Chapter 2- London and Lily

Five days later Cory got loaded up into a plane and was sent across the ocean to London, England. To say that Cory was on cloud nine would be the understatement of the century. The whole plane ride there she talked to Ashley Jennings her closest friend out of the bunch picked to go to Hogwarts on scholarship. Ash started to get quite annoyed with Cory after she started jumping up and down in her seat for a good ten minutes straight. But she couldn't help it she was just too excited. London. Honestly how could this happen? How could something so good happen to her? It absolutely baffled her.

Closer and closer she was getting to England and then it happened.

The pilot's voice came through the speakers and said, "Ladies and gentlemen we will be landing in Heathrow Airport in around five minutes. So please set your seats in the upright position and put your tray tables away. Thank you."

Five minutes! Five minutes!

The plane landed with out a hitch and Cory, Bates, Ash and Eddie got off the plane. There at the welcome area was a sign the said, 'Pengelum Students'. They headed over there and a man in green nodded to them and led them out to the car.

London street after London street passed by and with each street came a new wonder. Cory didn't tell Lily that she would be coming. Yes, it sounded awful but the possibility of surprising Lily was too much to pass up.

"Your books have been already bought for you so don't worry about that." Came the voice of driver from the front.

"Good. I was beginning to worry. The thought of buying them my self was just taunting me…" Jason Bates said. In all honestly, Cory had a burning, passionate hatred for him. He was an arrogant prick and a purist. Above all Cory hated purists. Most people wouldn't think that because she was pure herself, but she was. He was so cocky it was almost hard to believe.

"Bates, do us all a favor and remove your head from your ass, you cocky son of a bitch. Honestly are you scared to rub elbows with someone who isn't as rich as you?"

"Yes. As a matter of fact I am you bitche, muggle lover. You are a disgrace to your bloodline. Wh-"

However, he didn't get to finish because at that point Cory lunged at him from the other side of the cab. If I hadn't been for Ash holding her back Bates would have probably gotten the shit kicked out of him like no other time before. No wands needed.

The cab stopped about five minutes later in front of a dusty old looking pub. A sign hung from above the door that read The Leaky Cauldron. Cory seemed to think that she had heard Lily talk about a place by that name but she really didn't have time to think about that. They headed into the pub and were greeted by an old man who introduced himself as Tom.

Tom led the four of them upstairs into their own personal rooms. Cory's room had a view of the street below and had a large four-poster bed in the center of it. In the corner was a desk. She walked over to it after setting down her luggage. On the desk she assumed were her books. Cory sat down and started flipping through the books. Her wand that was currently jutting into her backside so she removed and placed on the desk surface. Cory then realized that she hadn't written down any of this journey into her journal. Not even bothering to use her wand she summoned her journal from her bag. One talent that not many people knew about was that Cory was a unique. Being a unique meant that Cory could do magic without her wand. Everyone always said that it was a secret that in the right time it would help her. Cory just kept it quiet and used only sometimes. But it was always very fun to use. So, she settled down and started to write down the latest happenings.

The next morning there was a loud knock on the door. Slowly, Cory looked over at the clock on her bedside. The clock read 9:30. This was way too early for Cory's liking. But she struggled out of bed and went over to the door. Once the door was opened, she looked at who was standing in front of her. There stood Ashley. "What the hell do you want, Ashley?"

"Time to get up, dearest sunshine!" He was way to perky in the morning for Cory's taste. But, she rolled with it and shut the door. Then it hit her. Today was the day she got to go to school. Got to go see Lily! As quick as could be, Cory was dressed. In her most comfortable ripped at the knees jeans and a loose red tank top, Cory was set. Slipping into her black sandals, she gave herself a once over. Her hair was looking a little odd so she grabbed two hair bands and made two braids out of her hair. They hung down on the front of her chest and because the tank top she was wearing was a tad short you could see her pieced belly button ring. Hanging on the hoop was a red and black beaded design-like thing, which Lily had gotten her for her birthday last year. She was finally ready.

Tom took care of the entire luggage situation and after a quick breakfast, the four of them went out to the cab again that would take them to, as the driver had informed them, to a place called King's Cross Station.

The cab whizzed down street by street and soon they were in font of the station. They all got out and Ash and Cory naturally went to the back of the cab to get their bags. They were about to pop open the trunk when the driver stopped them and said that he would take care of it. They argued but in the end just went with the others inside.

Once inside they followed their instructions that Tom had given them. They were to go track nine and three quarters. Nine and three quarters? God England was strange… Brushing that aside Cory found her self standing in front of a brick wall that she was expected to walk through. Starting slowly, her and Ash took it at a run and headed straight towards the wall. Oh, god I am to crash! I am going to crash! OH GOD OH GOD!!!! Then she opened her eyes, which she had shut because for the second time in her live she was scared, and saw about a hundred people and a blazing red train spewing smoke up into the air. She had done it. Behind Cory the others came through then they all made their way over to the train to board it. Ash, Eddie and Bates all got on but Cory stayed off in hopes of finding Lily.

For a while she just roamed around aimlessly but then, she heard a familiar vice. A fairly annoyed and peeved sounding familiar voice. Slowly she turned and there was her best friend who was currently yelling at a group of four people.

Lily then looked right at Cory as she was saying something then looked away. But then she stopped talking looked back at Cory. Lily's eyes nearly shot right out of her head and her mouth sagged down. Cory couldn't help it and started to laugh at her friend. She stopped laughing and ran over to her friend. She stopped right in front of her slightly pushing two people aside and entering the circle. Cory laughed and then said casually, "Hey there best friend."

Lily screamed and gripped Cory into a hug. "Oh my god! Oh my god!"

Then she stopped and looked at her best friend. "Is it really you?" she said eyeing Cory suspiciously.

All Cory had to do was lift up her pant leg and show her her anklet that she and Lily had made over the summer together and Lily was convinced it really was her best friend. Lilly screamed again and then started jumping up and down in place gripping Cory's hands in hers, which of course Cory started to do as well. They couldn't have been happier to see one and other. Everything was perfect.