CHAPTER FOUR
lily stepped into the muggle world. she found her parents in the car, waiting to leave.
" lily, why did you run off like that?" her
mother said looking hysterical.
" either that or never find the wand shop,
mother. i'm sorry, but i did make a few friends." lily knew this was coming,
but she also knew she could get out of most anyhing. her father smiled," well, that's good to know. we picked up the stuff you dropped when you fell, its in the
trunk."
" thanks." lily said.
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" mom! dad!"
petunia opened the door and they stepped in.
" hi petunia." lily said. petunia glanced at
lily, her face expressionless. lily knew that petunia
was still mad because she did not get accepted at hogwarts
and now she was taking it out on her. lily took her
stuff to her room and stayed there, she couldn't stand the way petunia looked
at her every few seconds. she unwrapped all the
packages and stored them in her trunk then she sat on her bed.
" i wish you were
coming too petunia...." lily said to herself.
lily gazed out the window and for a few seconds she didn't realize
what the black dot in the sky meant. as it came closer
it became more apparent what it was: an owl. lily
quickly opened her window and waited while the owl glided through. she untied the letter from its leg and read:
Dear Lily,
I am the reason you have been accepted at Hogwarts, and in return I want
something from you. If you do not agree your name will be erased from the list
and you will have no memory of the magical world. You will meet me in the
Forbidden forest on September 20th at 12 midnight.
Yours sincerely,
Lord Voldemort.
lily couldn't believe it, was this how i had gotten into hogwarts? should i do this? she questioned her self, and yet she knew the answer, yes,and i have to or i will never be a part of the magical world.
the weeks flew by and lily was in distress, she was afraid of what
she would have to give just to be a part of the magical community.
finally the day she had been waiting for came. she was up and ready at 6:00am, and by 9:00am they were in the car ready to go. petunia
had to stay home again, she had whined and begged all morning but the answer
was no.
"i'll write to
you." lily told her, hoping it would help the agony petunia seemed to be
feeling. petunia managed a smile and waved as they
pulled out of the drive way.
" lily, what's wrong with you? you
look so stressed out about something." her mother said.
" nothing. i'm
fine mother, honestly." lily lied.
" alright, if your sure...."
" i'm fine." another lie.
" here we are!" her father said, oblivious to the conversation that
was going on around him.he got out of the car and
loaded lily's trunk on a nearby trolly.
lily trudged
forward with the trolly." witch platform are you
supposed to board on?"asked
her father.
" platform 9 3/4." lily replied
" platform 9 3/4?! but there is no such
thing!"
" yes there is, all i have to do is walk through
barriers 9 and 10."lily said. her
parents looked confused," but that means we can't go with you to the
train!" her mother exlaimed.
" Exactly."lily muttered.
2 minutes later lily stopped in front of the barrier between platforms 9 and
10. she turned around and hugged both her parents.
" bye!"
"bye sweetie, we'll miss you."
" you be a good girl now, you hear?"lily nodded and waved one last time before
disappearing into platform 9 3/4.
the platform
was packed full of people, kids lugging their trunks onto the train, parents
saying their last minute goodbyes, owls, cats, and toads of all sorts.lily pushed her trolly towards
the scarlet train before her and to the end carraige.
she heaved her trunk off the trolly
and pulled it up to the stairs. she tugged on it but
it wouldn't move. she pulled up again, nothing.
" here, let me help you with that." it was
razz.
" thank you." lily panted. between the 2 of them, they got the trunk into the carraige and onto 1 of the over head racks.lily
plopped down on a seat.
" so where are the others?" she asked.
" they're coming, they're just having a few last
minute words with their parents." razz replied. sure
enough, about 3 minutes later the other girls came in, along with 3 others lily
hadn't met yet.
"razz, move over!" anna said.
razz didn't budge."i'm not moving! i
just got comfortable!" razz said.
" come on razz, we have to sit down too you know," lynn said," and anyways, if your going to sit like
that where are the boys going to sit?"
razz groaned." alright, alright." she grumbled and sat up. the girls filed in and sat down.
