Lily's jaw dropped. In front of her was one of the most amazing buildings she's ever seen, second to only Hogwarts. There were chickens roaming the yard, a overgrown garden, with what looked like fat potatoes with feet and faces running amok in it. It was perfect.
"Do you live here?" Lily asked incredulously.
The rest of them seemed nervous that Lily wouldn't like it.
"It isn't much, but it's home," Hermione said.
"I think it's amazing," Lily said.
The rest of the Clan beamed. Roxy showed Lily inside. The walls inside were decorated with pictures of the different Weasley family members. She saw Molly and Arthur Weasley, all of the first generation Weasleys, and all of the cousins. She saw pictures of family gatherings, and realized how much she wished he had been there.
"That's you," Roxy said, pointing to one of the pictures.
It was a picture of Harry, Ginny, James, Al, and a little baby who looked six months old. The look on all on Harry and Ginny's faces as they watched the Lily in the picture clap her hands in delight, was pure love.
Lily was surprised. If her parents hated her, then why were their eyes filled with love instead of hate and resentment.
Lily was shaken out of her thoughts by the arrival of a gray hoard woman. She was pudgy, but in a way that made her look soft and huggable. She had streaks of red in her hair. Lily knew right away that this was Molly Weasley, her grandmother.
"Hello dear," Molly said, gathering Lily up in a hug. She smelled like cookies, was just the type of person it's nice to hug. "I'm Granny Weasley. Come in here, have a spot to eat."
Granny Weasley showed Lily intuit he kitchen, which was big enough to fit thirty people.
Of course, Lily thought, it must be over flowing sometimes.
Sitting at the table was an assortment of people. She recognized Grandpa Weasley, as she heard the the cousins call him that, her aunts and uncles, Bill, Fleur, Charlie, Percy, Audrey, George, and Angelina, her cousin who had already left Hogwarts, Victoire, who was holding hands with Teddy Lupin, Dudley Dursley, and Luna Dursley.
They all stopped talking when they entered, and turned to look at them.
"You were right Dad, she does look just like Aunt Ginny," Victoire said.
Most people around the table nodded in agreement. Granny Weasley set a plate filled with cookies on the table.
"Chocolate chip. Fresh from the oven. Come on now Lily, take some," she said.
Lily took some cookies and bit into one. It was still warm, and the chocolate was gooey still.
"It's good. I've never had a cookie before," Lily said.
This simple sentence had a big effect on the people at the table, as well as the others, who were coming into the room.
"But they have desserts at Hogwarts, do they not?" Fleur asked.
"Yes, but they mostly have puddings and such. Before I went to Hogwarts, I never had pudding either. I do like cupcakes though. I had them once when I was five, to celebrate my birthday," Lily said.
Lily knew the effect these facts were having on her family, but she supposed that it was the Slytherin in her coming out that she wanted to gain their sympathies.
Later, as Lily, Roxy, and Hugo sat in the room Lily would be sleeping in, Lily thought about the picture she had seen earlier. The love in her parents eyes. They clearly loved her at the time the picture was taken what happened from then to the time she turned up at the orphanage? Was it possible she was kidnapped after all?