at James' excited face. "You really love it here don't you?"
James grinned once more. "Yeah, it's one of my favourite places. You said you wanted to get to know me
properly and I wanted to show you what it was like."
"I love it here too James. That rollercoaster was more extreme than a muggle theme park ride."
"What shall we go on now?" They were strolling along, still holding hands. Lily spotted a ride that looked like a
real rainbow, it was called 'Crock of Gold', and they headed towards it. The ride had seven lanes, one for each
colour of the rainbow. James sat on the blue lane and Lily took the Indigo lane. The ride set off and they were
propelled towards the centre of the rainbow. They slowed down as they reached the top and then sped down
the last section to the crock of gold at the bottom. James helped Lily up, and commented on the ride as
though he were a ride critic. "That ride's okay, you get a good view of the whole park from the top and it looks
like a real rainbow."
"Yeah, but it hurts your butt when you land on that gold."
They went on a few more rides before going to lunch.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After lunch James took Lily on the 'Calming Clouds'. The clouds floated around a circuit in the sky, which had
clouds formed into words giving information about cloud formation. It was pretty boring, but very relaxing to
lay back and relax on the soft cloud. Lily held James' hand and breathed in the smell of his aftershave, as they
pointed out clouds that happened to look like certain shapes. He could smell the conditioner in her hair and
the soft floral scent of her perfume.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the cloud ride came to an end Lily and James went on several more rides before venturing into the
Haunted House. They held hands as they walked through the darkness. Real ghosts jumped out and random,
shocking people and occasionally scaring them. After they had exited the Haunted House, James insisted on
riding the 'Choc and Marsh' rollercoaster again, and again, and again. It was getting late, and the park was
about to close. Lily and James exited the park (A/N Because you can't apparate inside the park) and apparated
back to the trees near Lily's house, where they shared a kiss before they walked back to Lily's house. Lily's
parents answered the door and Lily introduced James to her Mum (A/N Because James has already met her
dad). They invited James in for tea (A/N As in Tea the drink, not food.) and they talked. Lily's parents got on
well with James and invited him to dinner on Easter Sunday. When James left, Lily showed him to the door and
they embraced. They shared a quick kiss and James left.
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James got home at 10pm and went to the living room, where he found his parents talking about Easter Sunday
(Sirius was still out on a date with Laura). He joined their conversation and told them that Lily's parents had
invited him to their house. They told him to invite Lily to their family party next Tuesday. He groaned
inwardly. Potter family parties were always a tedious affair for him.
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This is my longest chapter so far! It took me ages to write and type, so please review! With thanks to my sister Reeni who was actually nice to me for once. She thought up: Space Trampolining, Bertie Bott's factory, the rollercoaster starting on tracks (I was just going to have it flying) and floating along on clouds. Thanks to everyone who reviewed Chapter 12~Ntonks1, LegolasMirkwoodElfPrince, Hrei-siesn, hpfreak08, monki, Ljstagflower4e, and TrinitysBitch who reviewed chapter 1. Also, a huge thank you to LilyE, Maraudertimes and Urebriviel, who have my story on their favourites list. I said I'd update on Monday, and I have! I am truly proud of myself. Chandoranjuran is another strange name that I invented. To Karen-review, don't just read it, review! Actually, that goes for everyone! Anyway, thank you once more and please review, just click the little button that says 'Go' on it, and tell me what you think. Thanks!
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