The Prince and the Pauper
(A Marauder Story)
Chapter Five: In Which Lily tells Sari & Co and Goes to D.A.
(A/N: The extended title is: In Which Lily Tells Sari & Co. and Goes to Diagon Alley, Meets the Twins, and Scares People With Her Psychic Ability, but that was too long!)
It had been a week since Lily had found out she was a witch. She still had trouble believing it, though when she thought about it, she had been able to do some things that certainly wouldn't count as normal. Not at the bottom of the list, accidently turning Ms. Doufahn's nose purple…the memory of it still was enough to bring tears to the orphan's eyes. When she had looked in that mirror….
Being a witch was the last thing on her mind, however, on the bright Sunday morning. She was yet to tell Sari that she was going to boarding school. She winced at the thought of what Sari's reaction was going to be when she found out that Lily hadn't told her right away. Speaking of which, the tall brunette came running down the hall. Lily took a deep breath. Today, she was going to tell Sari today.
"Sari! How are you? Can I help you? Do you want me to make your bed for you? I just realized that I never did pay you back for making mine, when was that, last Tuesday?"
Sari gave Lily an odd look.
"Lil? That was over a year ago. Are you feeling okay, hun?" Sari asked, looking concerned. She couldn't remember the last time Lily had acted like this.
"Me? I'm fine!"
"Alright, I may not be that smart, but I'm most definitely not stupid! Now tell me what's wrong Flower?" Sari asked gently, but very firmly.
She turned on that power that she seemed to have being the oldest in their dorm. It was like a silent agreement: Sari was the leader. No one argued, or competed for the position. It wasn't a huge honor, or a big deal. But that's the way it was. And just then Lily felt the "leadership aura" around Sari. Lily took a deep breath. It was now or never……
And quite frankly, never was looking more and more appealing by the minute.
"Lily, what's going on? Tell me, and tell me RIGHT NOW!" Sari lost her temper. Lily was like a sister to her, but also a best friend. And when she didn't tell Sari something-and obviously something important-it got her very upset. Very, very upset.
"Is it something I did? Are you failing a subject? Did you get us all D.E.s? Wait! I know! You were adopted, weren't you? Oh….oh my…" Sari trailed off.
"No! No, Sari, that's not it…" Lily said, but Sari was on it again.
"Yes, you were. And this is great. It's great, right? Yes, of course it is. It's better, its fantastic. You are going to have a family. That's great…it is…"
"Sari I want you to look at me. Straight in the eye. Right now. I am NOT being adopted." Lily said.
"You're not? You're sure?" When Lily nodded, she smiled and wiped away tears, "Thank goodness! We're not going to be separated! Thank God!"
"Well, I wouldn't go THAT far…" Lily added, smiling nervously.
"What on Earth do you mean?" Sari asked.
"Come on Lily, you can do it…all you have to say is: Sari, I've been accepted into a boarding school. And I'm going. Just leave out the whole magic part, the whole Mr. Potter part. Is it that hard? Yes it is…" Lily thought.
"Well?"
"Sari…I've been accepted into a school. And I'm going."
"So? I mean, congratulations and all, but why would you be so nervous about that?" Sari asked, looking confused.
"Well, there IS a catch…it's-it's a boarding school. In…er…in Scotland." Lily stammered.
Sari's smile faded faster than a blink of an eye.
"What do you mean 'boarding school'?" said Sari, in what Lily thought was probably shock.
"Um, well its pretty easy. I'm going to a school in Scotland. It's for the whole year, but I'll be back in the summer," Lily answered.
"YOU'RE WHAT?!?" Sari screamed.
"Girls! What's going on? What is this screaming about? You should know better!" Ms. Doufahn came storming down the corridor.
"It's nothing, ma'am. Just telling Sari that I'll be attending a boarding school this year. That's it. Now, if you'll excuse me, ma'am, I must get to lunch," And Lily walked away quickly.
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"Well, that went well. I just had to tell her now…couldn't have waited. At least its over with…"
"Who ya talkin' to?" A little girl came bounding down the hall.
"Hello Bridget. I'm not talking to anyone Bridget. Good bye, Bridget," Lily replied, and ran down the stairs to the kitchen. Bridget was a new transfer orphan from the US. She wasn't that bad, but way too nosy. And loud-very loud. Oh, what am I kidding? I should be thanking God that she's not in my dorm!
"Hey Lily!" Donna ran to catch up with her.
"Hi Don. What's up?"
"Sari came running into the dorm crying! I wonder why…"
"Oh, I'm sure its nothing," Lily squirmed guiltily, "Listen, tell all the girls that we're having a meeting tonight in the dorm, 'k? I have something to announce."
