A Lily and James Potter story.

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Chapter One,

Home and Acceptance

Lily ran from her room nearly tumbling down the stairs with speed in her Parents four bedroom muggle home. She pushed at the living room door, but couldn't get through. She could here her farther yelling; objects were smashing, her mother screaming. She had to get in there.

"MUM!" she yelled, still pushing at the door, she could hear her mother crying, and pleading, with one last push Lily managed to get the door open and run into the room, her mum was at her fathers feet, arms raised above her head as if she was getting ready to protect herself from an offended hippogriff. Her farther Glared at her.

"Get out!" he said to lily, scarily Calm.

"No! Leave her alone," lily replied running forwards and placing herself in between her mother and farther.

"Don't disobey me!" He shouted back, Raising his hand quickly, she had no time to protect herself. As his arm came down she saw her evil sister standing at the door, with a grin o her face like the 'daddy's little girl' she was.

Pain shot throughout her right cheek, then Blackness.

Lily awoke at 8:30am the next morning in pain, yet to her great dismay, still obviously alive. She sat up, looking around her tiny room, the smallest in the house, no bigger than a small office.

She got off the bed gingerly, wincing slightly at the pain in her ribs, new bruises forming to replace old. She grabbed her makeup and started to apply it, hiding every mark. Two minuets later Petunia, her sister, walked through the door.

"There's a letter from your freakish school downstairs" she stated, Lily did not answer, she just merely glared at her sister before returning to her makeup.

"Its your fault mum gets beaten you know" Petunia sneered

"If mother hadn't have had given birth to suck a freak like you then he would never have touched her. But then again if she just saw you as the freak you are, and the outcaste like everyone else, she'd be okay." She giggled wickedly, and then walked out.

Lily just Sat there and sighed, she knew what her sister was saying was true. She would actually prefer her mother to see her as her sister and farther did, that way she'd be okay, Lily could deal with it all, as long as her mother was okay.

She left her room glancing down the hall into her parent's room. She could see her Farther passed out on the bed, an empty bottle of whiskey in his hand. Shaking her head, Lily walked down stairs. Her mum was in the kitchen making breakfast; she'd already prepared her fathers hangover remedy on the side, ready for when he woke. There was also a small chocolate cake with a single candle in it, and a bag f Galleons and Knut's beside it. Lily smiled weakly,

"Morning mother" she said sitting down, her mother jumped slightly before realising it was only lily,

"Morning sweetheart" she said turning around,

She had a swollen black eye, and a cut lip that stuck out like a sore thumb.

"Mum! Why do y-"

"Lily Darling, not today" her mother pleaded. Lily nodded and turned to the cake,

"Cake?" she inquired

"I know it's not much but I thought you'd like a birthday cake this year." She said

"Birthday? Oh yeah…. I forgot" Lily gave a weak smile. "WAIT!!! I'm 17!!!!" She suddenly shot up smiling brightly, pulling her wand from her pocket. "I can do Magic!" Lily pointed the wand at her mother who was smiling back at lily,

"MARKOUS REPAROUS" she said loudly, and within second all the marks upon her mother face disappeared.

"Thanks," Her mother said giving her a hug "Oh.. you have a letter" her mum continued

"Oh yeah!" Lily replied, ripping open the letter from the side, Reading:

Dear Miss Lily Evans

I am delighted to welcome you to your 7th year at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, as well as the items list you shall find enclosed, you should also come across your new Badge, as you have been appointed Gryffindor head girl. Congratulations on your Birthday

Dumbledore

Lily Pulled out the Badge smiling, then Read through her Items list, then looked up at her mother

"Shopping?" Her mother inquired

"Shopping!!!" Lily Exclaimed