Chapter 3: To Potter Mansion
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Disclaimer I own nothing of J.K. Rowling's Work
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It had been three weeks since Lily's visit to Diagon Alley and Petunia
would not even tolerate being in the some room with her. So Lily stayed in
her room counting down the days till August 31st when she would be taken to
James' house, so most of the time she was in her room reading and her
school books and a couple of other books that she picked up at Diagon
Alley. Lily learned some Transfiguration and Charms, but Lily found she was
quite good at charms. It was eight o'clock in the morning whe4n she say
down in the family room waiting for Mark and or James to come pick her up.
They had owled her the week before to tell her they would be there around
eight, eight-thirty to pick her up. She was expecting them to come by floo
powder like Mark had come last time but boy was she wrong!
Lily kept on nodding off in her comfy chair when the doorbell wrang once twice three. times when she finally heard a man's voice say "James stop that". She went and opened the door and saw a man that obviously had to be James and Mark's dad. James and Mark looked exactly like him except their dad had hazel eyes and not chocolate brown. Lily guessed the two got their mothers eyes.
"Hi," said Lily
"Hello" said the two.
"Come in please," said Lily.
"O," said James, "This is my dad Mr. Potter."
"Pleased to meet you Mr. Potter," said Lily.
"The pleasure was all mine Lily," said Mr. Potter, "You know James told me you were beautiful but not this beautiful."
Lily blushed no one had ever called her beautiful before. But, if anyone was blushing it wasn't as bad as James. His face was almost as red as Lily's hair.
"Dad," said a very embarrassed James, "I never told you that."
"You're right you didn't," said Mr. Potter with a mischievous grin, "Let's just say you talk very and I mean very loud in your sleep."
If possible James got even redder in the face, while Lily was trying but failing to suppress her giggles.
While Lily was in a fit of giggles, her parents came in and said hello to Mr. Potter and got acquainted with each other. Mr. Potter introduced a still very red James.
A little later James and Lily went to her room to get her trunk.
"Bye," said Lily to her mom and dad giving each a hug and a kiss, "See you over Christmas Break."
"OK dear be good and have a fun term," said a teary eyed Mrs. Evens.
"OK I will," said Lily and walked out of the house expecting to see a car, but she saw nothing out there.
"Excuse me but how are we getting to your house," asked a very mystified Lily.
"O I totally forgot to say in the letter we are going by broom," said James.
"Bro, broo, broom," spluttered Lily, "But I don't know how to fly a broomstick."
Lily was looking alarmed now.
"O well you can ride with me or my dad," said James wishing she would fly with him. "O well I will ride with you James, but what about my things," asked Lily.
"Here I'll shrink them and put them in my pocket," said Mr. Potter, "Sallaro". And with that Lily's trunk started to shrink till it could fit into Mr. Potter's pocket, and then Lily got onto the broom with James and they were gone.
They were up very high so they wouldn't be spotted by muggles. James was in front of Lily so he could steer and she could hold on. As Lily put her arms around his waist they both felt some sort of spark or tingle that went up their spines. As they were flying Lily and James both felt something but they couldn't explain what it was it was just that no one had ever done that to them. As they got higher Lily made a little gasp of awe. She couldn't believe how beautiful it was even if she was scared of heights there was something about James that made her relax and make her feel safe. All James did was snort.
"What," asked Lily.
"Nothing," said James, " We should be there in about a minute."
No sooner than he said that his house came into view.
"O my gosh," said an astounded Lily " Your house is a mansion."
"If that is what you would call it," said James, " Then yes."
"Wow," was all Lily could say as they landed on the roof.
"Well," said Mr. Potter, " What do you think."
"It's huge," said Lily looking from the house to the many acres of forest and grass, "How many acres are there."
"Let's see I think just around 100," said Mr. Potter as if that wasn't a lot.
"Are you serious," asked a dumbfounded Lily.
