(A/N) Well, I hoped you liked my last chapter. After I posted it I was like, what the hell. I must have been VERY disturbed. Oh well, nothing I can do about it. I'm not about to write it all over again...I would seriously die! Well, ok, please R/R! Thanks!

Also, I forgot to mention this, but my story might be PG-15 or R in some places, but it will be mainly PG-13. And I'll try my best to make every chapter at least 1500 words! This one was 1,681 words!

One more thing... my other story only got 2 reviews! I'm really hoping that I get more than that this time!! By the way, to all my friends, I LOVE YOU ALL!

Disclaimer: God, WHY do I have to put these up every chapter? Jeez...fine, I don't own anything of J.K Rowling's...happy?

Chapter 2- Petunia's Wrath

Lily stood there with her mouth opening and closing like a fish, with her hand at her heart. That owl scared her! She stood there eyeing it, while the owl was eyeing her back. She soon realized that wild owls don't randomly fly to people's windows and start tapping at the window. AND it had a letter, so Lily thought it was some sort of trained carrier bird.

Reluctantly, she slowly walked over to the window and opened the latch. As soon as she did this, the owl pushed the window open, and swooped in. Lily screamed and ducked her head. When she knew the owl wasn't flying anymore, she turned around. The owl was sitting on her bed and hooting. The letter was lying on her pillow.

Lily ran to the bathroom and brought back a pail of water. She laid it on the floor and the owl gave a feeble hoot of thanks, and then drank.

Just then, her mother and sister came crashing in. Abbie looked frantically around.

"Lily, what happened? I heard a scream...and..." She had spotted the owl. "What's that!?" she shrieked. Petunia was looking pale...she had never liked birds. Lily's sister ran down the hall to her room and slammed the door shut.

"Mom, its ok...its not what it looks like...look, it brought me this!" Lily held up the letter. "It's probably black mail or something from the kids at school, but whatever. Look! It has my name on it!"

Abbie Evans' head snapped around and she took the letter from Lily's hand.

"Let me read it first, honey. I'll tell you if it's a real letter or not." Her eyes darted back and forth. When she was done, her eyes were the size of dinner plates. She dropped the letter on the ground and fainted.

Lily's eyes went wide. She rushed to her mother's side. Lily didn't want her other parent to go too.

"Mom? Mom!" Lily took the water that the owl was drinking out of and splashed it on her mother's face. Groggily, her mother sat up.

"Lily, you should take a look at this. It's very important. It involves your future, and I'm pretty sure that it's not a fake letter. Even though I've never heard of a place called Hogwarts..." She trailed away and handed Lily the letter.

"Hogwarts?" Lily said blankly. Her eyes darted over the paper and she sat down. Lily shook her head.

"This can't be happening...I mean, ME, a witch? I didn't even know there were such things as real witches and wizards.." her voice trailed away. Lily's mother picked up the letter again and quickly scanned through it.

"It looks pretty real to me, dear," Abbie answered. "Look here, it says we have to get your school supplies...at...a place called Diagon Alley?" Her face was scrunched up in confusion.

"I guess we'll just have to check it out," said Lily matter-of-factly. Her mother broke out into a happy smile.

"Oh, this is so exciting! Imagine, having a real witch in the family! Your father would have been so proud!" Abbie hugged her younger daughter and then held her at arms length. "We'll go get your stuff tomorrow!" she said, and walked out of the room.

Lily lay back on her bed and fell into an uneasy sleep.

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Lily was soon awakened by a shadow standing over her. It took her a second to realize that it was her older sister glowering at her.

"Hey, what's up?" Lily asked cheerfully. Her sister just stared at her.

"Petunia..?"

"YOU FREAK!" she shrieked. Lily was completely taken aback.

"E-excuse me?"

"I HEARD EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND MOM WERE TALKING ABOUT!"

"That I'm a...a w-witch?" Petunia shuddered at the mention of it.

"YES!!!"

"Oh..." said Lily in a voice just above a whisper.

"YOU THINK YOUR SO SPECIAL, BUT YOUR JUST A FREAK, LIKE EVERY OTHER WITCH AND WIZARD OUT THERE! I WANT YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM ME, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME!" And with that, she stormed out of the room.

