The Hogwarts Express pulled into platform 9 ¾ once again. Parents waved
excitedly up at their children on the train.
"Are your Mum and Dad out there, Lily?" Liza asked Lily as she waved back at her own parents.
"They wouldn't know how to get through the barrier." Lily smiled, "They'll be just on the other side though."
Lily got a trolley for her trunk while saying goodbye to her friends. "See you next year Amy."
"Next year?" the short girl frowned. "Oh right, next year," she rolled her eyes, "Very funny, Lil."
"Bye Tara. Happy Christmas." Lily waved just as someone nearly ran over her toes with a trolley, "Hey, watch it."
"Oh sorry," James Potter laughed, "Happy Christmas, Lil." He went off to join a man and a little girl who must have been his father and sister. The little girl, who was no more than 6, was jumping up and down, "Jamie, Jamie, you're home!"
"Happy Christmas," said Remus, making her look up. He had stopped to talk to her before he went over to the woman Lily remembered was his mother. "Send me an owl, will you?"
"I can't." Lily shrugged.
"Oh yeah, I forgot, hey I'll send you one then and you can just send it back."
"All right," she smiled. "Happy Christmas, Remus." Something suspiciously like a snowball then came wizzing by her ear. She whipped around to see Sirius turning slightly red.
"Sorry, Lil, I was aiming for James and you moved."
"Were did you get the snow from?" she asked laughing.
"Oh," he opened his bag to show her. It was full of snowballs, "Charmed the bag to keep 'em cold." He pulled out another snowball and this time it hit its mark.
* * *
Meanwhile on the other side of the barrier the Evans' were looking very confusedly between platforms nine and ten. Mrs. Evans thought she had seen a girl who looked something like Lily a bit ago appear seemingly out of nowhere. Yes the girl looked very much like Lily. She was now talking to several other people with hair as red as her own.
"Hi Mum," Lily came up beside her then, looked where her mother was looking and waved at the girl who could have been her twin. "Happy Christmas, Gwin," Lily shouted.
"You too, Evans." The girl shouted back.
"I see you've made a lot of friends." Mrs. Evans smiled down at her daughter.
"Yes but it's good to be home." Lily hugged first her mother and then her father.
Petunia had picked up Pendragon from on top of Lily's trunk, "Well it's good to see they haven't turned you into a newt or some such nonsense."
"Oh, Pet, it's not like that at all." Lily snatched the cat back from her sister and Pendragon looked much more at ease. Petunia however continued to look around her suspiciously as if anyone on the platform may at some moment turn her into a newt.
Once in the car, Lily couldn't help but tease her sister. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi- Boo." She mumbled under her breath trying to give Petunia a serious look.
"Mother," Petunia whined.
"Oh really, Pet," Lily laughed, "It's not a real spell. I was only joking."
Petunia gave her a dirty look.
"At least I don't think it's a real spell."
A/N: so you may have noticed James has a little sister. There's a story behind that if you want me to post it let me know.
"Are your Mum and Dad out there, Lily?" Liza asked Lily as she waved back at her own parents.
"They wouldn't know how to get through the barrier." Lily smiled, "They'll be just on the other side though."
Lily got a trolley for her trunk while saying goodbye to her friends. "See you next year Amy."
"Next year?" the short girl frowned. "Oh right, next year," she rolled her eyes, "Very funny, Lil."
"Bye Tara. Happy Christmas." Lily waved just as someone nearly ran over her toes with a trolley, "Hey, watch it."
"Oh sorry," James Potter laughed, "Happy Christmas, Lil." He went off to join a man and a little girl who must have been his father and sister. The little girl, who was no more than 6, was jumping up and down, "Jamie, Jamie, you're home!"
"Happy Christmas," said Remus, making her look up. He had stopped to talk to her before he went over to the woman Lily remembered was his mother. "Send me an owl, will you?"
"I can't." Lily shrugged.
"Oh yeah, I forgot, hey I'll send you one then and you can just send it back."
"All right," she smiled. "Happy Christmas, Remus." Something suspiciously like a snowball then came wizzing by her ear. She whipped around to see Sirius turning slightly red.
"Sorry, Lil, I was aiming for James and you moved."
"Were did you get the snow from?" she asked laughing.
"Oh," he opened his bag to show her. It was full of snowballs, "Charmed the bag to keep 'em cold." He pulled out another snowball and this time it hit its mark.
* * *
Meanwhile on the other side of the barrier the Evans' were looking very confusedly between platforms nine and ten. Mrs. Evans thought she had seen a girl who looked something like Lily a bit ago appear seemingly out of nowhere. Yes the girl looked very much like Lily. She was now talking to several other people with hair as red as her own.
"Hi Mum," Lily came up beside her then, looked where her mother was looking and waved at the girl who could have been her twin. "Happy Christmas, Gwin," Lily shouted.
"You too, Evans." The girl shouted back.
"I see you've made a lot of friends." Mrs. Evans smiled down at her daughter.
"Yes but it's good to be home." Lily hugged first her mother and then her father.
Petunia had picked up Pendragon from on top of Lily's trunk, "Well it's good to see they haven't turned you into a newt or some such nonsense."
"Oh, Pet, it's not like that at all." Lily snatched the cat back from her sister and Pendragon looked much more at ease. Petunia however continued to look around her suspiciously as if anyone on the platform may at some moment turn her into a newt.
Once in the car, Lily couldn't help but tease her sister. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi- Boo." She mumbled under her breath trying to give Petunia a serious look.
"Mother," Petunia whined.
"Oh really, Pet," Lily laughed, "It's not a real spell. I was only joking."
Petunia gave her a dirty look.
"At least I don't think it's a real spell."
A/N: so you may have noticed James has a little sister. There's a story behind that if you want me to post it let me know.