The Lioness and the Wolf

I've been working on this story for a while and finally decided to publish it and get some feedback.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, or the anything from the Potter universe, it all belongs to JKR.

Chapter 1: Summer Plans

"Daddy, can I go?" I plead.

I pouted my lip out just a little, but kept eye contact. I have the same eyes as mom. Dad can't resist when I make this face. Mom does the same. It works every time.

"I don't know Lils" I pout a little more "You just got home and now you want to leave again."

"It's only for three weeks" I take his hands and give them a little squeeze. "You'll have me home for the rest of the summer."

Dad frowned. He was considering it. "Okay you can go, but—"

"YEA!" I gave him a big hug cutting off his words. I added in a kiss on the cheek and ran up to my room.

My godmother Luna Scammander invited me to go to the safari with her family for three weeks. SO it'll be me Luna, her husband Rolf and her fifteen year old twins Lorcan and Lysander. Luna and Rolf travel the world all the time.

I went to my closet, it's huge. I had dad expand it at least five times just to make sure all my shoes would fit.

Which purse should I bring? Aunt Hermione put undectable extension charms on all of my purses. I should go with something bright so it sticks out but small because I'll have to carry it everywhere. I used my mini step latter so I could reach to top. I pulled down a little yellow clutch. Perfect.

I opened the clutch felt around, it was empty.

Now for clothes. We might stop by a few wizarding places so I tossed in a couple of robes. No black ones. I am sick and tired of black robes. I refuse to wear another one until September first. Green, white, yellow, and blue robes went into the bag. Next I should take muggle clothes. We live in Godric Hallow we always wear muggle clothes at home. I tossed some shorts in the purse. Next went tank tops and a few regular tee-shirts. I added some jeans. I paused for a second. It wouldn't hurt to take a few dresses either. So I tossed in like six or seven dresses and a skirt.

Next it's shoes. I guess I should've done that first. Oh well.

I tossed in four different sneakers. My favorite pair changes color according to my mood. I added some flip-flops for when we had down time. Should I take some heels? I doubt I'll need them but I tossed in two pairs of wedges anyway. I added some pajamas and underwear. I'm all packed and ready to go. I guess I should tell Aunt Luna.

Once I finished packing I sat down at my vanity. I opened my stationary drawer and pulled out my favorite scented parchment and a sugar quill.

My fav Scammanders, daddy said I can go! Love Lily.

I folded the little note stuck it in a tiny envelope and went down to our owlery.

We own four owls. Mom and dad share an eastern screech named Arty. Al owns a white faced scops owl, who is so grey he looks blue. It's super cute. His name it Ptolemy. James owns a barn owl named Goldie. And my tawny owl's name is Athena. She's super adorable. I've had her since she was a baby.

I noticed both Ptolemy and Goldie were gone. I gave Athena my letter. "Give Aunty Luna a kiss for me" I say as she flies out of the window.

Poor Arty is all by himself. I fed him a couple of owl treats and pet his feathers. Poor bird, I'm sure the others will come back soon.

At dinner mom asked us about our school year. We all started talking at once.

James talked about quidditch (not only was he captain but we won the cup), girls (he has at least three girlfriends last time I checked), and the pranks he pulled. I'm sure mom knew all about those, with all the howlers she sent.

Al talked about quidditch, his classes (he's the one with the best grades and a prefect too), and his new girlfriend Lissa. It's bad enough I used to see them make out all the time at school. I don't want to hear about it while I'm trying to eat.

Me, I talked about was really important. Drama. Who is dating who? Who got dumped on their birthday? Who got caught cheating? Who got their ears pierced? All the completely trivial stuff, I thrive off of it.

Everything was fine until James said "I start camp next week."

"Camp?" mom squeeked. The whole table got silent.

"Quidditch camp mom" James rolled his eyes "for Appleby. You know I got excepted to their reserve team. If the captain likes me enough during camp he might boost me up to a starter."

Mom frowned. I know she understands this. She used to play for Holyhead. Besides James has been talking about Appleby for years every since they started scouting him in his fifth year. I think dad wanted him to play for Puddlemere but James has always been an Arrows fan.

"James honey, most people start out on the reserve team for a year or two" mom says.

"You didn't."

"True." She can't argue back unless she wants to imply that he's not that great of a player and let's face it he is. He has three generations of good players to back him up.

Mom took a sip of her drink. "What about you two? What are your plans for the summer?"

"I'm going to the Malfoy's for two weeks and then the Zanibi's for the next two weeks" Al said.

"What?"

"Oh I forgot after that Scorpius and Demetr are coming over for two weeks."

Mom didn't look happy about that.

"I'm going to Africa" I sang.

"So, basically you're all saying that you're leaving me this summer."

"Dad said we could" all three of us said at the same time.

Mom turned her glare at dad.

"You spend ten months at school, didn't come home for Christmas or Easter and you can't spend two months with your family as a whole."

"I had NEWTs to study for" James said.

"I had a lot of homework to catch up on" Al said.

"I wasn't going to be the only one going home" I said.

"They aren't leaving right away" dad said looking a little sheepish. Mom was still glaring at him, like it was his fault we didn't want to stay home for two whole months.

"I am. Aunt Luna is picking me up at five in the morning." When I finish dinner I have to make sure I packed everything and then get some beauty sleep.

"I don't leave until next week" Al said.

"I'm leaving in two weeks" James said. But we all knew he wasn't coming back. Well all except mom. James is planning on getting a flat with our cousin Fred. They've already named it The Marauder's Bachelor's Pad.

The rest of dinner was spent with dad trying to persuade mom to keep calm and look on the bright side.

"You and dad will have a lot of free time. Think about it. You could make another baby" I said.

I got kicked under the table for my troubles. That had better be an accident. Al and James still play footsies like they're five.

After dinner I packed my spared rush and comb, some lip gloss, bug repellant and my emergency potion kit. Dad gave it to me when I was eleven. I just have to make sure I keep it freshly stocked. It has the basics stuff like Dittany and Pepper-up potions. I tossed in my sleep-mask thingy. All packed and ready to go.