Lily & Jason have been neighbors and Best Friends forever. One day, Jason
comes back from the States from vacation, and his mom sets up a "playdate"
for Jason and a boy Lily will learn to hate, then befriend, then to hate
again, and, finally, to love. Rated PG-13 for future chapters, and
language.
King of Hearts, Queen of Spades
Hey all!! I've decided I want to change Jason's last name to Bones. I decided if I did it that way, my plot would work out better. JK does mention Bones family, but I will not go into further explanation. So now instead of Penton, it will be Bones. Thank you!
I'd also like to say thank you for all the reviews! Wowzers!!
Lora~ Lol I've wanted to do things like that, so I know where you're coming from! Thank you for the review!
GoddessMoonLady~ Yes, I thought Rover seemed to be what Sirius might name an owl. and I chose a snowy owl for Lily both because I love them, and my good friend's dog is a dog of a snowy-region, and is named that. Keika I thought sounded right for a snowy owl.
I did quite enjoy writing chapter 4. it for some reason was just so much fun!!
OK, so I now have 41 reviews(as I write this). you all think you could get me 50 by the next chapter? I'd be quite grateful!! Thank you for reading! On with the show!!
Disclaimer: I own only Jason. Whose family I do NOT own, do to the last name change. I do not own James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, or any of their family's identities. Anything you recognize from outside this story, I most likely do not own.
Chapter 5: Soon to board the non-existent train leading to NoWhere
The adults had surmised that the children could wander a bit, after they promised to stay in Diagon Alley. If they were to meet up with anything alarming, they were to raise their wands and emit sparks.
Off they went, stopping quickly for a pumpkin juice. The idea of drinking a juice of a pumpkin struck Lily as odd, but she drank when she saw Jason order for her and enjoy his own. She ended up particularly enjoying it.
James and their lot decided to stop by the prank shop. Lily thought she could not trust them there, suspecting they'd use them on her, but she did feel she could use some stuff. maybe even get the boys back.
Lily found a cornucopia of superb prank materials and sets. She found she had plenty enough for revenge, as well as for multiple other revenges she may need in the future.
One item Lily found amusing was a cute mini backpack. She found it an astute idea for any girl who happened to get on the wrong side of her. Present her with the backpack, but then something devious would come out of it. Or, rather, *not* come out of it. The bag was similar to the theory of a black hole. Anything placed in the bag would be lost forever. Well, not forever, but in the receiving point Lily planned to keep and bury.
They moved on to a store similar to a muggle department store, and Lily found a black bag for herself with adorable stitched-on flowers. It could fit as much as she desired, and expanded while you put things in, though on the outside, it looked the same size.
Lily purchased the bag, and she placed all her shopping and such inside. On their way out the doors, Lily literally ran into someone. They both fell clear over, and a few of the contents of Lily's bag, including a bit of muggle pounds, littered the floor. The boy looked like he was ready to apologize, but the spotted the money. He developed a nasty sneer on his face.
"Mudblood, eh? Watch where you're going next time! Hogwarts? Don't bother. Won't plan to see you passing first term, even!" the greasy-haired boy exclaimed with malice and disgust. He seemed to have said something wrong, for every one of the boys behind her got very angry.
"What did you just call her?" Jason spat, his tone dangerously quiet. It disturbed Lily slightly.
"Mudblood," the boy said, annunciating each syllable with challenging spite that seemed to be mounting.
"Watch your filthy mouth, or you'll be sorry," James said angrily. Lily was quite surprised he stuck up for her. Especially while she had no idea why she needed them to stick up for her.
"Oh, what will mister I'm-better-than-anyone do? Tell on me?" the boy alleged with mock fear.
"We'll get you to pay at Hogwarts, you filth," Remus said, disgusted. He bent down to help Lily up. She hopped up and glared at the boy, even if she did not know what made it necessary for her to do so. She then looked over at Jason as the boy walked away, a confused expression on her face.
"What was that all about? Just out of curiousity." Lily inquired of Jason, once the boy was totally out of earshot.
"Lily, well, see, he called you, a, well, er." Jason said, seeming unable to speak it. "That word he called you. And, it's, well, *rude* to say the least. It means like "dirty blood" and well. it's all codswallop! I know plenty o' muggle wizards who are muggleborns who are just as good, if not better, than several purebloods that me mum's met-"
"Lil, remember when we were talking about the vase and the game of horse, and all that? Well, we all know Jason here's seen nor done anything of it. And he's got loads of wizards blood flowing all over his family history!" James interjected. Jason threw him a look.
