Lily shuddered as she looked out the window. "Too many birds." She
muttered. She always been afraid of birds. Of since she saw that Alfred
Hitchcock movie. She never wanted to see a bird again after that, even
though she knew it was fake.
"Lily! Are you in the house?" Shouted a voice up the stairs.
"No!" Shouted Lily.
"Are you coming down for dinner? It's meatloaf!" Said the voice.
"Pizza?" Said Lily playing her stupid little game with her mother.
"Meatloaf!" Said her mother.
"Pizza?"
"Meatloaf!"
"PIZZA?"
"Fine! Pizza . . ." Said her mother turning from the stairs.
"I'll be down in two seconds." Said Lily jumping up.
"That looks and tastes alot like meatloaf!" Said her mother. Lily rolled her eyes and took one last look over at James' house. Trying to see inside his room if Sirius was still there. Suddenly an owl flew down and landed in his room. Lily gasped slightly, one from never seeing an owl in her life, and two from her fear. She rushed to the window again, only to collide headlong with an owl flying into her window. "AHHHHHHH!" She screamed running and hiding behind her chair, shaking, as the owl dropped a letter on her bed and went right back out. Lily, shaking from head to tow, stayed behind her chair for another ten mintues before going slowly to the window and snapped it shut making sure there were no more owls. Then she looked towards the bed. There lay the letter that the owl had dropped. She carefully picked it up and took her letter opener. She paused before opening the letter addressed to her in green ink.
Lily Evans 57389 Housen St. Edinburgh, Scotland 40015 The Attic Room
She carefully pulled out the letter and opened it. "LILY! COME DOWNSTAIRS NOW!" Shouted her mother up the stairs. Lily shoved the letter into her pocket and opened the door letting the smells of Beef Casserole waft into her room.
"Coming!" Shouted Lily running down the stairs. Her parents stood at the table waiting silently. A small figure with hunched shoulders stood at the end of the table smiling at Lily. "Took ya long enough." Said Petunia smiling.
"Na na. I got attacked by an owl." Said Lily taking her place.
"What?" Said her father losing his smile.
"I got attacked by an owl delivering this." Said Lily giving her father the letter.
"I, me." Said her father reading it. "Lily . . . have you read this?"
"No. I was called down before I could." Said Lily.
"Here. You may want to read this before we eat." Said her father. Lily took the letter from his hands and opened it again reading it this time.
Lily started reading all about how she had been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was a . . . witch? How?
Lily felt her eyes widen as she read over the letter again. "What does this mean?" She said.
"It means that you are a witch. Just like your Grandmother." Said her father. Petunia let her fork fall from her hand in mid eat.
"Grandma's a witch?" She said gazing at her father.
"Yes." He said nodding at his children.
"Why haven't I gotten a letter?" Said Petunia. "We're twins! We should be going to the same school. We should be witches together!"
"I'm afraid that the magic in our family skips a generation everytime. Your Grandmother fortold your birth even. She knew you'd be magical." Said Lily's father smiling.
"What?" Said Lily still trying to let it all sink it.
"Your a witch." Said her mother looking as shocked as she did. "I'm guessing that's a letter to go the Hogwarts? Yes well, your Grandmother went. Her greatest art was telling the future . . . or . . . er . . . dinivation? As they call it. She foretold your birth. The one the was born before sunrise would be the witch, but we got your birth's mixed up." Said her mother.
"Suddenly I don't feel like eating." Said Lily staring down at her plate.
"That's fine. I'll save your food go ahead and go up stairs." Said her Mother.
"Okay." Said Lily nodded and making ehr way back up the stairs. She didn't notice Petunia following her.
"Bet your proud huh?" She spat behind her sister's back. Lily whirled around.
"What?" She said.
"You always get all the honors, everything always working out for you! Why not me? Well this time it's not an honor. You're a freak and now Sirius will never like you." Said Petunia glaring at her sister.
"No I'm not." Said Lily quietly.
"Wanna bet? Witches were burned at the stake not to long ago. I wander if they'd go back to doing that?" Said Petunia sneering and stomping up to her room.
"They wouldn't. Would they?" Said Lily feeling suddenly tired. She went up to her room and lay down in her bed. "To bad Sirius isn't a witch." She said blushing deeply before nodding off. Not even remembering that an owl had flown into James' window earlier that day.
