This was the first story I had ever written over on Death-curse, so I am editing it and then posting it here. I admit there is much work to be done, I can't believe people actually read it.

Lily was lying on her bed thinking longingly of her time at Hogwarts. In a month or so she would be going back for her seventh and final year at Hogwarts. Lily couldn't think of a place she loved more that Hogwarts. Nothing could replace the warm, cozy feeling she received just thinking about the place. She loved to take night-time strolls in the summer evenings; with warm air flowing past her and rushing into her gorgeous, auburn hair. She loved going out and sitting by the lake with her friends. Lily couldn't wait to get back to her dorm; she missed her four-poster and she terribly missed the friends she shared her room with.

Lily's thoughts drifted to her first year at Hogwarts and the time she had received her letter and found out she would be going into a world full of magic.

FLASHBACK

"Come in" Lily mumbled rolling over. 'That was the door, right?' Lily contemplated as she waited for someone to enter.

: KNOCK, KNOCK: This time it got a little louder.

"I said come in." Lily was starting to get irritated now. Not was someone waking her up at this ungodly hour, but they were also not listening to her. She flung her legs over the side of her bed and slide her feet into her pink, fuzzy slippers.

: KNOCK, KNOCK: 'That's weird' Lily thought. 'That's not someone outside my door, that's coming from the window'

She got up and opened the shutters to find a large tawny owl outside her window. As strange as Lily found this, it was nothing compared to how surprised she had been when the owl swooped in and perched atop her dresser, outstretching its leg. Bound to this creature's leg was an ivory colored envelope. After undoing the envelope, addressed to her, the owl took back off, out the window.

Lily stared at it for a bit and then remembered the letter. She had never seen anything like it before. The envelope was sealed with purple wax. Imprinted in the wax were a lion, badger, eagle, and a snake all surrounding an "H".

"How odd." Lily turned the envelope over and examined the front.

Miss Lily Evans

51 Star Way

Little Whinging

Surrey

"Well, that's definitely me." Lily concluded, opening it.

Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Someone will be arriving at your house at 11 o'clock to take you to Diagon Ally. Enclosed is a list of supplies you will be needing this year. We accept your owl no later than July 31.
Sincerely
Minerva McGonagall

Lily had rushed down to share the news with her family; her mom and dad were ecstatic about it. Petunia, Lily's older sister, seemed indifferent about it. She had always just ignored Lily when Lily would talk about anything abnormal, but now it was really happening, she didn't quite know how she felt about that.

At eleven o'clock, a rather large man by the name of Hagrid took Lily and another girl named Autumn Collins to Diagon Ally. Autumn had blonde hair down to her waist and she had sparkling blue eyes. At first, Autumn was shy but once she found out Lily was also from a muggle family, she opened right up. Hagrid, it turned out, was a very friendly man and he was the gamekeeper at Hogwarts.

END FLASHBACK

From that day on Lily and Autumn had been best friends, along with Flavia Cone. They had met Flavia on the train, on there way to Hogwarts. Flavia had the most gorgeous, sleek black hair Lily had ever seen. Her chocolate brown eyes always seemed to bore into you, drawing everyone to her. Although she was from a wizarding family, they still had so much in common and had become inseparable.

Lily's thoughts then drifted to the busy day she had ahead of her. Tomorrow, she would be going over to Flavia's, Autumn would also be there. For the past 5 years, the girls had been taking turns spending the summers at each others houses.

"LILY!" Lily's mom called up the stairs to her.

"Yes, mom?" Lily questioned as she rushed out of her room, into the hall.

"Have you packed yet, dear?" Lily loved her mother, despite her ability to continually nag her.

"I'm in the process." Lily half lied, she had opened her trunk and her closet, so technically she had started.

"Okay, honey, just make sure you have finished by tonight, don't want you to be late tomorrow."

"Yes, mom" Lily walked back into her room, put a record on, and started sorting through her belongings, deciding what she wanted to take with her.

Please review and give me some pointers if you have any, as the story progresses, the chapters will get longer.