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Lily woke up early the morning of September first. Christine was up, finishing her packing.
"Morning Christine!"
"Morning Lils!"
They heard a knock and called, "Come in!" The door opened and it was Erica.
"Christine, Lily, Mum says to be downstairs in five minutes."
"All right, we'll be there!" they said as one. Two minutes later they were dragging their stuff down when James appeared on the stairs, for once not flanked by Sirius, but with Brina. He immediately grabbed Lily's stuff, but not Christine's.
"Hey! What about me!"
"Sorry! I bet SIRIUS will come get your stuff!"
As if on cue, Sirius appeared behind them, and grabbing Christine's stuff, he dashed downstairs.
"Ah, that's better," Christine grinned, "Sirius is such an idiot most of the time, but for once he was a good boy."
"But he didn't come till James called, so he's not a good boy!"
"Well, yeah, but at least he came!"
They reached the parlor entrance without further interruptions. They sat down in this order: On the left: Remus, Brina, Lily, James, and Mrs. Potter. On the right: Mrs. Black, Mrs. Lupin, Christine, Sirius, and Erica.
"Erica, will you PLEASE tell us how you get sorted?" James begged.
"Nope. You aren't allowed to know. It's tradition."
"Yeah, but can't you break tradition for once?" Sirius asked
"Nope, it's against my moral beliefs."
"So, who cares?" Remus inquired
"I do."
"And who else does?" Brina entered the conversation
"Obviously no one. But that's beside the point."
"Was there a point in the first place?" was Lily's interjection
"Yes."
"Then what was it?" Christine asked sarcastically
"That I can't break tradition because it's against my moral beliefs?"
"WHO CARES IF IT'S AGAINST YOUR MORAL BELIEFS?" the other six, who were fed up with Erica yelled
"Children, children!" Mrs. Black cried, "Stop it! She can't tell what it is! So just lay off her!"
The rest of breakfast went smoothly, as did the ministry car ride to the station. The drivers saluted to Mrs. Black, Mrs. Potter, and Mrs. Lupin, then hopped into the cars and drove off.
"Platform 9 ¾ this way!" called Mrs. Potter
"Platform What?" Lily asked Erica
"9 3/4 . It is an all wizarding platform."
They reached the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
"Erica, you go first. That way the others who don't know can see how it's done."
"I used to know how," whispered Brina to Christine and Lily, "I have an older brother who graduated two years ago."
Erica walked comfortably toward the barrier and walked straight into it. But what Lily saw astonished her. Erica was gone!
"Where did she go?"
"She's on the platform. Now just walk straight at the barrier. Best do it at a run if your nervous. Here, James will go with you." Mrs. Potter quickly answered
James grinned as they began to run at the barrier. Just as Lily thought they would crash, she was on the other side.
"Wow.." was all she could say at the large red steam engine.
"Welcome to the Hogwarts Express." James grinned as Sirius and Christine ran though, immediately followed by Remus and Brina. The mothers came through a minute later.
"Come on, let's get a compartment." Sirius called while looking into the train. They all ran after him.
"Here's one!" shouted Christine
They all tossed their luggage into it and went over to Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Lupin, and Mrs. Black.
"Sirius Michael Black, stay out of trouble, you hear? If I get any letters home I will be sending you three Howlers!"
"Thank you so much for everything, Mrs. Potter."
"No problem Lily."
"Yes, Mum."
"Love you Mum."
"Love you too Christine, and Remus, BE CAREFUL!"
"Yes, Mum."
The whistle blew and the six of them ran to the train.
"See you at Christmas!" they called as the train pulled away.
They had been on the train for half an hour when there was a knock on the door. Lily got up and opened it. Standing there were a girl and boy who looked to be about their age.
"Excuse me," the girl asked politely, "Is their any room left in here? There are no more seats on the train."
Lily looked around and said, "I think so. We just put our luggage into the compartments, so there is space."
"W-we d-don't w-want t-t-to b-be any b-bot-ther." The boy stuttered nervously
"It's no bother." Sirius said, grinning his trademark grin, "Where's your stuff?"
"We put on our robes before getting on the train, and our stuff is in another place." The girl answered as they sat down, the boy on the floor with James and Remus, and the girl sat on the empty seat next to Christine.
"I'm Lillian Mary Evans, but you can call me Lily."
"I'm Melissa Élan Taylor, but please call me Mel or Lissa."
"I-I'm P-Peter D-Dean P-Pettigrew. J-Just P-Peter or P-Pete I-is f-fine."
