Run away, run away, far far away, something inside her kept telling her, pushing her to run. Faster! Faster! Hurry, hurry or you'll be caught! You'll be caught and - the thought/command was cut off. The girl felt herself falling. She was falling, falling, falling, and suddenly landed. She landed hard on packed dirt. She landed on her stomach and rolled over. Slowly she sat up and looked around. She was somewhere safe -for the moment- she knew. She recognized the place but couldn't name it or remember where she'd seen it before.

Where she had landed looked like a clearing. Surrounding the clearing were a lot of trees. Millions of trees. They were huge beautiful weeping willows. Around the base of each willow was a ring of lilies. The girl stood up and looked around at the clearing. What was she standing in? It was a ring. A perfectly round ring made up of mushrooms and white shimmering cal lilies. It was beautiful and their scent was making the girl drowsy. The middle of the fairy ring was shining stones and dirt but the outside was lush green grass.

Suddenly there was movement in between two of the largest willows. The girl started. It was only a small pure silver cat with the greenest eyes the girl had ever seen. The cat daintily jumped the smallest of the mushrooms and rubbed itself against her legs. She smiled at the cat and bent down to pick it up. As she checked it over her eyes grew wide. The bottoms of the cat's paws were emerald like its eyes. The cat quietly looked her in the eyes and meowed softly. This was too much. The girl was tired and wanted to rest, she wanted to go home, to escape whatever danger was waiting for her.

Tiredly she shook her head and stepped out of the fairy ring. Suddenly the cat yowled and jumped out of her arms. The fur on it's back arching up. The danger was back. Whatever had been chasing her came back. It had been waiting for her, there in the shadows, to come out of her protection. A black cloud came swooping out towards her long arms reaching for her, to envelop her it its darkness and evil, to consume her. She turned to run. She felt the hair on the back of her neck stand up as the hands came closer. Suddenly they grabbed her!

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Lily woke up just short of a scream out of her dream. No, not dream. Nightmare. She cut the scream off in her throat remembering where she was. She was home. Safe at home on summer break from her school. She didn't want to wake the whole family up over a silly little nightmare. But it hadn't felt like a nightmare. It felt so real. The fall, the landing, the clearing and trees had looked so real. The cat's silky fur felt warm and real too, but so had those cold black evil hands reaching out to grab her. Shivering she scolded herself, Stop it! It was just a dream! Don't get so worked up. In just two more weeks you be back safe at school.

She smiled at the thought. School, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where she had been accepted four years ago seemed like her second home. This year would be different though. This year, her fifth year, she would be a prefect. Just the thought of power over the arrogant immature kids in her House, Gryffindor, sent excited and gleeful chills down her back.

Oh how this year would be fun. Ordering people around, taking points, and getting back at that evil git James Potter for putting a spider down her back last year and turning her lovely red hair plaid. Not only had he done this but also in their fourth year, without her knowing it, he had made her robes clear and see through. It was a tricky charm and Lily had a feeling James hadn't preformed it but some else head, seeing his low grade in Charms.

Everyone could see all of Lily while when she looked into a mirror she just saw herself in normal robes. She hadn't realized what was wrong until Professor McGonagall kindly pointed it out to her and offered to perform the counter curse.

Lily frowned at the memory. It wasn't that she was easy to pick on or that she was disliked but James and his little gang of Marauders had always focused their lives around Lily, good or bad. Every since the train ride in their first year they had sort of relied on each other. Lily had been there for them over broken hearts and they had been there for Lily over bad grades. (Bad grades of course being B's.) It was just when they thought of a good prank they always had to try it out on Lily first, to see if would work. That was when Lily got mad. She didn't take to kindly to people playing jokes on her because she was a 'good friend' or an 'easy go-err'.

Lily sighed, got up and walked over to the huge window facing the garden in the back of their Victorian style home. She stared at the fountain for a moment and suddenly got a strange sensation of being watched. As her eyes moved over the garden she saw a pair of glowing eyes looking at her from under a rose bush. A small silver cat crept out. Lily shivered and dived under the covers. Just calm down, I'm sure you're just seeing things. Just go back to sleep and in the morning everything will be alright. She turned over and concentrated on her breathing. Finally she fell back to sleep forgetting about the cat with strange eyes and the evil lurking in the shadows waiting for it's chance.

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Lily woke up the next morning later than usual. She yawned and got out of bed, she went down stairs to find a note on the counter in her mothers hand writing.

Lily,

I took your sister shopping today for a new dress. I'm sorry but she said that she didn't want you to come along and ruin her day. I tried to tell her that you could go also if you wanted but she wouldn't hear of it. Don't worry though dear, I'll take you shopping in a few days for your school supplies and a few new clothes. (Robes and muggle clothing.)

Love Always,

Mum

Lily smiled at her mother's choice of words. I suppose living with a witch for so long you learn to use their terms. Rereading the letter she frowned. That was just like Petunia, always wanting their parents to herself. Always wanting Lily to fell left out. But she never would, her mother and father always made things up to her.

Lily walked over to the refrigerator and got out the orange juice. She sat down at the table and started to read the morning comics her father had left out for her when there was a tapping at the kitchen window. She looked up and saw an eagle owl with a letter tied to its leg. She got up and let it in. She took the letter and the owl flew upstairs to visit her owl, Whisper.

Lily opened the letter and gasped.

A/N: Sorry about the cliff hanger. It's nothing big so don't worry. I just wanted to post this so I stopped it there. I could've kept going but I didn't feel like it. Anyway, R&R please. Thanks.

DISCLAIMER: All of the characters belong to JK Rowling. I do not own any of them.