"Lily! Are you in the house?" Shouted a voice up the stairs.
"No!" Shouted Lily.
"Are you coming down for dinner? It's meatloaf!" Said the voice.
"Pizza?" Said Lily playing her stupid little game with her mother.
"Meatloaf!" Said her mother.
"Pizza?"
"Meatloaf!"
"PIZZA?"
"Fine! Pizza . . ." Said her mother turning from the stairs.
"I'll be down in two seconds." Said Lily jumping up.
"That looks and tastes alot like meatloaf!" Said her mother. Lily rolled her eyes and took one last look over at James' house. Trying to see inside his room if Sirius was still there. Suddenly an owl flew down and landed in his room. Lily gasped slightly, one from never seeing an owl in her life, and two from her fear. She rushed to the window again, only to collide headlong with an owl flying into her window. "AHHHHHHH!" She screamed running and hiding behind her chair, shaking, as the owl dropped a letter on her bed and went right back out. Lily, shaking from head to tow, stayed behind her chair for another ten mintues before going slowly to the window and snapped it shut making sure there were no more owls. Then she looked towards the bed. There lay the letter that the owl had dropped. She carefully picked it up and took her letter opener. She paused before opening the letter addressed to her in green ink.
Lily Evans 57389 Housen St. Edinburgh, Scotland 40015 The Attic Room
She carefully pulled out the letter and opened it. "LILY! COME DOWNSTAIRS NOW!" Shouted her mother up the stairs. Lily shoved the letter into her pocket and opened the door letting the smells of Beef Casserole waft into her room.
"Coming!" Shouted Lily running down the stairs. Her parents stood at the table waiting silently. A small figure with hunched shoulders stood at the end of the table smiling at Lily. "Took ya long enough." Said Petunia smiling.
"Na na. I got attacked by an owl." Said Lily taking her place.
"What?" Said her father losing his smile.
"I got attacked by an owl delivering this." Said Lily giving her father the letter.
"I, me." Said her father reading it. "Lily . . . have you read this?"
"No. I was called down before I could." Said Lily.
"Here. You may want to read this before we eat." Said her father. Lily took the letter from his hands and opened it again reading it this time.
Lily started reading all about how she had been accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was a . . . witch? How?
Lily felt her eyes widen as she read over the letter again. "What does this mean?" She said.
"It means that you are a witch. Just like your Grandmother." Said her father. Petunia let her fork fall from her hand in mid eat.
"Grandma's a witch?" She said gazing at her father.
"Yes." He said nodding at his children.
"Why haven't I gotten a letter?" Said Petunia. "We're twins! We should be going to the same school. We should be witches together!"
"I'm afraid that the magic in our family skips a generation everytime. Your Grandmother fortold your birth even. She knew you'd be magical." Said Lily's father smiling.
"What?" Said Lily still trying to let it all sink it.
"Your a witch." Said her mother looking as shocked as she did. "I'm guessing that's a letter to go the Hogwarts? Yes well, your Grandmother went. Her greatest art was telling the future . . . or . . . er . . . dinivation? As they call it. She foretold your birth. The one the was born before sunrise would be the witch, but we got your birth's mixed up." Said her mother.
"Suddenly I don't feel like eating." Said Lily staring down at her plate.
"That's fine. I'll save your food go ahead and go up stairs." Said her Mother.
"Okay." Said Lily nodded and making ehr way back up the stairs. She didn't notice Petunia following her.
"Bet your proud huh?" She spat behind her sister's back. Lily whirled around.
"What?" She said.
"You always get all the honors, everything always working out for you! Why not me? Well this time it's not an honor. You're a freak and now Sirius will never like you." Said Petunia glaring at her sister.
"No I'm not." Said Lily quietly.
"Wanna bet? Witches were burned at the stake not to long ago. I wander if they'd go back to doing that?" Said Petunia sneering and stomping up to her room.
"They wouldn't. Would they?" Said Lily feeling suddenly tired. She went up to her room and lay down in her bed. "To bad Sirius isn't a witch." She said blushing deeply before nodding off. Not even remembering that an owl had flown into James' window earlier that day.