Lily was scared; her sister had never burst like that before. And she had said to get out of her life, Lily still wanted to be a part of her sister's life. She didn't want to leave it forever. Lily started crying, and eventually fell back asleep.

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The next day, Lily got up to a beautiful August morning. She remembered that she was doing something today, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She clambered down the stairs for breakfast, and walked into the kitchen. Petunia was sitting at the table and her mum was humming loudly to a song playing on the radio.

When Petunia noticed Lily walk in, she scooted as far away as possible from where Lily was standing. Then Lily remembered. She was a witch!

"Good morning, Lily dear" Petunia made a gagging noise, "how would you like your eggs done?"

"Sunny side up, thanks mom," said Lily. She dared to look at her sister. She was staring angrily at Lily. Lily shuddered at Petunia's outburst last night.

"So, Lily, when do you want to get your school supplies?"

"I don't know mom, maybe leave at eleven o'clock?"

"Sounds great!" Her mother clapped her hands together.

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At quarter to eleven, Abbie had Lily all dressed and ready to go, and was now arguing with Petunia.

"Please, pumpkin. Please come?"

"No, mother. I don't want anything to do with that...that...freak"

"Don't you ever call Lily a freak again, or no more boys" Abbie said sternly. Petunia groaned.

"But mo-om..."

"No buts, Petunia. You don't have to come, but don't you ever...do I make myself clear? Ever call your sister a freak again!"

"Fine" said Petunia smugly. Lily knew that no matter what, Petunia would sneak out of the house anyways. To go and see Vernon Dursley, the so-called 'love of her life'. You know, the one she was going to marry. Of course, Mrs. Evans didn't know about this.

"Oh dear..." said Lily's mother as she checked her watch. "Its already 11:10! We need to get going! BYE PETUNIA DEAR!" she yelled. Before they closed the door, Lily could hear a faint, "Ya, whatever" coming from the back room. Lily just rolled her eyes and followed her mom to the car.

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Once they were standing outside the pub called 'The Leaky Cauldron', Lily wasn't so sure about this.

"There has got to be a first for everything" her mother said to her. Lily took a deep breath in and stepped inside.

This pub isn't so bad, Lily thought. It was small and warm, but it had drunks everywhere. Well, not everywhere, but here and there. All the rest of the people looked friendly enough to talk to. And that is just what Lily did.

"Excuse me..." she tapped a woman's shoulder lightly. The lady turned around.

"Yes?"

"Is this the Leaky Cauldron?"

"Yes"

"Um...how do you get into...Diagon Alley?" The woman's face brightened.

"Ah, a new student at Hogwarts, eh?" Lily nodded. "Come with me" The woman led Lily and her mother outside to a brick wall.

"You have to know the proper way to get in" The woman tapped her nose. "Watch." Lily and her mother watched amazed as the woman took out a stick and tapped a few different bricks in order. As if by magic, the bricks started moving. When they stopped, there was an archway with a busy looking street behind it. The woman was smiling brightly.

"Glad to be of service" she said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my Firewhisky"

"Lily, dear, what's a firewhisky?" Lily shrugged. She began walking towards the crowded streets of Diagon Alley.

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At 5:00 that evening, Lily and her mother trudged back into their house. They put her stuff in Lily's bedroom and Abbie then went and lay down on the couch with a cold cloth on her head.

"I never knew there could be so many magical people in one place!" Lily's mother said. "I actually felt a bit left out, you know, me not being magical and all..." she trailed away and fell asleep. Lily smiled at her and went to the upstairs closet.

Lily brought out the quilt that her and her mother had made together when Lily was eight. She wrapped it around herself and went back downstairs. She covered her mom up and took the cloth away from her head.

"Thanks for believing in me, mom" And she went upstairs to her room.

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(A/N) Ok, I've just realized that Lily's dad was probably alive when Lily went to school. But this is my story, and it will go as I think it up. That doesn't make much sense, but whatever.

One of my best friends Aimée is checking this over for me, so I would like to give her a HUGE thank-you! THANK YOU AIMEE! Ahem...well that's done...

I'm listening to Predictable by Good Charlotte. If you've never heard it, you should, because it's a good song!!

Thanks! R/R, please!

Rittzi.

PS- Aimée's fan fiction name is Aimz16...but she hasn't written anything yet! WRITE SOMETHING AIMEE!!