Invisible Magic

The One Where They All Meet

Coming on the 20th June!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I am not JK Rowling, and all of these characters belong to her. I also didn't draw the cover so all credit goes to the artist. Thank you.

1968 - First Year

- Lily -

Mrs. Evans looked at the Hogwarts letter with a worried expression. How was she to pay for all this? Where could she purchase these things? She didn’t know anywhere she could buy a cauldron.

"Mum, I really need to buy all that school stuff. There's only a week till I go!" Lily told her mum from the living room where she was watching TV.

"But how?" She questioned, getting frustrated. These things kept on getting weirder and weirder; a wand? “Lily honey, where are we going to buy this?” Mrs Evans asked as she too walked into the living room to sit with her daughter.

"Professor McGonagall told us to go to a pub, the pub I saw last time in London that no-one else could see and you took me to get my eyes tested, remember? Take me there and give me some money, come back at the end of the day to pick me up."Lily reminded her Mum. She had planned it all the night before.

"We'll have to go today then, whilst Petunia and your father are shopping for Tuney’s new school uniform."

They agreed.

- James -

"MUM!" James screamed up the stairs.

"What is it now honey?" She asked.

"You promised you'd take me to Diagon Alley while Dad's at work!" He smiled up at his Mum who was now standing on the landing.

"Yes, yes. Now go and eat while I get dressed. Please." She replied.

- Lily -

"STOP! Here we are Mum. Thanks for the lift." Lily smiled, climbing out of the car.

"Not so fast, are you going to be okay? Have you got-" Mrs Evans stopped mid-sentence seeing that Lily had slammed the door and entered the pub.

Lily had never seen anything like 'The Leaky Cauldron' before. Sure, she'd been in dirty buildings but never quite like this one. There were spiderwebs with bodies the size of golf balls, the drinks were strange; she'd never heard of butterbeer or firewhiskey. But, for Lily, the prices were the strangest thing, what were knuts and sickles? She stood there pondering the question until the bartender walked over to her.

"You a firstyear?" He asked.

Lily didn't really know if she was or not, or what he was even talking about. But she nodded anyway in the hope that he would help her in some way.

"Come wi' me please." He told her, and started heading towards a door.

Lily knew that it probably wasn't sensible to follow him, but it was the only help she was going to get. Outside the door there was a brick wall, the man took out his wand and tapped three bricks. The wall began to unravel and open into a street.

This street wasn't just any street; this was Diagon Alley. There was shops selling things she’d never even imagined; robes, potions ingredients and wands.

"Thank you sir." Lily smiled, she didn't know how to say goodbye properly so she curtsied for good measure.

The man raised his eyebrows and muttered something that sounded like; "Not another Muggleborn..."