DISCLAIMER: JK Rowling owns all the Harry Potter characters.  I own the rest.  Nuff said.  On with the story!!

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Chapter 3: Crazy platforms and dungbombs. actually more like 'dumb boys'

The day has finally come.  September 1st came and Lily Evans was awake by 6 am already trying to wake her parents up for her trip to Hogwarts.

"Mum! Dad! It's today, it's today!!!  Hurry and wake up!! We might miss it!!

Rose stirred in her sleep.  "David, your daughter is awake.

David replied with a sulky tone, "Before eight o'clock, she's you're daughter."

Seeing that her attempt to wake up her parents would not work, she decided to wash up and make her own mini-breakfast.  After eating, she quietly crept up to her room as not to wake anyone, and reviewed to herself what she needed.  She went over everything from cauldrons, to robes, to her new owl, whom she named Hershey because it reminded her of chocolate with its brown feathers. After double-checking, Lily religiously opened up her school books and started to read a couple of them carefully.  She wanted to do well in this new school of hers.  Her parents were so proud of her for being accepted.  They now understood why all those weird incidents in the past.  With the cake throwing itself into Petunia's face, and the finding of David's wallet, after he knew for sure he had left it at the restaurant.  How it wound up in Lily's hands the next day was sure amazing, with Lily saying that she thought all about it the night before.  It all made perfect sense.  Their daughter was indeed something unique.  Lily knew they were proud, but she wanted to actually be something they could be proud of.  She then promised herself that she would study hard and get the best grades in the school.  She would excel in whatever she does, and she would definitely be the apple of her parents' eyes.  She assumed she knew some spells and whatnot already, but she couldn't try it out, because of the restriction of underage wizardry law.  However, she didn't mention this to Petunia, and every day scared the wits out of her saying that she knew curses and hexes that would make her life miserable.  Petunia was on her mind too.  She wanted to prove to her sister that she could do well, and that she wasn't some sort of 'freak'.  She figured that if she came back as the top student in her class, maybe she'd finally give Lily a chance and that they'd finally become true sisters, instead of loathing one another… the loathing was more on Petunia's side really.  Lily was just plain annoyed of her loathing, that's all.  As she was reading her eyes began to droop again, and she slowly drifted off for a nice nap before her first day as a witch.

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"Wake up, Princess.  It's time to go."

Mr. Evans lightly shook his daughter awake, and she opened her eyes with a wide smile.  Her eyes were very enchanting.  Her dad said that it was his favorite part about Lily.  One look in Lily's eyes and people were hypnotized by it.  He knew definitely he would have to watch out for incoming boys in the future, when Lily would suddenly develop those inevitable hormones about guys. Stupid hormones.  They shouldn't exist ever. He knew that they would though, and he chuckled to himself for saying such nonsense.  However, no matter what, to Mr. Evans, Lily will always be his Little Flower.  His Lily.  He smiled happily at her as she woke and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"It's time, Lily.  Are you ready?"

"Yes!!! Thanks for waking me, Daddy," and with that she was off like a jet loading her trunk into the car

Mr. Evans just shook his head and followed his precious daughter down towards the car.

Petunia once again was forced to come along and they were off towards King's Cross.  Lily was once again day-dreaming about her upcoming day, and her parents were chatting to themselves about what to do while their Little Flower was away at school.  They would definitely miss her.  When they finally got there, they unloaded Lily's things into the trunk, and were strolling around King's Cross.

"What did you say your ticket was, Lily?"

"Platform nine… and three quarters???"

"WHAT?!!?!? There's no such thing, dear. Let me take a look at it."

Her mom took a look and then closed her eyes… then once more looked at it again.

"My goodness it IS platform nine and three-quarters.  How odd."

"Mum what do I do?? I don't know where it is… all the boards say is platform 9 and 10."

"It's ok sweetie, we're still early. we'll figure it out."

For an hour, they waited, but couldn't figure out where the platform was.  Lily soon started to tear, thinking that maybe this whole thing was a hoax.  Maybe she wasn't a witch after all.  Suddenly she heard a small shriek of her name. "LILY!"

Jade stood smiling at her .

"Oh Jade!!! What are you doing here?"

They shared a hug and Jade replied, "Ummm.. I'm gonna go to school now, heh."

"Oh… uhh.. me too…"

"Really… where to?" Jade asked hopefully.

"Oh ummm.."

"Is that an owl you have there?!?!"

"Y-y-yes. It is."

"Oh my gosh, Lily, you're going to Hogwarts??? ME TOO!!!!!!"

"Really?? Wait… where are you supposed to board?"

"Platform nine and three-quarters. I'm headed there right now."

"Really?? Umm, can you show me where it is?"

"Sure!! Hmm… you're a muggle aren't you."

"A mu-what?"

"Oh, sorry haha.  A muggle is a wizard coming from a family with no magic in their blood…. I'll explain more to you when we get settled on the train."

"OK.  Oh!!! Mum, Dad, this is Jade.  I met her at Charlie's."

"Lovely to meet you Jade, dearest," said Mr. and Mrs. Evans.

"Likewise," replied Jade.

