Chapter One
Lily Craig Evans
It was quite a beautiful, sunny day when Queen May Evans went into labor with her second child. It had been long tradition in her family lines and country history to have the second born daughter become the rightful heir to the throne of the small magical country of Magid. Queen May's husband, having no royalty in the family, wasn't called King Robert, just Sir Robert and his close friends dropped the Sir all together and called him Robbie, Bobby, or even Roy when they wanted to tease him. May, the third of three children, the last-born child, and the second born daughter, had become the Queen of Magid when her own mother had died not 2 months earlier.
That is why, on this beautiful day, this child was the talk of Magid for the entire, day, week, and month to follow. It was, as the people had hoped, a beautiful little girl with a little light blonde hair and peaches and cream skin. She had the smallest dainty fingers and the biggest green eyes that could make your heart melt. Her mother named her after her favorite flower, Lily, and after her husbands last name, Craig, so as to keep his family history alive. This daughter is none other than the Princess Lily Craig Evans.
As said before, yes Lily originally had light blonde hair, which before the age of one fell out and came in as a rich crimson red. Her eyes stayed big and bright green, and she had long dark eyelashes with the same peaches and cream skin. She was, in essence, beautiful. Lily, from a very early age, learned the good points and bad points from being rich, let alone the heir to a country, and princess. She didn't have many friends mainly because the first few that she did have wanted something in return, after that she didn't trust them. She absolutely loved animals, especially Pegasus, which she had gotten one on her 7^th birthday. Quite expensive, but Lily still adored it. Most people think of Pegasus as pure white horses with silver tipped wings, but Lily's flying horse was different. Lily had gotten a female Pegasus with jet-black hair and long black main and tail. Its eyes blazed black and she was quite fierce and wouldn't tame with anyone but whom she considered her
mother: Lily. Her name? Cauchmar. In French that means Nightmare. A little joke Lily had made considering her horse was a girl, so it was a mare, and she was a black as night, plus with anyone else she truly was a nightmare.
Lily, just like every princess, was taught to be a princess. She learned all sorts of things from all of her teachers, (21 to be exact). She was taught gymnastics so she would be flexible, ballet to be graceful, ice-skating so her mother could actually tell Lily she looked like and angel, and she learned tennis so she could be a little sporty. She, of course, learned to care for Cauchmar and she learned many forms of dance. She learns ballroom dancing, tap, jazz, ballet (as mentioned before), Irish dance, tango, and the list goes on for eternity.
It was when she was about to turn 11 that her mother decided to take Lily to her first ball.
"Lily sweet, I have a question to ask you," her mother stated.
Lily came skidding around the corner in her socks and slid right to her mother, trying to fix her composure she curtsied as gracefully as she could and tried holding her breath from the running, "Yes mum," she asked panting a little from the long run.
"Lily dear, what am I to do with you. Your sister Petunia, though a squib, acts more like a Princess than you do, and what do I see, my youngest daughter and heir to the throne after me come in running in her socks, jeans, and a sweaty t-shirt." He mother reprimanded.
"Sorry mother," Lily said quietly.
"Might I ask what you were doing in your sock and, and that atrocious outfit?"
"I was. Um.. I was.." Lily started.
"Ladies do not say `um' Lily," her mother stated.
"Yes mum, sorry mum. I was practicing." Lily said simply. To simply.
"And what were you practicing?" her mother asked.
Lily bent her head down in shame, "Quiddatch mum."
"QUIDDATCH!" her mother screamed, "You were practicing QUIDDATCH. Why weren't you practicing your magic or even ballet, or worse, riding Cauchmar through the forest, but no you were riding on a broom practicing QUIDDATCH!" her mouth practically dripped with loathe when she said the name of that... that dreadful sport.
"Mother, what did you call me in for," Lily asked sheepishly, trying to change the subject.
Her mum's eyes softened. "In three days there is a ball which I must attend. I thought that with you being a Princess, would like the practice considering you'll be going to quite a few. This is a very important ball, and many important people will be there, but they have been dieing to get a look at you." Her mother said pleased.
"That would be, delightful," Lily said with a little pause, then knowing her mother would be a little upset at the tomboy girl she exclaimed, "Oh mother, whatever shall I wear."
Her mother smiled, this was the Lily she was hoping for. Sweet little girlish Lily. "No need to worry, I'll have Francois take you shopping."
"Thank you mother," Lily exclaimed delightedly. Might I mention here that Lily also took acting lessons, but for some reason, little Tomboy Princess Lily Craig Evens just LOVED shopping, so she wasn't acting here at all. "When shall I go, the ball is in three days!" she asked concerned.
"Today, Lily darling, I already told Francois to get ready and to take you to Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions."
