Remember - everything except for Tessa Hinton and the plot belongs to JK Rowling. Some characters are based on friends, some are JK's and some are straight from my imagination, but Tessa is the only thing definitely mine. Steal anything, and expect Eric the dragon to attack you...
Chapter 2; two blondes, a brown and a blue
Lily stepped down off the train, taking Lupidup and her trunk with her. Feverishly, Lily looked around her, hoping to spot a trolley to put her heavy trunk on. She was in luck. Not ten metres away was a stack of them, all waiting to be used.
Quickly, Lily grabbed one, before running back to her trunk. She carefully put her stuff on to the trolley before glancing round for platform nine. Lily could not see it anywhere. Not to her left, not to her right... Lily suddenly had realised which platform she was on. Slowly, she raised her head (just to check). Hanging directly above her, was a small, metal tile, with the number '9' on.
"I didn't need this trolley after all", was all Lily could think, laughing to herself.
She moved towards the barrier, ever so slowly, so as to attract the least attention, which was VERY hard, what with Lupidup cooing at the top of his voice.
"Shhhh....", she whispered to him, before shoving a few 'Oswald's Owl Treats; Mouse Flavour' through his bars. Immediately Lupidup stopped crooning, allowing Lily to get on with the task at hand.
Lily felt the cold metal barrier through her t-shirt, moved ever so slowly backwards...
...and found herself on platform nine and three-quarters. All around her owls were hooting (Lupidup started hooting with his beak full of owl treats, spraying Lily with half-digested pieces of mouse - much to her annoyance), children half-laughing, half-crying as they said goodbye to their elder brothers and sisters, who in return were promising to send owls as soon as they got to Hogwarts. And there, standing tall and majestic on the tracks was the gleaming red engine of the Hogwarts Express itself.
For what seemed like an age, Lily stood there, staring at the Hogwarts Express - the one thing that could take her back to the wizarding world, until, she heard a voice break above the rabble.
"Lily! LILY!"
Lily turned round to see a girl her age with blonde eyes and blue hair (Lily wondered what professor McGonagall would have to say about this) running towards her.
"Jessica - what have you done to your hair?! It looks great!!!"
"Thanks Lily," her best friend replied. "Mum wasn't too happy at first but when she discovered that the spell was irreversible, she was fine about it."
"But didn't you get a letter from misuse of magic?"
"Nope. I turned eighteen this morning didn't I! That's a point - where's my present!!"
"So you did it this morning?"
"Didn't I just say that? Now then, what about this present..."
"Oh Jessica!!!" Lily had to laugh. It had been ages since she'd seen Jessica, and the first thing she wanted was her present! Lily didn't have the heart to tell her it was only a card - she hadn't been able to find anything on her trip to Diagon Ally, so Jessica would just have to wait....
Between Lily and Jessica, they quickly got all Lily's stuff on to the train, before settling down in their compartment.
Lily never had got over the luxury of the express. It had about one hundred little compartments up and down the train, each decked out with oak panelling and Hogwarts purple seat covers. There was the Hogwarts emblem emblazed on each of the doors, and there was even cupboards in the compartment to store luggage if there were lots of people on the train. These cupboards were amazing to Lily. They would hold at least eight peoples trunks (they had tried it out once, with Jessica, James, Sirius, Peter, Reumus, Thespia, Lutrica and Lily all ramming their trunks in the cupboard) and still there was space. Yet, if you put a single living thing in there (even a fly) the cupboard would not close. It really was incredible.
Lily and Jessica were soon joined by Thespia (who laughed at Jessica's hair and eyes, saying that it was a good improvement) and Lutrica (who gasped in amazement and asked Jessica how long she planned to get away with blue hair and blonde eyes), so that before long, the room was awash with laughter and gossip - the main subject of talk being the 'blooming' relationship between Reumus and Lutrica.
"If you ask me," said Thespia, having her two-penny bit, "I think it's 'blooming' amazing that our ickle rumey should have asked the ice-queen Lutrica out." This caused yet more laughter in the compartment.