Donna shrugged. "Sure, I'll catch up with you later."
"Bye," Lily started to skip down the stairs. The hardest part was over. And she'd be going school shopping tomorrow, which would definitely prove to be an interesting experience. She started to smile. Things were looking up once again.
~*^*~*^*~*^*~Later that evening~*^*~*^*~*^*~
Lily looked around. Sari and Donna were both in the room-check, check. Anastasia had just wondered in-check. Traci? Yeah, she was in the corner. They were missing one person…where on Earth was Megan?
"Guys do you know where Megan is?" Lily asked.
"She'll be here soon enough, and you know what I say about waiting…" Traci started.
"Patience is a virtue, we know Traci!" Donna said.
"Sorry I'm late, Lily, I had to talk to Doufahn…guess what?" She looked very excited.
"What?" They all asked.
"I'm being adopted!" Megan positively squealed, beaming.
"Wow! Good for you, Meg!" Anastasia shrieked.
"Congratulations, Megan," Sari smiled.
"You're so lucky!" Traci looked at Megan in awe.
"Nice job, Meg. I'm so happy for you!" Donna exclaimed.
"Yeah, Megan. You definitely deserve it. But you guys, I have something important to say. And before you ask, no I'm not being adopted too," Lily said.
She took a deep breath, "Guys, I'm going to a boarding school in Scotland."
All the girls fell silent. It was one thing for Megan to be leaving, but Lily? The youngest of them, leaving?
"I know I should've told you sooner, but I'm leaving September 1st," Lily finished in a rush.
"Congrats, Lily. You'll meet a lot of new people…" Donna trailed off.
"We're loosing two of you?" Traci looked heartbroken.
"GROUP HUG!" Anastasia yelled, and all six girls toppled onto each other.
Sari spoke, the first time in awhile, "Both of you have to write to us."
"We will," they answered together.
And the girls all went to sleep.
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The next day, Lily woke up very excited. She was going with James and Mr. Potter to get supplies from her new school-Hogwarts! She quickly got dressed and brushed her teeth and hair. The whole morning she kept bouncing around…three hours 'til noon…two hours…one hour, just one…ten minutes…noon!
Lily ran down the halls until she got to Ms. Doufahn's office.
"Hello, Lily!" James came running towards her.
"Hey James! Oh I'm so excited, I can't wait, when are we going? Where's your dad? Where is the place? How're we getting there? Did you know you were a-"
"We're leaving in five minutes, my dad is downstairs, its under muggle London, we're driving to a place called the Leaky Cauldron, and yes I knew, but not so loud! No one's supposed to know what we are," James answered without missing a beat.
"Hello, Lily, how're you doing today?" Mr. Potter smiled at her.
"I'm fine, and you?"
"Just peachy. Are you ready to go?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Lily shouted.
"Good! Then let's go!"
The three of them went downstairs where Charles was waiting for them in the limo. Lily's drive in the car was much more peaceful then her last drive in the limousine.
The drive passed by uneventfully, but as soon as the car stopped Lily was bouncing up and down again.
"Oh my god…this is it…" she whispered.
Mr. Potter led her through a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. As they made their way through, people greeted Mr. Potter and shook his hand.
"Hello, Edward, is this your son?" one man asked.
"Yes, it is. This is James."
"He looks just like you, Edward!" The barkeeper replied.
James was blushing but managed to hide it well. Lily figured he probably heard it all the time by now.
"Ok, time to go…have to get James's and Miss Evan's books for school," Mr. Potter said after what seemed like an hour to Lily (who was getting quite impatient).
They walked out the door and around back. Mr. Potter took out his wand and carefully counted what brick.
"What's he doing?" Lily whispered to James.
"Getting us in to Diagon Alley."
And all of a sudden the wall turned into a beautiful archway. Shops aligned a neat street. People walked up and down, talking about the latest Quidditch Cup, and sales on dress robes.
"What's quidditch?" Lily asked James.
"Only the best sport there is! It's great, you fly on broomsticks…there's four balls too. Almost like basketball, but with 6 hoops and more balls, its hard to explain." James answered.
"I can tell," Lily answered.
Mr. Potter led them to a white stone building.
"This is Gringotts, the wizarding bank. I'll set up an account for you. Then we'll head down to Madame Malkin's for robes, an apothecary to get potions supplies…what else? Oh, you'll need a wand, a cauldron, and your books, of course." Mr. Potter said.
"Ok, me and Lil'll go get robes and we'll meet you at the book shop, Dad," James said.
"Well…"
"Don't worry, Mr. Potter, we'll be fine," Lily reassured him with a smile.
"Ok, but if you're not there…" Mr. Potter warned.
