Chapter Two : Diagon Alley, The Hogwart Express, Sorting
Next morning, Lily woke up early, excited. She was a witch!!! And today she'll go to Diagon Alley.
After dressing up, eating, everybody was ready. Petunia had refused to come with them not to "be contaminated by all these freaks…"
Eric drove to London and stop in a little street as Tania had said.
They entered behind her in small bar. A man came
"Hello, I'm Tom, You are Muggles?"
"Muggles?"
"Non-magical persons"
"Ah, yes", answered Tania, "but Lily here is a witch."
"Hello young lady! Hogwarts?"
"Yes."
"Come, I will show you the way."
They follow him behind the bar. They near a wall. Tom took a piece of wood and tapped the bricks with it. Suddenly the wall disappeared and they saw a street full of witches and wizards. They were amazed.
"I advice you to go to Gringotts first so you can exchange your money into wizard money."
"Thank you", said Lily, as he left them in front of a huge building.
Few minutes after, they went out with Galleons, Sickles and Knuts. They also put an account for Lily.
First they went to Flourish and Boot, where they bought all the books on the list and also few others like "Hogwart an History"… Then they went to Mme Malkins
"Hogwart dear?"
"Yes", answered Lily, shyly.
"Go there so I cant take your measures." During few minutes she measured Lily feet to head… and left.
Later she came with robes, cloaks…
They bought everything and an hour later, they just had to bought Lily's wand. They entered Mr Ollivander's shop.
"Lily Evans…"
Lily jumped, she hadn't seen the man.
"Ye… es"
"Come my dear don't be shy."
She climb on a chair and waited
Mr Ollivander muttered words and a tape started to measure her itself.
After he took a wand and gave it to her.
"Try this, Yew, dragon heartstrings, twelve inches, very flexible."
Lily stared at him.
"Give it a wave!"
She waved the wand, feeling stupid
"No no, try try this one!"
She tried several wands, but Mr Ollivander seemed never satisfied…
"A difficult customer, but we will find the right wand. Try this one, Willow, unicorn tail, ten and a quarter inches, very good for Charms."
When Lily took the wand she felt warm. She waved and there were green, red, gold an silver sparkles.
"Very interesting, said Mr Ollivander. Quite a special wand…."
Lily and her parents paid and returned to their home, completely amazed by all the things they had seen this day…
The end of the summer passed very quickly and it was soon the beginning of school.
On September 1st, Lily woke very early.
When everybody was ready, they went to King Cross Station. Lily knew how to go to platform 9 and ¾, she had asked someone in Diagon Alley.
"Bye Mum, Bye Eric." She kissed them.
She passed through the wall between platform 9 and 10 and find an empty compartment. Few minutes later, while she was reading, she heard people coming . The door open and she saw two boy of her age: one with messy black hair, brown eyes and glasses, the other with also black but mischievous blue eyes.
"Hello, I'm James Potter, and this", he point to the other boy "is Sirius Black"
"Lily Evans", answered she, shyly. It was the first time that someone spoke to her.
Suddenly a girl come. She had long blond hair, amazing blue eyes.
"James, Sirius, come! Let this nerd alone."
"Hi Claire, go, we will come in few minutes", answered James.
Claire left. James look at Sirius.
"So Lily, you're Muggle-born?"
"Yes, my mother is a Muggle, but I don't know my father…"
They seemed surprised at her, but they quickly grinned.
"We have to go, bye."
She doesn't see James waved his wand and muttered few words. They left her.
Hours later, the train reached the station. The went out.
"First years, first year, yelled a very tall man" (It's already difficult for me to write in English, so I won't try to make his accent, figure it out…)
Lily noticed that everybody looked and laughed at her, she tried to see what was wrong.
Suddenly the tall man came nearer her
"What had happened to you?" Asked he
"I don't know, what do you talk about?"
He handed her a mirror. She gasped. She had bright green hair, and red nose. She burst in tears.
"Arthur!" Called the man.
"Yes?" An old boy with red hair answered.
"Can you fix it?"
"Yes."
"No, I can do it myself", muttered Lily.
She took her wand and said
"Normia Coloriasa"
Immediately her hair and nose became normal. Arthur and the man stared at her in astonishment.
"What? Have I made something wrong?"
"No, no. By the way I'm Hagrid."
"Lily Evans."
They went near a lake.
"Four by boat", yelled Hagrid.
Lily went in Hagrid's boat.
When they reached the castle, they saw a woman waiting.
"Here are the first year Professor McGonagall", said Hagrid.
"Thank you Hagrid."
"Can I see Dumbledore, it's important", asked Hagrid.
"Certainly."
"Listen, in few minutes, you will be sorted. Keep quiet."
People spoke with friends with excitement. Lily with her old reflex kept quiet and tried to become invisible.
McGonagall came back.
"Follow me"
They entered a huge Hall. The ceiling was enchanted to be like the sky. It was amazing.
On a stage was a chair with a hat. Suddenly the hat started to sing
When the song ended, everybody cheered
"When I will call your name come and try the hat", said McGonagall.
"Aremis, Callie RAVENCLAW!"
"Black, Sirius GRYFFONDOR!"
"Besistan, Fran RAVENCLAW!"
"Debb, Claire GRYFFONDOR!"
"Devir, Steph SLYTHERIN!"
"Evans Lily"
She got up, sit down on the chair an put the hat on her head. She didn't see the look on Dumbledore's face.
What a mind!, you are quite special my dear, Ravenclaw will fit well, but… not, oh you're… so maybe Slytherin… hmm, I don't think so. You have great powers my dear and I see that you are loyal and courageous beyond limits, so it must be GRYFFONDOR!
She got up put the hat down and joined the Gryffondor table. She sit far away of everybody and wait for the end of the sorting.
"Remus Lupin, GRYFFONDOR!"
Five over students were called before
"Malfoy Lucius SLYTHERIN!"
Later
"James Potter, GRYFFONDOR!"
Oh no, thought Lily, not him.
"Pettigrew Peter, SLGRYFFONDOR!"
"Snape Severus SLYTHERIN!"
Several students were called then Dumbledore stood up.
"A new year, I hope you will spend here great time. I have to say that the Forbidden Forest is forbidden an that a new tree, the Womping Willow had been planted. Stay far away from him, or you will have to make a stay to the infirmary for few days… So Enjoy the feast!"
After the feast the students were grouped and driven to their dorm. As Lily started to follow, Professor McGonagall came
"Miss Evans, follow me, Dumbledore wants to see you."