The Wizard of Black

In a small town near London lived the Evans family. They were pretty much a normal family; a mother, a father, and two children- Lily and Petunia.

Lily Evans was a witch. She had not known it yet, but on the way to her was a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But, since she did not know, there was nothing to occupy her mind to ignore Petunia teasing her for no good reason.

Lily had always been the good one, the creative one, the pretty one, the nice one, the one who was so perfect and always did so well at school. Petunia, on the other had, was always the one who was kind of ignored by their parents. Lily really didn't mean for this to happen, and she just wanted to be all right with her sister. Yet Petunia would not listen to a thing Lily said, and would just insult her.

Having to put up with this for about ten years was just two much for the two, and a very tired Lily stormed to her room one day, giving up on making any attempt to communicate nicely with Petunia. Lily slumped over on her bed, which caused her red hair to flop over her head. She pushed it back behind her ears, and then peered out the window with her green eyes. She just wanted a better life. Something new. Something different. Somewhere where she belonged. Somewhere where things would be better.

As she stared out dreamily, Lily began singing to herself.

"Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high
There's a land that I've heard of

Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow

Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why oh why can't I?"

Lily sighed. Staying trapped in the room was killing her. Not to mention, she could hear Petunia in the room next store muttering to herself. Deciding to take a walk, Lily slipped on some shoes and exited the house. Normally, she would have told her parents she was going out, but her mind was so full of thought that she simply forgot to.

The wind was blowing rather hard, but she didn't care. It felt so wonderful to wander aimlessly down the sidewalk without having to worry. She didn't have to put up with anything, and could simply walk and dream of another place.

A sudden burst of wind slapped Lily out of her thoughts, and opened her ears to the noise of a storm. For some odd reason, there was a cyclone, and Lily knew that she would be crushed by it. She had wandered out awfully far. So Lily quickly began to run home to be safe.

Back at the Evan's House, Lily's mother and father were searching all over for her.

"Dear, I can't find her!" Lily's mother said to her father.

"Oh, who cares..." Petunia mumbled.

"She must be around somewhere!" her father said. "Lily!" he called.

"Lily! Oh Lily, baby, please come! Where are you? Lily!" her mother called.

"Oh Mother, don't panic," Petunia said in a falsely sweet voice. "I'm sure that Lily will turn up soon. Let's all go into the neighbor's storm shed so we are not killed."

"She's right, dear," her father said. "Lily's an intelligent girl. She'll know that we're in the neighbor's storm shed, so she'll come as quickly as she can. Let's go."

"Oh...alright," her mother said. The three exited and hurried over to the neighbor's house for a protective shelter.

Lily had now arrived home and entered the house. But she couldn't hear anything. Just the howling of the wind. Where was everybody? "Mum! Dad!" she called out. "Are you here? Where are you? Mum! Dad!"

She looked all around the house, but found no one. She walked back into her room and closed the door. This was going to be awful. Was it possible that her mother and father were hurt? Where were they?

Lily glimpsed out the window at the cyclone. It was huge and coming closer. But in the distance, she thought she saw a witch on a broomstick. But witches weren't real, were they? She leaned over for a closer look.

At that moment, and gust of wind blew violently, and the window broke and fell into Lily's face, causing her to pass out onto the bed.

A while later, Lily woke up again, but could hear the wind howling still. She looked out the window and discovered that her house was flying in the air! She was quite terrified, and backed up away from the window some more. But she could still see people in the air...why, it was her mother! And her father too! They waved to her happily, and she waved back, before they were gone again. She must have just been dreaming. Lily looked out the window warily a little more, and then suddenly the house abruptly stopped spinning.