Disclaimer: I'm not JK Rowling; I'm never going to be her; these characters
don't belong to me
A/N: This is my first Harry Potter fanfiction - I normally write Star Trek: Voyager instead! (And I can't imagine a crossover between them - yet!!) This was based on a very, very strange dream I had and maybe one day the title will make sense. (And if it doesn't I'll have to change it!)
Please read and review.... pretty please?
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Lily stood up with the rest of her table, and followed Tom and Naomi to where six Gryffindors were standing - each with a shiny badge.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," greeted one of the girls. She was fairly tall, and had blonde hair and an Irish accent. "I'm the head girl, Ashleigh Connolly." She nodded towards the brown haired boy next to her. "This is Nathan Taylor, the head boy. If you'll follow us up to the Gryffindor common room. Try and keep up - you don't want to get lost."
Ashleigh led them out of the Great Hall and up the marble staircase, through hidden doorways and finally to a long corridor. At the end of the corridor hung a portrait of a fat woman in a pink dress.
"Password?" she asked.
"Quidditch," Ashleigh told the woman, and the portrait swung open to reveal a round hole in the wall. Climbing through, they found themselves in the Gryffindor common room; a round room, full of squashy armchairs with a roaring fire on one wall. At the far end of the room, a staircase led to their dormitories. Lily followed Naomi to their dormitory, where there were five four poster beds. Their trunks had already been brought up, and Lily collapsed on the bed by hers. There would be time enough later to talk to her fellow class and roommates.
Along with the rest of the students, Lily got her timetable the next morning at breakfast. As she ate her breakfast, she studied it, taking particular notice of her free, and her flying lessons. Looking at that day, she tried not to groan as she realised that first she had her mother, and then her father. And then, looking at what she had after lunch, she tried not to laugh as she realised that her godmother would be teaching her then.
"Unbelievable," she muttered to herself.
"Huh?" Bethany Jamieson, one of her fellow first years looked up at her.
"Nothing," Lily told her quickly. "It's just that our free would have been yesterday, which is just typical if you ask me."
Bethany laughed. She was the exact opposite of Lily, with short, dark hair and dark brown eyes. "Yeah, you're right. I hadn't noticed that," she replied. "I was looking at today instead. I think I'm going to like Tuesdays."
"Why's that?" Lily asked, her green eyes sparkling. **If she says that dad is cute, I'm gonna die!**
"Well," Bethany began. "Our Charms teacher was one of the smartest pupils Hogwarts has ever seen, according to those twins in the second year."
"Morgan and Marie," Lily corrected.
"Yeah, those two. And our Defence of the Dark Arts teacher is Harry Potter himself! Do you know how lucky you would normally be just to meet him?"
Lily was shaking with suppressed laughter, but fortunately Bethany was too involved in her hero worship to notice.
"And then we have transfiguration with Professor McGonagall after lunch," Bethany continued. "She's meant to be one of the best teachers that Hogwarts has ever had!"
"Good for us," Lily remarked. Finishing her breakfast, she picked up her bag and turned to Bethany. "Do you want to see if we can actually find the Charms classroom then?"
Bethany swallowed her last mouthful. "Sure. I wonder what we're going to do today?"
"If it's a 'Let's get to know everyone' thing, I'm walking out," Lily promised. Bethany just laughed, then looked worried.
"Don't do that - imagine how many points you'd loose for Gryffindor," she protested.
"Relax - I wasn't planning to," Lily replied, rolling her eyes. "Although Professor Granger was in Gryffindor so maybe she'll favour us."
"Where did you hear that?" Bethany asked. "I knew Professor Potter was in Gryffindor, but not Professor Granger. Do you think they knew each other at school?"
Lily once again wanted to laugh, but kept it inside her. "Um, I can't remember. You could look it up somewhere, I suppose," she suggested. "Try the trophy room."
"Yeah," Bethany lit up. "Maybe we could go there after lunch before transfiguration."
