Chapter 4
The Party
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot, and whatever else I made up.
Sorry it took me so long to write this!
Anyway, on with the story!
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Lily Evans was sitting on her bed, thinking of her party, seeing as it was today even though her actual birthday was tomorrow.
I can't wait for this! There will be no annoying little kids and there will be no whining...in other words, there will be no James Potter!
The young girl was just sitting there when the doorbell rang. She looked at the clock, it said 3:30 p.m. on August 9th.
"That's probably Amanda, seeing as she is always early for a party,"
Lily ran downstairs. She noticed all the party things up. She looked at the room.
It's very nice she thought, very colourful.
She was about to go look and see what else her family did for her in the kitchen when the doorbell rang again.
Oh ya, she thought, the reason I'm down here.
The doorbell rang yet again and Lily noticed that she was taking very long to open the door. She couldn't help it though, it's not her fault that she couldn't wait for her party to begin!
She opened the door too find Amanda standing there, looking kind of bored because she was sitting there for so long. She was also kind of in a trance when Lily opened the door. Or at least, that's how Lily found her.
"Umm, hello? Lily to Amanda, do you come in? I repeat do you come in? Over," she said, trying to make her voice kind of sounding like it was on a walky-talky.
"Huh? Oh, hi Lil! I didn't know what time it was but I didn't want to be late for the party so I just came early."
Lily looked at her quizzically. She looked awfully weird and suspicious but decided to shrug it off.
"Early? Amanda it's 2 HOURS until the party!"
"Oh, really? Oh well, here's your present Lily!" Amanda said as she handed Lily a box with a rather shameful wrapping job.
It was purple wrapping paper and just a little pull and the wrapping paper would easily come off!
Oh well, she's not the best at wrapping. I can remember last year at Alice's party. Oh man, that was not a pretty sight.
"Uh, thanks Amanda"
" No problem," she said with a goofygrin on her face.
Amanda stepped into the house. Lily did in fact have a very nice house.
The living room was nicely decorated. It was a very big living room, with streamers and floating balloons everywhere. The paint on the walls was a nice light blue and the decorations were all different colours. There was only 1 couch but around 5 chairs, each nice and comfy with mounds of pillows on them.
"Wow Lily, you must have really decorated!" Amanda said. She wasn't used to seeing her house like this.
"Actually, I think Petunia did this for me. "She is pretty good at decorations you know."
Amanda sighed. "Ya, it must be nice to have a sister."
"Oh Amanda, I'm so sorry. I completely forgot that you just...well, that incident just happened!"Lily said. Though she really didn't know what happened to her sister, she just knew that it was something bad.
"That's okay. So Lily, what do you want to do?"Amanda asked, trying to change the subject and succeeding without fail. Lily was easily distracted.
"I don't know, why don't we make up a list of games to play for the party?" Lily asked. Truthfully, Lily really didn't have any games ready.
"Okay"
The two of them made a whole list of games. There were around 20 games on their list, but they probably wouldn't play them all seeing as there was one that would most likely take up of the night. Truth or Dare.
The door bell rang and they both jumped up in surprise. They had been so wrapped up in making a list of games that they forgot that there were still people coming.
"I'll get it!" lily shouted so loud that the house nearly did shake.
She opened the door and found the rest of her friends Molly Simons, Aiko Kogawa, and Alice Warj (A/N sorry, I'm not good at making up names.)
" Hi you guys" Lily practically shrieked.
"Hi Lily" they said in unison.
"Oh Lily, we brought you presents, but some how I ended up holding them." Aiko said with a face that clearly said she was confused and a little annoyed.
"Oh, thank you!" Lily exclaimed. She was soooooo excited.
Lily took the presents and the girls were about to get started with the party, when the doorbell rang again.
"Lily, could you get that dear? I'm a little bit busy at the moment," her mom called from up the stairs.
"Sure mom," Lily yelled back and raced the other girls to get the door.
When they got there though, Lily was annoyed, Amanda was delighted and the other girls were clueless.
"Hi ya Lily, happy birthday!" Sirius screamed.
"Umm hi, are you okay?" Lily asked.
"Don't mind him, we accidentally gave him some chocolate and now he's um, well, he's a little out of it to put it lightly," said a boy who Lily had not seen before.
The boy had light brown hair that went to the middle of his neck, light brown eyes, he seemed intelligent and was wearing a pair of plain jeans and a regular black t-shirt.