"Trust me Lily, that one, he's going to be a Slytherin. Just like Narcissa, Bellatrix, and the rest of those Blacks that thought the way they do. I know for a fact that Narcissa almost failed most of her final exams," Sirius said proudly with a cheerful grin plastered on his face.
They shopped a bit more, and then went to meet their parents. Lily and Jason said farewell to the other boys, and they all went their separate ways through the fire.
The summer went by well, with Lily spending most of her days with Jason, and whenever she wasn't, she had her eyes glued to a book. She'd be up until two-o'clock in the morning reading, and then would read before she got up. She finished "Hogwarts, a History," a very interesting book, in about two and a half weeks, and planned to take it with her to school, to reread. She zoomed through her books, and read quite a few school ones, and found the theory of magic exhilarating. She couldn't wait for doing practical things at school.
Jason and Mrs. Bones explained loads of things to her. Like of all the houses, and classes and schedules and such things. She'd written Remus once so far, and found the owl a joy to use. She occasionally read the Bones' wizarding paper, and found what was happening immensely spellbinding. (A/N: I couldn't help the pun. I just couldn't!) Mrs. Bones explained Mrs. Potter would be working at Hogwarts, as well, so if something happened or she got homesick, that she was there. It excited Lily, the thought of leaving to a new place. Granted, she would miss her family and her dogs loads. but she planned to see them at breaks. She couldn't wait.
Eventually, after, what seemed to Lily, an eternity, Jason, Mr. Johnson (Penelope had kept her maiden name, and passed it on to Jason.) and Mrs. Bones rang their door bell. Mark Evans emerged from the kitchen, along with Lily, Mrs. Evans, and Petunia, all ready to get going. Mark had, indeed, seemed somewhat alarmed by the whole idea. his daughter going off with mostly strangers to some odd-ended school that was not plotted. He couldn't quite understand how this could come so quickly, nor how his daughter could leave for a boarding school for months at eleven years old. "I'll be twelve soon, Dad," Lily often reminded him. That only made it unbelievable to him that, for the first time ever, she'd be away from her family for her birthday.
They all piled in to the Bones' mini van, which was quite spacious, considering the amount of people. Mark piled Lily's things atop Jason's before climbing in himself. Lily, Petunia, and Jason all in the far back, Petunia listening to headphones and looking at a magazine, while Jason and Lily had quite an animated conversation.
They soon arrived in London, after roughly an hour, at 10:30. They piled out of the van. Lily was antsy, but knew she wouldn't be seeing her parents for months, so she didn't bolt as fast as she could away.
The plan was that Mrs. Bones would take Lily and Jason to the train, and Mr. Johnson would drive Mr. and Mrs. Evans home. This confused Lily about how Mrs. Bones was to get home, but she just waved it off. When Lily asked why her parents and Mr. Johnson couldn't come, she simply responded, "No muggles on the platform, sorry dear."
With tearful good byes, and several good lucks, and all the other things said at partings, Lily lugged her trunk out onto a cart, and pushed it towards the station. Then it struck her.
She did not know her platform number. But it wasn't too big a deal, so she simply pulled out the ticked she'd stuffed quickly in her bag, which was slung over her shoulder. This was the point where she knew she was psychotic.
Her platform number was *nine and three-quarters*! It did not exist! She knew that it did not! She'd been to Kings Cross loads of times. no such platform had ever entered existence.
So she thought they'd go into a separate part of the building. a hidden one or something of the likes. They didn't. They simply entered the automatic doors as they normally would, and trudged across through the congested station. *So how do they expect us to get in?* she asked herself.
She then voiced her question to Mrs. Bones. The answer she received was quite bewildering to Lily. She was to run through a column? This was it. This was where it would end. There was no magic world. just an on-going dream. Her mind wanted her mad.
It wanted to leave her. how silly of her to believe this little dream. how could she have forgotten reality? She needed a reality check and then grasp it tightly. and never let go again.
So, as her reality check, she planned to run through it. Certainly, it would hurt her. Then she'd wake from the silly dream and go on with her normal, mediocre life. Only, with an enormous bruise on her forehead for picture day. She then would remember it forever.
