Chapter 5

The, umm...Title that is so good, you just can't put it in words. Ya, that's it!

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Lily Evans awoke from her dream. It was the summer, August 31st to be exact and she was going to her seventh year of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry tomorrow. She was starting her seventh year.

That's really strange, she thought, I haven't thought about that day for years.

A lot of things have happened since that day. Sirius, Remus and James had met a boy named Peter Pettigrew and they had made a group of four and they called themselves the Marauders.

Aiko who was once one of their best friends was sorted into Slytherin and she either a) ignored them completely or b) made fun of them. It was clear that they never talked to her after the first month of school.

The reason that Aiko ignored them is because Lily and the rest of them were sorted into Gryffindor, and everyone knows that Gryiffindor's and Slytherin's aren't exactly the best of friends. But Lily always suspected that Aiko was slightly jealous because they got into Gryffindor and she didn't. Everyone knew that she wanted really badly to go there, because the rest of her family was in that house.

Molly was going out with a boy named Arthur Weasley and it was starting to get serious. Alice was dating Alexander Smith but it was just starting out.

Lily still hates James Potter, though not as much because he was being slightly nicer to her. But she still disliked him because she tends to hold a grudge and he frequently asks here out at least 6 times per day, but that was just his average.

And remarkably Sirius, for once in his life, was single.

She sat up on her bed and looked around her room. Like the rest of her house, it was redecorated (Petunia, her mom and dad had done the rest but Lily wanted to have a say in what her own room was.).

Her room was now a purpley blue and it had silver trimming. She had a queen sized bed and a single desk. Her closet was a walk-in closet though, so it was a quarter the size of her room. Other than a few clothes that hadn't been packed yet, her trunk, her owl, and her other school things, the room was just like that. Needless to say, it was very open.

Lily then decided to have a shower and get dressed. Today, she wore a pair of old jeans, with a light green spaghetti strap top.

Lily then went downstairs into the kitchen. Her family had redecorated in her fourth year so it looked completely different.

The walls were now a light shade of blue, with a traditional white bordering. The furniture was all wood and the counter was marble.

Lily walked in and made herself some cereal. She ate it, and then went upstairs to do some last minute reading.

I can't wait for school tomorrow, she thought, I can't wait to see all my friends again. Stupid parents, they don't even let me see my friends just because "I see them all year and I should spend time with just my fami-"

While Lily was day-dreaming, she had accidentally knocked into her sister, Petunia.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Nia," Lily said as she helped her sister up.

(A/N: Sorry, yes, they have crashed into each other a lot so far, sorry:))

"That's really alright Lils," Petunia said, "Just don't forget to wash up before tonight, because Vernon is coming to supper!"Petunia squealed.

"Don't worry, I wont." Lily said, as she roled her eyes when Petunia had her back turned.. Petunia had never brought "Vernon" to supper before. Actually, Lily had never met Vernon before. The way that Petunia was talking about him though, everyone had high expectations of him. Everyone, that is, except the father, Cory Evans. He just thought (like all fathers) that Vernon was complete scum that doesn't even deserve to live. But, as everybody knows, Petunia tends to exadurate, so Vernon might not be as good as she says he is.

Lily went up to her room and finished her packing. She looked at the clock, it said 12:00 p.m.

I'm soooooooo bored, she thought. Why is there nothin to do when it's summer? Isn't that supposed to be the...funnest season? Is funnest a word? I'll have to check with Remus, surely he'll know. After all, he is the worlds largest dictionary.

Lily chuckled at her own joke. Though, it was not funny, Lily was odd that way.

"I wonder what seventh year will be like? I imagine it would be not that much harder, what with being Head Girl and all, but I don't really care, as long as I pass transfiguration, knock knock, charms, potions, defence against the dark arts, knock knock, herbology, astronomy, ancient runes, and care of magica-knock. Then I'll be able to become auro- Now where is that obnoxious knocking coming from? "

As she said it, she looked around the room and finally spotted an owl that was a shady grey colour, and had magnificent blue eyes outside her window.

