WWiBL? Chapter 9

Lily jumped out of the van and gasped. The Burrow wasn't given justice description wise in the books. It was great! George walked up to her and clapped his hand on her shoulder, "Welcome to the Burrow. It's your first time here, eh? You stayed at Hermione's before didn't you?"

"Er, yeah, must have!" said Lily. She was glad she could act like it was her first time here because apparently it was. She got her trunk and handed Skye to Fred who carried him in. Ron helped Lily get her trunk, which was followed by "Ooohs" and "Aaahs" from the twins and Harry. They walked in and Mrs. Weasley, Ginny, and Hermione rushed her.

"Oh, Lily. It's great to see you dear! It must be dreadful with all those men around!" said Mrs. Weasley.

"Lily, how've you been!" said Hermione.

"Hi Lily. Are you staying with Hermione and me in my room?" asked Ginny.

"Hi Mrs. Weasley, Hermione, Ginny. Yeah, Ginny, I guess I will be," said Lily uncertainly.

Two older men were sitting at the kitchen table and they both said hello to Harry and Lily. "That's Bill and that's Charlie," said Mrs. Weasley. Lily nodded a hello and turned to Ginny.

"Great! Let's help her with her stuff!" said Ginny excitedly. She grabbed Skye's cage form Fred and Hermione grabbed the other end of her trunk before Ron could drop it. They showed her up to Ginny's room. "Here's the bathroom in case you need it later, that's Percy's room, keep going up and you'll find Fred and George's room and at the top is Ron's where Fred, George, Ron, and Harry will be. My brother's, Charlie and Bill, have Fred and George's. We're lucky; it's only the three of us in here. Percy gets to keep his room because he's working so if you go upstairs be prepared to get yelled at by Percy for being too loud," explained Ginny. She stopped at a landing and said, "This is my room!" Lily gasped. It was great! It had purple wallpaper and a bed with a purple bedspread and purple pillows. There was a little radio playing WWN and a stack of CD's, which must have been the newest music of the wizarding world. There was Ginny's school trunk and two camping beds against the wall. One already had a pillow on it. Lily thought it must have been Hermione's.

"What do you want to do first? We can listen to music if you want!" exclaimed Ginny. Lily turned to Hermione who said, "I think I want to read right now if you don't mind Ginny. I need to brush up on Transfiguration. I think I've forgotten how to turn a hedgehog into a pincushion."

"I need to read up on Charms and History of Magic. I feel like I don't know any magic!" exclaimed Lily. Hermione and Ginny both looked at her and started laughing.

"You, not know any magic? Everybody says you and Hermione are tied for top in your year!" said Ginny. Lily couldn't believe it.

"Ask me something and see if I know it. I don't think I know a thing except a few spells," said Lily.

"Okay, how do you turn a hedgehog into a pincushion?" asked Hermione.

Lily was talking before she actually knew what she was saying, "You think of a pincushion and pretend your wand is a pin. You tap the hedgehog three times and then say 'Transfigurous'." "Oh my god, I'm a magic genius!" thought Lily. She looked up at Hermione.

"Well, I guess I was wrong," gasped Lily. She couldn't believe it.

"Lily, you look great! I see Madam Pomfrey's cure worked, eh?" said Ginny.

"What do you mean cure?" asked Lily. Frankly, she didn't know what the heck Ginny was going on about.

"You know, for you acne!" said Hermione. She had looked up from the search of her transfiguration book and started listening to the new conversation.

"Er, I didn't go through with it. I told her I didn't want it, that the acne would recede by itself!" said Lily. She didn't know how she new this, but she was positive it was true.

"I have an idea!" exclaimed Lily. She wanted to know what Ron thought of her.

"What?" asked Ginny and Hermione at the same time?

"Let's go spy on the boys!" she practically yelled.