So if you have already started reading this story, sorry. I went back and made some changes to the first chapters because I wasn't too pleased with how choppy they were. I didn't feel like I quite captured what I was meaning to, so I have edited chapter one so far. Please read and review. It is a good thousand words longer than last time and it helps with the plot.
Lily Luna Potter huffed impatiently. At fourteen, she thought she ruled the world. As ruler, she knew what she wanted that moment. And that was to leave already. She leaned up the stairs at the small estate her family owned at Godric's Hallow and yelled, "Hurry up! We are going to be late! The train leaves in three hours!" She heard multiple groans, most likely Dad and James. They had still been sleeping whenever Lily had come downstairs. She was dressed in her first day outfit, a bands tee shirt (Bastille this time) and sweatpants. Since most of the day was travel, she cared more about comfort than style. She knew she was gorgeous, of course, so it didn't matter anyways. Her long wavy red hair bounced in its ponytail as she skipped around the kitchen grabbing some muggle food for the last time. She took the container of Fruit Loops and shoved it into her latest birthday present. A bag that was enchanted to be bigger on the inside, and that only she or those she permitted to could open it. On the outside were the words, We are All Mad Here and inside was everything she could possibly need. Well not everything, she still had her trunk and it was where she kept her clothes. The Marauders Map (she had stolen from James, they would play keep away all year) her money she had earned over the summer, all the muggle food and candy she would need for the school year (to sell and to eat) along with all her other precious items.
Finally, Al appeared at the top of the stairs, his scruffy black hair standing on end, as usual, but with only one sock on and his shirt half tucked in. Lily smiled.
"Ready to go?" She asked sarcastically, twirling her hair with her finger.
"Does it look like it?" Al asked, raising an eyebrow, "Why are you so desperate to go Lil's? Is it Little Sean Finnegan?" Scorpius Malfoy, Lily and Al's best friend showed up at Al's shoulder with a similar smirk. He had a white tee shirt and a black leather jacket on. Lily secretly thought he was trying for the James Dean look. He had been staying with the Potters for the past two weeks. Even though their parents didn't get along, they still would stay at each other's house whenever one of them wanted to go out of town. The Malfoy's were in South France, having an anniversary celebration.
Lily blushed furiously, she did indeed have a crush on Sean. Not that it would mean that much. She rolled her eyes to cover it up, "Like you and Alison Jones?"
Now it was Al's turn to blush. Alison was a pretty muggleborn in Ravenclaw. Al and Ali (as they jokingly called them) were madly in love (as much as teenagers could be). They had been fawning over each other for years.
"She has got you there," Scorpius laughed as he walked down the stairs, "Al and Ali so adorable."
Al started heading back upstairs, but not before replying, "Roosie!" In a singsong voice. Lily started laughing.
"What's this I hear about Rosie?" Lily's Mum Ginny Weasley-Potter said with a smile as she walked downstairs. "Scorpius do you like our Rosie? You could be part of the family! First Teddy, now Scorpius! The list just keeps on getting longer."
Scorpius turned bright red as Lily's father Harry walked downstairs. He had grey streaking through his hair and a pair of glasses perched on his nose.
"Are you ready to go or something, Little Lils?" He asked teasingly and leaned forward to plant a kiss on Lily's forehead.
"Only for the past week!" Lily exclaimed, giving her dad a hug.
"I am so offended!" He said, "Lily doesn't want to stay here with me?"
"Nah there will be time for that when you are old and crippled. Then you and Mum can come live with me."
"I will have to remember that offer." With that Lily stole away back to the kitchen to shove some more food into her bag.
King's Cross Station was always so magical to her. The fact that magic and muggle could coexist so closely, without truly knowing each other amazed her. She turned and saw her dad looking around with a similar smile, for this was where magic began for him too. This was when he escaped his horrid aunt and uncle and his (at the time) bully of a cousin. Dudley and her dad had mended their bridges and Emma May Dursley was one of Lily's best friends. Emma showed Lily all the cool muggle things she had found. Of all of those, Lilys favorites would be Sherlock, The Beatles and Doctor Who.
