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Finally, the train came to a stop.

"We're here! Finally…" Arthur said.

"I know! I'm so excited!" Jill said.

They both seemed very enthusiastic, but Lily was afraid she wouldn't know anything once they got there.

"Umm… yeah! Sure…"Lily said.

It was a huge castle, just as her father had shown her. She also knew that Rubeus Hagrid would take them across on a boat to that castle.

"Firs' years over here!" a voice from above said.

Lily was too busy looking around nervously at the Forbidden Forest to notice a 10-foot man telling all the first years to gather 'round and get in a boat. She didn't realize she was the only one not in a boat until Hagrid told her to hurry up.

"Oh, terribly sorry," she said nervously.

"It's alrigh'" Hagrid said. "So. You mus' be the famous Lily Po'er. Great kid your father was. Always looked up to me. Although everyone looks up to me." Hagrid chuckled.

"Well, it was nice meeting you Hagrid," Lily said as they approached the castle.

"Nice seein' you Lily. I bet we'll be seein' more of each other, eh'?" Hagrid said. Lily smiled.

"Sure. Bye!" she said to him.

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Lily nervously stepped up to the stool on which the sorting hat was placed upon her head. Jill Granger had already been sorted into Gryffindor. Lily was almost certain that she would be in Ravenclaw. She was such a smart girl. Arthur had also been placed in Gryffindor, too. Lily started to get nervous. Was there a limit to how many people could be in a certain house? She wished and wished that she could be in Gryffindor, just like her dad, but on the other hand, Ravenclaw could be good, since her mum was there…

"Hmmm," the Sorting Hat said as it was placed on . "You are very smart… Maybe not as smart as that Granger gal, though… Very kind, maybe Hufflepuff? No, oooh, very miscevious, eh? How 'bout Slytherin?"

"NO! No Slytherin!!" Lily told the hat.

"No Slytherin', huh? Well then, best you'd be in… GRYFFINDOR!"

A roar of welcoming from the Gryffindor table pleased her.

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"Hey, Lil! Sit over here!" a familiar voice said.

"Hi, Patricia!"

"Well, seems like you've joined the Gryffindors! Congratulations!" she said, quite pleased. Lily smiled. "We're going to have lots of fun!"

"I'm sure we will," Lily said. "I'm sure we will."

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After everyone finished their feast, Headmaster Dumbledore made his start-of-term announcements. The prefects led all the children to their common rooms. When Dory, who had been made the girl prefect for Gryffyindor got to the portrait of the fat lady, she told the kids the password ("Cornish Pixies!") and led them into the common room. It was even better than Lily had expected! She knew this was the beginning of a great year.

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The next day, they were handed out their schedules.

* Hogwarts Schedule

Double Potions

Care Of Magical Creatures

Double History of Magic

Defense Against the Dark Arts

(*-A/N: All teachers have of course aged about 30 yrs., but none have died, including Dumbledore)

"I hope we have good teachers…" Lily said to herself.

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Lily did have some good teachers, but not all of them were great.

She was horrible at double potions, and the fact that SNAPE was teaching didn't help.

Care of Magical creatures was great! Her dad was right when he said Hagrid was a good teacher, "even though he brought in… well… dangerous creatures sometimes," her dad said. But her dad wasn't right this time. Lily thought that Hagrid had learned from his 30 year teaching experience. She really enjoyed that.

Double History of Magic was a bore! She almost fell asleep in that class!

But the most exciting class was Defence Against the Dark Arts. It turned out that Remus Lupin, although he was old, was the teacher. He was spectacular! On their first day, she had already mastered almost 5 different defensive spells.

So far, her life was going great. She went to bed that night feeling complete, like she had never felt before. Magic was finally a part of her life…

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Arthur and Jill naturally became Lily's best friends. She was becoming the most popular girl at school, or at least in Griffyndor. She really enjoyed all the attention, even though she knew she was getting it because her father was the boy who lived (Whatever that meant, Lily thought), but like he had said before, "Be happy with what you have." She was even noticed by most of the boys, but she thought Arthur was the cutest one in Gryffindor, even though he was only her best friend– nothing more.

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The winter months zoomed by, and she forgot all about asking her dad about what Jill and Arthur were talking about on the train to Hogwarts. She was so engulfed by homework, friends, and boys that she couldn't even remember what happened on the train until she got home for Christmas holiday.

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"Oh… um, dad? Can I talk to you?" Lily asked her father during Christmas dinner.

"Sure, Hun." He replied.

They stepped inside the living room.

"Dad, on the train to Hogwarts, it seemed– well, it seemed like Jill and Arthur knew more about me than I did!"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, they told me that you didn't tell me something, and I think I should know it. I know you were called the 'Boy Who Lived,' but I thought it was–"

"Lily, slow down…" her father said, suddenly realizing that he did forget something he should've said before. "Lil, remember Voldemort, the evil wizard I told you about before?"

"Um… yeah, but–"

"Well, he… he…" her father stuttered.

"Yes…" Lily said anxiously.

"It was a nice, clear night. I was at home, very calm in my sweet mother's arms," Harry said. He sighed. "Lily, Voldemort came and– and… attack us."

"A–attacked… you? But why you?"

"There was a prophecy that said I would match his powers and destroy him."

"Well, did you?"

"No, Lily. I– well, maybe I did, temporarily…"

"Temporarily?"

"Well, have you learned about the 3 unforgivible curses?"

"The Cruciatus curse, the Imperius curse and Avada Kedavra…" she said quietly.

"Well, he used the killing curse on my parents and tried to ues it on me…"

"Wait… then…?"

Harry sighed. "Lily, I am the only living man who has ever survived that curse. That is the most powerful curse ever said, which is the reason it is illegal."

"Dad… What if…"

"Don't worry, honey. I'm still here."

"So… so that's why you have that scar?"

"Yes. That's why I have this scar."

"Does… Does it… hurt?"

"Yes, occasionally, when Voldemort has a stong emotion."

"Oh…"

"Well, I suppose we should be getting back to dinner, now."

"Right…"

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Well, I hope you liked chaper 3!! More stuff coming out next chap… It'll be the most exciting!!!

R.R!!