"Felicia!" Lily cried, leaping up to greet her friend, but something
about Felicia told her not to. "Lily, seriously," she said with an angry
and confused look, "what are you doing on this train?" her friend inquired.
"This is the Hogwarts Express, right?" said a bewildered Lily. This was
getting so confusing. "It is but what are you doing on it?" Felicia was
really angry now. Lily was so scared she couldn't answer, she un-zippered
her trunk, grabbed her acceptance letter, and thrust at Felicia. She read,
her face darkening, and then suddenly threw the letter on the ground
stomped on it a couple times and stormed out. Lily darted to the door
after her.
"Ouch!" Lily had knocked someone over as she had dashed out of the room. "Oh, sorry," she apologized over her shoulder, jumping over the fallen person. Before her foot had touched the ground on the other side, something grabbed her ankle and she fell face first into the tile flooring. The kid she had collided with had tripped her and was now leaping over her head, yelling, "It's okay I'm fine!" "The nerve," Lily mumbled threateningly before copying his move by grabbing his ankle. Unfortunately for Lily, instead of falling forward he fell backwards right on top of Lily. She screamed, the boy couldn't get up and for some reason he was laughing hysterically.
But, in a few second it was not cries of laughter you could hear from down the hall. "Ouch!" the kid said for the second time in the last five minutes, while cradling his swelling arm. "Well I wouldn't have had to if you had gotten off me when you were supposed to," Lily practically pleaded. "Well, Miss-Everyone-Can-Read-My-Mind, sorry I didn't…" he didn't finish because he was too busy staring at Lily. She looked back at him for the first time. Her heart skipped a beat, was this one of those crazy boys she had run into before she had boarded the train? Were all of them coming to Hogwarts? "Hold up," Lily thought to herself, "you don't even know if this is the same guy, stop jumping to conclusions."
He was talking again, "Hey aren't you the chick Sirius tried to pick up?" Lily blushed significantly even though Lily Evens, with her wavy shoulder-length red hair, dazzling forest green eyes and freckle dusted nose, was used to being called chick, baby or any other name guys thought up to explain her beauty. looking down at her toes, shifting uncomfortably, "Sirius," she repeated softly, "yeah that's me." It was who she thought it was. Now Lily knew she was going to die. Or at least she hoped she would. "You were pretty slick with him," he went on, "most girls don't know how to handle Sirius." There conversation continued in the corridor between them, neither noticing that the train was already moving until the first food cart came around.
Remus, as Lily soon learned to call him, bought so many sweets Lily couldn't name then all. Of course that was due to the fact that Lily had never heard of any of them. She had seen one called a "Star Burst" but it was nothing like the chewy "muggle" candy. In fact, it was a lollypop that, when finished, stopped you from talking, instead a shower of glittering stars burst from your mouth whenever you started to speak. (This candy was banished in 1969 due to a number of "angel sightings" in the muggle world.)
They went into the compartment, where Lily had originally seated herself, followed by another first year they had met buying treats. He called himself Steve, but his real name was Severus, he said it sounded too weird. He had neatly combed auburn hair with a tint of blond and shining brown eyes. They all talked about what they thought the sorting might be. Then Chocolate (Lily still didn't know his name) joined them and brought up rumors of enchanted ceilings. And of course, the question arose, what house they all wanted to be in. Steve and Remus where the first to answer, "Griffendor" they shouted in unison, "Me too," Chocolate chimed in.
Lily hadn't thought about it much. She wanted to be in Ravenclaw 'cause it sounded cool. Hufflepuff seemed stupid and Griffendor seemed too vain. Slytherin was not nice sounding even though she liked the Slytherin colors but she knew the "sorting hat" that she had read about in her sister's diary, would know what was right for her. So she joined in just for the heck of it and shouted out, "Me three!"
None of the four new friends had known to change into their new school robes so they all had to stay in the train with a group of trouble making seventh years. They hadn't changed on purpose, just so they would annoy the teachers who had been riding on the train and had been ordered to stay on it till all the children had gotten off. One of them told all of the students to just put their robes over their clothes to save time, so they did. They had missed the boats for the first years so they took a carriage instead. As it turned out they were lucky, some boys, with the names of Black, Sirius and Potter, James had "accidentally" pushed all the other passengers in their boat into the water and then played life guard saving them all from drowning or being eaten by a giant squid.
Lily was so excited that time passed so quickly from when they stepped through the huge doors, to when they were all sharing nonsense stories about giant squids, to when they all shuffled noisily through the doors of the great hall to listen to a singing hat, to when Evens, Lily's name was called and she scuffled to the stool. " Aha!" the hat sang into Lily's ear, "A tricky little one 'eh? Well I've already made my decision, but you seem interesting so I'd like to talk to you…" Lily and the hat talked for eighteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds exactly before saying good-bye to her newfound friend. She had gotten off the stool and put the hat back when she realized that she didn't know which house table to sit at. It was about that time the hat noticed too and it shouted, "Griffendor!"
