Beginning
By SuperGirl
A/N: Not mine, this is more of a serious one. No funny things in this one besides puns.
It was the summer of 1975. The world was changing there were wars and changes being made within our communities and the world. It was this year the innocents of the wizard community would end after a peaceful time. Another Dark wizard would rise up and this time the ministry could not stop them.
Our story starts on a nice summer day and with a young girl getting ready for a day out with her mother. This would have been the last day of innocents for her. The hidden truth would change everything this day…
September 15th, 10 AM in Brick-Lane London.
An alarm goes of interrupting a young girl age sixteen going on seventeen with dark red hair for the 12th time in the last hour. Squinting her eyes she glares at the clock wishing for it to stop the sound blaring loudly. She knows she can not stay in her warm comfortable bed. The sun was shaded in from the curtains that draped behind her bed post.
It was summer this was not suppose to end so quickly for her. However today she would leave the world she knew and go off into a world hidden within the rest of the world. The alarm went off again causing her to curse under her breath and glaring again at the clock telling her it was 10:05.
Pulling her strength together she pushed the blankets off and turned towards the side of the bed and slowly slid off taking her time to remembering the sleep she was losing. Stretching she reach up and touched the rafters with her hands above her. Tilting her head she snapped it and then towards the opposite. Taking her hands she popped every knuckle delicately finishing her stretches.
Her routine was stopped when a scream stopped her fallowed by an irritating voice that matched with the same sound of an angel from the seventh layer of hell. "Why the bloody hell!" screamed an irritated woman. The girl who was stretching wrinkled her nose in disgust as she could hear yelling down stairs from one source. Going towards her dresser she picked up her sleeping robe laying on top and wrapped it around her pajamas and walked out of the room and down some stairs.
After making it to the main floor she seen her older sister her face redden. Across from her sat her father leg crossed smoking a pipe with a paper across his lap. "Petunia, if you want us to pay for the wedding it will be during a time Lillian can attend without missing school." The girl growled like a dog hearing that. "It's my wedding!" she cried her father shrugged and crossed his leg. "If it's your wedding then you pay for it."
Growling more she turned towards the door but stopped and looked up. "It's your fault for being a freak. I'm going to have a wedding and I do not want you there!" she said hissing at the young girl in her pajamas. The girl looked over to her father who kept reading the paper un-amused. "petunia, don't you have classes starting ?" a reply came from the man hidden in the papers.
Growling the woman went to the door and slammed it leaving. The younger girl looked surprised as the door slammed and watched as her sister walked past the windows. "You know I think she's a bit spoiled if you asked me." said the man putting his paper down. Grey hairs wisped with strains of red on his head. "Now, I thought you'd been up earlier to go shopping with your mother." he said raising an eyebrow changing the subject.
"Yes, I been waiting for you all morning." came a voice coming in the room with a two cups of tea in her hands. The woman smiled at the young girl with matching hair and turned and gave the man his cup then sat across from him. "Lily, are you ready to go?" asked the woman raising an eyebrow looking over her appearance questionable. "Oh I." the girl paused and frown some.
"Now don't tease the girl, her sister was just rude to her. Lily go up stairs and get ready your mother has been looking forward to this trip since the last one." The girl looked over to her father and smiled then ran back up the stairs. A few moments latter she came down to see her mother putting on her dress coat over her dress-suit and buttoning up the bottoms. "Are you ready dear?" her mother asked. The girl nodded some as her mother looked over her appearance some.
"Jeans and a tunic?" her mother asked raising her eye brow. The girl grinned back at her mother who shock her head some. "I like it." the girl said turning on her chunky heeled shoes. "I hope never to understand your fashion or why boys have long hair now." her mother said shaking her head. The girl smiled some. "At least those wizard boy stay well groomed." The girl laughed some as her mother opened the door for them.
Soon the two women were entering in a dark, dusty tavern with a sign on the outside stating, 'Leaky cauldron'. "The bar keeper her always gives me the eye. You know that Tom fellow with the long nose." said the girl's mother. The girl laughed some as they opened the door up and entered everyone inside turned and looked cautiously for a moment then turned back to what they were doing. The girl looked around oddly as they walked through the door. No one looking towards them.
