Chapter 2 (Lysander Scammander)
Lily's POV
My heart stopped. What does he mean something was different? I can't breathe. I have to move. People are staring. I can hear them muttering, James is staring at me with a look of pure disgust. I stand up but my limbs feel like stone. My head is spinning. I walk over to the Slytherin table. I can't see. All I can hear is a faint ringing sound. I fall onto the bench next to Delphi. My sight is coming back and I think she asked me if I was ok. I nodded. But I'm not. James' look of revolt flashes through my mind. I can't stay here. I run.
I keep running. Tears sting the back of my eyes and are moving forward blurring my vision. I run down endless corridors. I wind my way through until I'm outside but I keep running. I run into the Forbidden Forest. Finally I collapse against a tree and sink to the floor. I cry and cry. Eventually I fall asleep.
Delphi's POV
'Lily! Wait!' I yell. Where is she going? I stand up and run out the Great Hall. I follow Lily, yelling her name. I don't think she heard me. For someone so short she can run really fast. When she finally goes outside she runs directly to the Forbidden Forest. I internally groan. We've only just got here and we're already on the way to get expelled. Great. She's stopping. I watch her sink to the floor and start crying. I want to comfort her but I don't know how. She begins to fall quiet and then she falls asleep. I pick her up and slowly walk towards the castle.
When we got to the castle I realised I don't know where the common room is or the password. In the end I find an abandoned classroom and I put Lily down. I fall asleep.
Lily's POV
I wake up to big brown eyes staring at me. 'WAKE UP LILY LUNA POTTER!' I scream in shock.
We run to the Great Hall and everyone turns around and stares at us. I feel myself go bright red. Delphi grabs my arm and drags me to the Slytherin table. We sit down and the murmuring stops. Delphi puts a piece of toast on my plate and says to me, 'You have to eat something.' I nod and take a bite out of it. I eat it and then, following Delphi, leave and go to class. First lesson, Herbology with Professor Longbottom. That can't be too bad. Can it?
We went down to the greenhouses to our first lesson. 'Good morning class!' Professor Longbottom says. We all mumble back a good morning. 'Today we will be starting to grow Fluxweed. Can anyone tell me the purpose of Fluxweed?' A brown haired Gryffindor shyly put up his hand. 'Um yes... what is your name?'
'Lysander Scamander. Fluxweed is a plant in the mustard family with healing powers.' The Gryffindor said.
'Yes that's right! We're planting these under the request of Mister Pomfrey. Now I'm going to put you into pairs and you can plant the Fluxweed. Ok first of... hmmm... Lysander you can go with... ah Lily. Delphi... you can go with... Locran...' He paired the whole class and we went to our bench and planted the Fluxweed. The months went by and soon it was December. I still had to talk to James. I went over to the Gryffindor dormitories on a Saturday afternoon. I knocked on the fat lady. 'Ow! What do you want?' she said.
'I want to see my brother James.' After a couple of moment James walked out the doorway. He stared at me for a while.
'What do you want?' He eventually said.
'I'm sorry James... I'm so sorry...'
'Sorry isn't gonna cut it.'
I fought back the tears. 'James... why can't you forgive me?'
'You're a Slytherin... all the dark wizards are Slytherins. A Slytherin killed a lot of my family. The sight of you makes me sick.' All I can do is stare. Where is the brother I used to have? The one who helped me prank Albus when he stole my phone. The one who played Quidditch with me in the orchard. The one I loved.
'Just go.' He said. He walked back in to the common room. I sank to the floor. Older Gryffindors laughed at me. I can't be so weak. I then saw a familiar face push through the crowd. Lysander, His sister followed. (Btw his sister is Payton!) Lysander helped me up and Payton started yelling. 'OI! LEAVE HER ALONE! CAN YOU IDIOTS NOT REMEMBER YOUR FIRST YEAR!' After that they cleared off. Payton then grinned at me. 'I have an idea.' She said, 'Want to prank that brother of yours?' I couldn't help but smile. 'Of course I do.'