They reached the platforms nine and ten, and, as Lily expected, there was no such platform nine and three-quarters. So, with Jason she went, bolting towards the column separating 9 and 10. She closed her eyes, not wanted to see when she crashed. It was taking awful long, though. She had yet to feel the stoney-smack.
She slowed and opened her eyes. She was indeed on a platform, but certainly not where she had been. The column was not in sight, and she, again, was questioning her sanity. Jason pulled her to the side, just as she saw Mrs. Bones emerge from the wall behind her.
"See Lily? Quite simple! Ingenious if you ask me!" Mrs. Bones said brightly. Then she waved to someone behind Lily. "Patricia! Over here!" Lily groaned. She had forgotten. she would be sharing a train and a school with one James Potter. but how could she have forgotten?
"Good day Penelope! Wonderful day for a train ride! Lily, Jason, you ready to go off on your adventure?" Patricia Potter said cheerily. Lily gulped. Well, here was the on coming train. but so far, she's on it, not in front of it.
She looked up at the beautiful scarlet engine that had large, gold lettering that read "Hogwarts Express." It certainly was an exciting thought. She only hoped to make friends. James greeted Jason, then Lily. Lily only acknowledged him with a cold nod of her head.
They all piled onto the train, and were searching for a compartment. Mrs. Potter was explaining how she'd be riding the train, but would be up front if they did need anything. They soon found one, near the back, and James went out in search for Sirius and Remus.
Lily hoped Sirius's cousin, Andromeda, would be here with him. She liked her, and hoped she would be someone she could be close to. She looked up as a girl poked her head in the compartment as the train began to roll and they waved to Mrs. Bones.
"That ought to teach you to call me *that* Snape!" a girl yelled as she came in to the compartment. "Hullo! Mind if I join you two? Thank you, train's awfully full." Lily was quite startled by the girl as she hopped in the compartment. She looked up at her and jumped.
"Kristy?!"
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I hope this one's a good length!! It seems short. maybe that's just me! I hope once I get in the flow of things, chapter six will be longer than this one. It's just the first full week seemed to never end!!
Next chapter, you will find out who Kristy is. dun dun dun!! And there will be two more of my friends added into the story as Lily's friends, so I will have fun!
Love and Peace always,
*Jenna~
King of Hearts, Queen of Spades
Hey all!! I've decided I want to change Jason's last name to Bones. I decided if I did it that way, my plot would work out better. JK does mention Bones family, but I will not go into further explanation. So now instead of Penton, it will be Bones. Thank you!
I'd also like to say thank you for all the reviews! Wowzers!!
Lora~ Lol I've wanted to do things like that, so I know where you're coming from! Thank you for the review!
GoddessMoonLady~ Yes, I thought Rover seemed to be what Sirius might name an owl. and I chose a snowy owl for Lily both because I love them, and my good friend's dog is a dog of a snowy-region, and is named that. Keika I thought sounded right for a snowy owl.
I did quite enjoy writing chapter 4. it for some reason was just so much fun!!
OK, so I now have 41 reviews(as I write this). you all think you could get me 50 by the next chapter? I'd be quite grateful!! Thank you for reading! On with the show!!
Disclaimer: I own only Jason. Whose family I do NOT own, do to the last name change. I do not own James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, or any of their family's identities. Anything you recognize from outside this story, I most likely do not own.
Chapter 5: Soon to board the non-existent train leading to NoWhere
The adults had surmised that the children could wander a bit, after they promised to stay in Diagon Alley. If they were to meet up with anything alarming, they were to raise their wands and emit sparks.
Off they went, stopping quickly for a pumpkin juice. The idea of drinking a juice of a pumpkin struck Lily as odd, but she drank when she saw Jason order for her and enjoy his own. She ended up particularly enjoying it.
James and their lot decided to stop by the prank shop. Lily thought she could not trust them there, suspecting they'd use them on her, but she did feel she could use some stuff. maybe even get the boys back.
Lily found a cornucopia of superb prank materials and sets. She found she had plenty enough for revenge, as well as for multiple other revenges she may need in the future.
One item Lily found amusing was a cute mini backpack. She found it an astute idea for any girl who happened to get on the wrong side of her. Present her with the backpack, but then something devious would come out of it. Or, rather, *not* come out of it. The bag was similar to the theory of a black hole. Anything placed in the bag would be lost forever. Well, not forever, but in the receiving point Lily planned to keep and bury.
