Lily Evens and the Heir of Slytherin- By Lil Hermione
Disclaimer: These characters don't belong to me. I only own the ones you haven't heard of!!!!
Please R&R!!!!!!!!
Chloe sat outside on her favourite mushroom staring around at the deep grey sky. Fishing her way through the thick mass of blossoms falling from the enchanted apple trees, yet none seemed to be losing a petal. Dissolving into her own fantasy world, sitting transfixed on the sky, she heard her mother's voice calling her. Realizing she had some how fallen off the mushroom, she quickly got up. Spreading her transparent wings she flew toward her mother's voice. When she had arrived she saw her mother in a terrible fuss.
"Chloe darling have you seen Lily?"
"No mum, why?'
"That girl has gone missing again."
"Well doesn't Petunia know where she is?" Chloe said in puzzlement.
"Petunia said she went off looking for you. She said that Lily had something important to tell you."
"Well mum I dunno where she has gotten to."
"Ok dear, then I must be off I have to find her."
At that her mother sprang up into the air leaving Chloe in a fog of dust. Sweeping the sand out of her face Chloe looked too see where her mother went. There was no sign of her. "Hmm..." Chloe thought aloud, "I wonder where she went."
Chloe wondered back to her mushroom, there she saw Lily beaming at her excitedly.
"What is it...Why are you looking at me like that?"
Fidgeting with something in her dress pocket Lily pulled out a small letter. "Look at this Chloe!"
"What is it?" Chloe asked, still looking a bit bewildered.
"Are you blind Chloe!? Look it's a letter from Hogwarts."
"Well," said Chloe, "I'm not blind Lily, it just happens that you haven't actually shown me the letter, perhaps you should."
"Oh right, that might help." She handed it to Chloe. Chloe looked at it with curiosity. Lily watched her read it almost passing out with excitement. Chloe handed the letter back to Lily and pointed out a problem.
"My sweetest sister whom I love dearly, I think you have finally lost your marbles."
"What!? "What are you talking about?"
"It's not real." said Chloe coolly.
"LIAR!!" yelled Lily, outraged.
"Oh I beg to differ."
Lily looked at Chloe almost in tears. "Well..." she said, looking for more to say, she just stared at Chloe.
"Lily, I'm sorry but I don't think it's real, and I might not be right."
"We are fairies remember, this won't work." Lily looked at the ground, and immediately Chloe knew she was crying. She tried to pat her on the back, but Lily pulled away and tore off in a fury. Standing there lost in amazement and confusion Chloe started back towards the hole she called home. When she arrived, she knew she was alone. There was a barley touched cup of tea sitting on the well scrubbed wooden table, still steaming. Looking around she couldn't find anyone. Wondering where her family was she set off looking for them.
After about an hours look Chloe was giving up on all hopes of finding them. Terrible thoughts kept running past her mind. She tried to fly but her wings seemed to be stuck, sick with fear Chloe sat inside the nearest mushroom ring. Waking up to darkness, she saw small gleaming lights flying rapidly around the forest. Wondering what was going on she got up forgetting about her family. Rising high into the sky she bumped into several fairies caught in the tremendous traffic. Chloe had never seen the forest so hectic before. As she way flying back towards the hole, she heard her mother's soothing voice.
"Chloe, oh my goodness your all right."
Chloe sat there partly in frustration with her mother and happiness. Finally she spoke.
"Mum what were you thinking running off leaving me scared, not knowing where you were."
"Chloe dear, you know I didn't mean too, I have two other girls to look after as well."
There was a piercing scream close by. Chloe was then pulled back into the mushroom ring she was previously sitting in.
"Listen Chloe, stay here I'll be back."
"But mum, where are you going, and what's going on." It was too late she had already flown off through the numerous lights and wings.
As Chloe sat in the torrents of rain waiting for her mother she heard frightened cries from above. Only being a few inches tall she couldn't see what it was. When she glanced up from beneath her leaf she was cast in a dark shadow. When she quickly realized that she had stepped into the fear of all fairies she dashed back beneath her leaf and reassured herself. Thoughts ran through her head.
"What if those giants step on me?"
"What if they have my mother?"
Terrified with fear Chloe sat unable to move for what seemed like ages. She had dozed off only a few moments when she heard the most comforting and calm noise. Waking up she saw her mother hovering above her.
"My sweet little Chloe." she said "What are you doing over here?"
"I Thought I told you to stay by the mushroom ring."
"Yes mother you did but the storm came and I was frightened by the large splits that were forming in the sky."
"It's alright Chloe, I'm here now, let's go home."
