A/N: I'm still rather new at this, I've been trying to plan out what to do
for this story, but I really just wanna post more chapters, so I hope u
like it.
Disclaimer: None of it is mine.
Chapter 2
On September 1, Lily woke up extremely early so she wouldn't be late for her train. Today was the day; today, she was going to be going to enter a strange new world to become what she was meant to be, a witch. Lily was unable to contain her excitement. She had to run off some of her energy. Since it was 7 in the morning and having packed all her things the night before, Lily thought that she had time to go run around the block. She changed into a pair of long shorts, a loose shirt, and gym shoes and headed for the door. The cool morning air felt refreshing on her face; it soothed her as she ran.
When she got back to the house, she looked at her watch and saw that she ran a mile in 7 minutes flat. That's record time for me! I really must have a lot of energy, too bad I don't have this energy during all of my soccer (football if u prefer) games. Lily went upstairs and took a nice long shower. When she got out, she stood in her bath robe in front of her closet, debated what to wear. After a long time of hard concentration, Lily decided to wear a pale green shirt with white capris. She went back to her bathroom, dried her hair, changed into her outfit, and then went downstairs for breakfast.
It was now 8:45 and the rest of the house was beginning to wake up. When she got downstairs, Lily saw her mother sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee, watching the news. She walked over to her mum, gave her a hug, and said, "Morning mum. Have a nice sleep?"
Julie replied, "Why yes dear. And what about you? You were up really early this morning. Did you have a bad dream? Are you nervous about this new school?"
Lily giggled, "No mum, I was just excited. I woke up and ran around the block in record time. It was very calming. Then I took my time getting ready. I did dream about going to school though. It was a really nice dream; there was a sweet old man there, and some really nice people too, but there were a few people that seemed rather annoying. Even so, I think every school has some of those."
"You never cease to amaze me Lily," Julie said while chuckling and then sighed. "Well, you better eat your breakfast, so you can be ready to go as soon as your father is." She put a waffle on a plate for Lily, and she took it gladly.
At about 9:30, Lily and her father finally left for the platform with all of Lily's school things in the truck of the car. Lily had tried to say good-bye to Petunia, but she wouldn't come out of her room. On the way to the train station, Lily tried to imagine what it was going to be like meeting all these people. When she was in Diagon Alley, she realized that they all had a different way of living than she did. She wondered how her life would change being able to do magic. In the store where she bought her wand, the man told her that the wand that had 'chosen' her was good for charms. She wondered what charms was exactly and if it would be easy.
When they arrived at the train station after the long drive, it was now 10:30. Mr. Evans grabbed a trolley, loaded Lily's trunk onto it, and then began to push it in search for platform 9 ¾. When they got to platforms 9 and 10 they were confused. There was no 9 ¾. Just then she heard a voice say, "Come on, platform 9 ¾ this way!" She followed the voice and saw a woman with orange-red hair standing next to her daughter. The daughter looked to be about 15 years old. Lily shyly introduced herself to the girl and asked her how to get onto the platform. She replied, "Hi, my name is Molly Prewett. To get to the train you just walk straight between platforms 9 and 10 and you should end up on the platform." Lily thanked Molly, turned to her dad, said good-bye, and then walked straight through the wall.
For a brief moment, she was in awe by the train, and then she realized that it was now 5 minutes to 11. It had taken her a very long time to find where she needed to go. She quickly went to the train, and with some difficulty, loaded her trunk onto it. She walked down the aisle in order to find a compartment. She found one that had only one occupant. The person was a girl with dark brown hair about shoulder length, light brown eyes, and tan skin. This place is as best as any to sit, and this girl looks nice and alone, just like me Lily asked, "Can I sit here."
The girl looked at her for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sure."
"Hi, my name is Lily."
"Hey, I'm Lizzy."
"Are you new too?" Lily asked seeing that this girl appeared to be just as nervous as her.
