It was a cool summer night and Lily Evans stayed awake in bed, thinking about what will happen 2 weeks from now. She misses Hogwarts, the exciting quidditch matches, wonderful charms, and most of all, her friends. Even though her parents loved her dearly, she could not find peace with Petunia, her younger sister consumed with jealousy.

As she looked out the window at the full moon, she was reminded of the full moon at Hogwarts. Every month when the full moon arrives, she would stay awake and look outside for a sign of a stag. A beautiful, handsome, mysterious stag that had carried her dreams away at night. She wondered about the strange animal because it seemed familiar. She couldn't put her finger on it but it seemed so familiar. As her thoughts wandered off at this, she slowly dozed off until she awoke again to the sound of a backfiring engine.

"What do you think you're doing, making such loud noises this early in the morning?" A voice came from outside.

"I'm sorry Mrs. Dursley but Lily is going off to school today and we had to make sure the car was okay." said Mrs. Evans.

"Well good, send her off then. I can see why you're sending the poor brat off to boarding school, I would too if I had such a strange child. Now that petunia, she'll turn out well." Mrs. Dursley went inside at the sight of her son Vernon at the front door.

"We really ought to get this thing fixed." Mr. Evans spoke from under the hood.

"We can afford to, you know that." Mrs. Evans said depressingly.

"We should be fine for today. All that matters is the Lily gets to school safely."

When Lily came down to breakfast, she lugged her trunk down to the front door, and sat at the table and ate a piece of toast.

"Go ahead honey, eat some more, you'll need your energy." Mrs. Evans said sweetly.

"No it's okay, I want to save some for you and dad. I'll be fine; I'm really full, really." Lily lied, knowing her family could barely afford a decent night out, one other reason she can't wait to go back to Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, Lily had many friends. She was head girl this year, and very popular. She had the life she had always dreamed of, everything was perfect. This year, was the last year, what would happen after she leaves Hogwarts? What would happen between her and her friends?

But that doesn't matter because this was hardly the time to be thinking about something so far away. Lily had more important things to think about, like getting to King's Cross Station on time with the piece of junk the Evans' refer to as the car.

(a/n if I made any mistakes in this chapter or the upcoming chapters, please email me (go to my email address) instead of putting it in the reviews.)