Chapter Three: The letter
The next few weeks were all a blur to Lily, with Mr.and Mrs. Potter explaining every thing they knew about the wizarding world to Lily. (which was alot)From some of spells she would be learning about, to some of the desserts in the wizarding world, to quidditch (which fascinated Lily alot since she had an obsession with sports)to the ministry of magic and its different departments ,to all the different types of creatures that muggles had no idea existed ,to all of the different legends to the wizarding school that they attended which was Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry which included it's history, backround information about the four houses such as the type of people who went into each,the types of classes that they offer, and the enchanted great hall. To Lily it sounded more like a business pitch.On one day Lily's curiosoty overcame her and she went next door to the Potter's home, thankfully James was over at Remus' house and has been there since the morning after the party.
"Hello there Lily, is something wrong?" Mrs.Potter asked.
"Umm no i just wanted to ask you a question."
"Oh....Well go ahead ,what do you want to know?" Mrs.Potter asked while stepping out onto the porch.
"Well its just that the way you and Mr.Potter talk about this Hogwarts I wanted to know if there were any other wizarding schools."
Mrs.Potter was slightly taken aback by the question and had dileberately not told Lily about any other school but Hogwarts for that was the reason she was spending so much time with Lily so she could make sure tht nothing got in the way of this prophecy coming true.
"ummm- yes there are thousands of them located all around the world in every country" she answered slowly then asked Lily why.
"oh i was just curious to know since you never mentioned any other school besides trhis Hogwarts.
"Well thats because Hogwartsis the safest and best school on this earth" Mrs.Potter quickly added .
"Well by Mrs.Potter will be coming tonight (tonight was her birthday)
"Sorry Honey we cant ."
"That's okay well i'll be seeing you ."
Lily's eleventh birthday party passed without anything going wrong, to her amazement. Surely the next day she when she was in the pool right after receiving another plea of forgiveness from a desperate James(which she didnt even bother listening to) she was greeted by an army of owls in the sky which line up at her feet while she getting out of the pool. She had over thirty four schools asking her to attend their schools.By the time she got to her last owl she had letters from Beaubaxtons, Durmstrang, and La Escuela de Brujeria which was an all girls academy in the Dominican Republic. but for some reasone something was pushing Lily away from these letters and to the last last owl that stood at her feet.It was a friendly looking barn owl patiently waiting it's turn. When she turned to it she gently took the parchment from its beak and watched it fly away. For some reason she felt a little more excited while she tore into the letter and read aloud its contents.
Dear Miss Evans,
I am glad to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you choose to attend , inside you shall find a complete
list of your school supplies and uniform requirements .Enclosed you will also find a
ticket with the time of the train's departure. Have a safe rest of summer and we all hope to you at the start of term.
your sincerley,
Proffessor M. McGonnagol- deputy head mistriss
Proffessor A. Dumbledor- head master
With this Lily ran inside with her bundle of letters only to almost run into Petunia in the hall
near their game room.
"Lily where are you going to in such a rush and what are those?" Petunia asked while pointing to the bundle of letters her sister was carrying.
"OH Petunia these are all acceptance letters from all these different wizarding schools all over the world! can you believe it ? Lily practcally yelled into her sister's ear.
"Umm wow thats-" Petunia didn't get a chance to finish her statement because Lily cut her off.
"There not just from one place either there from all over the world heres on from Spain and another from Italy and heres one from Belgium and hers one from the Dominican Republic and one from puerto Rico and heres one from America ohh Petunia isnt it just fabulous?"
"Yeah Lily its great " Petunia said rather unenthusiastically which Lily quickly dismissed and went to find her parents who had both came home an hour ago.On her way to the tennis court where she would find her parents she realized that Petunia has been acting different ever since the night of James and Raven's party. Before she knew it she was outside watching her mom cream her dad in a game of tennis.Before long the game was over her mom winning by a point.
"lily what are those honey" ?
her mother asked. Hearing this she regained her excitment a smile creeping up on her face and soon she was jumping up and down shouting out of happiness again.
"Whoa sport calm down there , the entire neighboorhood will hear you." Mr.Evans said , but Lily didnt care. Meanwhile what Mr. Evans said had some truth . Even though the entire neighborhood didnt hear them James did. Both his Parents were at work ,Raven was a friends house and Sirius ,Remus ,and Peter all had to go home two days before so he was wandering around his house boredom radiating from him so naturally when he heard the noise outside he rushed to the nearest window to see what was going on. When he looked outside he saw Lily jumping up and down and her parents trying to restrain her.