"Okay then," Lily replied. "She had no idea where the trophy room was, but she wanted to have a look there, at the House Cup and the Quidditch cup. She also vaguely remembered her dad saying something about him and her "Uncle Ron" getting Special Awards for Services to the School, and she wanted to see if they were still there.
"Boo!" Lily felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned round to see Tom Paris.
"Heading for Charms then?" Tom asked, walking in-between the two girls, his arms draped casually over their shoulders.
Lily rolled her eyes. "No, Transfiguration," she replied sarcastically. "Of course we're off to Charms - it is our first lesson!"
"Molly said that the classroom's just up this corridor, then around the corner," Tom told them. "We should be able to trust her - it's my brother Robert who you've got to watch out for."
"Is it just the three of you at Hogwarts then?" Bethany asked. "I'm the first so far; my brothers will be joining in a few years."
Tom nodded. "Molly's gonna be leaving at the end of this year, but my little sister Natasha will be coming the year after next, and then Nicholas the year after that. How about you Lily?"
"My little sister will be coming next year," she told them, only hoping that Abi was going to come as her sister, as opposed to Professors Potter and Granger's daughter. If she was going to be Abigail Potter, Lily would just have to say that her sister had been accepted into another school. "How many brothers and sisters do you have?" she asked Tom, as they continued up the corridor.
"There's six of us," he replied. "My eldest sister Isabel has already left," he explained. "Then there's Molly, Robert and me here at Hogwarts, then Natasha and Nicholas will be joining in the next few years."
Lily didn't have a chance to marvel at the number of siblings, and be thankful that she only had the one - despite her parent's threats, as they turned the corner and reached the Charms classroom.
"Do we just go in?" Bethany asked in a hushed voice.
"I guess so," Tom replied at the same volume.
"Why are you whispering?" Lily asked at her normal volume, and the other two jumped.
"I don't know really," Bethany replied laughing. "Come on, let's go in."
She cautiously pushed the door open, and saw a flash of yellow on black.
"We're with the Hufflepuffs," she hissed back to the other two. Lily was thankful that it wasn't the Slytherins, although she had hoped that they would have had lessons with the Ravenclaws. They filed in through the door, and realised with horror that the only space for all three of them to fit together was on the front bench.
Hermione was already in the classroom when the first few students started to trickle in from breakfast. She had an added advantage for the first few weeks of actually knowing the castle layout - including trick doors, and moving staircases. She noticed with a hidden smile that Lily was one of the last to arrive, which meant that she was to sit at the front with her two friends. She counted eighteen pupils, and sat back in her chair waiting for the last two to appear. They rushed in together - two Gryffindor boys.
"Sorry we're late, Professor," one gasped. "We asked one of the ghosts where to go, and he sent us to the North Tower instead!"
Hermione smiled. "I think you'll find that ghost is actually a poltergeist by the name of Peeves," she told the two boys. "He does that a lot. If you do ask a ghost, Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost is normally very good at pointing you in the right direction. Or if you're in Hufflepuff." She turned to the students with yellow on their black robes. "The Fat Friar is your house ghost. Now, before we start Charms work, I'm going to call a register to make sure that I can count, and so I know who's who."
There was a slight chuckle from the class as Hermione pulled out a piece of parchment.
"Simon Ashmore," she called.
"Yes Professor." It was the boy who had been sorted first, just before her, Lily realised. Which meant...
"Lily Black."
"Here Professor." Good, hadn't slipped up and called her 'mum.' She remembered a boy back in primary school calling one of their teachers 'mum', and how they had all laughed at him, and teased him mercilessly after that. Lily didn't want that to happen to her - especially when she was really calling her mother 'mum!'
Hermione finished the register, then stepped out in front of her desk, standing right in front of Lily and her two friends.
"Charms," she began. "Is like all your other classes at Hogwarts, very important..."
Hermione talked for about quarter of an hour, outlining the course they were to be following throughout the year. Then she gave several examples of some of the charms they were to learn, which included disarming Lily from her quill when she tried to write a note to Bethany, and flying Tom's school bag around the room.
