Lily awoke bright and early the next morning eager to begin her classes. She quickly dressed in her school robes and rushed downstairs towards the Great Hall. She stood at the top of the stairs waiting for them to descend towards the corridor that led to her destination. The stairs jerked suddenly sending her flying into the ginger haired boy that stood in front of her. She opened her mouth to apologize before realizing it was her own cousin Hugo. "Where have you been?" Hugo didn't even turn around to speak to her. "Did I do something wrong?"

Hugo whipped around violently glaring at her with his dark brown eyes. "You completely ignored me on the train and than you don't even tell me hello at dinner! You were too busy talking to…" They stepped off the stairs where Vega stood waiting anxiously. Hugo stopped in front of him looking him over before passing him an angry stare. "…him!" With that Hugo stuck his nose up in the air and proceeded to walk away leaving Lily completely confused by the conversation they had just had.

Lily rolled her eyes as Hugo disappeared around the corner. Vega simply shrugged turning his attention back to Lily, watching as she tucked her long red hair behind her ear. "I just wanted to make sure you were o.k." He said softly.

"They're teasing you aren't they?" Vega nodded his head slowly as Lily linked her arm with his tugging him as they started to walk. "I don't know why you let them get to you. It's so obvious that they're nothing but a bunch of immature twits who have nothing better to do with their lives."

Vega smirked. "Why are you so nice to me? You don't even know me."

"Well first off you're really nice and I always tend to gravitate towards nice people." She bit her lip. "You're also really good at Arithmancy from what I hear and I want to do well on my O.W.L.S. this year."

"Oh so you're using me then?"

She stepped away from him shaking her head erratically. "No no no…I'm not…well…you will help me won't you?"

He smiled and nodded. "Of course I will." They walked into the Great Hall the smell of breakfast lingered in the air. Vega could hear people snickering as he past by them and took his usual seat. "How long does this usually last?"

Lily sat down beside him fixing herself a plate of food. "Well my oldest brother James got caught one year kissing Fiona Whatley, who happened to be 4 years his senior in the Room of Requirement by a couple of 1st years and well he was tortured until the end of the school year, but I'm sure it won't last that long." A worried look crossed Vega's face.

He began to pick at his food as now he wasn't so hungry and he couldn't help but notice the growing urge to sneeze that had suddenly overcome him. He tried with all his might to keep the sneezing spell at bay. He pinched his nose as a group of curious onlookers stared at him. Lily turned her head watching Vega's face turn red. She grabbed onto his arm trying to pull it away. "You're going to make yourself sick!" She pulled harder, but it only made things worse. "What is wrong with you?" She pulled with all her might finally ripping his fingers away from his nose. He took a deep breath before letting out a series of sneezes that would shock everyone in the room. With the first sneeze his eyes turned green the same color as freshly cut grass, with the second it appeared his ears had suddenly taken an elf like shape before retracting back into their normal position, and with the third his hair turned the darkest shade of black anyone had ever seen.

He stopped wiping his nose and glancing up at his now black hair. "Man I hate when that happens." Lily simply chuckled as everyone continued to go about their business much to Vega's shock. "Is being a metamorphmagus normal around here?"

Lily nodded her head. "A good friend of ours Teddy Lupin is a metamorphmagus though he could control it a little better than you. I don't remember him having any kind of sneezing fits though he did cough really hard once and managed to turn his hair rainbow colors." He sighed pushing his plate away. "What's wrong?"

"I just didn't want anyone to know. It's bad enough my father completely embarrassed me last night and now I'm going to have people constantly badgering me to change my appearance."

Lily rubbed his back as Albus looked on not at all impressed. "I'm sure it won't be that bad. Ted seemed to handle it alright and people weren't too overbearing."

Albus leaned across Lily staring Vega directly in the face. "Hey can you do that thing you did with your ears again?"

Lily slapped Albus across the arm as hard as she could shoving him back to his side of the bench. "What has gotten into you!?"

"Father told me to look after you and I don't like seeing some newbie slobbering all over my sister."

Lily glared at him and for a moment he thought back to what he had just said. "He did, did he?" She stood up grabbing her bag full of books from under her seat. "You know I think I'll write dad a letter about what a great job you're doing of watching over me." Albus grinned at the very thought of being praised by his father. "In fact I think I'll make it a Howler so I can tell him what an arse you're being and how you're completely ruining my life!" She swung the bag striking Albus in the chest causing him to fall off the bench and onto the floor. "Oh sorry my mistake." She turned around to leave only to return seconds later. She hovered over Albus who was still lying on the floor in a daze. "Oh and by the way if anyone is drooling it's me drooling over him. I mean have you seen him? He's gorgeous and he's nice to me something you need to learn if you ever want to have a successful relationship." She smiled turning away and grabbing Vega from the table. "Come on we'll be late for Arithmancy." They left the Great Hall and began their walk to the 7th floor, Lily still fuming from the incident that had just occurred. "I don't know why they insists on treating me like a child! I mean I'm 15 years old!"

Vega shrugged and tried to diffuse the situation. "Well you are still your father's only daughter."

She whipped around catching him slightly off guard. "SO WHAT?"

"So I can kind of see where he's coming from. He's just trying to keep you safe." She rolled her eyes and continued to walk her strides becoming quicker as Vega struggled to keep up. "Hey slow down will you?"

"The stairs don't wait for anyone."

And than the solution to her fast pace hit him like a ton of bricks. "Did you really mean what you said about me back there?" She stopped dead in her tracks allowing him to finally catch up with her. "Thank you for stopping." She half smiled. "It was a serious question thought."

She turned her eyes away from him. "Of course I didn't mean it." A knot formed in her stomach and for the first time in her life Lily Potter was lying. "I've just met you and I only said it to get Albus's off your back. I don't like how he treats you." Lily looked back at him. "Are you mad at me?"

"No I'm not mad."

"Disappointed then?"

"No I'm not that either. We're friends you know just friends." They smiled at each other a small flame burning within them both though neither spoke of it. It was obvious to most that Vega and Lily were quite fond of each other, but now was not the time. They didn't speak another word to each other as they ascended to the 7th floor. Neither of them had too for a simple smile was enough to remind them of how they really felt.