Lily and her parents decided to go and check out this place Diagon Alley to get the stuff Lily needed for the school that was on a list she was given. "Petunia, why don't you come with us? Come on it will be fun?" Lily asked trying to be nice. "No way if there is a chance there will be freaks like you," she sneered. "Fine be that way Petunia, but we're going now, bye," Lily said looking back as she was leaving the room. Petunia didn't look up or even say goodbye as Lily left. Petunia was jealous of all the attention Lily was getting. "How dare she?" Petunia asked herself when they were gone. "A witch, what rubbish, even if she is, what a freak!"

Lily and her parents stepped onto the London Street and looked for what was to be called the "Leaky Cauldron" Her parents walked right passed it and Lily called them back. It was as if they couldn't see it at all. " What this run down place?" her father asked in amazement. "Run down? You are mad, it's a normal pub!" Lily laughed thinking her father was joking. They walked into the pub and saw a middle aged man at the bar serving and chatting to his unusual customers. "Yeah Voldermort.. sorry I forgot, 'you know who', is getting stronger and stronger these few years, might even take over I reckon" he sighed and suddenly noticed the Evans. "Hello I am the bartender and owner, Tom, how may I help you?" Lily, who mustered up the courage suddenly felt more calm and spoke to the man "I just got accepted to Hogwarts and I need to get to Diagon Alley" she asked politely. "Ahh you're a muggle eh?" the man said smiling at her. Lily felt her father bristle next to her. "Uh what is that you called me?" she asked "Ohh someone not usually from a wizard background that's all, and you will find out its very common to have two muggles as parents, I reckon it means you're extra special that's all" and he winked at her and led them to the back of the pub. "If you ever need to come back, this is all you have to do" he said walking to a brick wall and touched his wand on the bricks "Three up, two across" he said and then taped the wall three times. The brick he last touched quivered then it wriggled, as this happened, in the middle a small hole appeared, it grew wider and wider and finally they were standing in front of a large opening to a huge alley bustling with people. The Evans stared in shock and amazement at the scene. "Whoa" Lily muttered. "Over there is where you can change you money" Tom said pointing at a stall "And over there is a bank you can put money in for your daughter" and with that he left to go back into the pub. "This is so exciting!" Lily's mother exclaimed as they headed to change their money. When they had changed a large amount they headed of to a snowy white building, which towered over the other little shops, it was Gringotts the bank the old bartender spoke of.

"Come on James, you better hurry up or your father and I will leave without you!" His mother yelled up at him. James came thundering down the stairs grabbing his robe. "Ok James, you go first" his father said leading him to the fire. James had his father's stature, he was lanky as well, but did have a sense of strength and power. He also had the same dark brown messy hair. "Remember to speak clearly so you don't get lost" his mother said worriedly. James laughed, "I'll be fine mum!" and with that he blew the floo powder into the fire and said "Flourish and Botts" In a flash James was spun away and felt himself land on something. James blinked the ash out of his eyes and saw he was in the fireplace in the middle of Flourish and Botts bookstore in Diagon Alley. James heard a scream underneath him and he got up quickly and saw that he had landed on a young pale girl with dark red hair staring up at him. Lily's eyes were fixated on the boy who was looking at her with sheepish yet mischievous grin. She squinted her eyes at him. He somehow looked familiar but she couldn't place where she had seen him. "Here, take my hand" he said pushing the hair out of his face. Something in the back of Lily's mind started ringing. Those words sounded so familiar. Lily placed her hand in his and she felt a surge of warmth as he pulled her up. Lily brushed herself off and then wondered the first obvious question she hadn't asked him. "Where did you come from anyway?" she laughed. "Ohh sorry Floo Powder" he said grinning if it explained it all. But Lily just looked blankly at him. "Floo powder?" she asked. "Ohh you're obviously a muggle, duh James" he muttered to himself. He pointed to the open fireplace. "You take a pinch of Floo Powder and can travel by fire places, well the ones that are connected to the network," he babbled. Lily watched him as he spoke. "Where had she seen him?" He looked at her more carefully through his glasses, "But you look a little too old to be a first year" he asked his eyes squinting behind his glasses. "What? I'm fifteen and I just got a letter, isn't that normal?" She asked "Well no actually, I'm fifteen as well but I'm starting my fifth year at Hogwarts, oh your name isn't Lily Evans is it?" He asked her. She gaped at him. This was getting weirder and weirder "Hullo, I'm James Potter" he said smiling and he shook her hand. "How did you know my name?" she asked him finally. "Well, you see I got a letter saying I was a prefect" he noticed her blank look. "It had a list of the other prefects and your name, telling us we had a new student" he finished. "God this is all too much, I'm so confused" she said looking around lost. "Well I'm sure they will tell you when you get to school, you must be special, I mean to go into fifth year now.believe me, it's odd" he laughed. Lily didn't join in; she had been thinking at least she would be on the same grounds as the students, and now she was lost. Why didn't they tell her? Maybe this was a mistake. "But hey I will help you" James told her noticing how scared she looked. "You will?" she asked. "Yeah I mean you must be smart and talented, yet you will have to learn everything, and I want to help" he grinned and finally Lily Evans smiled back. Suddenly James's mother and father arrived behind him. "Ohh James, you've met a friend, this is...?" his dad asked beaming goofily. "This is Lily Evans, she's going to be in my year" James told him. His eyes blinked for a second and Lily got the feeling he knew something. He composed himself and smiled. "Oh so you're the mystery girl James has been talking about" He asked "Yes I am" Lily smiled as she saw James blush. Then she saw her own parents came up to them. James's dad leant forward as they came up. "Hello I'm Jonathon Potter and this is my wife Angela and our son James, he is at Hogwarts with your daughter" He smiled charmingly. "It's nice to meet you, I'm Christopher Evans and this is my wife Laura" and they all shook hands. Lily looked at James while her parents were chatting away and he pulled a face at her which clearly meant, "They're boring" she muffled a laugh and then mouthed " I know, let's go" James nodded. "Dad, why don't you take the Evans to the Leaky Cauldron and me and Lily will go and get the rest of our supplies" Lily's parents smiled at the polite boy and agreed and were lead of by Mr Potter. "James, no funny business, when you are finished come back to the pub" Mrs Potter said sternly and the smiled to catch up to her husband.