Lutrica had picked up the nickname of ice-queen in the fourth year, when a boy in the sixth year had asked Lutrica seven times to go out with her, and every time she said no. What was more amazing about this was the fact that he was Quidditch captain!
"That's not fair!" Lutrica said angrily. "Why should I be called ice-queen? Lily's worse than me!"
"Two words Lutrica my dear."
"And would that be 'darling' Jessica?"
"Rupert Shering."
"I was only a fourth year!!"
"Now, now girls," said a mystery voice from the door. Two brown heads, a black and a blue one turned as one. "We'll have no fighting here" Standing at the door, was a tall boy, with scruffy black hair and round glasses. He was grinning mischievously, and had a sparkle in his eyes.
"James Potter - how long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough." He said, turning Lily red with fury. How dare listen in on their private conversation? But it wasn't long until she was calm. Lily had this strange peace thing inside her. The only time she was ever angry was if something MAJOR happened.
"So how was summer then Mr. Potter?"
"Very good thank you Ms. Evans."
"Excuse me - hate to break up the intimate and riveting conversation going on between the two of you, but it IS my birthday, and I want PRESENTS!" Everyone laughed at Jessica, as she stood in the middle of the compartment, hands on hips, her blonde eyes fiery. James made his excuses, but came back two minutes later, with Peter, Sirius and Reumus in tow. There was madness for the next half-hour, as everyone exchanged holiday horror stories. By the time everyone was ready for the present giving, Lutrica and Reumus had vanished, leaving two different packages behind. One wrapped in pink paper, the other wrapped in blue. Everyone had a giggle, before opening the presents, sitting in a warm compartment, on a red steam train, rushing through the countryside on the way to the finest wizarding school in the world. Funny how life is isn't it...
That has to be my longest chapter yet! Okay - so it's only my second chapter, but it's better than nothing!!! Thanks to everyone who reviewed - even if you reviewed the first copy and it got deleted - thanks. Everyone counts. Sorry to anyone who couldn't find my story yesterday - I accidentally deleted it - whoopsie!!! Mother Dear is now back with a bang. I'm going to give you either five reviews or three days before I put chapter three up. I know you can do it - I had four reviews before - so I must be able to get more now - mustn't I? So here's to Mother Dear - and remember - Eric the Dragon is watching you....
Chapter 2; two blondes, a brown and a blue
Lily stepped down off the train, taking Lupidup and her trunk with her. Feverishly, Lily looked around her, hoping to spot a trolley to put her heavy trunk on. She was in luck. Not ten metres away was a stack of them, all waiting to be used.
Quickly, Lily grabbed one, before running back to her trunk. She carefully put her stuff on to the trolley before glancing round for platform nine. Lily could not see it anywhere. Not to her left, not to her right... Lily suddenly had realised which platform she was on. Slowly, she raised her head (just to check). Hanging directly above her, was a small, metal tile, with the number '9' on.
"I didn't need this trolley after all", was all Lily could think, laughing to herself.
She moved towards the barrier, ever so slowly, so as to attract the least attention, which was VERY hard, what with Lupidup cooing at the top of his voice.
"Shhhh....", she whispered to him, before shoving a few 'Oswald's Owl Treats; Mouse Flavour' through his bars. Immediately Lupidup stopped crooning, allowing Lily to get on with the task at hand.
Lily felt the cold metal barrier through her t-shirt, moved ever so slowly backwards...
...and found herself on platform nine and three-quarters. All around her owls were hooting (Lupidup started hooting with his beak full of owl treats, spraying Lily with half-digested pieces of mouse - much to her annoyance), children half-laughing, half-crying as they said goodbye to their elder brothers and sisters, who in return were promising to send owls as soon as they got to Hogwarts. And there, standing tall and majestic on the tracks was the gleaming red engine of the Hogwarts Express itself.
For what seemed like an age, Lily stood there, staring at the Hogwarts Express - the one thing that could take her back to the wizarding world, until, she heard a voice break above the rabble.
"Lily! LILY!"
Lily turned round to see a girl her age with blonde eyes and blue hair (Lily wondered what professor McGonagall would have to say about this) running towards her.
"Jessica - what have you done to your hair?! It looks great!!!"
