Chapter 1- New Beginning

Disclaimer- I do not own these characters nor the world in which they live however the plot is the product of my imagiation.

The train chugged silently towards platform 9 and 3/4's, passing green fields filled with the promises of summer. Lily knew the place so well she had been coming home to this view since she was eleven years old, when she began her schooling at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This time however there would be no returning ride the fallowing September. It was the end of her seventh year. She was leaving for good it saddened her. The thought that she must now go off into the world by her self to make her life into whatever she wanted. She really didn't know what to do with her life. She of course had been given the talk on what to do after school, but Lily didn't really want to become a healer or auror or really anything else to do with magic. Magic was just one of those things that it seemed to have lived its life out in her life. At least not right now. She loved magic and it would always be a part of her. But it was time to find something new. Hopefully that something would lie in New York.

Maybe it was the fact that she had dated James for the better part of two years. That she was hesitant about leaving, but it would only be for a few months. She would miss seeing him, but she had the feeling that he'd be around. Lily had planed on going over to America to visit some friends over the summer. Seeing her Aunt Sophie who lived in New York she had invited Lily for a graduation present. Lily who had been gazing out of the window lost in the country side and her thoughts suddenly realized that all of her friends had left the compartment. The only person left was James. He was staring at her through his glasses with his jet black hair falling into his eyes.

"What," Lily asked smiling; it made her feel awkward to have him staring at her as well as a bit uncomfortable.

"Nothing," He replied holding up his hands, "I was just admiring my girlfriend."

"Well aren't you sweet?" Lily stared at him for a moment before returning to her thoughts. He was hiding something she could feel it. Though she had learned through all of her years of dealing with James if he didn't want to let it out you might as well give up, because he would never divulge the secret.

"James where did ever body go," Lily asked changing the subject staring around at the empty compartment.

"They all left to see some last minute friends and gather up their things," He replied running his fingers through his hair.

He's nervous Lily though to herself, "James are you okay?"

He looked up at her again before speaking what ever he was going to say he seemed to be thinking it over so that it would be perfect. "Lily I was just thinking that after we leave this train would-"

But James never did finish that statement for at that moment Sirius Black ran through the door he was out of breathe as if he had just ran a marathon. He stopped and took a deep breathe before speaking.

"Come everyone's leaving," Sirius said grabbing his trunk and running back out of the compartment door he had burst through almost seconds ago.

"Well I guess we better go too," Lily added picking up her trunk and dragging it out and off the train.

The platform was total chaos. Students and their parents covered every square inch. Younger students called out wishing her good luck or saying they would miss her next year, promising to write and hoping that she would come and visit them at Hogwarts sometime. Lily pushed through parents and students on the platform they all seemed to be blocking the way to get to the invisible barrier that separated the magic world from the real one. Lily was about to walk across it to see her parents when she felt some one tap her shoulder. Turning around it was James.

"James what is it?" Lily asked she as in a hurry wanting to go and see her parents. But moreover just to leave the chaos that was the platform.

"Lily would you marry me," He blurted out. Lily just stood there frozen to the spot. This can't be happening she did the only thing that she thought she could do.

"James I've gotta go, see over the summer," Lily replied turning back to the barrier walking through it. Once on the other side she paused. Glancing over her shoulder staring at the wall dividing platform nine and ten waiting to see if he would come after her.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Lily rolled over and hit the snooze button on her alarm clock. She laid there thinking over what had just gone on in her head. So it had all been a dream a weird one but still a dream. But it wasn't that really did happen, three years ago. Lily hadn't even thought about James in those years. Well if she wanted to be truthful to herself she had but she didn't want to remember that either. That day on the platform had been the last time Lily had really thought about magic. It had been left with James just beyond the barrier.

She now lived in America, New York to be exact. She had moved here shortly after her summer visit to her Aunt Sophie's. For the last two years had co-owned a club with her friend Whitney. Business was finally picking up and it was something that Lily enjoyed doing. Whitney usually handled all the music and entertainment and Lily was the resident bar tender.

"Lily come on get a grip on things," she muttered to herself pushing the sheets aside and getting up out of bed. She was still half asleep when she stepped into the shower. Letting the cold water wash over her skin taking the dreams from her mind. She had not even talked to her friends since that day on the train. She missed them from time to time but never tried to reconnect. It would raise to many weird questions especially on the subject of James. Changing into a fresh t-shirt and jeans and pulling her auburn curls into a pony tail. As she walked out the door grabbing a bagel for breakfast and her bag which sat by the door.

Walking to work was easy. It was three blocks away from where she lived. Lily enjoyed the walk every day hearing the music on the street and a plus there was always something going on in the streets of New York. She and her friend Whitney owned a club called Angel's. Walking down the steps Lily saw Whitney was already in behind the bar sorting out the night's music.

Looking up from where she was behind the bar, "Hey Lil you look awful. Rough night? Did the club give you trouble?" Whitney unlike Lily dated often. She went out on one date at least once a week leaving the club for Lily to run. It didn't bother her much some of their other friends would come and help out when ever Whit had a date.

"No, just a really weird dream," Lily replied crossing the room.

"Are you going to tell me what about or do I have to beat it out of you," Whitney asked in fun looking up at her friend.

"I had a dream except I really don't know if you could call it a dream cause it really did happen," Lily started to explain dropping onto a stool at the bar, "but it was when my old boyfriend proposed."

"Ah I see the problem," Whitney said coming around the bar to take a seat by her friend leaning her head on her hand, "feeling guilty about telling him no?"

"I really didn't tell him anything," Lily started to explain, "I don't know that's just it I thought I was over him. But now I'm just not so sure any more."

"Well I don't know what to tell you Lily. That's an awful thing to do to anyone."

"Oh thanks for the help," Lily said exasperatedly leaning back in her chair.

"Lily I can't tell you how to make you happy about all this except to give him a call," Whitney said getting up and walking back around the bar.

"It's not that easy," Lily said smiling.

"Oh like he doesn't have a phone."

"As a matter of fact he doesn't."

"No way," Whitney said in total surprise, "okay Lily spill. Why doesn't this man have a phone?"

"Well," Lily hadn't told her friend about the fact that she was a witch. Much less that she had spent the seven years before they had met at Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. And the last two years of that dating possibly a perfect man, "do you believe in magic?"

"Yeah I guess," Whitney said with a shrug.

"Well he doesn't have a phone because he's a wizard."

Reaching up and feeling her friends forehead, "Lily did you bump your head?"

"I'm serious." Lily replied swatting her friend's hand away.

With that Lily dived into the fact that she was a witch and the past ten years of her life. After Lily finished Whitney just stood there, "Whoa Lily that's some heavy stuff."

"Is that all you have to say?"

"That's all I can think of," Whitney said taking a step back, "I mean whoa I thought I had it bad with my last break up but man that is horrible. Are you sure that you wanna work the bar tonight?"

"Yeah it'll take my mind off thing."