"So what's it like, just realising all of this" James asked her waving his arm around Diagon Alley. "Oh, it's pretty weird, I didn't know any if this existed, I used to just go to a normal school and play football and never anything really unusual" she sighed kicking a pebble. "Well you were brought up in the wrong world, you belong in here which is why you got a letter to Hogwarts" he smiled his grin that Lily knew he was famous for. "Thanks, so what do I need to get?" Lily asked him. "Ohh everything, lets get you a wand first but!" so they headed of to Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 BC. They opened the door and a musty smell rushed at them. It was the smell of an old library. They were surrounded by thousands of narrow boxes pilled to the ceiling. Lily looked around. She felt tingles run down her spine for some reason. She bumped into James who had stopped suddenly, in front of him was an old man with pale eyes that shone over them. "Ahh Mr potter. Yes yes, I believe you fancy a Unicorn Hair and Mahogany eleven inches wand, or I really should say it's the wand that choses the wizard" James took out his wand and Mr Ollivander smiled. "That there is a great wand for Transfiguration" James stared at the old man and when Lily looked at him she could have sworn James wouldn't make any eye contact. "Now Lillian is it?" Mr Ollivander asked. "Why yes." Lily was astonished he knew her name. "Lets see, wand hand my dear?" he asked her. "Right hand" she answered as the measuring tape began to measure her all over. "Alright them, lets try Unicorn Hair and Yew 7 inches, nope not the one" as Lily tried to wave it she got another wand. "Dragon Heartstring and Holly 9 inches.no not the one, now how about Phoenix feather and Maple," he said as she waved it and then he continued through the boxes. "Tricky let's see Unicorn hair and iron bark, ten inches" yet again nothing happened and Lily was wondering what he was waiting for. But Mr Ollivander just smiled "I think we are close, maybe try Unicorn Hair and willow ten and a quarter" and finally Lily grasped the wand and red and gold sparks flew out. She couldn't help but feel him stare up at her as she paid seven Galleons and her and James left the shop. "That was so weird, I kept getting the feeling he knew something you know, did you feel it?" Lily asked him. "Yeah he's always like that, I think he can read minds" James winked at Lily "Well we really should go and get our robes and all our other supplies" James said brightening up. "Yep, sure!" Lily laughed and they ran off.

