Lily walked onto the train, reality still having to crash into her every few minutes. This was real. She was walking slowly, trying to find a compartment. Most had already been filled, she was started to sigh then-- CRASH.
"Bloody Hell! I'm so sorry." Lily apologized trying to get her eyesight back into focus. 'Please don't hate me' she thought. That would be a great way to start out the year.
"Oh, sorry! I didn't see where I was going." The mysterious boy stood up. Lily thought she was going crazy, she was seeing two of him. Wait! There were actually two boys. "We were just looking for a compartment. We were playing around and well..." Boy number 1 drifted off while having a look of shame apparent on his face. Lily got up, checking for any nicks she had acquired. She felt something on her knee and looked down, a small cut was now oozing blood over her bare leg. She put pressure on the cut and looked back up to the perpetrators.
" Oh, thats fine. Don't worry about it. I'm also looking for a compartment. Do you think we can share one? " The two boys nodded and they walked for about 3 minutes until they all led themselves into the last empty compartment. Once Lily got in, she closed the door and there was a silence, and flurry of eyes looking at the ground. Lily was tired of the quiet, " What are your names? Mine's Lily by the way." She introduced herself.
" Dylan, and this is my best friend that I met about 10 minutes ago, about the same way we did." Dylan replied, a smile blooming onto his face.
"My name is Brian. Nice to meet you. So where are you from?" Brian asked. He seemed very relaxed since the silence had been broken. He smiled at Dylan's joke.
" Oh, America. You?" Lily was genuinely happy that she had made mates, not enemies. They seemed really nice, albeit a little clumsy. Dylan was about 6 inches taller than Lily, brown hair, and magnificent blue eyes. He had a few muscles, though pretty skinny. Brian was also about Dylan's height. He had dirty blond hair and green eyes. Brian's eyes looked much like Lily's, which she appreciated. She had always stuck out because of them. Brian was also slim.
" Britain" They both said in unison. They looked at each other, laughing. Their eyes fell back on Lily.
" Why did you move.. Lily?" Brian asked. Lily looked down at her feet then back up.
" Well Hogwarts gave me the letter I'm sure both of you got. My mom also went here. She was very excited. She is trying to find an apartment in Britain, and a job. She's a singer." Every word of that statement was true. Lily had no guilt ...yet.
"Oh, awesome." Dylan stated. Lily was ecstatic she was making friends. She hadn't had many in her old school, she was always the weird smart girl. With the dark hair and bright eyes, she didn't fit in.
" So, what house do you want to be in?" Lily asked trying to change the subject from family.
" Gryffindor!" They both said in unison again. " You?" Dylan asked.
" Gryffindor, of course!" The three friends all laughed at this. Lily had suggested to go ahead and put on there robes. After they did, the food cart came around they were sharing stories, adventures, and gossip for the rest of the way until it came to Harry Potter.
" Yeah I still cant believe Harry is only a teacher. Of course, he's our teacher. I hear he's great at teaching and at making all of his student learn the things he did." Brian said in a rushed voice. He was enamored with Harry Potter, who wasn't?. This made Lily fill with varying emotions: guilt, happiness, sadness, anger. It was all very overwhelming just then, she felt a little dizzy.. 'Oh,great he's our teacher' Lily thought, More like 'Oh, great he's my father.' She zoned out, not wanting to think about it, him, anymore. She didn't talk much at all for the rest of the ride. It was dark outside now, and they would be arriving any moment at Hogwarts. She had been right and soon the train came to a halt. Lily really had no sense of what time it was. She just stood up and walked along side Brain and Dylan whose conversations had turned to quidditch. They found an empty carriage and all three started talking about the homework and tests they would be given. Of course Lily needed not to worry about this. I mean she was raised by Hermione Granger!
" Hey! What are you smiling about Lily?" Dylan asked, confused by her expression.
" Oh, nothing." Lily still had the smug smile on her face. "Just glad I made friends like you two." You could easily see the shades of red growing on the boys cheeks.
" Me too!" Brain basically shouted.
"The three amigos!" Dylan shouted right after.
"The three amigos!" Lily and Brian repeated. This was the beginning of an awesome year.
They had been escorted into a small room by Professor McGonagall earlier. They were all waiting very patiently in a near death silence. They had walked out and into the magnificent great hall. It was the most amazing thing Lily had ever seen and by the looks of her two best friend they hadn't experienced anything else like it either. All of a sudden the patched hat began to sing. After the magnificent song they were sorted. Everyone was so excited when Professor McGonagall started reading the names.
