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A/N: ok, I've I had a few complaints about how hard this chapter is 2 read, so I have no edited it and put in more space….hope u can read it
Lily stepped out of the car, joining her parents as they walked swiftly towards Kings Cross station. Her father was carrying her trunk, her mother was struggling with Lily's new owl and Lily herself was having enough trouble walking without any luggage at all. Her stomach didn't feel so much like it was inhabited by dainty butterflies, but more like a herd of elephants learning ballet.
As they reached platform 9, Lily searched for platform 9 and ¾, but only encountered platform 10 and some other people walking towards a solid brick wall.
Lily turned back to her parents, ready to state her problem, but then did a double-take and whipped her head around to see several people disappear nonchalantly through the wall. Another group approached, struggling with numerous heavy trunks and several animals. They too strode towards the barrier and disappeared just as easily as the first group.
Lily, being quite gifted in the brain department, put two and two together and said to her parents, indicating the wall,
'Mum, Dad, I think I have to walk through that barrier to get to the platform.'
They nodded and the family began to walk towards the wall. Her father, seeing that it would be very difficult to get through the barrier carrying a heavy trunk, brought over a trolley and first the trunk and then the owl were placed on to it.
Lily, with tears now beginning to form, grabbed them both in a tight hug and said,
'I think I'll just say goodbye here. If you walk through with me, I'm afraid I'll not be able to get on the train at all.'
They nodded again, and hugged their daughter harder. They slowly let her go and her father said,
'Well, good luck sweetie. Write to us as often as you can, and always remember, we love you and are so proud of you. Use this opportunity to be the best person that you can be, and no matter what, always be proud of who you are and remember to be yourself. People won't be able to help liking you,' he finished,
His mouth smiling a little. She nodded at him. She kissed him goodbye and turned to her mother. Lily could see that she was too overcome by emotion and simply said,
'I love you mum.'
Her mother forced a smile and said quietly, the emotion obvious in her voice,
'I love you too. Have fun and do us proud.'
With that, Lily drew them into a quick embrace, took a firm hold of her trolley and started to walk quickly towards the barrier. She turned around, waved as cheerfully as possible to them and then a second later, she was on the other side, in a completely different world.
After overcoming the initial shock of making it through the barrier, Lily looked up to find an enormous train, billowing smoke, surrounded by children of various ages, talking to families, or rushing over to greet their friends. Lily felt bewildered. She didn't know anyone.
She looked up at the clock and saw that she still had 20 minutes until the train left. What was she supposed to do until then? She had no idea. Overcome finally by the nerves and sadness that had been building up inside her since the night before, she sat down on her trunk and put her head in her hands and let the tears drip between her fingers.
She had been sitting this way for a minute or two, when someone tapped her on the shoulder. Lily jumped and looked up to find a pretty girl with glossy, shoulder-length blonde hair and mysterious grey eyes looking at her. The girl, seeing that Lily had acknowledged her existence, said in a businesslike tone, quite unexpected from her appearance,
'Hi, I'm Giselle, but everyone calls me Gem. Who are you?'
Lily, somewhat startled by this girl, said,
'I'm, I'm Lily, Lily Evans.'
Gem then said, her tone now much more bright and cheerful,
'Well, hi Lily. What on earth are you doing down there sitting on your trunk?'
And then, she noticed Lily's red eyes.
'Oh, I see, you've been crying. What on earth have you been crying for. How can you be sad about coming to Hogwarts?'
Before Lily had a chance to reply, Gem cut in and said,
'I tell you what. How 'bout you come in a carriage with me and this girl I found before? Then we can all be friends. You are in first year aren't you?'
Lily nodded and Gem sighed with relief.
'Well good. Now hurry up, the train leaves in ten minutes.'
She grabbed Lily by her hands, pulled her to her feet and grabbed Lily's trunk. She then addressed Lily and said,
'Well come on, be useful, get your owl and get moving.'
Lily quietly obeyed and picked up the owl cage and followed Gem onto the train.
After making their way past various compartments, Gem stopped in front of one, pulled open the door and walked inside. Lily quickly followed suit and found herself with confronted by another new person.
'Lily,' said Gem, 'this is Ella. Ella this is Lily.'
Ella had blonde hair, like Gem, but it was very short, sitting in cute bob just below her ears. Her eyes, however, were very different to Gem's. They were a deep, chocolaty brown. Just as Lily was thinking how pretty Ella was, Gem said,
'Now that everyone is acquainted, I say we share some bits and pieces with each other. Lily, you go first, and you can tell us why you were crying out there before.'
Lily took a deep breath and said,
'Well, I was just so scared. I mean, I don't know anyone here, I don't even know anything about wizards. And then I was thinking about how much my parents want me to do well and come top in all my classes. And then I was thinking about how I'm not gonna make any friends because everyone will think I'm really ugly. And then I was just thinking about how much I'm gonna miss my family, even my sister Petunia who hates me because I'm a witch. And then you turned up Gem.'
Gem looked taken aback for a second and then said cheerfully,
'Well, I say that you were crying for no good reason. Firstly, it doesn't matter that you don't know anyone here, most people don't when they get here. And, it doesn't matter that you don't know anything about wizards, don't worry, me and Ella will fill you in. Secondly, I'm sure you're parents will be proud of you, no matter what you do. And by the looks of you, I'd say you're pretty intelligent anyway.'
She took a huge breath.
'Thirdly, and this is the one I have the biggest problem with. Thirdly, you needn't worry about finding friends. You have us already and you've barely been here 10 minutes. And, there is no way in the world that you're ugly. What more could you want. You're tall, but no too tall, you're slim, but not horribly thin, you have beautiful, thick, hair and you're eyes. Well you're eyes are just breathtaking. And do you know how I know all this?'
She asked. Lily shook her head.
'Well, it's because I overheard a very cute boy, who looked about our age, talking to another very cute boy our age, and he saw you and that's exactly what he said.'
Lily was cheered up by this. She could see now that all her worries were pretty much unfounded and that she was going to have a great time at this school. And with that, the train started, jolting Gem, who had been standing, onto the floor, causing the three girls to collapse into giggles.
Ok, that's it. Please review. Please, please please. If you do, I'll keep writing, I promise.
Caitlin