They moved on to a store similar to a muggle department store, and Lily found a black bag for herself with adorable stitched-on flowers. It could fit as much as she desired, and expanded while you put things in, though on the outside, it looked the same size.
Lily purchased the bag, and she placed all her shopping and such inside. On their way out the doors, Lily literally ran into someone. They both fell clear over, and a few of the contents of Lily's bag, including a bit of muggle pounds, littered the floor. The boy looked like he was ready to apologize, but the spotted the money. He developed a nasty sneer on his face.
"Mudblood, eh? Watch where you're going next time! Hogwarts? Don't bother. Won't plan to see you passing first term, even!" the greasy-haired boy exclaimed with malice and disgust. He seemed to have said something wrong, for every one of the boys behind her got very angry.
"What did you just call her?" Jason spat, his tone dangerously quiet. It disturbed Lily slightly.
"Mudblood," the boy said, annunciating each syllable with challenging spite that seemed to be mounting.
"Watch your filthy mouth, or you'll be sorry," James said angrily. Lily was quite surprised he stuck up for her. Especially while she had no idea why she needed them to stick up for her.
"Oh, what will mister I'm-better-than-anyone do? Tell on me?" the boy alleged with mock fear.
"We'll get you to pay at Hogwarts, you filth," Remus said, disgusted. He bent down to help Lily up. She hopped up and glared at the boy, even if she did not know what made it necessary for her to do so. She then looked over at Jason as the boy walked away, a confused expression on her face.
"What was that all about? Just out of curiousity." Lily inquired of Jason, once the boy was totally out of earshot.
"Lily, well, see, he called you, a, well, er." Jason said, seeming unable to speak it. "That word he called you. And, it's, well, *rude* to say the least. It means like "dirty blood" and well. it's all codswallop! I know plenty o' muggle wizards who are muggleborns who are just as good, if not better, than several purebloods that me mum's met-"
"Lil, remember when we were talking about the vase and the game of horse, and all that? Well, we all know Jason here's seen nor done anything of it. And he's got loads of wizards blood flowing all over his family history!" James interjected. Jason threw him a look.
"Trust me Lily, that one, he's going to be a Slytherin. Just like Narcissa, Bellatrix, and the rest of those Blacks that thought the way they do. I know for a fact that Narcissa almost failed most of her final exams," Sirius said proudly with a cheerful grin plastered on his face.
They shopped a bit more, and then went to meet their parents. Lily and Jason said farewell to the other boys, and they all went their separate ways through the fire.
The summer went by well, with Lily spending most of her days with Jason, and whenever she wasn't, she had her eyes glued to a book. She'd be up until two-o'clock in the morning reading, and then would read before she got up. She finished "Hogwarts, a History," a very interesting book, in about two and a half weeks, and planned to take it with her to school, to reread. She zoomed through her books, and read quite a few school ones, and found the theory of magic exhilarating. She couldn't wait for doing practical things at school.
Jason and Mrs. Bones explained loads of things to her. Like of all the houses, and classes and schedules and such things. She'd written Remus once so far, and found the owl a joy to use. She occasionally read the Bones' wizarding paper, and found what was happening immensely spellbinding. (A/N: I couldn't help the pun. I just couldn't!) Mrs. Bones explained Mrs. Potter would be working at Hogwarts, as well, so if something happened or she got homesick, that she was there. It excited Lily, the thought of leaving to a new place. Granted, she would miss her family and her dogs loads. but she planned to see them at breaks. She couldn't wait.
Eventually, after, what seemed to Lily, an eternity, Jason, Mr. Johnson (Penelope had kept her maiden name, and passed it on to Jason.) and Mrs. Bones rang their door bell. Mark Evans emerged from the kitchen, along with Lily, Mrs. Evans, and Petunia, all ready to get going. Mark had, indeed, seemed somewhat alarmed by the whole idea. his daughter going off with mostly strangers to some odd-ended school that was not plotted. He couldn't quite understand how this could come so quickly, nor how his daughter could leave for a boarding school for months at eleven years old. "I'll be twelve soon, Dad," Lily often reminded him. That only made it unbelievable to him that, for the first time ever, she'd be away from her family for her birthday.