"Ok mum, are you going to put it on the account or shall I pay there?" Lily asked.
"Its going to go on the account, Lily, and remember, no talking to strangers, especially boys!"
"Yes mother," Lily said exasperatedly. "Mother?"
"Yes Lily?" her mother replied.
"Am I to go to Hogwarts if I get on, or Beauxbatons?"
"Lily, you'll do as I did, go to Beauxbatons until you turn 15, and then go to Hogwarts!" she answered simply.
"Yes mother," Lily said disheartened. She would rather go Hogwarts, but she would for three years, so it was ok.
It was then that Francois took Lily's hand and quite literally swept her off of her feet and brought her to the fireplace. "Floo powder?" Lily asked. Francois nodded. Lily stepped into the fireplace after she had thrown the Floo Powder in. "Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions." She said. Francois followed saying the same thing.
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"Hello Princess Lillian," Madam Malkin said formally, and dropped to a curtsy.
Lily laughed happily, "No need for the title Madam Malkin, call me Lily."
It was then that Madam Malkin relaxed. "Hello Lily, I heard you have a ball coming up. Let me get some measurements and a few colors of fabric and see what I can do for you." At that they left Francois all alone in the shop as Madam Malkin led Lily to the back to get her measurements.
Lily overheard some people talking so she stopped to listen, of course.
"So Si? What do you want to do after we get our robes?" she heard one voice ask. Lily was delighted, people to talk to.
"Dunno," answered another voice, she guessed it was Si's voice, but wasn't sure if there was more than one person in the room.
"Wonder what's taking Madam Malkin so long to get the robes," the first boy said again. Lily knew, it was because of her.
"Jamsie my boy, you wonder to much," that was Si. So the first one must be Jamsie!
Madam Malkin had just finished the measurements on Lily and told her to wait in a different room while she looked at colors that would look good on her. Madam Malkin pointed to the one that the boy's voices were coming from. Lily smiled and happily obliged.
She walked in with her head high and sat at a chair in the back; opened up a purse she always had with her, and started reading the book. One of the boys, getting curious as to why this new person walked into the room they were in, said "Hi". It was the first boy. Jamsie, Lily thought.
"Hello," she said and looked up from her book, "I'm Lily Craig-." She stopped, what if these boys used her like her old friend Natasha had after she found out she was a Princess. Lily stopped short there. "I'm Lily Craigs." She said again.
"I'm Sirius Black," said the second boy, "And this is my friend Jamsie Potter."
"He's joking," Jamsie said, "My name's James. Nice to meet you," he said with a smile. "Are you getting robes for Hogwarts?"
"No, I need a formal dress for a dance I'm going to soon, and my mum just told me about it this morning so I came here."
"O," James said.
"Are you going to Hogwarts?" Sirius asked.
"Not until I'm older. My mum has this thing for going to more than one school. Says I'll be more learned." Lily answered, then she smiled, "But I wish I was going there, I've read so much about it."
"This is our first year going there," James said thoughtfully, "You look awfully familiar."
"Really, I don't know where I would have seen you before," Lily answered truthfully, but in her head she was thinking, `unless you picked up a paper a few days ago and saw me on the front page winning some stupid Pegasus race with Cauchmar'
"Lily dear," Madam Malkin came in holding a beautiful cream colored dress with a poof in the skirt and a v neck color. It had swirls throughout the fabric and glitter everywhere. In Madam Malkin's other hand she held slippers of matching color and a small tiara.
"Wow," Lily said breathlessly. "It's beautiful. Mum said to charge it on her account."
"Yes Lily, O and James, Sirius," Madam Malkin said rummaging in a different room, "These are just your size."
"Thanks" they said at the same time and Lily laughed. Madam Malkin gave her a bag with her stuff and handed the boys there robes.
"Wanna come with us shopping." Sirius asked. "I know you don't need the stuff, but you can come anyways."
"I'd love to," Lily said and smiled again, making Sirius blush. With that, the three of them left the room, and Lily completely forgot that Francois was waiting in the other room and that in an hour she had private tutoring lessons, because if she had remembered, she would have known that Francois did not do well under pressure and that he quite quickly tended to over react to the smallest things, say, perhaps, the Princess and hair to the throne gone missing....
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So people, how did you like this. Next chapter will be out very soon and the Queen will not be very happy, neither will the king, Petunia, Francois, her 21 teachers, and all of Magid. Very exciting but it is extremely sad and dramatic near the end of the second chapter. So what did you think? No need to talk to the computer screen, just click the "Review" button that the little arrow is pointing to and I'll be happy, and the faster I get reviews, the faster I write the next chapter.