James had gotten down and was now helping Lily, when their hands touched and they both again felt that same spark and tingle that went up their arms and coursed through their entire body making them shiver slightly. They both looked at each other to see if the other had felt it when their eyes locked. Mr. Potter who had noticed this couldn't believe his eyes. James had a crush on Lily. But Mr. Potter knew that they were to be more than just a one-time crush.
James had showed Lily her room where she would be staying the night in; she gasped because it was so beautiful, but it seemed to change as she walked in, she looked puzzled.
"O you see," said James who had seen the puzzled look on Lily's face, "the room changes to your personality, as you walk in so it better suites you and makes you feel comfortable."
"O wow that is really neat," said Lily, " So what do you want to do," she asked.
"Let's go into the woods," James said, "There is the quidditch field and I can show you this secret garden I found when I was eight and my parents don't know it's there. You'll love it." He added.
"OK don't you think we should tell your parents first," asked Lily, "So they don't panic when they see we're gone."
"No, I told them ahead of time I would be showing you around," he said.
"OK then let's go," said an excited Lily.
James couldn't believe what they were about to do. They waked for what seemed like an hour to Lily when they finally got to the quidditch field.
"You see my dad did this charm to the quidditch field so you can't see us flying from above and that the snitch and bludgers don't go outside the woods," said James.
"What is a snitch and bludger," asked a mystified Lily.
"O those are the balls used to play quidditch, "explained James.
James then told Lily all about quidditch and how to play it. He then taught Lily how to fly on a broom by herself.
Lily was surprised to see that she was good at flying but liked to stay low to the ground because she was still a little scared of heights.
"Wow, Lily you are a natural at this," said James, " You might be as good as me."
"Really," said Lily because James was a superb flyer, "Thanks James."
"OK lets go to the garden now," said James.
"OK," said Lily.
So they walked farther into the woods and deeper. Soon they were so deep into the woods that it was dark and Lily was starting to get scared.
Then they came to a dead end. "Misfits on the Run," said James to the wall. Lily thought James had gone mad because he just talked to a wall, but she noticed that the wall started to move to the side. What Lily saw next was amazing it was lit with sunlight and had every tree, bush, and flower you could think of.
"O my gosh," said Lily in awe.
"Thought you would like it," said James.
As Lily looked back she noticed that the wall had closed again. Also in the garden was a house but farther back.
"What's that," asked Lily pointing to the house.
James turned to see the fort he and his friends had built.
"O that is a fort/House me and my friends built a while ago, it has 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, and a rec/basement." Said James.
"How did you do all of that," asked Lily.
"O we all took our parents wands and made it within an hour and our parents never even noticed they were gone," he said with a mischievous grin. Lily saw that by the pond was a bench and Lily went to go sit down.
"So what do your parents do," asked Lily.
"They are Aurors," said James
"What is that," asked Lily.
"They chase and catch dark witches and wizards so that the wizarding world can be free from danger and mayhem." Said James.
"O wow that's awesome," said Lily.
"Yeah I that is was I want to become when I leave hogwart," said James.
"Yeah that is what I think I might become too," said Lily
"Soo." said James while looking at Lily. Lily looked at James and their eyes locked. Slowly James started to move in closer and Lily started to do the same, when they were an inch apart Lily thought to herself "O my gosh were going to Kiss". And James kept coming closer. Their lips were about to touch when there was a bunch of animal noises from behind them. Both James and Lily jumped up startled and turned to see 3 boys on the ground laughing their heads off.
"OOPS did we interrupt something special," said a boy with black hair like James but he had blue eyes.
"O we are so sorry James," said a boy with brown hair and some silver wisps to it and hazel eyes.
"Yea James we are sorry," said a boy with brown hair and hazel eyes, who was also quite pudgy.
They all grinned stupidly and in an innocent way.
"O we were uhh." both Lily and James stuttered.
"So James," asked the boy with black hair, " who is this beautiful fair maiden." He snickered
"O sorry," said James going red, " Lily this is Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Guys this is Lily."