The bell rang too early for most of the class, and above the din, Hermione shouted out that their homework was to read Chapter 1 in "Magical Theory" before the next lesson.
Lily was packing her books in her bag, when a shadow fell over her. It was her mother. "Miss Black, could I have a moment of your time before you head to your next lesson please?" she asked.
"Okay then," Lily replied. Turning to her friends, she added. "Wait outside - I shouldn't be long."
"I only want to talk to her for a couple of minutes," Professor Granger reassured Tom and Bethany, who nodded, and followed the rest of the class outside. Once the last student had excited, Hermione flicked her wand towards the door, and it swung shut.
"Well done getting into Gryffindor," Hermione told her daughter, as she reached forward to hug her. Lily accepted the hug, then sat down on the desk, smiling.
"I hoped that it was going to put me in Gryffindor, " Lily replied. "I was going to get on the train back home if it had tried to put me in Slytherin."
"It nearly put your father in Slytherin, you know," Hermione told her. "And me in Ravenclaw."
"I knew about you," Lily said, surprising her mother. "The hat told me. It knew who I was, and said that I was like my namesake too. It said that grandma was eager to prove herself."
"As are you, Lily," Hermione replied. "You're eager to prove yourself as your own person. Now, you don't want to keep dad waiting for your next lesson, do you?"
She hugged her daughter again, and as they turned to go towards the door, Lily turned back to her mother.
"So you know my timetable then?" she asked. "The fact that I have you, dad and Aunt Minerva on the same day!"
Hermione laughed. "Live with it Lily," she told her daughter. They were nearing the door, when she added. "And if your friends ask, you were holding your wand wrong, so I just wanted to show you a better way."
"Great, make them think I'm a dunce," Lily muttered, as she accepted the kiss her mother gave her. "Thanks Professor Granger - I'll see you next lesson."
"Alright Miss Black. Just remember what I told you."
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Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed!
The next part should be up soon!
A/N: This is my first Harry Potter fanfiction - I normally write Star Trek: Voyager instead! (And I can't imagine a crossover between them - yet!!) This was based on a very, very strange dream I had and maybe one day the title will make sense. (And if it doesn't I'll have to change it!)
Please read and review.... pretty please?
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Lily stood up with the rest of her table, and followed Tom and Naomi to where six Gryffindors were standing - each with a shiny badge.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," greeted one of the girls. She was fairly tall, and had blonde hair and an Irish accent. "I'm the head girl, Ashleigh Connolly." She nodded towards the brown haired boy next to her. "This is Nathan Taylor, the head boy. If you'll follow us up to the Gryffindor common room. Try and keep up - you don't want to get lost."
Ashleigh led them out of the Great Hall and up the marble staircase, through hidden doorways and finally to a long corridor. At the end of the corridor hung a portrait of a fat woman in a pink dress.
"Password?" she asked.
"Quidditch," Ashleigh told the woman, and the portrait swung open to reveal a round hole in the wall. Climbing through, they found themselves in the Gryffindor common room; a round room, full of squashy armchairs with a roaring fire on one wall. At the far end of the room, a staircase led to their dormitories. Lily followed Naomi to their dormitory, where there were five four poster beds. Their trunks had already been brought up, and Lily collapsed on the bed by hers. There would be time enough later to talk to her fellow class and roommates.
Along with the rest of the students, Lily got her timetable the next morning at breakfast. As she ate her breakfast, she studied it, taking particular notice of her free, and her flying lessons. Looking at that day, she tried not to groan as she realised that first she had her mother, and then her father. And then, looking at what she had after lunch, she tried not to laugh as she realised that her godmother would be teaching her then.
"Unbelievable," she muttered to herself.
"Huh?" Bethany Jamieson, one of her fellow first years looked up at her.
"Nothing," Lily told her quickly. "It's just that our free would have been yesterday, which is just typical if you ask me."
