Lily stepped out of her mother's car and stood, taking in the scene.
"Nine and three quarters, eh?" her father laughed. Lily groaned.
"THERE IS NO NINE AND THREE QUARTERS!" she yelled. 'Great,' she thought, 'now I'll never get to go to Hogwarts.' She felt tears well up in her eyes. She willed herself not to cry. It didn't exactly work.
"Oh, c'mere, Baby Lily," Petunia sighed. "Look, over there! Those kids have trunks just like you! Go and ask them for help."
"I CAN'T!" Lily wailed. Petunia sighed and took her sisters hand.
"HEY! BLACK-BOY! IS THAT GIRL WALKING TOWARD US?" James yelled. Sirius and Cassi immediately stopped bouncing around and looked. Sure enough, the redheaded girl was coming toward them. Cassi noticed she was wearing a dress and wrinkled her nose. "Hello," the blonde one who was with the redhead said. "This is Lily. I'm Petunia, her sister. I was wondering if you three knew the way onto platform nine and three quarters?"
"Sure," Cassi said, eyeing Lily as if she were a mannequin, "You just run through the barrier." Lily looked suitably frightened.
"What if I bonk my head and it won't let me through?" Cassi rolled her eyes and ran toward the barrier.
Catriona and Ara-Leigh sat, primly, down on the seats of the Hogwarts Express. The girl with red hair that Ara-Leigh had spotted in the Leaky Cauldron wandered into their compartment.
"Hello," she said, "is this compartment full?"
"Yes, and anyway, we can't let a MUDBLOOD like yourself into OUR precious COMPARTMENT," Ara-Leigh drawled. Of course, Lily didn't know what the heck a 'Mudblood' was, but Ara-Leigh had said it so meanly that Lily had started to cry. As Lily ran from the compartment, Catriona took out some Muggle nail polish and proceeded to paint her and Ara-Leigh's fingernails.
Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Markus Crabbe and Gregory Goyle all piled into the farthest compartment. 'KNOCK! KNOCK!' there was a knock at the door. Severus opened it. Upon seeing the redheaded girl, he slammed the door shut. Lily ran straight to the front, not wanting to go in the compartment with the black-haired girl and black-haired boys.
"Whoa, there!" David Lucas Potter yelled. "Stop! You need to find a seat, Miss-" he paused, realising he didn't know her name.
"lily evans," she said in a tiny voice, "the black-haired people threw me out, the ones who called me a Mudblood threw me out and the 4 boys threw me out. I haven't anywhere to sit." David's calm stance turned cold at once.
"Okay, you can sit up here with the Prefects and Head People. I'll talk to Cassi, Sirius and James; those would be the black-haired people, and probably Catriona Perlitz and Ara-Leigh Mitchell and Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Markus Crabbe and Anthony Goyle. Ask for Emilie Louisa Potter when you get there. Tell her that David sent you." Lily nodded softly.
"'Lo?" the little girl said. "My name is Lily. I'm looking for Emilie Louisa Potter. David sent me." Emilie Louisa sighed.
"Were you being picked on?" a tall girl with black hair asked.
Lily nodded. "How did you know?" she asked.
"Well," the girl began "you have tear-stains all over your face, and David never lets first years in unless they're being bullied bad. I'm Katalin Marwyn, by the way."
"Emilyn Jackson," a girl with blonde hair supplied.
"Mitchell Ami." a bespectacled boy
"Arwen Lockhart," said a girl with wavy brown hair. A small smile played across Lily's face.
"Ah," said Arwen. "Recognise the first name?" Lily nodded fervently.
"I'm on the Return of The King already and I only started a year ago. Mum and Dad gave me The Hobbit and I'm finished already."
"Nine and three quarters, eh?" her father laughed. Lily groaned.
"THERE IS NO NINE AND THREE QUARTERS!" she yelled. 'Great,' she thought, 'now I'll never get to go to Hogwarts.' She felt tears well up in her eyes. She willed herself not to cry. It didn't exactly work.
"Oh, c'mere, Baby Lily," Petunia sighed. "Look, over there! Those kids have trunks just like you! Go and ask them for help."
"I CAN'T!" Lily wailed. Petunia sighed and took her sisters hand.
"HEY! BLACK-BOY! IS THAT GIRL WALKING TOWARD US?" James yelled. Sirius and Cassi immediately stopped bouncing around and looked. Sure enough, the redheaded girl was coming toward them. Cassi noticed she was wearing a dress and wrinkled her nose. "Hello," the blonde one who was with the redhead said. "This is Lily. I'm Petunia, her sister. I was wondering if you three knew the way onto platform nine and three quarters?"
"Sure," Cassi said, eyeing Lily as if she were a mannequin, "You just run through the barrier." Lily looked suitably frightened.
"What if I bonk my head and it won't let me through?" Cassi rolled her eyes and ran toward the barrier.
Catriona and Ara-Leigh sat, primly, down on the seats of the Hogwarts Express. The girl with red hair that Ara-Leigh had spotted in the Leaky Cauldron wandered into their compartment.
"Hello," she said, "is this compartment full?"
"Yes, and anyway, we can't let a MUDBLOOD like yourself into OUR precious COMPARTMENT," Ara-Leigh drawled. Of course, Lily didn't know what the heck a 'Mudblood' was, but Ara-Leigh had said it so meanly that Lily had started to cry. As Lily ran from the compartment, Catriona took out some Muggle nail polish and proceeded to paint her and Ara-Leigh's fingernails.
Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Markus Crabbe and Gregory Goyle all piled into the farthest compartment. 'KNOCK! KNOCK!' there was a knock at the door. Severus opened it. Upon seeing the redheaded girl, he slammed the door shut. Lily ran straight to the front, not wanting to go in the compartment with the black-haired girl and black-haired boys.
"Whoa, there!" David Lucas Potter yelled. "Stop! You need to find a seat, Miss-" he paused, realising he didn't know her name.
"lily evans," she said in a tiny voice, "the black-haired people threw me out, the ones who called me a Mudblood threw me out and the 4 boys threw me out. I haven't anywhere to sit." David's calm stance turned cold at once.
"Okay, you can sit up here with the Prefects and Head People. I'll talk to Cassi, Sirius and James; those would be the black-haired people, and probably Catriona Perlitz and Ara-Leigh Mitchell and Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Markus Crabbe and Anthony Goyle. Ask for Emilie Louisa Potter when you get there. Tell her that David sent you." Lily nodded softly.
"'Lo?" the little girl said. "My name is Lily. I'm looking for Emilie Louisa Potter. David sent me." Emilie Louisa sighed.
"Were you being picked on?" a tall girl with black hair asked.
Lily nodded. "How did you know?" she asked.
"Well," the girl began "you have tear-stains all over your face, and David never lets first years in unless they're being bullied bad. I'm Katalin Marwyn, by the way."
"Emilyn Jackson," a girl with blonde hair supplied.
"Mitchell Ami." a bespectacled boy
"Arwen Lockhart," said a girl with wavy brown hair. A small smile played across Lily's face.
"Ah," said Arwen. "Recognise the first name?" Lily nodded fervently.
"I'm on the Return of The King already and I only started a year ago. Mum and Dad gave me The Hobbit and I'm finished already."