This is my first LJ fanfic, so don't forget to review at the end please!
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"Mum! I'll be fine! There's only one thing I don't get! How is it possible to go onto Platform 9¾?" Asked a curious redhead.
"Lily! Aw, my little girl is growing up!" said Jasmine Evans.
"Mum I am NOT a little girl!" she responded indignantly.
Jasmine Evans chuckled to herself.
"Honestly! Muggles every year! I dunno how they ALWAYS need to be here all at the same time!" A tall man said gruffly.
"Lily dear, didn't that man say muggles? D'you reckon he knows how to get on? Let's go ask." Jasmine said smiling.
"Dear, they aren't all here. And lower your voice! They can hear you know!" A woman said back to the same gruff man.
Jasmine made her way over to the couple.
"Hello, are you going to Hogwarts?" She asked.
The woman nodded while smiling sweetly back, "Yes, are you muggles?" She asked. "Well, you can follow us but I'm afraid that you two can't come onto the barrier, only magic people. Sorry!" She smiled apologetically at Mr. and Mrs. Evans. "Oh by the way, my name is Mary Potter, and my husband here is Joe Potter and-"she ended and looked around.
"JAMES! HOW MANY TIMES DO I NEED TO TELL YOU? STAY WITH US!" She suddenly yelled at a boy with glasses and black hair. Her mood suddenly changed back to her smiling self.
"And this is James Potter! He is a first year too!" She said.
"Oh hello! I am Jasmine Evans, my husband is George Evans, and this is Lily Evans!" Jasmine said. "Nice to meet you! You have a handsome young man there!" She exclaimed politely.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter smiled. "And your daughter is beautiful! Oh! Look at the time! We better hurry then! It was nice meeting you!"
"Bye mum, bye dad!" Lily said, while getting suffocated in a great embrace from her parents. "Er… mum! Dad! Help! She's suffocating me!"
Mrs. Evans let go. "Have fun dear!"
Lily waved at them before following the Potters.
"Now honey, we have to go! Sorry we can't go with you through the barrier. Now be a good boy and don't cause too much trouble ok? Oh, also help Lily out because she is entirely new to this! Have fun!" Mrs. Potter said, before hugging him.
"MUM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" James said while trying to break loose.
"Hahah have a nice time son." Mr. Potter said.
"Now Lily, all you need to do, is go between that platform and it will work ok? Have fun at Hogwarts!" Jasmine said.
Lily looked uneasily at the barrier. She stood in front of it when suddenly she was pushed by someone. All she heard was-
"JAMES JOE POTTER!"
Before she miraculously landed on the other side of the barrier, and James toppling on her a few seconds after with a foolish grin.
She quickly got up and blushed from shyness.
"Hi! I'm James!" He said.
"Lily." She said softly.
"Oi! JAMSIE! S'THAT YOU!" a boy said.
James spun around. "Hi Sirius!" He grinned.
"So, you gonna introduce me to this fine lady or what?" He asked.
Lily blushed.
"Oh! This is Lily Evans! Just met her!" James said with the same foolish grin.
Sirius ran up to her and took her hand and shook it furiously.
"Hello there! I'm Sirius!" He said excitedly.
"Erm… hi, shouldn't we be getting on soon?" Lily said quietly.
"Oh!" James eyes got wide. "Yeah let's go find a compartment!"
They squished around through several people.
They found one with only one girl in it by herself.
"Come on, there obviously isn't anywhere else." James said.
"Hey, do you mind if we come in?" Lily said friendly.
She shook her head and ushered them in happily.
"Hi! I'm Crystal Moon! I'm in first year. How bout you guys?" She asked.
"Us too! I'm Lily Evans, this is James Potter, and-"Lily was cut off by Sirius.
"AND THIS FINE MAN IS SIRIUS BLACK!" He said with a powerful booming voice.
The girls laughed and James smacked him.
Crystal had blonde hair with dazzling blue eyes. She was the perfect height and weight.
The four talked for awhile and learned that Lily was a muggle-born, James was super rich, Crystal was once a model, and Sirius came from a bad family but didn't like them.
After a long time, they heard people yelling to get the robes on. So they all changed into to their robes.