"Yeah. I'm really happy I got my letter. My parents have been telling me about Hogwarts for years and if I didn't get it, I can't even imagine how mad and disappointed they would have been," Lizzy replied.
"Oh, really? My parents don't do magic, so I'm kind of entering a new life."
"So your parents are muggles?" Lizzy asked.
"Um, what are muggles?"
"Non-magic people."
Lily understood and said, "Yeah, then I guess my parents would be muggles." Oh man, I haven't even considered the fact that there is gonna be all sorts of terms and phases that I don't understand. Going to this school is gonna be harder than I thought Lizzy saw the worried expression on Lily's face and seemed to be able to read her mind.
"Don't worried. You'll pick up on the magic lingo in no time at all," Lizzy said with a smile on her face.
Lily's mood lifted slightly and she said, "I hope so. Could you help by tell me about Hogwarts?"
Lizzy sighed and thought this is going to be a looonnnngg train ride and then said, "Well, the first thing you need to know about Hogwarts is that there are four houses that you could be sorted into: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin. You don't really want to be in Hufflepuff or Slytherin...." Lizzy rambled on for a while longer about the houses, the different classes that they will take, and how there was a sport called quidditch that everyone would most likely talk about. Lily tried with all her might to take in all the information she was being given, but she got lost when Lizzy started to explain quidditch. She thought to herself, quidditch? What is that? It's played on brooms? How is that possible?
In the middle of Lizzy trying to explain the point of the bludgers, James and Sirius came running into the compartment, slammed the door shut, crouched down, and simultaneously whispered, "Shhhh!"
Lily glared at them with confusion and then suddenly she recognized their faces and her confusion turned to anger. "Oh my god!! . . . You two do NOT go here," Lily screeched and threw her arms up into the air. "Great! This is just great!"
Sirius looked at her and said, "I'm glad you think it's great, but who are you.....oh, wait, you're the girl from the joke shop, the klutz."
Lily, now very angry yelled, "Get out of my compartment right now!!"
"Shhhh....the greasy kid will hear you," Sirius whispered, putting a finger to his lips.
"Good! Then I won't have to deal with you!" Lily exclaimed, getting up to go open the compartment door. Sirius grabbed her wrist.
"You're right, you won't have to deal with us, but you will have to deal with him, and believe me, this kid is as bad as they come," Sirius said in a very serious tone.
James added with a hint of a smile that he successfully hid from Lily, "Yeah, he might even molest you, you never can tell what people like him will do to you."
Lily looked sick at the thought. Jeez, I hate these guys, but this other kid sounds even worse. I guess I'll listen to them Then she said, "Ugh, fine, you can stay in here, just please leave me alone."
James said, "Fair enough." And then thought, jeez this girl is stubborn, I wonder if she's always like this. If she is, I'm making a mental note now to stay away from her.
Lily grabbed her book, put it in front of her face, and then sat down. James and Sirius looked at her, then looked at each other and burst out laughing. Lily glared at them over the top of her book and said, "What's so funny?"
The boys both laughed even harder and then James managed to calm himself down to say, "We were just wondering how that reading of yours was going considering your holding the book upside down."
Lily looked down at her book and noticed that it was indeed, upside down. She blushed and thought OMG, I'm such an idiot! Now these guys really think I'm stupid. UGH! . . . Oh well, it's not like what they think matters. Then she stood up and asked, "What are your names?"
James replied, "I'm James and he's Sirius. Why do you ask?"
Lily said quietly, "I just wanted to be able to tell the teachers what names to put on your coffins when the kid you are avoiding kills you because I'm not going to deal with you anymore, GET OUT!!" She pulled open the compartment door, and pushed James out. It took a little help from Lizzy to get Sirius out as well, but she managed.
After they had closed the door and sat down again, Lizzy asked, "How did you know those guys?" Lily explained how she met them when she was shopping around a joke shop, and how the two boys were extremely rude then.
