No, no, no, no! This cannot be happening! Katie cannot be moving! But in truth it was. Katie Bellworth, Lily's best friend, was moving to America.

Lily,

I know this is sudden, but Mum thinks it is best, to go on you know. Leave it all behind, the fights, the… abuse, the divorce. She wants to get away from Daddy and she wants to take me with her, I told it wasn't fair he never hurt me so why did I have to leave him too? She said that it is because I am the only family she has left now. I want you to know I cried and fought but I didn't win. I am moving to America and transferring schools to Salem School of Witchcraft. But you know since she said that I feel obliged to go. I feel like I have to. Lily, you're the only one I've told, the only one I want to tell. Will you please tell everyone else on the school train what happened? We leave in a week. Not even enough time to say a proper good-bye. I'll miss you Lily, you know you were the closest thing I have to a sister. Good-bye!

Love you always

Best friends forever,

Katie

Lily dropped the letter and slumped in her chair. She tried hard not to cry as she put her head in her hands and started to take deep breaths. She suddenly got up and walked up stairs into the bathroom hoping a nice long hot bubble bath would help her calm down enough to write a reply letter.

Lily got out and went to her room, put on a pair of white shorts and a light blue sleeveless top and sat down at her desk to write.

Katie,

Oh gosh, this hurts to write. I can't believe it, you're really moving to America? I'll miss you so much! Of course I'll tell everyone for you. I feel so sorry for you. I know you would've stayed if you could. You'll have to owl my every day or at least send me letters the muggle way to me. Tell your mum I said good luck in America. I hope you get along well at Salem. An all girl's school? Oh you poor thing! How ever will you live? Sorry, bad time I suppose for my lame humor. I'm sorry about this all. I feel bad for your mum. Don't give her a hard time over it. She's restarting and she needs you to be there for her. Oh no, I'm getting the paper all splotchy and my face is all red. Good luck, I'll miss you so much! Hang in there, maybe you can come and stay with us for a while or maybe I can come stay in America with you for a few weeks. That would be nice wouldn't it? You always will be my one and only best friend you know that don't you? Good-bye.

Love you always

Best friends forever,

Lily

Lily got Katie's owl and tied her letter to it. "Good-bye Moochy. I'll miss you too." She kissed him on the head and he flew off. Lily decided to take a walk in the garden to clear her mind once Moochy was out of sight. As Lily was walking down the brick path and sniffing roses and lilacs she heard a soft meow. Lily stopped and listened. She heard it again, coming from the lily patch.

"Here kitty, kitty," she called walking towards the sound. "Come out kitty. Come here." She crouched down and peered in the flowers. Suddenly a small cat crept out and walked slowly towards her. Lily smiled. Once it reached her she held out her hand to let it sniff her. Once it had done so it rubbed it's head against her wanting to be picked up. Lily obliged. She looked first at the cats sex, it was a male.

She then looked at its face. For the second time that day she gasped. It was the cat she had seen on her dream and then under the rose bush. Lily started to shake as she looked at its paws. Sure enough the bottoms of its paws were emerald like its eyes, like… Lily's eyes. Just then Lily heard a car pull into the drive way. Her mother and sister were home.

Lily walked slowly back towards the house, the cat in her arms and purring loudly. As Lily neared the kitchen door she heard her mother calling for her. "I'm here Mum. I was in the garden. Look what I found! May I keep him? I'll take him to school with me so he won't be any trouble to you. Please?" She held up the cat.

"Oh, what a precious little thing! Of course you can keep him. Isn't it adorable Petunia?" Petunia just sniffed.

"Oh thank-you Mum! Mum? Katie's moving. You know the one that-"

"Katie? Your best friend from school? Oh. That's horrible where to?"

"America. She is going to go to a school called Salem School of Witchcraft. She sent me the owl today. Her mum finally got the divorce." Lily said glumly.

"Oh, well that's good for Joyce but I'm sorry dear. Maybe next summer she can come stay with us for a while. Would you like that? Oh dear, isn't that James' owl at the window?" Her mother said while putting away some groceries.

Lily turned to the window and let Gaz in. He dropped a letter in Lily's lap and flew off. "That's one rude owl if I do say so myself." Lily muttered to herself. She opened up the letter and quickly read it. Lily smiled to herself.

"What is it dear? Oh James was just letting my in on all of the new gossip and pranks and asking if we could meet in Diagon Alley next weekend. Can we Mom?"

"Sure honey, now go and get ready. Dinner will be ready soon. You too Petty dear. I'm going to make steaks. Your father should be home soon."

As Lily walked off to clean up for dinner she thought about the day. First Katie sent her a letter telling her that she was moving and then the cat. Lily couldn't out her finger on it but something was weird with that cat. She looked down at it as it stumbled up the steps following her. She smiled at it something like that couldn't be bad. No, Lily thought, it couldn't be bad. For some reason I feel safer with him around. Whatever it is I'm glad I found him.

A/N: Okay, so what did you think about this chapter? I wanted to get it written and posted so it might not be as good as the first. I actually don't think it is but that's just me. I hope you all like it! R&R. Thanks! Oh I had a really bad headache while writing this too so that's part of the reason it's not as good as the last.

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