N/A: this chapter is going to have a point of view change- Lily's point of view. Through out the story there will be many point of view changes, it's really just the beginning that's mostly Addy.
Lily looked in the mirror one last time before heading down for breakfast. She had long red hair tied up in a high ponytail and bright green eyes. She was relatively tall and always stood straight making her seem even taller.
Lily sat down at the table across from her sister Petunia. Petunia gave her a look of disgust before turning back to her toast. Lily rolled her eyes. Petunia had always been jealous that Lily was smarter. She was her parents prized child and would be going to Oxford and winning a Nobel Peace Prize. Lily picked up a piece of toast and began to butter it when suddenly there was a knock at the door.
Mrs. Evans went to get the door. Standing there was a lady with black hair pulled back into a tight bun. She was dressed in a green set of robes and had a peculiar hat on.
"Aren't you going to invite me in?" she asked.
Mrs. Evans moved out of the way to allow this stranger into her house.
"Now I am here to discuss matters of Ms. Evans schooling," she started
"Petunia is getting the additional help she needs from a private tutor," Mr. Evans began.
"Oh, dear no. Not Petunia, Lily! I have a place for her in my school, Hogwarts."
"Hogwarts?" asked Lily, "I've never heard of Hogwarts before?"
"Of coarse you haven't. It's magic school and you Lily Evans, are a witch."
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Lily Evans couldn't believe it. She was walking next to her transfiguration teacher on her way to by supplies for magic school.
Professor McGonagal took her to the heart of London. Lily began scanning the stores for somewhere you could buy cauldrons or magic wands. All the shops however, seemed relatively normal. The occasional magic trick shop was passed but Professor McGonagal didn't even glance twice at them. Finally they took a sharp turn in front of a pub, The Leaky Cauldron.
"Umm, Professor, I'm underage, I can't drink!" Lily stuttered.
Professor McGonagal just smiled and led her past the bar and to a small alley in the back. She tapped the bricks and an archway opened revealing a magical alley lined with shops of all shapes and sizes.
"Wow…" Lily whispered.
The two people made their way down the alley; they purchased her cauldron and her potions kit and her robes before heading to Flourish and Blotts. Flourish and Blotts was the largest bookstore Lily had ever seen. She bought her schoolbooks and couldn't help herself to buy a few other books for background reading.
"Alright, that's everything on your list except your wand," said Professor McGonagal, "I have a little business of my own to attend to. You'll be fine for a few minutes right?"
Without waiting for an answer Professor McGonagal turned in the other direction. Lily walked into Olivanders on her own. The shop was dusty and smelt bad. She walked up to the counter in search of a bell of some sort to ring for service. When she found nothing she decided maybe she was supposed to find one on her own. On random she picked up a wand from one of the boxes on the floor. She gave it a wave. Beautiful green sparks came from the wand. The sparks bonded together and transformed into a Lily flower landing on her head.
Applause was heard from behind her. She turned to see an old man standing behind the counter.
"Usually I say the wand picks the wizard but apparently that is not true here. Your first wand eh? Peculiar. Little Addy Mae was in here today and she went through nearly the entire shop before she found the one for her. Unicorn hair, 9 ¼ inches. But you, let me see," he said
Lily handed him her wand.
"Aw, willow, 10 ¼, nice for charms, very swishy," he said giving the wand an extravagant swish before handing it over to Lily. Lily paid and exited the shop quickly, so quickly, in fact that on her way out she ran into a black haired boy, literally.
"Hey watch where you're going!" yelled the greasy haired boy, sneering.
"Well, sorry," said Lily, "I'm Lily, Lily Evans." Lily stuck her hand out to shake.
"Severus Snape," he said, "Mudblood."
"Hey don't call her that!" said a boy with unruly black hair.
"Who's gonna make me?" asked Snape.
"Me."
"You and what army?"
The messy hair boy threw a punch square in the jaw of the greasy haired boy. Severus Snape stumble backwards before vanishing.
"James Potter, how many times have we been over this?" asked a blonde girl walking up to Lily and the boy, "No punching complete strangers for no apparent reason!"
"It wasn't for no reason, he called her a you- know-what!"
"A you-know-what! He wouldn't dare!" she looked over at Lily, "He didn't" she said looking over at Lily, who suddenly felt extremely stupid. "Don't listen to him! Not everyone thinks of you that way. I for one don't. I'm Addy by the way, Addy Mae."
Lily stuck her hand out again to shake and this time, Addy stuck her hand out in return.
"Ouch!" Lily said
"You still have that thing?" the boy asked wide eyed.
"Yup!" she said, "anyway you gotta name?"
"Yeah Lily Evans," she said messaging her hand.
"Sorry about the hand," said Addy, "it's all in good humor!"
"Anyway, I'm James Potter," said the boy, "And sadly I don't have a shocker," he said after noticing her eyeing his hand suspiciously.
Professor McGongal was suddenly seen pushing her way through the crowded streets towards the small band of children.
"Come on Lily, it's time to go. Who are these?" she asked pointing at Addy and James.
"Addy" said Addy sticking her hand out to shake the professor's.
"Ouch" said the professor.
"Works every time," she laughed.
"Well, if we were already in school that would be a detention, one hour of lines for you," Professor McGonagal scolded.
"Speaking of detention," said James, "does Hogwarts have a detention record, because if it does, I plan on breaking it!"
Professor McGonagal just rolled her eyes and led Lily away from the other students.
That night Lily's head spun thinking of everything new she had learned and wondering, if everyone was like James and Addy how she was ever going to fit in.
N/A: I'm sorry, short, kind of crappy chapter. But I promise they will go to Hogwarts next chapter!