The Girl Next Door
By fruity-love26
Chapter 1- Dreams"C'mon Lily! You don't want to miss the train, do you? You have been bugging us all week. We have to meet up with the Potters!"
A young girl, age eleven, with bright red hair and fierce green eyes, that showed her every emotion, walked down the stairs at the Evans' Mansion. This was no ordinary girl. Not only was this a daughter of Lord and Lady Evans but, she was also the very first witch in her entire family.
Though Lily was the first, she had not been kept in the dark for the eleven years of her life so far. This was due to her next door neighbors; Lord and Lady Potter and their son James who, by complete chance, was the same age as Lily. The Potters were all wizards and witches and they told the Evans Family this when they first met.
So, naturally, when Lily got her letter from Hogwarts, a school of witchcraft and wizardry, the two families immediately began to coordinate.
James and Lily, throughout their childhood, were never best friends but when need be they pulled together.
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As Lily stepped out of the limousine with her parents, James' parents and James, she looked very doubtful.
"Are we seriously going to a MAGICAL school on a train that pulls into the London Train Station?" questioned Lily.
'Of course we are. You just have to know how to get on. Haven't those books that you've had your nose in all summer taught you anything?" said James.
"James, do not be rude! We are going to meet up with Sirius soon and then you guys can go and explore." Said James' mother, Elaine.
"Oh Joy! Sirius. Another person to torment me," thought Lily as they walked into the station.
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As Lily ran at the wall between platforms nine and ten, she felt like an idiot. Not only was she running at a brick wall but, supposedly, there was platform nine and three quarters on the other side of the wall. As she reached the wall she expected to crash but instead she went right through it.
On the other side was a beautiful train with words on the side that said, 'Hogwarts Express'.
"Oh my gosh. It's real," said Lily in a quiet voice, more to herself than to anyone else.
"What was that hunny?" questioned her mom.
"Nothing Mom. Well I better go find a place to sit. I love you mom," she said as she hugged her mom goodbye. The Potters and her dad had just come through the barrier and she ran to her dad and said goodbye. With that her dad helped her find a seat and put her trunk away for her. She sat down and started preparing herself for a long trip and along time away from her family and her home.
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"Firs' Years. Firs' years," said a loud booming voice as Lily stepped off the train. She followed the voice until in front of her stood the largest man she had ever seen in her life. She stood alone in front of him because on the train she had tried to avoid people.
"Hey Lily. How was your train ride?" said a voice from behind Lily.
As she turned around she saw James Potter and Sirius Black standing with two boys who she had never seen before. One had sandy coloured hair and blue eyes. He looked like he had been through a lot in his life. Life almost seemed tiring to him. The other boy was a lot shorter than the other three boys and resembled a pig. His slightly greasy blonde hair looked like a wig on top of his very rounded face.
"It was fine James," said Lily after she realized that he had indeed asked him the question.
"By the way this is Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. We met on the train and had some interesting discussions," said James pointing at the boys respectively. There was a look passed between all the boys as James said his last sentence but Lily did not pay any attention to this. Lily was by now really confused. Normally James would either ignore her or be really horrible and make fun of her, obviously he was doing neither of these.
"Okay, follow me. We are going across the lake. Beautiful night for it actually," said the very large man.
He then brought them all to the edge of the lake and a bunch of boats were situated in front of them.
"Three to a boat. No more please."
Lily got into a boat with a girl with curly brown hair and green eyes as vibrant as hers and another girl with straight blonde hair and blue eyes that matched the exact colour of the ocean. For some unknown reason these three girls hit it off even though Lily was a rather unsociable person.
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"Oh look. She is smiling now. That's a good change. Completely different from the constant turning and whimpering," said the brown haired and green-eyed Sarah.
"I really hope you are right Sarah," said Nicole who had blonde hair and blue, blue eyes.
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Lily was standing in the hall right now with her two new friends, Sarah King and Nicole Sehl, standing next to each other. Both of them came from pureblood families and so had told Lily what was going to happen when they went into the great hall. Sarah had an older brother Daniel in year 2 at Hogwarts, and Nicole's older sister Lauren was in her final year.
All of a sudden the stern looking lady standing in front of them started to talk,
"Hello new students. My name is Professor McGonagall and I teach here at Hogwarts. The start of term banquet will begin soon but before you all will be sorted into a house. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. You will be in one of these and for the seven years of your attendance to Hogwarts they will be your family. Classes will be attended with your house, meals will be ate with your house and extra time will be spent in your house common room. Each house will receive points for good behavior or work and points will be taken away for the opposite,"
At this time a much smaller wizard came out and whispered in Professor McGonagall's ear.
"It appears they are ready for us now." With that McGonagall grabbed a stool and an old looking hat and the first years followed her into the great hall.
Everyone was staring at the first years as they walked in but McGonagall paid no attention to this. She set the stool down on a little platform in front of the staff table and put the old hat on top of the stool. As soon as she set it down a mouth appeared on the hat and it started to singing.
'I know I'm not that pretty,
But I'm more than what you see.
I can tell what you think,
When you put on me.
Your house will be your family,
But where do you belong?
Explanations will be given,
During this wonderful thought provoking song.
You may be a Gryffindor,
Where courage can be found.
They have lots of chivalry,
(It helps them get around)
How 'bout dear old Ravenclaw
Where smarts will suit you best
You may not be that recognized,
But you'll always past the test.
Hufflepuff is yet another
Where loyal subjects lie
They are quite patient,
Which means they always give it a try
Or perhaps you're a Slytherin
Where cunning people dwell
If you know their secrets
You might be hurt if you tell
So put me on!
Give me a try!
I will quickly tell you
Where you're heart does lie.'
As the hat finished the song the school erupted into applause, now even the first years were smiling. They were still nervous but a little eased.
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As Lily finished eating at the Gryffindor table with her two friends Sarah and Nicole, Dumbledore got up and said that everyone could leave and would first years please follow their respected prefects. Lily and her friends got up but before they could reach their prefect, Sean, James and his crew who were also in Gryffindor stopped them.
"Hey Lily. I am so glad you are in Gryffindor."
"Umm…thanks James."
"Lily I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me?"
Lily was skeptical as James asked this question and he looked sincere so she said, with a look at her friends first, "Sure James. I'll go out with you."
"Actually Lily you're hair is too bright for me. I wanted to go out with that girl over there."
Lily was sad about this even though she really did not want to go out with James that much. In truth she had had a crush on him for a while and he just shot her down. As a tear slid down her cheek Lily looked at the four boys in front of her. James and Sirius were grinning like this was the funniest think ever, Remus was looking at the floor and Peter was picking his nose.
"Well bye Lily," said James and with that he turned around and walked away with his new friends.
Lily followed them and the prefect very silently with Nicole and Sarah trying to cheer her up. No one saw James look back with regret and longing on his face. And no one noticed how much he wanted to take that back.
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"Do you see that tear sliding down her cheek?"
"I think she is waking up. Lily?"
"Yeah guys. I'm awake."
"Was it the first year dream again?"
"Yeah as always."
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A/N- Well this is the first chapter of Girl Next Door. For those of you who read my other story, A summer time romance, this is my new one. I hope you all liked it. I know it is very long but I put a lot of work into this one. So please please please review. I will not be updating unless I have 5 reviews. Okay well hope you like. R & R
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