Something New
By Jasminee
Like I said in the first chapter, this is my first fanfic and it is an A/U about Lily and James Potter from Harry Potter
Okay so far like nobody has read or reviewed my fanfic except a good friend of mine WO AI NI16.
I love her soo much that I'm advertising her on my fanfic… how funny…
Hopefully, If SOMEONE does like my fanfic.. Please review.. I'm sort of getting desperate.. It's sad… But I really need some constructive criticism!
If you want to contact me, just email me at j2dxpowerhotmail.com
Disclaimer I WISH I could pretend that HP was mine so I could be like "MUA HA HA AH ITS ALL MINE!!!!" But its not… so please JK Rowling.. don't sue.. I love you.. xD
Something New – Chapter 2 – WowJournal Entry - August 5, 1972
Dear Journal,
Ah, I'm so relieved that Mom and Dad didn't get mad at me about the owl. I'm even more thankful, however, that they are ecstatic about me being a witch. They were so proud of having that sort of blood run through the family! Petunia is scared out of her mind though. She thinks I'm a freak (which isn't that big of a deal considering she thought I was one before anyways.). But I think she's simply terrified of me going to "that horrible school for people who have OBVIOUSLY had genetic mutations in their chromosomes," or so she said (A/N #1 See end of story). Maybe she realizes that I might learn how to turn people into toads or something. Hey! That could come in handy for when she's being..uhh… difficult! Haha! It's funny how just yesterday I was wishing for something amazing to happen to me and now, here it is! In the letter, there was a list of materials I would need for my first year at Hogwarts. And they were very strange things I might add. Things like a wand, a cauldron, along with many different books were on the list. I didn't realize that I would need these sorts of things. But then again I wasn't planning to buy chemistry books or graphing calculators (A/N #2 See end of story). I must say I am a little disappointed though. In the back of my mind I was hoping for some music classes or something of that sort. But you can't win them all right?
In the envelope I received, I also got a letter telling me that because my parents were non-magic folk, that it would probably be "difficult to find the necessary materials" in a store. There was a map of how to get to a place called Diagon Alley. The directions are sort of strange but seem interesting nevertheless. Mom said that we could go soon! I'm so glad I will be able to see how the magic world really is! Oh, she's calling me right now! I guess we are going now so I'll write later.
Lily Evans
Oh my gosh, It's AMAZING! Lily's head raced as she tried to imbibe everything that was around her. Countless people were shopping for things that would have been considered unimaginable just a week ago. Plenty of children and teenagers were also around them. They are probably also shopping for school supplies, Lily thought to herself when she noticed many of them carrying the same paper with the list of materials that she had in her hand. And the money they used, what sort of currency was it? Mr. and Mrs. Evans were busy exchanging money so they would have some of the currency (sickles and galleons and such according to what she overheard from many shopping witches) used in this world. If only Petunia was here. She would go frantic around these people! But still, Lily was glad that Petunia had decided to just stay home. She would probably ruin all the excitement that was running through Lily's veins. She was also relieved that some large man with a pink umbrella had showed them how to enter into Diagon Alley.
After a couple hours passed, Lily had all the necessary things that were on the list of materials except for the wand (she was looking forward to getting one and wanted to save the best for last.)
"Come on! Lets go get my wand!" Lily yelled to her parents, who had strayed a bit to see some owls through the window of Eeylops Owl Emporium.
They all went inside store Ollivanders. Lily noticed her mother whispering to her father. As she was doing so, Mr. Ollivander came into view and startled everyone.
"Mr. Ollivander, I assume?" Mr. Evans said.
"Yes that is me."
"Ah, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Likewise, and you are this young woman's father?" questioned Mr. Ollivander.
"Yes," he replied, "I was wondering, what's the greatest amount that a wand could possibly cost?"
"Typically they cost around five to ten galleons. Of course sometimes they can cost up to twenty but those wands are for special purposes. The chances of those wands picking Ms. Lily is slim to none," answered Mr. Ollivander.
Mr. Evans gave Lily thirteen galleons and told her that he and her mother would be back soon and if Lily was finished by then, to meet her right outside of Ollivanders. They walked out, wondering what Mr. Ollivander had meant about the wand choosing the person.
