Lily's First Year: Part Two
Lily opened her eyes. It was a fresh fall morning, and her first day of school at Hogwarts. She looked over at Leona and Kayla's beds. They were stirring. Lily sat up and stretched. She couldn't wait until her classes started. She was sure they would all be wonderful.
Leona looked up sleepily. "Oh, hi, Lily." She yawned. Lily walked over to Kayla's bed.
"Wake up, Kayla!"
Kayla groaned. "Okay, Lily, I'm awake."
The other Gryffindor girls were awake now, too. They all got dressed and hurried into the common room. The boys were already there. Arthur and Molly led the way to the Great Hall, where they had breakfast.
Lily, Kayla, and Leona compared schedules while they ate. Their schedules looked like this:
Gryffindor Schedule-First years
8:00 am Charms, Professor Flitwick
(with Hufflepuff)
9:00 am Transfiguration, Professor McGonagall
(with Slytherin)
10:00 am Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Vector
(with Slytherin)
11:00 am Herbology, Professor Sprout
(with Hufflepuff)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm History of Magic, Professor Binns
(with Ravenclaw)
2:00 pm Potions, Professor Carpetra
(with Ravenclaw)
3:00pm-5:30pm Study time
5:30 pm Dinner
6:00-9:30 Study time
ALL STUDENTS MUST BE IN THEIR COMMON ROOMS AT 9:30!
"Oh, bother, we have Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration with the Slytherins," Lily sighed.
Leona shrugged. "We would have two classes with them no matter what."
Kayla groaned again. She hadn't met a Slytherin yet, but had heard plenty from the other Gryffindors. She was Muggle-born, like Lily, so the Slytherins would probably go after her right away.
"Eat your breakfasts, girls," Professor McGonagall said while passing them. They ate the food quickly, as they were very excited.
Charms, their first class, was very interesting to Lily. She liked Professor Flitwick right away, even though he was so short that he had to stand on a pile of books to be seen by the class. Lily enjoyed saying the funny words that made a charm work. Professor Flitwick gave them a speech about charms.
Transfiguration was going to be hard, Lily knew right away. Professor McGongagall was not a teacher to get mad, and put them to work right away at turning a match into a needle. To everyone's surprise, especially Professor McGonagall and the Slytherins, James Potter got his match into a needle by the end of the period, and Sirius Black came awful close. The Professor gave the two boys rare smiles and dismissed them to their next class.
Defense Against Dark Arts was a class that everyone had been looking forward to. Lily was relieved to hear that most of the creatures that they would be studying would not actually visit them. Professor Vector was a teacher that Lily didn't take to at all, with glaring eyes and sneers. He favored the Slytherins, since he was head of their house. He glared at all of the Gryffindors while they read about Cornish pixies. Lily couldn't wait to get out of there.
Herbology was a little interesting. Lily had always been interested in plants, since she was named after one, and learning about magical ones was cool. She liked Professor Sprout, who tried hard to make Herbology interesting for everyone.
At lunch, everyone crowded around James and Sirius, asking how they had turned their matches into needles. They seemed to like the attention and made up stories that Lily knew were far from the truth. She had noticed that James and Sirius paid little, if any, attention in class. It kind of bothered her that boys could be so boastful. But she ate her lunch in silence.
History of Magic would have been interesting, had its teacher been alive. Yes, Professor Binns was a ghost, and a rather dreary one at that. He rambled on and on about what they would do this year, and Lily nearly fell asleep while listening. She looked back, and saw that James and Sirius had fallen asleep! Remus was nodding off, and Peter was yawning. She looked at Kayla and Leona who were both nodding off, like Remus. The whole rest of the class was trying hard not to fall asleep, but it was very hard. Professor Binns either didn't notice, or didn't care, because he drawled on and on. Finally the bell rang, waking up James and Sirius.
"Had a good nap?" Lily asked as she put her books away. James grinned sheepishly. Sirius yawned.
Potions was interesting, too. Professor Carpetra had a warm smile and a friendly nature, and made Potions fun. Lily liked her right away, and hoped that she would always be the Potions master. Professor Carpetra asked the students questions at the beginning, and then got them started on a shrinking potion. Lily worked with Kayla, and Leona worked with a Ravenclaw she knew.
Throughout the year, Lily's opinion of her classes didn't change much. She ended up doing very well in almost all of her classes, even though she had expected to do horribly, since she was Muggle-born. Charms and Herbology were her strong points, but she did well in the other classes, too, even Defense Against the Dark Arts. James was good at everything, but best in Transfiguration. He earned many smiles from Professor McGonagall. Sirius was great at everything, too, but Professor Vector hated the two, as they were always making trouble. Remus did very well in Defense Against Dark Arts, which seemed to amuse his friends a lot. Kayla was very interested in History of Magic, and got top scores in that class. Leona shared the Herbology top score with Lily. In Potions, Severus Snape was high above everyone else; he found brewing them easy, even though it baffled nearly everyone else. Peter just barely scraped by, with lots of help from James, Sirius and Remus. At the end of the year, they all got decent scores, even in Defense Against Dark Arts. Lily said goodbye to her friends, wishing that she didn't have to go home. Her parents welcomed her with open arms.
"Lily, how was your year?" Her mother asked.
Lily smiled. "Great, Mum! I have loads to tell you and Dad!" She looked around uncertainly. "Where's Petunia?"
Her dad sighed. "She wouldn't come. So, what do you want to tell us?" Lily started chattering about all her friends, Hogwarts and her classes. They walked out of sight.
Author's Note: The End! Of her first year, at least. This part probably seemed a little rushed, but that is because not much happens during her first year, only on the first day of it. I'm not sure what I should do about the second, third and fourth years, as nothing interesting at all happens…any ideas? I'm thinking about doing a list of things you would need to know that happens in the second, third and fourth years, such as James, Sirius, Peter and Lily find out that Remus is a werewolf, and then go on to write about her fifth year…what do you think of that? Please tell me in your reviews. Anyways, bye for now! –April