The Hot-Headed Chronicles
By J-R-S CRAzY
Disclaimer: I still don't own it... ;)
Chapter Two: Enter James Potter
'Dear Ms. Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.'
It had been a day since Lily had gotten a letter starting like that.
I wish it was true...It's probably just a joke, though.
But how did it just show up? Mum said it wasn't there before.
I haven't the foggiest...
I'm talking to myself about a practical joke...I'm such a little twit.
What if it wasn't a practical joke, though?
That's what was nagging Lily the most. 'What if it wasn't a practical joke, though?'. What if it was real? It said to respond before July 31st. The 'deadline' was closing in on her. It also gave her directions to a place called Diagon Alley. Should she go? Would her mum take her?
"Lily, are you quite alright?" asked her mother.
"I'm fine...just thinking." Lily answered giving her mother a reassuring smile. The summer holidays were a day after her birthday and she was now relaxing in a chair on her porch. It was early in the morning, and Lily couldn't sleep in like her sister could. Although, Petunia didn't get a mysterious letter asking her to go to a school for magical children.
"Thinking about...that letter?" Rose asked giving Lily a sideways glance.
"Erm, yes. What if it was real?" Lily asked, sitting up from her slouch. "What if there are things such as wizards and witches?" she asked excitedly, leaning over the arm rest and staring at her mom in a wide-eyed fashion.
"Well, I guess we could try going to this Diagon Alley place...?" Rose mused aloud.
"Oh, could we Mum?" Lily squealed, jumping up.
"Perhaps Petunia would like to come?"
"Well, go ask her!" Lily urged, pushing Rose up out of the chair next to her.
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"SHE'S OFFICIALLY A FREAK NOW!" came the loud screams of Petunia.
"Petunia, she's not a freak, we were just going to see what this was all about, that's al-"
"NO! SHE'S A WIERDO NOW! YOU HELPED, TOO! YOU ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY SPASTIC PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY'RE MAGICIANS!"
"Fine, Petunia. Have your little fit but Lily and I are going to London, we'll see you in alittle while." Rose's closed voice came, followed by footsteps.
Lily sat in the living room, her hands on her knees. She was staring at the television and was shocked as her sister's true feelings came out. Tears threatened to fall as she thought.
I knew we had differences...but I always thought we were pretty good sisters.
I was always there for her, and she was always there for me...What happened?
Maybe that was a joke, too.
"Lily, honey, what's wrong? Oh, don't let what Petunia...screamed...get to you. She's just mad because she thinks I'll fall for something stupid and my money will get wasted...and she's worried that it might be true...She doesn't want to lose you." Rose smiled wearily.
"Yeah...that's it." Lily agreed, not believing that lie just said, anymore than her mother did.
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"This pub wasn't here before." Rose said confused. She looked around, the letter from Hogwarts in her hand.
"Well, it is now! Let's goooooo, Mum!" Lily pushed on her mother's back, making her move.
They entered a shady little pub in London, that no one seemed to notice. It hadn't been there before, Rose was sure of it. It was called 'The Leaky Cauldron'. It certainly sounded like it would be a place for wizards. When they walked in everyone looked at them as the light from outside poured in. Lily had a small smile on her face as she let her eyes search and wander around the crowded room.
"Hello, Muggleborn I presume?" asked a middle-aged man. "I'm Tom and welcome to The Leaky Cauldron." he smiled a toothless grin.
"Hi! I'm Lily Evans! That' my mum, Rose-" Rose touched her hyper daughter's arm as if to remind her not to tell strangers every detail about them.
"Well, 'ello Lily and Rose!" he chuckled. "Do you want me to show you the way into Diagon Alley?"
"Um, sure, if it's not too much of a hassle...?" Rose started awkwardly.
"No, not a problem, at all! I'm the unofficial guide to Diagon Alley, afterall!" he said, stepping away from the bar he had been 'keeping'.
"This way!" he called turning a corner in the back of the smoky Inn.
They made their way to the back, and outside, where there were acouple of trashcans and a peculiar looking brick wall.
Tom took out a long stick(wand) and tapped strategic bricks and then the wall shuddered. It began to form a pathway through to a crowded road. There was laughter and merry voices radiating from it. It practically yelled for Lily to come and explore.