"That's nice and you are...?"
"Oh, sorry I'm Remus, Remus Lupin. I'm a friend of James Potter and Sirius Black," the boy said. For some reason or other, Lily really didn't find him as annoying as James though.
"Hello Remus Lupin, I'm Lily Evans. These are my friends Amanda Bones, Aiko Kogawa, Alice Warj and Molly Simons," Lily said as she pointed to each one of her friends.
"Lilllyyyyyyyyyyyyy, don't leave us out here! Let us in!" Sirius exclaimed as he pushed Lily out of the way.
"Oh no, Sirius, James and Remus please get ou-"
"Hello boys!" said Mrs. Evans as she came down from the stairs.
"Mom, do you know why they're here?" Lily questioned.
"Yes, of course I do. I invited them. I thought it would be nice if you had even more friends over for your birthday. Don't worry thought," she said as she saw the look of horror on Lily's face, "They won't be sleeping over, boys do come in."
"Here's your present Lily flower!" said Sirius.
"Oh, thank you! You really didn't need to get me anything," Lily exclaimed. She really hadn't thought that Sirius would get her a gift.
"But it's your birthday Lily, of course we're going to get you a gift!" said Remus.
Lily let them in and the eight of them settled down in the living room.
What Lily didn't notice though when she was talking to everyone, James put asomething in the living room facing where they were all sitting.
"So, what game would everyone like to play?"
"Oh, oh, PICK MEEEEEEE!"Sirius shouted.
"Yes Sirius, what would you like to play?"
"I want to play pin the tail on the donkey!"
They decided to play pin the tail on the donkey and since there was no donkey, they decided to make a picture of one on a sheet of paper.
They each took turns and it turns out that Amanda was closest.
"Dinner time," called Lily's mother from the kitchen and they ran to the kitchen in about 5 seconds flat.
"Now I know that this is what everybody has at their party but that's ok. We're having pizza!" Lily said.
"I like pizza,"said Remus.
"I think that everyone likes pizza," said Molly.
"Dig in!" said a very enthusiastic mother.
When they were done the pizza and the cake, it was time for presents.
"What did you get me Amanda?" Lily questioned for about the 17th time.
"Find out yourself!" she said. Amanda was getting a little annoyed at Lily because she would not stop asking that question.
"Fine!"Lily pouted. She tugged on the wrapping paper and it revealed a beautiful hair piece that was all metal and it held her hair up in a bun.
"Thank you Amanda!" Lily said.
"Your welcome! Sirius and I did find you something that was perfect for you, but Sirius forgot to buy it. The dunce."
"Hey, I don't appreciate that!" said Sirius.
"Good!" Amanda retorted.
"Okay, moving on," said Lily. She picked up Aiko's present and opened it. It was some books on Shakespeare and other famous poets.
Molly got her lip gloss, and blush. Lily figured that she would need it in a couple of years, but not this year. She really wasn't much of a girly girl.
Aiko got her lots and lots of chocolate, because that's what every girl needs.
"Finally, our present!"Sirius said.
Lily opened Sirius', Remus' and James' present. It was a book on some of the biggest pranks, and hints.
"Thank you sooooo much you guys!"
"Your welcome, it was Sirius' idea though," Remus said.
"Look you guys, we've got to go," said James, he was dying to get out of there and go through with his plan.
"Ya, we've got to go too," said Alice and Aiko.
"Oh, okay. I'll show you guys to the door," Lily said, a littleupset that her friends and James had to go. Though, to be fair, it was 8:30 p.m.
Lily walked to the door with her friends and said good bye to them. Once they were gone, Lily, Amanda and Molly got their sleeping bags on and changed in the bathroom into their pyjamas.
Lily's pajamas were a lime green and had cute little brown bears all over it.
Amanda had brown hair and eyes so she wore a set of plain, purple, pyjamas.
(A/N I'm making their pyjamas match their characteristics)
Molly had bright orange hair so she wore a light blue set of pyjamas with clouds on them.
"So you guys, would you like to play truth or dare?" Lily asked.
"Of course Lily!" said Amanda.
"Okay, so who would like to go first?" asked Molly.
No one answered until 5 minutes later.
"I will I guess." said Lily.
"Okay Lily, truth or dare?"
"Truth"
"Alright Lily, if you had to pick one person out of James, Sirius or Remus, who would you choose?" asked Molly.
