Life Is Not A Fairytale, Even If There Are Unicorns by lily73190

"Lily! Thank goodness! I thought you said you would be here at noon!?" Lily Evans had apparated just outside of The Saltbox, her friend Mary's home, to see her friend sitting outside, looking slightly anxious, knitting. Before she could take in anything else, Lily was engulfed in a tight hug, and could see nothing beyond Mary's dark, curly hair.

"Calm down Mary! I'm only five minutes late!" Lily said, giggling, happy to see her best friend.

"Yes, well, you can never be to carefull these days" Mary said grimly, suddenly looking as if she hadn't slept in months. Obviously she had been reading too much prophet. Her mother being on duty all the time wasn't helping much either. Liy brought her friend in for another hug, and they both relaxed.

Lily stepped back and took a long look at Mary, still holding on to her arms. Mary was about 5'6'' with dark shoulder legnth curly hair. freckles were splattered across her whole face, gathering at the nose. She had a round, pretty face and a giggle that could warm a heart instantly. She had been dating Rob Castawark, a Ravenclaw who had graduated the year before, since 5th year. They were deemed the cutest couple at Hogwarts. It was rare to see Mary without a smile. Or at least it had been

"Come on! I'll show you to your room!" Mary said suddenly, brightening up for the sake of her friend.

"Mary!" Lily laughed. "I've been here practically every summer since we met! You'd think I'd know where I'm staying!"

"Well- actually, your not staying in the usual guest room. There was a bit of a--err-- mishap." Mary wouldn't look in Lily's eyes, thought Lily could still see a glint of a smile in them.

"Mary Macdonald, what did you do?" Asked Lily playfully. She new how her friend could get with household spells. Their dormitory still hasn't recovered from the last incident.

"Nothing..nothing at all! I was simply attempting to straighten the bedspread and the spell got a bit, well, it didn;t quite go right" She said offhand.

"But we called someone to fix the toilet! They'll be here next week!" Mary said glancingtoward a window on the second story.

"The toilet! I thought you said you were fixing the bed! Oh, Mary" Lily said in a falsely stern voice. Mary only laughed. Sometimes Lily thought her friend screwed up spells on purpose. It seemed fun to her.

Lily thoughtfully observed the house. It was exactly as she remembered. A dark maroon roof that slanted down to the back. In the front yard there was a garden larger that the whole house, it took up most of the front yard. Lily could remember Mary's mother once saying,

"Most people have their gardens in the back of the house. Now, that just seems selfish to me. Why let all that beauty go to waste, only being seen by a few people? I keep my garden in the front of the yard, vegetables and all! That way everyone can enjoy it!" Pride had always shone upon her face whenever she talked bout the garden.

In the back of the house, there was mostly green grass and Tall trees. A hammock was tied  between to oaks in a corner, A magical tire swing ( Goes higher and higher, and won't break the branch!) tied to a birch tree. There was a small pond filled with plimpies and ramoras (which Lily believed to be illegaly bought), and some rather large goldfish.

Inside the house, which was suspiciously larger than it would seem outside, was the most magnificent kitchen Lily had ever laid eyes on. The marble cabinets were magicaly enhanced to protect themselves, so you could cut right on them (though you might want to wash it down first.) the stoves (there were two) burned to the exact desired temperaure almost immediately. And the refrigerators and cabintes were brimming with freshly made and freshly picked food. It was simply perfect.

The next room was Lily's favorite. Predictably. The library. In the far off cornor was a chalkboard. If you wrote on it a desired book, it would tell you exactly where it is, or, if it was not present in the library, which bookstore you might find it in.

As they passed the room to go up the stairs, Lily grinned.

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Dinner at the Macdonald's was never very dull. Mr and Mrs Macdonald had two younger boys, twinns, who would be starting their first year when Mary and Lily start their seventh. Both were insanely over energetic, and never failed in spilling something. They were now only allowed to drink water whenever there was a quest at the table (fortunate for Lily, as she sat next to Josh, who, while might not be as loud as his twin, certainly made up for it in his clumsiness).

Tonight they were being served potroast and potatoes ( A/N I"m not one for how food is normaly served, so please excuse me if potroast is terrible with potatoes) Lily however, had become a vegetarian when she was six, after she and Petunia had seen a bird crash into a window, flutter, and die. It had originally been Petunias idea, but Petunia gave up on it in less than a week. Lily, however, stood her ground, after Petunia told her that Lily would never last without eating meat, she stubbornly swore to never eat meat again.

Mrs Mcdonald made  Lily vegetable, chicken-broth free, stew that tasted simply amazing (and stew is very hard to make good!)

Soon the whole table was laughing. Mr Mcdonald  told a story about a funny client he had today, who , upon entering the store, asked where the loo was. Mr Macdonald pointed towards the WC, but it turns out that the client was actually looking for a man named Lou, who often worked at the shop. Mr Macdonald was so surprised, that he laughed so hard, and the client ran out the door.

Stories and jokes were shared and laughed at. Even Mrs Macdonald, who must have a grim job,managed to find a few enjoyable moments from work to share.

After dessert (Key lime pie, with more pie that lime), the boys were sent to bed, and Lily and mary ascended the stairs as well, yawning and tired from lauging so hard. They washed up, and went into their respective rooms. Lily sat by the window for a few minutes, marveling at the glorious way the stars seemed to shime when there was no moon. Each star twinkling, saying hello. Stars, thought they may falter and fall, never seem to be mad, or sad,or angry. They always shined brightly, giving the soul a warm feeling. Lily soaked it up before lying on her bed, got comfortable in the covers, and took out her book.

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A/N Okay! so this was really just a filler chapter, with too much information, and not alot of good writing, sorry if it confuses you!

A/N EDIT WHOOPS! i added this document to my memcP thingy, but not to the story! sorry for the delay!