Chapter 1
Lily's Christmas Present
Lily was an average girl with everything. She had looks, brains, and the greatest boyfriend in the world. James Potter and Lily had been dating for almost a year. They had been best friends since they meet on the Hogwarts Express five and a half years ago. Now it was nearly Christmas of their fifth year and Lily was trying to figure out what to by James for Christmas. Past years, it had never been this hard. She had always found something great for him like pranks for Italy or a book of rare hexes that nobody had every heard of some he could out smart Snape. But this year was different. It was the first Christmas they were to spend together as a couple.
Then it hit her. For their care of magical creatures class, they had been given Phoenix eggs to hatch and then care for until they were old enough to be sold to the magical creature shop in Diagon Alley. Lily and James had been partners for this project. Their Phoenix's name was Fauns. James had loved that Phoenix and was sad when he had to say goodbye to him.
Lily raced to get her owl and wrote a letter to the shop to see if Fauns had been sold yet and how much he would cost. The shop owner wrote back saying that Fauns was still there and because she raised Fauns, he would sell him for 9 Galleons. Lily had 16 Galleons saved and without a second thought bought the Phoenix for James.
Lily's Christmas Present
Lily was an average girl with everything. She had looks, brains, and the greatest boyfriend in the world. James Potter and Lily had been dating for almost a year. They had been best friends since they meet on the Hogwarts Express five and a half years ago. Now it was nearly Christmas of their fifth year and Lily was trying to figure out what to by James for Christmas. Past years, it had never been this hard. She had always found something great for him like pranks for Italy or a book of rare hexes that nobody had every heard of some he could out smart Snape. But this year was different. It was the first Christmas they were to spend together as a couple.
Then it hit her. For their care of magical creatures class, they had been given Phoenix eggs to hatch and then care for until they were old enough to be sold to the magical creature shop in Diagon Alley. Lily and James had been partners for this project. Their Phoenix's name was Fauns. James had loved that Phoenix and was sad when he had to say goodbye to him.
Lily raced to get her owl and wrote a letter to the shop to see if Fauns had been sold yet and how much he would cost. The shop owner wrote back saying that Fauns was still there and because she raised Fauns, he would sell him for 9 Galleons. Lily had 16 Galleons saved and without a second thought bought the Phoenix for James.