Summer of 1985 (lily and the marauders were born in 1970)
"What are we going to do?"
"We'll do what we always do, Lily…."
"I hate this! Why does it have to be like this?"
"I don't know…maybe in our past lives we messed with the wrong people…."
She wiped a tear from her eye and hugged her friend. "Be serious, Cor……for once…""I heard that."
"Good. But really what are we going to do?""Lily, we'll just write and owl each other every chance we get like we always do…don't worry."
"But I do worry, Cory. What if you meet a new best friend…"
"Lily, your not only my best friend. You're my family. You don't forget family."
With that the two girls just cried.
The tears had by now dried but Cordelia Ash's heart was still pained. It always hurt to be away from Lily Evans, her best friend. The two had met in their first year at Camp Jackup and had instantly become closer then two girls could become. But there was only one hitch in their friendship. After camp an ocean came between them. Lily lived in London and attended Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Where as Cordelia lived in New York City and went to Pengelum Academy for Magical Advancement.
Every time they had to leave each other at the end of every camp term their hearts wrenched and they went into depression.
And this seemed to be worse then any other year. Cory didn't know why but when she walked towards the airplane and across the runway to the small plane that would take her south away from Vermont to New York City. She looked up and saw Lily looking through the window, waving to her with tear stained cheeks. This made Cory's eyes tear up but she held them back and waved. She hated seeing Lily unhappy and sad so she made a face that always made her laugh. After sticking out her tongue, sucking in her cheeks and crossing her eyes, she went on to the plane and began her travel back to NYC.
"Hey, Cor, we got to go or we'll be late for the welcoming feast and speech." Tara one of Cory's school friends said to her and snapped her out of her daydream of remembrance. Another year was about to start, that meant a year filled with countdowns till Christmas when Cory could see Lily and hopes of a great quidditch season. Cory sighed and tried her brown semi-curly, semi-straight hair back into a ponytail. Her piecing blue eyes gazed back at her in the mirror in her room and as she did a last check over. Satisfied, Cory went down to the common room where she went to down to the eating area with her friends in Callahan House, her house.
Once Cory reached the hall she and her friends took their seats and started to swap summer stories until the Headmaster stood up and faced the students. "Well welcome back to Pengelum old faces and new! I have some very exciting news! Over this summer a special scholarship program was set up and I am very happy to say that this year we will be transferring a student from each house to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! And in turn 4 of their students will be coming here to Pengelum. This is a great honor for those have offered this option! After a year each student will be offered the option of returning to Pengelum or continuing their education at Hogwarts. From Madrick House- Jason Bates, Qualberry- Ashley Jennings, Lerock- Edmond Harris and from Callahan- Cordelia Ash, will all be, if they chose to, leaving in 5 days to attend classes at Hogwarts! Congratulations!!"
'What the fuck????' was all that was going through Cory's mind. People all around her were congratulating her except for her quidditch teammates who were mad they would be losing there star chaser, but even they managed to say congrats in the end.
Hogwarts! Lily's school! This had to be a dram. But it wasn't because her headmaster pulled her aside after the dinner and asked her for her decision. Naturally, Cory said yes. She was going to go to classes with her best friend in the world!! Things were defiantly looking up for this year!