"Sirius Michael Black."
"Remus Jacob Lupin."
"Christine Jillian Arielle Lupin. Remus's OLDER twin."
"By two minutes!"
"So what?"
"James Terence Potter."
"Sabrina Iliana Mirrelo, but call me Brina or die!"
Mel was tall, around 5'5. She had chocolate brown hair and light blue eyes. She was the tallest of the group. James as one inch shorter, and Sirius was half an inch shorter than him. Next was Christine, then Remus and Sabrina, then Peter, and one inch shorter than Peter was Lily. Lily hated being short because people taunted her and she couldn't reach anything high.
About twenty minutes later, a witch with a food cart came by.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?"
"We'll have a bit of everything." James answered immediately
"That will be ten galleons."
James paid the witch, and took the sweets from her. He sat down and cried,
"Tuck in!"
They all tucked in while telling about themselves.
"I'm a Pureblood, of one of the oldest families. My father is the assistant Minister of Magic, and my Mum owns a shop in Diagon Alley- an Auror shop." James said
"What's an Auror?" Lily asked
"A Dark Wizard catcher." Sirius replied, "My dad talks about them all the time. I'm also of an old Pureblood family, but definitely not as old as the Potters. I have a younger brother who will be going to Hogwarts in four years named Regulus.
"I'm half and half," Sabrina said, "My mum's a muggle. She left my family when my brother Tristan got his letter. He's eight years older than me so she left us when I was three. My dad works in the Ministry of Magic, in the Office of Magical Creatures, and Tristan was just signed to the Chudley Cannons starting team."
"Wait a second," James shouted excitedly, "Did Tristan play Keeper for Gryffindor last year?"
"Yup. Best Keeper in a century."
"He dated Erica last year! Mum and Dad didn't like that because he was two years older!"
"Really! That's so cool!"
"My father is half and half and my mom is Pureblood, so I guess that makes Christine and I three-quarters." Remus jumped in, "My father works at Gringotts as a curse-breaker, and my mum works at St. Mungo's as a receptionist."
"Same as Remus."
"I'm born from a muggle and a squib, so I guess I have a little magic passed through me. I think my grandparent's families were sort of old, though."
"What are your grandparent's last name's Lily?" James asked
"Evans and Veraton. Why?"
Sirius and James exchanged looks.
"Lily," Sirius began, " Evans and Veraton are two of the oldest wizarding families you'll find. There's a rumor that the Evans family is descended from Merlin himself. If that's true, then, well, you are very powerful. The Veratons are even older than the Potters."
"Wow.."
"I'm m-muggle b-born. N-not m-much e-else t-to s-say r-r-really e-except they are a-an a-author and d-doctor."
The compartment door opened and a female voice said,
"I'm Molly Stevens, this year's Head Girl. It is time to change into your robes."
They heard footsteps walking away, and then the girls shooed the boys out and changed. Then the girls and boys switched spots. The train slowed to a stop and a Prefect opened the compartment door. They stepped out and heard a voice calling,
"Firs' years! This way, don' be shy!"
The speaker was a very large man. They eight-some walked over to him along with at least fifty others. They began to leave the platform and headed over to a cluster of boats.
"No more'n four to a boat!"
The girls immediately grabbed a boat far away from the boys. The boat ride went smoothly, with everyone oohing and ahhing at the large castle they faced. When they got up to the doors, a tall, stern-looking woman opened them. Everyone's first thought was not to cross this woman.
"In a moment you will past through these doors to be sorted," the woman explained as she led them across the large hall. "But before you can take a seat, you must be sorted." She opened the doors and led the first-years into the Great Hall. Heads turned as the first years entered. Lily hated being under that much scrutiny, but she just stuck close to Lissa, Christine, and Brina.
"When I call your name, you will come forward, sit on the stool, I will place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted."
"Anderson, Aimee!"
"Ravenclaw!"
The ravenclaw table cheered as Aimee joined them.
"Azerso, Jonathan!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Black, Sirius!"
"Gryffindor!"
Sirius grinned as he walked toward the cheering table. Their banner was red with a gold lion on it.
"Brat, Jessica!"
"Slytherin!"
"Carter, Kevin!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Cazun, Zachary!"
"Gryffindor!"
"Devern, Elisa!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Edwards, Yvonne!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Evans, Lily!"
