A.N Dedicated to Amandarine who has been guessing her little heart out about my sneaky reason for Lily and a review that made me way too happy. So this is her chapter and because she been guessing so much. So is the next one. If I ever get it out.
Hippy on the Doorstep
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On Monday afternoon two days after Harry's Escape, both Harry and Lily snuck into the backyard of the Dursley's home and got Harry back under the cupboard under the stairs just in time for Lily to get home and the Dursley's arrive.
Both Lily and Harry had Monday off of school. Lily's parents gave Lily that permission as they thought it would seem unfair to leave Harry all by himself while Lily was at school and Vise Versa.
"Shhh" Lily whispered as they snuck through the backdoor. "If we get caught this weekend will be all for nothing"
Harry only nodded as they stepped foot into the kitchen.
They went past the stool, this time Lily remembered to dodge it and into the hallway by the front door. Harry opened the latch for the cupboard and crawled in.
He sat down on his mattress and looked up at his friend.
"Thanks for everything" Harry said. He really meant it. While he was at the Arrons', they fed him. Bathed him, he was even allowed to watch TV and play a lot and they even let him use the second bed in Lily's room. They had so much fun.
Lily smiled and giggled a small amount before looking towards the front door.
The muffled crunching of gravel signaled the arrival home of Harry's remaining family.
"Ok, they're here" Lily announced the obvious. "See you tomorrow at school right?"
Harry nodded "Yea definitely, we've got detention remember?"
"I guess I forgot" came the reply.
Harry let out a bark of laughter before stopping short and muzzling himself.
Just outside the door the jingle of keys could be heard as the door handle began to rattle.
"GO" hissed Harry he didn't need his friend to get caught in the house.
Lily not needing to be told twice bolted towards the back door and closed it. Making sure this time the door was locked leaving no evidence that anyone entered or exited the house.
Once she was gone Harry shut the cupboard door and waited until the door opened and his extended part of his family returned to their home.
"MR. POTTER!"
Harry snapped out of his day dreaming state and looked up at his teacher.
Mr. Galletly was one of the most hated teachers at Little Whinging State School.
Now ever since Harry had reached his final year at Whinging State, Mr. Galletly has had it in for him. Mr. Galletly, took small notice of Harry landing back into the real world, and had already turned back to the board, writing down the equations for their Math class.
Right at that moment before Harry was interrupted; his thoughts had turned to Lily. This year they were in separate classes, so they didn't see much of each other during school, except lunch times and Language Lessons (they learnt French)
One thought that had hit him about her today was that of how the Dursley's never figured out Harry had spent the weekend at the Aaron's around 2 years ago. Nor did they know of all the other times he had snuck out. Not till this very day.
RRRRIIIINNNNGGGG!
It was at that moment Harry could have yelled STAMPEDE
Since it was the last day of school before the summer, everyone was way too hyped according to Lily.
Harry picked up his now full and heavy bag and made his way out to the hallway where already it seemed empty.
Harry walked all the way to the water fountain by A block of the school. There with her own bulging bag stood Lily. She looked sort of frazzled her hair looked like she touched a static ball and held on for quite some time.
Harry laughed the moment he saw her. Only to receive a glare in return.
"It's NOT funny" snapped Lily
Harry shook his head "Your right, its HILARIOUS" and with that he laughed some more.
When Harry noticed Lily didn't do or say anything he stopped laughing and looked at her
"Oh come on lighten up. IT'S SUMMER" Harry informed
Lily bit her lip and only nodded before she began to walk.
Stepping into stride beside her came Harry and it stayed that way till they had walked all the way to Privet Drive.
Both friends would be separated till tomorrow when they were to meet up with each other at the park.
Lily watched Harry walked through his front door before continuing to her house.
Doing the same routine every weekday, Lily slammed the door shut, threw her bag on the ground and watched her shoes slide towards the rake. They never made it.
She walked into the Kitchen like normal expecting both her mum and dad waiting there to hear about her day, yet the kitchen was empty.
"Mum? Dad?" Lily spoke slightly confused
"In here" came the voice of her dad
Lily rolled her eyes, and where was here? It wasn't the best answer you could want, but it seemed it came from the lounge room.
She cautiously walked into the room. When her parents did something like this it meant it was time for a talk. Did she do something that she couldn't remember?