"Thanks Lily," her best friend replied. "Mum wasn't too happy at first but when she discovered that the spell was irreversible, she was fine about it."
"But didn't you get a letter from misuse of magic?"
"Nope. I turned eighteen this morning didn't I! That's a point - where's my present!!"
"So you did it this morning?"
"Didn't I just say that? Now then, what about this present..."
"Oh Jessica!!!" Lily had to laugh. It had been ages since she'd seen Jessica, and the first thing she wanted was her present! Lily didn't have the heart to tell her it was only a card - she hadn't been able to find anything on her trip to Diagon Ally, so Jessica would just have to wait....
Between Lily and Jessica, they quickly got all Lily's stuff on to the train, before settling down in their compartment.
Lily never had got over the luxury of the express. It had about one hundred little compartments up and down the train, each decked out with oak panelling and Hogwarts purple seat covers. There was the Hogwarts emblem emblazed on each of the doors, and there was even cupboards in the compartment to store luggage if there were lots of people on the train. These cupboards were amazing to Lily. They would hold at least eight peoples trunks (they had tried it out once, with Jessica, James, Sirius, Peter, Reumus, Thespia, Lutrica and Lily all ramming their trunks in the cupboard) and still there was space. Yet, if you put a single living thing in there (even a fly) the cupboard would not close. It really was incredible.
Lily and Jessica were soon joined by Thespia (who laughed at Jessica's hair and eyes, saying that it was a good improvement) and Lutrica (who gasped in amazement and asked Jessica how long she planned to get away with blue hair and blonde eyes), so that before long, the room was awash with laughter and gossip - the main subject of talk being the 'blooming' relationship between Reumus and Lutrica.
"If you ask me," said Thespia, having her two-penny bit, "I think it's 'blooming' amazing that our ickle rumey should have asked the ice-queen Lutrica out." This caused yet more laughter in the compartment.
Lutrica had picked up the nickname of ice-queen in the fourth year, when a boy in the sixth year had asked Lutrica seven times to go out with her, and every time she said no. What was more amazing about this was the fact that he was Quidditch captain!
"That's not fair!" Lutrica said angrily. "Why should I be called ice-queen? Lily's worse than me!"
"Two words Lutrica my dear."
"And would that be 'darling' Jessica?"
"Rupert Shering."
"I was only a fourth year!!"
"Now, now girls," said a mystery voice from the door. Two brown heads, a black and a blue one turned as one. "We'll have no fighting here" Standing at the door, was a tall boy, with scruffy black hair and round glasses. He was grinning mischievously, and had a sparkle in his eyes.
"James Potter - how long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough." He said, turning Lily red with fury. How dare listen in on their private conversation? But it wasn't long until she was calm. Lily had this strange peace thing inside her. The only time she was ever angry was if something MAJOR happened.
"So how was summer then Mr. Potter?"
"Very good thank you Ms. Evans."
"Excuse me - hate to break up the intimate and riveting conversation going on between the two of you, but it IS my birthday, and I want PRESENTS!" Everyone laughed at Jessica, as she stood in the middle of the compartment, hands on hips, her blonde eyes fiery. James made his excuses, but came back two minutes later, with Peter, Sirius and Reumus in tow. There was madness for the next half-hour, as everyone exchanged holiday horror stories. By the time everyone was ready for the present giving, Lutrica and Reumus had vanished, leaving two different packages behind. One wrapped in pink paper, the other wrapped in blue. Everyone had a giggle, before opening the presents, sitting in a warm compartment, on a red steam train, rushing through the countryside on the way to the finest wizarding school in the world. Funny how life is isn't it...
That has to be my longest chapter yet! Okay - so it's only my second chapter, but it's better than nothing!!! Thanks to everyone who reviewed - even if you reviewed the first copy and it got deleted - thanks. Everyone counts. Sorry to anyone who couldn't find my story yesterday - I accidentally deleted it - whoopsie!!! Mother Dear is now back with a bang. I'm going to give you either five reviews or three days before I put chapter three up. I know you can do it - I had four reviews before - so I must be able to get more now - mustn't I? So here's to Mother Dear - and remember - Eric the Dragon is watching you....