"Thank you, er, Tom." Rose said.
"It was nothing, milady." he said going back into the pub.
"Well...let's go!" Lily squeaked grabbing Rose's hand.
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"It says you need a wand, now." Rose read off the list of things her daughter would need, as she was really going to go to this school because it obviously existed.
"Alright...do you think I could get this myself?" Lily asked sheepishly.
"I suppose so...I'll be just outside if you need me, though." Rose said giving Lily a kiss and a push through the door to 'Olivanders'.
The door made a tinkling sound and inside was some laughter. Piled high up to the ceiling forming shelves, were thin boxes upon boxes.
There was quite a scene infront of her. She observed a boy laughing and pointing way up to the ceiling and saying, "I'm pretty sure it's that one right there!" he chuckled.
This boy had dark, jet black, messy hair that stuck up at odd angles, glasses, and hazel eyes. He was taller than Lily by about 3 inches.
"This one?" came the questioning voice of what was probably the store owner.
"No, the one above it, way, way, waaaaay up there!" he laughed. He must have felt Lily's eyes upon him, for he turned around and seemed to have spotted her for the first time.
"Hi." he said blankly realizing she was staring at him, in a wierd way. "What do I have antlers growing or something?" he asked with a quirky grin.
"No."
"Then what are you staring at?"
"Something really, really, really, disturbing..." she tried to contain a smile, as she narrowed her eyes and pulled a grossed out face.
"Oh, haha, I could say the same thing...but that would be putting it mildly." he smirked in an angry andconcietedway.
"I'm Lily Evans." she said putting out her hand.
"James Potter...and you're not Lily Evans...you're Very Cute." he said placing his hand in her hand and immediately getting stuck.
"Eww...did you just put gum in my hand?" she asked looking at their connected hands.
"So, that's where I kept it..." he said, observing their hands and trying to pull them apart with his free hand. This was some TOUGH gum. It wouldn't come off like normal gum.
"Why would you keep gum on your hand?" Lily asked disgusted.
"Well, where else would I put it?" James said as if that was the most stupid question ever asked.
"Maybe, hmmm, in your mouth?" Lily asked after faking a look of thoughtfulness.
"Haha, no." he said finally unsticking their hands.
"Thanks." Lily said, rubbing her hand on her jeans.
"You're quite welcome, lovely Lily Evans." he said with a small smile, beforeturning back to the man on the ladder leading to Queen Alfred knows where. "Did you find it yet!" he yelled.
"What are you doing?" Lily asked taking a step towards James, looking up.
"Making him get me a wand."
"Why?"
"Well, I kinda, just maybe, need one for school." he answered sarcastically, sticking his face close to hers and giving her an annoyed look.
He glanced back up at the ladder, then turned around and looked down at Lily, a lopsided grin on his face. "You're a Muggle-born, huh?" he asked.
"What's Muggle-born?" Lily asked confused. (BTW...does muggleborn have a hyphen...? i'm too lazy to look)
"You don't have any witches or wizards in your family." James explained.
"Mr. Potter, I found the perfect wand for you! It's stubborn...exactly like yourself." came a mysterious and creepy voice.
"Wicked, bring it on down!" shouted James, turning back to the ladder. A moment later a man with slowly greying hair and grey eyes stepped down and handed James a box.
Before James could even open the box up, it exploded. Lily nearly jumped out of her skin. Once the smoke cleared, Lily saw James with a shocked and excited look on his face. "Whoa! I'm taking it!" he said, pocketing his wand. His face was covered in black stuff and his hair was littered in soot. ( I 3 MAKING THINGS GO BOOM SO SHOVE OFF IF YOU SAY 'THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THE BOOKS' HAHA)
"Finally." sighed the man. "Come and pay for it. I'll be with you in a minute, Ms. Evans." he said holding up his pointer finger and heading towards a counter. It shocked Lily greatly that this odd man knew her name.
James paid for his wand and wiped himself clean with his sleeve. A lady walked in making the door tinkle again. This woman had brown hair and James' eyes. Lily thought this must be his mum.
"James, what on earth did you do now?" she asked.
