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Author's note: the story will begin in the summer before her fifth year. Through flashbacks I will fill the holes that are not explained in the introduction! If you have any questions, send them to me! Thank you Ladyinwaiting2005!

Lily Potter was fully enjoying her summer vacations before going back to Hogwarts and her O.W.L. year. Must of the time she slept in, and generally became a bum; there was the occasional family dinner or friendly visit. She opened her eyes to see a bright sun shining through her window and wondered what time it was, she sat up on her bed and stared outside looking for answers she knew weren't there, a knock on the door made her come back to reality

"Good morning Miss Lily" Kreacher greeted her, carrying her breakfast tray. "Good morning to you too" she smiled at the old house-elf, "I see no one is home" she mumbled to herself; whenever she had to eat breakfast by herself, the elf arranged a tray and took it to her room with the Daily Prophet and her mail, so she wouldn't eat by herself in the dining hall. Lily smiled to the elf and got up to her tea table by the widow and started eating and perusing the newspaper, nothing caught her eye so she decided to open her mail instead. She reached for the first one, it was from Professor Slughorn thanking her for the boxes of crystallized pineapple and hoping to see her next term. The second one was from her best friend and fellow Slytherin, Lysander Scamander.

Lily,

How is your holiday so far? It must be greater than mine; my parents are dragging me through South America searching for a Crumple-Horned Snorkack…which actually only exists in my mother's and grandfather's mind! It's extremely hot and Lorcan and I only want to go home and play Quidditch. We are counting the days for this stupid trip to be over. Don't worry I'll be home for your birthday! We are going to celebrate it Slytherin style…

See you soon

Lysander

Ps. Amanda Beckett dumped me! Go figure (I guess you will have to be my Summer Ball date)…and I ran into Louis a couple of days ago and said he is bound to go home in a couple of weeks.

Lily was laughing like crazy just imagining her friend searching for a non-existent creature, her godmother was very strange and believed in anything but she still loved her. She was still laughing when she started writing back

Lysander,

How lovely that you are having the best time of your life with your family! (Note the sarcasm) How dare you imply that I am dateless for the ball? I am insulted, even when it is true! I swear between Daddy, James and Albus I am going to die single and alone…so yes I am going to be your date, again. See you in a week; just a little reminder…my birthday is coming up (hint, hint)!

Lots of love

Lily

She was still laughing when she opened Teddy's letter

My dearest munchkin,

I miss you! Victoire and I are going to have lunch at The Burrow tomorrow, so we hope you might be there… Uncle Harry, Albus and James already know! I have missed you a lot and I am sorry I have not seen you lately…don't get angry, you know you are my favorite surrogate little sister, and because of that you are the first to know…YOU ARE GOING TO BE A MUNCHKIN AUNT! That's right…Victoire is pregnant! We are telling the family tomorrow at lunch so please act surprised.

Love you lots, your favorite surrogate brother

Teddy

Ps. Victoire sends her regards and wants to know when you can go shopping…

Lily started screaming, she was going to be an aunt! She constantly begged her mother to give her a little brother or sister, but she always replied with the same answer, I have enough with you and your brothers. So it was out of the question. Coming back to the present, she realized she had a lot to do…first she had to go to Diagon Alley and look for a perfect dress for the Ministry Summer Ball, then go measure the bedroom adjacent to Teddy's so she could change it into a nursery, and of course baby shopping! She put on her robe and ran towards her mother's office to use the fireplace

"ROSE!" lily was screaming into her cousins living room, "ROSE WEASLEY, WHERE ARE YOU!?" Rose came downstairs running looking really scared "Lily! What happened?" she was looking at her cousin with anticipation, "Nothing, chill out! I was wondering if you wanted to come shopping with me for the ball" Rose frowned and scowled at her cousin "Damn it Lily, you scared me! Please never do that again!" Lily was sniggering, "But yes, you know I never turn down a shopping trip!, lets see" Rose looked down at her watch and mused…"it's 10:30 am, how about we have an early lunch at the Leaky Cauldron at 12:30 and then we go shopping?" the petite red-head beamed "Perfect! See you later" with that Lily ran to her room to shower and get ready for a girls day out.

As she was putting the final touches to her subtle makeup and hair, someone knocked the door, "Come in" she shouted from her vanity, a middle age witch entered her room and watched her with critical eye "Miss Potter, your father wants a word with you in his study" Lily had come to loath her former governess, since she now went to Hogwarts Miss Green became the housekeeper, "Thank you, Miss Green" Lily went down to her father's study hoping to find him there, instead his head was in the fireplace "Hi Daddy" she greeted her father with a smile; Harry Potter had not aged in the last 25 years, the only difference was the sad look of his eyes that had never left since the death of his wife 6 years ago

"Hi, Princess" he smiled to his only daughter and noticed that every day she looked so much like Ginny, it was sometimes unbearable to look at her, "Honey, I won't be able to have lunch with you. I'm sorry" Lily looked at her father with an emotionless expression, she was used to this "Don't worry I have a lunch date with Rose, then I am going to Diagon Alley for a little shopping…do you need anything?" over the years Lily had perfected her neutral expressions and mannerisms, she hated when people took pity on her because her mother was dead, "Actually yes, I ordered some robes and formal pants. Could you go and sign for them and make sure Madame Malkin sends them home?" she looked at him while he was talking "Sure Daddy, see you at dinner" with that Harry blew a kiss to her and disappeared. She just stared at the empty fireplace for a second and looked up at the muggle portrait of her mother and couldn't suppress the memory of 6 years ago when they told them when she had died…

"Lily Darling" Grandma Molly called for me from the threshold of the play room while I was playing tea party with my dolls and stuffed animals, Winky and Blinky (I had both house-elves, dressed up) where making sure I was safe, I looked up at her and smiled "Grandma! Do you want to have tea with us" she kneeled so she could be at my eye level and embraced me, "Not now lilykins, perhaps later. Now come with me" she offered her hand and took me into my father's study.