Bethany laughed. She was the exact opposite of Lily, with short, dark hair and dark brown eyes. "Yeah, you're right. I hadn't noticed that," she replied. "I was looking at today instead. I think I'm going to like Tuesdays."
"Why's that?" Lily asked, her green eyes sparkling. **If she says that dad is cute, I'm gonna die!**
"Well," Bethany began. "Our Charms teacher was one of the smartest pupils Hogwarts has ever seen, according to those twins in the second year."
"Morgan and Marie," Lily corrected.
"Yeah, those two. And our Defence of the Dark Arts teacher is Harry Potter himself! Do you know how lucky you would normally be just to meet him?"
Lily was shaking with suppressed laughter, but fortunately Bethany was too involved in her hero worship to notice.
"And then we have transfiguration with Professor McGonagall after lunch," Bethany continued. "She's meant to be one of the best teachers that Hogwarts has ever had!"
"Good for us," Lily remarked. Finishing her breakfast, she picked up her bag and turned to Bethany. "Do you want to see if we can actually find the Charms classroom then?"
Bethany swallowed her last mouthful. "Sure. I wonder what we're going to do today?"
"If it's a 'Let's get to know everyone' thing, I'm walking out," Lily promised. Bethany just laughed, then looked worried.
"Don't do that - imagine how many points you'd loose for Gryffindor," she protested.
"Relax - I wasn't planning to," Lily replied, rolling her eyes. "Although Professor Granger was in Gryffindor so maybe she'll favour us."
"Where did you hear that?" Bethany asked. "I knew Professor Potter was in Gryffindor, but not Professor Granger. Do you think they knew each other at school?"
Lily once again wanted to laugh, but kept it inside her. "Um, I can't remember. You could look it up somewhere, I suppose," she suggested. "Try the trophy room."
"Yeah," Bethany lit up. "Maybe we could go there after lunch before transfiguration."
"Okay then," Lily replied. "She had no idea where the trophy room was, but she wanted to have a look there, at the House Cup and the Quidditch cup. She also vaguely remembered her dad saying something about him and her "Uncle Ron" getting Special Awards for Services to the School, and she wanted to see if they were still there.
"Boo!" Lily felt a hand on her shoulder, and turned round to see Tom Paris.
"Heading for Charms then?" Tom asked, walking in-between the two girls, his arms draped casually over their shoulders.
Lily rolled her eyes. "No, Transfiguration," she replied sarcastically. "Of course we're off to Charms - it is our first lesson!"
"Molly said that the classroom's just up this corridor, then around the corner," Tom told them. "We should be able to trust her - it's my brother Robert who you've got to watch out for."
"Is it just the three of you at Hogwarts then?" Bethany asked. "I'm the first so far; my brothers will be joining in a few years."
Tom nodded. "Molly's gonna be leaving at the end of this year, but my little sister Natasha will be coming the year after next, and then Nicholas the year after that. How about you Lily?"
"My little sister will be coming next year," she told them, only hoping that Abi was going to come as her sister, as opposed to Professors Potter and Granger's daughter. If she was going to be Abigail Potter, Lily would just have to say that her sister had been accepted into another school. "How many brothers and sisters do you have?" she asked Tom, as they continued up the corridor.
"There's six of us," he replied. "My eldest sister Isabel has already left," he explained. "Then there's Molly, Robert and me here at Hogwarts, then Natasha and Nicholas will be joining in the next few years."
Lily didn't have a chance to marvel at the number of siblings, and be thankful that she only had the one - despite her parent's threats, as they turned the corner and reached the Charms classroom.
"Do we just go in?" Bethany asked in a hushed voice.
"I guess so," Tom replied at the same volume.
"Why are you whispering?" Lily asked at her normal volume, and the other two jumped.
"I don't know really," Bethany replied laughing. "Come on, let's go in."
She cautiously pushed the door open, and saw a flash of yellow on black.
