Chapter 2

Diagon Alley & An Unpleasant Surprise.

AN: Hiyas! Thankies to our two (so far) reviewers. If you have any ideas about something you would like to be in the story, review and tell us. My sista Kassi and I are writing this story together (blame any mistakes on her, hee hee. J) Disclaimeriness: We own no one but Lily's parents. We don't even own Ms Shadbolt. She's our old bitch of a choir teacher. Aside from Lily's parents, we also own, a TV, various fruits, a dvd player, a vcr, dvds... And we're gonna stop now, before you kill us.J Byeeeeeeeeeeeee!

The next day Lily woke up to the sound of shouting. She got up and dressed quickly, she crept down the hall towards the kitchen where the yelling was coming from Lily peeked around the corner to find her mother and her father having a full out brawl.

"How could you do this to me, to us, to the KIDS??!" Carlotta Evans yelled at her husband. "I've been up ALL night waiting for you to come home and finally you come waltzing in at 7:00 in the morning, smelling of cheap perfume, with some bullshit excuse about getting caught up in a traffic jam!! I'm sorry Scot but this isn't working, this charade of ours has gone on long enough I, I want a divorce." Lily's mother blurted out surprising both, herself, Lily's father and Lily. Lily let out a sob and spun around to rush out of the room Scot and Carlotta Evans turned around just in time to see there youngest daughter sprinting back up the hall and into her room slamming the door behind her "Oh dear." Lily's mother muttered. She ran out of the kitchen and hurried off to Lily's bedroom door she knocked on the door and said "Lily, honey, can I come in?"

"If you have to." Her daughters voice replied bluntly.

Carlotta Evans opened the door and walked in. She walked over to her daughter's bed.

"Lily, sweetheart, are you ok?"

Lily raised her tearstained face to her mother's. "Why, mum? Why do you want a divorce?"

"Honeybunch, things have been bad between your father and I for a while now, almost 3 years. I just can't take him turning up late anymore, drunk, and smelling of another woman, with lipstick all over him. It's not fair on either of us. But it's especially not fair on you and Petty. You shouldn't have to grow up in such a poisonous environment."

"B, but why now? Why right now, when I'm about to finish Primary School, and head off to High School?"

"Well look on the bright side, at least you aren't going to have to put up with those three umm, 'stupid slimy gits with only half a brain between them.' Are your exact words. At least you wont have to put up with them for the next 7 years. You're a witch! You're going to Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I've been looking around, ever since you got that letter, and it's supposed to be one of the best in the world. Your father and I are very proud of you. There's something you need to know about your father, sweetie pie. He's a squib."

"A what?"

"A squib. It means he was born into a wizarding family, but he had no magical powers. I was afraid that when he found out about you he'd be jealous. But he's not. Your father may be many things, but he's not petty. And he is your father. So he's proud that you take after his family in some way besides the eyes."

"Ok. Mum?"

"Yes, my little Water Lily?"

"1, don't call me that, 2 don't you need to take me shopping for school supplies?"

"Yes, Lils, I do. I'm taking you to Diagon Alley today."

"Diagon Alley?"

"Yes. It's a place in London, kind of like the mall, where witches and wizards get the magical things they need."

"Ok"

"Well, whatcha waiting for? Hurry up and wash your face so we can go!"

"Umm, what about breakfast?"

"We'll pick something up on the way, now HURRY UP!" And with that Lily's mum walked, or maybe skipped is a better word, out of the room. Lily laughed, and ran into the bathroom, taking great delight in shutting the door, and locking it, just as Petunia was about to walk in.

"Hmm, let's see. We've got to find a place called The Leaky Cauldron. That's where the entrance to Diagon Alley is." Lily's mum said, consulting her spiral notebook, which she wrote down anything and everything in. Lily's mum was an author of children's books. She also illustrated them.

"Ooh, Mum, there it is! Over there! Look!" Lily squealed.

"Yes, dear, I noticed. I'm not blind, you know." Carlotta Evans said dryly. Lily grinned sheepishly.

"Oops."

"It's funny, though. I couldn't see it until you pointed it out."

"Maybe only magical people can see it."

"Yes, that sounds reasonable. Now, have you got your school list?"

"Yup."

"Well, let's go then!"

They walked into the small, dark pub. A man greeted them from behind the counter.

"Hello, what can I do for you? I'm Tom, I own the Leaky Cauldron."

"Hello, Tom. I need to get into Diagon Alley."