"I swear that if they come near me again, I'm going make their lives a living hell" Lily vowed. "It'll teach them to not treat people like they are insignificant and stupid. If I get put in the same house as them, God help me." Lizzy just looked at Lily for awhile, debating whether to speak or not. After a few minutes, she thought better of it and went to looking out the window.
Suddenly Lizzy gasped and said excitedly, "Oooo look! We're here!" They quickly got up and tried to get off the train. When they managed to fight the crowd and get off the train, they heard a voice of a very large man saying, "First years this way." Lily and Lizzy followed the voice until they got to a lake.
They got onto a boat with two other girls. As the boats glided across the lake, the castle came into view. Lily drew in a deep breath in amazement. In front of her was a huge castle that looked to be thousands of years old. She was in awe at the grandeur of it. She couldn't believe that it was a school. Lizzy, also staring at the castle, noticed the look on Lily's face. She smiled and said, "Welcome to your home for the next nine months." Lily simply nodded, unable to speak.
As they walked into a large hall, a stern looking lady greeted them. She was wearing black robes, her hair was pulled back in a tight bun, and she had on a large hat. She waited for everyone to enter the room before saying. "Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor McGonagall. You are about to be sorted into your houses. If you will just wait here for a moment, I will go check to see if everything is ready." She left, leaving all the first years to whisper to each other nervously. Lily was afraid that she wasn't going to be put into a house. She thought What if I don't get sorted? What if they suddenly think that they made a mistake by inviting me to this school? I will be so humiliated!
Lizzy, seeing the worried look on Lily's face, said, "Hey, don't worry, you're going to be just fine." Lily nodded as Professor McGonagall entered the room. All the students followed her into the great hall. Lily looked up at the ceiling expecting it to have some exquisite painting on it, but instead, she saw the night's sky. She wondered what they do when it rains. She quietly asked Lizzy about this who told her that it was just bewitched to look the like sky.
When everyone got to the front of the hall, Professor McGonagall set up a stool and put a hat on top if it. She turned to the students and said, "As I call your names, you will come up here, put the hat on, and you will be sorted." She paused and then called out, "Abbott, Jeremy." A sandy hair boy ran up to the stood, picked up the hat, and put it on. He sat for about a minute and then the hat finally yelled, "HUFFLEPUFF!" There was a burst of applause from one table, as the boy got up from the stool and ran over to greet the people in his house.
Professor McGonagall then read, "Black, Sirius." The boy departed from James' side and walked up to the stool. He put on the hat. The hat spoke it him in his head, ooo, Mr. Black is it? Well, you are a difficult one to place. You come from a long line of Slytherins, but I see that you are not like your family, so I better make it "GRYFFINDOR!" Sirius sighed with relief and walked over the table that was now clapping loudly for him.
Lily thought, Great, now there is really only one house I will happily be in and that's Ravenclaw. She spaced out for a while in deep thought and was interrupted when she heard Professor McGonagall call, "Evans, Lily." Lily took a deep breath and walked forward. She placed the hat on her head. She sat there for a moment and the hat whispered to her, "Hmm, you have a very interesting mind. Where should I put you? You've got plenty of all the qualities, but I think you would be best in "GYFFINDOR!" Lily sighed and then realized that she was in the same house as one of the boys she had already come to hate. There was nothing she could do about it, so she walked over to the table and sat across from Sirius. To Lily's relief, after Professor McGonagall called, "Lamperd, Lizzy," Lizzy was sorted into Gryffindor as well.
James, who was still standing, waiting to be called, was now deep in thought. I don't know what's worse, being in the same house as that girl, or not being in the same house as my best friend. Ugh, this year is going to be hell, I can feel it. James then heard his name called and he walked up to the hat. As soon as he placed the hat on his head it screamed, "GRYFFINDOR!" He smiled and walked over to sit next to Sirius. Lily whispered, "Oh, no! Not both of them; this year is going to be hell." Sirius heard here and smiled evilly.
