Once Lily and Professor Longbottom entered the shop, they were greeted by a extremely old man, with silvery eyes.
"Hello Mr. Ollivander. Business good?" Professor Longbottom asked.
"Very good, very good by boy. I remember selling you a wand. Cherry and unicorn hair, ten and a half inches, Nice and springy, was it?" Mr. Ollivander replied.
"Yes sir. We just need a new wand for this young lady here," Longbottom said, gesturing towards Lily.
"Ah, yes. You look just like another girl I know," Ollivander said. "Which is your wand arm?"
"Er…Right," Lily said.
A measuring tape began measuring Lily of it's own accord, while Mr. Ollivander journeyed into the maze of wands stacked in the bak of his shop. He selected one and brought it forward.
"Willow and unicorn hair, nine inches, good for charm work," Mr. Ollivander said, while handing it too her.
He almost immediately snatched it back from her. "No, no, definitely not."
He brought forward another wand. "Holly and hippogriff talon, ten inches, nice and springy."
Again, Mr. Ollivander snatched the wand back almost immediately.
"Mahogany, and phoenix feather, eight and a half inches, good for transfiguration," he said, handing her another wand. Again, he took it back.
"Perhaps this," he said, handing her yet another wand. "Hazel and dragon heartstring, ten and a half inches."
As soon as she touched the wand, a tingling sensation spread through her fingers. Mr. Ollivander and Professor Longbottom clapped.
"Oh yes! That is the wand for you!" Ollivander said. "But a word of caution. The combination of hazel and dragon heartstring makes for a very powerful wand. Your spells will have more power than most witches and wizards. Be cautious."
Once Lily had paid for her wand, she and Professor Longbottom set out.
"Professor, I've noticed that you seem to know everybody in the wizarding world. Why is that?" Lily asked.
"Well, most people that own shops here have owned them before I went to school. My parents would have bought their wand from Mr. Ollivander. It makes for people to become well known. Also, most of the other people you've met are friends of mine from Hogwarts," Professor Longbottom said. "Now, todays your birthday, is it not?"
"It is," Lily said.
"Well then, I have to get you a present. How about a pet? There are toads, no I hated my toad in school. Rats, your Uncle Ron would never forgive me. Cats, lot's of people are allergic. How about an owl? You can send messages to your friends that way!"
"I send messages with an owl?" Lily asked.
"Yes. Once your at school you'll understand better. Come."
The professor led Lily to Eeylops Owl Emporium. Inside, she found it to be filled with birds of all shapes and colors. She was snowy owl, but Professor Longbottom said that she shouldn't, because of a childhood pet of her supposed fathers. It made her want a snowy owl even more. She settled on a tawny owl on the small side. She decided on the name Wendelin, for a name she found in A History of Magic. Apparently, the witch had let her self be caught 47 times during the Witch Burnings of the 14th century, because she would simply use a spell to escape the flames. Weird. She called the owl Wendy for short.
Lily and Professor Longbottom spent the rest of the day getting Lily's school supplies. A few times, Professor Longbottom had Lily duck quickie into a shop to avoid red-haired people. She vaguely wandered if they were family of hers.
Big family, She thought.
At lunchtime, Professor Longbottom bought her a rocky road ice cream. (Thats my favorite ice cream! If anybody wanted too know…) She thanked him, and enjoyed her ice cream while looking at different cauldrons.
Once she had gotten all of her school supplies, they walked back towards the Leaky Cauldron. Halfway there, she spotted a shop called Quality Quidditch Supplies.
Lily stopped and looked at a sleek broom labeled Firebolt 30. Many people took second looks at the broom, and a few stopped and stared.
"Ah. Of course you would be interested in a broom. Both of your parents were excellent Quidditch players. You'll be on the team too, no doubt about that. Maybe even in your first year. Your dad did. Your mum was a professional Quidditch player," Professor Longbottom said.
Lily looked at him. "So my parents were famous?"
"Yes. Your dad is a big war hero. I'll send you a book about that. Can't have you going to Hogwarts not knowing. You mum was a war hero too, but she's better known for playing Quidditch. MVP four years in a row. Captain and chaser of the Hollyhead Harpies. Yep, mark my words, you'll be on the Quidditch team, the gryffindor one too. Unfortunately, first years aren't allowed their own brooms unless they're on the house team. Let's go Lily."
Lily followed Professor Longbottom and digested what he said. War hero? MVP? And being on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Everybody expected her to just like her parents, but mark her words, she would never, ever, be like her parents.
When Lily returned o the orphanage, Madam Smith greeted her with more enthusiasm than usual.
That's only because Professor Longbottom is here. Lily thought
Professor Longbottom helped her carry her new things up to her room.