They all piled in to the Bones' mini van, which was quite spacious, considering the amount of people. Mark piled Lily's things atop Jason's before climbing in himself. Lily, Petunia, and Jason all in the far back, Petunia listening to headphones and looking at a magazine, while Jason and Lily had quite an animated conversation.
They soon arrived in London, after roughly an hour, at 10:30. They piled out of the van. Lily was antsy, but knew she wouldn't be seeing her parents for months, so she didn't bolt as fast as she could away.
The plan was that Mrs. Bones would take Lily and Jason to the train, and Mr. Johnson would drive Mr. and Mrs. Evans home. This confused Lily about how Mrs. Bones was to get home, but she just waved it off. When Lily asked why her parents and Mr. Johnson couldn't come, she simply responded, "No muggles on the platform, sorry dear."
With tearful good byes, and several good lucks, and all the other things said at partings, Lily lugged her trunk out onto a cart, and pushed it towards the station. Then it struck her.
She did not know her platform number. But it wasn't too big a deal, so she simply pulled out the ticked she'd stuffed quickly in her bag, which was slung over her shoulder. This was the point where she knew she was psychotic.
Her platform number was *nine and three-quarters*! It did not exist! She knew that it did not! She'd been to Kings Cross loads of times. no such platform had ever entered existence.
So she thought they'd go into a separate part of the building. a hidden one or something of the likes. They didn't. They simply entered the automatic doors as they normally would, and trudged across through the congested station. *So how do they expect us to get in?* she asked herself.
She then voiced her question to Mrs. Bones. The answer she received was quite bewildering to Lily. She was to run through a column? This was it. This was where it would end. There was no magic world. just an on-going dream. Her mind wanted her mad.
It wanted to leave her. how silly of her to believe this little dream. how could she have forgotten reality? She needed a reality check and then grasp it tightly. and never let go again.
So, as her reality check, she planned to run through it. Certainly, it would hurt her. Then she'd wake from the silly dream and go on with her normal, mediocre life. Only, with an enormous bruise on her forehead for picture day. She then would remember it forever.
They reached the platforms nine and ten, and, as Lily expected, there was no such platform nine and three-quarters. So, with Jason she went, bolting towards the column separating 9 and 10. She closed her eyes, not wanted to see when she crashed. It was taking awful long, though. She had yet to feel the stoney-smack.
She slowed and opened her eyes. She was indeed on a platform, but certainly not where she had been. The column was not in sight, and she, again, was questioning her sanity. Jason pulled her to the side, just as she saw Mrs. Bones emerge from the wall behind her.
"See Lily? Quite simple! Ingenious if you ask me!" Mrs. Bones said brightly. Then she waved to someone behind Lily. "Patricia! Over here!" Lily groaned. She had forgotten. she would be sharing a train and a school with one James Potter. but how could she have forgotten?
"Good day Penelope! Wonderful day for a train ride! Lily, Jason, you ready to go off on your adventure?" Patricia Potter said cheerily. Lily gulped. Well, here was the on coming train. but so far, she's on it, not in front of it.
She looked up at the beautiful scarlet engine that had large, gold lettering that read "Hogwarts Express." It certainly was an exciting thought. She only hoped to make friends. James greeted Jason, then Lily. Lily only acknowledged him with a cold nod of her head.
They all piled onto the train, and were searching for a compartment. Mrs. Potter was explaining how she'd be riding the train, but would be up front if they did need anything. They soon found one, near the back, and James went out in search for Sirius and Remus.
Lily hoped Sirius's cousin, Andromeda, would be here with him. She liked her, and hoped she would be someone she could be close to. She looked up as a girl poked her head in the compartment as the train began to roll and they waved to Mrs. Bones.
"That ought to teach you to call me *that* Snape!" a girl yelled as she came in to the compartment. "Hullo! Mind if I join you two? Thank you, train's awfully full." Lily was quite startled by the girl as she hopped in the compartment. She looked up at her and jumped.
"Kristy?!"
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I hope this one's a good length!! It seems short. maybe that's just me! I hope once I get in the flow of things, chapter six will be longer than this one. It's just the first full week seemed to never end!!
Next chapter, you will find out who Kristy is. dun dun dun!! And there will be two more of my friends added into the story as Lily's friends, so I will have fun!
Love and Peace always,
*Jenna~