A Little Cinderella Magic
A.N. I don't own Harry Potter related characters etc.
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Summary-James has been dared to find a girl from a Lonely Hearts Column. Lily is lonely for friendship and advertises in there. James has no idea who he is writing to. The Winter Ball is coming up...
Chapter 1
In the Great Hall one breakfast...
"Hey James, are you up for a dare?" Sirius asked
"You bet,"
Remus looked up warily at this.
"So what's it to be Padfoot?"
"Well you know the Hogwarts Post runs a kind of lonely hearts column?"
"Yes..."
"Well I dare you to hook up with one of them and take them to the Halloween Ball."
"You're on."
"And if you fail you have to snog Professor Mcgongall!" Sirius exclaimed
"You've gotta be kidding me," James said.
"Not kidding you, hope the Potter Charm is up for it,"
"You bet,"
"And now to find you a girl, with a smooth flourish of his hands he had Remus' Hogwarts Post in his hands,"
"What about this one?" Remus asked getting into the spirit of things. "5 ft 1, brunette, serious case of acne," his voice trailed away "Okay so maybe not,"
"Hey James what about this one? 5ft 4 redhead, sparkling green eyes, creamy skin, intelligent but always up for fun."
"She sounds alright, I'll take her,"
"Right and now for the letter, here is a quill some parchment and an envelope" Remus paused and grabbed an owl from the air (who had been delivering post) "And an owl,"
"Okay now here goes,"
35 minutes later James had finished.
"I've finished the letter guys,"
"Lets read it then," Sirius asked. James handed him the parchment.
Dear whoever you are,
I'm writing to you in reply to your advert in the Lonely Hearts Column of the Hogwarts Post. My name is James Potter and I'm in Gryffindor House 5th year. I would love to know more about you so write back soon with some basic facts about yourself.
Yours truly,
James Potter
Lily received the letter the next day at breakfast. She opened it trembling slightly. She told herself sternly Get a grip on yourself girl its probably another bogus letter. Someone sneered behind her. Lily slowly turned around and saw Courtney, the leader of a pack of girls who all despised Lily.
"Look girls darling Lily here is even more mental than we thought she's actually talking to herself," Her high pitched voice could be heard clearly all around the Hall (by this time all the teachers had left preparing for their first lessons o the day)
"The first sign of madness is talking to yourself you know Lilykins" Whitney said a surprisingly intelligent remark coming from her. All around Lily snickers were heard. Lily gazed around trying to spot a friendly face but as usual there was none.
She ran from the hall as fast as her legs would carry her.
"Look at her trying to get away from us, come back carrot cake you know you want to be made fun of, I mean it's the only way anyone talks to you isn't it?" Courtney taunted.
Lily ran sobbing from the Hall and went down the passage where only she knew about. For a while her self-pity got the better of her and she cried for a while but then she saw she still had the mysterious letter in her hand. She opened it.
Out fell James' letter and Lily read it and smiled, she wrote back
Dear James,
A few basic facts about myself I'm also in 5th year and in Gryffindor. This may come as surprise to you that I'm one girl you haven't kissed or gone out with. I'm not very popular in fact in the social ladder I'm at the bottom whilst you are at the top. Oh yeah I should tell you my birthday is October 31st (Halloween) but this isn't a hint for any presents or a card I'm merely stating it as a fact. I have one sister and a mum and dad. I'm also muggle born.
When you write again please tell me some interesting facts about yourself too.
Yours
A.N. And the end of Chapter 1!
I should warn you now I'm not a great person at writing long chapters but the more reviews I get hopefully the chapters will become longer.