"Well, not James because he is just plain annoying, not Sirius because that's Amanda's man," she received a glare from Amanda at that comment.
"I'm just joking. Not Sirius because he is just, well... too goofy so that leaves Remus."
Lily looked at the other girls. They seemed to both be wearing the same silly expression.
"Lily, do you like Remus?" asked Amanda, giggling.
"No, it's just he's much more mature than the other two."
"That's true, but I think that Sirius is the cutest," said Amanda.
"Of course you do,"said Lily."Okay, Molly, truth or dare?"
"Definantily truth."
"Okay, so who do you like the best out of those three?"
Molly had to think a while about this. She put on a look that clearly said that she was trying to think about it.
"I think that Sirius is probably the cutest," said Molly.
"Aww, poor James. Nobody likes him," said Amanda.
"Can you blame us?" asked Lily.
The girls giggled for a while, and then went over to get Lily's chocolate.
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"Okay guys, you will not believe what I did," James said.
"I'm afraid to ask," said Remus, shaking his head slightly.
"I put a camera that was connected to our house in Lily's house. We will be able to see and hear what the girls are talking about on the basement t.v. and only the basement t.v."
"Why the basement television James?" asked Sirius.
"Simple,"James replied, "because the basement is sound proof so my parents won't be able to hear what we're up to or us laughing our heads off!"
"You know, we should pull pranks all through school. So many awesome pranks that even the teachers will be afraid of us!" Sirius said, his perkyness way out of the ordinary, which was saying something.
"That sounds like a plan to me. What about you Remus?"
Remus looked at them and thought about it.
Why not? It's not like we'll get into that much trouble if I help to cover up the mess we leave.
"Sure, why not?" he said with a smile on his face.
"Okay, but if we're going to be trouble makers, we need a good name!"
"Uh, okay! James, that'll be your name, Sirius can be my name and Remus will be his name,"Sirius said with a laugh.
"No, that's not what I mean." James said," I mean that we're going to be mischief makers, we need a name to call our group,"
"I know!" said Remus. It was a good thing that he had a big vocabulary for such a young boy, "We can call ourselves the Marauders!"
The boys stared at him like he was insane, or just too smart. Which ever one you like best.
"It means mischief maker, people who get into trouble, etc.,"
"Wow Remus the walking thesaurus!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Ya, ya, shaddup."
"Well, lets go see what the girls are doing!" James said.
The boys went down and turned on the television just in time to see that they were starting a game of truth or dare.
"So Lily, truth or dare?" it sounded like Molly said.
"Truth" Lily said.
"Alright Lily, if you had to pick 1 person out of James, Sirius or Remus, who would you choose?"
"Well, not James because he is just annoying-"
"I am not annoying, she's the one who is totally obnoxious, self-absorbed, over sensitive lunatic!" James yelled.
"James, buddy. Why do you care so much about what miss Lily Evans thinks of you?" asked Remus, a smirk on his face.
"I don't, I just think that I am WAY better than her and she is being a DIM WIT!" James shouted.
"James, shut up! I'm trying to watch!"yelled Sirius.
"-and not Sirius because he's Amanda's man-"
By this point, James and Remus were rolling on the floor, laughing.
"This is not funny guys! Although, Amanda is quite cute,"Sirius blushed.
"-I'm joking, not Sirius because he's just to, well...goofy-"
"I am NOT goofy!"
"-so I guess that leaves Remus."
Remus had suddenly gone pale and he was beginning to breathe very raspy breathes. James was giving Remus very dirty looks that only Sirius seemed to notice.
They are soooooo going to get married, and have kids, and they can be named Sirius 1,2,3,and for the girls...Siriussilvia, or Siriusronda or- and on and on he went. Disturbing boy he is.
"Lily, do you like Remus?"
Remus had gone abnormally pale. He just didn't think of Lily like that.
"No, it's just that he's much more mature than the other two,"
Remus let out a sigh and James stopped his glaring and made a small smile.
"That's true, but I think that Sirius the cutest" came Amanda's voice.
"Oh ya!" said Sirius, jumping up and down."I mean... well, I can't cover for that at the moment."
"Molly, truth or dare?"
"Definantly truth"
"Okay, so who do you like the best out of those three?" Lily asked, emphasizing the word 'you'
The boys waited a long time for the answer until...
"I think that Sirius is probably the cutest,"
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! I'm going to be a lady killer!"
At this point, both Remus and James were shaking their heads.
