Lily Luna

Chapter 2 - Friendship

Lily woke up that morning early. The other three girls still in their bed. She checked the time and was relieved that she had plenty of time for her usual morning run. It was something she always did at home; it helped to clear her mind and focus on the day ahead. She slipped on a pair of plain grey joggers, a white t-shirt and trainers and headed outside.

The sharp autumnal air was welcoming as she ran a couple of laps around the vast grounds. It was then she noticed someone running just behind her. Scorpius. She stopped and grinned at him. "I see James didn't scare you off then?"

The blonde rolled his eyes "Like anyone could be scared of that idiot."

Lily smiled at that and said, sincerely, "I'm glad. I would feel horrible if he stopped us from having a chance to become friends. Do you run every morning?"

"Yes. I always have. We could run together from now on If you'd like?"

"I'd love that." She replied, catching a rare smile off him.

The pair walked into the castle together and departed their separate ways. Lily headed into her dorm room to get washed and changed for the day. She pulled her waist length hair into a high ponytail. She ran off to the main hall for breakfast where she guessed the other three girls must be.

Lily sat herself beside Raven, grateful that they had kept her a seat. She helped herself to some porridge when all the questions began.

"So where were you this morning?" , asked Raven raising an eyebrow, which caught the attention of the others.

"Oh, just running" , Lily shrugged.

"By yourself?", questioned Nimue.

"At first, yes, but then Scorpius joined me" she replied.

"Malfoy?"

"Yup."

The twins pushed their noses into the air rather snootily, showing their displeasure. It was no surprise though; most Gryffindors acted in displeasing ways when they heard the name Malfoy which Lily always thought was unfair. Scorpius wasn't even born then so it seem right to judge him on the war. So much for house unity.

She ate the rest of her meal in silence, as an awkward atmosphere had been created. She was grateful when Professor Longbottom handed her her timetable.

"I hope you have a wonderful first day Lily. You know where I am if you need anything".

"Thank you", she replied grateful that her "Uncle" Neville worked here. It was comforting to know that her head of house was someone she could easily turn to if needed be.

Looking at her timetable she noticed she had potions first with the Slytherins. She had heard enough stories about how much of an interesting mix that could be but, ever the optimist, Lily hoped that this would be the start of a good day.

When she made it down to the dungeons she saw that Evelyn and Nimue were sitting together, as to be expected, but Raven was sitting next to Hugo. Hugo gave her an apologetic grin which she shrugged off. It was too early in the day to be arguing over seats. She didn't want to make herself look pathetic.

It was then she noticed Ophelia had a spare seat next to her. Perfect. "Is it ok if I sit here?"the red head asked nervously, fearing rejection. The brunette nodded and Lily felt a wave of relief wash over her. Hopefully she was capable of making friends. As they settled in together chatting away they received curious glances off of their fellow classmates. No one ever expected a Slytherin and a Gryffindor to voluntarily sit next to each other.

Not much happened in that lesson. Professor Slughorn would be their teacher this year and seemed overjoyed at the thought of teaching Lily, hoping that she took after her namesake with her potion skills.

All the days lessons seemed to blend into one another as was usual for first days. Nothing exciting happened in class and Lily found herself hoping that they'd start doing something magical in class tomorrow. On the plus side, Briar was in her transfiguration class which gave her a chance to catch up with her too.

Lily walked into the great hall and bit at her lip, which was an awful nervous habit of hers, as she thought about what table to sit on. Gryffindor was the obvious choice but she argued to herself that she would have all the time in the world to get to know her fellow Gryffindors. She looked up and caught the eye of her best friend. Alice. That was were she would sit.

She broke out into a run, excited by the thought of catching up with her best friend again. She noticed Alice standing up from her seat and embraced her in a tight hug.

"Oh, I've missed you so much" she muffled, into the older girls shoulder.

"I've been here this whole time, you numpty", giggled Alice

Lily felt happy knowing that she could always trust her oldest friend to be there for her no matter what stupid house allegiances dictated.

Alice patted the space on the bench next to her, motioning for her to take a seat.

The two girls ate together as Lily explained how her day went in detail, including her new friendships with Scorpius, Ophelia and Briar.

Alice didn't even flinch at the thought of her making friends with Slytherins which pleased Lily greatly not that she was surprised, Alice had always been good natured.

Once the two girls finished they hugged and agreed to meet again tomorrow. Lily decided to walk up to the Owlery, realising she hadn't yet wrote a letter to her parents. Breathing a sigh of relief as she realised it was empty, she pulled out some parchment and a quill.

Dear Mum and Dad,

I hope you're not missing me too much. I've missed you both as well as Padfoot but I've enjoyed Hogwarts so far. You'll be glad to hear I've been sorted into Gryffindor. I hope I can make you proud. I've made friends so you don't have to worry about people making fun of me again, it's going to be different here, I already feel like I fit in.

Lots of love,

Your Lily Luna Potter xxx

P.S: Do you know why James hates Scorpius Malfoy? He seams nice to me…

She went up to her snowy owl ,Delphinus, and fed her some owl treats. The owl stuck out her foot allowing the letter to be tied to her.

"Could you deliver this to Mum and Dad?"

She smiled when the owl nodded in response. "Thank you Delphinus".

Lily watched the owl as it flew away. She then turned to walk away when she spotted Scorpius.

"You named your owl Delphinus?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

She blushed, this wasn't the first time someone had called her out on the name she had chosen.

"It's in tribute of Sirius. He was named after the Dog Star in the Canis Major constellation. Delphinus is a small constellation which is very ancient but often forgotten because of its small size, something I've always been able to sympathise with." She shrugged, hoping she didn't sound pathetic for going in to deep about a name "I like stars." She added lamely.

Scorpius smiled at her "Not many people are interested in Astronomy. You have no idea how many people have made fun of my name over the years."

"That's because people are mean", she said solemnly, looking up at him with her big brown eyes.

A couple of moments passed with neither of them saying anything.

" I better get going, the girls in my dorm will be wondering where I am."

"Let me walk you there, my curfew is a little later" ,he said.

Lily nodded in response. The two of them walked together in comfortable silence. Lily smiled to herself as she thought about how wrong James was about him. She might not of known him long but she knew that he had a good heart.

Once they made it to the portrait, Lily wrapped Scorpius in a tight embrace. "I'll see you tomorrow morning?"

Appearing a little shocked he nodded his head and said , "goodbye".

Once he walked off Lily said the password to the fat lady and hurried inside. Walking to her dorm room she couldn't help but worry about Scorpius' shocked face. Biting her lip, she hoped she hadn't been too over friendly and scared him off. She changed into her pyjamas and crawled into bed, wondering what the rest of the year would bring her.