"Annette, Bridget ...Ravenclaw!" The Ravenclaw table jump with howls of congrats. That hat continued through the names. So far 2 boys had been sorted into Slytherin, then a girl was sorted into Hufflepuff. "Chapman, Lily" Lily heart was beating so fast she couldn't believe it. She thought she would explode. She walked as calmly as she could over to the stool and put the hat on. All of a sudden in started talking to her. Gladly she already knew that it was in her head, although at the moment that wasn't too comforting.
"What's this?" the hat questioned her "The great Harry Potter and Hermione had a child. Well Then I must say you a a well deserved GRYFFINDOR!" Lily heard the last word and so had everyone else. The Gryffindor table roared with applause and she took a seat near a girl who said her name was Chelsea, 3rd year. The sorting was continued for quite some time. Each time a table roaring with applause. It was a quite fascinating experience for Lily. She couldn't wait to tell her mo-. Lily's thought was interrupted by a familiar name.
"Siebert, Brian." After a about 1 minute the hat yelled out " GRYFFINDOR." Lily clapped as loud as she could while he took a seat right next to her. About 5 People later Dylan was called up and sorted into Gryffindor also. They watched as the sorting come to an end. Headmaster Dumbledore stood up. Lily had been so focused on the sorting she hadn't even glanced at the staff table. She, for the first time, looked at her father and felt a rush of tears coming to her eyes. She knew the headmaster was giving his speech and she knew everyone (including Harry) was paying all there attention to him. But she couldn't rip her eyes off her dad. Harry must know his daughter was eleven, but he probably thought she was going to some muggle school. The Headmaster finished with "let the feast begin!"
A feast appeared before them, as if on command. The food was amazing,it was all spectacular. Lily was very happy, but every few seconds her eyes would stare at the Staff Table and she couldn't help but look at her dad. Suddenly she felt her eyes grow moist. She blinked rapidly and bit her cheeks (her trick for not crying), but the overwhelming emotions were going to come out, now. Fortunately, Professor McGonagall spotted her before many people had noticed and casually walked over to the Gryffindor table. She bent down and whispered in Lily's ears:
"Would you like me to escort you out of the great hall and into your common room miss?" Lily nodded. With all of the commotion in the great hall, not many people noticed the eleven-year-olds exit. Of course one professor happened to look up and was suddenly following her with his eyes. He looked at the young girl, and she was looking right at him. She quickly turned, but he had noticed her tear stained cheeks, her emerald eyes, her black hair, and the overpowering emotion of sadness in her eyes. He was very empathetic towards the girl, he just wanted to make her feel better, but he stayed seated.. He wanted his daughter so bad he thought that he might just be making up students, eye color, emotions. He shook his head, he was just sad, like the crying girl, and missing his family. He decided she was probably home sick also. He didn't where his emotions on his sleeve anymore, and especially about anything concerning...her. But this year his little girl would have been excepted into Hogwarts. He was awakened out of his thought by his friend next to him.
"Harry? You there?" Harry turned to see the whole staff table looking at him.
"Oh, sorry. Just so much to think about with the term starting." Harry gave a sad smile and went back to eating.
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" Thank you Professor." Lily said gratefully as she walked into her common room. Her Professor patted her on the shoulder and left the room, giving Lily some alone time. The beauty of the room took her breath away. The reds and golds, the comfortable looking furniture, the roaring fire. She sat down at on a gold chair that was close to the fire. This was her home. She was singing to her self when Brian and Dylan came into the room.
"Hey Lily!" Dylan said as he spotted the raven-haired girl. "We asked if we could come to the common room early to see how you were. It only took us a few pictures to tell us where to go." He smiled at her.
"More like 50. This place is huge!" Brian took a seat next to her. "Hey...Why did you leave earlier? You seemed pretty upset." He was concerned about his new friend.
"Oh, nothing." Lily said. She wanted to just tell them that Harry was her father but she couldn't. She gave them an unconvincing smile.
"We saw you crying Lily! So, please tell us why.. Please!" Dylan said. He wanted to comfort her while get the problem out at the same time.
"Three amigos right? I mean you can keep a huge secret can't you. I mean HUGE." Lily had emphasized the last word.
" Yes ma'am! I say we're best friends 'till the end." Dylan said.
"Same here!" Brain spoke up.
"Fine, but if you tell a soul I will rip you limb from limb with OUT a wand.". This was a very serious matter and she wanted to know she had there full trust. The two boys nodded. It was now or never. Lily picked now.
"Harry Potter is my father."
