Disclaimer: This is my first Lilly/James fic. Bear with me okay?? I own
nothing. No Lilly, no James, no Hogwarts, no.you get the picture. I only
own the made up people in this story.
"We'll meet you out side of the gateway at 4!"
"Okay, bye!"
Lily and her best friend Stephanie waved bye to their parents and started walking down Diagon Alley.
"Where to where to?" asked Stephanie.
"How about Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions?"
"Okay"
They walked into the shop and were quickly whisked away to be pinned up. Lily looked at herself in the mirror while a witch pinned up her gown. She had shiny and sleek red hair that fell in a sheet to her waist. Her green eyes glowed with excitement and anticipation. Past her reflection she saw Stephanie being fitted. Her bouncy chocolate hair was pulled up in a loose ponytail. Lily could imagine her best friends blue eyes impatiently protesting having to stand still for this long.
"Hello," Lily turned and looked at a boy that came in next to her.
"Hi! Are you going to Hogwarts?"
The boy nodded and his messy hair fell into his eyes. "Ugh, stupid hair!" he exclaimed.
Lily smiled knowingly and was soon done with her fitting. Stephanie got out a the same time as her, but she was nursing some pricks.
Lily laughed, "When will you learn to stay still?"
"Never," said Stephanie as she smiled at Lily.
They walked out of the store and immediately went to get their books, cauldrons, hat, gloves, cloaks, telescopes, and phials.
"There," sighed Stephanie. "All done!"
"No, we still have to go get our wands."
The store was musty and worn with age. It looked deserted, and the girls looked at each other with disgust.
"Hello Miss Evans and Miss Enar. I was expecting you," came a creepy voice from behind them. They jumped and turned to see the owner of the voice. He was an old man with moon-like eyes that seemed to search right into their soul.
"He..hello," stammered Lily, a bit creeped out by his eyes.
He looked right at her, deep into her eyes. Lily felt weird, as if she were being judged, but he pulled his gaze away soon enough and started rummaging through boxes of wands.
"Here, try this," he thrusted a wand at her, "8 ΒΌ in, springy, turnox and maple feather." Lily took the wand and waved it a little. Nothing happened at all. He snatched the wand from her and thrusted her a new one. Nothing worked until her 8th one.
He was rummaging around in the back of his shop when he stopped. He looked at her and walked down the aisle. He pulled out a box and looked at it for a minute. He took the wand out and handed it to her.
"Ten and a quarter inches long, Miss Evans, made of willow, and swishy. Try it." Lily brought the wand up and all the sudden she felt a tingle go through her spine. She turned towards Stephanie and swished it towards her head. Stephanie squeaked as her hair turned yellow. Mr. Oliver smiled and put Lily's wand in the box.
"A very good choice.yes. You will be gifted in Charms, because that is what the wand is known for, and it has chosen you. Now I almost forgot, Miss Enar."
He looked into her eyes for a good 5 minutes. Lily got bored and freaked out after the first minute and turned to see the boy from the robe shop standing there with another boy.
"Hi! I didn't get your name before. Mine's Lily."
"My name's James and this is."
"Sirius, Sirius Black. How do you do?" Sirius said in a funny voice that set Lily laughing.
"Your name doesn't suit you." She observed.
"Neither does yours," he said motioning to her red hair.
She grew quiet while the boys talked about Quidditch and what not. She looked them up and down curiously. They weren't bad looking. James had a tall and muscular build which suited him well. His unruly black hair gave him a boyish look which went along with his dark eyes that danced with mischief. Sirius was tall and seemed like a big shaggy dog. His dark hair was spiked up and his eyes danced with mischief and glee while he talked to James.
Mr. Oliver finally stopped staring at Stephanie and got 3 boxes of wands which took a while for him to find.
"Hey who are you?" Sirius asked Stephanie.
Stephanie turned and smiled. "My name's Stephanie, how about you?"
"I'm Sirius and this is James."
"Really your name is Sirius."
"Yah."
"That's so cool."
Mr. Oliver came around though and thrust a wand in her hand. She looked at Lily and waved it overhead. A light spec started bouncing off everything in the store and came dangerously close to hitting them.
"Definitely not your wand," assured Mr. Oliver. "Here's a wonderful wand. Willow 9 1/5, phoenix and wallop feather. Very unusual, but we shall see." He handed the wand to her.
She immediately smiled and pointed it at her hair. It changed back to its original color and produced a fragrant smell.
"That's much better," she sighed.
"What you're not a blond?" questioned Sirius.
"No, not even close. Which is the least I can say for him." Stephanie pointed out a boy with shockingly white-yellow hair that was slicked back.
The boys groaned. "Ugh.he's a nightmare. Don't talk to him if you don't have to," they warned the girls.
Lily nodded and said thanks. Lily and Stephanie paid 8 gallons for their wands waved bye to the boys, and walked out of the store.
"Fresh air!" exclaimed Stephanie.
"What time is it?" asked Lily.
"It's 3:30."
"Okay so we should probably make our way back now."