Lily was also slightly concerned about the idea of it choosing her. She had a dominant personality and liked making choices (or so it said on the quiz she took in the most recent issue of CosmoGirl) so she was uncomfortable with the idea of not having any say on what she wanted. She had been in thought about this and did not realize that Mr. Ollivander was holding many boxes containing wands for her to try out.
"Just give it a wave," he said as he gave her a wand after taking it out of the box.
"Is it… umm… supposed to do anything?" She asked as she futilely flicked the wand around.
He snatched the wand out of her hand and without giving a reply gave her a wand and told her to try that one.
"Nope," she said as he once again grabbed the wand out and handed her another one.
"How about this one?"
"No."
"Try this."
"Nothing."
"This one?"
"Nada," she replied with a sigh.
"Excuse me?" Apparently Mr. Ollivander never had any basic lessons in Spanish
"Nothing. This one doesn't do anything."
"Hold on then, Ms. Evans. I will go to the back and see what else is there." He said, giving a polite smile and heading to the back counter to find some other possible wands and putting back ones that had not worked.
Lily found herself almost in tears. What happens if all of this was just a huge mistake? What if I'm not a witch at all? After all, everyone in the family has non-magic blood. What would make me different? Lily felt as though the butterflies that had been inside her since she had gotten the letter had just gotten killed and were lying at the pit of her stomach, weighing her down. As she slightly lifted her head up a little and looked around, she noticed one box that seemed to be shaking and glowing an eerie gold color. She went up to that shelf and pulled out that box, causing every box that had been stacked up on top of it to fall to the floor. The crash was loud enough to draw Mr. Ollivanders attention and he rushed to the front of the store and saw Lily surrounded by a mess of boxes and wands, a couple fragile ones snapped by the fall.
"What happened Lily dear?!" Asked Mr. Ollivander with concern in his voice but Lily misinterpreted it as anger.
"I'm really sorry!!!! I didn't mean to!!! It's just I saw a box that was glowing and acting really strange and I wanted to see what was happening," Lily said. She went on about how all the boxes had fallen but Mr. Ollivander had not listened to another word after she had said "glowing".
"Lily please stop fussing about!" He said to her.
"But.... but… "
"Never mind that" he cut short Lily's words, "Do you still have the wand that was glowing?"
She handed in the box which she had been holding carefully in her hands, afraid to cause any more damage. Mr. Ollivander took out the wand and told her to give it a wave. Lily did as she was told and found herself emitting sparks from the tip of the wand. Not wanting to let go of it, she continued to wave it and finally allowed her arm to go limp, the wand pointing to the ground. However, when she did this, she must have still felt guilty for causing the mess that rested by her feet because as soon as the wand was pointing down, all the wands that were on the floor flew back into their boxes and returned to their shelves. She stood there in awe, not only from the fact that she saw magic first hand, but also because she realized what Mr. Ollivander had meant about the wand choosing the person.
"It's beautiful. What is it made of?" Lily asked, wondering what could make a piece of wood so magical.
"Your wand is 10 and ¼ inches, made with willow. It's delicate and is best used with delicate magic, such as charms perhaps. But don't worry. It will be plenty enough to do other things to," responded Mr. Ollivander with a glad look on his face, seeing that Lily was practically glowing like the sparks she had released from the wands just minutes ago. Lily paid him nine galleons and thanked him as she walked out the door while carrying everything else that she had bought during the past hours. She stopped and pocketed the remaining four galleons and saw that her parents were standing outside the store, holding a couple things to give to her.
"Oh my darling Lily," her mother started, "Your father and I are so proud of you!"
"And it's not only because of you being a witch," added Mr. Evans, "The reason we are letting you go is because even though you are only eleven years old, you have grown and matured to an unbelievable extent."
"Thanks Mom and Dad!" Lily said as she smiled while taking a glance at the gifts.
Her father handed her a cage with a Great Gray Owl about two feel tall with beautiful black, white, and gray features.
"It's M-MAGNIFICENT!" Lily stuttered, "But why are you letting me have a pet now? I thought I couldn't have animals?"
"Well," her father replied, "The person at the Eeylops Owl Emporium told me that they are very useful for bring mail and messages plus they are very smart so your mother and I figured that you were responsible enough to have one."