"Really that girl has some serious problems" James said while watching the red head with radiant green eyes grin broadly to her parents while they were reading something .For some reason he couldnt stop watching her and with out him noticing he had a smile on his face just from watching Lily.After a few moments he heard his front door open and heard Raven's voice . He quickly snapped out of his trans and moved from the window. asplit second after he moved from the window Lily looked up at the Potter house seeing just an empty window she frowned a bit bit but quickly went on with her discussion with her parents as to which school she would be going to.Later on that same night Lily had been left alone at home with nothing to do but have a battle in her head as to which school she would be going to her parents were out dancing and Petunia was on a date with a boy named Vernon. She really wanted to go to Beaxbaton for she had a strange fascination with french people but her heart was leading her towards Hogwarts but she didnt know why. After about three hours Lily deciced to listen to her heart and go to this Hogwarts school that she has heard so much about but she promised herself if she didnt like it she would transfer to Beaubaxton. The next day Lily told her parents of her decision and they borrowed an owl from Mrs. Potter which she was more than glad to let them use once she found out what they were using it for to send Lily's confirmation letter. Since the term was going to start in two weeks Lily asked Mrs. Potter where she could purchase her school supplies for didnt know of any place that sold these things .
"Oh Lily I have a wonderful idea, why dont you just come with us tomorrow we have yet to purchase James' and Raven's things and besides it will give you a chance to talk to Raven, you two really ought to get to know each other."
Before Lily could object Lily's parents quickly accepted because they were both going to be busy for the next few days.
"Well then it's all set Lily be here at seven thirty sharp we want to get there before too many people are than it will be impossible to get anything done. "
Lily really didnt want to go with the Potters tomorrow but she didn't have a choice she neede her school supplies. That night she lay in her bed waiting for sleep to come to her but she knew was to excited to sleep. Then sher mind started to slowly drift away.
"I cant believe i have to be in the vicinity of Potter tomorrow. He better not get on my bad side."
With her current thoughts Lily managed to get a bit mad making her realize how warm it was in her room. So she got out of bed and and walked across the more than spacious bedroom to her window seat where she sat for a while and loooked up at the stars. After about five minutes something caught her attention. She looked across from her window to see the lights in James's room to turn on. Of all the bedrooms why did his hae to be the one facing her room? Since his shades were pulled down Lily kept watching out of curiosity for it was four thirty in the morning and most eleven year olds weren't awake at that time. As she kept watching she saw his shdow walk around the room and then leave after a few minutes his shadow reappeared and went back into bed. Now Lily would have thought nothing of it but that's not the first time that he has done that.
"Actually come to think of it " Lily whispered to herself "actually come to think of it most of the time he doesn't pull down his shade and at every night at four thirty he always gets out of bed and leaves his room I should know that blasted light is always waking me up " she ssaid the last part some what bitterly but quickly shrugged it off.
Lily decided that she had more important things to do and think about besides the wierd schedule of James Potter and with that she stumbled back into bed immidiately falling asleep James being the last thing on her mind. Lily woke up to her alarm clock when she looked at it she was dismayed to see that she only got two hours of sleep. But for some reason she was oddly refreshed. She quickly hopped out of bed bringing her clothes into the bathroom. Twenty minutes later Lily came out wearing a pair of deep blue flared jeans sneakers and a matching top with her hair in a messy pontail.She then quickly wrote a note to her parents telling them that she left (that was the beauty of owning your own company both her parents got to sleep in late). Looking at the clock she saw that she had ten minutes until she had to go to the Potter's so she went downstairs and heated up a pop tart and downed a glass of orange juice and with that she left .When she got to the door of the Potter's home she was surprised to see that the door opened before she even knocked.
"Oh hi Raven I was just about to knock "
"Oh hey there Lily I heard that you were coming wih us , I was just about to go sit in the car and wait for mum and James do you wanna come wait with me?" Raven asked.
"Sure" was all Lily replied
When they were in the car, Lily and Raven sat in the most uncomfortable silence possible. After a few more seconds Raven turned on the radio surfing the stations for a good sond and soon found one by the bee gees and unknowingly started to sing along and before Lily knew it she was singing along too.After the song ended all of the uncomfortable silence was gone they were laughing and joking and didnt even realize that Mrs.Potter was standing there with James staring at the two girls who were oblivious to their surroundings.All the meanwhile Mrs. Potter was thinking why Lily couldn't be like that with James. Lily was happy through out the entire ride talking about everything with Raven finding it incredible that they hit it off so well. Though she did wished she could have changed the seating arrangement she was sitting right in between Raven and James whom she hoped would have sat in the front but Mrs. Potter was persistent for him to sit in the back .