"Been awhile since I've seen an Evans around here," the hat said in her ear, "You will be great you know, you can't be a Slytherin, you are muggle- born, Hufflepuff will never work for you, Ravenclaw will never help you, you are a true Evans, so you belong in, GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted the last word to the whole hall.
Lily jumped of the stool to loud cheers from the Gryffindors. She jogged over to where Sirius sat and sat across from him to watch the rest of her friends be sorted.
A few more names then "Horton, Emily-Kate" was sorted into Gryffindor. A few minutes later then...
"Lupin, Christine!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Lily and Sirius jumped to their feet as Christine ran over to them.
"Lupin, Remus!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
They cheered and clapped as Remus walked over to them. A few names later they heard,
"Malfoy, Lucius!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Mirrelo, Sabrina!"
"GRYFFINDOR!
They cheered happily as she joined them.
"Pettigrew, Peter!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Potter, James!"
Whispers of, "Potter, the assistant minister's son, James?"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
James got the loudest cheer yet as he sauntered over to the Gryffindor table.
A few minutes later they heard,
"Snape, Severus!"
"Yuck. Why does HE have to come here?" James groaned.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Snape sat down next to Lucius Malfoy. He had a sour look on his hook nosed face.
"Taylor, Melissa!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
They all jumped to their feet and slapped Mel on the back as she sat down between Sirius and Lily. The sorting ended three minutes later with, "Zachins, Eric!" becoming a Slytherin.
Albus Dumbledore rose to his feet.
"I have a few announcements for this term! First is that Professor Dippet retired last summer to enjoy his last years. For those who don't know me, I am Professor Albus Dumbledore, formerly head Transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor house, and deputy Headmaster. The new head of Gryffindor and Deputy Headmaster is Professor McGonagall, who was formerly my assistant. I am pleased to announce that she will be taking up the position of Head Transfiguration teacher!
My next announcement is to the first years. The forest on the grounds is strictly forbidden to all students. Tuck in!"
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Lily woke up early the morning of September first. Christine was up, finishing her packing.
"Morning Christine!"
"Morning Lils!"
They heard a knock and called, "Come in!" The door opened and it was Erica.
"Christine, Lily, Mum says to be downstairs in five minutes."
"All right, we'll be there!" they said as one. Two minutes later they were dragging their stuff down when James appeared on the stairs, for once not flanked by Sirius, but with Brina. He immediately grabbed Lily's stuff, but not Christine's.
"Hey! What about me!"
"Sorry! I bet SIRIUS will come get your stuff!"
As if on cue, Sirius appeared behind them, and grabbing Christine's stuff, he dashed downstairs.
"Ah, that's better," Christine grinned, "Sirius is such an idiot most of the time, but for once he was a good boy."
"But he didn't come till James called, so he's not a good boy!"
"Well, yeah, but at least he came!"
They reached the parlor entrance without further interruptions. They sat down in this order: On the left: Remus, Brina, Lily, James, and Mrs. Potter. On the right: Mrs. Black, Mrs. Lupin, Christine, Sirius, and Erica.
"Erica, will you PLEASE tell us how you get sorted?" James begged.
"Nope. You aren't allowed to know. It's tradition."
"Yeah, but can't you break tradition for once?" Sirius asked
"Nope, it's against my moral beliefs."
"So, who cares?" Remus inquired
"I do."
"And who else does?" Brina entered the conversation
"Obviously no one. But that's beside the point."
"Was there a point in the first place?" was Lily's interjection
"Yes."
"Then what was it?" Christine asked sarcastically
"That I can't break tradition because it's against my moral beliefs?"
"WHO CARES IF IT'S AGAINST YOUR MORAL BELIEFS?" the other six, who were fed up with Erica yelled
"Children, children!" Mrs. Black cried, "Stop it! She can't tell what it is! So just lay off her!"
The rest of breakfast went smoothly, as did the ministry car ride to the station. The drivers saluted to Mrs. Black, Mrs. Potter, and Mrs. Lupin, then hopped into the cars and drove off.
"Platform 9 ¾ this way!" called Mrs. Potter
"Platform What?" Lily asked Erica
"9 3/4 . It is an all wizarding platform."
They reached the barrier between platforms 9 and 10.
"Erica, you go first. That way the others who don't know can see how it's done."
"I used to know how," whispered Brina to Christine and Lily, "I have an older brother who graduated two years ago."
Erica walked comfortably toward the barrier and walked straight into it. But what Lily saw astonished her. Erica was gone!
"Where did she go?"