The headmaster stood up and welcomed the students and told them to 'tuck in.' Lily was about to grab some food when she realized that the boys had already taken all the food in front of her. She sighed and just sat there in silence. The boys around her began to talk to one another. There was a small fat one with blonde hair sitting on the other side of Lizzy named Peter Pettigrew. On Lily's other side there was boy named Remus who had sandy brown hair and grey eyes. He looked kind and tired. He seemed very polite to Lily. Sirius and James, on the other hand, were not at all polite. They were very loud, and hungry. Oh great! James and Sirius are talking to Remus and Peter. There goes my idea of them being nice. I don't think it's possible to be nice and be friends with those two. I guess I'll just have to keep my distance.
After the feast, the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, gave a few start of term announcements and then dismissed the students to their common rooms. Molly Prewett was leading first years to the common room. Lily was relieved to see a familiar face. She said hello to Molly and then followed her through the halls of the school. Lizzy and Lily kept pointing out pictures that they saw along the way that were funny. Lily couldn't believe that the people in the paintings could move. I wonder what kind of lens or paint you would use for a picture like that, Lily thought as she walked past a painting of a clumsy knight and a fat donkey.
When they got to the common room, Lily looked around and saw lots of soft chairs and a warm fireplace. She thought, So this is where I'm going to live for the next 7 years, and I couldn't be more delighted. It looks so warm and friendly here. This is going to be so much fun.
Lily and Lizzy made their way up to their dormitory and found all of there things at the end of their beds. Lily lay awake that night still trying to digest all that was being thrown her way. She was so overwhelmed and excited at the same time. She couldn't wait to begin her classes the next day.
A/N: I'm sorry this chapter is a little dull. I'm still setting up the story, so the next couple aren't going to be much better. I'd really like some input as to how I can make the story better. Also, I can't figure out how to put italics in the story, so if someone could help me with that, that would be great. I'm sorry if there are lots of grammatical errors in this chapter, I didn't really check it, all I did was spell check.
Thanks to Aus for reviewing my last chapter.
Sherri
Disclaimer: None of it is mine.
Chapter 2
On September 1, Lily woke up extremely early so she wouldn't be late for her train. Today was the day; today, she was going to be going to enter a strange new world to become what she was meant to be, a witch. Lily was unable to contain her excitement. She had to run off some of her energy. Since it was 7 in the morning and having packed all her things the night before, Lily thought that she had time to go run around the block. She changed into a pair of long shorts, a loose shirt, and gym shoes and headed for the door. The cool morning air felt refreshing on her face; it soothed her as she ran.
When she got back to the house, she looked at her watch and saw that she ran a mile in 7 minutes flat. That's record time for me! I really must have a lot of energy, too bad I don't have this energy during all of my soccer (football if u prefer) games. Lily went upstairs and took a nice long shower. When she got out, she stood in her bath robe in front of her closet, debated what to wear. After a long time of hard concentration, Lily decided to wear a pale green shirt with white capris. She went back to her bathroom, dried her hair, changed into her outfit, and then went downstairs for breakfast.
It was now 8:45 and the rest of the house was beginning to wake up. When she got downstairs, Lily saw her mother sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee, watching the news. She walked over to her mum, gave her a hug, and said, "Morning mum. Have a nice sleep?"
Julie replied, "Why yes dear. And what about you? You were up really early this morning. Did you have a bad dream? Are you nervous about this new school?"
Lily giggled, "No mum, I was just excited. I woke up and ran around the block in record time. It was very calming. Then I took my time getting ready. I did dream about going to school though. It was a really nice dream; there was a sweet old man there, and some really nice people too, but there were a few people that seemed rather annoying. Even so, I think every school has some of those."
"You never cease to amaze me Lily," Julie said while chuckling and then sighed. "Well, you better eat your breakfast, so you can be ready to go as soon as your father is." She put a waffle on a plate for Lily, and she took it gladly.