"Nothing! I found my wand!" he said happily, poking her with it. "Oh, and lookit! That's Lily Evans, she's in my year at Hogwarts. She's Muggle-born."
"Hello, Lily. I'm this maniac's mother. I'm Sarah. I hope he didn't cause you or Mr. Ollivander any problems." she smiled shaking Lily's hand and looking expectantly at Mr. Ollivander.
"None at all." he smiled.
I could disagree a bit...
"Precisely, 'none at all'." James smirked. He was staring at Lily as Mr. Ollivander measured her.
"Mum, can I stay and help Lily get her things in order? I'll meet you at The Leaky Cauldron in a half hour? Maybe you can find her mum and take her to the ice cream parlor?" James persuaded his mother to do so.
"Alright James, I'll see you later. Stay out of trouble. It was nice to meet you, Lily. I hope I see and hear more about you." she smiled. Lily was unnerved as James gave a frightening wink to her after his mother left.
"Here, Ms. Evans." Mr. Ollivander handed Lily a thin wand and the tape measure that had been magically measuring her left arm, fell to the ground. She took the wand from him and gave it a wave like she would see in movies.
A few of the parcels came crashing down to the ground and the wands spilled out of there boxes.
"Oops." Lily said scrunching up her shoulders.
"Good one, Elephant!" James laughed obnoxiously.
Great...he's declared me 'Elephant'...I haven't even know this boy more than 15 minutes...
"Don't call me that!" Lily protested as Mr. Ollivander cleaned up the mess by hand, hoping to stumble across another wand he could try for Lily.
"Or what?" he sat back in his chair, smiling.
"Or I'll give you a punch every minute for the rest of your short and pathetic life...and one for the road." Lily smiled her bittersweet smile.
"Oh, really?" asked James looking very amused. "I'm just glad to know you'll be with me the rest of my short and pathetic life."
"Uh!" was all Lily could say as she glared at him. She imagined she was pretty red. She took another wand Mr. Ollivander gave her. This time a dozen small white Lily's flew out of the tip and Mr. Ollivander smiled.
"Good show, good show!" he cheered.
"Cool." agreed James looking mildly impressed.
Lily bought her wand and James offered to carry her newly purchased items. As much as she didn't really trust him with air, she let him take her stuff as he walked beside her.
"You want to go to the ice cream parlor?" James asked glancing at Lily's mother, after they had all been introduced.
"That would be great." Rose said smiling at James.
"I'll find my mum and she can tell you anything you want to know, alright?" he asked.
"Yes, that would be lovely."
"Okay, let me go find her quickly." James rushed off, Lily's bags still in his hand. He came back out of breath about a minute later.
"Hello. Sarah Potter."
"Rose Evans."
"It's nice to meet you, it seems James has taken a uh...likeing...to your beautiful daughter." Sarah smiled down at Lily, who became wide-eyed and immediately grabbed her shopping bags from James, who was smiling at Lily like a toad.
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"Hey, Remus! Kelsey!" James called, weaving through tables at the ice cream parlor.
"Oh, hi James!" the girl, Kelsey said as he came up to her and a sandy haired boy with brown eyes. 'Kelsey' had light brown hair and dark brown eyes. She looked nice enough.
"This is Lily Evans. Lily this is Kelsey Radcliffe and Remus Lupin...I met Remus today also." James said as they sat down.
"Yeah, Remus and I think he's trying to recruit a fan club." Kelsey smirked.
"How'd ya know?" asked James seriously.
"We're smart." the boy named, Remus, said smiling.
"Wow! Good looking and smart! Call me 'Butter' because I'm on a roll!" James cried.
"Ummm..." was all Lily said as she stared at the three friendly people infront of her.
"So, Lily...Muggle-born, I take it?" asked Remus.
"Yes...that's what they tell me."Lily smiled.
"Ah. I'm Half-blood." Remus said awkwardly.
"Pureblood." said Kelsey and James at the same time. They both looked at eachother questioningly, then smiled.
"What would you like?" came the voice of someone who worked there.
"Chocolate ice cream cone and...Lily?"
"Oh, James I know you like me, but I'm not on the menu." Lily smirked. James just tried not to smile at the truth of it all. "I'll have a vanilla cone." Lily added.
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