"Hi guys," said Lily.
"HI Lily," all three boys chorused.
"So what are you guys doing here I thought we weren't going to see each other till the train," said James wishing they hadn't interrupted him and Lily.
"Well we decided to spend the night and you parents said YES," Sirius said.
"They did," said James.
"Yup, they also said you had a guest over and that you had taken them to the Quidditch field, so when we went there and saw you weren't there we decided to check the garden and found you two here," said Remus all three were snickering again.
"O well Lily has muggles for parents, so she will becoming with us to platform 9 ¾," said James.
"Hey I have an Idea," said Sirius.
"What," they all said.
"Let's sleep over in the fort tonight, so we can learn more about each other," said Sirius eyeing Lily with interest now.
"O that is a great idea Sirius," said Lily trying not to squirm with his gaze. James cleared his throat he didn't like the way Sirius was looking at Lily.
"OK well then let's go get our stuff," said Lily when out of no where there was a loud laugh, before Lily knew what she was doing she took out her wand and yelled "Petrificus Totalus." When she looked to see whom she hit, she saw white blonde hair, it was Lucious Malfoy.
"What's he doing here," asked Lily in disgust.
"He used to be one of our friends," said James in shame.
"But, we found out some nasty things about his and stopped hanging around him once he started to do things to us," said Remus with a sneer in his voice.
"Yea, but we figured that he had totally forgotten about this place even the password well I guess we have better change it," said Sirius in disgust.
"Yea but first let's get this slimy git out of here," said James.
So they puled him out of he garden and into a very dark part of the woods.
"Okay Lily, the new password is The Misfits need to hid," whispered James in Lily's ear, "so when we yell "OK" to you undo the charm and tell him to leave," said James, "We'll be in the garden waiting for you."
"OK," said Lily.
"C you in like 5 minutes," said James.
When he was gone, she heard a faint "OK" in the distance and undid the spell.
"Why you filthy little mudblood," said Malfoy, " You will pay for that dearly," and with that he was gone.
Lily was a little scared as she walked back to the wall and gave it the new password. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK guys this was a really bad way to end the chapter but I will add ch. 4 tonight this is just the sleepover part and what happens. Also e-mail if you have any ideas that you might want to happen in this story!
Steph
Steph_Villarreal@msn.com
Lily kept on nodding off in her comfy chair when the doorbell wrang once twice three. times when she finally heard a man's voice say "James stop that". She went and opened the door and saw a man that obviously had to be James and Mark's dad. James and Mark looked exactly like him except their dad had hazel eyes and not chocolate brown. Lily guessed the two got their mothers eyes.
"Hi," said Lily
"Hello" said the two.
"Come in please," said Lily.
"O," said James, "This is my dad Mr. Potter."
"Pleased to meet you Mr. Potter," said Lily.
"The pleasure was all mine Lily," said Mr. Potter, "You know James told me you were beautiful but not this beautiful."
Lily blushed no one had ever called her beautiful before. But, if anyone was blushing it wasn't as bad as James. His face was almost as red as Lily's hair.
"Dad," said a very embarrassed James, "I never told you that."
"You're right you didn't," said Mr. Potter with a mischievous grin, "Let's just say you talk very and I mean very loud in your sleep."
If possible James got even redder in the face, while Lily was trying but failing to suppress her giggles.
While Lily was in a fit of giggles, her parents came in and said hello to Mr. Potter and got acquainted with each other. Mr. Potter introduced a still very red James.
A little later James and Lily went to her room to get her trunk.
"Bye," said Lily to her mom and dad giving each a hug and a kiss, "See you over Christmas Break."
"OK dear be good and have a fun term," said a teary eyed Mrs. Evens.
"OK I will," said Lily and walked out of the house expecting to see a car, but she saw nothing out there.
"Excuse me but how are we getting to your house," asked a very mystified Lily.
