You're my flashlight//Harry Potter ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Congratulations, Lily, first day and you already showed, how nice you are//1

Tapping on the window woke me up. I opened my eyes, blinking for a moment, and then I pulled away my blanket and stood up. I came to the window and behind it I saw an owl with a letter in its beak. I opened the window, took the letter and wanted to pet the animal, but it suddenly turned around and flew away. I shook my head, surprised, how much work these little animals have. I closed the window and even without looking at the letter I knew, it was from Hogwarts. Unintentionally I smiled, seeing such a detailed address. I opened the envelope, read the content of it and I felt really happy, which I haven't felt in a while. I dressed up quickly and ran down the stairs. I walked into the kitchen, where my mum was preparing the breakfast and dad was reading a newspaper at the table. A normal human family. Except my parents were working in British Ministry of Magic in a Department of International Magical Cooperation and I was about to go to Hogwarts.

I threw a letter on the table with the stamp up. I sat down, looking like I didn't care, but when I saw my parents' smiles, I couldn't hide my happiness anymore.

"So, when are we going shopping?"

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"Do you like your wand?", my mum asked.

"Yeah", I answered, still looking at my wand and holding its box in the other hand. It wasn't unusual – unicorn hair's core, ten and a half inches, cedar. But it was mine. Because I was a witch. Still couldn't believe it. I squeezed my wand one last time and I put it into the box.

My mum and I bought everything that was on the list from Hogwarts. Suddenly, my mum walked into some store and I went right behind her. It was an animal shop. She surprised me. I completely forgot about it.

"Which one do you want? A rat, a frog..."

"An owl!", I screamed, brightened up, looking at a brown bird watching me with its dark yellow eyes.

Mum paid for the animal and took the cage, in which it was. A second later she started to talk with an employee – it turned out it was her friend from times when she was younger. I left them alone and went outside. I crossed my arms over my chest and looked around. I sighed. The crowd with parents and their children didn't decrease – it was getting bigger with every minute. People were passing each other, from time to time nodding their heads, whenever they saw someone familiar. Teenagers were stopping to hug each other, when they recognized their friends among the people passing by. They were hugging, talking, laughing. I was hoping that in one year time I will meet my friends from Hogwarts too.

I was standing next to the entrance to the animal shop, the closest people were walking like three feet away from me, so I didn't take any risk, that somebody would jostle me. I was wrong. A boy, a little shorter than me, but most likely in my age, walked so close to me that he hit me with his shoulder. I lurched and he passed by, without even looking at me, but with some muttering, from which I could understand, that it was my fault, because I was standing in the middle of the road.

"Jerk", I said quietly, looking at the boy.

"He's Draco Malfoy". I jumped, hearing someone's voice. I turned my head. On my right was standing tall, redheaded teenager and next to me another one, looking exactly the same. They were twins.

"But 'jerk' fits him too", said, probably, the other twin. Both of them were smiling. "I'm George and this handsome man next to me is Fred".

"H-hey", I replied. Seriously, that was my first impression? Being hit by some Malfoy and now stuttering? "I'm Lily. Lily Witer".

"First year, huh?", asked me Fred, smiling. It wasn't a nasty smile, more like calming one. I smiled too and nodded.

"And which year you are on?", I enquired, feeling a surge of confidence. I felt safe in their company. I liked them immediately.