"Ouch!" Lily had knocked someone over as she had dashed out of the room. "Oh, sorry," she apologized over her shoulder, jumping over the fallen person. Before her foot had touched the ground on the other side, something grabbed her ankle and she fell face first into the tile flooring. The kid she had collided with had tripped her and was now leaping over her head, yelling, "It's okay I'm fine!" "The nerve," Lily mumbled threateningly before copying his move by grabbing his ankle. Unfortunately for Lily, instead of falling forward he fell backwards right on top of Lily. She screamed, the boy couldn't get up and for some reason he was laughing hysterically.
But, in a few second it was not cries of laughter you could hear from down the hall. "Ouch!" the kid said for the second time in the last five minutes, while cradling his swelling arm. "Well I wouldn't have had to if you had gotten off me when you were supposed to," Lily practically pleaded. "Well, Miss-Everyone-Can-Read-My-Mind, sorry I didn't…" he didn't finish because he was too busy staring at Lily. She looked back at him for the first time. Her heart skipped a beat, was this one of those crazy boys she had run into before she had boarded the train? Were all of them coming to Hogwarts? "Hold up," Lily thought to herself, "you don't even know if this is the same guy, stop jumping to conclusions."
He was talking again, "Hey aren't you the chick Sirius tried to pick up?" Lily blushed significantly even though Lily Evens, with her wavy shoulder-length red hair, dazzling forest green eyes and freckle dusted nose, was used to being called chick, baby or any other name guys thought up to explain her beauty. looking down at her toes, shifting uncomfortably, "Sirius," she repeated softly, "yeah that's me." It was who she thought it was. Now Lily knew she was going to die. Or at least she hoped she would. "You were pretty slick with him," he went on, "most girls don't know how to handle Sirius." There conversation continued in the corridor between them, neither noticing that the train was already moving until the first food cart came around.
Remus, as Lily soon learned to call him, bought so many sweets Lily couldn't name then all. Of course that was due to the fact that Lily had never heard of any of them. She had seen one called a "Star Burst" but it was nothing like the chewy "muggle" candy. In fact, it was a lollypop that, when finished, stopped you from talking, instead a shower of glittering stars burst from your mouth whenever you started to speak. (This candy was banished in 1969 due to a number of "angel sightings" in the muggle world.)
They went into the compartment, where Lily had originally seated herself, followed by another first year they had met buying treats. He called himself Steve, but his real name was Severus, he said it sounded too weird. He had neatly combed auburn hair with a tint of blond and shining brown eyes. They all talked about what they thought the sorting might be. Then Chocolate (Lily still didn't know his name) joined them and brought up rumors of enchanted ceilings. And of course, the question arose, what house they all wanted to be in. Steve and Remus where the first to answer, "Griffendor" they shouted in unison, "Me too," Chocolate chimed in.
Lily hadn't thought about it much. She wanted to be in Ravenclaw 'cause it sounded cool. Hufflepuff seemed stupid and Griffendor seemed too vain. Slytherin was not nice sounding even though she liked the Slytherin colors but she knew the "sorting hat" that she had read about in her sister's diary, would know what was right for her. So she joined in just for the heck of it and shouted out, "Me three!"
None of the four new friends had known to change into their new school robes so they all had to stay in the train with a group of trouble making seventh years. They hadn't changed on purpose, just so they would annoy the teachers who had been riding on the train and had been ordered to stay on it till all the children had gotten off. One of them told all of the students to just put their robes over their clothes to save time, so they did. They had missed the boats for the first years so they took a carriage instead. As it turned out they were lucky, some boys, with the names of Black, Sirius and Potter, James had "accidentally" pushed all the other passengers in their boat into the water and then played life guard saving them all from drowning or being eaten by a giant squid.
Lily was so excited that time passed so quickly from when they stepped through the huge doors, to when they were all sharing nonsense stories about giant squids, to when they all shuffled noisily through the doors of the great hall to listen to a singing hat, to when Evens, Lily's name was called and she scuffled to the stool. " Aha!" the hat sang into Lily's ear, "A tricky little one 'eh? Well I've already made my decision, but you seem interesting so I'd like to talk to you…" Lily and the hat talked for eighteen minutes and twenty-seven seconds exactly before saying good-bye to her newfound friend. She had gotten off the stool and put the hat back when she realized that she didn't know which house table to sit at. It was about that time the hat noticed too and it shouted, "Griffendor!"
