A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first story so please don't be REALLY critical. It's about Lily and her life at Hogwarts (well a bit of it annways). It's a bit short but yeah...please read, read. Thx.
Chapter 1: The World I Never Knew About
It was so unexpected. So possibly, inexplicably, utterly unexpected that I actually threw away my letter when I received it. At the time, it never occurred to me that 'Hogwarts' was real. I thought the letter was a joke, some random guys from school who wanted to play a prank on me and boy, can I think of all the guys who would like revenge on me, given all the asses I've kicked. I normally get all fired off when someone says 'Oooooooooh, there's Lily. What out for her cause she's got red hair and a nasty temper.' I just go crazy at that.
You wouldn't really say that I was ugly or drop-dead-gorgeous; I'm probably in the middle, leaning slightly towards the gorgeous side. I've got long wavy copper-red hair and rather startling bright green eyes. No one in my immediate family has red hair or green eyes; they've all got brown eyes and brown hair – my mom, dad, sister and brother. Even Charles (our dog) has brown eyes, brown hair. When I was younger, I used to think that I was adopted; that was before mom showed me a picture of my great-grandaunt. She looked exactly like me, the same shade of copper, same shade of green and also, the contour lines of her lips were the same as mine.
Back to what I was saying, I never really thought myself as 'unusual', 'special' or 'gifted' but I always knew I was different from the other girls and boys in my elementary school. Once, when this particular teacher that I didn't really like was teaching us maths, I somehow made the chalk write 'I'm haunting you Miss Chubb' on the blackboard, with no means of visible support. Naturally, Miss Chubb starting screaming and ran (still screaming) out the door and down the corridor. No one knew it was me or even remotely thought of me.
Another time, it was the weekends and I had nothing to do so I decided to practise some magic tricks so I could perform my own little magic show. I got a pack of cards and concentrated on making the top card flip over by itself. I didn't know how but I was concentrating so hard, I felt my eyes grow all hot and wet and then the card flipped over. I can tell you, when you're eight-and-a-half and you've never experienced the weird, it's really, really, really freaky. I nearly fainted when I saw the card flip over and when I showed it to my family, they were all 'how did you do that?' They never really got an answer from me.
Then on my birthday (July 16th), I made a wish that something unexpected and exciting would happen to me. Two minutes later, a brown tawny owl swoops down the chimney and drops an envelope on my head. My sister (Petunia) screams and runs of the room, my mom sinks into the sofa in a dead faint and my dad hurries backyard to find a net to catch the owl. I didn't respond to the owl, I was too fascinated with the letter to pay much attention. I opened it up and it said:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)
Dear Miss Evans,
We are pleased to inform you that you have a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
I was shocked and also angry for I thought at the time (as I previously pointed out) that someone was playing a joke on me. I thought that they were purposely trying to trick me on my birthday just to see if I would fall for it. Well, I was too smart for myself so I threw the letter in the garbage disposal, without a second glance at it. I forgot all about the letter in the days after the 'incident' but then, a week later, I received the same letter except at the end there was a P.S. It read:
P.S. Miss Evans, please do not throw this letter in the bin as you did so with the last one. We are currently running short of paper and this is not a hoax. I repeat, this is not a hoax. We await your return acceptance letter with the owl we sent. Thank-you.
I was stupefied, stumped, gone totally bonkers. Then with a shaking hand, I tore a page in my notebook, picked up a pen and wrote in shaky writing 'I accept my place at Hogwarts'. Folding the note in half, I walked rather awkwardly towards the owl, which was scrutinizing me very closely. Nervously, I inched closer to the owl and then extended my hand with was holding the note. Nothing happened. Then in one swift movement, the owl swooped down and took the paper from my hand. I screamed and fell to the floor, covering my face with my hands. After about a minute of screaming, I stopped and had the courage to look up. There the owl was standing on the window ledge, looking intently at me – like it was waiting for me to issue an order. I extended a quivering finger and whispered "Go back". The owl swooped off and into the sunset.
I had no idea that so many more surprises were ahead of me.
Did u lyk the first chappie! If u did, please review and tell me. If you didn't, still review and tell me. All opinions welcome but if ur criticizing, don't be too harsh plz. Ciao!