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Chap. 3—Last Day/ Hogwarts Express

Lily made sure all her stuff was packed. She helped carry the last few boxes from her room to the truck. After the truck was loaded it drove to the airport to fly everything to Lily's new house. Before it was time to go, Katie and Teresa stopped by.

"Oh Lily, I'm gonna miss you so much! Tell me everything that happens!" Katie said.

"I know, Lily promise to write as much as possible!" Teresa exclaimed.

"Well, I hope I can find an owl to use—." Lily started.

"Ah, that's where we come in!" Katie said and went to the back of the house.

"Since you don't have an owl, we got you one!" Teresa said. It was a cute brown owl and Lily loved it.

"And, since you don't have to worry about it on the plane and all that, I will send my first letter with her so that we can use her and don't have to worry!" Katie put it.

"Aw, thank you so much guys! It means a lot!" Lily said as she hugged her best friends. She was so sad to leave them.

"I guess we better go." Teresa said sadly and they became really quiet.

"I will miss you so much!" Lily said as her eyes filled with tears.

"Me too!" Katie and Teresa chorused. They hugged for what seemed like forever. Lily waved as her best friends walked away. Lily sat sadly on one of the wooden steps.

"Hey." A deep voice said. Lily stood up and looked around. James, Sirius and Remus were standing on her driveway. They looked really sad. Lily walked over to them.

"This is for you, Lily." James handed her a small box. She smiled and opened it up.

"Wow." She said. Inside was a pretty, glittery heart-shaped locket. "What's inside?" She asked.

"The Hogwarts crest. Hope you like it." James said.

"I love it! Thank you so much." She said. She hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She gave Sirius and Remus a hug too.

"I'm gonna miss you Lily, really." Sirius said.

"We all are." Remus added.

"Yeah." James said.

"I'm really gonna miss you guys too. Honestly." Lily said. She gave James a long hug. She finally warmed up to him. James hugged her back, hard, and rested his chin on her head again. It felt good to have her in his arms. Too bad she was leaving. She pulled away after a while, "I'm sorry I'm leaving. I wish I had a choice." Lily said. She gave them each another hug and they all said goodbye. Lily waved as they left and got in the car with her family, ready for the ride to the airport.

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After a long drive to the airport and a very long flight, they finally arrived in America. They caught a flight from Georgia to the state of New York, where her new house was. The scenery was pretty but Lily missed her old home and neighborhood. Her new house was great; it was big, bright and pretty and in a nice neighborhood but there was no Katie or Teresa, or even James, Sirius or Remus.

It was a long afternoon of unpacking once the truck arrived from the airport. Lily sat on the front porch, missing every one; she also did some thinking, what have I don't to James? I gave him hope and now, well, now I'm gone. I got to write to him at some point, She thought.

"Hi!" Lily looked up. There was a girl that looked about her age standing in front of her. When Lily stood up the girl was the same height. "I'm Jessica! Jessica Kylie! I live next door." She said pointing to her house.

"Oh, hey, I'm Lily Evans. I just moved here." Lily introduced herself. Another girl who looked just like Jessica came over.

"Oh, Lily, meet Sarah, my twin sister. Sarah, meet Lily Evans." Jessica said.

"Hi, nice to meet you." Lily said politely.

"Same!" Sarah cheerfully responded.

"Want to come over? I'm so bored!" Jessica asked.

"Okay, sure." Lily said and followed them to their house. They went up a flight of stairs to the twins room. It was big and bright, just like Lily's. She took a look at the book shelf but stopped when she came to a certain one. Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6.

"Hey, is this yours?" She asked. Jessica looked at it and bit her lip.

"Sarah, I told you not to leave it out! Yes, it's ours." She responded.

"Are you guys...witches?" Lily asked hopefully.

"Um, well, yeah." Sarah said.

"Oh my gosh me too!" Lily said and the twins looked surprised.

"Really?" Jessica replied.

"Yes, really!" Lily laughed.

"This is so great, no one else around here is a witch. This'll be so great. We have to study at home because there is no wizarding school in America." Jessica filled her in.

"Yeah, I got permission from the Ministry and Professor Dumbledore saying I could use magic for school work. My sister Petunia, who's a muggle, hates magic. I don't know what I'm gonna do to keep her away from my school work." Lily stated.

"You can come over here to do it! That would be so awesome!" Sarah said

"Yeah! That would be great!" Lily responded.

The girls had a fun afternoon of practicing spells and Lily told them all about Hogwarts, which was a little hard, as she wouldn't be going back for sixth year like everyone else. After a few hours, Lily had to go home for dinner but she was still glad to make new friends.

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James and Sirius packed all their stuff in their trunks and put them in a rented car. Mr. Potter (James's dad) knew how to drive so they were getting to Kings Cross station that way. They drove for about an hour and after saying good-bye, they walked through the barrier to the Hogwarts Express.

The Marauders sat with Katie and Teresa, who were awfully quiet. They all were, but they knew they would get over it. At one point Katie and Teresa started getting teary-eyed and the boys lent a shoulder to cry on. It felt good to get it all out. Eventually everyone fell asleep. Sirius was leaning against the window, with Katie's head on his shoulder. James and Teresa were the same on the other side. Remus lay sprawled out on the rest of the bench. When the Hogwarts express stopped at the Hogsmeade station they all flew off the bench, caught off guard. They all stood up laughing and went to find a carriage together.

Hogwarts was off course its usual cozyness. Everyone hurried to the Great Hall, ready to start the yummy feast. After Dumbledore's usual welcome speech the plates filled with delicious food. Sirius began shoveling food down.

"Jeez, Sirius, save some for the rest of us!" Katie joked.

"Hey, I'm a growing boy! I need my food!" He said with his mouthful. They laughed and turned back to their own food, eating considerably more politely than Sirius. They all filled themselves with great food and headed back to the Gryffindor tower. None of them were ready for bed so that sat around, remembering their last year, as fourth years.

"Hey, James remember when Lily got so mad at you, she charmed your books to attack you in Potions?" Teresa said and everyone burst out laughing. James groaned.

"Ugh, how could I forget? I still have a scar on my arm from it!" He replied.

"Ah, but remember your payback, Prongs? Turning her hair rainbow colored?" Sirius said and everyone laughed again.

"She was so mad at you James! I thought she was gonna murder you!" Katie said, still laughing.

"Well, she didn't cause I'm still here today...mature, smart and full of new pranks!" James said, grinning.

"Mature?" Katie, Teresa, and Remus echoed, which caused more laughter. Finally late at night a seventh year yelled down for them to shut up and go to bed so they did, actually paying attention to the rules. They all went to bed, wishing Lily was there, even the boys.

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