Lily Evans was an average girl, never wanting anything special in life, despite her parent's dreams for her future

Lily Evans was an average girl, never wanting anything special in life, despite her parent's dreams for her future. She would go to her father's elaborate law firm in the heart of London almost every weekend and watch him pour over complicated cases for hours while she went off with his slightly scatterbrained assistant, Tanya.

After her dad dropped her off at Tanya's office, she would take Lily to the library just around the corner and read her stories about princesses and princes, ogres and trolls, and unicorns and fairies. Lily always dreamed she would end up like Cinderella and go off against the grind to marry the handsome prince.

Around noon, Tanya would take Lily by the hand and skip with her to a bakery and buy Lily a powdered doughnut and apple cider like she always did. Lily enjoyed those early days of her childhood and savored them like the last lick of a strawberry ice cream. It saddened her to think that those days would soon be over and she would be on her own.

It suddenly happened one day when Lily woke up.

"Lily, darling, wake up," her mother, Candice Evans, said in a quiet, insistent voice.

"Mother, it's early!" Lily moaned as she turned over to glance at the clock. It read 1:00 AM.

"This is urgent! Quickly, get dressed!" her mother said, her eyes clouded over with worry.

Lily could sense that something was wrong. Something obviously was; she'd never seen her mother this frantic – she had always been the picture of serenity. She buckled her Mary Janes and headed out of her room, looking quite foolish in a frilly lavender nightgown.

"Come along, Lily dear." Candice Evans said, dragging her daughter and snatching the car keys from the neat little peg hanging by the refrigerator.

Lily and her mother set off into the bleakness of London, lights whizzing by. Her mother must have run three red lights as they continued their mysterious journey.

Lily was terrified and didn't move an inch as the small car went over bumps and potholes in the street. She didn't dare ask her mom where they were going - she was afraid the car would crash if she twitched one muscle. Ten minutes later, however, her mother calmly parked the car in the Emergency Parking section of the...

"Hospital? Mommy, why are we here?" Lily asked, her mouth going dry and her heart plummeting in fear.  Candice didn't answer and took Lily's hand firmly, leading her through the chilly hospital.

Lily always hated the hospital because it was so big and scary. And it smelled like rubber gloves.

"This way, Lily. Hurry!" Her mother said. Lily had to run to keep up with her fast pace.

"Mom, where are we going?" Lily asked, hot tears spilling down her cheeks.

"This way, Lily!" Her mother repeated.  She turned another corner where a group of doctors were running back and forth in a room. Mrs. Evans' breath caught short and she gripped Lily's hand tighter. Lily yelped in pain and tried to twist out of her mother's grasp.

"Lily, go sit on that bench. I'll be right there. STAY THERE!" She said, releasing her hand and walking off to talk to a particularly short doctor.

Lily sat like a good girl, her legs swinging since they were too short to touch the ground. Her mother was shouting hysterically at people, telling them to "get working" or "can't they go faster?" Lily wondered what they were talking about. A young boy with unruly black hair and warm brown eyes sat next to her.

"Hi." He chirped.

"Hello." Lily said shyly.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

"My mommy brought me here. She's over there." Lily pointed out a fiery-haired lady that was her mother.

"You're mom looks like she's worried." He noted. Lily nodded mutely, and tears began to form again.

"You'd better go talk to her, she looks sad." He continued.

Lily got up and walked to her mother. "Mom, what's going on?"

Candice Evans turned to face her daughter, her face contorted in tears. "Honey, I'm so sorry. Daddy was in a car accident and he's. . . dead."

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A/N: Well that was short for a reason and I hope you were smart to realize why. Lol, I'm just kidding. The following chapters will be longer, of course! This chapter is kind of like the prologue, it's not important. You just need to know Lily's dad died in the first chapter *shrugs* that's it. And who IS this mysterious messy haired child? *Grins mischievously.* ONLY I KNOW! Well... you might too but... THANKS TO MY BETA READER WHO I GET TO TORTURE! BWAAAAHAAAAAA!