Chapter 1: Here Come the Heroes
"Oh my god, look! It's Lily Potter!" someone whispered as the4th year black haired Potter girl walked into the Great Hall. Her red highlights shimmered in the candlelight as she confidently strode over to the Gryffindor Table as she was commonly known as the 'single girl with spunk'
"It's Al and Shannon, and ah! It's James Potter," a girl sighed dreamily. "7th year and still managing to look so hot!" Al, the ebony haired 6th year middle Potter child, pushed up his glasses with one hand while the other grasped onto the hand of blonde haired Shannon Crawley as they whispered to each other and made their way to the Ravenclaw table.
"Yikes, don't let Elizabeth Wood hear you, or she'll tear your limbs inside out!" the other person hissed back. 7th year James Potter, the bad boy of Hogwarts strode in with a soft smile graced on his gorgeous face. His chocolate pools shining as his untidy hair was ruffled by his best friend, and girlfriend Elizabeth Wood, daughter of the famous Quiditch players Oliver and Katie Wood. Elizabeth's long black hair was pinned back into a half ponytail that bounced up and down every time James whispered something to her. Her auburn eyes analyzed their surroundings, and the 'it' couple of Hogwarts was greeted by a hoard of hearty hellos and welcomes.
"Oh my god...here comes Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy!" Rose Weasley, the daughter of the famous Hermione and Ron Weasley, had flaming orange hair that had tamed down over the years. She proudly strode in with her Prefect badge, all traces of her childhood shyness gone, while smiling gently at everyone she passed. Her eyes were shining as she was discussing something with her long time boyfriend Scorpius Malfoy, the other Ravenclaw Prefect. Scorpius was the son of Draco Malfoy, the well known former Death Eater and rival of Harry Potter. He was also one of the most famous Slytherin...after You-Know-Who of course. Scorpius had inherited his father and grandfather's strict and cold look, but inherited his mother's smarts. His blonde hair was slightly untidy and he rolled his eyes at all the girls looking at him. The two of them made their way to the Ravenclaw table along with Al, Shannon, Aaron Wood, and Hugo Weasley.
Lily sighed as she saw that most of her cousins, including Dominique, Victoire, Fred, Roxanne, Louis, Lucy and Molly had all long gone and started their own careers, the most recent being Fred and Roxanne and their father and uncle's joke shop being handed down to them. Lily felt stupid and alone as she saw her two brothers with girls, her cousin with a boyfriend and half of the other people she didn't know who were silently chatting about someone they had. Lily rolled her eyes and scoffed.
If I've lived 14 years alone, I can live another year, she darkly thought, but smiled nonetheless as Simone Wood came to sit next to her. Simone was Elizabeth's younger sister and the twin sister of Aaron. She still had some of Elizabeth's old spunkiness and was like a little replica of her. Simone wanted to be different so she cut her hair into a u-shape cut and dyed the fringes of her hair pink. She had front bangs that were always straightened and made her look dark and scary, when she wanted to be of course.
"Lily! I haven't seen you for ages!" she exclaimed and Lily rolled her eyes. Simone was extremely overdramatic.
"We saw each other a week ago!" she laughed at her best friend's face.
"But that was like, FOREVER ago!" she whined but stopped as Headmistress Longbottom made the traditional speech and the food appeared on the table. The two girls started to pile up their plates and talk to each other. Lily looked at Simone.
"You know...I heard James was looking for a ring," she winked at Simone. Simone looked confused for a moment.
"Why would James...OH!" she squealed and everyone looked at her. She flashed a smile then looked back at Lily.
"Oh my god, no way! Elizabeth would freak if she found out!" she whispered.
"If I found out what?" a voice dripped with suspicion laughed nonchalantly (if that makes any sense). The two girls jumped as they saw Elizabeth looming over them with her arms crossed, her eyebrows raised and her foot tapping slowly. Lily smiled brightly.
"Found out that James is waiting for you and is looking very impatient!" Lily quickly came up with some random excuse. Elizabeth turned around but when she turned back, the two girls had already abandoned the topic. She rolled her eyes and walked over to her boyfriend. Lily and Simone looked up.
"Yeesh, that was close..." Simone muttered and Lily nodded in agreement. Suddenly the bell rang and people started to get up. The two girls met up with their other best friends, Lysander and Lorcan Scamander, sons of Luna and Rolf Scamander. Both boys had blonde hair though Lorcan's hair was more dirty blonde while Lysander's was a more pure blonde, like Scorpius. The 4 were amazing friends even though Lysander was in his 5th year.
"Hey guys!" Lily smiled at her two best guy friends. Lysander waved a two finger hello (if you've ever watched Pokemon, it's the way Drew does it) and Lorcan waving enthusiastically.
"Trying out for the Quiditch team again this year Lil?" Lysander smiled and Lily mock gasped.
