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A/n: Hello everyone! This is my first fic! Imagine! Well I certainly hope to have more done soon. Please review! I like reviews. They are my friend and they are your friend. I know that this is only one chapter so far but please take the time to review. It tells me that people like my story and that is very good.
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"Hey! Adrienne!" a young girl with earlobe length fiery red hair put in pig tails yelled.
"Yeah Lils?" another girl with curly brown hair shouted back, as she ran up to her friend.
"Wanna go play baseball?" The red-head asked.
"Sorry Lily but I gotta go shopping with my mom."
"Oh, ok. I guess I'll just go and hang out with the guys then …"
"Eww! How can you stand them I mean you could get cooties!" at this Adrienne cringed, "Everyone knows that getting cooties is a fate worse than death."
"Aw come on Adrie you know we're too old for that cooties stuff! I mean I don't think I ever went through that stage!" Lily exclaimed at the immaturity of her best friend.
"Hmph. Well you go do whatever it is that you do with those boys. I gotta go. Bye!" Adrienne yelled as she ran away from the park where the two best friends had been playing.
"Bye!" Lily yelled at her friends retreating back. I think that I'll go see what Remus is doing. He always has something interesting to do. With that the eleven year old walked off towards her friends' house.
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As Lily walked up the path to Remus' house she stopped short before ringing the doorbell. Quickly she wiped the sand and dirt off of her jeans and straightened her shirt- she remembered the first time that she had met the Lupins.
FLASHBACK
She had been instructed by her mother to go over to her new neighbor's house and invite them for dinner, at the time however Lily was still very much enamored with mud puddles and one just so happened to come across one as she went to her next-door neighbors. At the time she was only a measly 8 years old, however when Mrs. Lupin saw her she wasn't sure just what the little mud covered thing in front of her was.
END FLASHBACK
Now Lily was 3 years older and she always made sure that she was presentable when she went over to the Lupins, which she often did. See, Adrienne was a great friend and all but she was just too ditzy for Lily. Lily was I guess, what you would call a tomboy, she hated shopping, make-up, Barbies, anything that was girly. She had grown up playing with GI Joes and playing all the sports. That was one of the reasons why Lily thought of Remus as a better friend than Adrienne. The other was, well, it just seemed like he was more in tune with her, like they had some unimaginable trait in common. It was almost like magic.
As Lily tore herself out of her thought she rang the doorbell which made a cute little ting-a-ling sound which could be heard from outside the house. Lily backed slightly away from the doors as she heard loud thumps progressing quickly towards the front door. As the door in question burst open a boy who appeared to be about eleven emerged. He had mussed up light brown hair which gave him an air of being innocent despite his uncommonly colored violet eyes which sparkled with mischief. However he was hard to miss at eleven years old because he towered over most other children, Lily included.
Thinking back to the first time Lily had met Remus himself she remembered how he had been staring at her striking features just as she had been awed by his.
Lily had almost always thought of herself as a Christmas tree. Her fiery red hair paired with her emerald green eyes had been the perfect grounds for this, however most other people just thought of her as strikingly pretty instead of a Christmas tree. Lily was broken out of her thoughts again as Remus spoke.
"Hey Lily! Guess what I just did!" the hyper eleven year old exclaimed.
"I dunno…" Lily said wonderingly as she entered the house.
"Well see you know how Mrs. Peterson the nosy old lady down the street has a dog?"
"Yeah,"
"Well I sorta 'by accident' left a tub of blue paint above her door and when the dog walked into the house he 'accidentally' knocked it down and was painted blue…"
"Awesome Remus, that is like so cool!" Lily exclaimed awed as she flopped down on her friends bed. As Remus had been regaling his tale they had made their way up to his room.
All of a sudden to tawny owls flapped their way into Remus' room. Lily shrieked in surprise and almost dived under the bed until she noticed that Remus had just caught one of the owls and untied a letter attached its leg.
"Remus what the heck are two owls doing in your room and why are they carrying letters!" Lily demanded as she drew herself up to her full height of 4'8" (which wouldn't have been very intimidating if it hadn't been for her flashing green eyes).
"Umm… well… you see… this letter is for" he quickly checked the address and gasped as he saw what it read.