If only time travel were that easy for her. But no, as her Aunt Hermione always quoted, "Bad things happen with wizards who tamper with time." Her mind drifted back to Hogwarts. The pranks she and Scorp would play (Al refused to get involved), where she would study and when, when Quidditch practice would be held (She was the Co-Captain of her team, Scorp being the Captain) and what her extra-curricular's would be. This year, she was certain was going to be absolutely perfect.
"Bye, my little Lily flower!" her mum said and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Her mum then turned and said her farewells to Al and James, telling them to behave. Lily knew it was only talk. Her mum was too mischievous to be really concerned. Lily liked to think that was where she got her spark from. Lily turned to hug her dad, "Bye Dad!" she said.
"Call whenever Lily." He said back, "And not too many pranks this year. You know how much trouble it can get you into."
"Sure dad. Who knows I might send Mum a toilet seat."
"Did you hear that from George?" he asked.
"Yes, and don't worry, I won't get caught." Lily cracked a smile and winked as her dad's eyes rolled. Over his shoulders she spotted frizzy red hair and started running.
"Rosie!" She exclaimed as she jumped on her cousin. She along with her mother had been in America for the last month before school started again, working on some sort of house-elf equality thing. Her dad caught up and started speaking to her uncle Ron. Aunt Hermione had probably left for work already.
"Sometimes I feel we shouldn't even try to tell them off." He said exasperatedly.
"Well the trouble we got into should be enough to run screaming." Ron replied.
"However the Room of Requirement never housed much danger. Pity it was destroyed." Lily raised an eyebrow intrigued. She had never heard of this before.
"Only reason to go to the seventh floor," Uncle Ron said, "Fortunately, I don't have to worry about Hugo or Rosie doing anything crazy like chasing after a three headed dog."
"Besides the common room you mean." Her dad joked, Speaking of your children, how do you keep them so well behaved?"
"Hermione. Simple as that, they have her genes."
Lily raised her eyebrow. Rosie just was too smart to get caught. With George and Fred Weasley as her uncles with the brains of her mother, Lily was positive that Rosie played the most pranks of any of them. But there she was with the perfect poker face.
As they walked away Rosie leaned in and said, "Want to find the room? See if it is really destroyed."
"Ten steps ahead of you." Lily said.
She sat down in their usual compartment and noted that Al already had his uniform on.
Nerd she thought. Scorpius had out some Starbursts and offered Lily one as she came in. They pulled out their phones and sat like that for the first hour.
After a while Rosie walked in, her long red frizzy mane bouncing behind her, in the blue and silver. She was the Ravenclaw prefect and she had a meeting for the first hour of the journey. After a long discussion about some such political meeting in America, Lily felt it was time to bring up her idea.
"So Rosie and I overheard the most delightful conversation," Lily stated, twirling her wand between her fingers.
"What this time," Al sighed, "anytime you 'overhear' something, we always end up in a huge amount of trouble."
"We won't get in trouble," Lily said.
"Just tell them already," Rosie said.
"The room of requirement."
"Hasn't it been destroyed? That's what Dad says at least. Anyways where is it?" Scorpius said.
"Seventh floor." Lily stated. Their eyes flew wide. "Think about this. Pizza night. Newest movies. Dance parties. Prank planning. Our extra training. We found the perfect place. We won't have to smuggle each other into common rooms anymore."
"Well we will have to wait a couple of weeks. Remember our welcome back prank?" Scorp asked.
"Yes of course. But then we can do it." Lily said determinedly. She was glad Scorp was the one in her house. She would not be able to stand it if it was Rosie or Al, she loved them both, but Scorp was the only one that really got her.
"Prank?" Rosie asked, "You really need to stop. You will get in trouble."
"But Rosie, It's in my blood! The genes of the Marauders runs through me. And you know Scorp technically too because his cousin is Padfoot. We are living down a legacy. We can't just give up. The teachers have to have someone to punish. Teddy did it too, you know."
Al rolled his eyes and pulled out a book. Rosie huffed in resignation and pulled out her phone. 'Probably Pinterest' Lily thought. She turned to Scorpius and they started discussing Quidditch tactics and how they were going to win this year. After a while Lily nodded off and Scorpius pulled out his phone.
By the time the sun had set Lily felt someone shake her awake. "Lily," Rosie's voice said gently, "We will be there soon."
Lily put her robes on over her comfy clothes. She didn't bother tying her tie, it was itchy anyways. She was glad it wasn't like when her father went to Hogwarts and they made you wear the uniform day in and out. Now it was optional except for the first and last feast.
They made their way to the thestral drawn carriages. (She couldn't see them, but her dad had told her about them.) Lily pulled her white cat Nessa into her lap. Cats were her second favorite animal. Her favorite were deer. She hoped that's what her animagus would be. Her patronus was. But that was too far to break the rules. They stuck to simple things. Pranks, learning things they didn't need to know yet (human transfiguration was her favorite, it was like Teddy's abilities) and the occasional nightly stroll or trip to Hogsmeade.
Lily was almost giddy as she got to the great hall. She waved to Professor Longbottom and Hagrid and then took her seat. Rosie and Al left her and Scorpius as they joined their respective tables. Lily turned and waved at her friends from different houses. Lavender Patil, Anna Leon, and of course Sean Finnigan (just because she liked him didn't mean she had to act like a fool around him.) She tuned out the Sorting hat thinking about the coming attractions (she had persuaded Peeves to do the deed for her at the end of last term) and waited calmly as she started eating.
Finally Headmaster Chang stepped up to talk. Lily started smirking. It wasn't Headmaster Chang, Lily thought she was amazing. She had never ended up married, but she didn't let that stop her from anything. She was just fabulous. But it was just that time of night when the pranking began. The Great Hall exploded in light. Then the noise began. A few select students such as Mackenzie McLaggen, Lily's least favorite person, started making quacking noises or giggling uncontrollably. Headmaster Chang's face turned from her usual pretty pleasant smile to ferocious. As she tried to speak over the loudness, Lily kept her poker face thinking about how the headmaster could be part veela with a temper like that. Maybe she could ask Aunt Fleur. She would know how to tell.
"If I find out who did this," She hissed looking directly at Lily and Scorpius, "They will regret it so much. The point of the beginning of the year banquet is to welcome the new students, it is not to draw attention to yourselves. If anyone has information about this most delightful prank please let me know. You are dismissed."
"That wasn't the best one ever Lil," Scorp remarked in their comfy armchairs by the fire.
"I know but there are only so many times we can make people sing songs. We need something new, something big."
"Or we could focus on Quidditch and learning more about merging magic with muggle."
"Or we could do it all!" She exclaimed. He watched her in silence for a couple of minutes until she caved.
"Fine. Well I have class early tomorrow and I would like to go to bed." Lily stormed off. She was proud of that prank.
"Not the best one ever," She thought as she scrubbed her hair clean. "I'll show him." She thought she heard a quack, but thought nothing of it. She brushed her teeth and snuggled up in bed with a book about muggle psychology.
The next morning Lily picked out her outfit, a simple sundress that was a dark green, grabbed her makeup bag, and went to the mirror. She then screamed. Her gorgeous dark red hair was white. Malfoy white. She immediately tried to transfigure it when she spotted a package in the trash. Clearly whomever had done this was an amateur, which eliminated Rosie. She read the back.
Warning. Do not try to change hair color again for the first two weeks after bleaching. Don't attempt to dye again. Will fade in three weeks.
Lily bent over in shock. This is the worst thing that could happen to anyone. Ever. She braved the crowd and the laughing for the whole week. By Friday she decided if she were stuck with it, she would embrace it, she looked pretty anyways
"I mean it's not like I won't get whoever it was back. I bet it was James." Lily vented to Scorpius. It took her a few minutes to realize that he wasn't even paying attention.