"O I totally forgot to say in the letter we are going by broom," said James.
"Bro, broo, broom," spluttered Lily, "But I don't know how to fly a broomstick."
Lily was looking alarmed now.
"O well you can ride with me or my dad," said James wishing she would fly with him. "O well I will ride with you James, but what about my things," asked Lily.
"Here I'll shrink them and put them in my pocket," said Mr. Potter, "Sallaro". And with that Lily's trunk started to shrink till it could fit into Mr. Potter's pocket, and then Lily got onto the broom with James and they were gone.
They were up very high so they wouldn't be spotted by muggles. James was in front of Lily so he could steer and she could hold on. As Lily put her arms around his waist they both felt some sort of spark or tingle that went up their spines. As they were flying Lily and James both felt something but they couldn't explain what it was it was just that no one had ever done that to them. As they got higher Lily made a little gasp of awe. She couldn't believe how beautiful it was even if she was scared of heights there was something about James that made her relax and make her feel safe. All James did was snort.
"What," asked Lily.
"Nothing," said James, " We should be there in about a minute."
No sooner than he said that his house came into view.
"O my gosh," said an astounded Lily " Your house is a mansion."
"If that is what you would call it," said James, " Then yes."
"Wow," was all Lily could say as they landed on the roof.
"Well," said Mr. Potter, " What do you think."
"It's huge," said Lily looking from the house to the many acres of forest and grass, "How many acres are there."
"Let's see I think just around 100," said Mr. Potter as if that wasn't a lot.
"Are you serious," asked a dumbfounded Lily.
James had gotten down and was now helping Lily, when their hands touched and they both again felt that same spark and tingle that went up their arms and coursed through their entire body making them shiver slightly. They both looked at each other to see if the other had felt it when their eyes locked. Mr. Potter who had noticed this couldn't believe his eyes. James had a crush on Lily. But Mr. Potter knew that they were to be more than just a one-time crush.
James had showed Lily her room where she would be staying the night in; she gasped because it was so beautiful, but it seemed to change as she walked in, she looked puzzled.
"O you see," said James who had seen the puzzled look on Lily's face, "the room changes to your personality, as you walk in so it better suites you and makes you feel comfortable."
"O wow that is really neat," said Lily, " So what do you want to do," she asked.
"Let's go into the woods," James said, "There is the quidditch field and I can show you this secret garden I found when I was eight and my parents don't know it's there. You'll love it." He added.
"OK don't you think we should tell your parents first," asked Lily, "So they don't panic when they see we're gone."
"No, I told them ahead of time I would be showing you around," he said.
"OK then let's go," said an excited Lily.
James couldn't believe what they were about to do. They waked for what seemed like an hour to Lily when they finally got to the quidditch field.
"You see my dad did this charm to the quidditch field so you can't see us flying from above and that the snitch and bludgers don't go outside the woods," said James.
"What is a snitch and bludger," asked a mystified Lily.
"O those are the balls used to play quidditch, "explained James.
James then told Lily all about quidditch and how to play it. He then taught Lily how to fly on a broom by herself.
Lily was surprised to see that she was good at flying but liked to stay low to the ground because she was still a little scared of heights.
"Wow, Lily you are a natural at this," said James, " You might be as good as me."
"Really," said Lily because James was a superb flyer, "Thanks James."
"OK lets go to the garden now," said James.
"OK," said Lily.
So they walked farther into the woods and deeper. Soon they were so deep into the woods that it was dark and Lily was starting to get scared.
Then they came to a dead end. "Misfits on the Run," said James to the wall. Lily thought James had gone mad because he just talked to a wall, but she noticed that the wall started to move to the side. What Lily saw next was amazing it was lit with sunlight and had every tree, bush, and flower you could think of.
"O my gosh," said Lily in awe.
"Thought you would like it," said James.
As Lily looked back she noticed that the wall had closed again. Also in the garden was a house but farther back.
"What's that," asked Lily pointing to the house.