"I am shocked you would ask me that!" she giggled and Simone rolled her eyes.
"Ugh, well I'm not...Elizabeth is still bloody mad at James cause he's Quiditch captain." she grumbled as Lorcan looked sympathetically at her.
"How mad?" he dared to ask.
"Well...it started with the letter, then James sent an owl to her and then she broke her mirror...she's better since James apologized and made her co-captain...but she's much, much better now that she can actually see him," Simone whispered the last part but the three heard her and laughed. Nowadays, it seemed like the two were latched together, though Elizabeth was starting to take an interest in potions and transfiguration. But it was understandable after James and Elizabeth hadn't seen each other the whole summer.
"I heard that James is going to take Elizabeth to the summer villa in this wizard beach resort," Lily sighed. "It sounds really romantic," Lysander gazed at Lily. That was another thing. Lily was a hopeless romantic. She loved anything that had any relevance to romance including picnics, candlelight dinners, roses, and midnight strolls. Though in spite of that, she was extremely hard to impress. He had learned that the hard way.
"Ly?" Lily poked him, using the annoying nickname she gave him. Lysander snapped out of his reverie and glared at Simone and his little brother who were had grins bigger than the Cheshire Cat smile. Suddenly Lily stopped and they all bumped into her.
"Lily?" Simone asked, but Lily seemed frozen. At first, Lysander thought, it was the sight of James and Elizabeth snogging, but after a second, he realized that she was used to it. He then turned his attention to the boy a few feet behind them, leaning against the wall. He was amazingly good looking, with super pasty pale skin and shining cobalt eyes. His eyes were dark, smoky, and dangerous looking. He held a rose in one hand and his long hazelnut hair fell over his eyes, creating a shadow. His body was lean and fit and he looked extremely athletic. Lysander glanced at Lily's face and grimaced.
Her azure eyes were glimmering and her face had taken on an unusual shade of pink. She tried speaking but all that came out were croaks. Lysander clenched his fists and looked down. Simone was also looking at the strange boy, though not in infatuation, but in fright. Lorcan put a questioning hand on her shoulder but she shook her head. Lysander poked Lily.
"Lily, you're staring," he whispered and Lily squeaked. The boy looked up and smirked. Lily blushed and smiled back. She turned to the others.
"Let's go," she bit her lip while peering over her shoulder. Simone, Lorcan, and Lysander literally had to drag her away.
"Oh my god, who was that?" Lily breathed once the guys had left the common room. They were all placed in the same House. Simone looked at Lily, her humored eyes unusually serious.
"I don't know Lil, but he seems dangerous! Scary even...did you see the way he looked at you?" she looked intently at Lily. Lily rolled her eyes.
"He's probably a new student! Maybe he's trying to make new friends," Lily offered but Simone wildly shook her head.
"You know, as well as I do, that that idea is totally ludicrous!" she snapped back. Lily sighed and Simone frowned. "At least get to know him better before making assumptions," she compromised and Lily nodded.
"Obviously Simi. I wasn't going to do anything that rash," Lily rolled her eyes at her friend's warning. "Oh! I've got to finish unpacking! Help me?" she pouted and Simone rolled her eyes.
"Fine..." she finally grumbled after Lily started whining.
"Did you see that new guy?" Lysander hissed and Lorcan apathetically nodded. His head was currently buried in his Care For Magical Creatures book and he really could care less about what his older brother was saying. "And Lily was totally looking at him!" Lorcan finally understood what was going on. Lysander was jealous. He had this massive crush on the youngest Potter girl and it was excruciatingly apparent.
From the corner of the room where they were snogging, James looked up when he heard Lysander's latter statement. "Who does Lily like?" he growled and Lysander stopped his rant and looked up. James Potter, Lily's eldest brother, was extremely overprotective of his little sister. It was no doubt that James would start interrogating anyone who knew anything about his sister's love life. James got up and walked over to the two boys, a whining Elizabeth in tow.
Lorcan looked up. "Some new guy in Hogwarts. He's already got Lily infatuated," he said in the same dreamy tone he inherited from his mother. "Have you ever ridden a hippogriff?" he randomly asked and the other three looked at him strangely.
"Er...no?" James asked. "And who exactly is this new guy?" Elizabeth groaned.
"James, seriously. Stop being so overprotective of Lily. She's 14 years old and fully capable of making her own decisions! You haven't even met this guy...besides, we got together in 4th year too," she raised her eyebrows at him and he sighed.
"But you know Lily! She'll go for anyone she meets. Remember Jessie?" he argued and Elizabeth rolled her eyes.
"Learned he was a player," she retaliated in a calm tone.
"What about Collin, Oliver, Christopher or Michael?" he shot back. Elizabeth sighed.
"All puppy crushes," she said exasperatedly.
"But what about-" James began but Elizabeth cut him off.
