Arigato mina(everyone), for reviewing I really thought no one was reading it, so I kinda gave up (that and I have so many school work _) but I guess I was wrong! ^_^ I will try to update as much as I can…thanks again! Btw…you get to know what Bleddyns mean later in the story…sorry I don't like to wreck the story for people! Gomen!

Disclaimer- the same one in the first chapter! I do not own any of the H.P characters…

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Chapter 8 - Train trip to Hogwarts

The weeks at Leaky Cauldron was the best time Lily ever had. She spent most of her time with Sirius, Remus, Peter and James. They introduced her to other girls and the boys that also attended Hogwarts. Sometimes, one of them had to go home with their family, but then comes back the next day. The last week of Lily's stay in Leaky Cauldron, she had mixed feelings about everything. About James and Sirius and about leaving Leaky Cauldron and going to Hogwarts, but during that last week she had become best friends with Sirius, James, Remus and Peter. On the last night she ever slept on the bed of Leaky Cauldron, she had been thinking of James lately and many questions and thoughts ran through her mind as she drifted off to sleep.

On Thursday morning at 1st of September, Lily woke up, ate breakfast (she didn't talk much to anybody during breakfast), got her things ready checking she didn't forget anything and put on her yellow dress. She had one last look at the room and shut it slowly, when she bumped into James.

"Hello Lily! Good Morning to you", said James happily "Wassamatta?"

"Oh, hi James and good morn- yawn- ing to you too. Nothing is wrong. Just tired, didn't sleep well last night kept thinking about err- never mind."

"Alright then, do you mind if I walk with you?"

"No I don't mind. By the way, do you remember we were outside Leaky Cauldron and you were about to say something, but Sirius came? What were you going to tell me? It sounded serious."

"Oh! Nothing, it was nothing, I was just going to ask if you had fun, but I guess you answered it already," said James, grinning. The way James avoided eye contact with Lily, made her think that that wasn't it, but didn't bother to ask.

Everyone was there waiting for them, Lily wasn't talking much when they we're heading for the platform nine and three-quarters. Lily thought it was weird before, but Sirius told her how it worked. By the time they got to Kings Cross, it was quarter to eleven. Without talking much to anybody, Mr Evans and Lily carried the luggage while Leela was hooting wildly because she was woken up. She didn't talk much to Sirius, James, Remus and Peter either, when they reached platform nine and platform ten. Lily walked slowly to the barrier, looked around and pushed her trolley.

Lily blinked a couple of times as if she had been in a trance and now coming into the real world. The scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people, there was a sign saying "Platform nine and three-quarters, Hogwarts Express, eleven o'clock. Behind Lily came her family then followed by her best friends, Mr and Mrs Evans were gawking at the sight of the steam engine.

"Lynn, pinch me. Come on Lynn. PINCH ME! Can this be true? This is amazing!" said Mr Evans astonished. Mrs Evans, too, was surprised at what she was seeing that she didn't hear Mr Evans.

"Mum, Dad, Cummon!" said Lily pulling her mum and dad.

Lily found an empty compartment and with help from her dad, she put her trunk and other things, sited her self on one of the seats and stared outside. She saw other kids kissing and hugging their parent's goodbye and climbing on to Hogwarts Express.

Tap! Tap!

Her mum and dad were waving at her, blowing kisses (Mrs Evans had started to cry) and Mr Evans miming to Lily not to forget to write to them. Lily smiled and blew them both kisses and pretended to look at her trunk.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Lily, thinking it was her parents, sat up and gave a boring look. To her surprise, it wasn't her parents it was…

"REMUS!" she cried, startled.

Remus had started to imitate Lily's mum, blowing kisses and pretending to cry. Then a boy stood next to him and played as her dad, it was Peter. Peter pretended to give Remus a handkerchief and started to pat him on his shoulder, mouthing, "don't cry my dear, she'll be back". Peter looked up, started to mime her dad, "Don't for-get to write," he said and acted as if there was a real paper and pen. Lily gave a smile and laughed as she watched Remus and Peter pretending to cry and holding on to each other.

"I thought you'd never smile."

Lily gasped and turned around. "You scared me, Snape."

Snape was standing at the threshold of door, an unpleasant smile curled onto Snape's thin mouth. To Lily's fury, although she didn't want to show it, Snape sat next to her.

"I didn't mean to scare you, Lily," he still had that unpleasant smile on him.

"Yes… Umm… Right… So… what did you want?"

"No-nothing just wandering around then I found you all alone in this compartment, do you want to join my friends and I on the other compartment?"

"Err- No… Thanks but no, sorry."

"Well, well, well! Snape, Snape, Snape," said James shaking his head side to side. "What are you doing here, trying to pick on a new student? Shame on you! You're old enough to be her grandfather," said James laughing. Sirius, Remus and Peter had joined him.

"Sorry Lily, we couldn't come any faster to save you from this ugly git, sorry you had to see such a hideous face such as Snape's," said Sirius coming up to Lily and grabbing her by the hand on his knees.

"Potter! If you would've been here in the beginning, I was merely keeping Lily company. Maybe you didn't realise that with that big head of yours growing every Summer-"

"Waddiwasi!"

Before Snape could continue, James had cast a spell on him. Snape's mouth was covered with bubble gum. He left the compartment sneering at the boys.

"Thank god he's gone!" said Remus.

"Are you okay Lily? Did he hurt you with his stinking breath?" said Sirius

Lily started to giggle.

"No! I'm fine. It's true he was just keeping me company."

The boys' jaws dropped.

"But-but Lily! We told you about him, he's bad news! So are his appalling friends, have you betrayed us?" said James.

"No! Never, I didn't want him here, I couldn't say I didn't want him here, I didn't want to be mean to him," said Lily looking down the floor, feeling red.

Peter cut in and started laughing. "Did you guys see Snape's face?" he laughed even more.

"Yeah it looked like he was gone to go to his Mama," said Remus. With James, Sirius and Lily laughing.

The train started to move and the group all sat in the compartment laughing and talking about Snape and his friends. After a few hours, the sun outside was setting and it was only when a woman with a cart pushing sweets had stopped them talking about Snape.

"The usual boys?" asked the woman.

"Of course," said James grinning.

The woman gave two handfuls of plastic bags. "What about you dear?" she asked Lily

"Err-nothing, thank you."

The woman was about to move away when James called out, "Hang on!" he whispered something in her ear and she took a handful of lollies and placed it in his plastic bag.

"Thank you!" he yelled after her. "Here Lily you share with us, you'll love this. Ms Malise knows us very well, we order the same things, come on have a bite." James had offered Lily Chocolate Frogs.

Lily took a bite and to her surprise, it was the best chocolate she ever tasted. As they sat another few hours eating their sweets, it was starting to become dark outside. It was hard to see what was outside, it was then the boys and Lily stopped eating. They were bloated. They started to get their robes on and just sat there in silence. The train tarted to slow down and everyone knew they were there.

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Next Chapter: As Lily first enters the enchanted school, Hogwarts, she is overwhelmed at, not only the interior designs in the school, but the people, things and ghosts who are in it…but Lily has another thing that has got her all agitated, and that is the sorting…