"Ahh, your daughter's a witch, is she?" He looked at Lily, kindly.

"Yes I am a witch and I'm getting my books & stuff for my first year at Hogwarts!" Lily boasted. Tom grinned good-naturedly.

"Well congratulations young Miss." Lily giggled

"You don't have to call me Miss my names Lily Evans." Lily said shyly.

"Ok then Lily have fun shopping. I'll show you how to get through to Diagon alley." Tom replied as he stepped out from behind the counter. "Follow me." Lily and Carlotta Evans followed Tom out the door with Lily asking millions of questions the whole time, only giving Tom 5 seconds to answer each question before rushing into the next one. 5 minutes later Tom stopped outside a wall and got out a stick like thing that Lily assumed must have been a wand. Lily looked at the large brick wall and the bins that were propped up against it and was surprised when Tom started counting the bricks above the dustbin three up...two across..." Tom said to himself. Tom told Lily and her mother to stand back and as they did so, he tapped the brick wall three times with his wand and stepped back as a small hole appeared in the wall and started to get larger and larger eventually it turned into an archway. Lily stood there dumfounded for a few seconds and then she quickly recovered from her shock, said goodbye to Tom and pulled her mother through the archway, after Tom had told Lily's mother where she could get her money exchanged and he told Lily what each coin looked like and how much it was worth. Lily then ran off pulling her mother behind whilst looking around her.

Diagon alley was like a large mall or something it was full of shops and funny looking men and women wearing dresses. Lily assumed that they must be what they called robes. Lily found it funny to see grown up men wearing things that resembled dresses and she pointed it out to her mother giggling the whole time. She looked around some more at the shops there was lots of them all with strange names. She looked at a shop called Eeylops Owl Emporium-Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown and Snowy. There was a shop with a broomstick in the window and lots of other shops but the most interesting shop was the bank Gringotts. It was a tall snowy-white building that towered over the other shops. Standing next to its burnished bronze doors was what Lily assumed must be a Goblin it was rather short it had an unkempt, clever face, a pointed beard and very long fingers and feet. It was wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold and it bowed as Lily and her mother as they walked through the doors. They came up to another pair of doors except these ones were silver Lily read out the writing that was engraved in them.

Enter, stranger, but take heed

Of what awaits the sin of greed,

For those who take, but do not earn,

Must pay most dearly in their turn,

So if you seek beneath our floors

A treasure that was never yours,

Thief, you have been warned, beware

Of finding more than treasure there

"A bit paranoid, aren't they?" Lily said to her Mum. Carlotta grinned,

"Maybe so, but I heard that they've got dragons down there."

"Where'd you here that?" Lily asked in surprise. Carlotta nodded over to where a shaggy man was picking up dog biscuits, and grumbling about some banks having all the luck, what with dragons and the like.

"From him. I asked him what was down there when you were reading that poem."

"Oh. Coolies! I wanna see a dragon!" Lily whined.

"Maybe later. Let's go get you a vault."

"Okies!" Lily skipped up to a counter, behind which was a Goblin.

"May I help you?" The Goblin asked.

"Hi! My name's Lily Evans! What's yours?!" Lily asked hyperactively. The Goblin stared at her over pinz nez glasses.

"My name is Gobblefokle. Now, may I help you?" Gobblefokle asked again.

"Yupsies, I'm here to set up a vault, with my Mum! I'm a witch! Yay!" Gobblefokle muttered something that sounded like, "Damn Muggle-Borns. Alright then." He continued in a much louder voice, "I will get someone to accompany you to a vault. First, I need you and your mother to sign these forms." He handed Lily a stack of forms, which she took over to her mother. They set about signing them.

"Damn! What's a galleon, Lily?" Carlotta Evans asked.

"I dunno. Look! There's one of those people in funny dresses! I'll ask them!" Lily bounced (literally) over to a boy with pale blond hair. "Hi! My name's Lily Evans, what's yours? I was wondering, are you a like wizarding persony thing, 'cause my Mum and I need to know what galleons, sickles and knuts are." The boy looked at her haughtily.

"Don't talk to me, mudblood."

"Well, that's nice. Use some of your money to buy some manners." She said to him, and flounced off. Of course, She said to herself, I've no idea if he has got any money, but he just looks and acts like the type who would. (No offense to anyone who has money, that's just what Lily thinks. Her family's well off, but not rich.)

As she walked back, she heard a voice shouting her name. She turned around to see...

AN: Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah... That's where we leave you! Byeeeeeeeeeee!! J