Chapter Two:
Long Hidden Truths of the Past
"Mum, Dad!!!" Lily screamed.
Sarah Evan's, her mother, awoke immediately to find her youngest daughter hovering over her.
"Honey, what's wrong?" she sighed and sat up slowly.
"I got this letter in the mail." she handed it to her mother.
"Oh really, how nice. I am glad you finally received a letter from someone." she smiled and looked at the return address. "It's from. the London Adoption Center." suddenly Lily's mother's face turned pale, and she looked sickly. "Tom, wake up, wake up!" she shook her husbands shoulder, and he groaned, looking up.
"Go back to sleep Sarah." And lowered his himself back onto the pillow.
"No Tom, this is important," Sarah told him as she pulled his pillow out from under his head.
"Fine dear. What is it?" he asked.
"Lily has received a letter from the London Adoption Agency!" she exclaimed.
Lily's father suddenly stiffened, and his face looked grim in the early morning light.
"Let me see it," he ordered.
Lily was wondering why her parents were so uptight about the sender. Surely it wasn't true. They couldn't have lied to her for 10 years about being their child.
"Lily, have you read this letter?" her father sounded so terrible, Lily felt like she ought to lie. She was afraid of what might happen if they found out that she had indeed read the letter.
Lily made a quick decision, "Noooo," her voice faltered.
Her father sighed. She could tell that he didn't believe her.
"Are you sure, Lily?"
"I'm sorry. I lied, I did read it!" Lily cried in frustration. "Obviously no matter what I say it won't please you."
"No Lily, it's okay. Now what did the letter say?" Sarah looked anxious.
"It, it said that I am adopted and that I am to go to, to some school for witches, and that the school is going to send me a letter on my birthday. today!" Lily spoke rapidly, hoping her parents wouldn't hear those word that she felt sure would make their hearts ache. She was certain now that the letter hadn't been a fake, she was certain that it was all true, yet it was all so impossible.
"Lily, when was the letter written?" asked her mother, her face was tense and her lips twitched, they always did when she was worried about something. Lily noticed that they twitched more than ever now.
"Ummm, 10 years ago," she mumbled. "On my birthday."
"Oh no," Sarah's mother began to cry. "Tom, she was never supposed to find out. Oh Tom, what if she doesn't love us anymore?"
Lily's father grasped his wife's shoulders. "Pull yourself together, Sarah."
"Yes Tom. Lily it's all true, we did adopt you." Lily could tell that her mother was saying the hardest thing she'd ever had to say.
"So, you aren't my real mother?" Lily asked cruelly. For she suddenly wanted to retaliate against her parents for conveniently never mentioning that she wasn't their own flesh and blood. "Oh yes that's right." she continued and pulled the letter out of her father's hand. "My mother's name was Marie Le Bon."
"Lily apologize to your mother this instant," growled her father. Lily had never seen him this angry before, but she herself was furious.
"Why should I? Anyway she's not my mother." Lily stormed out of the room, and into her own. Then she slammed the door shut hoping to break it so her parents would have to pay to have it repaired.
Then she took one look at her desk and screamed. She rubbed her eyes to try to make her see more clearly, for sitting on her pile of math homework was an owl, with a thin slip of paper dangling from it's leg. Lily managed to get a glimpse of the seal on the back of the paper. It read Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She gasped, and fainted. So there were witches after all.
.
.
"Mum, Dad!!!" Lily screamed.
Sarah Evan's, her mother, awoke immediately to find her youngest daughter hovering over her.
"Honey, what's wrong?" she sighed and sat up slowly.
"I got this letter in the mail." she handed it to her mother.
"Oh really, how nice. I am glad you finally received a letter from someone." she smiled and looked at the return address. "It's from. the London Adoption Center." suddenly Lily's mother's face turned pale, and she looked sickly. "Tom, wake up, wake up!" she shook her husbands shoulder, and he groaned, looking up.
"Go back to sleep Sarah." And lowered his himself back onto the pillow.
"No Tom, this is important," Sarah told him as she pulled his pillow out from under his head.
"Fine dear. What is it?" he asked.
"Lily has received a letter from the London Adoption Agency!" she exclaimed.
Lily's father suddenly stiffened, and his face looked grim in the early morning light.
"Let me see it," he ordered.
Lily was wondering why her parents were so uptight about the sender. Surely it wasn't true. They couldn't have lied to her for 10 years about being their child.
"Lily, have you read this letter?" her father sounded so terrible, Lily felt like she ought to lie. She was afraid of what might happen if they found out that she had indeed read the letter.
Lily made a quick decision, "Noooo," her voice faltered.
Her father sighed. She could tell that he didn't believe her.
"Are you sure, Lily?"
"I'm sorry. I lied, I did read it!" Lily cried in frustration. "Obviously no matter what I say it won't please you."
"No Lily, it's okay. Now what did the letter say?" Sarah looked anxious.
"It, it said that I am adopted and that I am to go to, to some school for witches, and that the school is going to send me a letter on my birthday. today!" Lily spoke rapidly, hoping her parents wouldn't hear those word that she felt sure would make their hearts ache. She was certain now that the letter hadn't been a fake, she was certain that it was all true, yet it was all so impossible.
"Lily, when was the letter written?" asked her mother, her face was tense and her lips twitched, they always did when she was worried about something. Lily noticed that they twitched more than ever now.
"Ummm, 10 years ago," she mumbled. "On my birthday."
"Oh no," Sarah's mother began to cry. "Tom, she was never supposed to find out. Oh Tom, what if she doesn't love us anymore?"
Lily's father grasped his wife's shoulders. "Pull yourself together, Sarah."
"Yes Tom. Lily it's all true, we did adopt you." Lily could tell that her mother was saying the hardest thing she'd ever had to say.
"So, you aren't my real mother?" Lily asked cruelly. For she suddenly wanted to retaliate against her parents for conveniently never mentioning that she wasn't their own flesh and blood. "Oh yes that's right." she continued and pulled the letter out of her father's hand. "My mother's name was Marie Le Bon."
"Lily apologize to your mother this instant," growled her father. Lily had never seen him this angry before, but she herself was furious.
"Why should I? Anyway she's not my mother." Lily stormed out of the room, and into her own. Then she slammed the door shut hoping to break it so her parents would have to pay to have it repaired.
Then she took one look at her desk and screamed. She rubbed her eyes to try to make her see more clearly, for sitting on her pile of math homework was an owl, with a thin slip of paper dangling from it's leg. Lily managed to get a glimpse of the seal on the back of the paper. It read Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She gasped, and fainted. So there were witches after all.
.
.