Disclaimer: i don't own Harry Potter; i do however own Lily, and quite possibly this crazy plot that has slowly been unfolding.
Lily found herself in an empty compartment and settled into a corner, folding her feet up under her body. She stared out the window and watched the people on the platform. Teary eyed parents bid their children a final goodbye as they boarded the train for the first time, Lily smiled sadly, remembering her first trip to school.
There was a sharp knock at the compartment door, causing her to jump. The door opened, her eyes were wide fearing the worst, but she only found a slim boy flanked by a tall, gangly redhead and a slim girl, oozing superiority. Lily's eyes focused back on the boy in front, he had messy brown hair and beautiful green eyes.
"Could we sit here with you? Everywhere else is full so far, but if not, we can go further down the car," he said shifting he gaze downward.
"No, its fine, stay, I'd rather like that. I think I'd be really bored by myself," she said standing and moving her trunk. "My name is Emily Fitzgerald. Transfer from America."
The redheads eyes grew wide as she said 'America', the girl, on the other hand,merely sat down and opened a book, while the dark haired one stared at her, and the small hauntings of a smile quickly disappeared from his face when she looked at him again.
"I'm Harry Potter, and these are my friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. We're in out sixth year." she said sitting down across from her, Ron merely sat next to her and stared.
"Nice to meet you, likewise with the year thing, and why does your friend keep staring?" she asked glancing at Ron and then back to Harry, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.
"Not to sure," Harry said glancing at Ron again. "Probably the rumors we've heard about America."
Lily's face scrunched up in confusion and she turned to Ron. "Alright, spill it, and stop staring, a picture would last longer... what rumors are you talking about?"
Ron started and blinked a few times, looked to Harry for help, but realizing he wasn't going to receive any looked back to Lily who now had her arms across her chest and eyebrows raised.
"Dueling," Lily smirked and let Ron keep talking. "We've heard it happens all the time and its legal."
"It's legal... to a fault. We have dueling teams, and in school if you're challenged to a duel, you have to go through with it, but outside of the school, you could get in trouble, depending on the circumstances." a smile erupted on Ron's face.
"Wicked," he said scooting closer to her. "Tell me everything. Where'd you go to school, you like Quidditch? I love Quidditch- the Chudley Cannons are my favorite team," Lily smiled.
"Mine too! But we'll talk Quidditch teams later. I'll tell you about school, but it can get boring, because, well, school is school," Ron only nodded and looked at Harry, who was starring out the window, watching the scenery quickly pass them by.
"Isn't this wild Harry? America, Amazing!" Ron exclaimed, looking at Harry impatiently.
Harry turned to Ron and looked at him passively, "Yes quite Ron," he said quietly and then turned to look out the window again. Lily looked at him for a few moments and then turned to Ron, ready to answer most of his questions.
"So I guess we start in California, on the west coast, and one of the better states of America if you ask me. I was born there, and crazily enough I lived in the Hollywood hills, next to muggle starts. I grew up believing mad dad was a muggle, I didn't realize he was a wizard until a few months ago, that isn't really important though, now that I think about it. Anyway, we moved to the east coast, Pennsylvania, when I was twelve, so naturally I just stayed at my school in CA, which is good, because PA is really boring, I don't know if I would have lasted there," Lily said, waiting for Ron to ask more questions.
Ron nodded. "What school did you go to?" he asked eagerly.
"Willett's Academy for Witchcraft and Wizardry," she replied without pause.
"So how'd you end up here?" he asked. Lily sighed, ready to tell the tale for the first time since it all happened, minus some key events.
A/N: thanks for the reviews!
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