After leaving the room through the back the two looked at each other oddly. "That was odd even for that place." commented her mother. The girl nodded and took out a long willow-like stick with vines on the side and tapped some rocks in counter-clock wised motion on a brick wall. Soon a door way appeared from this and the mother of the girl gasped. "I love watching that every time." the woman said grasping her daughters' shoulder.
"That man from the bar wasn't there this time." said the girls mother the girl looked over oddly. "You know that Tom fellow, he showed you how to get into the shopping area your first year. He always made my skin crawl some with his comments." the girl laughed some. "I think he used to fancy you mother." The girls mother laughed some. "I suppose so, he is closer to my age I hoped he'd liked me over you dear." the woman joked causing the girl to look nauseous.
Soon the two ended up in a small café and sat down. A young woman in striped leggings and a black dress came over and handed the two small menus. "What would you two like to drink? We have some fresh pumpkin juice in the back." the woman asked the two. "Lily?" the mother asked the girl nodded at her. "Two please." the waitress walked off to the back for the drinks.
As the girl was looking at her menu she felt odd like someone was watching her. Sitting down her menu she looked up across the room and met the eyes of a hazel-eye young man in coke-bottle glasses. "Good-god." the girl said placing the menu in front of her face. "What's wrong dear?" the mother asked. "Nothing mother." the girl lied cursing under her breath.
"Hello Mrs. Evans and Evans." a familiar voice rang behind her mother. The older woman turned towards the man smiling. "Oh James, how are you." the girl hissed knowing her mother's over friendliness would cause him to stay longer. "I'm fine now I seen my two favorite people." he paused and looked over at the girl who's face was buried in the menu.
"James it's nice to see you, were you alone?" the mother asked. "I was waiting for Sirius, but he's not here yet." he said smiling. "I don't even know if he's coming. His mother in all." he said still smiling. "Well join Lillian and me." the woman said smiling and patted next to a chair next to hers. The girl across from her mother lowered her menu with her eyes popped out and wide in shock.
"Lillian, I thought it was just Evans." the boy said smiling. The girl glared at him. "It's nice to see you Lily." he said grinning. The girl glared at him as he continued to smile. "Isn't James such a nice boy?" the girl's mother asked. The girl chocked a laugh hearing that. "Unfortunately you have missed out on his gentleman-like qualities in school." the girl said glaring at the boy.
"Awe, but Evans you know were meant to be together divinations class has taught me that." he said grinning. The girls mother laughed at there bickering. "Here's your juices, would Mr. Potter like something?" the waitress asked the boy, he nodded. "If you have a butter beer cold I'd like that." he said grinning. "Oh what's a butter beer?" asked the girls mother.
"There wonderful, you should try one Mrs. Evans." the boy said smiling. "I'd like one as well." the mother said the boy grinned some as the waitress came back with two butter beers. The boy raises his bottle to the girl across the table and winked at her. "This taste like candies." said the girls mother grinning. "Better then that pumpkin stuff we drink when we come here." the boy laughed some. "I'm glad your amused Potter." the girl hissed crossing her arms.
"Anything you do amuses me Evans." he said sipping the bottle's top. The girl irritated sat up in her chair and pointed to him, "It's not funny anymore you can stop." the girl said raising her voice. The boy laughed some. "You know Mrs. Evans your daughter is adorable when she's frustrated." The girls mother laughed some at the situation between the two.
The girl pointed her finger and begin to respond back to the boy, but a loud bang interrupted her. She turned towards the large windows in front of the café and froze seeing smoke and rock and dust flying up. Everything turned into slow motion as pieces of the stone floor moved towards the glass window. Before the girl could blink she was pushed back and the world turned dark for her.
A few hours passed by until she woke up. Blinking a few times she looked around and noticed she wasn't in the café anymore. "Sit back." said a calm voice she recognized as her mothers. She laid back down as she felt a wet rag on her forehead. "What happened?" the girl asked with her voice dried. "None of the people will tell me dear." the woman said softly.
The girl sat up against her mother's protest and noticed she was in a white room on a bed. "Where are we?" the girl asked panicked. "A hospital, there was some explosion or something broke the glass out of the window. James the dear, protected us. He might be hurt badly. I was only one not hurt at the café. It was horrible people were screaming." her mother said hugging her tighter.
