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.