"She's on the platform. Now just walk straight at the barrier. Best do it at a run if your nervous. Here, James will go with you." Mrs. Potter quickly answered
James grinned as they began to run at the barrier. Just as Lily thought they would crash, she was on the other side.
"Wow.." was all she could say at the large red steam engine.
"Welcome to the Hogwarts Express." James grinned as Sirius and Christine ran though, immediately followed by Remus and Brina. The mothers came through a minute later.
"Come on, let's get a compartment." Sirius called while looking into the train. They all ran after him.
"Here's one!" shouted Christine
They all tossed their luggage into it and went over to Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Lupin, and Mrs. Black.
"Sirius Michael Black, stay out of trouble, you hear? If I get any letters home I will be sending you three Howlers!"
"Thank you so much for everything, Mrs. Potter."
"No problem Lily."
"Yes, Mum."
"Love you Mum."
"Love you too Christine, and Remus, BE CAREFUL!"
"Yes, Mum."
The whistle blew and the six of them ran to the train.
"See you at Christmas!" they called as the train pulled away.
They had been on the train for half an hour when there was a knock on the door. Lily got up and opened it. Standing there were a girl and boy who looked to be about their age.
"Excuse me," the girl asked politely, "Is their any room left in here? There are no more seats on the train."
Lily looked around and said, "I think so. We just put our luggage into the compartments, so there is space."
"W-we d-don't w-want t-t-to b-be any b-bot-ther." The boy stuttered nervously
"It's no bother." Sirius said, grinning his trademark grin, "Where's your stuff?"
"We put on our robes before getting on the train, and our stuff is in another place." The girl answered as they sat down, the boy on the floor with James and Remus, and the girl sat on the empty seat next to Christine.
"I'm Lillian Mary Evans, but you can call me Lily."
"I'm Melissa Élan Taylor, but please call me Mel or Lissa."
"I-I'm P-Peter D-Dean P-Pettigrew. J-Just P-Peter or P-Pete I-is f-fine."
"Sirius Michael Black."
"Remus Jacob Lupin."
"Christine Jillian Arielle Lupin. Remus's OLDER twin."
"By two minutes!"
"So what?"
"James Terence Potter."
"Sabrina Iliana Mirrelo, but call me Brina or die!"
Mel was tall, around 5'5. She had chocolate brown hair and light blue eyes. She was the tallest of the group. James as one inch shorter, and Sirius was half an inch shorter than him. Next was Christine, then Remus and Sabrina, then Peter, and one inch shorter than Peter was Lily. Lily hated being short because people taunted her and she couldn't reach anything high.
About twenty minutes later, a witch with a food cart came by.
"Anything off the trolley, dears?"
"We'll have a bit of everything." James answered immediately
"That will be ten galleons."
James paid the witch, and took the sweets from her. He sat down and cried,
"Tuck in!"
They all tucked in while telling about themselves.
"I'm a Pureblood, of one of the oldest families. My father is the assistant Minister of Magic, and my Mum owns a shop in Diagon Alley- an Auror shop." James said
"What's an Auror?" Lily asked
"A Dark Wizard catcher." Sirius replied, "My dad talks about them all the time. I'm also of an old Pureblood family, but definitely not as old as the Potters. I have a younger brother who will be going to Hogwarts in four years named Regulus.
"I'm half and half," Sabrina said, "My mum's a muggle. She left my family when my brother Tristan got his letter. He's eight years older than me so she left us when I was three. My dad works in the Ministry of Magic, in the Office of Magical Creatures, and Tristan was just signed to the Chudley Cannons starting team."
"Wait a second," James shouted excitedly, "Did Tristan play Keeper for Gryffindor last year?"
"Yup. Best Keeper in a century."
"He dated Erica last year! Mum and Dad didn't like that because he was two years older!"
"Really! That's so cool!"
"My father is half and half and my mom is Pureblood, so I guess that makes Christine and I three-quarters." Remus jumped in, "My father works at Gringotts as a curse-breaker, and my mum works at St. Mungo's as a receptionist."
"Same as Remus."
"I'm born from a muggle and a squib, so I guess I have a little magic passed through me. I think my grandparent's families were sort of old, though."
"What are your grandparent's last name's Lily?" James asked
"Evans and Veraton. Why?"
Sirius and James exchanged looks.
"Lily," Sirius began, " Evans and Veraton are two of the oldest wizarding families you'll find. There's a rumor that the Evans family is descended from Merlin himself. If that's true, then, well, you are very powerful. The Veratons are even older than the Potters."
