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CHAPTER 2

DIAGON's ALLEY

…………….With Lily………………….

"Lily darling, maybe Petunia was right and it was just someone's joke…." Rose Evans said worriedly after driving through London for about an hour and a half.

"No way! It has to be here somewhere…" Lily said anxiously. Since the instant she had received the letter that same morning, she had put her hopes on going to that Hogwarts School… She finally had found a place where she really wanted to go to, a place where to belong to. If it all ended in a joke… she wouldn't know what to do… Suddenly, she saw it: the Leaky Cauldron.

"STOP!" She shouted excitedly. "Mom! I've seen it! I've seen it! It's over there!" Lily's mother parked the car and let herself be dragged by an overexcited daughter to an old looking pub she would've never noticed. Suddenly Lily let go and ran towards the door. When she was about to go through it, she bumped onto someone who was also rushing to get in.

"Ouch!" She and the kid that she had bumped onto yelled as they both fell to the floor.

"Cristina! Ten más cuidado!" A foreign looking woman said to the kid beside Lily while hurrying towards them. She was in her forties and she was very attractive. She was quite slim; she was tanned and had black eyes and long black hair. "I'm sorry" She said to Lily, "Excuse my daughter… she sometimes is a bit too rough."

"No problem." Lily said accepting the other girl's hand, she was already standing.

"Sorry… I'm just dying to get to Diagon alley…" The girl said excitedly. Lily gave her a quick glance and a smile crept to her lips. Yep, she would enjoy going to Hogwarts. The girl, who she thought was called Cristina looked to be exactly like Lily: a tomboy. She wore basketball trousers and a T-shirt two sizes bigger than she needed. Herchestunut wavy hair was also cut ear level, her movements were quite boyish and she didn't wear any kind of jewlery either. The girl also seemed to have noticed the similarities she shared with Lily and so she also smiled.

"I'm Cristina. A pleasure." She said, inviting Lily to shake hands. Lily smiled and taking her hand she said:

"Lily Evans, nice to meet you." The mothers exchanged a look and smiled to each other.

"Do you mind if we join you?" Rose asked. "You know… it's the first time we come here and we would appreciate a bit of company…"

"Oh! So you aren't magical?" Cristina's mother asked surprised.

"Er… Actually no, we aren't… Is that bad?" Rose asked worriedly.

"No! Absolutely not! It's just that your daughter's eyes seem soo... Well, anyway, I'm not magical either and nor is my husband. But my eldest son goes to Hogwarts so when we received Cristina's letter we weren't caught off guard." She explained kindly. The two families became friends instantly and they went together to Gringots bank for wizards to change their pounds into galleons, sickles and knuts.

"Cristina, why don't you show Lily around whiles me and Mrs…."

"Rose Evans. But please just call me Rose."

"Good. Then, why don't you two go do the shopping while I tell Rose about Hogwarts and I show her around?" She said while giving her daughter a sack of money. Rose also gave her daughter the money she had changed.

"Good idea!" Cristina said as she gripped Lily's hand and took off.

"Bye mom!" Was all Lily could say before they disappeared in a sea of people.

"Wow… I sure will like being a witch!" Lily said when she saw the great variety of shops with the strangest names.

"Yep! I bet you will!" Cristina said smiling. "What should we start buying?" Lily looked at Cristina and gave her a sheepish smile.

"I can't wait to have a wand…"

"Great! I can't wait either! So then, we should head to Oliveander's!" On their way there, the two learned many things about each other. Lily learned that Cristina was Spanish but that she had been living in England for the past two years. Her father had been transferred. Cristina also told her that, when she was in Spain, she used to play for a junior baseball team but that when she went here in England, baseball teams didn't allow girls to join in, which really upset her. Lily told her about the martial arts gym, her sister and other stuff. They told jokes and laughed and had a great time. One thing was obvious: they were going to be the best of friends.

After going to Olivander's, Lily was carrying a ten and a quarter inches willow wand. It contained a unicorn hair. Mr. Olivander had told her she'd do wonders in Charms. Cristina got a ten inches and a half mahogany wand. It carried a dragon's tooth. Excellent for shield charms and good for transfiguration.

After that, they went to buy their text books, two cauldrons and ingredients. On their way to buy their school robes they found their mothers chatting animatedly and having an ice-cream.

"Oh, hi angels. How are you two doing?" Rose asked when she saw them.

"Brilliantly!" Lily said grinning without reserve.

