The moment McGonagall left the house, Lily had asked to go out to play. Her parents agreed since they were still absorbing the information that was just explained to them. In a week McGonagall would be coming back to take the twins to Diagon Alley.

"Aren't you excited?" Petunia mumbled to Amara. The blonde snapped out of her dazed and glanced over to her eldest sister. "It really happened, Amaryllis. You're a witch too." Petunia smiled, but there was a sense of longing in her tone.

"Yeah, can you believe it?" Lily exclaimed, not giving her twin the chance to answer. Her sudden appearance causes both girls to jump. "Do you want to come with me to go talk to Sev? I want to tell him that we both got into Hogwarts!" Lily jumped excitedly, taking her twins hands in hers, and looked at Amara expectantly.

"Sure." Amara whispered after a moment of hesitance. Not that Lily noticed, the girl was far too excited.

"You can come too, Tuney," Lily told her older sister. Petunia raised an eyebrow and crossed her arms. She hadn't paid attention to the pleading look on Amara's face as she spoke.

"I don't want to hang out with that Snape boy. He's bad news Lily," Her eyes went over to Amaryllis, who remained silent. "And you shouldn't really be taking Amaryllis there with you. He's a bad influence and poor, poor, Amaryllis is too naive to see that." Petunia's tone was slightly teasing and it caused the blonde to blush slightly.

"Don't worry Tuney. Sev isn't bad at all. He's super nice once you get to know him. That day had only been an accident." Lily looked at Petunia with pleading eyes. Petunia's expression faltered at her sister's words, and Amara could tell that Lily shouldn't have brought up the other day.

"Fine, go! I don't care." Petunia spun around on her heel and marched over to her room. Amara stepped forward to follow her eldest sister but was stopped by Lily.

"She just needs to process everything that's happening, Mara. Just like mum and dad." Lily whispered. Amaryllis nodded and followed her sister out the door. "I can't wait to see Sev's face when we tell him that both of us got into Hogwarts!" Lily giggled. Amara sent her sister a smile as the girl began skipping in an excited manner.

"Why didn't he think I was a witch?" Amara mumbled after a couple minutes of comfortable silence.

"Sev, well, he just hadn't seen you do any accidental magic. I think that's why." Lily explained. Amara just hummed in response as she pondered over her sister's words.

Lily let out a squeal of excitement when she saw Severus, and she frantically waved around her Hogwarts letter. He sent her a smile, but then it turned into a frown when he saw the other Evans. "I got my letter, Sev!"

"I told you! I got mine today as well." Severus told her. His eyes still flickered over to Amaryllis with a hint of distrust in them. Amara noticed this and looked down on the ground with furrowed eyebrows. Lily didn't seem to notice as she put an arm around her twins shoulders.

"Mara got a letter too." She informed him. Amara looked up to see the surprised expression on Severus' face. His mouth was slightly open like he wanted to protest, and his eyebrows were furrowed with confusion.

"That's great! Congratulations 'Mara." Severus said with a false enthusiasm.

"It's Amaryllis." Amara snapped. She hated when people called her by anything, but her actual name. Her twin was an exception because she was, well, her twin and Dorcas was just stubborn, so no point in trying there. Severus scowled, assuming that the girl didn't like him because of the tone she used with him.

"Come on. Mara, Sev." Lily tugged on both of their arms, and the two followed the auburn haired girl.

"What kind of accidental magic have you done?" Severus queried. Amara just shrugged in response as she looked around the trees that surrounded them. Her sister and Severus were seated on the ground while Amara was walking around.

"Mara changed the colour of her hair," Lily whispered when her sister wasn't listening. Severus' eyebrows raised with interest and his gaze flickered over to the blonde. "Her natural hair colour is the same as mine."

"Is she a metamorphmagus?" Severus asked. A voice interrupted Lily before she could answer the question.

"Please refrain from speaking about me as if I'm not here," Amaryllis spoke from where she was standing.

"You an eavesdropper?" This came from Severus. "That reminds me of your other sister. She was listening to our conversation as well." He snapped. Amara was taken aback by his tone, but she kept her calm stature.

"Lily, I think I'll go. Petunia has probably calmed down by now." She informed her sister. "Goodbye, Lily." Her eyes landed on the boy and she gave him a sickly, sweet smile. "Bye Severus." The blonde spun around and began walking towards her home, without acknowledging the protests her sister was shouting.

A soft sob was heard as Amaryllis passed her sister's room. The girl let out a sigh and knocked softly on Petunia's bedroom door. A muffled 'Go away' was the only response she got. "Petunia it's me," Amara called, softly. She waited patiently while listening to the sound of shuffling footsteps.

The door finally opened, revealing the tear-stained face of Petunia Evans, and Amaryllis wrapped her in a hug. "I'm so s-sorry. I d-don't know w-why I'm c-crying." Petunia hiccuped out. The girls released each other and Petunia wiped her face. "Its okay," Amara whispered. The two girls went to sit down on Petunia's bed.

"I guess I'm just a little jealous. Honestly, I'm jealous mostly because of Lily. She just seems to get everything, doesn't she? The good looks. The brains. The magic. I'm glad that at least your a witch as well." Petunia admitted to her sister. Amaryllis just rubbed her sisters back in a soothing manner as Petunia continued to sniffle. "Maybe... maybe the Headmaster will let me go to Hogwarts if I write to him."

Uncertainty was clear on Amaryllis' face at the suggestion. "I don't know, Petunia..." She mumbled.

"Amaryllis, I'll only ask him. I know that I might not get in, but I have to try." Petunia gazed at her sister with pleading eyes. Amaryllis bit her bottom lip and began to think about what her sister was saying. A large part of her knew that the chances of the headmaster saying yes were slim, but the girl couldn't bare to crush the hope in Petunia's eyes.

"Okay. I'll help you write it too."

Lily walked into Petunia's room in search of her twin. When the auburn girl saw Amaryllis writing (sketching) in her notebook, she let out a sigh of relief. "There you are!" Lily exclaimed. Amaryllis looked up from her notebook for a brief second then went back to drawing, not wanting to lose her concentration.

"What do you want Lily?" Petunia snapped from her desk. The girl looked over to the eldest Evans and her eyes traveled to the paper she was writing on. Petunia noticed this and blocked her letter from Lily's vision.

"I just wanted to make sure that Mara got home safely." Lily explained, whilst plopping herself down on Petunia's bed. Amara internally cursed as her pencil jerked at the sudden movement, and discreetly sent a glare at her twin. "What are you drawing?" Lily asked.

Amara let out a sigh as she erased the mark that was on her paper. "A bird." She answered, simply.

"What kind of bird?" Petunia asked. She knew that Amaryllis said she was drawing something for the Headmaster in hopes that it would soften him up. Maybe give her a few points for effort, of course it would be as if Petunia had drawn the bird. Or else there wouldn't be a point in sending it with the letter.

"Just a bird I saw in a mythology book. It is a magic school after all." Amaryllis' eyebrows were furrowed in concentration as she shaded in some of the feathers. The girl made a few finishing touches here and there before deciding that the drawing looked decent enough. Lily made her way over to Amaryllis to examine the bird she had drawn. Her green eyes widened in awe and a smile made its way to her face.

"It's a Phoenix."