"Well, Lily here's the trick.  See the barrier between platforms nine and ten? Just run through it."

"Excuse me?"

"Run through it! Come on, we'll go together."

Lily said her goodbyes to her parents and gave a small smile to Petunia.  She tried to separate herself from her parents' death-gripping hugs and tears began to flow from her Mum's eyes.  This would be the first time Lily would be away from them.

"Goodbye." Mrs Evans cried.  "Owl us whenever you can!"

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With one more look back towards her family, Lily turned around… her and Jade together ran towards the barrier, and instead of crashing, went through surprisingly.  Lily looked up and smiled for it said in bold letters.  PLATFORM 9 ¾ .  Lily and Jade left their trunks and carts with a man who said they'd load for them, and went inside the train to find an empty compartment for themselves.  They watched as countless kids began to pile up inside the train, and soon they were off towards Hogwarts.  Jade explained to Lily that she was a pure-blood, coming from a wizard family.  She knew that she'd be going to Hogwarts because she knew her parents graduated from there when they were young.  Lily was rather glad to at least know someone that will be going to school with her. Jade explained to her a more definite definition of a muggle, and Lily understood clearly that she was once again, unique.  Lily then amazed Jade by finishing her description of Hogwarts, and how each student got sorted into four houses : Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff.  The four were chatting merrily until the door immediately opened from their compartment.  There stood two boys, about the same age as Lily and Jade, and they were grinning mischievously at each other while giving each other a high-five.  One boy had mysterious blue eyes and was rather good-looking for his age.  His hair was in a neat shape, and his smile resembled that of a little kid.  The other was also handsome.  He had chocolate brown eyes, and jet-black hair.  His hair, however, looked like a fit.  It was nowhere as neat as his friend's, and even though he tried fixing it, it just made it look even more messy.  The two girls looked at them strangely.

"Umm, can we help you?" Jade asked.

"Oh!! Ohhhh well hello there, I'm Sirius Black.  A pleasure." Sirius swooned.
"Jade Chapman.  And it's more of a pain than a pleasure."

The other boy laughed at this remark, but all it did was earn a glare from Lily.

"And who might you be?"

"James Potter. At your service." he said with a bow.

"Lily Evans. And we don't need your service. If we did we would've asked, and you would've been so kind as to at least knock."

"Sorry Miss Sophisticated."

"Wow, a word with more than two syllables. I'm impressed Potter."

"Thanks, Evans!!!"

Jade however, was distracted by a disgusting smell.

"What in blazes is that horrid stench!

Lily soon sniffed it too…. "GROSS! WHAT IS THAT?!?!

"Dungbombs, don't leave home with out it." James and Sirius chorused.

"The best way to empty out a room." Sirius added.
"Or in this case a compartment.  Not this one though, since it's already plagued with… you two."

"Shut it, Potter." Lily snapped.

Sirius laughed at his friend.

"Go away Black.  You're just as worse as him and those dungbombs of yours." Jade added in.

With that, James and Sirius gave the girls a somewhat dashing smile, and ran off. To Lily and Jade however, all it did was annoy them even more.

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"Those two girls, they're pretty spunky." Sirius said to James.

"And cute, too," James added.

"Perhaps we'll be seeing more of those two particular ladies during our years here."
"Oh forget the girls, Sirius.  We're gonna have some fun."

"You bet, Jimmy."

"Shut up, I hate that name…"
"I know… I'll be sure to tell our new friend Lily that then, eh James?"

"You wouldn't…"

"Oh I would."

"Bastard"

"Goof-ball."

"Dummy."

"Foolio."

"Git."

"Tig."

"Huh?"

"I don't know.. I got lost, so I just kinda reversed the word 'git'."

"Sirius, you're an idiot."

"No, I'm Sirius."

"No I'M SEEE-RIIII-OOUUSSS."

"Ha ha." Sirius concluded.

Hours passed and James and Sirius were busy eating their candy from the cart-lady, while Lily and Jade conversed more to each other in the other compartment.  The idiots known as James Potter and Sirius Black were currently forgotten and Jade was explaining to Lily about quidditch.  Lily was very fascinated at this sport, but said that she would never play it herself.  Jade, however, was an avid fan, and couldn't wait to get a broom of her own.  She wanted to be on the team next year, cursing about the rules of first-years not being on the team, and she talked animatedly about it for what seemed like hours.  Lily just smiled and nodded after about 15 minutes of lecturing about the wonders of a seeker.  Soon the train skidded to a halt and the two girls rushed out of their compartment, and once again smelled the after-effects of the dungbombs.

"Stupid boys." they said.

They then headed towards the front of the gate, and stood behind two boys about their age, and thought they could only see the backs of their heads, they began to talk anyway.

"What's going on?" Lily asked.

"We're getting off the train, duh." the boy on the right replied.

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me, woman"

"How rude! You almost sound like… "

"At your service." the boy said.

"Oh my.." came Lily's response.

"Wait.…" added Jade, and then pointed to the boy next to him. "Then that means…"

"Pleasure." answered the other boy.

James and Sirius turned around with a glint in their eyes.

"OH BLOODY HELL!" screamed the two girls.