"So, where are you heading now?" Julia, Cristina's mother, asked.

"We're going to buy our school robes."

The two mothers exchanged a small mischievous smile and stood up.

"If you don't mind, we're going to join you two." The two girls exchanged questioning looks and then shrugged their shoulders. Mothers were strange, that was common knowledge.

Thirty minutes later, two mothers went out of Madam Malkin's shop smiling triumphantly dragging with them two sulking looking girls.

"I should've known." Lily said bitterly. "Hogwarts was just too good. It was just too perfect to be real."

"Lily, don't make a drama out of it. Wearing a skirt won't be that terrible."

"You must be joking! Why can boys wear trousers and girls must wear skirts? It's just not fair! Plus, why couldn't that woman make me a boy's uniform? What does she care if I get into trouble?" Lily pouted.

"Lily dear, don't be childish. Hogwarts' uniforms have been like this for 1000 years and they won't change the rules because of you." Lily glared at her mother angrily and looked away.

"So that's why you were so eager to come with us, you like seeing me suffer." Lily said giving her mother a resented look.

Cristina was angry with her mother too. She had always hated wearing skirts and it seemed that Julia had "forgotten" to mention that she would be wearing one for the following 7 years!

"Why are you looking so happy?" Cristina asked her mother accusingly. "It seems that the idea of me wearing skirt amuses you to no end."

"Me? Fun? Nah… You must be imagining things." Julia said with a huge grin on her face. "I'll just have to ask your brother to take a photo of you. Anyway, why don't you give me and Rose all your packets while you show Lily the most interesting shops? Oh, and you could also buy yourself an owl."

"Really? I can buy an owl? Great! Gracias mamá! Let's go Lilz!" She said, forgetting everything about the uniform she would be forced to wear.

"Hold on a sec. Mom…. Since I have to wear a skirt… May I please buy myself a pet? Please, please, please, please, please, I beg you, please?" Lily pleaded. Rose had never liked having pets at home. She said that, when they died, it was too painful.

"Fine… As long as you don't bring a dog home… I don't want anything bigger than that nor anything that resembles an insect. You know Petunia has insect-phobia." She had always let Petunia have all the caprices she had wanted. It was time she spoiled Lily a bit too.

"Cool! I love you moma!" She said, grabbing Cristina and sprinting towards the pet shop. The amount of animals there were was incredible as was the noise they made.

"Look at that, look at that!" Cristina said pointing excitedly at a small yellow and red owl with tiny green eyes and a small beak. "It has my country's colours! I love it!" She hurried to the counter and bought it. "I'm going to call it Paco, what do you think?"

"It's a strange name. Why Paco?" Lily laughed.

"I like it. I think it's funny. So what about you? What pet would you like to have?" Lily looked around the shop. It was so full of beautiful animals…. She just couldn't bring herself to choose one… Suddenly, she felt someone staring at her back. She whirled around and saw what was staring at her. It was a tiny black kitten. Even though it was young, its purple eyes held wisdom.Long hairs stood up straight onthe tips of its ears,which made it look a bit like atiny lynx, andits ears were twitching backwards and forwards towards Lily's direction.

"Meow…" It said softly.

"Sir... could I please have that black kitten?" Lily asked the man behind the counter, never parting her eyes from the cat.

"Ah… Of course young miss. I see you have a good eye… This particular one was brought from the deep Black Forest, in Germany. It has some great magical properties as I'm sure you'll soon find out." He said while taking the cat form its cage and putting it in another one for Lily to carry. "However, it's not cheap. It's 35 galleons." Lily's eyes nearly popped out when she heard the price.

"Oh… I… I just have 18 galleons…I can't take it…" She said, looking at the black kitten sadly. The man behind the counter looked at Lily and the cat, which were staring straight into each other's eyes and knew he couldn't bring himself to separate them and actually, he couldn't: the cat had already chosen its new owner. He was surprised to see that, with the few minutes they had know each other, girl and cat already shared a bond.

"That's all right. Please take care of her." He said, smiling warmly at Lily. She stared with wide eyes at the man.

"Thank you!" She said happily "Thank you so much!"

After finding their mothers and playing with their new pets for a while, Cristina asked Lily if she wanted to see a quidditch shop.

"There is one in here? Really? Of course I want to go!" Lily said, standing up at once. Cristina had told her about the game while they had been doing the shopping. The idea of playing a sport on flying brooms was of instant appeal to Lily.

They ran towards the shop where a crowd of people were staring at a new item in display.