The next few weeks were all a blur to Lily, with Mr.and Mrs. Potter explaining every thing they knew about the wizarding world to Lily. (which was alot)From some of spells she would be learning about, to some of the desserts in the wizarding world, to quidditch (which fascinated Lily alot since she had an obsession with sports)to the ministry of magic and its different departments ,to all the different types of creatures that muggles had no idea existed ,to all of the different legends to the wizarding school that they attended which was Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry which included it's history, backround information about the four houses such as the type of people who went into each,the types of classes that they offer, and the enchanted great hall. To Lily it sounded more like a business pitch.On one day Lily's curiosoty overcame her and she went next door to the Potter's home, thankfully James was over at Remus' house and has been there since the morning after the party.
"Hello there Lily, is something wrong?" Mrs.Potter asked.
"Umm no i just wanted to ask you a question."
"Oh....Well go ahead ,what do you want to know?" Mrs.Potter asked while stepping out onto the porch.
"Well its just that the way you and Mr.Potter talk about this Hogwarts I wanted to know if there were any other wizarding schools."
Mrs.Potter was slightly taken aback by the question and had dileberately not told Lily about any other school but Hogwarts for that was the reason she was spending so much time with Lily so she could make sure tht nothing got in the way of this prophecy coming true.
"ummm- yes there are thousands of them located all around the world in every country" she answered slowly then asked Lily why.
"oh i was just curious to know since you never mentioned any other school besides trhis Hogwarts.
"Well thats because Hogwartsis the safest and best school on this earth" Mrs.Potter quickly added .
"Well by Mrs.Potter will be coming tonight (tonight was her birthday)
"Sorry Honey we cant ."
"That's okay well i'll be seeing you ."
Lily's eleventh birthday party passed without anything going wrong, to her amazement. Surely the next day she when she was in the pool right after receiving another plea of forgiveness from a desperate James(which she didnt even bother listening to) she was greeted by an army of owls in the sky which line up at her feet while she getting out of the pool. She had over thirty four schools asking her to attend their schools.By the time she got to her last owl she had letters from Beaubaxtons, Durmstrang, and La Escuela de Brujeria which was an all girls academy in the Dominican Republic. but for some reasone something was pushing Lily away from these letters and to the last last owl that stood at her feet.It was a friendly looking barn owl patiently waiting it's turn. When she turned to it she gently took the parchment from its beak and watched it fly away. For some reason she felt a little more excited while she tore into the letter and read aloud its contents.
Dear Miss Evans,
I am glad to inform you that you have been accepted into Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you choose to attend , inside you shall find a complete
list of your school supplies and uniform requirements .Enclosed you will also find a
ticket with the time of the train's departure. Have a safe rest of summer and we all hope to you at the start of term.
your sincerley,
Proffessor M. McGonnagol- deputy head mistriss
Proffessor A. Dumbledor- head master
With this Lily ran inside with her bundle of letters only to almost run into Petunia in the hall
near their game room.
"Lily where are you going to in such a rush and what are those?" Petunia asked while pointing to the bundle of letters her sister was carrying.
"OH Petunia these are all acceptance letters from all these different wizarding schools all over the world! can you believe it ? Lily practcally yelled into her sister's ear.
"Umm wow thats-" Petunia didn't get a chance to finish her statement because Lily cut her off.
"There not just from one place either there from all over the world heres on from Spain and another from Italy and heres one from Belgium and hers one from the Dominican Republic and one from puerto Rico and heres one from America ohh Petunia isnt it just fabulous?"
"Yeah Lily its great " Petunia said rather unenthusiastically which Lily quickly dismissed and went to find her parents who had both came home an hour ago.On her way to the tennis court where she would find her parents she realized that Petunia has been acting different ever since the night of James and Raven's party. Before she knew it she was outside watching her mom cream her dad in a game of tennis.Before long the game was over her mom winning by a point.
"lily what are those honey" ?
her mother asked. Hearing this she regained her excitment a smile creeping up on her face and soon she was jumping up and down shouting out of happiness again.
"Whoa sport calm down there , the entire neighboorhood will hear you." Mr.Evans said , but Lily didnt care. Meanwhile what Mr. Evans said had some truth . Even though the entire neighborhood didnt hear them James did. Both his Parents were at work ,Raven was a friends house and Sirius ,Remus ,and Peter all had to go home two days before so he was wandering around his house boredom radiating from him so naturally when he heard the noise outside he rushed to the nearest window to see what was going on. When he looked outside he saw Lily jumping up and down and her parents trying to restrain her.