James turned to see the fort he and his friends had built.
"O that is a fort/House me and my friends built a while ago, it has 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a living room, and a rec/basement." Said James.
"How did you do all of that," asked Lily.
"O we all took our parents wands and made it within an hour and our parents never even noticed they were gone," he said with a mischievous grin. Lily saw that by the pond was a bench and Lily went to go sit down.
"So what do your parents do," asked Lily.
"They are Aurors," said James
"What is that," asked Lily.
"They chase and catch dark witches and wizards so that the wizarding world can be free from danger and mayhem." Said James.
"O wow that's awesome," said Lily.
"Yeah I that is was I want to become when I leave hogwart," said James.
"Yeah that is what I think I might become too," said Lily
"Soo." said James while looking at Lily. Lily looked at James and their eyes locked. Slowly James started to move in closer and Lily started to do the same, when they were an inch apart Lily thought to herself "O my gosh were going to Kiss". And James kept coming closer. Their lips were about to touch when there was a bunch of animal noises from behind them. Both James and Lily jumped up startled and turned to see 3 boys on the ground laughing their heads off.
"OOPS did we interrupt something special," said a boy with black hair like James but he had blue eyes.
"O we are so sorry James," said a boy with brown hair and some silver wisps to it and hazel eyes.
"Yea James we are sorry," said a boy with brown hair and hazel eyes, who was also quite pudgy.
They all grinned stupidly and in an innocent way.
"O we were uhh." both Lily and James stuttered.
"So James," asked the boy with black hair, " who is this beautiful fair maiden." He snickered
"O sorry," said James going red, " Lily this is Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Guys this is Lily."
"Hi guys," said Lily.
"HI Lily," all three boys chorused.
"So what are you guys doing here I thought we weren't going to see each other till the train," said James wishing they hadn't interrupted him and Lily.
"Well we decided to spend the night and you parents said YES," Sirius said.
"They did," said James.
"Yup, they also said you had a guest over and that you had taken them to the Quidditch field, so when we went there and saw you weren't there we decided to check the garden and found you two here," said Remus all three were snickering again.
"O well Lily has muggles for parents, so she will becoming with us to platform 9 ¾," said James.
"Hey I have an Idea," said Sirius.
"What," they all said.
"Let's sleep over in the fort tonight, so we can learn more about each other," said Sirius eyeing Lily with interest now.
"O that is a great idea Sirius," said Lily trying not to squirm with his gaze. James cleared his throat he didn't like the way Sirius was looking at Lily.
"OK well then let's go get our stuff," said Lily when out of no where there was a loud laugh, before Lily knew what she was doing she took out her wand and yelled "Petrificus Totalus." When she looked to see whom she hit, she saw white blonde hair, it was Lucious Malfoy.
"What's he doing here," asked Lily in disgust.
"He used to be one of our friends," said James in shame.
"But, we found out some nasty things about his and stopped hanging around him once he started to do things to us," said Remus with a sneer in his voice.
"Yea, but we figured that he had totally forgotten about this place even the password well I guess we have better change it," said Sirius in disgust.
"Yea but first let's get this slimy git out of here," said James.
So they puled him out of he garden and into a very dark part of the woods.
"Okay Lily, the new password is The Misfits need to hid," whispered James in Lily's ear, "so when we yell "OK" to you undo the charm and tell him to leave," said James, "We'll be in the garden waiting for you."
"OK," said Lily.
"C you in like 5 minutes," said James.
When he was gone, she heard a faint "OK" in the distance and undid the spell.
"Why you filthy little mudblood," said Malfoy, " You will pay for that dearly," and with that he was gone.
Lily was a little scared as she walked back to the wall and gave it the new password. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OK guys this was a really bad way to end the chapter but I will add ch. 4 tonight this is just the sleepover part and what happens. Also e-mail if you have any ideas that you might want to happen in this story!
Steph
Steph_Villarreal@msn.com