The train came to a slow stop, and they all looked out the window at the great castle with beautiful lights and scenery around it.
"Wow"
"That is so beautiful"
The girls were breathless while the boys got bored of it after 5 seconds.
"FIRS' YEARS! FIRS' YEARS O'ER HERE!" called a big figure.
They made their way over to the very large man.
"'ello! M'name is Hagrid! N' I'm the gamekeeper 'ere at 'Ogwarts! Four to a boat then eh?" he called out to the group of first years.
They climbed into the boat and began getting closer to the magnificent castle.
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The group of first years came into the Great Hall after McGonagall's speech and silenced the students that were busy chatting of their summers.
"First, we will hear the Sorting Hat's song, before beginning the sorting." Dumbledore said.
The hat sang its song, and as it ended, McGonagall walked up with a list of names.
"Now, I will place the hat on your head, and you will be sorted to a house. Then, carefully walk back to that certain table." She said curtly.
McGonagall called many names, when suddenly she called,
"Black, Sirius!"
The Slytherin table drew their breaths.
"Hmmm, another Black eh? Hmmm, this is difficult, rather difficult, well, why not GRYFFINDOR!" the hat called.
Everyone looked surprised along with Black, but he shrugged it off and smiled before walking to his table.
After a few more people, Lily was called.
"Evans, Lily!"
Lily walked up to the stool and waited for the sorting hat to be placed on her head.
"Hmm, I see you are quite brilliant eh? Quite humble too, but courage, what courage. That will be it then, GRYFFINDOR!" the hat roared.
The Gryffindors cheered as Lily walked cautiously to the Gryffindor table, joining Sirius.
More names were called as Crystal's name drew near.
"Moon, Crystal!"
"Ah! Of course! Another GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor table cheered again.
"Potter, James!"
"Ah, I see, GRYFFINDOR!"
The table cheered again, because they had gotten the most first years.
The sorting finally ended, and Dumbledore stood and silenced the crowd.
"Welcome to the first years, and welcome back to the returning students! I would like to say congratulations to Fiona Fallie and Bob Eller for making it to Heads! Now, the formal speech will be given later, so enjoy your feast!" He waved and food instantly appeared all over.
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The first years were taken to their common rooms after the feast had ended.
The Gryffindors rounded the corner and faced a large portrait of the fat lady.
"Password?" She asked.
"Ok! Now first years! This is where you go each night and where you will be staying! The password changed ever so often, but you will be notified when it does change. The first password is 'Gillyweed'"
"Correct." She said elegantly, and the portrait opened and revealed a hole to get in.
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After the first day and being introduced to everything, they were able to return to their dormitories and rest.
Crystal and Lily found out that they would be in the same dormitories with each other, along with other people of course.
"I wonder who the other girls are." Crystal wondered out loud.
"I hope they are nice and not snobby." Lily said.
They entered the room and noticed all of the beds already touched, and two next to each other that were left alone and completely neat and clean.
"Hi, I'm Oriana Day, but all my friends call me Ori." Said a black haired girl that was wearing bright colors and make-up.
"I'm Oribelle, but you can call me anything you want, doesn't matter much anyways." Said another girl that looked almost identical to Oriana, except wore long sports pants and a loose t-shirt, with no makeup.
"Hi, I'm Crystal, and this is Lily. Are you guys twins?" She asked.
"Oh, yeah. Except Ori's the girly one, I guess you could call me the sporty/athletic tomboyish kind." Oribelle said with a little disgust when she said 'girly'.
Lily laughed and started unpacked her belongings.
The girls stayed up for awhile and just talked and bonded and soon became great friends.
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"Oi James, where's our dormitory?" Sirius asked.
"Uh, here." James said, finally stopping after awhile.
They entered to see two boys already in there unpacking.
"Hi, I'm Sirius! That's James." Sirius said automatically in a very friendly manner.
"Oh, I'm Remus Lupin, and that's Peter Pettigrew." A boy said.
Sirius began playing around and joking with his roommates and the four soon became great friends as well.
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Morning had come quickly and the first years all went to breakfast early to make sure they got their schedules and weren't late to the first day of class.