Miss L. Evans
The Attic Bedroom
15 Regent Street
London, England
"Umm… Actually Lily this letter is for you." Remus finished as he gave the letter to her. He retrieved the letter from the other owl and stated "This one is for me."
Lily however was no longer listening. She looked in wonderment at the envelope which was made with a thick yellowish parchment. The address was written on it in an elegant handwriting in a green ink that almost matched her eyes. Lily slowly turned it over to see a purple wax seal bearing what seemed like a coat of arms. As lily broke it open she noticed that it seemed to have a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a letter 'H'. Lily quickly opened one of the pieces of parchment inside and what she saw made her gasp.
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WHITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
Lily quickly looked into the envelope and saw that there was another sheet of parchment which she opened up and read. This one said:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WHITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Uniform
First year students will require:
1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, gold fastenings)
Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags
Set books
All students should have a copy of each of the following:
The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk
A Wizarding Worlds History by Benjamin Prighton
Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling
Transfiguration - an Art (Beginner) by Daniel Grefidius
One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore
Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
Defense Against the Dark Arts: Protect Yourself by Jenice Boutan
Other Equipment
1 wand
1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
1 set glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set brass scales
Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad
PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE
NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS
"Remus…" Lily started.
"Yeah Lils?"
"What does your letter say? Does it tell you that you're a wizard or something?"
"Well… yeah?" Remus replied, meaning this to be a statement; however it came out as a question. "Lily I think that we should go downstairs and show this to my Mom." Yay! Lily's coming to Hogwarts with me! This is so cool! Remus thought ecstatically I'll already have a friend at Hogwarts despite…
"Ok Remus" Lily said disrupting he boy from his thoughts "Lets show this to your Mom and see what she says. With that the two friends sped downstairs to the Lupins Kitchen where Mrs. Lupin sat reading the newspaper.
"Mom? I think you better have a look at these…" Remus said as he handed her the letters.
Mrs. Lupin quickly glanced at the names on the envelopes turned pale and then said to Lily "I'm going to phone your family and invite them over for dinner dear. Maybe we can talk to your parents about it then."
"Y-You mean that it's real?!" Lily exclaimed dumbfounded.
"Why yes of course darling. Hal and I are both magical and we both went to Hogwarts." Mrs. Lupin replied with a laugh
"Wow! That's so cool!" Lily exclaimed as she turned to Remus "why didn't you ever tell me that you were a wizard! It's the least you could do seeing how as we're friends!"
"Well I would have if I was allowed to but muggles-"
"What-ules?"
" Muggles, non-magic people, they aren't allowed to know about us." Remus explained patiently.
"Oh, I see…" Lily said sheepishly, "Sorry."
"That's ok."
"Well why don't you to go play while I see if Lily's family can come over for dinner. I'll call you down when it's time" Mrs. Lupin said as she shooed them out of the kitchen.
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Lily looked around the table at her family and her friends' family. You could definitely see the resemblance between Mr. Lupin and Remus they had the same hair and build although Remus' eye color was from his mother who had the same brilliant violet eyes. Lily's' sister Petunia was almost the exact opposite from Lily with her straight blond hair and sky blue eyes, she had inherited all of the features from her parents. Lily on the other hand looked nothing like her parents. Her father had dull brown hair and blue eyes while her mother had blonde hair and brown eyes. It sometimes seemed like Lily could have been adopted if it wasn't for her Aunt Fiona who had the same red hair and her Uncle Jon who had the same green eyes.
Lily was broken out of her reverie when she heard her Mother ask why Mrs. Lupin needed to talk to them so urgently. After some prodding Lily related the afternoon's events to her baffled parents.
"Is it true?" Mrs. Evans asked in bewilderment, "is my little Lily a witch?"
"Yes it is Marie. Alice and I are both Magical and we think that it really is wonderful that Lily is too. This would be a wonderful experience for her and Remus would be there too." Mr. Lupin replied while beaming at his son.
"Well…"
"Oh please say yes Mom! Please please please!" Lily begged
"Oh alright darling!" Mrs. Evans conceded. With that Lily and Remus Jumped up danced a little jig and ran out to the backyard to celebrate. All the while Lily's older sister sat in her chair with her arms crossed muttering one word over and over again. Freak.