Ms. Lily Evans
Chapter Four: Hogwarts Express
Note: I do NOT own Harry Potter characters, or world. The story will have some details from Half Blood Prince.
Lily Evans barely got any sleep the night before September 1st. She was anxious about leaving her family until Christmas. She sighed softly and looked at the clock. It read 6:45. A yawn crept past her cherry lips as she sat up on her bed. She took a look around her room before getting up.
Her emerald green trunk, which lay besides her bed, was empty. She was suppose to pack last night, but completely forgot. Best do it now, she thought to herself and walked over to her dresser. Her tired eyes looked over the clothes in it, and decided which ones she was going to bring with her to school. She carefully picked them up and put them away in her trunk neatly. Then, she closed the dresser and grabbed her school supplies and put them on top of her clothes, and placed her bag on top of that. She looked around her room, and wondered what else she should bring. She shrugged after thinking about it and headed to the bathroom, to take her shower.
She came out about a half an hour later, clean and wet. She had put her pajamas on again instead of wearing a towel. Lily had grabbed one of the brushes from the bathroom and brushed her hair with it.
As she looked out the window, she noticed that the sun had risenover the mountains. The redhead smiled, and picked out the clothes that she would wear later that day. She could hear her mother walking down the hall, then stopping at her doorway.
"Up already?" Her tired mother asked.
Lily nodded. "Yeah. Anxious, I guess."
Her mother just watched her for a moment. A smile formed across her face. "I'll go make you some breakfast."
"Thanks mum."
Before Lily knew it, she was rushing to get to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. There was ten minutes until the train left, and all she could see was Platforms Nine and Ten. No Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. She had stopped and looked around before giving Nancy a confused look. Nancy just pushed her along to one of the walls seperating the Platforms.
"Come on Lily, you'll be late," Nancy ran along her, then pushed her the wall. Lily thought that she was just going to crash into it, but to her surprise, she went right through it. Nancy appeared behind her soon after. "Look. There's your friend!"
Lily looked up at the last compartment, and sure enough, Jamie's head was sticking out the window. She rushed to the train, and got onto the train. Her friends helped her carry her trunk into the compartment. They set it down by Lily's sit and all sat down. As the train started moving, Lily waved good-bye to Nancy, then turned back to her friends. There was silence before Sunny broke it.
"This is going to be so awesome!" She claimed as the other three girls nodded in agreement.
"Especially, as Jaime said before, if we all get in the same house," Rose added. Then, they all go into a disscusion about Hogwarts.
At this time, Lily was thankful that Nancy had explained everything to her.So now she could actuallly get involved in a conversation with her friends. The whole train ride was filled with talk about Quidditch, the Sorting Ceremony, teachers, the houses, etc. Their conversations were intruputed a few times. The first time it was by James Potter, and his shaggy-haired friend who introduced himself as Mister Sirius Black. Personally, Lily was getting creeped out by the way James was looking at her. Just the thought of it gave her shivers. The second time it was by Avril Wells, the Head Girl from Gryffindor.
"What do you think we'll have to do to be sorted?" Sunny asked.
"Daddy said that we'd have to take some kind of test," Rose responded.
"My mum said we had to do a spell," Jamie said.
For the rest of the ride it was like that. They all discussed what they thought and what they heard. When they were done, they changed into their robes and waited to get to Hogwarts. A silence filled the room. What else was there to talk about? Lily stared out the window, deep in thought. That was until Sunny disturbed her.
"So. What do you guys think about James Potter?" She asked as she bit into a chocolate frog.
"He is cute, and funny. My parents are friends with his. I get to see him every time they have a party, but this is the first time I've ever talked to him," Jamie responded through a mouthful of jelly beans.
"Yeah, he is," Rose agreed.
There was a minute of silence before they all looked at Lily.
"What do you think Lil?"
"He is pretty cute..." She said in a soft voice.
"And Sirius Black?" Sunny asked.
"Cute. Funny. Has some manners," Rose replied.
"Agreed," said Jamie.
"Definately," Lily spoke a little louder than before.
They all laughed and continued to talk about all the different guys they've seen, then continued onto what the teachers would be like. Once Hogwarts was almost in sight, they all changed into their robes, and waited for the school to come near.