" to everyone who hasn't met her, this is lily evans, and lily this carissa, jody-louise,and lucy." lily
just nodded.
carissa was slim with short
red hair and hazel eyes.jody-louise was also slim
with curly brown hair, brown eyes,and glasses. lucy had long, strait blonde hair,and green eyes.
" so, lily, we hear you are muggle-born.
what's it like? i
mean how was life before you found out you were a witch?" jody-louise asked.
" well, actually, when i
was about 7 or 8 someone gave me the whole standard book of spells collection
and since then i always dreamed of doing magic. i was kinda expecting something
like this to happen, but being a muggle isn't bad,
though it's not as interesting as living in the magical community." lily
said. the whistles blew and the train slowly started
to move forward and gradually gathered speed. this
is it! i'm going to a school
to learn magic! lily thought with joy.
the glass door slid open and in it's doorway stood 4 boys.
"lily these are the guys. the
one with messy black hair and green eyes is james
potter("hey!" exclaimed james).the one to
his left is sirius black and the one to his right is remus lupin. the
one hiding in the back is peter pettigrew, peter stop
being such a wimp! and guys this is lily evans." razz said.
"hey."
"nice to meet ya."
"what's up?"
"hi."
they greeted her and sat down."what
house do you think you'll be in, lily?" remus
asked.
"house?"lily asked.
"Oh, right,
you're a muggle-born. At Hogwarts there are four
houses: Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff,
Gryffindor, and Slytherin. You get picked to be in
one of these houses. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are OK but Gryffindor is the best." Remus said.
"And Slytherin-?"
"Has a bad reputation. It turns out the most dark
Witches and Wizards." Sirius finished for her.
"I definitely don't wanna be in Slytherin."
James said.
"Who would?" Said Razz.
"Malfoy and co." Lucy said.
"Always boasting about how his whole family has been in Slytherin
and how he knows he is going to be in Slytherin too."
Carissa said in disgust.
"Anyone up for a game of exploding snap?" James asked.
"Me!"
"Count me in!"
"Me too!"
"Don't forget me!"
The day surged forth. The group continued playing exploding snap and soon began
telling of the past. Around 3'o clock the food trolley arrived.
"Anything off the trolley, dears? "Asked the Witch.
"Everything is on me!" Sirius said, rushing forward to the trolley. "We'll take
everything." He added.
"That will be four galleons." The Witch said.
Sirius paid her and James and Remus helped him unload
the cart. After the Witch and trolley had gone, everyone sat back and began to
snack.
"Ah, this is the life." Remus said.
Lily picked up a box of Berti Botts
Every Flavor Jelly Beans.
"I've never seen such candy before!" She exclaimed.
"I'd be careful with those. When they say every flavor, they mean every
flavor." TK said. Lily opened the box and peered inside. A rainbow of color
sparkled before her. Razz was grinning, "Hey, Lily, why don't you try the funny
looking gray jelly bean, it's pretty good."
Lily spotted it right away, it was also the only gray
one. She pulled it out and popped it into her mouth. In an instant Lily spat it
out, it was the most disgusting thing she ever tasted.
"Razz!" She choked out and quickly stuffed a Pumpkin
Pastry into her mouth. She finished the pastry and looked up at Razz, "What
flavor was that?"
"Pepper." Razz replied with a wide grin.
Lily tried some other flavors then she began to try some of the other snacks
and candies. Her favorites were the Chocolate Frogs, Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin
Pastries, and Drooble's Best Chewing Gum.
Hours went by and Lily was having the best time of her life with her newfound
friends.
"We had better change into our school robes." Anna said, indicating that the
boys go change some where else.
"Ok, we get the point, geez." Sirius muttered and the
boys left.
The girls pulled on their robes, and just as the hems of the robes swept over
their feet the train came to a sudden halt. The girls stumbled forward and
crashed to the floor.
"Ow! Get off me!" Said Jody-Louise
from some where near the floor.
"The girls got up, "Is everyone alright?" Asked Carissa.
"Fine."
"I'm still alive."
"Alright…I guess."
"Ok."
"Living."
"Feeling great."
"Bruised."
"Come on, let's go then." Carissa said.