"Wow.."
"I'm m-muggle b-born. N-not m-much e-else t-to s-say r-r-really e-except they are a-an a-author and d-doctor."
The compartment door opened and a female voice said,
"I'm Molly Stevens, this year's Head Girl. It is time to change into your robes."
They heard footsteps walking away, and then the girls shooed the boys out and changed. Then the girls and boys switched spots. The train slowed to a stop and a Prefect opened the compartment door. They stepped out and heard a voice calling,
"Firs' years! This way, don' be shy!"
The speaker was a very large man. They eight-some walked over to him along with at least fifty others. They began to leave the platform and headed over to a cluster of boats.
"No more'n four to a boat!"
The girls immediately grabbed a boat far away from the boys. The boat ride went smoothly, with everyone oohing and ahhing at the large castle they faced. When they got up to the doors, a tall, stern-looking woman opened them. Everyone's first thought was not to cross this woman.
"In a moment you will past through these doors to be sorted," the woman explained as she led them across the large hall. "But before you can take a seat, you must be sorted." She opened the doors and led the first-years into the Great Hall. Heads turned as the first years entered. Lily hated being under that much scrutiny, but she just stuck close to Lissa, Christine, and Brina.
"When I call your name, you will come forward, sit on the stool, I will place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted."
"Anderson, Aimee!"
"Ravenclaw!"
The ravenclaw table cheered as Aimee joined them.
"Azerso, Jonathan!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Black, Sirius!"
"Gryffindor!"
Sirius grinned as he walked toward the cheering table. Their banner was red with a gold lion on it.
"Brat, Jessica!"
"Slytherin!"
"Carter, Kevin!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Cazun, Zachary!"
"Gryffindor!"
"Devern, Elisa!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Edwards, Yvonne!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Evans, Lily!"
"Been awhile since I've seen an Evans around here," the hat said in her ear, "You will be great you know, you can't be a Slytherin, you are muggle- born, Hufflepuff will never work for you, Ravenclaw will never help you, you are a true Evans, so you belong in, GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted the last word to the whole hall.
Lily jumped of the stool to loud cheers from the Gryffindors. She jogged over to where Sirius sat and sat across from him to watch the rest of her friends be sorted.
A few more names then "Horton, Emily-Kate" was sorted into Gryffindor. A few minutes later then...
"Lupin, Christine!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Lily and Sirius jumped to their feet as Christine ran over to them.
"Lupin, Remus!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
They cheered and clapped as Remus walked over to them. A few names later they heard,
"Malfoy, Lucius!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Mirrelo, Sabrina!"
"GRYFFINDOR!
They cheered happily as she joined them.
"Pettigrew, Peter!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Potter, James!"
Whispers of, "Potter, the assistant minister's son, James?"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
James got the loudest cheer yet as he sauntered over to the Gryffindor table.
A few minutes later they heard,
"Snape, Severus!"
"Yuck. Why does HE have to come here?" James groaned.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Snape sat down next to Lucius Malfoy. He had a sour look on his hook nosed face.
"Taylor, Melissa!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
They all jumped to their feet and slapped Mel on the back as she sat down between Sirius and Lily. The sorting ended three minutes later with, "Zachins, Eric!" becoming a Slytherin.
Albus Dumbledore rose to his feet.
"I have a few announcements for this term! First is that Professor Dippet retired last summer to enjoy his last years. For those who don't know me, I am Professor Albus Dumbledore, formerly head Transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor house, and deputy Headmaster. The new head of Gryffindor and Deputy Headmaster is Professor McGonagall, who was formerly my assistant. I am pleased to announce that she will be taking up the position of Head Transfiguration teacher!
My next announcement is to the first years. The forest on the grounds is strictly forbidden to all students. Tuck in!"
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I deserve to be sued, I know. I had a slight case of writers block on how to make the chappie longer. Happy now?
JewyChick: Yup! I love Lord of the Rings!
NiaSphinx: It sure did! Thank you sooooo much!
Sassy Chick: Aww! Happy now?
Angeldx14: Really! I'm sooooooooo flattered that you love my story! Here it is!
Lizmaurder4eva: she doesn't have a real opinion yet cause it doesn't affect her life right now! Thanks for the review! This is my first ficcie!
Kawaiineko: Thanks again for your review. This one's long enough, rite? CU @ skool! = ^ . ^ =
Rhysel Ash: Thanks!
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