James and Sirius grinned at each other.
'Look who's trying to fit in now.' James sneered at her.
'Did you get sick after you looked in the mirror? Oh that's right, I forgot you don't have one.' Sirius jeered at her.
'You're so pathetic, trying to fit in the way you never will be able to.' They laughed at her once more and left.
When they had left, Lily wiped a tiny tear away from her eye. She had hoped that people would accept her new look, and maybe make some new friends, but she had been wrong, and now realised something new. If she did make new friends, they wouldn't be real ones; they would only be there for her since she was no longer a bully target. No, she could trust no one, and with that, she made a decision - she would accept no cruelty from anyone, or cruelty to anyone, except perhaps James Potter and Sirius Black?
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James Potter wasn't listening like usual to his friend, Sirius Black's babble. In fact he was thinking about a girl, a girl who he had just made cry. He had made Lily Evan's cry. It was safe to say that he had made her cry before, but every time he did, he felt a little bit worse then the time before.
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Lily's mum came over about ten minutes later. 'Are you ready?'
Lily looked over to where James and Sirius had been standing. 'Yes,' She murmured, 'Yes I am.'
Lily's mum could tell they were talking about two different things, but she ignored this, and they headed towards the book store. (A/N can't remember the name sorry) 'I got a really good deal on the exchange. You might be able to get that owl after all, and maybe even a bit of money if you are lucky.'
Lily looked at her mum, her eyes now shining. She gave her mum a hug.
For Lily's mum this was a rare occurrence and so she held on tightly.
'Uh mum, could you kind of, sort of, get off? God this is so embarrassing.'
'Sorry.' Lily's mum let go, and they went in and brought her the Standard book of spells Grade 4. Lily's eye caught sight of something else. 'Mum, do you want to start looking for an owl? I'll be there in a minute.'
Her mum looked at her suspiciously, and then turned to leave. 'See you soon then.'
As soon as her mum had left the store, she turned around, and headed to what had made her stay behind. As she looked at the cover of 'A study of Wizard and Muggle Practical Jokes', she grinned evilly with a thought of revenge on a certain messy haired boy, which happened to have the last name of Potter. She walked up to the counter, paid and joined her mum in the owlery. Her mum was standing by a snow white owl, with green eyes, rather like her own.
'I'm rather inclined to this one, she seems, I'm not sure, just somehow right?' Her mother said to her.
She took a close look around the store. Her mum was right. 'I agree. Lets get her. I wonder what I should call her?'
'How about, I don't know, Serenity?' Her mum suggested.
'Ok, it's as good a name as any I suppose.' They paid, and turned towards the Apothecary. Lily took the list of ingredients to the store owner, and he took out a kit from the back counter, and passed it over to her.
'There yer are, take out what aint necessary, or leave it as irt is, yer decision.' The man was rather large, and bald.
'I'll leave it as it is, thanks.' Lily took some money out of her robes and paid. Then, at last, they were headed toward the dress robe/dress shop.
'Do you have to get robes, or are you allowed to wear a dress?' Her mother asked.
Lily took a closer look at her letter that was in her pocket and raised her eyebrows. 'We are allowed to do either. Apparently we are going to be taught a spell in Charms to create a mask. It's sort of like a masquerade but with no fancy clothes. (A/N or don't you have costume clothes?)
'Which would you rather wear? A dress or a robe?'
'I think I would definitely rather wear a dress. It'll make a change from the school uniform.'
'Lets go to a normal shop then. There will hopefully be more variety.
An hour later, they emerged with A green dress that was cut diagonally a bit below the knee, and had silver sideways triangles every now and then down the side of the dress, along with all the accessories she needed.*
They headed towards their home, and as they got there, they saw a terrifying sight. Their house was in ruins, and above it was a picture of a skull* There were wizards in blood red robes, running around, gathering the muggles, and obliviating them, whilst feeding them food with dreamless sleep potion in it so they could get their work done quicker. Lily ran towards her house and tried to enter, but she was dragged backwards by a Ministry Offical.
'Missy, you can't go in there, it's not safe just yet.' said a young auror. He looked very sympathetic.
She burst into tears and sobbed. 'But my dad, my sister.' She trailed off, and just sobbed harder.
'We have been informed that they are safe, and they have been taken in by a wizarding family. The Ministry had just enough warning to get a message across, and a place for them to go before the death eaters stormed in.'
With that she stopped her sobbing, and brightened up a little bit. 'But what about all my things, they would've all been destroyed.'
