Should We Be Doing This?
Chapter One: Domestication of Owls
Lily's Side
They say hindsight is a wonderful thing, I personally have never understood that.
Of course looking back there were things I did that could be called stupid, idiotic even, but each one of those things has made me what I am today, and I wouldn't give this life up for anything.
I may have taken the long route to happiness but I got there in the end, and after all, it's not the destination it the journey that counts.
My name is Lily Evans and this is my story. I lay it down before you, so you can make your own judgments. This is the story of how a little girl found her hearts' desire.
"Should we be doing this?"
'No, but we're going to do it anyway.' I tossed my head back in what I hope was a defiant manner, and took the first step into the deserted corridor.
I beckoned for my partner in crime and all-round great friend to follow. I could see she was hesitant, that was her only problem, she never just let herself go and did something crazy, something I was prone to doing.
But, being my best friend she followed me and together we crept down the corridor.
"What do we do now?" she asked as we reached our target.
"Well, we go in there and if anything goes wrong we stick to the plan."
"Ok, stick to the plan, just stick to the plan, stick to the… what was the plan again?" she looked at me nervously
"Umm… the plan… well the plan is… to wing it" I whispered
"Well I'm so glad everything has been so well planed out! I'd hate to go rushing into something!" she glared at me with those big, far seeing turquoise eyes that seemed to look right into a person's soul.
I merely rolled my eyes at her and slipped into the room.
I must say at this point no one was more surprised at how far we had got undetected then me. Our past adventures had not been what you would call successful, but I was never one to live in the past, so onwards we went.
As I dived into the room I surveyed my surroundings. Yes, everything was just were it should be. So in further we went, to put the plan into action.
At this stage it should be said that we had both just turned eleven, and life was as good as it could be. Most of what we did was spontaneous and looking back on it, not very smart. But that never stopped us.
So that is why at 3 o'clock on this fateful morning we were to be found in my sisters bedroom, pouring maple syrup over her while she slept, I know what your thinking, why would anyone do that, well I don't know what we were thinking, if we were thinking at all, but at the time it seamed like fun.
Everything was going according to 'the plan' when there was a sudden thud at the window that sounded like a gunshot. Needless to say we started screaming our heads off, which caused my sister to wake up and find us in the act of covering her with syrup, which caused her to shriek out to mum and dad.
"Lily Evans, Bridget Allenbea, just what do you two think you are doing? And since when did we say you could start domesticating owls"
Busted.
I looked up at mum with the most innocent look on my face. All I had to do was explain that Petunia deserved it because she had broken my bike and said it was my fault, so really if anyone was to blame… wait a minute… Owls?
I turned around and saw the owl in question siting on Bridget's shoulder hooting happily. Bridget did not seem to notice it as she was absorbed in a letter. My first thought was that the owl had brought the letter, but instantly dismissed the thought, whoever heard of a carrier owl, the thought was ridiculous.
But still, both the owl and letter seemed to have arrived with the thud.
The owl then hooted again and started flying around the room. At this point I should mention the movents of my sister. Petunia is allergic to anything that is slightly out of the ordinary. She won't watch any talking animal movies because she says it "unnatural" and having an owl flying around her room was defiantly classed as abnormal. So there she was howling, running around the room, drenched in maple syrup and owl feathers, looking like the creature from the black lagoon, making enough noise to wake the dead.
While Mother was trying to sooth out her nerve, I looked at Bridget hoping for an explanation, she looked back at me and simply handed me a second letter.
I looked at the envelope I held in my hands. It was made of a heavy parchment type paper. And it was as if I was suddenly had earmuffs on, I was totally absorbed by the letter, Petunia's noise and the owls hoots were like a distant echo. It was all very surreal, just like something in the movies.
On the back there was a seal of some sort, a crest like the Medieval Knights use to have, it was divided into quarters with a big H in the middle and an animal in each corner: a lion, a snake, an eagle and what looked like a badger.
Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice in Wonderland would say.
I gently opened it, feeling strangely that what was in this envelope would have a lasting effect on me.
I pulled out a think stack of pages and my life was changed forever.
I know that it's a bit short, the first few chaps are, but once they get to hogwarts the chaps willl get longer so hold on!
This is my first Lily/James Fic so plez read & review and let me know what you think, but plez read all of it before!
By Morrigan Moon - Witch Inimitable
