"Lily, wake up," my uncle Will shouted, he is an early bird, any other day I would've yelled at him for waking me but I was too excited.

     I sprang out of bed and ran downstairs, "Mom hurry up, gimme my breakfast so we can go."

     "Sit down and eat properly," mother scolded.

     "Mommy, please can we go," I said excitedly ignoring her.

     My grandmother, Naomi chucked, "Grace, let her be, she isn't going to sit still anytime soon."

     "What's that supposed to mean," I said.

     My uncle Will then whispered in my ear, "What do you think my sister would do if you and I pie her in the face."

     I looked at him surprised, "Since when were you the pranking type."

     "Will is full of surprises," Uncle Nico said admirably.

     "Okay," I said, Nico and Will were in their own world forgetting.

     "Delilah will you stop staring off in space and eat your breakfast," Mom yelled.

     I wolfed down my breakfast not caring about my table manners. Suddenly outside we heard a pop.

     I knew who it was, "Auntie Aster!"

     "Hey Lilah, sorry Grace, I don't feel like knocking on the door, takes too long," Aunt Aster said hugging me.

     "Can we go now, please," I begged?

     "Lily wait for us to finish our food, we are coming too," Uncle Nico said, Will and Nico are the only people that are allowed to call me Lily.

     "Wait, Auntie Aster, where are Castor, Pollux, and Alsephina," I asked, Castor and Pollux were the twins and Alsephina was Siris and Aster's baby girl.

     "Reggie is babysitting them," Auntie Aster said, did I mention that Reggie is Uncle Sirius's younger brother, although he is in hiding because everyone thinks he is dead.

     "Delilah Naomi Solace, will you sit your ass down and eat breakfast," my mother yelled.

     "Sorry mother," I said sitting down and finishing the rest of my food.

     "Aster, how are you feeling," mom asked.

     "Perfectly fine," Aunt Aster said with a tight smile, she hates it when someone asks that because believes that everything is fine with her.

     After we had all finished breakfast, my mother is big on it because it is the most important meal of the day. I got changes really quick, I was so excited to go to Diagon Alley to get my supplies.

     "Let's go," I whined, why does everyone in this household like to take their precious little time.

     "We could always leave without them," Aunt Aster whispered in my ear.

     I giggled, "My mom would have your head if we do."

     "Does she know who I am," Aunt Aster said dramatically?

     "Okay, I think we are all ready," mom said looking at my grandmother and two uncles.

     "Alright, everyone please hold on, also warning, you might throw up like the first time I had to do this," Aunt Aster warned.

     She grabbed mine and my grandmother's hand as I held onto my mother's hand with my other hand.

     "Nico, Will, I'll come back for both of you, I should've just organized a portkey," Aunt Aster said I suddenly felt like I was being squeezed into a tube.

     "Wow is this really how it feels when you apparate," I asked feeling nauseous, it's the feeling of when you want to throw up but it won't happen.

     "Yup and I hate it," Aunt Aster said her face a little green, she looked to see if my mom and grandma were alright, they looked fine.

     I looked at Aunt Aster in awe, "How do you deal with it."

     "Well I only use it when I have to, if I wanted something I usually made Sirius-," she stopped taking.

     I coughed changing the subject, "Remember you have to go get Will and Nico."

     "Oh yeah right," Aunt Aster said leaving.

     After 5 minutes she came back with a sick-looking Nico as Will got all protective nurse on him. They were honesty the cutest couple.

     "This place is um...nice," mom said looking around.

     We were in a cobblestone alley and I saw a huge white marble building that didn't look very stable. There were many shops full of magical ingredients. I was so excited and looked back to see if Uncle Nico was alright and he was but Aunt Aster was nowhere in sight, instead, she was leaning on a wall looking like she was about to throw up. 

     After 10 minutes she was good, "Okay let's go, we are going to need to get your money from Gringotts."

     "So they transfer money here right," mom asked taking out a wad of cash from her purse.

     "Yup, they do," Aunt Aster said looking like she didn't want to go in there. 

     We went inside and goblins were sitting on the desks, "There are goblins here."

     "Yes", Aunt Aster mumbled staring at them like she didn't want to go in there. 

     "Mr. Goblin, sir, what you name," I asked stupidly. 

     The goblin glared at me and went back to doing its work, no wonder Aunt Aster didn't want to come in here in the first place. 

     "Rude," I muttered rolling my eyes. 

     Finally, after a long 15 minutes, the money was transferred into gold, silver, and bronze coins. Aunt Aster explained that the gold ones were Galleons, the silver ones were Sickles, and the bronze ones were Knuts. I was so excited to go to Hogwarts.