"We're with the Hufflepuffs," she hissed back to the other two. Lily was thankful that it wasn't the Slytherins, although she had hoped that they would have had lessons with the Ravenclaws. They filed in through the door, and realised with horror that the only space for all three of them to fit together was on the front bench.
Hermione was already in the classroom when the first few students started to trickle in from breakfast. She had an added advantage for the first few weeks of actually knowing the castle layout - including trick doors, and moving staircases. She noticed with a hidden smile that Lily was one of the last to arrive, which meant that she was to sit at the front with her two friends. She counted eighteen pupils, and sat back in her chair waiting for the last two to appear. They rushed in together - two Gryffindor boys.
"Sorry we're late, Professor," one gasped. "We asked one of the ghosts where to go, and he sent us to the North Tower instead!"
Hermione smiled. "I think you'll find that ghost is actually a poltergeist by the name of Peeves," she told the two boys. "He does that a lot. If you do ask a ghost, Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost is normally very good at pointing you in the right direction. Or if you're in Hufflepuff." She turned to the students with yellow on their black robes. "The Fat Friar is your house ghost. Now, before we start Charms work, I'm going to call a register to make sure that I can count, and so I know who's who."
There was a slight chuckle from the class as Hermione pulled out a piece of parchment.
"Simon Ashmore," she called.
"Yes Professor." It was the boy who had been sorted first, just before her, Lily realised. Which meant...
"Lily Black."
"Here Professor." Good, hadn't slipped up and called her 'mum.' She remembered a boy back in primary school calling one of their teachers 'mum', and how they had all laughed at him, and teased him mercilessly after that. Lily didn't want that to happen to her - especially when she was really calling her mother 'mum!'
Hermione finished the register, then stepped out in front of her desk, standing right in front of Lily and her two friends.
"Charms," she began. "Is like all your other classes at Hogwarts, very important..."
Hermione talked for about quarter of an hour, outlining the course they were to be following throughout the year. Then she gave several examples of some of the charms they were to learn, which included disarming Lily from her quill when she tried to write a note to Bethany, and flying Tom's school bag around the room.
The bell rang too early for most of the class, and above the din, Hermione shouted out that their homework was to read Chapter 1 in "Magical Theory" before the next lesson.
Lily was packing her books in her bag, when a shadow fell over her. It was her mother. "Miss Black, could I have a moment of your time before you head to your next lesson please?" she asked.
"Okay then," Lily replied. Turning to her friends, she added. "Wait outside - I shouldn't be long."
"I only want to talk to her for a couple of minutes," Professor Granger reassured Tom and Bethany, who nodded, and followed the rest of the class outside. Once the last student had excited, Hermione flicked her wand towards the door, and it swung shut.
"Well done getting into Gryffindor," Hermione told her daughter, as she reached forward to hug her. Lily accepted the hug, then sat down on the desk, smiling.
"I hoped that it was going to put me in Gryffindor, " Lily replied. "I was going to get on the train back home if it had tried to put me in Slytherin."
"It nearly put your father in Slytherin, you know," Hermione told her. "And me in Ravenclaw."
"I knew about you," Lily said, surprising her mother. "The hat told me. It knew who I was, and said that I was like my namesake too. It said that grandma was eager to prove herself."
"As are you, Lily," Hermione replied. "You're eager to prove yourself as your own person. Now, you don't want to keep dad waiting for your next lesson, do you?"
She hugged her daughter again, and as they turned to go towards the door, Lily turned back to her mother.
"So you know my timetable then?" she asked. "The fact that I have you, dad and Aunt Minerva on the same day!"
Hermione laughed. "Live with it Lily," she told her daughter. They were nearing the door, when she added. "And if your friends ask, you were holding your wand wrong, so I just wanted to show you a better way."
"Great, make them think I'm a dunce," Lily muttered, as she accepted the kiss her mother gave her. "Thanks Professor Granger - I'll see you next lesson."
"Alright Miss Black. Just remember what I told you."
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