After James had helped Lily get everything they stopped by the magical creature store. "I want to get a pet!" Lily exclaimed. "Do you have some money left over," James asked as Lily started counting her money. "Ahh I have this" she said laughing "Sorry but I don't understand this currency yet" she sighed. "Ahh its fairly easy Knuts are the bronze ones and there are 29 Knuts to a Sickle, the silver ones and there are 17 Sickles to a Galleon the gold one" he smiled at her. Inside Lily wanted a black kitten but James showed her a small grey owl she fell in love with as James told her "They're great to have for mail you know". Lily smiled and agreed. She bought the small grey owl and called her Unálindë. They walked out the store and came across a stall that had funny looking items. The stall read "Protection from 'he who must not be named'" "What's that all about?" Lily asked and James sighed. "Well a few years before I came to Hogwarts we all heard about this mighty wizard who believed that muggle born wizards and muggles should all be killed and tortured. He is evil and he has been gaining power slowly, his name is Voldemort, and only recently the ministry for magic is making everyone call him 'he who must not be named' or 'you know who'" James sighed. Lily looked scared. "I'm a muggle born aren't I?" she asked softly. "Yeah" James said "But its nothing to be ashamed of, we needed to marry muggles or we would have died out. Some really excellent witches and wizards are from muggle families" James finished firmly. He turned and walked away and Lily followed him with a thousand questions on her mind.

Lily and James were walking along and suddenly James yelled out "Hey Sirius!" Lily saw a boy reluctantly turn around from a window of a 'Quality Quidditch supplies' store and walk over to them. "Hey Sirius this is famous Lily, I literally fell on her, she really is coming to Hogwarts and she has only just found out about us and all" James said rather quickly. "Really? Bet it was a shock! I'm Sirius Black" he grinned shaking her hand. "What do you need to know?" he continued thinking, "Have you told her everything James? About Quidditch?" Sirius demanded "Ha I was about to ask what that was when I saw you looking in that store" Lily laughed. So they sat down and James started to, very animatedly, explain the rules of the best game in the world "Ok see Quidditch is our sport, kind of like that weird game muggles have where they pass a ball around" James looked embarrassed. "Ohh football" Lily said nodding "Yeah well but we do it on broomsticks and there are four balls, a quaffle, two bludgers and a snitch. There is three Chasers who pass the quaffle and score, a Keeper to stop the other team from scoring, two Beaters who have to beat the bludgers at the other team to stop them from scoring, and a Seeker who only worries about the snitch a golden thing with wings, hard to catch and if the Seeker does, the team gets 150 points and the game ends, so which team catches the snitch nearly always win" James looked at Lily who looked a little blank so he said "Well, it is easier to understand" he said shifting uncomfortably but Lily's face turned into amazement. "How cool, I so wanna play!" she laughed. "Ohh we haven't told you about houses" Sirius piped in. "Houses?" Lily asked. "Yeah, there are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin" James told her. "Yeah Hufflepuff's are sposed to be wimps and Slytherin's are meant to be evil and mean" Sirius told her. "Ohh I hope I'm either of the other two then" Lily said looking scared. "Don't worry you probably won't be" James said reassuring her. "What houses are you guys in?" she asked them "We are both in Gryffindor its the best, almost my whole family and James's were in that one" Sirius said. "Do the Slytherin's always turn out bad?" Lily asked. "No, not always, 'He who must not be named' was in Slytherin" Sirius said while James snorted. "Call him Voldemort Sirius" James looked at Lily and continued "But ones that do almost always get caught anyway by Aurors" James told her looking at Sirius who had gone pale. "Aurors?" she asked. "Dark wizard catchers" he said still looking concerned at Sirius. Sirius shook himself "They take them to a prison everyone fears, Azkaban" Sirius told her.

Lily was astonished about everything she had learned she was about to ask more of the millions of questions she had running through her mind when she saw her parents and the Potters' walking towards them. "Well it was nice meeting you Sirius and thanks for showing me around James, I guess I will see you on September 1st" she said sounding sad. "Hey don't worry you will see us soon!" James grinned at her. "Yeah and you will be off to the best school ever" Sirius said calling out after her as she walked away.

"What do you think of her?" Sirius demanded. "She's.nice," James pondered. "Nice? That's all you can say? She's cute!" Sirius said pretending to faint. "Well I haven't started liking girls yet," James said curtly. "You have a crush on her don't you?" Sirius said laughing. "No I don't, you must since you suggested it!" Sirius threw a rock, which seemed to explode as James dodged it. "And anyway, not interested in girls, please, what about that kiss with the Ravenclaw girl?" Sirius demanded. "It was a dare and might I add that I have Quidditch to worry about, it's way too important," James thought. "You, haha I beat you everyday!" Sirius said poking him, knowing quite well James had been on the Gryffindoor team for 3 years as a chaser and a very good one. "Ohh as if!" James laughed poking him back. "James Potter, Quidditch may be more important but there will come a time where you will have to chose between it and love, I have foreseen it" Sirius said spookily waving his hands around. "Sure whatever" James laughed swatting Sirius's hands. "Hey come on I'll race you to quality Quidditch supplies" Sirius said as he started to run off. James let him have a few seconds head start and raced off to chase him and quickly caught up to him and overtook him. "Damn you Potter" Sirius yelled out.