At about 9:30, Lily and her father finally left for the platform with all of Lily's school things in the truck of the car. Lily had tried to say good-bye to Petunia, but she wouldn't come out of her room. On the way to the train station, Lily tried to imagine what it was going to be like meeting all these people. When she was in Diagon Alley, she realized that they all had a different way of living than she did. She wondered how her life would change being able to do magic. In the store where she bought her wand, the man told her that the wand that had 'chosen' her was good for charms. She wondered what charms was exactly and if it would be easy.
When they arrived at the train station after the long drive, it was now 10:30. Mr. Evans grabbed a trolley, loaded Lily's trunk onto it, and then began to push it in search for platform 9 ¾. When they got to platforms 9 and 10 they were confused. There was no 9 ¾. Just then she heard a voice say, "Come on, platform 9 ¾ this way!" She followed the voice and saw a woman with orange-red hair standing next to her daughter. The daughter looked to be about 15 years old. Lily shyly introduced herself to the girl and asked her how to get onto the platform. She replied, "Hi, my name is Molly Prewett. To get to the train you just walk straight between platforms 9 and 10 and you should end up on the platform." Lily thanked Molly, turned to her dad, said good-bye, and then walked straight through the wall.
For a brief moment, she was in awe by the train, and then she realized that it was now 5 minutes to 11. It had taken her a very long time to find where she needed to go. She quickly went to the train, and with some difficulty, loaded her trunk onto it. She walked down the aisle in order to find a compartment. She found one that had only one occupant. The person was a girl with dark brown hair about shoulder length, light brown eyes, and tan skin. This place is as best as any to sit, and this girl looks nice and alone, just like me Lily asked, "Can I sit here."
The girl looked at her for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sure."
"Hi, my name is Lily."
"Hey, I'm Lizzy."
"Are you new too?" Lily asked seeing that this girl appeared to be just as nervous as her.
"Yeah. I'm really happy I got my letter. My parents have been telling me about Hogwarts for years and if I didn't get it, I can't even imagine how mad and disappointed they would have been," Lizzy replied.
"Oh, really? My parents don't do magic, so I'm kind of entering a new life."
"So your parents are muggles?" Lizzy asked.
"Um, what are muggles?"
"Non-magic people."
Lily understood and said, "Yeah, then I guess my parents would be muggles." Oh man, I haven't even considered the fact that there is gonna be all sorts of terms and phases that I don't understand. Going to this school is gonna be harder than I thought Lizzy saw the worried expression on Lily's face and seemed to be able to read her mind.
"Don't worried. You'll pick up on the magic lingo in no time at all," Lizzy said with a smile on her face.
Lily's mood lifted slightly and she said, "I hope so. Could you help by tell me about Hogwarts?"
Lizzy sighed and thought this is going to be a looonnnngg train ride and then said, "Well, the first thing you need to know about Hogwarts is that there are four houses that you could be sorted into: Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin. You don't really want to be in Hufflepuff or Slytherin...." Lizzy rambled on for a while longer about the houses, the different classes that they will take, and how there was a sport called quidditch that everyone would most likely talk about. Lily tried with all her might to take in all the information she was being given, but she got lost when Lizzy started to explain quidditch. She thought to herself, quidditch? What is that? It's played on brooms? How is that possible?
In the middle of Lizzy trying to explain the point of the bludgers, James and Sirius came running into the compartment, slammed the door shut, crouched down, and simultaneously whispered, "Shhhh!"
Lily glared at them with confusion and then suddenly she recognized their faces and her confusion turned to anger. "Oh my god!! . . . You two do NOT go here," Lily screeched and threw her arms up into the air. "Great! This is just great!"
Sirius looked at her and said, "I'm glad you think it's great, but who are you.....oh, wait, you're the girl from the joke shop, the klutz."
Lily, now very angry yelled, "Get out of my compartment right now!!"
"Shhhh....the greasy kid will hear you," Sirius whispered, putting a finger to his lips.
