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Bob: I'm still in the room.
Me: I know. Your point?
Bob: Oh just write the story.
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Temptress835: Just read and find out. But I have a question of my own. Are you obsessed with Draco?
Forsakn: Thank you. I plan to develop Lily's character more this chapter. Hopefully.
Sorry it took me so long to update. I'm also sorry if this completely sucks, but it just happens to be like, 2:30 in the morning so leave me alone!
MeetingsSeptember 1st. The day she'd been waiting for had finally come. As Lily ran around the room making sure she hadn't forgotten anything, she went over what she was going to say to everybody. She wouldn't be seeing them for a while. Not until next summer.
"Hey Lils, you ready?"
"Yeah. I'll be right down."
"Do you want some help carrying your things?"
"No thanks Sarah. I got it."
Sarah left, leaving Lily alone with her thoughts. On one hand, she was ecstatic. She was going to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! On the other hand, she'd miss Ashley, whom she'd become good friends with over the last few weeks.
"Lily dear, we have to go if we're to make the train."
"Yes Mrs. King."
She gathered her things and headed down the stairs. Her trunk was already in the Orphanage's van. Lily put her owl, that she had christened Crystal, in her cage and put her in the back of the van before getting in the front passenger seat as the rest of the girls crowded into the back. By law, Mrs. King couldn't leave them unattended in the orphanage, so everybody had to go to the station with her. They were completely silent during the drive. But that didn't last long.
When they reached the station and had all Lily's things on a trolley, the goodbyes began.
"Oh Lily, we're gonna miss you sooo much! Take care. Don't get in trouble. Make sure to write." All the good byes blended together as all the girls were speaking at once. "Lily dear, I'm very sorry we can't stay until you get on the train," began Mrs. King, "but there's a couple coming to meet Shauna today. Make sure you don't miss your train. And that you get on the right one. Here's some change for a payphone if anything goes wrong." Lily nodded as Mrs. King gave her some change and a few coins before getting in the van and driving away.
She approached platforms 9 and 10. 'I forgot to ask Sarah how to get onto platform 9¾. Now what do I do?' She leaned against the barrier separating the two platforms… and fell. The barrier wasn't there! Looking up from her spot on the floor, Lily realized that she was on the other side of the wall. Platform 9¾.
Pulling her things in behind her, she looked around. The sight of a bright red steam engine greeted her. The platform was crowded with people, some wearing normal clothes, others in their school robes. After realizing she'd miss the train if she kept staring, Lily stowed her stuff on the train and went in search of a compartment. She found an empty one at the very end of the train.
No sooner had she gotten settled in, than the compartment door burst open to reveal a group of people with red hair. Upon seeing her they stopped talking and stared for a moment in … surprise? One of the boys in the front smiled at her and went around introducing them. "Hi. I'm Robert Weasley, 3rd year. This is my sister Cynthia, she's a 1st year. My cousins John Weasley, a 2nd year, Christina Weasley, another 1st year, and Paul Weasley, also a 1st year."
Lily must have looked overwhelmed at all the names because Cynthia laughed and said, "That's not all there is either. We have another cousin, Harvey Weasley, he's sitting up with the prefects. He's in 5th year. Not to mention all the cousins that don't even go to Hogwarts yet." Lily blinked and came to her senses. "Oh…umm…hi. I'm Lily. Lily Potter. It's nice to meet you." At this point the door burst open once again, but Lily couldn't see who it was through all the Weasleys.
One of them (Lily wasn't sure who) said "Oh look. Extended family," and three people were pushed forward through the red heads. Two boys, one with raven-black hair and soft brown eyes, the other with light brown hair and hazel eyes, and a girl with black hair and brown eyes. Unlike the one boy's eyes however, her eyes were a dark brown, nearly black. The girl smiled and introduced herself. "Hello I'm Marissa Black, and this is Andrew Lupin," she pointed to the brown haired boy, "And James Potter," pointing to the black haired boy. "I'm Lily Potter." Marissa's smile grew wider and she opened her mouth to say something, but before she could, she was interrupted by a voice from the door to the compartment, which had, incidentally, been left open.
