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Chapter 4- Arriving at Hogwarts

It was unpleasantly cold and rainy when they stepped off the train at Hogsmeade station. Lily looked up at the vast castle that was Hogwarts. It had been so long since she had seen it and she missed it very much. For once in a very long time, Lily felt quite happy. She looked over and saw Hagrid leading the first years over to the boats and many students getting off the train and into the horseless carriages.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione got into one and rode up to Hogwarts. Lily enjoyed listening to her son talk with his friends. She wished that she could have been there for him all his life. She wished many things and could only hope that one day they might come half true.

"I signed up for divination this year but it sounds strange." Harry said. "Yes it's the most inaccurate form of magic." Hermione said. "I took it too but only because I couldn't figure out what class to choose. That one seemed the least boring." Ron said.

Soon they were at Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione put there things down in the hall so the house elves could take it up to their dorms. "Bye, Crookshanks. I'll see you after dinner." Hermione said and walked down the corridor to the Great Hall.

Lily decided to try to get out of her cage and listen to what was going on at dinner. She used her claw to pick the lock and soon was finding her way to the Great Hall.

Once she got there, she heard a lot of noise from all the students talking. A few moments later, she watched as Dumbledore stood up and began to make his beginning of the year speech.

"Welcome new students and welcome back to others. I hope this will be a very good year at Hogwarts even under the circumstances. I'm sure you all know that Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban prison and as a safety precaution, the Dementors, or guards of Azkaban, will be just outside of Hogwarts grounds. I should warn you not to anger them. Dementors aren't known to be forgiving. And just a reminder from our caretaker, Mr. Filch, that the Forbidden Forest is out of bounds to all students. Thank you and enjoy your meal." Dumbledore said and with a wave of his hand, food appeared at all of the tables.

Lily was rather surprised that Dumbledore was going to allow the Dementors to be that close to Hogwarts but didn't think much of it as she was trying to find Harry from underneath the Gryffindor table without being seen.

Soon she found them about midway into the Great Hall. "I'm not looking forward to having Dementors on the grounds." Ron said. "I know." Hermione replied. "But I don't know what's keeping them from sneaking into Hogwarts. It's not like they actually want to listen to Dumbledore."

They continued their conversation while Lily stayed under the table listening and thinking. There must be some mistake. Sirius would never hurt Harry. He was always there to protect him! Lily thought. But if Harry hadn't ever heard of Sirius, didn't recognize Remus, and he obviously didn't go to Peter, than who did he grow up with? Maybe Dumbledore sent him to a foster family?

Lily's thought were interrupted when she heard something Harry, Ron, and Hermione were talking about that caught her ear. "So Harry, tell me more about how you blew up your Aunt Marge." Ron said. "You what?" Hermione said shocked. "Well she was visiting and she started saying things like 'Oh your father was a drunk' and 'Your mother did nothing' so I lost my temper and I told her to shut up and I really don't know what I did to make her blow up like that. She just started floating right out the door and Uncle Vernon went after her but he couldn't hold on. I just went up to my room and packed up my stuff and when I came back down stairs, Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia were really angry."

Harry continued telling about how he left the Dursley's while Lily continued with what she was thinking about. Well that answered my question. Lily thought although she couldn't imagine how Harry had lived there most of his life.

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