My name is Lily Evans. I was born in Killarney, Ireland, but I moved to London when I was only 19 months old. I don't have much of an Irish accent, but you can easily tell I'm Irish. I have looooooong red hair and bright green eyes. I was with my mom, who I live with, in our flat in London, when this huge tawny owl swooped down and landed on my older sister, Petunia's head. It dropped a letter into my lap, then flew off. I picked up the letter, which had the address written it green calligraphy. It read:
Lily Evans
Sitting Room
Flat # 214Churchill Road
London, England, UK
I was amazed. I slit the envelope, then pulled out the letter. It smelled strange, a bit mysterious, then a little like wood smoke. I gently unfolded it, then started to read aloud:
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
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 been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagallMinerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
When I was finishedMother let out a piercing scream, "What! My baby, a witch? Why I never!"
Suddenly, a man popped out of the tiny fireplace witha puff of green smoke. He introduced, "Good afternoon, I'm Henry Potter, and I'm here on behalf of the Ministry of Magic. I am here to introduce Miss Evansand her family to the Wizarding World. Please, come with me."
He led them over to the fireplace, then started to dig in the pocket of his long, black robes. "Ah-ha!", he called as he held up a small bottle, "Here it is!" We stared as he poured glittery green powder into his hand. He motioned for us to hold our our hand, and we did so, allowing him to give us each a pinch of the strange-smelling powder. He started to explain how it worked:
"You must take the powder in your right hand, then step into the fireplace. Throw the Floo Powder on the ground and clearly shout 'Diagon Alley.' When you arrive at our destination, walk a few steps from the fireplace and wait. Miss Evans, you go first."
I stepped into the fireplace and took a deep breath. I tossed the powder on the floor, and yelled "Diagon Alley" as green flames roared up around me. Immediately, my elbows were locked to my sides, and I started spinning. My legs banged into innumerable obstacles and I watched as people I didn't know flashed past me. Then, when I was finally getting accustomed to the strange new sensation, I was launched into space, landing at a boy's feet.
The boy, who happened to be my age, sneered down at me. I attempted to stand up, without any help from him. He waited until I was on my feet, then asked, " Do you know who I am?" I replied, incredulously, "No, I have never seen you in my life! By the way," I said, sticking my hand out, "I'm Lily Evans. Nice to meet you." Then he just lookedat me and said, "Lily Evans, are you a Mudblood? Because if you are then I cannot associate with you, I am quite sorry, since you happen to be extremely pretty." I replied in a blunt way that was quite unusual for me that one, thank you; two, I don't know what a Mudblood is; and three, why can you not "associate" with me? He replied, and I quote, "Because my father would Crucio me, and my mother would take away my personal house elf. I see them coming now, so I must leave. But before I go, my name is Lucius, Lucius Malfoy. Good-bye now, Lily Evans."
Just then, Mr. Potter, my mother, and Petunia came rushing out of the fireplace. "Sorry," puffed Mr. Potter, "Mrs. Anabol and Miss Petunia got lost. I am sorry for the delay." I said it was fine, and then asked who Lucius Malfoy was. He got this weird look on his face and said, "He is a boy who will most likely be in you year at Hogwarts. You would do better not to associate yourself with him. Now if you will excuse me I must go. If you wait here a man named Albus Dumbledore will arrive with more new students." I thought how weird that was that he would say the same thing that Lucius Malfoy's father said. But I forgot about it when I turned and looked at the crowded street stretching far in front of me and waited...
My name is Kali Alexia Jacquanetta. I was born and raised in the Fazzaran country of Emaplexi. I have shaggy black fur which is very unusual for a Fazzara… but then I am a very unusual Fazzara. My eyes are red, and I am currently living in a…very grand house with my mother and father and brother. (All of whom I wish would disown me… as if) I also have twin sister named Sari who is my only friend in this sad lonely world… oh well. One hot summer day I was lying on my bed next to my sister's when all of a sudden a small tawny owl flew down from our sky light with two letters in its beak. It dropped one on my bed and one on Sari's. The words were in fancy green letters on the front it read:
Kali Jacquanetta
The third bedroom on the leftThe Golden Palace
Main Street
England
Unimpressed, I opened the letter…. What was inside amazed me. It read,
HOGWARTS SCHOOL
of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf Warlock,
Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. Of Wizards)
Dear Miss Jacquanetta,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed list of all necessary books and equipment.
Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later thean July 31.
Yours sincerely,
Minerva McGonagallMinerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Alexia" said a voice shrill with excitement. "Did you get a letter?" "Telepathy" I replied, "You never know who's listening." Next I felt a sheer joy enter my mind. "Did ya?" came the same exited voice, but only this time it was in my mind. (My sister and I being twins were using the twin physic thingy….yeah.) "Yes" I replied making myself sound annoyed… even though I wasn't. So then Sari started babbling on and on about how exiting this would be and I was ignoring her. For the next two hours I thought excitedly about what I would do at this school.
