CHAPTER 2. LILY'S CHANCE OF FREEDOM

Lily was allowed to wake up late in the morning because John didn't like to get up either. Lily slowly sat up and stretched, wincing from the pain in her shoulder. John had thrown her against the wall and she managed to catch a sharp corner on the desk. As Lily was stretching, she saw an owl with an envelope in its beak. Lily lifted her hand slowly to pet the owl on the head. The owl dropped the envelope beside her and flew off. Lily looked at and amazingly, it had her name on it.

Dear Miss. Lily Evans,

You have been accepted to Hogwarts of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You must buy your own supplies. Headmaster Dumbledore has written directions below.

Sincerely,

Minerva

McGonagall.

The list of supplies and directions to a place called Diagon Alley was written below.

Lily had been so caught up in reading; she did not notice her father come up. "Give that to me you little bitch." He slapped her across the face. He took the letter from her. He read it. "Looks like I've got no choice, but to send you to Hogwarts. But, if I find out you get a boyfriend, don't come back when allowed, or tell anyone about what happens around here, you will never see your next B-day or your sister again. I know exactly where she is, and I will kill her if you mess up."

Lily stared at her feet. "I won't talk to anyone, Father."

"Good. Go get dressed and then leave for this Diagon Alley place. Here's the money for your supplies."

Lily quickly changed and left. She had only told the people she talked to what they needed to know and looked at no one. She started walking back to the house after getting everything she needed when she ran into a boy. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"Watch where you are going, bitch."

Lily just looked at her feet. "I'm extremely sorry."

"Malfoy!" another boy yelled. "Leave her alone. She said she was sorry. I wouldn't even have said sorry to you."

"Stay out of this, Potter."

"Sorry, can't let you be mean to pretty girls. Especially when they have enough manners to say sorry to slime balls like you."

Lily grabbed her stuff and left the two boys. Her red hair was all muddy from falling down in the mud. John would be so mad. "Hey, wait up," a boy shouted. The voice didn't belong to either of the boys that were yelling at each other.

He probably wasn't yelling for her anyway. Like her dad said, "Who would want to talk to you. You are a hideous child that no one wants."

"Hey, wait up. Hey you with the red hair," he shouted again.

Leave me alone, please. If he finds out he'll kill her. Lily started running. She swerved through the large crowd of people. When she finally lost the boy, she walked to the house. John told her to go shower. Five minutes later, he pulled her out of the shower and smacked her.

He threw her on his bed and moved his hands over her breasts. Her chest wasn't as flat as it used to be. He smiled at this. He took off his clothes and entered her. Lily stilled and John hit her. "Come on you cold little bitch." John threw her against the wall. He dragged her through the kitchen and threw her down the basement steps. "You can stay down there with the spiders, bitch."

Lily didn't mind the spiders and she didn't fear the dark anymore. "Lord, thank you for getting me out of this place." She lay on the cold floor in the nude as still as possible. She kept whispering to herself, "In two weeks I'll be gone." Brawling, her pet, crawled up beside her as Lily lost consciousness. He was a very poisonous spider that had made a connection with Lily. They could communicate telepathically.

Brawling hated John and wishes he could kill him but for some reason, no spider could get upstairs. They could get outside and into the basement but that was it. All he could do was help Lily when John decided to throw her down in the basement. With his web, Brawling could heal Lily's wounds.

As he studied the bruises he noticed that some blood was on the floor beneath her. Brawling pushed Lily onto her stomach. He saw the glass in her back and tried to pull it out, but was unable to do so. He healed it the best he could, but he knew he shouldn't heal where the glass was till it was out.

At Hogwarts she could get it taken care of. He could go there and protect her, whereas here he could not. Soon she would be safe. Not much could hurt her at Hogwarts.

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