Once in the room Lily couldn't help but see both of her scared, sad and worried parents and the old man sitting on another chair.
He had to be quite old, Lily though as his beard was quite long, long enough for him to have it tucked in his belt. His clothing was quite questionable, and Lily had to stifle a laugh as she thought of the Dursley's face if they saw this man.
To be honest Lily could have passed him off as an old Hippie.
The half moon spectacles were slightly crooked as they sat on his of centered nose and the blue eyes behind them seem to x-ray her right where she stood one he turned them on her. Swallowing quite loudly on Lily's opinion, she slowly walked in and sat down on the couch facing both her parents and the man.
"Lily" her mother began "This is Professor Dumbledore from a school in Scotland. He is here today to about your enrolment there."
"You enrolled me there?" Lily accused
Both her parents shook their heads. After looking at his wife then back at Lily, Joe; her dad opened his mouth and spoke. "Your mother did"
Lily turned and faced her mother. "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"
"Now Lily don't shout at your mother" her father scolded
Lily ignored it and glared at her mum "WHY?"
Both her parents once again looked at each other for a while silently conversing through their eyes.
Finally Lily watched her mother sigh a nod her head "It's time we told her."
Lily was both scared and curious as to what her mother meant.
She looked expectantly at both her mum and dad waiting for an answer.
"We aren't your real Parent Lily"
Lily was shocked that not what she was expecting
"I….uh…..wh……ehh….. What??" Lily finally stuttered out
"Your adopted sweetie" her mother………… no wait Cathryn Aarons whispered, tears falling down her face.
And with that both of the adults she thought were her parents began to explain.
By the end of it from what Lily could comprehend, her parents had adopted her from an orphanage in London. They brought her home just over ten years ago. She had been put in the orphanage after her mother was murdered a short while after he own birth. Her father was not around with her mother. Apparently either he left or her mother did.
"So what was my mum's name?" Lily asked
So far the man to Lily's left had not spoken but here he pitched in.
"Her name was Delilah Samuels; she was a student at my school up until she graduated"
Lily nodded slowly as if saying ok.
"And my dad? Who was he?" All of the three adults exchanged glances before the man turned to her once again.
"Only your God Father knows who he is" Dumbledore answered
"Ok, so where is he? My godfather?"
"Sweetie," came Cathryn Aarons "he died quite sometime ago"
Lily was defeated. From what they knew, her father was still alive, but without her Godfather to tell her who he was, she was most likely never to meet him.
"SO what is this school you run?"
"It's called Hogwarts" Dumbledore stated with an amount of pride in his voice
Lily almost snorted. What a name for a school.
But Dumbledore continued "It's a boarding school for both Witches and Wizards"
Lily stopped short. "I'm sorry what??"
"Lily" Joe Aarons finally spoke up. "You're a witch"
"A what?" Lily was expecting them to go April Fools or maybe they signed her up for reality TV.
"A witch Ms. Samuels" Dumbledore piped in.
Lily flinched at her name, it sounded so foreign.
"So was your mother and you father was a wizard from what I understand"
And without a request or a question Prf. Dumbledore went into full detail about the magical world and Hogwarts.
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That night Lily sat on her bed looking out the window down the street. She was looking at the same spot Dumbledore had simple vanished. He didn't walk around the corner. He was there then he was gone. Just like the time her and Harry had ended up on the roof at school.
After Dumbledore had finished explaining about Hogwarts, Lily was asked to leave for her room, while the adults spoke about arrangements. She didn't go down for dinner before when they called. She wasn't in the mood to neither eat nor share the kitchen table with the Professor just yet. So she stayed up in her room and looked out the window.
So here she sat now with the knowledge of what she was. A witch. It was scary to her. She didn't know how to react. All in one day she found out she was adopted and a witch. It was too much.
She didn't even think she would be up to meeting up with Harry tomorrow.
Harry.
Lily turned and looked at the bed Harry slept in when he was over. With all this going on. She forgot to ask if she could tell Harry. If she could what would he think of her?
A.N YAY another chapter Yes. Well once again this chapter is dedicated to Amandarine. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter especially you Amandarine. Maybe this information might have cleared up some of your questions. Well don't forget to review. You might get a dedication if you make me dance around after reading you review. Except not next chapter as its dedicated Amandarine for her always guessing my evil plot. PLEASE REVIEW. I will reply.