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Lily Craig Evans
It was quite a beautiful, sunny day when Queen May Evans went into labor with her second child. It had been long tradition in her family lines and country history to have the second born daughter become the rightful heir to the throne of the small magical country of Magid. Queen May's husband, having no royalty in the family, wasn't called King Robert, just Sir Robert and his close friends dropped the Sir all together and called him Robbie, Bobby, or even Roy when they wanted to tease him. May, the third of three children, the last-born child, and the second born daughter, had become the Queen of Magid when her own mother had died not 2 months earlier.
That is why, on this beautiful day, this child was the talk of Magid for the entire, day, week, and month to follow. It was, as the people had hoped, a beautiful little girl with a little light blonde hair and peaches and cream skin. She had the smallest dainty fingers and the biggest green eyes that could make your heart melt. Her mother named her after her favorite flower, Lily, and after her husbands last name, Craig, so as to keep his family history alive. This daughter is none other than the Princess Lily Craig Evans.
As said before, yes Lily originally had light blonde hair, which before the age of one fell out and came in as a rich crimson red. Her eyes stayed big and bright green, and she had long dark eyelashes with the same peaches and cream skin. She was, in essence, beautiful. Lily, from a very early age, learned the good points and bad points from being rich, let alone the heir to a country, and princess. She didn't have many friends mainly because the first few that she did have wanted something in return, after that she didn't trust them. She absolutely loved animals, especially Pegasus, which she had gotten one on her 7^th birthday. Quite expensive, but Lily still adored it. Most people think of Pegasus as pure white horses with silver tipped wings, but Lily's flying horse was different. Lily had gotten a female Pegasus with jet-black hair and long black main and tail. Its eyes blazed black and she was quite fierce and wouldn't tame with anyone but whom she considered her
mother: Lily. Her name? Cauchmar. In French that means Nightmare. A little joke Lily had made considering her horse was a girl, so it was a mare, and she was a black as night, plus with anyone else she truly was a nightmare.
Lily, just like every princess, was taught to be a princess. She learned all sorts of things from all of her teachers, (21 to be exact). She was taught gymnastics so she would be flexible, ballet to be graceful, ice-skating so her mother could actually tell Lily she looked like and angel, and she learned tennis so she could be a little sporty. She, of course, learned to care for Cauchmar and she learned many forms of dance. She learns ballroom dancing, tap, jazz, ballet (as mentioned before), Irish dance, tango, and the list goes on for eternity.
It was when she was about to turn 11 that her mother decided to take Lily to her first ball.
"Lily sweet, I have a question to ask you," her mother stated.
Lily came skidding around the corner in her socks and slid right to her mother, trying to fix her composure she curtsied as gracefully as she could and tried holding her breath from the running, "Yes mum," she asked panting a little from the long run.
"Lily dear, what am I to do with you. Your sister Petunia, though a squib, acts more like a Princess than you do, and what do I see, my youngest daughter and heir to the throne after me come in running in her socks, jeans, and a sweaty t-shirt." He mother reprimanded.
"Sorry mother," Lily said quietly.
"Might I ask what you were doing in your sock and, and that atrocious outfit?"
"I was. Um.. I was.." Lily started.
"Ladies do not say `um' Lily," her mother stated.
"Yes mum, sorry mum. I was practicing." Lily said simply. To simply.
"And what were you practicing?" her mother asked.
Lily bent her head down in shame, "Quiddatch mum."
"QUIDDATCH!" her mother screamed, "You were practicing QUIDDATCH. Why weren't you practicing your magic or even ballet, or worse, riding Cauchmar through the forest, but no you were riding on a broom practicing QUIDDATCH!" her mouth practically dripped with loathe when she said the name of that... that dreadful sport.
"Mother, what did you call me in for," Lily asked sheepishly, trying to change the subject.
Her mum's eyes softened. "In three days there is a ball which I must attend. I thought that with you being a Princess, would like the practice considering you'll be going to quite a few. This is a very important ball, and many important people will be there, but they have been dieing to get a look at you." Her mother said pleased.
"That would be, delightful," Lily said with a little pause, then knowing her mother would be a little upset at the tomboy girl she exclaimed, "Oh mother, whatever shall I wear."
Her mother smiled, this was the Lily she was hoping for. Sweet little girlish Lily. "No need to worry, I'll have Francois take you shopping."
"Thank you mother," Lily exclaimed delightedly. Might I mention here that Lily also took acting lessons, but for some reason, little Tomboy Princess Lily Craig Evens just LOVED shopping, so she wasn't acting here at all. "When shall I go, the ball is in three days!" she asked concerned.
"Today, Lily darling, I already told Francois to get ready and to take you to Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions."