     "Er, what do we have to get first," Aunt Aster said trying to read the supply list but because of her dyslexia she couldn't, and neither could Uncle Will and Nico.

     Before anyone could say anything, Uncle Will did, "Neeks look ice cream!"

     Mom facepalmed, "You know what, we will meet both of you back in an hour, don't embarrass yourselves."

     "I want ice cream too," my grandmother, Naomi said.

     "I guess it runs in this family," mom said annoyed. 

     Any other day I would've taken up the offer for ice cream but I didn't want to. I wanted to get my school supplies, this is the only time I have ever been excited about school. Also, I didn't have any friends I could see every day, but I have my family and friends from other places that never make me feel lonely. 

     "Let's get your robes done, Grace just take her into that shop for fitting, Madame Malkin works there, she knows about demigods as her-her niece was one, I'll go get her books," Aunt Aster said pointing at a shop, the demigod she was talking about was Selina, late daughter of Aphrodite.

     "Alright," my mom answered and we went into the shop.

     Inside I saw a redhead boy that looked right about my age getting fitting while I was assuming his mother was sitting on a bench, she also had red-ginger hair. Mom went to go sit next to her and they hit off with a conversation really quickly. 

     "Hi, I'm Charlie Weasley," the boy on the stool said shyly.

     I blushed, "I'm Delilah Solace."

     "Are you also going into your first year," he asked making conversation.

     "Yes, I'm so excited," I said smiling.

     "Cool, my brother is a 3rd year, I want to be just like him," Charlie said.

     "Wow, I have always wanted an older brother, but I'm an only child, what about you," I asked.

     He blushed and chuckled, "I have 4 younger brothers, 2 of them are twins and a baby sister."

     "You must get in trouble a lot," I said dumbly.

     "It's actually, my twin brothers who get yelled at the most, " Charlie said. 

     "Charlie, oh good you're done, Bill must be waiting for us let's go," his mother said.

     "Bye, I hope we can be friends," Charlie said waving.

     "Sure, I would love that," I said with a giddy smile. 

     After my robes were fitted, we met up with Aunt Aster who had the rest of my school supplies, the only thing that was left was my wand. Aunt Aster said getting your want is a beautiful experience. We went into a shop called Ollivander's.

     "Ah, Asterope, I remember when I first sold you your wand, given by the Olympians, crystal clear, 12 inches, very unique type since the wand was chosen for you," the old man said.

     "Yes, here it is," Aster said taking her crystal wand out and giving it a swish.  

     "You must be Delilah Ro-", he got cut off.

     "Do not finish that sentence, it is Delilah Solace," mom said angrily. 

     "Okay then, Delilah Solace, which one is your wand arm," the Ollivander man asked. 

     I held out my left hand, I was a lefty. Ollivander measured and went into the back of his dark shop and came back with a stack of boxes. 

     "Try this one," he said handing me a wand, I gave it a swish, and the couch burst up in flames.

     We went through another 12 boxes. I tried another wand and a magic glow came over me and then went away. 

     "Blackthorn wood, dragon heartstring core, 10 1/2 inches, unyielding," Ollivander said describing my wand, it was also white painted. 

     "Wow, that's prettier than mine," Aunt Aster said after we left the shop. 

     "Now, I wanna be a witch," mom said. 

     We headed back to Will and Nico and my grandma, Naomi, can you believe they bought 5 tubs of ice cream to take home too. Instead of going back to America, we went to Aunt Aster's home.

     "Mommy," 3 little voices yelled.

     "Hello, my beautiful children," Aunt Aster said giving them a huge group hug.

     "I'm so happy you are here," Sirius's brother Reggie said with makeup on his face.

     Everyone burst out laughing as Aunt Aster patted him on the head, "What did my kids do to you?"

     "They are going to kill me one day," Reggie muttered.

     "The whole world thinks your dead already so that wouldn't be a problem," Aunt Aster said smirking.

     Reggie playfully glared at her, "Well since there are so many other people here to watch those 3 rascals, I'm heading to Gideon's now."

     "Alright bye, stay safe," Aunt Aster said worriedly. 

     Gideon was Reggie's boyfriend. Gideon Prewett was the twin brother of Fabieon Prewett the husband of Marlene McKinnon. Everyone in the wizarding world thought they were dead but they are in hiding, Aunt Aster was able to save them right before they would've died. 

     I had been to Aunt Aster's house many times, "Alseie, you want to go play with your dolls."

     Alseie was my nickname for Alsephina, she is 3 years old now, 2 years since Sirius was put in Azkaban. Aster is a strong woman.

     After a few hours we all went to bed, in a few days I will be going to Hogwarts, I can't wait!

May 18th, 2021 - Published
May 27th, 2021 - Edited

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     ~Luna