'You can go take a look soon, but maybe you ought to let your mum do that for you, it can be very traumatic you know.' He then let her mum comfort her, and walked over to a tall man who wore glasses and had very messy hair. 'How's the dad and sister?'
James Potter's dad sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. 'They are ok, my wife's looking after them, I just hope James doesn't do anything to them.'
'So you'll be taking them in, until they have found a new home?'
'We are the only family equipped to do so at the moment, but as always we are happy to help.'
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'WHAT? Y-you can't be serious.'
'James, you should know by now that I am,' Sirius teased, but behind his normal twinkle, there was a look of shock.
'I am. Lily Evan's and her family are going to be staying here until they find a new home, and there is nothing that you can say or do that will make your father and I change our minds. They have just been under attack by Voldermort. Can't you put aside your differences, whatever they may be and understand that?'
'No.' said James stubbornly and set out his chin. 'She'll ruin all the plans that Sirius and I had.'
At this his mum looked ready to burst. 'WHAT PART OF ATTACKED BY VOLDERMORT CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND? THIS YOUNG LADY WILL HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH AND IF YOUR PLANS INVOLE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRANKS, AND IF YOU PRANK HER, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PERMENTLY OFF OF THE QUIDDITCH TEAM.'
'I don't under-'
'We understand Mrs. Potter. We won't be playing any pranks on her. We promise.' Sirius cut James off.
Once they were out of sight of Mrs. Potter, James turned to Sirius. 'What did you do that for? Now we can't prank her.'
Sirius grinned. 'Yes we can. I said on HER, not on her stuff. If we get caught out, you or I can just say we thought it was something of ours, and we were pranking each other.'
'Excellent idea. How'll we start?'
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*If you have no idea of what I mean, let me know and ill email the picture I drew to you, it gets the image across even though I cant' draw. (I mean the dress Lily picked.)
*Is that right, was it a skull? The whole mordesmore thing?
Also, prank ideas would be very helpful at the moment, I sort of get stuck on them, so yes ideas PLEASE.
I hope that this chapter was long enough for you IT WAS 4 PAGES ON WORD!!! I had this chapter finished ages ago, but then I pressed don't save instead of save and I lost it (, but here it is FINALLY finished.
'Look who's trying to fit in now.' James sneered at her.
'Did you get sick after you looked in the mirror? Oh that's right, I forgot you don't have one.' Sirius jeered at her.
'You're so pathetic, trying to fit in the way you never will be able to.' They laughed at her once more and left.
When they had left, Lily wiped a tiny tear away from her eye. She had hoped that people would accept her new look, and maybe make some new friends, but she had been wrong, and now realised something new. If she did make new friends, they wouldn't be real ones; they would only be there for her since she was no longer a bully target. No, she could trust no one, and with that, she made a decision - she would accept no cruelty from anyone, or cruelty to anyone, except perhaps James Potter and Sirius Black?
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James Potter wasn't listening like usual to his friend, Sirius Black's babble. In fact he was thinking about a girl, a girl who he had just made cry. He had made Lily Evan's cry. It was safe to say that he had made her cry before, but every time he did, he felt a little bit worse then the time before.
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Lily's mum came over about ten minutes later. 'Are you ready?'
Lily looked over to where James and Sirius had been standing. 'Yes,' She murmured, 'Yes I am.'
Lily's mum could tell they were talking about two different things, but she ignored this, and they headed towards the book store. (A/N can't remember the name sorry) 'I got a really good deal on the exchange. You might be able to get that owl after all, and maybe even a bit of money if you are lucky.'
Lily looked at her mum, her eyes now shining. She gave her mum a hug.
For Lily's mum this was a rare occurrence and so she held on tightly.
'Uh mum, could you kind of, sort of, get off? God this is so embarrassing.'
'Sorry.' Lily's mum let go, and they went in and brought her the Standard book of spells Grade 4. Lily's eye caught sight of something else. 'Mum, do you want to start looking for an owl? I'll be there in a minute.'
Her mum looked at her suspiciously, and then turned to leave. 'See you soon then.'
As soon as her mum had left the store, she turned around, and headed to what had made her stay behind. As she looked at the cover of 'A study of Wizard and Muggle Practical Jokes', she grinned evilly with a thought of revenge on a certain messy haired boy, which happened to have the last name of Potter. She walked up to the counter, paid and joined her mum in the owlery. Her mum was standing by a snow white owl, with green eyes, rather like her own.