"James, give it up. Now let the other boys talk," she interjected and turned to them, her auburn eyes giving silent authority for them to speak. Lysander put his finger to his chin and tried to recall everything he learned about the guy.
"Hmm...fairly tall guy, hazelnut brown hair. Lean and fit definitely, with pasty skin and the guy looks pretty athletic. Dark cobalt eyes transferred here from somewhere unknown. His parents are both wizards and he's currently in his 5th year," James folded his arms and Lysander looked down, knowing James wouldn't like the last piece of information. "And he's in Slytherin," he concluded and James started to turn a dangerous shade of red.
"He's in Slytherin?" James growled and started rave. Elizabeth's face contorted to an expression of panic as she tried to calm James down.
"Merlin's pants Jamey! Bloody calm down!" she gasped as he gently pushed her away and started pacing.
"That no good, Parseltongue speaking..." James was ranting and Lysander interjected.
"We're her best friends James. You know we'll protect her," he said quietly and James stopped, breathing heavily. Elizabeth grabbed his shoulders and was whispering something that calmed him down.
"Just please...don't let her get hurt," he groaned, collapsing on the couch. Elizabeth placed her arms around his shoulder.
"Come on James, let's go schedule Quiditch try-outs," she pleaded and James allowed himself to be dragged to the other side of the room.
Oh my god, it's him! Lily thought and she saw the new guy walk into her Defense of the Dark Arts. Lily had been placed in an advanced class that only a few 4th years were allowed in, and the majority were 5th years. It just so happened that Lysander, Lorcan, and Simone were in this class. Suddenly, Lily heard rattling in her desk and she opened it up and rose her eyebrows when she saw a Bogart. Some of the girls screamed as it kept morphing into different people in her family and were dead. Lily's heart stopped, but nonetheless, she screamed "Riddikulus!" and the bogart exploded. Lily looked behind her and saw some snickering 5th years and rolled her eyes.
"Ha ha, very funny you lot," she sneered and turned back around. Professor Brawly walked in and noticed her desk. He looked around and saw the still laughing 5th years.
"You lot, detention tonight! Am I clear?" he barked and the students immediately stopped laughing.
"Yes sir," they mumbled and he glared at them.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you," he barked and they sat up wide-eyed.
"Yes sir!" they saluted and he nodded giving a small smile towards Lily.
As class proceeded, it was apparent that he had chosen Lily as one of his favorite students. Though it was partially because she knew many of the things he was teaching. She answered most of the questions correctly and had already gotten into a few debates with the teacher. Professor Brawly seemed strict towards everyone else but not as strict as he was to the troublemakers. He seemed to have picked them out one by one just by looking at them. Today's lesson was on bogarts and their history and usage. Some of the children were dozing off while Lily, who was seated in the front of the classroom, added comments and asked way too many questions. It just so happened that she was next to the new guy. The bell finally rang and all the students stood up, relieved.
Lily was putting her stuff in her satchel when she heard a voice. "Hey, you ask too many questions," his voice rumbled with laughter and Lily turned red.
"I-I like these sort of things. M-my father t-taught me a lot of this stuff," she smiled, her usual cool composure slipping. The boy smiled and her heart nearly stopped.
"You're the daughter of Harry Potter, am I right?" he asked and Lily nodded.
"Yup! I'm the youngest, Lily," she smiled and stuck out her hand. The boy smiled faintly and grasped her hand and kissed it.
"Luke Sanguisuga," he breathed and Lily blushed. She noticed their hands together and quickly snatched her hand away.
"Well, Luke, I'm going to be late for class. I'll see you later," she smiled brightly and ran away, in a rush to get to her next class.
Lily entered Potions class a minute before the bell. She sat next to Simone who was looking at her questioningly.
"What took you so long?" she asked as Lily was still trying to catch her breath.
"I was talking to the new guy. He says his name is Luke," she smiled as Simone's eyes narrowed in suspicion.
"And nothing else happened?" she prodded Lily who looked at her in annoyance.
"No Simone, nothing else happened," she whispered but couldn't say anymore since the bell had rung and the teacher entered the class.
After all of classes and dinner, Lily trudged up to her room, but was shocked to see a beautiful red rose on her bed. She picked it up and sniffed it while slowly stroking the petals. Her fingers felt something smooth and she opened her eyes to see a little paper stuck onto the rose. She gently put the rose down and snatched the paper.
Dear my beautiful Lily,
It was such a pleasure meeting you. Let's talk some more tomorrow in the courtyard during break.
~Luke
"Where'd you get that rose?" Simone asked while walking in and Lily quickly folded and pocketed the note.
"Dunno, found it on my bed," she shrugged and placed it on the windowsill. The moonlight shimmered down on it, giving it a silver glow that caught Lily's breath. It was beautiful, just like Luke.