Hey every one, sorry about the wait, I was in Florida on spring break, and now that I have sunburn, I can stay in the house all day and continue typing. In the chapter you will meet some a little more familiar….
Stelle, Fiori e Magia
Stars, flowers, and magic
"Lily darling it's time to get up" rose Evans said softly sitting on her youngest daughters' bed
"Morning mum" Lily Evans said sleepily, stretching her arms out
"Breakfast is ready dear, dad and petty are already at the table."
"Ok mum"
Lily Evans was a pretty normal girl 10-year-old girl. She sang for church, always did her homework, and never disobeyed her parents. She had blazing red hair that went down to about her elbows, sparkling emerald green eyes, and a peaches and cream complexion which made her look like a porcelain doll.
"Morning dad! Morning Petty" she said as she skipped into the kitchen and took her seat at the table.
"Good morning flower" Steven Evans said, peering over his morning paper.
"Morning" Petunia said coldly. Petunia and Lily were never really fond of each other but made conversation to please their mother.
"So who is moving in to the O' Conner house across the street?" Rose asked as she poured her self a cup of coffee.
" A family from Italy, I think. They have two daughters. One your age lily, and one a year older that you petty dear." The girls' father said, not looking up from his paper.
"Oh I do hope she is nice!" lily exclaimed " It will be nice to have a girl my age around"
" I highly doubt that a sophisticated Italian girl will even want to be in the same room as you" petunia said with a tone that she saved whenever she talked to her.
"Well why don't you girls go over after breakfast and introduce yourselves." Rose suggested
"That's a good idea mum" lily chimed
After breakfast, lily went up stairs, showered and got ready. Soon the Evans' sisters were walking across the street to 5 Privet drive. When the arrived at the house they heard arguing coming from the garage.
" This is where I'm putting my punching bag!" one voice yelled
" No, no my darling little sister, this is where I will be practicing my cheerleading! " the other voice shrieked
Curiously the Evans' sisters walked slowly toward the garage. Not knowing what to expect
"Oh come of it you biondo muto! You don't cheerlead anymore. And you have to admit, you STUNK!" the first voice yelled back
"HOW DARE YOU! I am not a dumb blonde!" the higher pitched voiced yelled
A girl about the age of fourteen stormed out of the garage, red in the face from screaming so much. She stopped short however when she saw two girls standing out side.
"Um hello… who are you?" the girl asked
" Hi I'm-" Lily began but was cut short by petunia
" I'm petunia Evans. And the read headed… girl back there" she said pointing back to lily "is my sister, lily"
" Well hello petunia it's nice to meet you. My name is Pisces and that" she said pointing to the girls in the garage " is Gemini" she walked up to petunia and said softly " I'd watch out for her if I was you… Attacked me once"
"Oh, I completely understand" petunia said.
" Petunia, would you like to come inside?" Pisces asked politely
" Of course, how nice" petunia replied " you," she said to lily "stay out here"
And with those last words, petunia and Pisces walked in the Cielo's new home.
" I'm very sorry about that" Gemini said to lily as she walked in "And don't worry I didn't attack her, the complete opposite. Oh I don't think we were properly introduced, I'm Gemini" Gemini said stepping out from behind her punching bag
" And I'm lily" lily replied " Gemini, seeing how our sisters are here, would you like to come to my house?"
"Of course, wait here a moment?" Gemini said excitedly.
Gemini ran to the steps that lead to a door that let in to the house. "mama, papa, sto andando attraverso la via !"
She ran back and joined lily as they walked across the street back to lily's house, knowing that this would be the beginning of a great friendship.
* * *
Gemini woke up sweating.
" It's only a dream" she told herself " but what does it mean!"
She got up and began to pace around her room. She has been having the same dream every night since she moved to England a month ago.
" It's always the same. I'm sitting in an office, with a beautiful bird. Then a man walks in and sits down and starts to talk; yet his mouth does not move. Then I start to hear other voices. And more and more voices come in to my head. Then Laughing. Then every thing is black and I wake up." She muttered to her frustrated self, not wanting to wake anybody up for it was 4: 30 in the morning.
She decided to go back to sleep and forget about it. She crawled back under her blankets and fell in to a sweet dreamless slumber.
* * *
"Ah, look's like someone decided to join us for lunch today" Stella said as Gemini walked down the stairs.
Gemini looked at the clock. It was 11:45.
" Pisces, would you go get the mail for your mama?" Stella asked Pisces who just walked in from outside.
" Sure mama," she sighed as she sulked towards the door. She went out side and headed for the mailbox. When she reached it she reached in side and pulled out a good amount of mail.
" Hmm lets see… bill, bill, bill, junk mail, junk mail, papa's, mama's, ju- hey what's this?" she said as she held a large envelope in her hands.
She grinned when she saw whom it was addressed to. She sprinted back inside and slid in to her seat.
" Gemini got mail," she said as she started to open the mysterious letter.
" No! That's mine!" Gemini cried as she pried the envelope from Pisces eager fingers.
Gemini just stared at it. Her head was full of questions. Who would send her mail? She had only two friends in the whole world. Tony and Lily, but Tony always wrote every other month on the 5th. And lily could tell her face to face. But still here it was. A letter, addressed so plainly there could be no mistake:
Miss G. Cielo
The corner bedroom
5 Privet drive
Little Whinging
Surrey
The envelope was heavy and made of parchment and the address was written in emerald green ink. Yet the strange thing was there were no return address or stamp.
Turning the envelope over she ran her trembling fingers over the purple wax seal. A lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake all surrounding a large letter H.
"Well what is it!" Pisces said impatiently trying to grab the letter from her hands.
"One moment let me open it first!" Gemini snapped at her older sister
Gemini slowly opened the mystery letter. Her eyes grew wide as she read the first lines of the letter:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDY
~
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
Dear Miss Cielo,
We are please to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment,
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely
Minerva McGonagall
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Oh my…" Gemini whispered as she handed the letter to her parents.
She felt like a balloon of happiness filled in side of her. Finally she would be going somewhere where she would be accepted, where there were people like her who had these strange experiences. But that balloon of happiness popped almost as soon as it started.
" Lily…" she said under her breath " the first true friend I've had, the one that never though differently of me, the one who never left me for who what I am."
She ran from the table to stop the tears from coming to her eyes when the doorbell rang. It was lily, she was crying and in her hand was a letter.
"I need to talk to you," they said at the same tame.
Gemini walked out of her house and her and her best friend began to walk to the woods near their houses.
"Gemini I wont be going to school with you like we planned…" she said softly" I got a letter today. I was accepted in to a boarding school"
The balloon of happiness began to swell inside of her again. 'Can it be that were both…' she thought
"Lily, tell me, did you apply to this school," Gemini said quickly
"No…" lily said sadly
" Does it have a funny name, like no normal school name we would have around here?" Gemini asked eagerly
"Yes… yes it does but what does it have to do with anything?" lily said looking up a Gemini, tears still in her eyes
" Because… I got a letter this morning to." Gemini replied
Then she saw it. Lily's eyes lit up. She knew she was going to.
" Lily on September the 1st I will be going to the Hogwarts School of witchcraft and wizardry." Gemini exclaimed proudly, but only loud enough for the two girls to hear.
" ME TO!' lily scream as she hugged her friend
The two overly excited and happy girls ran all the way home to tell their families the good news. The girls knew that this would be their future for now on, but neither of them realized how important their futures would be.