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Chapter Two

Lily arrived in the kitchen at the Toybox, or rather, James' mansion. She'd been here before, but she was always awestruck at how big the place was. It was four stories high. On the ground floor there were the basic rooms such as the living room, the dining room, the kitchen, two bathrooms, and a guest room. Below the ground floor was the basement, including Mr. Potter's wine cellar, and a garage. On the first story high there were 3 bathrooms, a huge hall, a library, all the bedrooms, two guest rooms, and a study. And on the highest level there was the attic. Not the small, dusty, circular attic the Evans had, but a wide one, which was cleaned out every Sunday by the hired staff.

The whole house was surrounded by an enchanted forest, inhabiting faeries, pixies, nymphs, and woodland creatures. There was a rose garden just outside the West Wing, where Mrs. Potter personally grew her special roses. There was also a jungle gym and a swing set, built for James when he was a child. These were the advantages James had for being the only child of the Minister of Magic.

"Lily, dear!" called Mrs. Potter.

Lily looked up at Mrs. Potter. She and Mr. Potter was an elderly couple, they had James late in their life, and hence why he was a spoiled little prince when he was a child.

"Mrs. Potter! Hello!" exclaimed Lily as she lifted herself up. Mrs. Potter was a gracious woman with a warm manner, and she and Lily were quite fond of each other.

"How are you?" asked Mrs. Potter, grabbing Lily into a hug. Mrs. Potter let go of Lily and held her shoulders at arms length.

"My, you get lovelier each summer I see you. I'm sure James has noticed."

"Mrs. Potter, James and I don't fancy each other." Lily stated politely.

"Nonsense! Why shouldn't James fancy a smart, pretty girl like you? And call me Anne."

Lily blushed at the thought of her and James. It was silly. James was her best friend, practically like a brother to her.

"Why don't you head upstairs? Remus and Sirius are in James's room. I'm sure you must have a lot of catching up to do." Mrs. Potter suggested. Lily nodded and slowly wandered out the kitchen door. She found the spiraling stairs that led her to the upper floor. She walked down the long hall. It was so long that she could hardly see the other end of it, and she had 20/20 vision. Along the walls were portraits of James's ancestors that dated back to the fifteenth century. The Toybox had been in the Potter's possession since 1367. Lily knew this because she had wandered to the Potter library and read about Potter history. She found it quite fascinating, although James found it tedious and was always trying to look for a way to destroy his family's centuries old possessions.

She finally found the room she was looking for. She opened the door swiftly.

"Bloody. Hell." she heard.

"Oh, my wand!"

"Is it….?"

"It can't be!"

"Lily Evans, in the flesh!"

Lily stepped in and rolled her eyes. Remus and Sirius were sitting on the floor with piles of Chocolate Frog wrappers.

"Hey guys." greeted Lily.

"Hi, Lily."

"Mmmph." moaned Sirius, his mouth full of chocolate.

"Pig." stated Lily.

"Swot!" retorted Sirius, as Remus just looked amused at their little insult parade.

"Sirius! How could you? I'm the guest, you have to be nice to me." said Lily, feigning offense.

"I'm a guest, too." Sirius defended himself.

"No, you're not. You and Remus are here every summer, whereas this is only my third summer here." said Lily in a wonderfully innocent tone.

"Mate, I reckon we've had a bad influence on her." said Remus, nodding at Sirius.

James then entered the room, excitedly. He gestured to the book.

"Reckon we should tell them?" James asked Lily.

"Why not?"

"Tell us about what?" asked Remus.

"What's that?" asked Sirius, pointing the book.

"It's a book I found in my attic yesterday. It's called Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. It seems very interesting."

Sirius and Remus stared at her disbelievingly.

"What? It is interesting, I'm sure."

"Lily, we're afraid we can't trust your judgment on this." said Sirius.

"Why not? You're acting like I'm boring."

"Lily, you enjoy reading Hogwarts, A History." Remus answered sadly, shaking his head.

"And books about James' family history."

"And the dictionary!"

"Only on Tuesdays!" Lily retorted to Remus quickly.

They stared at her, confused. She took a deep breath and sat on the bed.

"Look, just give it a chance, okay? You may end up liking it. Anyways, I read the inside summary, and it includes Quidditch." she sighed, rolling her eyes. She was forced to use her last resort…wizarding sports.

Their ears perked up.

"Really?" asked James.

"Yes, really!" replied Lily, a bit frustrated.

"That's great, but we'll get into it some other day. Right now, we're gonna play Quidditch, then bother the maids, then try to terrorize some of the forest creatures with our very gifted singing voices!" said Remus in an amused tone.

"No!" exclaimed Lily in shock. "You can't bother the maids or terrorize the forest creatures! That's terrible."

James rolled his eyes. "Lily, my father pays the staff extra to put up with me and them," he informed her, gesturing to Remus and Sirius. "Technically, it would be wasting money if we didn't give them what they paid for. And that wouldn't be right, would it? And as for the forest inhabitants, nobody's making them stay here."

Lily glared at him.

"Oh, c'mon, lighten up," persuaded Sirius.

Lily broke into a grin.

"Alright, I'll bother the staff with you, but I'm not participating in ruining the lives of poor little animals and pixies." said Lily.

A/N I know the chapter is short, but the semester is ending in 3 weeks, and we have to prepare for midterms, and we have soooo much homework. I hope you enjoy it…oh, and please review. If you do, I'll be a happy clam. Except I won't be a clam. So I'll just be a happy…..

-Jules