"Hey Lily! Hi Crystal!" James called.
"Hi!" They replied.
James and Sirius introduced Remus and Peter, and Lily and Crystal introduced Oriana and Oribelle.
They received their schedules and noticed that they all had the same classes.
Monday
Herbology
Transfiguration
Tuesday
Charms
History of Magic
Wednesday
Double Potions
Thursday
Defense Against the Dark Arts
Friday
Flying
"Flying?" Lily asked uncertainly.
"Yeah! On brooms! It's so cool! I love it! I'm going to try out for the Quidditch team next year!" James said excitedly.
"Quidditch? What's that?" Lily asked curiously.
James yelled, causing several older students to glare at him.
"You don't know what QUIDDITCH is!" James asked wide-eyed.
"I'm a muggle born remember?" Lily said.
"Oh yeah." James said. He went back to normal and began describing what Quidditch was.
"Oh look! We have to go to Herbology now!" Crystal exclaimed.
They all abandoned their food and walked together to Herbology.
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"Well that was interesting!" Remus said.
"Nah, I can't wait 'til flying, that will be FUN! WHEEEEE!" James said, and began merrily skipping down the hall.
They walked to Transfiguration and looked around for McGonagall to come.
"Gee, wonder where she is? Why's she late to her own class?" Sirius said loudly.
Suddenly a tabby cat that was sitting on here desk leapt out and transformed into Professor McGonagall.
"WHOA!"
"THAT WAS RUDDY BRILLIANT PROFESSOR!"
The class clapped and cheered for the great performance.
"Hello class, if you don't know by now, my name is Professor McGonagall. Who knows what an Animagus is?" she asked the class. "No one? Ok. When you are an animagus, you can take the form of an animal. It is extremely difficult and you must be registered, otherwise, it is illegal."
The rest of the lesson was basically just and introduction to Transfiguration and what they would be studying.
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The students walked out excitedly talking about how fun it would be.
After lunch, the group of 8 had nothing to do.
"I have an idea! Let's explore the castle!" Sirius said.
"I want to go back and rest!" Lily said.
The rest of the girls agreed. So the boys went on their own throughout the castle, and the girls went back to the dormitories and talked.
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"Hey guys, you know what? I think I like Lily!" James said once the girls were out of earshot.
"What? Since when mate?" Sirius asked.
"Since I first saw her." James said.
"Awwww how cute!" Remus said teasingly.
James scowled at him.
"But I can't do anything because it could ruin our friendship! And we are only in first year!" James said.
"true, true." Remus said.
"I think you should go for it!" Sirius said cheerfully.
"Are you kidding me! No! Just wait a little while to get an idea, and know her better!" Remus said.
James frowned. He didn't know what to do.
"hmm, I'm hungry!" Sirius said.
"That was random."
"Oh lookie! Why is there a portrait of a fruit bowl?" Sirius asked curiously. Suddenly he ran up to it and hugged it with all its might.
"Oh Great Fruit bowl! Do you have food?" Sirius said.
Peter, James, and Remus burst out laughing as Sirius began caressing it.
"WHOA! WHAT THE?" Sirius said.
A random doorknob appeared where there was normally a green pear. Out of curiosity, Sirius opened the handle and walked in, followed by the other three.
As soon as they got into the other side of the portrait, everyone's eyes were wide open as their mouths opened.
There were mounds of food and hundreds of house elves bustling about preparing food.
"FOOOOD!" Sirius exclaimed happily.
"May Monty help sirs?" asked a little house elf.
"FOOD!" Sirius called again.
Monty ran off and quickly came back with several treats for all four.
The boys feasted on the great food.
"wow, is this the kitchens?" Peter asked.
"Ingenious! We can get in anytime! Do you remember what you did Sirius?" James asked.
Sirius shrugged and continued with his tart.
They were finally done eating and thanked the house elves before leaving.
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Several weeks passed with nothing interesting occurring. Before everyone knew it, the holidays were the next week.
They saw Hagrid bringing in the trees and the decorations all around the castle. Everyone was in a cheerful mood.
"Hey are you guys staying over break?" Oribelle asked.
"Yeah, my parents went to Russia without me! So I'm staying." Lily said.