They were interrupted when a man came in the room wearing all white. "Mrs. And Ms. Evans." they turned to the man. "Were discharging you at this time, there will be an aurora escorting you out. The ministry will be handling the sending of supplies out to your daughter's school." The girls mother looked at the man oddly. "What happened to James Potter?" she asked.
"He's next door in critical care, his parents are there right now." the man nodded to them and turned to leave. "I know your not found of him, but let's check on him before we leave, he did save your life dear.' the girl froze some as realization dawned on her. She looked over at her mother who had tears in her eyes. The girl nodded without speaking. Slowly they made there way out of the room into a hall way bare for a hospital.
The mother went to a door then turned away. "Must be on the other side." she said turning to the other door next to where they were. The mother knocked on the door and a soft. "Come in." was heard. The two walked into see two elderly people sitting next to a bed with a worried look on there faces. "Hello Beverly and Lily." the man said looking at them. The mother went over and hugged the elderly woman whispering encouragements as the girl leaned against the door next to the door in silence.
The girl felt awful sitting there an uncomfortable seeing the boy who fancied her laying still. Bruises and cuts on his forehead and his glasses were not in sight. His chest was bare, but a white bandaged wrapping from the left shoulder to the right arm. She was unsure of what had happened, she was unsure of how they got there as well or how long she was unconscious.
"Lily." a voice said taking her from her dream state. "It's late, we need to get home your father will be panicking." the girl looked up at her mother then back at the boy laying in bed not moving and nodded as her mother lead her out of the room. Two men in long black robes were waiting for them. "Were here to take you home for safety." one man said.
The two Evans women looked at each other oddly as the men escorted them back. "Can you tell us who attacked the café." the girl asked.
"That is not your concern at this time Ms. Evans." one replied.
"We could of died and you can't tell us?" Mrs. Evans said questioning the two.
"I advise you not to worry we have it under control." one replied.
A sick feeling entered into the girls stomach as she seen panicked people talking to doctors through the hospital. "This way." one of the men said guiding them.
"He was doing dark arts." The girl herd someone say. She turned but was forced to keep walking. As they walked towards the exit her eye caught someone entering. "This way." a man said to her pulling her. The girl turned her head and locked eyes with a familiar face. "Professor" the girl said the man looked up, and looked at her. "Professor Dumbledore what's going on here?" she asked as she was forced to move.
"We live in weary times Mrs. Evans I wished I knew." she heard as they left the hospital with a flash of light. "How did we get home so quickly?" she head her mother questioned. The girl turned and seen the two men holding an odd object in one's hand. "Goodnight." one said as he reached for the object the other man held and with a flash of light they disappeared.
The girl turned to her mother. "What happened Lily?" the woman asked. "What do you mean, it was a port-key mother." the woman nodded. "Why are we home and it's dark?" the woman asked turning around. "Mother we just left the hospital there was the explosion in the street at Diagon alley." the woman turned to her daughter shocked.
"Mom, don't- don't' you remember?" the woman looked at her daughter blankly. "Mother?" the girl looked at her mother strangely. "I- I don't remember that." her mother said. "Mom, you- We were in the hospital and the Auroras took us home by port-key. You don't remember anything do you?" she asked as tears welled up in her eyes.
"What's wrong dear?" her mother asked. The girl shook her head.
"Well we can go to Diagon alley tomorrow." her mother said trying to cheer her up.
"No there sending my supplies to school, mother there was a huge explosion people were in the hospital dieing." The girl paused suddenly. She gasped out looking at her mother with her eyes widen in fear.
"Lily were home, let's go inside and stop this silliness." her mother said.
"Your cars gone!" The girl said the mother turned around and looked around oddly. "Where is it?" the woman asked.
"Mom something is going on something big and they don't want us to know."
"Lily, stop acting this way and get in the house" her mother asked hurt.
"I don't know, nothing makes sense." the girl hissed. "Wait Professor Dumbledore said something when we left, something about weary times."
The continued to walk to the door of the house they stood out of. The mother of the girl paused. "War." she whispered. She stopped and turned to her daughter. "That's what that means." the girl froze looking at her mother.
"Living in weary times, it's an old phrase for a dangerous time or during a war."
"A war with who?"
"Forget I said anything we need to get inside."