Okay so heres Chapter 3. So sorry for the wait on this, my laptop broke and then I had exams. But It's here now so no worries. This is my best chapter so far I think so enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. Anything you recognize is not mine. I own only the plot and certain characters.

When the feast ended, most of the Hogwarts population rose from their seats, tired and full. The prefects called out to the first years showing them the way. Older students lingered longer, talking to friends from different houses. Lily remained at the Gryffindor table watching am exchange between and Slytherin and a fellow Gryffindor.

Things had changed over the past 20 years or so. There were less inner house competitions. The old feuds had mostly faded away as well as many of the stereotypes. In fact the Gryffindors and Slytherins tended to get along just fine, well most of them anyways.

Although Lily didn't particularly like the Slytherins, she didn't hate them either. Well, except for a select few who particularly got on her nerves. Like Malfoy. She truly did not like him; it wasn't just some prejudice because he was a Malfoy. They just didn't get along. Then, of course, there we the particularly evil Slytherins like Kayla Carrow. She had to be the most evil student in the whole school.

As the great hall emptied of students Lily reluctantly got up and started making her way towards the Gryffindor common room. The hallways were relatively empty as most people had already reached their dorms. The long day of travel accompanied by the large feast had worn out many of the students, so most were already fast asleep.

Lily quietly slipped into the almost empty common room. She waved to a couple seventh years before slipping up to the familiar dorm room. She found her dorm mates wither sleeping or unpacking. She said her hellos before heading to the bathroom for a much needed shower.

When Lily emerged from the shower almost 30 minutes later she felt refreshed, clean, and wide awake. She didn't bother with sleep; the night was too beautiful to be wasted. She headed to her trunk, careful not to wake her friends. Instead of pajamas, she pulled out jeans and a simple t-shirt. She slipped them on before grabbing her 2 most prized possessions, other than her wand of course.

She remembered the day the two items had found their way into her possession. It was at the end of the summer. She had been packing her trunk for Hogwarts, preparing to leave the next day when James had come into her room saying he had a present for her.

"Hey Lils," James said walking into her room. He was holding something behind his back trying to keep it from Lily's view.

"Oh Hey James," she said smiling at him. "Are you gonna miss me when I'm gone?" She teased him.

"Of course I will!" James said before adding, "I'm going to miss you so much I got you a present!" He told her. Excited to see what she thought of it.

Lily narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "You, got me, a present?" She said uncertain of whether to trust him or not. James was the prankster of the family after all. And this wouldn't be the first time her had gotten her a joke present.

"I swear it's a real present and not a prank Lils!" James said seeing how suspicious she was. He couldn't blame her though. I mean she had grown up with two brothers and numerous cousins who liked a good laugh.

Lily sighed and held out her hand. "Alright James give it here."

James grinned and placed a brown package in her hand. "Here you go love, enjoy!"

Lily glanced at the package suspiciously examining it for any signs of a prank. Finding none she pulled the strings off and threw the paper aside. She gasped as she recognized to contents of the package, her father's old invisibility cloak and the marauder's map.

James grinned at Lily's reaction to his present. He loved his little sister the most out of all his many cousins and siblings.

"James, this is amazing!" Lily exclaimed before jumping up so she could wrap her arms around her brother.

James just smiled and hugged her back, glad she liked his present.

Lily pulled back a thought occurring to her. "Wait, why are you giving me this and not Al?" She asked curious. This was unexpected to say the least. Lily had expected James to give them to Albus not her.

James frowned slightly. He didn't really know why he was giving the cloak and map to Lily. He thought for a moment before answering. "Well I guess it's because I know you'll put them to good use. What's Mr. Head Boy going to do with an invisibility cloak?" James said grinning

Lily smiled and laughed knowing perfectly well what James meant. It's not like she had never helped him pull off a prank before. In fact she had pulled off many pranks on her own. Al however was the good child, probably the only one in the family. Uncle George always said Al was going to turn out like Uncle Percy.

"Promise me you'll pull off at least one good prank this year," James said, "Or I'm going to have to take those back." He informed her.

"No worries," Lily reassured him. "I'm defiantly going to be doing more than one prank."

Lily smiled at the memory as she threw the cloak over herself. Out of all her relatives James had to be her favorite. Sure he's an overprotective, annoying git but he never made fun of her or teased as much as her other cousins. Well excluding Hugo. Hugo was probably her favorite cousin. He's the only one close to her age after all.

Lily paused just outside to common room to check the marauder's map. There were only a few people up, Filch a few professors and a couple prefects were all wondering the corridors. Thankfully none of them were close to her.

Lily slipped silently through the familiar halls towards to entrance. She reached the doors and let herself outside, breathing in the crisp night air. 'It's a good thing those doors aren't magical' Lily thought to herself.

The night was beautiful, with no clouds and full moon. The stars shone brightly cutting into the darkness. Lily smiled and sighed, it was nights like these that made her never want to sleep. The dark was peaceful and calming.

Lily felt slightly more tired with each step she took towards her favorite spot, a tree that overlooked both the lake and the grounds. Lily pulled herself up into the tree and settled into a crook between the tree's thick trunk and a branch. Lily pulled of the cloak and hung it on the tree beside and tucked the map into her pocket.

Her eyes were growing heavier by the second, threatening to close and pull her into a deep and much needed sleep. Lily fought against her exhaustion for a while, gazing up at the stars. Eventually she gave in and let herself fall into a peaceful sleep.

Well I hope that was up to all your expectaions.

Please review, they make me happy, and the happier I am the better and faster I write so it's really a win-win situation.

I'm on a bit of a roll right now so it shouldn't be to much of a wait for chapter 4. Anyways I hope you enjoyed.