"Aww, what a sweet little owl, just hold on a second, I'll let you in,"

Lily opened the window and the bird flew in, sat directly on her mahogany desk and waited for Lily to shut the window so that she could untie the letter attached to its leg and reply for its master. The bird was under strict orders not to leave the house until Lily wrote down an answer.

Lily shut the window and, as the bird wanted, untied the letter. She briefly looked over the note, frowned a little, and threw it on the floor. Almost instantly after she did this, she wrote a reply down.

No

Lily tied it to the bird and sent it off back to where it came from, and started to open A Midnight Summer's Dream by William Shakespeare.

Around 20 minutes after that, the same owl was right at her window, knocking at it again.

Lily sighed as she put her book to rest on the bed, settled tight where the page was at, and opened the window for the poor bird.

The bird, yet again, went onto her desk and waited for Lily. She undid the note, opened it, and wrote down her reply.

I'm sorry, my parents won't let me. They won't let me see anyone from the wizarding world in the summer break. They want to spend time with me, even though they're never here and it's just me and Petunia.

- Flower Lady

Lily tied the letter back onto the bird and sent it flying away. She opened the book again, but was distracted by the first letter the owl had sent. She picked it up off the floor and reread it:

Dearest Flower Lady,

I think that it's time for us to finally meet in person. Please send your reply with my owl. She has orders not to leave until you do.

Sincerely,

Sir Shining Knight.

Lily honestly wanted to, but she didn't even know where this "Sir Shining Knight" lived, or if her parents would allow it. Actually, she knew that her parents wouldn't allow it. The only thing she did know about him is that he goes to Hogwarts and is in the same year as herself, along with other tidbits of information that he has told her in his previous letters.

Knock, knock, knock

This time, Lily didn't need to look around. She just lifted up the window, got the letter, and read it.

Dear Flower Lady,

If you are not allowed to come, then we'll simply meet at Hogwarts. I would love to meet you, because we have been writing for over a year now and I would love for you and I to meet, face to face.

I would also like to say that I am grateful for this note pal system that someone started up for the wizarding world. I don't know how I could have survived the school year without you.

Sincerely,

Sir Shining Knight

At this note, Lily felt extremely guilty. Though, she did not know why, it was after all, not her fault that she could not meet up with him. He could live hundreds of miles from where she lives and it was not her fault that her parents were stubborn.

Perhaps, she thought, it is because I really want to meet him and it's not only that he wants to see me, but I want to see him and by not being able to, I am also letting myself down.

Lily decided that she would write him back a note. It did seem kind of cruel that he was being nice and sweet but if she didn't write him a note, she would seem heartless.

Dear Sir Shining Knight,

I am REALLY sorry that I can not see you. I want to, it's just my stupid parents! They won't let me do anything that interacts with the wizarding world except owl people incase I need help on my homework. It's really unfair. I-

"Lils, can you come downstairs? I need your help on something!" Lily heard Petunia call.

"I'll be right there!" Lily shouted back, "I just have to finish a letter, I'll just be a couple of seconds!"

I need to go now. I'm really sorry. I would write for much longer if I could, but my sister needs my help. I guess I'll see you tomorrow, even though I don't even know what you look like.

-Flower Lady

Lily tied the note to the owls leg and began to walk to the door to help her sister. She had her hand on the doorknob, but then the owl came again.

Dearest Flower Lady,

I will give you one clue to my appearance though, since we will not be meeting just quite yet. I have glasses. Yes, I know that seems like it's an awful clue, seeing as so many people have glasses, but it's weird, because you think that many people have glasses in our school, but few do, and even fewer in our year. I promise you that we will meet sometime in the school year, but in the right time. On that note, I must go. I shall see you tomorrow, Flower Lady.

Sincerely,

Sir Shining Knight

Sorry it was so short! I'm kind of stuck in a writers block, which is why it took me so long to write this chapter.

Just to clear things up (if you didn't get it) the past four chapters were all a dream of Lily's, and Lily is actually 17years old. Pretty cool, huh?

Also, thank you to all of my readers (even if you don't review) because its cool that you're even reading my story.

Please do send reviews though, because it makes me feel special! Jokes, but seriously, do send reviews please!

SIL