Lily and James ran to Madame Malkin's. Lily was fitted first, and while she was waiting a girl with light brown hair came running up to her and James.
"Hey Jamsie!" she shouted.
"Cass! How're you?" James asked.
"I'm just spiffing, and you?"
"Same," he answered.
Lily coughed loudly.
"Oh, sorry Lily. Cass, this is Lily Evans. Lil, this is Cassidy Figg," James said embarrassedly.
"Nice to meet ya!" The hyper girl said.
"Likewise. So are you starting Hogwarts? And how do you two know each other?"
"My dad is James's dad's partner at the B.A.S. Yes, I'm starting at Hogwarts this year. Just like my lovely sisters," Cassidy scowled.
"Ok, what's the B.A.S. and what's so bad about sisters?" Lily asked.
"The B.A.S. is the British Auror Society (A/N: And also happen to be my initials lol) and its not so bad if you have one or two, but when you have five older sisters…and one twin sister…and one younger sister…" Cassidy trailed off.
James smiled sympathetically, "Well, if your mom has another girl, at least it'll be your turn to pick a name, as your step-dad picked Em's."
"Yeah, I guess." Cassidy grimaced.
"You have seven sisters! That's a lot! What're their names?" Lily asked interestedly.
"Let's see…there is Ariel who is 19, Briane who is 18, Courtney who is 17 and in her last year at Hogwarts, Allyson who is 15 and in her fifth year, and Bianca who is 13 and in her third year. Then there's me, and then there is my twin sister Arabella, and my younger sister Emily. My step-dad broke the whole A-B-C thing."
"So there is eight of you? Your mum was busy," Lily joked.
"Well, Ariel, Briane, and Courtney have a dad named Steve. The Allyson, Bianca, and Arabella and me were born with my dad, Lion. Then my mum got divorced and married to Frank, my step-dad. And since she always has at least three kids with one guy, you know she's gonna have another girl," Cassidy groaned.
"Well, at least you have a sister. Mine died…well, disappeared, really, but we don't know what happened to her," Lily said. Cassidy looked embarrassed about her complaining, but Lily shook her head.
"Don't feel sorry for me," she said.
"So your real dad, step-dad, or your half-sisters' dad works with James's dad?" Lily asked.
"My real dad. My half-sisters' dad died, and my real one just got divorced. And now there is Frank…" Cassidy said exasperated.
"Well, you're done, my dearies," Madame Malkin sang.
After saying thank you, the three kids went to meet James's dad at the apothecary.
"So where are your sisters?" Lily asked.
"Ariel and Briane are at work, they live on their own. Courtney is the head girl this year so she's meeting with the head boy, who happens to be her boyfriend. Allyson, Bianca, and Emily are shopping with my mom. Bella and I are meeting at the café next to the apothecary in…five minutes ago, great…" Cassidy murmured.
Lily laughed. She smiled. She already had two friends, and shopping was great.
"Cass, where've you been? I was worried sick! You are so irresponsible!" A girl who might've been Cassidy's clone came running up to them.
"Relax, Bella, I was just talking to James," Cassidy explained.
"Hi Bella, this is Lily Evans. Lily, this is Cass's twin Arabella, but we call her Bella."
"Nice to meet you, Bella. Jeez, you and Cassidy look exactly alike!"
"Call me Cass hun, or Cassie if you prefer. And we don't, I have violet eyes and Bella has blue!"
"Big difference, Cass," James said, sticking up for Lily.
"James! There you are!" Mr. Potter exclaimed.
"Hi Uncle Eddie!" The twins chorused.
"Hello there, Cassidy, Arabella," he smiled.
"You know, I think you're the only one besides Frank," she spat out the name, "Who calls us by our full names," Bella said.
"Well, since all your sisters had picked names for you all, and there was an extra twin, I named you Arabella. And Cassidy was one of my cousins, and I had to call her Cassidy, she'd get mad if we didn't."
"Oh, and James and Lily, I got your books and potions ingredients for you, you only need cauldrons and wands and then a gift for you, Miss Lily, and then we're done!" Mr. Potter added.
"You don't need to get me anything," Lily started.
"Nonsense! You're like the daughter I've never had, you're getting something," he replied.
"Well, if it helps you're like the dad I haven't had since I was like six."
"Real touching Lil," James smirked.
"Don't. You look sickeningly like Sirius when you smirk like that!"
And since she said stop, he kept going, being the typical 11 year old boy he was.
"Ok, come on you two, time for wands. You coming girls?" Mr. Potter gently broke into their argument.
"No, we need to be heading back. We'll see you September 1st!" Cass called, and the twins walked away, arguing loudly.