"Really that girl has some serious problems" James said while watching the red head with radiant green eyes grin broadly to her parents while they were reading something .For some reason he couldnt stop watching her and with out him noticing he had a smile on his face just from watching Lily.After a few moments he heard his front door open and heard Raven's voice . He quickly snapped out of his trans and moved from the window. asplit second after he moved from the window Lily looked up at the Potter house seeing just an empty window she frowned a bit bit but quickly went on with her discussion with her parents as to which school she would be going to.Later on that same night Lily had been left alone at home with nothing to do but have a battle in her head as to which school she would be going to her parents were out dancing and Petunia was on a date with a boy named Vernon. She really wanted to go to Beaxbaton for she had a strange fascination with french people but her heart was leading her towards Hogwarts but she didnt know why. After about three hours Lily deciced to listen to her heart and go to this Hogwarts school that she has heard so much about but she promised herself if she didnt like it she would transfer to Beaubaxton. The next day Lily told her parents of her decision and they borrowed an owl from Mrs. Potter which she was more than glad to let them use once she found out what they were using it for to send Lily's confirmation letter. Since the term was going to start in two weeks Lily asked Mrs. Potter where she could purchase her school supplies for didnt know of any place that sold these things .
"Oh Lily I have a wonderful idea, why dont you just come with us tomorrow we have yet to purchase James' and Raven's things and besides it will give you a chance to talk to Raven, you two really ought to get to know each other."
Before Lily could object Lily's parents quickly accepted because they were both going to be busy for the next few days.
"Well then it's all set Lily be here at seven thirty sharp we want to get there before too many people are than it will be impossible to get anything done. "
Lily really didnt want to go with the Potters tomorrow but she didn't have a choice she neede her school supplies. That night she lay in her bed waiting for sleep to come to her but she knew was to excited to sleep. Then sher mind started to slowly drift away.
"I cant believe i have to be in the vicinity of Potter tomorrow. He better not get on my bad side."
With her current thoughts Lily managed to get a bit mad making her realize how warm it was in her room. So she got out of bed and and walked across the more than spacious bedroom to her window seat where she sat for a while and loooked up at the stars. After about five minutes something caught her attention. She looked across from her window to see the lights in James's room to turn on. Of all the bedrooms why did his hae to be the one facing her room? Since his shades were pulled down Lily kept watching out of curiosity for it was four thirty in the morning and most eleven year olds weren't awake at that time. As she kept watching she saw his shdow walk around the room and then leave after a few minutes his shadow reappeared and went back into bed. Now Lily would have thought nothing of it but that's not the first time that he has done that.
"Actually come to think of it " Lily whispered to herself "actually come to think of it most of the time he doesn't pull down his shade and at every night at four thirty he always gets out of bed and leaves his room I should know that blasted light is always waking me up " she ssaid the last part some what bitterly but quickly shrugged it off.
Lily decided that she had more important things to do and think about besides the wierd schedule of James Potter and with that she stumbled back into bed immidiately falling asleep James being the last thing on her mind. Lily woke up to her alarm clock when she looked at it she was dismayed to see that she only got two hours of sleep. But for some reason she was oddly refreshed. She quickly hopped out of bed bringing her clothes into the bathroom. Twenty minutes later Lily came out wearing a pair of deep blue flared jeans sneakers and a matching top with her hair in a messy pontail.She then quickly wrote a note to her parents telling them that she left (that was the beauty of owning your own company both her parents got to sleep in late). Looking at the clock she saw that she had ten minutes until she had to go to the Potter's so she went downstairs and heated up a pop tart and downed a glass of orange juice and with that she left .When she got to the door of the Potter's home she was surprised to see that the door opened before she even knocked.
"Oh hi Raven I was just about to knock "
"Oh hey there Lily I heard that you were coming wih us , I was just about to go sit in the car and wait for mum and James do you wanna come wait with me?" Raven asked.
"Sure" was all Lily replied
When they were in the car, Lily and Raven sat in the most uncomfortable silence possible. After a few more seconds Raven turned on the radio surfing the stations for a good sond and soon found one by the bee gees and unknowingly started to sing along and before Lily knew it she was singing along too.After the song ended all of the uncomfortable silence was gone they were laughing and joking and didnt even realize that Mrs.Potter was standing there with James staring at the two girls who were oblivious to their surroundings.All the meanwhile Mrs. Potter was thinking why Lily couldn't be like that with James. Lily was happy through out the entire ride talking about everything with Raven finding it incredible that they hit it off so well. Though she did wished she could have changed the seating arrangement she was sitting right in between Raven and James whom she hoped would have sat in the front but Mrs. Potter was persistent for him to sit in the back .