"Hey are you all staying?" James asked.
"Yep"
"yeah"
"yeah"
"mmhmm"
"yep"
"uh huh"
"Nope, I need to go home." Peter said sadly.
"Aw its ok bud! We'll miss you!" Sirius said in his usual happy manner. Peter smiled back at his friend.
The week passed by quickly and the students leaving over the holidays had already gone.
The group of seven found the castle strangely empty.
They were the only ones from Gryffindor left over.
"yippee! The common room is all to ourselves!" Sirius said, jumping on the couch.
"Geez Sirius! What did you eat at lunch?" Remus asked.
"CAAAAAAANDY!" He said screaming.
The group of friends laughed and talked for awhile.
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"CHRISTMAS! JAMESIE! WAKE UP! REMUS WAKE UPPPP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Sirius yelled in their ears and ran downstairs to the tree to see what he got.
"Oi Sirius! What the bloody hell was that for?" James asked slightly irritated, but instantly cheered up when he remembered it was Christmas.
James and Remus joined Sirius in examining the presents.
"I see you boys have woken up earlier?" Oribelle asked amused.
They brought their presents down with them.
They began the present opening one by one.
Crystal got a friendship bracelet from Lily, an art supplies from Oribelle, a sketch book from Oriana, a box of candies from Remus, an ice cube quill case that didn't melt or freeze off your fingers from Sirius, and more candy from James.
Oriana got a makeup kit from Crystal, a hair accessories kit from Lily, a beauty spell book from Remus, a decorated mirror from Oribelle that she designed, a purse from Sirius, and candy from James.
Oribelle got a sports bag from Lily, a broom servicing kit from Crystal, an object from Oriana that the other didn't know about so they figured it was an inside joke. She also got a large piece of chocolate shaped in her head from Sirius, books from Remus, and a Quidditch book from James.
Lily got a new diary from Oriana, a matching scarf and sweater from Oribelle, a frame and a picture from Crystal that she decorated and made herself, some books from Remus, a quill set from Sirius, and a silver jewelry box that had lilies on it from James.
All of the boys got tons and tons of candy and food. James also got some quid ditch books and a broom kit. Sirius got a tricks book and a muggle magic trick book. Remus got books and a shirt with a picture of Sirius and James that read 'I LOVE JAMES AND SIRIUS!' beneath it.
All of the presents were opened and thanks given when Oriana spotted a box still left unopened.
"hey look! Who's that to?" Oriana asked, pointing to the well wrapped box.
Remus picked it up, "It's for you Lily!"
Lily took it and opened it. It was a beautiful silver necklace that had a heart shaped locket. There was a matching silver bracelet that had lilies all over them, she also got earrings that matched the bracelet and necklace.
Once she saw it, she was breathless. Crystal, Oriana, and Oribelle gaped at the beautiful jewelry.
"Well, who's it from?" Oriana asked.
Lily looked for a card or a name of who it was from. She finally found a small card.
Dear Lily,
I admire you from near,
I love to hear,
Your wonderful voice,
Brightening my day.
Your glistening eyes,
Shine in the fire,
Not at all dire.
But I would like to say,
Happy Christmas to you,
And have a fair day.
Love,
Your Secret Admirer
Lily blushed a deep shade of crimson and was speechless. Crystal took the card and read it, her eyes slowly getting wider and wider.
Crystal suddenly squealed. "LILY HAS A SECRET ADMIRER! OOOOOOOOO!" Crystal began dancing around the Christmas tree.
"But who is it? This jewelry costs a lot! Who would do such a thing and I can't even say thanks?" Lily ponder out loud.
Sirius was the only one to notice that James moved uneasily, trying to remain calm. Sirius was suspicious.
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So what did you think? Please… REVIEW!
I know, the Hagrid speaking part probably wasn't totally accurate, but sorry! Tried my best! (:
Also for those that read "Harry Potter and the Unknown Survivors", yeah I know I used her name again, sorry, I might be doing that a lot so I hope it isn't too confusing, I've just always liked some of these names! Hahha. (:
My goal was 10 pages and I've reached it! Please tell me what you think about it or just want to give me any ideas! Just REVIEW! (: