Summary: AU starts Season 1. Lily gave Veronica the tapes of her and Aaron, so he went after her instead. A change in victim can change everything. And is Veronica as dead as they say? LiWe, DuMe, post-DuVe, LoVe. Will possibly be a crossover with Life, NCIS and House. Possibly.

Important Note: I already have two up and running HP fan fictions, although one is on Hiatus until December, so this fic will only be updated when I a) have time or b) am really bored of the first two fics. Updates may have large spaces of time between them, although I'll try my best to only be as long a month, no longer. You have been warned.

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Neptune, California, a town without a middle class. If you're in the second group, you get a job; fast food, movie theatres, mini-marts. Or you could be me. The disgraced daughter of millionaire Jake Kane, yeah as in Kane software, who gets just enough from her Daddy a month to rent a middle class apartment and food. I get my extra money from my after-school job tailing philandering spouses or investigating false injury claims.

My name is Lily Kane and believe me if I could change the last name I would. Probably to something along to lines of Mars, in honour of my best friend, Veronica Mars.

Yes, that Veronica Mars. The one who went missing and all we found was too much of her blood for her to survive.

She was declared dead and the small search began. Despite Veronica's Dad, Keith, being the sheriff, no one really cared. Veronica's family wasn't rich or famous, the only reason it hit the tabloids for a day was because she was dating my brother Duncan. By the time Veronica's funeral swung by nothing new had come forward.

And the it happened.

Daddy dearest, oh daddy. On the very day of Veronica's funeral my father, Jake Kane, organised a press conference. He showed the paternity test he'd had after Veronica's death saying clearly that she was his daughter. He didn't even tell Keith before he went ahead and did it.

The grieving father got told out of the blue from a television on his daughter's funeral day, that she wasn't his daughter after all.

Keith did what any distraught person did. Divorced his alcoholic home wrecker wife and moved to Las Angeles. Leanne killed herself a week after.

And even though Veronica's killer was now worth millions no one came forward.

Except me.

I came forward. I knew who killed my best friend, my half sister.

Aaron Echolls.

Yes, that Aaron Echolls, the amazing actor. The one I had an affair with. His son Logan was my boyfriend… and I'm the first to admit I was a mega bitch and a slut back then. But even with that I had some standards. Aaron was filming our 'special time'. In my scandal obsessed mind I somehow thought it was great idea to take the tapes.

Aaron followed me, so I did the best thing I could think of, I gave them to Veronica. Seven hours later my mother, Celeste, was waking me up, telling me that Veronica's car had been found abandoned with blood all over the seat.

I tried telling the police, but Veronica had hidden the tapes and there was no proof. Besides, everyone loved Aaron and they just assumed I was a lying slut. Logan turned his back on me, considering his options I didn't blame him. He'd been in love with Ronnie since he set eyes on her he'd just settled for me when Duncan got there first.

So either I slept with his father while dating him, or I was using the love of his life's death to gain attention.

My family moved, soon after Keith did and Leanne killed herself, Duncan went along silently, I don't think he really comprehended what was going on, his girlfriend whom he was in love with was killed and then suddenly he'd be committing incest. It was too much for the poor boy. I didn't go as quietly and since I had shamed the entire family they let me go very easily. Dad sends me a check a month, like I said it's only enough for a tiny apartment and a small amount of food.

So I got a job, at Lamb Investigations.

When Keith quit Neptune needed a new sheriff and the only one who stood up to replace the best sheriff we've had in years was a dirty P.I Vinnie Van Lowe. Van Lowe got rid of most loyal person to Mr Mars.

Don Lamb, Keith pretty much adopted the kid when he moved to Neptune to escape his abusive father.

So that's my life one sucky event after another. I'm in my senior year at Neptune High and Logan, in year bellow me, makes my life hell. Then I go work everyday. A far cry from the high-class life I use to live but it's made me a better person.

And I'm not going to stop until Aaron Echoll's is behind bars.