"Good! Then I won't have to deal with you!" Lily exclaimed, getting up to go open the compartment door. Sirius grabbed her wrist.
"You're right, you won't have to deal with us, but you will have to deal with him, and believe me, this kid is as bad as they come," Sirius said in a very serious tone.
James added with a hint of a smile that he successfully hid from Lily, "Yeah, he might even molest you, you never can tell what people like him will do to you."
Lily looked sick at the thought. Jeez, I hate these guys, but this other kid sounds even worse. I guess I'll listen to them Then she said, "Ugh, fine, you can stay in here, just please leave me alone."
James said, "Fair enough." And then thought, jeez this girl is stubborn, I wonder if she's always like this. If she is, I'm making a mental note now to stay away from her.
Lily grabbed her book, put it in front of her face, and then sat down. James and Sirius looked at her, then looked at each other and burst out laughing. Lily glared at them over the top of her book and said, "What's so funny?"
The boys both laughed even harder and then James managed to calm himself down to say, "We were just wondering how that reading of yours was going considering your holding the book upside down."
Lily looked down at her book and noticed that it was indeed, upside down. She blushed and thought OMG, I'm such an idiot! Now these guys really think I'm stupid. UGH! . . . Oh well, it's not like what they think matters. Then she stood up and asked, "What are your names?"
James replied, "I'm James and he's Sirius. Why do you ask?"
Lily said quietly, "I just wanted to be able to tell the teachers what names to put on your coffins when the kid you are avoiding kills you because I'm not going to deal with you anymore, GET OUT!!" She pulled open the compartment door, and pushed James out. It took a little help from Lizzy to get Sirius out as well, but she managed.
After they had closed the door and sat down again, Lizzy asked, "How did you know those guys?" Lily explained how she met them when she was shopping around a joke shop, and how the two boys were extremely rude then.
"I swear that if they come near me again, I'm going make their lives a living hell" Lily vowed. "It'll teach them to not treat people like they are insignificant and stupid. If I get put in the same house as them, God help me." Lizzy just looked at Lily for awhile, debating whether to speak or not. After a few minutes, she thought better of it and went to looking out the window.
Suddenly Lizzy gasped and said excitedly, "Oooo look! We're here!" They quickly got up and tried to get off the train. When they managed to fight the crowd and get off the train, they heard a voice of a very large man saying, "First years this way." Lily and Lizzy followed the voice until they got to a lake.
They got onto a boat with two other girls. As the boats glided across the lake, the castle came into view. Lily drew in a deep breath in amazement. In front of her was a huge castle that looked to be thousands of years old. She was in awe at the grandeur of it. She couldn't believe that it was a school. Lizzy, also staring at the castle, noticed the look on Lily's face. She smiled and said, "Welcome to your home for the next nine months." Lily simply nodded, unable to speak.
As they walked into a large hall, a stern looking lady greeted them. She was wearing black robes, her hair was pulled back in a tight bun, and she had on a large hat. She waited for everyone to enter the room before saying. "Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor McGonagall. You are about to be sorted into your houses. If you will just wait here for a moment, I will go check to see if everything is ready." She left, leaving all the first years to whisper to each other nervously. Lily was afraid that she wasn't going to be put into a house. She thought What if I don't get sorted? What if they suddenly think that they made a mistake by inviting me to this school? I will be so humiliated!
Lizzy, seeing the worried look on Lily's face, said, "Hey, don't worry, you're going to be just fine." Lily nodded as Professor McGonagall entered the room. All the students followed her into the great hall. Lily looked up at the ceiling expecting it to have some exquisite painting on it, but instead, she saw the night's sky. She wondered what they do when it rains. She quietly asked Lizzy about this who told her that it was just bewitched to look the like sky.