When Chloe got home she was accompanied by her sisters Lily and Petunia. Her mother was also a fairy and was well acknowledged around the Enchanted Woods.
Chloe sat down at the table and was just about to open her mouth to ask what was going on, but just then her mother spoke.
"Chloe?" she said.
Grumpily Chloe replied, "Yes mother, what would you like."
"Well do you wish to know what was going on?"
"What do you think mother, I suspect you knew I wanted to know, that's why you spoke before me. Am I wrong?"
"Chloe don't talk to me in that ungrateful tone."
"Mum you left me there scared...I didn't know what was happening." There was a slight pause and Chloe spoke again. "I have a right to be mad at you."
"You are very right dear, but you can't stay mad at me forever."
"Oh yes I can, you don't know that...I don't want to talk to you either."
"Well then I guess you won't know the story, will you Chloe?" piped in Lily who still looked extremely ticked off about the letter ordeal.
"Well maybe I won't, will I Lily? You shouldn't be mad at me for the letter, I was only helping."
Chloe sat there stunned. She was hurt that everyone was picking on her. She slowly rose from her chair, turned on her heel and ran off towards her room.
"Lily?" asked Petunia
Lily turned around so she could see Petunia
"What do you want?" she said in a tone that suggested Petunia was worthless.
"What is Chloe talking about? What letter?"
"It's nothing Petunia, it doesn't involve you, so stay out of it."
"GIRLS!" shouted their mother.
They both turned around and looked at her in amazement. She seldom yelled.
"I advise you stop fighting, or you'll be sent to bed without supper."
"Yes mum." They both chorused.
"And Lily what is this letter thing?"
"It's nothing mum, don't worry about it."
"Ok." Se said looking distrustful, "As long as you're not in trouble."
"Of course not." said Lily breaking off the conversation.
That night everyone ate very fast and nobody spoke a word. Chloe had never come out of her room.
****
Resting in their comfortable hole in the big oak tree in the forest just outside of London, Lily asked her mum if Chloe had come out of her room.
"No dear." replied her mother, "I think she is still sleeping."
"Ok I'll go wake her up, I have to tell her something important." Lily got up from her chair and flew across the room over to a small door. Chloe had opened the door; her eyes were swollen from crying. Quickly Lily rushed into the room.
"What?" Chloe said in a very angry voice.
"I just wanted you to know I'm sorry about the letter. I shouldn't have flipped out at you; you were only trying to help."
Chloe looked at her sister tears almost in her eyes, and hugged her very tightly.
"Thank you. I was hoping you would come to talk to me, I was worried that you were mad, and I'm sorry too I shouldn't have judged the letter right away."
"It's alright, really. Anyways, I wanted to talk to you about last night. You know all that confusion? It was all caused by these huge fairies, well at least that's what mum said they were, and they were running through the forest and they seemed to be looking for something."
"Really, do you know what they were looking for?"
"Actually no I don't, but they were tearing apart houses and destroying everything in site with these sticks that shot out green sparks."
"That's strange, did anyone get hurt?"
"I don't---", she was cut off by a banging on the door.
"CHLOE, LILY, get out here now."
They quickly scrambled off the bed and hurried out the door. Their mother was looking a bit frantic and astonished. She was looking at them with very stern, but happy looks.
"Um what's this all about mum?" said Lily
"Ah Well dear Petunia here has informed me that she found a letter this morning in your dress pocket Lily."
"Yes, and your point would be." said Chloe looking at her mother as if she had just lost all common sense.
"Is this a bad thing?" She spoke again
"No it is not a bad thing dear---", she was suddenly cut off when a small yet hand able letter flew through the window. Boldly stamped on the front of it was "HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY". Lily looked over at Petunia who was eying the letter. Quickly she dashed towards the letter picking it up hastily. Frantic with excitement Lily jumped up and down. Just then another letter flew through the window this time it was for Miss Chloe. Chloe sat there staring at her whole family. She was trying to hide her happiness with a stern look towards Lily. Her mother was looking at them shocked and pulled them both outside.
"You actually think they will let you into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?" she asked.
Just then Petunia looked through the open window and turned around in an absurd fashion so she could hear more of the story. Noticing this Lily closed the window. "Why are theses people sending you this ridiculous letter?"
"And what is this school…Hogwarts?" "What kind of name is that?"
"Uh Hogwarts." said Chloe looking at her mother suspecting something."
Their mother then looked at them and began to walk towards the door. Lily looked at Chloe and beckoned her toward their mushroom. Petunia looked at them suspiciously and decided she would come too.
