At 8 o'clock, Lily awoke to find 2 strange letters on her bedside table. One was addressed "Miss Lily Evans," the other "Miss Serena Avalon". Lily quickly but quietly woke Rini up.

"Rini. Rini! Rini, wake up!"

"Hmm" Rini said as she reluctantly woke up.

"There's a letter here for you, as well as me."

"Really! Where!"

"The bedside table."

Rini tore open her letter with a gleam in her eyes. Lily heard a "YES!" and then "Open yours, Lily!" She did.

Inside were 2 pieces of parchment with green ink. She read the first to herself.

Dear Miss Lily Evans,
We are glad to inform you that you have been excepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. On the adjoining sheet of parchment is a list of school supplies. As you are muggle born, here is a list of other students attending Hogwarts in your area in their first year:

Serena Avalon
James Potter
Sirius Black
Remus Lupin
Tasha Lonewolf

The Hogwarts Express leaves Platform 9 ¾ in Kings Cross train station at 11 o'clock. We await your owl no later than August 1st.

Lily looked at the second piece of parchment. Lily looked at Rini. "This is a joke, right?"

Rini just laughed. "No. No joke."

Lily looked at her puzzled. "Where would I-" she began.

"You'll have to come with Mum and me to Diagon Alley."

Lily looked bewildered. "WHERE!"

"Diagon Alley," Rini repeated. "It's like a shopping mall, just with magic wands, spell books, cauldrons, etc. Mum's taken me there a few times. Plus, it's an outside alley with little shops all along it."

Lily couldn't believe her ears. Rini took control. "Let's go tell you mum. She'll be so excited!"

"What does it mean 'muggle-born'?" Lily asked.

"Muggles are non-magic folk. Your sister is one of the biggest I've ever met!" With this, Lily found herself being dragged to the kitchen where Mrs. Evans was starting breakfast.

"Up early today, aren't we girls," Mrs. Evans said with a smile.

"We have something to show you," Rini said, grabbing Lily's letter and thrusting it towards Mrs. Evans.

"What's this?" Mrs. Evans asked as she read Lily's letter. Her face went from shock to joy in a matter of seconds. "My baby girl a witch? My little angel? And you too Rini?" Both Lily and Rini could hear the pride in Mrs. Evans voice.

"So, this is okay, Mum?" Lily asked cautiously.

"Okay! This is wonderful! Simply splendid! Imagine! A real witch in the family!" and Mrs. Evans was off imagining.

A few minutes later, they were upstairs waking Tina. Rini warned Lily not to tell Tina. Lily was reluctant but agreed. At 10 o'clock, Tina went home and Rini and Lily went to Rini's house to tell her mum.

Mrs. Avalon was also happy and full of pride. "Rini that's wonderful! And you too, Lily!" Mrs. Avalon said.

Lily had been given money for school supplies so Mrs. Avalon took the girls that day.

"First, We'll exchange your money and get money from our vault at Gringotts," Rini was saying. "Then, we'll get our robes, and then our wands, and then…" Rini was talking the whole way to London.

Finally, they reached a very old tavern called the Leaky Cauldron and went to the back. There, Mrs. Avalon tapped a brick in the wall with her wand. The wall split apart to reveal the most glorious site Lily had ever seen.

As planned, they went to Gringotts first. Lily loved the trolley ride to the Avalon vault. They left Gringotts and Mrs. Avalon told the girls to meet her at the bookshop in 2 hours. Lily and Rini headed for Madam Malkin's robe shop. They had almost reached it when someone called Rini's name.