With that they started down Diagon Alley and where whisked away by the crowd, and not seen by the boys till school.
"We'll meet you out side of the gateway at 4!"
"Okay, bye!"
Lily and her best friend Stephanie waved bye to their parents and started walking down Diagon Alley.
"Where to where to?" asked Stephanie.
"How about Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions?"
"Okay"
They walked into the shop and were quickly whisked away to be pinned up. Lily looked at herself in the mirror while a witch pinned up her gown. She had shiny and sleek red hair that fell in a sheet to her waist. Her green eyes glowed with excitement and anticipation. Past her reflection she saw Stephanie being fitted. Her bouncy chocolate hair was pulled up in a loose ponytail. Lily could imagine her best friends blue eyes impatiently protesting having to stand still for this long.
"Hello," Lily turned and looked at a boy that came in next to her.
"Hi! Are you going to Hogwarts?"
The boy nodded and his messy hair fell into his eyes. "Ugh, stupid hair!" he exclaimed.
Lily smiled knowingly and was soon done with her fitting. Stephanie got out a the same time as her, but she was nursing some pricks.
Lily laughed, "When will you learn to stay still?"
"Never," said Stephanie as she smiled at Lily.
They walked out of the store and immediately went to get their books, cauldrons, hat, gloves, cloaks, telescopes, and phials.
"There," sighed Stephanie. "All done!"
"No, we still have to go get our wands."
The store was musty and worn with age. It looked deserted, and the girls looked at each other with disgust.
"Hello Miss Evans and Miss Enar. I was expecting you," came a creepy voice from behind them. They jumped and turned to see the owner of the voice. He was an old man with moon-like eyes that seemed to search right into their soul.
"He..hello," stammered Lily, a bit creeped out by his eyes.
He looked right at her, deep into her eyes. Lily felt weird, as if she were being judged, but he pulled his gaze away soon enough and started rummaging through boxes of wands.
"Here, try this," he thrusted a wand at her, "8 ΒΌ in, springy, turnox and maple feather." Lily took the wand and waved it a little. Nothing happened at all. He snatched the wand from her and thrusted her a new one. Nothing worked until her 8th one.
He was rummaging around in the back of his shop when he stopped. He looked at her and walked down the aisle. He pulled out a box and looked at it for a minute. He took the wand out and handed it to her.
"Ten and a quarter inches long, Miss Evans, made of willow, and swishy. Try it." Lily brought the wand up and all the sudden she felt a tingle go through her spine. She turned towards Stephanie and swished it towards her head. Stephanie squeaked as her hair turned yellow. Mr. Oliver smiled and put Lily's wand in the box.
"A very good choice.yes. You will be gifted in Charms, because that is what the wand is known for, and it has chosen you. Now I almost forgot, Miss Enar."
He looked into her eyes for a good 5 minutes. Lily got bored and freaked out after the first minute and turned to see the boy from the robe shop standing there with another boy.
"Hi! I didn't get your name before. Mine's Lily."
"My name's James and this is."
"Sirius, Sirius Black. How do you do?" Sirius said in a funny voice that set Lily laughing.
"Your name doesn't suit you." She observed.
"Neither does yours," he said motioning to her red hair.
She grew quiet while the boys talked about Quidditch and what not. She looked them up and down curiously. They weren't bad looking. James had a tall and muscular build which suited him well. His unruly black hair gave him a boyish look which went along with his dark eyes that danced with mischief. Sirius was tall and seemed like a big shaggy dog. His dark hair was spiked up and his eyes danced with mischief and glee while he talked to James.
Mr. Oliver finally stopped staring at Stephanie and got 3 boxes of wands which took a while for him to find.
"Hey who are you?" Sirius asked Stephanie.
Stephanie turned and smiled. "My name's Stephanie, how about you?"
"I'm Sirius and this is James."
"Really your name is Sirius."
"Yah."
"That's so cool."
Mr. Oliver came around though and thrust a wand in her hand. She looked at Lily and waved it overhead. A light spec started bouncing off everything in the store and came dangerously close to hitting them.
"Definitely not your wand," assured Mr. Oliver. "Here's a wonderful wand. Willow 9 1/5, phoenix and wallop feather. Very unusual, but we shall see." He handed the wand to her.
She immediately smiled and pointed it at her hair. It changed back to its original color and produced a fragrant smell.
"That's much better," she sighed.
"What you're not a blond?" questioned Sirius.
"No, not even close. Which is the least I can say for him." Stephanie pointed out a boy with shockingly white-yellow hair that was slicked back.
The boys groaned. "Ugh.he's a nightmare. Don't talk to him if you don't have to," they warned the girls.
Lily nodded and said thanks. Lily and Stephanie paid 8 gallons for their wands waved bye to the boys, and walked out of the store.
"Fresh air!" exclaimed Stephanie.
"What time is it?" asked Lily.
"It's 3:30."
"Okay so we should probably make our way back now."
With that they started down Diagon Alley and where whisked away by the crowd, and not seen by the boys till school.