Mr. Potter chuckled, and directed Lily and James to an old store at the end of the Alley. The sign in the shop read "Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C."
The entered the shop, and a bell rang.
The shop was very dusty, and had an odd feeling to it. Lily shivered, she was getting the goosebumps just by entering the store.
An old, creepy man appeared in front of them.
"Ah, Edward Potter. 11½ inches, Evergreen tree wood, 1 dragon heartstring and fairly flexible, am I not right?" the man, who Lily assumed was Mr. Ollivander, asked.
"Yes, you're right sir."
"That wand has put many man in Azkaban. Just remember, its not the wand or spell a person uses on another, but the person behind the wand who casts it. If the wizard is foolhardy, one can never blame a spell."
He then turned his attention to James.
"Ah, this is your son. James. Looks just like you. Let us see now James, which is your wand hand?" he asked.
"Left, sir," James answered.
"Let's see…you know its really the wand that chooses the wizard, of course. I can remember every wand I've sold, and I've never yet been wrong…let us see, Mr. Potter, why don't you try this? 10½ inches, phoenix feather, elm bark."
James took the wand, but the second he had touched it, it was back in Mr. Ollivander's hands.
"No, not quite right. How about this one? Willow tree, dragon heartstring, 12 inches?"
Once again, James had barely touched it when Mr. Ollivander pulled out yet another wand.
"No, that's not it. This one-evergreen tree, 13¾ inches, unicorn hair."
James took it and waved it but Mr. Ollivander just shook his head.
"Here, this is it. 11 inches, phoenix feather, mahogany wood, pliable. Excellent for transfiguration."
James took the wand and this time gold and scarlet sparks came flying out, along with a lily flower which was given to Lily who blushed.
Mr. Potter smiled, and Mr. Ollivander clapped.
"Well done! Now your turn, Ms. Evans."
He asked her what her wand arm was (right) and went off to pick a box. Lily, however, walked right over to a box on a shelf and said, "May I try this one, sir?"
He looked at her, obviously surprised.
"Of course, m'dear."
Lily picked it up and waved it. Sure enough, flowers and glitter came bursting out of her wand like a person who is drowning gasps for air.
Everyone stared at her.
"I haven't had a single customer get their wand in one guess since Albus Dumbledore himself!" Mr. Ollivander said, very amazed.
"What sort of wand is it, sir?" Lily asked.
"What? Oh! It is willow, 10¼ inches, unicorn hair, and swishy. Very nice for charms work," He replied, still in a daze.
"Well, we'll be going now. Here's the Galleons. Have a nice day," Mr. Potter said.
"What're galleons?" Lily asked Mr. Potter as they headed towards the cauldron shop.
"They are a form of money. There is silver sickles, golden galleons, and bronze knuts. The galleons are the biggest. 17 sickles to a galleon, 29 knuts to a sickle," Mr. Potter answered, probably because James was staring into space.
After purchasing their cauldrons, James led them to a Magical Creatures store. Mr. Potter insisted on buying Lily an owl, so she left the shop with a small reddish owl. (James insisted on getting an owl to match her hair).
"What're you going to name it, Lily?" Mr. Potter asked.
"You should name it Carnation. No, Violet. No, no, no, I've got it-Rose!" James joked.
"Actually, I think I'll name it Rosalie. Would you like that girl? Yes you would!" Lily answered.
"Great, now she's talking to her owl, she's gone mad," James muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Lily exclaimed.
"And I care, why?"
Mr. Potter laughed, "Kids and their lovers spats…"
"Excuse me?" Lily said.
"Nothing, m'dear, nothing at all."
"That's what I thought."
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Author's Note: I luv this section! Lolz. Ok, I have a lot to say, so stick with me here! I can't believe how long this took! I'm soooooo sorry!!! My computer wasn't working for the longest time, then ff.net was down, then for some reason whenever I was on MY computer I couldn't log in, so I obviously couldn't update. Then when I COULD login, it was on my aunt's computer, and as fate would have it, my work was saved on a different computer. I've been so upset, and obsessively trying to update since the end of October. I wanted to make a Halloween story (I still might), and then it was November 9th, and I was so happy: My one month anniversary of writing HP fanfic! (Yeah me!) The second thing is: I might submit another story (most likely either called Fame, or another called Stupid Cupid). So if I do: Look for it! I will try to update soon, but the earliest I'll be able to is Thursday, or if not then Saturday or Sunday. All of a sudden I'm busy every other day! On Wednesdays I have cheerleading til 5:30, then dance at 7:45, and you people don't care, do you? Oh, and I'm seeing my seventh Broadway play tomorrow, The Music Man, so I'm so psyched for that.
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