"Petunia go away this has nothing that concerns you." Why do you always have to tag along?" Petunia looked very disappointed, looking at them lost for words she just strode back towards the house. Both excited they screamed loudly full of pleasure. When Petunia was out of earshot Chloe sat down with Lily and they read the letter out loud. Lily still had it clutched in her hand. "Well." Said Chloe "Maybe the letter is real, but why did we get accepted we have no magic in our blood."
"Well did you see the look on mum's face when we said Hogwarts?" "Almost like she knew what we were talking about." Said Lily looking a little uneasy
"Yeah I noticed that." replied Chloe
"How much do you reckon she knows?" Lily then looked up from the letter and looked at her sister, she then said
"Well maybe we should ask her about it, you know ask her why she is so upset that we have gotten letters."
They stayed at the mushroom for hours before they had at last decided to go home. Returning to the house they found everyone asleep and didn't want to wake their mother to ask her, so they quietly crept into bed.
The next morning when the family awoke at the same time from a loud pounding on the door, they all sprang out of bed and peered through the spy hole in the door. Outside seemed to be a young man. He appeared very odd, standing there in his cloak that was not exceptionally well coordinated and smoking a long pipe. Lily being the most outgoing and the tallest of the three girls opened the door to greet the man. When she politely offered him a chair in the house he introduced himself.
"Hello my friends, I am Professor Dumbledore." "I am here to talk to you about the letters you received last night." Lily and Chloe both exchanged looks.
"How did you know about the letters?" said Chloe looking at the man with confusion.
"Well I am a wizard, which makes me most likely to know a fair bit about everything." said the man. "Anyways as I was saying." He then saw Lily's face looking at him with a rude expression.
"Oh sorry dear I didn't mean to cut you off it's just I have limited time to talk to you." Lily then evened out her face and motioned the man to proceed. "There has been a school built for witchcraft and wizardry as you know." Lily listened intently and wondered why he had come to talk to them. Dumbledore spoke again. "In this part of the land I can see you are all fairies, and that is all very well but you are too small to fit into the school. You will either have to trust me when I say this or not attend the finest school around." Lily let out a small yelp as she was very excited to go and was hurt that he would mention any sort of nonsense of them not attending the school. Yet she still seemed a little weird in the presence of this man. Why had he come? Did he know anything about last night? Suddenly thinking this was a great idea she politely interrupted and asked him.
"Um...sir?" asked Lily.
"Yes my dear, what would you like?"
"Well I was wondering if you knew anything about this strange behaviour that happened here last night." She then looked up at him waiting impatiently for his answer.
"Well as I said I do know a fair bit about everything, but I'm afraid dear that I cannot tell you this specific piece of information." He then turned back at the rest of the family and continued. He carried on to say that there are no fairies where he comes from and that he had cast a shrinking charm on himself to be in a state so small. When Dumbledore was done he explained that the two girls would attend the school. "Just because you are fairies does not mean you can't attend. You have very old blood dating far back to when the school was only a few years old, and somewhere your family was unfortunately blessed with the smallness of the form you are in." "Anyways as I was saying you can attend because yes you are magic. With a potion one of Teachers has made at the school, Professor Periwinkle you can be made human, only if you are willing to take the opportunity, you can't go back." "I will let you talk about it with your mother". Lily jumped down from her chair, immediately followed by Chloe and Petunia. Olive looked very happy for her two daughters, but especially Petunia because she was not accepted. As cheerful tears streamed down her face she realized that maybe her daughters were capable of attending the school and forgot about being mad. She was more then happy to transform herself and her three daughters. She asked them all if it was al right with them. The only person who objected was Petunia.
"Mum how come I didn't get a letter?" Her mother knowing that she hadn't got one couldn't answer her. She looked at her and was very disappointed for her daughter.
When they came back to Dumbledore they explained what they wanted to do. He was just as delighted and told them to pack their most priceless possessions and that he had made plans for transportation to the school. Just as he was heading towards the door Petunia spoke up.
"Professor Sir." "How come I never got a letter?" "I thought we were all magic." Dumbledore looked at Petunia and said "Petunia I tried to convince the Ministry of Magic that you were worthy of the school, but apparently you aren't magic." Petunia finding this awkward forced a smile at Dumbledore and bid him goodbye.
****
When they had arrived at the school they had no time to look around, they quickly were dashed to the potions lab. Entering the small room they were greeted by Miss Periwinkle who was a short plump woman with curly short red hair. She welcomed them very kindly and explained to them what they had to do. Their mother Olive took the first sip looking mortified, as she took it her face became twisted and that's when they knew it tasted unbearably of sour lemons. When they had all taken the potion, going unconscious after every transformation, they were taken up to the hospital wing.
Authors Note: This isn't what it seems