When everyone got to the front of the hall, Professor McGonagall set up a stool and put a hat on top if it. She turned to the students and said, "As I call your names, you will come up here, put the hat on, and you will be sorted." She paused and then called out, "Abbott, Jeremy." A sandy hair boy ran up to the stood, picked up the hat, and put it on. He sat for about a minute and then the hat finally yelled, "HUFFLEPUFF!" There was a burst of applause from one table, as the boy got up from the stool and ran over to greet the people in his house.
Professor McGonagall then read, "Black, Sirius." The boy departed from James' side and walked up to the stool. He put on the hat. The hat spoke it him in his head, ooo, Mr. Black is it? Well, you are a difficult one to place. You come from a long line of Slytherins, but I see that you are not like your family, so I better make it "GRYFFINDOR!" Sirius sighed with relief and walked over the table that was now clapping loudly for him.
Lily thought, Great, now there is really only one house I will happily be in and that's Ravenclaw. She spaced out for a while in deep thought and was interrupted when she heard Professor McGonagall call, "Evans, Lily." Lily took a deep breath and walked forward. She placed the hat on her head. She sat there for a moment and the hat whispered to her, "Hmm, you have a very interesting mind. Where should I put you? You've got plenty of all the qualities, but I think you would be best in "GYFFINDOR!" Lily sighed and then realized that she was in the same house as one of the boys she had already come to hate. There was nothing she could do about it, so she walked over to the table and sat across from Sirius. To Lily's relief, after Professor McGonagall called, "Lamperd, Lizzy," Lizzy was sorted into Gryffindor as well.
James, who was still standing, waiting to be called, was now deep in thought. I don't know what's worse, being in the same house as that girl, or not being in the same house as my best friend. Ugh, this year is going to be hell, I can feel it. James then heard his name called and he walked up to the hat. As soon as he placed the hat on his head it screamed, "GRYFFINDOR!" He smiled and walked over to sit next to Sirius. Lily whispered, "Oh, no! Not both of them; this year is going to be hell." Sirius heard here and smiled evilly.
The headmaster stood up and welcomed the students and told them to 'tuck in.' Lily was about to grab some food when she realized that the boys had already taken all the food in front of her. She sighed and just sat there in silence. The boys around her began to talk to one another. There was a small fat one with blonde hair sitting on the other side of Lizzy named Peter Pettigrew. On Lily's other side there was boy named Remus who had sandy brown hair and grey eyes. He looked kind and tired. He seemed very polite to Lily. Sirius and James, on the other hand, were not at all polite. They were very loud, and hungry. Oh great! James and Sirius are talking to Remus and Peter. There goes my idea of them being nice. I don't think it's possible to be nice and be friends with those two. I guess I'll just have to keep my distance.
After the feast, the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, gave a few start of term announcements and then dismissed the students to their common rooms. Molly Prewett was leading first years to the common room. Lily was relieved to see a familiar face. She said hello to Molly and then followed her through the halls of the school. Lizzy and Lily kept pointing out pictures that they saw along the way that were funny. Lily couldn't believe that the people in the paintings could move. I wonder what kind of lens or paint you would use for a picture like that, Lily thought as she walked past a painting of a clumsy knight and a fat donkey.
When they got to the common room, Lily looked around and saw lots of soft chairs and a warm fireplace. She thought, So this is where I'm going to live for the next 7 years, and I couldn't be more delighted. It looks so warm and friendly here. This is going to be so much fun.
Lily and Lizzy made their way up to their dormitory and found all of there things at the end of their beds. Lily lay awake that night still trying to digest all that was being thrown her way. She was so overwhelmed and excited at the same time. She couldn't wait to begin her classes the next day.
A/N: I'm sorry this chapter is a little dull. I'm still setting up the story, so the next couple aren't going to be much better. I'd really like some input as to how I can make the story better. Also, I can't figure out how to put italics in the story, so if someone could help me with that, that would be great. I'm sorry if there are lots of grammatical errors in this chapter, I didn't really check it, all I did was spell check.
Thanks to Aus for reviewing my last chapter.
Sherri