Lily was still staring at it when her mother gave her the second gift, a book.
"Lily, since you weren't raised in a magical environment, we figured that this book could help you for now."
Lily took the large book and read the cover. An Enchanted World: The Guide for All Witches And Wizards Leaving the Non-Magic World.
"Thank you so much!" Lily said. She had been secretly worried that she would not be able to fit in this new world and with the book in her hand she felt slightly more confident.
"There's one more thing we have for you." Ms. Evans handed Lily an envelope. Lily opened it to find a ticket for the Hogwarts Express.
"Mom, dad?"
"Yes dear?" her parents responded together.
"Thanks."
They all walked together slowly going towards the direction that they had arrived. As Lily's parents walked forward, carrying all of her materials for her, Lily slowed down to look through the window of a store she was passing by. There were displays for different candies that caused different effects.
"Mmm… those look good. Let me go ask Mom and Dad quickly if I can by some with the remaining money" Lily said to herself as she remembered the leftover galleons in her pocket. As she turned to run to her parents, she knocked into someone and fell on the ground, taking the other person down with her.
"I am SOO sorry! I didn't see you! It was an accide.." She looked up to the person who had already stood up and was extending his hand out. "an.. accident…" she finished. She found herself looking at a boy with nice brown eyes, a flirty grin, and most importantly, AMAZING BLACK HAIR. With the help of his hand, she pulled herself up and looked at him straight in the eyes. The boy did the same, staring intently in her vibrant green eyes and vivid red hair in small wisp that were seemed to be flowing in the air even when there was no breeze.
"Are you shopping for school supplies?" inquired the boy.
"Uh… uh… y-yes I am g-going to H-Hogwarts this ye-year," replied Lily, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks.
She's cute when she blushes. The boy couldn't help but look at her, already infatuated with her. "I am going this year too. My name is James Potter."
Lily slowly glanced up at his hair and saw how it uncontrollably seemed to move in any direction. Almost as though it's blowing in the wind (A/N #3 See end of story). She gazed back at his face and said, with a more steady voice, "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Lily Pott… I MEAN… Lily Evans," blushing even more than before for making such an embarrassing mistake with her name. "Well, I have to go. My parents are waiting for me." Lily ran off past him to catch up to her parents, who had stopped to look at what Lily had been doing.
She caught up and they all started to walk away. Lily took a chance and glanced back once, just to try to take another look at James. She found that he was standing in the same place, gazing back at her. She quickly turned around and found herself wanting to look back to see him just one more time but she restrained herself so he wouldn't think that she actually liked him or anything.
She still found herself thinking of him though. Wow, he has such nice hair!!! She hoped that she would be able to touch it someday.
Authors NotesA/N #1
I had bio in freshman year and I (along with everyone else) HATED it.. but sometimes my friends and I would joke around and try to talk all technical using what we learned in the class. I just felt the need to put that in.. xD
A/N #2
I know that normal 11 year olds wouldn't need these sorts of things but I know I used them at the age of 13 so was like what the heck? Plus it contrasts a lot with typical "witchery" items (is witchery a word?)
A/N #3
If you haven't noticed, I've tried to make both Lily and James have slight fetishes with hair.. hahahaaaaa
So how was it? I was surprised I could write so much in one sitting! After reading this over to myself, I noticed that a lot of this story chapter is similar to what happened in the first book. For example, Lily saves wand for last, she gets the ticket after the wands. I'm sorry this was unintentional. But I think it still turned out okay. I liked the little cute moment at the end. (I'm a sucker for the love!) Please review! If not, oh well, I'll just be sad then.
To my reviewer
I only had one (how terrible!) and she also happened to be my beta reader! Thank you M. (Wo Ai Ni16)! Now I must respond to her.
Wo Ai Ni16
I'm glad that you like what I've done with Lily's personality! I made her sort of aggressive in the first chapter so I wanted to make her a little more soft here. But it will go back to aggressive and music loving soon enough! (I hope so anyways). And now shes meeting the "Black-haired boy"..hahaha.. Maybe black haired boy and redhead can make some music together ;).. okay that was corny.. but oh well.. I hope you enjoy this chapter!