"Now, your train leaves at 11 o'clock on September first. Have Madam Smith take you to Kings Cross Station. The platform is 9 and ¾. You go through the barrier between platforms nine and ten. Try looking for a family with an owl. Make sure to get there early and pack your things the night before. September first is always a hectic morning," Professor Longbottom said. "Goodbye Lily."
Professor Longbottom turned to leave, but Lily stopped him.
"Professor! I can talk to snakes. They find me, and they talk to me. They're my only friends. Is that normal? For someone like me?" Lily asked.
Professor Longbottom regarded Lily for a while before answering. "It is unusual, but not unheard of. Goodbye Lily."
Lily took out her wand and looked it over.
Your spells will be more powerful than most witches and wizards. Be cautious.
Mr. Ollivanders words echoed in Lily's head. Suddenly, there was a tapping at the window. She looked up and saw a midnight black owl tapping the window. She opened the window and it flew in. It stuck out it's leg and Lily untied the package attached. The owl flew off.
Lily,
I thought you might want to know about your fathers past. You'll need it when you get to school.
Professor Longbottom
Lily looked down at the book attached and saw the title. A Biography of Harry Potter and Friends, by Elphias Dodge.
She looked at he back cover and read: Elphias Dodge, a member of the Order of the Pheonix, interviews the Golden Trio, their friends form Hogwarts, and members of the Order of the Pheonix to uncover the true story of Harry Potters legendary defeat of Voldemort, the darkest wizard of all time. How did the Golden Trio become friends? What exactly was Potters relationship with Albus Dumbledore? What is Dumbledores Army? What happened on the Golden Trios year in hiding? What are the legendary war hero's doing now? All of these questions and more are answered inside this book!
Lily opened and began reading. She laughed at the retelling of the Golden Trio becoming friends after being attacked by a troll. She wondered who the mysterious student was that was possessed by Voldemort in Harry Potters second year. She wondered if Sirius Black was still alive when she read of Harry Potters third year. She read of the Triwizard Tournament with interest. She scowled at everything Dolores Umbridge did, and Sirius Blacks death in Harry's fifth. She cried over Dumbledores death and smiled at the way her supposed mother and father had gotten together. She laughed at Ron and Hermione's obliviousness and the shenanigans that the students of Hogwarts faced in Harry's sixth year. She worried over what would happen once the Golden Trio ran away. She cried over every single death, and grinned when Voldemort finally died. Then, she started reading of life after the war.
The books talked about the various weddings of the Weasleys, all of the Weasley cousins, of Luna Lovegood marrying Harry's cousin Dudley. Lily marveled over every bit of news about her family. On the page with the Weasley family tree, she found where she would fit in. A circle with the words Lily Luna Potter written in it. That's where everybody thought she belonged. Apparently, she was the youngest of all of the Wealsey Clans cousins, along with Hugo and Roxanne Weasley. She also found the people she had met that day in Diagon Alley. Hermione Weasley, one third of the Golden Trio, Bill Weasley the oldest of the Weasleys, other than Molly and Arthur, Albus Potter, her supposed brother, and Rose Weasley, the daughter of Hermione and Ron Weasley, two thirds of the Golden Trio. She didn't find Scorpius on the family tree, but she did find him in a chapter about forgiving the ex-death eaters. Apparently, he became friends with Rose and Albus when they were all three sorted into Gryffindor, and many took that as a sign to forgive the Malfoys. There was also a chapter on Lily, or who everybody thought she was. It was called The Missing Potter.
Dodge sat down with Ginny and Harry Potter to talk about the missing Potter. Lily Luna Potter, Harry and Ginny's only daughter was kidnapped the night before her first birthday. The night of August thirteenth, 2006, was also the last time any Death Eater activity was reported. Unfortunately, the culprit was not caught.
"It was a tragic night," said Mr. Potter, while comforting his crying wife. "I remember the last time I saw her. In the arms of a stranger, who was jumping out the window."
Alas, Lily Luna Potter still has not been found, and all but a few have given up hope.
"I still hope that she might one day be found," said a distraught Ginny Potter. "On the anniversary of the night she was take, I sit at the window of her bedroom, hoping that she might come back."
At this point, Lily threw the book across the room, where it hit the floor with a dull thud.
"Oi! You! What ya doin in there?" Madam Smith bellowed up the stairs.
"Nothing Madam Smith!" Lily called back.
Lily sighed. Still eight more days until she left for school.
Did any of you catch the similarities between Lily and Dumbledores memory of Tom Riddle? :)
"I can speak to snakes"
"Don't lie!"
Neville even said the exact same words as Dumbledore when Lily told him she was a parslemouth!
I'm using myself as a basis for Lily. We have the same birthday, the same favorite ice cream, even sort of the same personality!