To my surprise James and Albus where there, I ran and hugged them (I really missed having them around), they hugged me back and suddenly James looked at my father "Dad, what's going on?" Albus and him stared at him with expectant eyes, "where's mom?, it was the first and last time I saw my father cry and look so vulnerable. Grandma Molly sat and looked at us with teary eyes, a sob escaped her "Children…your mother passed away" we were shocked, I was shocked…how could my mother be dead when I had been playing with her not so long ago, she just went to take a nap because she was tired and wanted to be well rested for our mother-daughter shopping trip with Aunt Hermione and Rose. I stared at Grandma Molly and decided not to believe her; Daddy would surely tell me the truth.

I walked towards my father and tugged his robe and stared directly to his eyes, "Daddy, where is mommy? We are going to be late for out date with Aunt Hermione and Rose" he couldn't speak, every time he tried to explain he chocked on the words, I was getting angry because he hadn't answer my question, I kept tugging his robes demanding my answer; James and Albus were not moving, they looked like two statues…crying statues, I ran towards her bedroom and knocked on her door with all my nine-year old strength and screamed "MOMMY! MOMMY! PLEASE WAKE UP…WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE" when one answered I started kicking the door and screaming some more, suddenly James was by my side and hugged me "Please Lily stop yelling" I looked at him with my innocent eyes wishing and hoping that everything Grandma has said was not true "But James, if I don't yell mommy won't wake up…I need her to wake up" I had already started crying, realization had hit me like a bludger…my mother would never wake up, I hugged my brother and let him take me back to the study, where Grandma Molly was hugging Daddy and Albus.

I shrugged the memory away, now it was not the time to depress myself with memories I had fought so hard to suppress in my mind. I left the study and went to get my purse; if I sat there I would surely be late to meet Rose at the Leaky Cauldron. I was excited, in five short days I would be 15 years old and I was going to be an aunt. I took some floo powder, yelled my destination and in seconds the Leaky Cauldron materialized and I had five minutes to spare.

I blissfully skipped towards the bar where Mrs. Longbottom was checking inventory, she looked up and smiled at me "Lily! What a surprise, are you staying?" I smiled back; she was a very cool witch and a friend of my father "Mrs. Longbottom, how you been? Yes, actually I am waiting for Rose" she smiled again and left what she was doing to give a hug "I been great! Sit wherever you want, I'll be right there" I took a look at the tables and walked to an empty one. A second later and Rose was sitting beside me

"Hey lils! Why are you looking so excited?" my older cousin asked looking at me curiously…I just chose to ignore the question in fear of telling my little secret and changed the subject. "My dearest cousin" she smirked at my remark "who are you going with to the ball?" at the question Rose blushed and stared intently towards the floor, I could not stop myself and started laughing…she smacked my shoulder "Stop laughing!" she was giggling, "If you must know, Charles Davies invited me two weeks ago" I looked at her and became serious, "THE Charles Davies…the handsome seventh year Ravenclaw you have been raving about for the last year?" she stared at me and a huge grin appeared on her face "that's right!" we both squealed in excitement "We have to find you the best dress ever! Oohh, Uncle Ron is going to have a heart attack" we both laughed and decided to order our food. We talked while our food arrived, we where absorbed in the conversation when someone stopped at our table and stared down at us

"Lily Potter and Weasley" we both looked up and saw none other than Scorpius Malfoy smirking at us with his minions (Rosier and McCormack). We were both Slytherins, but the enmity between my brothers and him was legendary and it all went down to Quidditch and our fathers, so I wasn't better than them. I just lifted my eyebrow and ignored him; I was used to his snide remarks and frankly was tired of them. Rose scowled at him and ignored him as well. The only ones that jumped at his throat by his mere presence were James and Albus (the immature gits). He kept looking at us waiting for something, when nothing happened, he went down and whispered something at Rose's ear…in a second she had drawn her wand and was yelling at him to go and bother someone else or pay the consequences, I just stared at Rose…it was so uncommon for her to loose her cool that I was intrigued by what he had said to her

"Rose, are you okay" I was trying to soothe her, she was trembling with rage "Yes, Lily…don't worry" she closed her eyes and took deep breaths "Lets finish here so we can go find that dress for Charles" she smiled at me and continued eating like nothing had happened.

The afternoon was uneventful; we found our dresses and did my father's errand. Last but not least I had to go and pick up my locket to the jeweler, this locket had been my mother's (it was the first gift Daddy ever gave her and she never took it off)…the pendant was oval shaped and the front had two intricate and beautiful letters H and G, inside it had a photograph of them from the time they were dating (they looked so young and in love. Daddy's eyes looked so full of life). I loved it and like her, I never took it off until the clasp broke. Rose and I were waiting for the clerk, when he finally gave it to me, I couldn't help admiring it and follow the H and G with my fingertip and sighed "Lily, do you ever miss her" I glanced at my cousin and with glance at her I answered her question "Actually, every day" I smiled and started walking towards the exit to go finally go home.