At about 6-o' clock our fireplace turned green, I watched with amazement as a balding man with half moon glasses a long crooked nose and a long silver beard stepped out. We stared mouths agape at this strange intruding stranger. After a minuet of silence he said "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I am the headmaster of the school Hogwarts. I trust you both received your letters?" We both nodded regarding this stranger now with caution rather than fear…not that I was afraid…"I have come to take you to get your school supplies. If you would please hurry some more students are waiting."
I looked down at myself with my black fur, long muzzle, pointy ears, red eyes, sharp teeth, and tail, and then I looked at the man who was in fact a human and at myself again. Sari spoke my thought, "Is this a human school? And if it is how are the human children not supposed to freak out when they notice that were not human but actually creatures that are very widely feared because a few of us ate some of their kind?" The man said "Ah, I though we would come to this question. I believe the two of you posses the ability to shift shapes… until you master that I will place a spell on you to make it so that you can choose any human form you wish."
Before I even had a chance to protest the man drew out a stick and muttered an incantation. At once I felt my body changing. I was shrinking and I felt cold as all my fur vanished. I looked in a mirror and gasped. I now had black hair dark skin slanted eyes I had shrunk three feet and I was wearing clothes. I also noticed that my teeth still had a certain sharpness to them that was all too noticeable and that my ears were just as animal looking as ever. I turned and looked at Sari. We were mirror images of each other, except that she had blonde hair and a smooth face and I had black hair and a scar running from my right eye to my right ring finger. We smiled at each other. Then the man told us to step into our wide fireplace take some green dust throw it into the fire and say Diagon Alley. I then went past many fireplaces and past many people, and then I was spat out another fireplace in to a crowded room full of people. I wandered around for a little bit, then left to explore Diagon Alley.
Mr. Potter led the way through the crowd, pointing out places. Ollivander's for wands, The Apothecary for potion supplies, Flourish and Bott's for books... I was in awe. Then we approached a magnificent white marble building. "Gringotts, the wizarding bank," said Mr. Potter a bit proudly, "Now we will get you some money and we'll meet my family to go shopping for supplies. Come along, now."We went in and exchanged our money for gold, silver, and bronze coins. Our clerk was a short, extremely ugly man with a long pointy nose and earsI was told later that he was a goblin! Then we went and met the rest of the Potters. Mr. Potter introduced his wife, Elaine, and his son, James. The first thing I noticed about James was that he looked a lot taller than me, with messy-looking black hair, and hazel eyes.. He walked over and said, "Hi, I'm James I know you're Lily. Do you know anything about Quidditch?" I said, "What the heck is Quidditch?" He looked shocked, but then seemed to remember something. "Ohhh," he said, "You're Muggle-born. Sorry. You'll see later what Quidditch is. We have to get our wands, now." Mr. Potter came over to tell us that we were going to go to Ollivander's now. He took James and me to the wand shop, while the rest shopped. Mr. Ollivander, an old wizard with white hair and pale, almost silver eyes explained what we were to do. We took a wand, waved it, and the wand would pick us. James went first and he waved wands around for nearly an hour before it lit up for him.I waved two, then the third one sent out sparks. It was 11 inches long, willow with an unicorn hair in the center. It was a bit flexible, and it swished when I waved it. After Mr. Ollivander packaged the wands, we were off to meet the others at Flourish and Bott's. We got our textbooks, and I got a clever little bag that shrunk everything down to a manageable size. It was the right size for one textbook, but it could fit up to 12 books comfortably. After that, we went to the Apothecary to get supplies. I don't want to complain but it smelled like crap in that room. (Well, actually, it smelled like a combination between rotten eggs and wet leaves, but yeah...) I got all my stuff as quickly as possible, then ran outside and waited til everybody joined me. Soon they did, and we walked briskly to Madam Malkin's Dress and Robe Shop. While I was being fitted, Lucius Malfoy walked in. He stared at me, then smirked and left. I pushed it out of my mind, though, as we went to Eeylop's Owl Emporium. Mr. Potter said I needed and owl, so I started looking. I fell in love with one, a beautiful snow-white one with lovely dark eyes. I instantly named her Jewel. I begged Mother and she gave in, soon, Jewel was mine. I wanted to stay for a while and cuddle my new pet, but all too soon, we were dragged away by James, who wanted to go to the Quidditch (there was that word again!) Supply Shop. When we got there, I saw a broom, wonderfully shiny and sleek. It had the words "Nimbus 2000" printed on the side...right then and there, I knew I wanted to fly. And I wanted to fly on that broom. James was arguing with his mother how much money he had saved, and how much could go toward broomsticks. I turned to look at Mother, but she shook her head and said, "Henry and Elaine say that first years can't have their own brooms." I turned around sadly and stared at the wonderful broom that would never be mine. But then, as a sudden thought popped into my head, I turned back to Mother and said, "Mother! I need other clothes, too, not just these robes!" We left quickly, to go to the mall. I happily watched as Mother told Petunia to be quiet, and that no, she wasn't getting anything. I thought of the huge mall and smiled to myself.