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WARNING: This IS a FEMMESLASH/GIRLXGIRL story. If you do not like girl on girl stories then feel free to read, but do NOT leave flames in my review box!


CHAPTER ONE: Filthy Little MudBlood


"Fucking Severus…" Lily cussed over and over under her breath as leaves blew around her in a wild tornado of emotion. Lily's magic was out of control and was sending the dead and crispy things through the air.

Green eyes staring determinedly at the end of the path, Lily continued her trek away from the safety of Hogwarts toward the bitter-sweet smell of The Hog's Head. The dim lighting and back alley feel would fit nicely with Lily's dark and angry mood and hopefully the warm butterbeer waiting for her there would melt the pain away so she could properly yell at Severus without tears when he finally found her.

Leaves falling limply in a ring at her feet, Lily caught control of her magical abilities and walked into the small, nearly abandoned village. It was too cold to be outdoors as Lily realized when she entered the pub and it felt like her limbs were burning. She had only a shirt/vest combination and the gray Hogwarts skirt most of the female students wore.

"A butterbeer please…" Lily muttered softly to a non-curious waiter who grunted lightly and forced some poor house elf to do his bidding, pouring Lily's butterbeer and delivering it to her table. "Thank you…" She said, a little more lightly to the elf, feeling badly for the poor creatures who were forced to do manual labor because of their birth rank. Lily connected with them…after all, she was a…

"Mudblood! Get the hell out of my seat!" A very angry brunette glared at Lily, standing beside the table. A timid, but self-righteous blonde stood behind the older girl who was yelling.

"Sod off." Lily replied, not in the mood to be bothered with bull shite today.

"How dare you speak to a pureblood that way, you ungrateful little…" Lily turned, her eyes lit up with rage as she stood, pushing the older girl back by her movement. Lily stood a good foot shorter than her opponent, but she didn't seem to really care.

"Bellatrix…" The pompous one murmured, but Lily's opponent neither moved nor showed signs of planning on it.

"Look, I've had a bad day. Your name is not carved into this table so just go home before I curse you, Black." Lily growled at the older, graduated girl. For a moment, Bellatrix showed some light surprise, but then it turned to a sadistic smirk as she pushed Lily against the wall. Their bodies close as Bella tilted Lily's head up.

"Feeling lucky today, Evans? You shouldn't challenge a Black to a wizard's duel, but if you insist…"

"Bellatrix, that isn't very nice. You shouldn't torture scum. They're already defenseless." The cool voice of the even more pompous Lucius Malfoy came from behind the wild one. Lily took the opportunity to draw her wand which glowed brightly.

"Tsk tsk tsk…" Lucius' sounds of disapproval made the wand glow more brightly.

A simple punch to the stomach from Bellatrix landed Lily on the floor in a heap. Bellatrix poured Lily's butterbeer over Lily's head and back and they took her table: the perfect end to the worst day ever.


Watching the sunset, Lily hugged her knees closer, shivering lightly.

"What are you still doing here?" An annoyed voice asked from behind her. Lily didn't bother turning. Her incident that afternoon reminded her of the voice of Bellatrix Black and how it sounded.

"Come to punch me some more?" She hissed, not answering Bellatrix's question.

"Fine, if you're going to be all defensive then forget it…" Bellatrix said and began to walk away, but the distinct sound of a sniffle made her turn in annoyance. "If you're so bloody cold and sad, you should go back to the castle and cry there." She said, but Lily didn't move.

"The castle and the people in it are worse than being cold and having your butterbeer poured on your back." Lily admitted in a soft voice.

"What do I care about your problems?" Bellatrix asked, but was walking towards Lily regardless. Lily looked at her and glared a little.

"If you don't care then leave." She said and Bellatrix frowned.

"It's not like I care, but what has you so sad anyway?"

"Severus called me a mudblood." Lily confided, but sounded more angry than sad about it.

"What's the big deal? You don't seem to care much when I call you Mudblood." Bellatrix stated. "And it's what you are anyway. It's not like you're royalty and he's calling you names."

"You wouldn't understand, just leave me alone."

"Do you think I'm stupid? If you end up freezing to death or something, I'll get blamed. They'll think I froze you with a spell for being stupid. I might as well just stay here to save my own arse." She said, but it didn't sound at all convincing. Lily ignored it, gazing at the moon.

"Severus…was the one who taught me about magic. He said that I was muggle born, but that it made no difference, but now it does make a difference and I'm not as good as him because I'm muggle born." Lily said lightly, frowning. Bellatrix's eyes rolled.

"So it's all touchy-feely shite?"

"No, you dumb…" Lily stood, but Bellatrix caught her in a hug, something Lily wasn't expecting. Lily calmed, though, unable to understand what was happening.

"This is what you want, right? When people are sad they like being held?" Bellatrix asked softly and Lily nodded a little bit, biting into her lip a little. Bellatrix lowered them to the ground. "Stupid Mudblood…" She said, but it sounded more like a nickname when she said it.

"I don't need help from a filthy little mudblood like you…" Lily said softly and Bellatrix let out a laugh. Lily looked angry once again, but the older girl shook her head a little, holding her.

"You mean a lot to him." Bellatrix said and Lily frowned.

"If I did, I wouldn't be a mudblood. I'd be Lily." She frowned.

"You're a mudblood, Lily. But it doesn't mean much…you're a strange person. You're possibly the only mudblood I can stand to touch. You are a mudblood, but you're powerful and strong and even when someone hurts you, you're not all crying and pouty, you're angry and I like that about you." Bellatrix said, being honest. Lily looked lost and Bellatrix frowned. "If you tell that to anyone, you will rue the day you were born." She threatened and Lily cracked a smile.

A cloak was wrapped about her shoulders and Bellatrix escorted her back to the castle in the darkness of night.

"I thought you hated mudbloods…why are you being nice to me? Even if I am so special, don't you still hate me for being born to muggles?" Lily asked and Bellatrix smirked.

"If you tell anyone I was nice to you, I will hate you again, but for now, you are alright." Bellatrix said as she walked Lily back through the grounds. "Keep my cloak. I don't care." She said as she stopped walking. Lily turned back.

"Can I see you again?" Lily asked, not whimpering or worrying of being denied. Bellatrix smirked at Lily's question which showed no fear of rejection like everyone else's would. She nodded lightly.

"Sure. Meet me by the Forbidden Forest tomorrow." Bellatrix agreed. "No one else can know, but I'll be nice to you in secret." She said, laughing a little bit. Lily giggled and walked off, feeling herself being watched until the door of the school closed behind her.


"Where have you been?" Lucius asked when Bellatrix strolled into the Riddle's abandoned house 2 hours later than they had planned. She shrugged.

"I saw that filthy Mudblood on my way here and tortured her a little more before that dumb Potter boy stopped me." She lied effortlessly with an evil grin and dark look. Lucius shied away.

"You should leave her be."

"What, do you have a crush on the dirty-blooded harlot?" Bellatrix asked in almost a demonic coo. This caused Lucius to grimace.

"Don't make me sick. But you shouldn't because the Dark Lord wants to destroy the muggle borns on his own." Lucius said. Bellatrix smirked darkly back at Lucius, but inside, her feelings were much different.