"Look, dad!" A kid said to his father. "It's the Nimbus 1980! Please, please, please, can I have it?" The father laughed without enthusiasm.

"This is a professional's player broom, dear. We could never afford it." He said, patting his son's head. After hearing that, Lily looked at the prise. 5000 galleons! This price was scandalising! You could buy two Mercedes for the same price!

"Oh, my God! I will never be able to afford a broom!" Lily said still shocked at the high price. Cristina laughed.

"Don't worry. This is the most expensive broom that has ever been launched until now. My brother has a Shooting Star3 which is worth half a quarter this broom's price and it is the second best broom after this one. Well, anyway, lets get in." Lily went toward the door followed by Cristina and……

…………..With James………………

This could very well be the best day in his whole life and there was nothing, absolutely nothing that could possibly ruin it. After receiving the owl with the Hogwarts letter, James and Sirius had headed, with four house elves, towards Diagon alley. They had bought tonnes of pranking items in different shops, they had ice-creams, they bought all the caprices they wanted, etc. While two elves carried the stuff they bought, two more bought the things they needed for Hogwarts.

However, there was one thing that was going to make that day unforgettable: his father had sent him a letter congratulating him for getting into Hogwarts and giving him permission to buy the thing he must desired in the world: the Nimbus 1980! Wow!

Right now, he was in the shop with Sirius purchasing the new broom. When he was giving the money in, he heard a boy begging his father for the broom and the father saying he would never be able to pay for such and expensive broom. A smile of superiority crept to his face as his already good mood improved even more. He was dying to go out and show the crowd his new broom…Everyone would admire him soooo much!... Great! (A/N: unbearable, isn't he?)

He went towards the door smiling like an idiot, followed by Sirius, who was also smiling. He opened the door and…

"Ouch!" He yelled before his butt contacted the hard floor. "Merlin, damn it!" He thought as he sat up straight, he hated being thrown to the floor! However, this wasn't enough to ruin his day: he had just bought the best broom in the world! He would've normally cursed the person who had bumped onto him to no end but he was in a good mood today, so whoever ran onto him could consider himself fortunate. Yes, he was positively in a VERY good mood today.

"Ups! Sorry! Here." The boy who had bumped onto him said as he offered his hand. James took it and stood up.

"Man, you're hard! It felt like I just bumped onto a wall!" James joked happily. The boy helping him up laughed. James looked at him. He must've been more or less his same age. He was as tall as he and he had beautiful auburn hair, or was it orange? Feh, who cared? James admitted to himself, with difficulty, that the guy had nicer eyes than him. They were an incredible shade of green, wicked. The guy was cute too, actually, he was very good looking. James shook his head vigorously when he realised what he was thinking. How embarrassing! He felt is cheeks blush a bit. "Holy Merlin! James, he's a boy! Pull yourself together!" James scolded himself.

"James Potter." He said offering his hand to the red headed boy.

"Lily Evans. Nice to meet you". James stared blankly at her for a few seconds. "Lily?" He thought. "His name is Lily? Nah… he must be joking." And so, he started laughing.

"Ha, ha, ha! Good one! You're funny, man!" He laughed, patting Lily's shoulder.

"Errr… excuse me?" Lily asked confused. "What on earth is this guy talking about?" She thought, looking at him strangely.

"Yes, yes, very funny indeed. Now, come on, what's your real name?" James asked "the boy" in front of him.

"I've told you, my name's Lily." She answered. She was starting to dislike the guy. What was up with him? Why was he laughing at her?

"Oh! Really?" James asked, his eyes saddening and looking sympathetic. "Sorry man, it must be hard to have a girl's name. What were your parents thinking about? Really, I'm sorry…It must be hard..." He continued seriously.

Now, that was it. Lily officially did not like that James or whatever was his name.

"Actually, I'm a girl." She said, her temper rising. James stared at her, eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "What is he talking about? He can't be a girl!" He thought. "Now, he is trying to full around with me! Well, I won't fall for it!"

"Yeah, yeah, as if." He said grinning stupidly.

"Err… James" Sirius whisperedin his ear. "I think she IS actually a girl…."

"As if what?" Lily said loudly, she was starting to loose her temper now. A crowd was starting to gather around them.

"As if a GIRL could throw me to the floor!" James shouted defiantly. "She's a girl? Now that I think of it, she does look quite like one... Well, to late to rectify..." He was never wrong! If he said the boy in front of him was a boy, well...then... she'd just better be!

