How It All Began

How It All Began: Chapter Three

Letters and Admirers

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“First Hogsmeade weekend next weekend! Sweet!” Kala shouted in delight.

“Ugh, I can't go,” said Lily, dismayed. “I have to spend that Saturday decorating for Halloween - you know - Head duties.”

“Tough luck, mate,” said Alice sincerely. Kala suddenly stifled a gasp.

“B-but wait!” she said, sputtering, “doesn't that mean you have to spend the weekend with your all time enemy?” Lily jumped up, her eyes wide. Her bad weekend had gotten much, much worse.

“Damn,” she muttered under her breath. Her friends offered their condolences, then stood up with Lily.

“Breakfast time, oh dearest Lily of the Valley. We better get down there before Potter and Black eat all of the food,” Kala said.

“But we have Potions: what if we have to make something really nasty and we vomit or something?” Lily looked at her friend; she hated Potions with a passion. It wasn't that the teacher was bad, it was that it contained the slytherins - one in particular - Severus Snape. Every time she looked at him, she truly did want to vomit he was so disgusting.

“Knowing what that class contains, I probably will vomit,” said Alice, voicing Lily's exact thoughts.

About halfway through breakfast, the mail came. Lily, who never got much mail except for the occasional letter from her parents, was surprised to see her owl bringing her a letter. She gave her owl a nibble of toast, then took the letter and ripped it open.

Dear Lily, Please accept this gift as a token of my affections...

Lily looked down to see a single tiger lily lying there on the table, though she was certain it hadn't been there before.

I am an admirer of you, and through your actions you have captured my
heart. If you would like to send a letter, tell your owl to send it to
Prongs. She will know where to go. I will understand if you don't
trust an anonymous letter, but I do await a response. Until then...

The note was unsigned. Quietly, she gave it to Alice and Lily, who had been watching her intently. They read it and both sighed.

“It's so romantic...” breathed Kala, ever the exaggerator.

“Yeah,” agreed Alice. “If only someone would do that for me.” Lily giggled at the absurdity of the two of them and went back to breakfast. While she was eating, she wondered about the letter. Who was it from? Why did they send it? With the abundance of dark wizardry emerging lately, she was inclined to ignore it. However, it seemed sincere, and there were no threats or sinister undertones. Quickly, she got out a bit of spare parchment and scribbled a note.

Prongs...whatever that means,
I thank you dearly for your previous letter, but I want to know who
you are! I promise I wont scream or run away...although, on second
thought, I might. Anyway, this has to be quick, otherwise my friends
will find out, and I don't want them to know I answered, otherwise
everything you say will be around the entire school; my friends,
although nice, are the teensiest gossipy - although, if you know me as
you say you do, you would already know that. Goodbye.
Lily

With that, Lily sealed it up and gave it to her owl.

“This is for Prongs,” she whispered, “although I imagine you already knew that.”

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