"Ok mum, are you going to put it on the account or shall I pay there?" Lily asked.
"Its going to go on the account, Lily, and remember, no talking to strangers, especially boys!"
"Yes mother," Lily said exasperatedly. "Mother?"
"Yes Lily?" her mother replied.
"Am I to go to Hogwarts if I get on, or Beauxbatons?"
"Lily, you'll do as I did, go to Beauxbatons until you turn 15, and then go to Hogwarts!" she answered simply.
"Yes mother," Lily said disheartened. She would rather go Hogwarts, but she would for three years, so it was ok.
It was then that Francois took Lily's hand and quite literally swept her off of her feet and brought her to the fireplace. "Floo powder?" Lily asked. Francois nodded. Lily stepped into the fireplace after she had thrown the Floo Powder in. "Madam Malkins Robes for All Occasions." She said. Francois followed saying the same thing.
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"Hello Princess Lillian," Madam Malkin said formally, and dropped to a curtsy.
Lily laughed happily, "No need for the title Madam Malkin, call me Lily."
It was then that Madam Malkin relaxed. "Hello Lily, I heard you have a ball coming up. Let me get some measurements and a few colors of fabric and see what I can do for you." At that they left Francois all alone in the shop as Madam Malkin led Lily to the back to get her measurements.
Lily overheard some people talking so she stopped to listen, of course.
"So Si? What do you want to do after we get our robes?" she heard one voice ask. Lily was delighted, people to talk to.
"Dunno," answered another voice, she guessed it was Si's voice, but wasn't sure if there was more than one person in the room.
"Wonder what's taking Madam Malkin so long to get the robes," the first boy said again. Lily knew, it was because of her.
"Jamsie my boy, you wonder to much," that was Si. So the first one must be Jamsie!
Madam Malkin had just finished the measurements on Lily and told her to wait in a different room while she looked at colors that would look good on her. Madam Malkin pointed to the one that the boy's voices were coming from. Lily smiled and happily obliged.
She walked in with her head high and sat at a chair in the back; opened up a purse she always had with her, and started reading the book. One of the boys, getting curious as to why this new person walked into the room they were in, said "Hi". It was the first boy. Jamsie, Lily thought.
"Hello," she said and looked up from her book, "I'm Lily Craig-." She stopped, what if these boys used her like her old friend Natasha had after she found out she was a Princess. Lily stopped short there. "I'm Lily Craigs." She said again.
"I'm Sirius Black," said the second boy, "And this is my friend Jamsie Potter."
"He's joking," Jamsie said, "My name's James. Nice to meet you," he said with a smile. "Are you getting robes for Hogwarts?"
"No, I need a formal dress for a dance I'm going to soon, and my mum just told me about it this morning so I came here."
"O," James said.
"Are you going to Hogwarts?" Sirius asked.
"Not until I'm older. My mum has this thing for going to more than one school. Says I'll be more learned." Lily answered, then she smiled, "But I wish I was going there, I've read so much about it."
"This is our first year going there," James said thoughtfully, "You look awfully familiar."
"Really, I don't know where I would have seen you before," Lily answered truthfully, but in her head she was thinking, `unless you picked up a paper a few days ago and saw me on the front page winning some stupid Pegasus race with Cauchmar'
"Lily dear," Madam Malkin came in holding a beautiful cream colored dress with a poof in the skirt and a v neck color. It had swirls throughout the fabric and glitter everywhere. In Madam Malkin's other hand she held slippers of matching color and a small tiara.
"Wow," Lily said breathlessly. "It's beautiful. Mum said to charge it on her account."
"Yes Lily, O and James, Sirius," Madam Malkin said rummaging in a different room, "These are just your size."
"Thanks" they said at the same time and Lily laughed. Madam Malkin gave her a bag with her stuff and handed the boys there robes.
"Wanna come with us shopping." Sirius asked. "I know you don't need the stuff, but you can come anyways."
"I'd love to," Lily said and smiled again, making Sirius blush. With that, the three of them left the room, and Lily completely forgot that Francois was waiting in the other room and that in an hour she had private tutoring lessons, because if she had remembered, she would have known that Francois did not do well under pressure and that he quite quickly tended to over react to the smallest things, say, perhaps, the Princess and hair to the throne gone missing....
----------------* * * Author's Notes * * * ----------------
So people, how did you like this. Next chapter will be out very soon and the Queen will not be very happy, neither will the king, Petunia, Francois, her 21 teachers, and all of Magid. Very exciting but it is extremely sad and dramatic near the end of the second chapter. So what did you think? No need to talk to the computer screen, just click the "Review" button that the little arrow is pointing to and I'll be happy, and the faster I get reviews, the faster I write the next chapter.
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