Lily Evans sat alone in her room, as always. She could almost hear Petunia as she cackled insults from the other side of the door. Lily closed her eyes and thought of the only thing that made her happy: Hogwarts.
She felt a smile work her way up to her lips as she thought of her best friends Alice and Mary, her teachers, and magic itself. She briefly thought of Severus Snape before her lips tightened in pain. "Traitor," she scoffed and immediately felt the same miserable feeling that she always had a 'home'. She still couldn't believe Severus chose death eaters over her.
Just then a slight 'tap tap' on her window brought her Lily to reality. She jumped up and hit her head on her nightstand. "Reality bites," she called coldly to the room, then proceeded to make her way towards the window.
Lily was shocked to see a large tawny owl with bright eyes staring back at her, she was quite certain none of her friends were stupid enough to send mail with the ongoing war going on. "Unless Potter thought it was funny to send me love mail," she muttered, and tossed a piece of hair out of her face that was sticking because of the tears. "Potter." Lily repeated, feeling unsure. That name came to her mind a lot these days, and she didn't know why. However, she did know she hated the feeling it brought.
The owl's squawk brought her back to reality. She quickly shushed him and grabbed the piece of mail he was holding. Lily felt a floaty feeling in her stomach as she opened her letter, which turned out to be from Hogwarts. It wasn't what the letter said that made her woozy, it was the same stuff like new school books for N.E. and to attend the Hogwarts express yada yada yada, it was what it contained.
Lily stared at the shiny badge in front of her. "Head Girl," she muttered in disbelief. Well, not actually. Lily was top of all her classes and always deemed most responsible. Still, she was gleeful. And now the only thing left to do was ponder who the Head Boy is.