A/N: This is ONLY the prologue. Yes, I know it is short. That's what a prologue IS.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, nor do I own A Mango Shaped Space, which is an extremely good book if you haven't read it. I only got synesthesia from A Mango Shaped Space. NOTHING ELSE.

The earth is an amazing place. Billions of years ago, the first cell formed. It reproduced, and soon we had many one-celled organisms. These eventually evolved into complicated, more advanced beings, until the first animal walked upon earth. We began to have many prehistoric animals.

Sometimes, however, when the cells reproduced, a mutation was made. Usually, these mutations did not live very long, but sometimes, a change in a cell would be for the better, making it live longer than the others of its kind. Charles Darwin showed us this, and it has been proved many times: the pterodactyl, being out-lived by the bird, the saber-toothed-tiger, improved by the wildcat, and many more besides. Humans are closely related to apes, and are no exception to mutations. Some are born disfigured; some are born with dyslexia or another reading disability, and some are born with synesthesia. Lily Evans was one of those people. Synesthesia is a disability where you see colors for words, sounds and numbers. Sometimes, your numbers have personalities. But, colors for sound, words, and numbers is most common. Lily did not know what her disability was called, just that she had it and no one else did. Actually, to her, it was not much of a disability. She could always keep track of dates and words; she just remembered the combinations of color. This story is about her journey into the world of the unknown, starting from the moment she gets her Hogwarts letter, to the second she graduates from Hogwarts with her friends and her true love. This is her story.