❝𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴...❞
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Lily Evans was the first ever witch not to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in attempt t...
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(30th September 1977)
The last day in September begun with a hollow sunrise. One that didn't hold much soul or feeling and appeared rather drab if one cared enough to pay it any heed.
But however prosaic the sunrise may have been, Lily Evans did not mind. Because the sun was new and full of promises. The sunrise spoke of beginnings and possibilities and all sorts of things Lily had almost forgotten existed.
Her mother had spoken to her, and it had broken the barrier of whatever spell hung over the house like the plague. It meant that the wall of silence could be broken again. Soon she would have the courage to be the one to do it. She just needed a little more time...
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(30th September 1977 continued)
Dorcas arrived outside Lily's door dressed in school uniform and a winter jacket, her tight curls atop her head in a bun, always practical.
"Thought you weren't going to show up for a minute, sweetheart. Had me waiting an age!" She cried when her best friend finally stumbled out the door, looking sheepish but positively aglow with happiness. "Lily?"
"What?"
"You're grinning like someone's stuffed you with rainbows." Her tone was far too matter-of-factly to fit her aphorisms. It only made Lily smile more.
"If this is what being stuffed with rainbows feels like then I'll gladly put up with the rain."
Dorcas groaned, "oh, for Pete's sake, Lily! Stop being philosophical and just tell me what's got you in a good mood!"
Lily locked the empty house behind her and followed her best friend back out to the gate, linking their arms together and leaning into the taller girls side. "Just... everything." She paused, glancing up at Dorcas as they hurried along the road, "do you ever have something happen to you that makes you think that everything might just be okay in the end after all?"
"Yeah I have. But it wasn't a something, Lil, it was someone."
"Oh?"
Dorcas didn't look down to meet her friend's eye, instead she smiled up at the sky, like it shared with her some kind of fantastic secret. "Marlene. She hit the reset button on just about everything bad in my life. And I loved her all the more for it."