"Aww, poor James. Nobody likes him"
"Can you blame us?" Lily asked.
"Hey, I deeply resent that!" James said.
"Chill James," said Sirius.
"You can say that because you're going to be a lady killer! I'm just going to be the guy that nobody likes!"
"Ya, so what?"
"Nothing, lets just turn this off and go to bed. It's almost midnight and I'm tired."
So the boys turned off the television and went to bed, not knowing what they were missing.
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It was midnight and the girls were just about to go asleep when they heard a screech outside the living room window.
"What on earth could that be?" Lily asked and her friends played innocent while hiding their smiling faces under their sleeping bags.
She opened the window and was surprised to find a brown barn owl with a letter tied on its leg.
Lily untied the letter, read it and gasped.
"You guys, you won't believe what I just got! It's a letter that says I'm a-"
"A witch." her friends finished for her.
"Ya, how did you know?"
"We're witched too! Infact, Sirius, Remus, Alice and Aiko are all of the wizarding world. Everyone of us except you and Remus are the only ones who aren't pure blood." Amanda said. "Actually, Sirius, Molly, Alice and I are all like second cousins or something."
"And some other people," Molly muttered under her breath. Her and Amanda had both agreed to not tell Lily about James. They both really wanted to see what hers and James' reactions would be.
"Why not Aiko?" Lily asked.
"Well, most pure blood families are related to each other but there are a few that aren't related. Aiko's family is one of them."
"Oh," was all Lily managed to say until she thought,"Amanda, what's a pure blood?"
"Oh right! It means that we have no ounce of muggle in us."
"What's a muggle?" asked Lily.
"None magic folk, opposite of a pure blood." answered Molly.
"Okay, what's Hogwarts?"
"It's a wonderful castle with 4 houses that you get sorted into: Griffindor for the brave, Hufflepuff for the humble, Ravenclaw for the wise and Slytherin for the, well, evil. Trust me Lily, you do not want to be put in that house! And then there's-"
So all night, the girls talked about Hogwarts, Diagon Alley, and everything else. In the morning, around 9:00 a.m., Lily's mother came down and the girls explained everything. That took until around 11:00 a.m. and Lily's mother said that they could all go down to Diagon Alley at 1:00 p.m.
The girls got ready and left for Diagon Alley at exactly 1:00 p.m.(Amanda and Molly called their parent and they let them come with Lily and her mom to make sure that they got everything and stayed away from Knockturn Alley.) They got all the stuff for Hogwarts and went back to Lily's house.
Soon, it was September 1st and Lily was packed, ready to go, and on the train by 10:45. She managed to get a seat with the other girls and they were all set to go.
" I can not wait to get to Hogwarts!" Lily screamed. She wanted to see it all!
"Calm down Lily!" said Alice for the umteenth time.
"I'm just soooooo excited!"Lily said. The girls finally got her to calm down as the trolley lady came by.
The rest of the train ride flew by as the girls told Lily about Quidditch, and anything else that Amanda and Molly might have left out on Lily's birthday.
The train got to a stop as Lily, Amanda, Alice, Aiko(too many A's), and Molly got off the train and followed a gruffy man by the name of Hagrid.
Hagrid was a very tall person. Lily and her friends suspected that he was part giant.
Once, on the boats, Amanda, Lily, Molly and Alice in one boat and Aiko in another with a boy named Peter Petigrew (YUCK!),Lucious (SP?) Malfoy, and Severus Snape. When the first years turned a corner, they saw it: Hogwarts.
"It's beautiful!" Lily exclaimed as she eyed it up and down.
They reached Hogwarts and there they met Professor Mcgonagall, the head of the house for Griffindor. That's the house that Lily wanted to be in the most.
They entered the great hall and saw that a hat was going to put them into houses.
The sorting hat sang its song, and Mcgonagall started calling names:
Agnatious, Abragale.
She got into hufflepuff.
Brode, George.
He got into Ravenclaw.
Soon it was Lily's turn and went up to the front. She turned around and her eyes landed on one certain messy haired boy with round glasses. They were both thinking the same thing, and screamed aloud.
"Is it YOU?"
That's all for now! Wow, that took me a long time. Well, please review! It would mean a lot! Even if you just said I read your story and I didn't/did like it. Please! I'm begging you! I wrote 12 pages just for all of you now please, please, please, PLEASE REVIEW!
Thank you all!
SIL