'I'm rather inclined to this one, she seems, I'm not sure, just somehow right?' Her mother said to her.
She took a close look around the store. Her mum was right. 'I agree. Lets get her. I wonder what I should call her?'
'How about, I don't know, Serenity?' Her mum suggested.
'Ok, it's as good a name as any I suppose.' They paid, and turned towards the Apothecary. Lily took the list of ingredients to the store owner, and he took out a kit from the back counter, and passed it over to her.
'There yer are, take out what aint necessary, or leave it as irt is, yer decision.' The man was rather large, and bald.
'I'll leave it as it is, thanks.' Lily took some money out of her robes and paid. Then, at last, they were headed toward the dress robe/dress shop.
'Do you have to get robes, or are you allowed to wear a dress?' Her mother asked.
Lily took a closer look at her letter that was in her pocket and raised her eyebrows. 'We are allowed to do either. Apparently we are going to be taught a spell in Charms to create a mask. It's sort of like a masquerade but with no fancy clothes. (A/N or don't you have costume clothes?)
'Which would you rather wear? A dress or a robe?'
'I think I would definitely rather wear a dress. It'll make a change from the school uniform.'
'Lets go to a normal shop then. There will hopefully be more variety.
An hour later, they emerged with A green dress that was cut diagonally a bit below the knee, and had silver sideways triangles every now and then down the side of the dress, along with all the accessories she needed.*
They headed towards their home, and as they got there, they saw a terrifying sight. Their house was in ruins, and above it was a picture of a skull* There were wizards in blood red robes, running around, gathering the muggles, and obliviating them, whilst feeding them food with dreamless sleep potion in it so they could get their work done quicker. Lily ran towards her house and tried to enter, but she was dragged backwards by a Ministry Offical.
'Missy, you can't go in there, it's not safe just yet.' said a young auror. He looked very sympathetic.
She burst into tears and sobbed. 'But my dad, my sister.' She trailed off, and just sobbed harder.
'We have been informed that they are safe, and they have been taken in by a wizarding family. The Ministry had just enough warning to get a message across, and a place for them to go before the death eaters stormed in.'
With that she stopped her sobbing, and brightened up a little bit. 'But what about all my things, they would've all been destroyed.'
'You can go take a look soon, but maybe you ought to let your mum do that for you, it can be very traumatic you know.' He then let her mum comfort her, and walked over to a tall man who wore glasses and had very messy hair. 'How's the dad and sister?'
James Potter's dad sighed, and ran a hand through his hair. 'They are ok, my wife's looking after them, I just hope James doesn't do anything to them.'
'So you'll be taking them in, until they have found a new home?'
'We are the only family equipped to do so at the moment, but as always we are happy to help.'
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'WHAT? Y-you can't be serious.'
'James, you should know by now that I am,' Sirius teased, but behind his normal twinkle, there was a look of shock.
'I am. Lily Evan's and her family are going to be staying here until they find a new home, and there is nothing that you can say or do that will make your father and I change our minds. They have just been under attack by Voldermort. Can't you put aside your differences, whatever they may be and understand that?'
'No.' said James stubbornly and set out his chin. 'She'll ruin all the plans that Sirius and I had.'
At this his mum looked ready to burst. 'WHAT PART OF ATTACKED BY VOLDERMORT CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND? THIS YOUNG LADY WILL HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH AND IF YOUR PLANS INVOLE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PRANKS, AND IF YOU PRANK HER, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE PERMENTLY OFF OF THE QUIDDITCH TEAM.'
'I don't under-'
'We understand Mrs. Potter. We won't be playing any pranks on her. We promise.' Sirius cut James off.
Once they were out of sight of Mrs. Potter, James turned to Sirius. 'What did you do that for? Now we can't prank her.'
Sirius grinned. 'Yes we can. I said on HER, not on her stuff. If we get caught out, you or I can just say we thought it was something of ours, and we were pranking each other.'
'Excellent idea. How'll we start?'
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*If you have no idea of what I mean, let me know and ill email the picture I drew to you, it gets the image across even though I cant' draw. (I mean the dress Lily picked.)
*Is that right, was it a skull? The whole mordesmore thing?
Also, prank ideas would be very helpful at the moment, I sort of get stuck on them, so yes ideas PLEASE.
I hope that this chapter was long enough for you IT WAS 4 PAGES ON WORD!!! I had this chapter finished ages ago, but then I pressed don't save instead of save and I lost it (, but here it is FINALLY finished.