"Scorpius. Scorpius! SCORPIUS!" She finally got his attention. "Stop staring at my cousin and just go ask her out already!"
He turned bright red.
"HA. Knew it. So anyways I talked to Rosie and Al and they are all for getting pizza via the room of requirement this Saturday. Right after Quidditch practice."
"Fun. Let's make it a sleepover. Pizza and movies."
"As long as you don't flirt too much with Rosie. Then I might have to murder you."
"Like you have the guts."
Lily loved flying. She was the seeker on their Quidditch and with the combined skills of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, she had genetics stacked for her. She flew in a loop on her new Firebolt 5. It flew smooth and fast moving at the slightest touch of her finger she secretly thought that it could read her mind. Scorpius blew his whistle and she zipped down to the ground jumping off and doing a Jedi like flip in the air.
"Showoff," Scorpius stated. Lily laughed gently, "Okay 5 kilometer run now!" He told the team, "Then you are free to leave for the night."
They set off on a set course that they had ran at the end of term last year. A Captain about ten years previously had started making Quidditch more of a physical sport. Now they kept in shape to increase balance and endurance. You never knew when you might need it. By the end of the run, Lily and Scorpius were covered in sweat. They grabbed their bags and wands, scorigified themselves and set off for the castle.
"We have been here for hours," Lily complained.
"It has been like ten minutes. You will be fine."
"Let's just go in"
"No we have to wait."
She started pacing back and forth around the wall they had decided was probably the room.
"I just want to have some adventure. Is that too much to ask?" She stated.
"Lily. You made the door appear." Scorpius said excitedly jumping to his feet. "You know what this means?"
"Bingo." She said, "Let's go in. Rosie and Al are late so we are leaving them. They can tell us whenever they get here. 'Adventure is out there!'" She dangled her phone in front of Scorpius.
They both jumped towards the door and opened it. They walked into the dark room and before Lily could light her wand, the door shut. Cool air whooshed around them and a light flickered on. The room was a dark brown with a single bench and lots of cobwebs.
"Because this is what adventure looks like," Scorpius said sarcastically, "Let's leave."
"I was hoping for something more interesting." Lily stated as they walked out. She pulled out her phone and started texting Rosie how very boring the room of requirement was. Meaning she checked all her notifications, went on Snapchat and Instagram (Snapchat was down for some reason) and then tried to send the message.
"Internet or data not working for you either?" Scorpius asked. He hadn't gotten his phone until this last year because his father was still a little cautious of muggle technology, but he was downright addicted to it. "You should write your grandfather about this. He is the one that made it work right?"
"Yes. I will do that when we get to the dorm." She started walking holding her bag of pajamas and clothes for the next day. Scorp followed suit.
"Mimbulus mimbletonia," Lilly said to the fat lady. The Lady tended to repeat passwords, according to Professor Longbotto m. This one, he had said, was one that he liked as a youth.
"Correct."
Lily turned to Scorpius.
"I am going to go take a real shower. Then I will be back down."
"Fine by me," Scorpius stated.
Lily let the water pour over her. She hadn't gotten new shampoo yet, (curses whoever that was) but she had been allowed to use Margret Brown's until more came in. She spotted it and then rubbed it in whenever she heard a terrifying noise. One that she only heard when her mum was particularly mad at her. A very fake high pitched "Heh hem" She looked closer at the bottle of shampoo in her hand. The one that is not Margret's. She sighed.
"That is my shampoo," Lily heard a very irritated girl say.
"Sorry!" She exclaimed, "You must be new. I don't quite recognize your voice. I'm Lily Potter."
She heard an audible gasp and sighed, "He is not actually that cool. People say 'Ooh the guy who defeated Voldemort is your dad. That must be so cool! What's he like?' and I just say, 'two words, old duffer.' Now if you want to meet someone cool, find my mom. Ginny Weasley-Potter. She is way better. Professional Quittich player, best person ever and just wicked. In like a Boston way. So what's your name?" Lily reached for her towel, wrapping it around herself and pulling back the curtain. It was her turn to gasp.