Lily stared with her mouth wide open at the guy in front of her. Unbelievable! The nerve of that boy! She narrowed her eyes and glared at James.

"You should watch what you're saying; you don't want to eat your own words." She said nearly in a whisper.

"Oh, yeah? You mean a girl can throw me to the ground?"

"That's exactly what she's saying!" Cristina said, appearing from behind Lily. She was angry with the idiotic boy too. What did he mean by saying: You mean a girl can throw me to the ground?. How malechauvinist!

"Well, then, prove it to me!" James shouted glaring at Lily. The moment those words escaped his lips, he saw the "boy" stepping inches away from him and taking hold of his T-shirt. Their faces where inches apart and; for some strange reason; this made his stomach flip-flop, his breath got caught and he blushed . Suddenly, he felt his body loose balance and he was… floating? Or was he flying? Wow! He was flying! Cool!He was a super wizard! Poor boy,he surely didn't realise what was coming to him… CRASH!

"Oh… Bloody Merlin! That hurt!" He shouted painfully as he sat up, rubbing his behind. Sirius sighed and helped his friend up. The crowd that moments ago, was staring at the Nimbus 1980 was now pointing and laughing at them. "Where is that boy? I'm going to curse him to hell for ruining my unruinable day!" James shouted angrily.

"James! She was a girl! And she left the moment she threw you flying to the air."

"You must be joking! He was a boy! I saw it with my own eyes! He had short hair and he wore boys' clothes!"

"Well, dear friend, we could then say she is a girl who likes looking like a boy."

"Inadmissible! Totally inadmissible!" James shouted."Girls must look like girls and boys must look like boys! I totally prohibit her to dress like a boy!" James said outraged. "A girl dressing like a boy is completely unheard of, totally unacceptable!"

"Well, mate, there's nothing you can do about it, is there?"

"Are you joking? There's nothing I can't do. What was her name? Ah, yes, Lily Evans, wasn't it? Very well, I consider it my mission in life to transform that BOY into a GIRL, which is what she really is supposed to be!" Sirius rolled his eyes at what his friend said. He pitted that Lily girl; she didn't know what she had coming. Anyway, what was that cutetomboy's name standing beside Lily? To say the truth, she didn't look bad at all...

"Hey Sirius." Sirius stopped thiking about her andlooked at James.

"What is it man?" He asked confused.

"I think she loves me." James said, turning around and not looking at Sirius. Sirius however, caught a glance of his face. He was blushing. Holly Merlin and all the outstanding wizards of the last millennium! James had fallen for the Tomboy!

………Back to Lily……….

Ten minutes later she was still fuming.

"How dare him! The nerve of that guy! I hope I won't see him EVER again! Agh! He drives me sick!" She yelled.

"I totally agree with you Lilz but I insist you must teach me that technique! It was totally awesome! You sent him flying! You must teach me to do it!" Cristina pleaded, looking at Lily as if she was a God.

"Yeah, whatever. Ahhh…." She sighed more calmly. "Truth is, it felt great to teach that Potter a lesson. How dare he underestimate me for being a girl! I bet he won't get near someone of his opposite sex for a while!" She said, cracking a smile, her mood improving. Poor girl, she didn't know how mistaken she really was. Handsome and rich James Potter, not being around girls? Nah…

"Maybe... But was I imagining things or did he really blush when you gripped his T-shirt?"

Lily stood frozen. Her good mood suddenly shattered into pieces. Truth was she had noticed too. That was what had annoyed her so much and the reason why she threw him flying. At the beginning, her intention was to just scare him a little but when she saw him blushing… She somehow became aware of their closeness and became uncomfortable, even nervous… So that's why she used her judo. God dammit! What was wrong with her? Since when did being around boys make her nervous?

"It's just that boy" she told herself "he just gives me the CREEPS! I totally hate him with a capital H!"

...End of chapter.

Well, I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter... Please, if someone is reading this, please review to let me know... I'm sad because people don't seem to like this story... I like writing in English but it's hard for me since I'm Catalan (nation inside Spain area of Barcelona and Costa Brava)... I want to continue writing it but it's no use if people don't enjoy it.. Oh well... :( Please, if you're there, review!

In this chapter I've written some words in Spanish. Here are their meanings:

Ten más cuidado: be more careful!

Gracias mamá: Thanks mom!

This time I'm going to update soon, I promise ¬¬'

Love you all,

Monooboe. :)