"Do you think that life will ever get back to normal, Lily?"
Lily turned her head in the direction of her older sister, Petunia, who was kicking up sand with her bare feet. The sun had started to go down, and it cast a shadow over her face. She looked up when she felt her sisters' eyes on her.
"What do you mean?"
Petunia sighed and halted her kicking. "Well, ever since you've started going to that school, money has been tight. We don't have the money your kind have, so we have to exchange what we have for the equivalent of yours. Dad has to work two jobs; he's almost never home."
Lily grimaced and shook her head. "What are you trying to say?"
"It's your fault. If you weren't such a freak, then maybe Dad would be home more often, and Mom would stop worrying, and we'd have less money problems."
"I am not a freak!" Lily exclaimed, crossing her arms over her chest in anger. "Everyone goes through this at some point in their lives."
Petunia sighed and stood as well, making her way towards their house. "Whatever, freak."
An idea for a story like this had been burning in my brain for a long time, and so I decided to write it. I hope you like it, and for all you LiB fans, don't worry, another update is coming soon. I've just had a bit of writers block is all.
BTW, the shortness of this chapter is intended. It's not a flashback, per se, but it's not a full on chapter either. More of a prelude, but not exactly. It's just a little bit of insight of what's to come.