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A/N: I really hope you guys like this next chapter! I know that I left you guys with a cliff hanger, so hopefully your questions will be answered! This chapter is dedicated to Alex L who is an awesome friend and writer! Love you Alex! Also I do have review replies!

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Last Chapter: "You're a what," I whispered…

"I'm a witch, too," Alex repeated, "I've been going to Hogwarts for four years now, and this will be my fifth. On top of that, I've been made a prefect!"

"What's a prefect," I asked. Sev had never mentioned anything about that before.

"Oh yeah," Alex realized, "A prefect is someone who is sort of elected by the headmaster to patrol the castle at night. If we find anyone out after curfew or misbehaving, we are allowed to dock points from their house or give detentions, too.

"I always knew you'd turn out to be the 'responsible' one," Taylor air-quoted the word with her fingers, "Mummy must be so proud."

"For your information," Alex spat back angrily, "She is, so ha."

"Is that it," Taylor joked while yawning, "Is this boring conversation finally over, because if it's not I might decide to go drown myself in a lake."

"There isn't a lake within fifty miles of here, Tay," I told her.

"Well then," Taylor clapped her hands together, "we'll make do with the kitchen sink!" As Taylor stood from the bed, Alex's temper shot to the ceiling. Her face almost turned the color of my hair!

"Sit down," she growled through clenched teeth, and before Taylor could scream, Alex's door slammed shut all by itself.

"Oh no," Alex began mumbling to herself and pacing the length of the room.

"Alex," I started soothingly, "It's alright. You know how Taylor can get sometimes. She doesn't think before she speaks."

"It's not that," Alex heaved, "Underage witches and wizards aren't allowed to do magic outside of school." Within seconds realization hit me. Alex had just performed magic. "I should be getting a letter from the Ministry of Magic any second now," She whispered just as a snowy owl appeared at the window carrying an envelope except, unlike the Hogwarts letters, this one was red.

Unmoved by the past few minutes, Alex opened the window, letting the beautiful bird soar inside.

Taking the letter from its beak, Alex slowly sucked in a breath and turned to Tay and me. "Whatever you do," she whispered to us with a glazed look in her eyes, "Don't freak out on me."

A rustling of papers could be heard before a folded piece of paper rose midway into the air and began speaking.

"Dear Ms. Lutgen," a high pitched woman's voice came from an opening in the letter.

"Here at the Ministry of Magic, we have record of you performing magic at your home on July 16, 1971 at 3:12 p.m. As you know, it is against the law for underage witches and wizards to perform any type of magic outside of school. However, because of your practically perfect record at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we (the Ministry of Magic) are hereby letting you off with a strict warning, with best wishes, Mafalda Hopkirk, Improper Use of Magic Office, Ministry of Magic."

Alex let loose a relieved sigh as the discarded letter fluttered to the floor. "H-How did you know that letter was going to talk to you," Taylor stuttered.

"Because my dear sister," Alex smirked, "I'm also a Seer, as I was trying to tell you before."

"You can see the future," I asked interestedly.

"Kind of," Alex explained, "It's a little more complicated than just seeing the future whenever you feel like it, though. Sometimes it's a vision that comes to you in a dream, but most times you're either reading tea leaves or looking into a crystal ball. You see, I used to have these absolutely terrifying dreams of flashing jets of green lights, and screaming, and tons of bodies, but I could never figure out where I was, or who I was even in the dream. It was horrible.

"But then, I came to Hogwarts, where I met Professor Dumbledore, who is the headmaster. He told me that he knew of the horrifying reoccurring dreams, and he knew a way to help. He took me to the Divination teacher, Professor Sinistra.

"When I met her, she acted sort of strange. She put me in front of a crystal ball and asked me what I saw. At first it was only fog, but after a few moments, it became something. Eventually, it became the dream," Alex continued with the glazed look over both of her eyes.

"When I told the professor what I saw, a burning feeling rose in my stomach. It felt good, but bad at the same time. Soon, it got to where I couldn't speak at all. When I turned to Professor Sinistra, she was concentrating hard on Dumbledore's pale blue eyes with a horrified look was plastered all over her face.

"It was then that she confirmed to Dumbledore that I was predicting an un-official prophecy, and it was also then that I became Hogwarts' first ever true Seer."

As Alex's lifeless eyes came back to the real world, I walked up to her and hugged her tightly. "That's extraordinary," I said to her.

"Go on," Alex sighed, "say it's weird, say it's dorky… I already know it is."

"But it's not," I shook my head, "It's cool!"

Alex looked up at me with disbelief in her eyes. "Really," she asked.

"Absolutely," I confirmed as she hugged me back, "Don't you think it's cool, Tay?"

Taylor half heartedly smiled and nodded. "Can you predict something for us," she asked.

"Taylor," I gasped, not knowing if that would offend Alex or not.

"Actually," Alex said, "maybe I can." Closing her eyes and rubbing her temples, Alex mumbled something that sounded like a bunch of gibberish.

"I see," she started, "that Taylor will die a most painful death at the hands of Alex Lutgen," As Alex opened her eyes, it was plain as day that she was kidding although Taylor couldn't see it. "Just joking," Alex finished, sitting down in her desk chair.

"Actually," Alex stated truthfully, "my predictions come and go. I can't choose what I see, I just see it.

"Most of them come in the form of a dream, which is why I have that dream catcher above my bed and my bed at Hogwarts, but sometimes minor predictions come in the middle of whatever I'm doing. I'll just stop for a couple of seconds and I will get this weird look on my face. Luckily my Hogwarts friends haven't figured it out yet, or I'd be dead."

"Wait," I remembered something from earlier, "is that how…"

"I knew you were coming up the driveway," Alex smirked, "I knew you'd ask that, and yes it was. Like I said, the predictions come and go."

"Wow," I whispered excitedly.

"You cannot tell anyone," Alex warned, "if someone finds out at Hogwarts, within twenty-four hours the whole school will know, and then people will be coming to me asking to know their future."

"And the problem with that is," Taylor asked.

"Taylor," I sighed, "if everybody knows what will happen in their future, they have the power to change it, which means their future could be possibly even worse than planned."

"She's correct," Alex raised her eyebrows at my explanation, obviously impressed, "Oh, and by the way Lily, aren't you supposed to be home for dinner."

"How did you…" I started, but Alex's expression changed my train of thought, "You're good Lutgen, really good indeed."

"You might want to get a move on now, though, because someone's waiting for you in Spinner's End Park."

My mind clicked with what she was saying instantly. "Thanks Alex," I hugged the girl once again before turning to Taylor and repeating the action. "Don't hurt you sister, she has enough on her," I whispered in her ear, "I'll see you later okay?"

Taylor nodded and let me go, allowing me access the door. "Bye guys," I said cheerfully before bounding down the staircase.

As I came to the bottom, I heard Taylor call behind me, "I'll let you know when we plan on going to Diagon Alley, okay?"

"Alright," I cut off the conversation by shutting the front door to the Lutgen household.

I lightly skipped down the street taking in the fresh air before turning the corner to the park. I knew who would be waiting for me, so I don't know why it came as a surprise. It just did.

Sitting on the same swing set, that had been there six years ago, sat a depressed looking Severus Snape. "Hey Sev," I said as I plopped down next to the young boy.

"Hello Lovely Lily," Sev smiled falsely.

Seeing right through his façade, I asked, "What's wrong?"

Sev's fake smile dissolved as quickly as it had appeared at my question. "I don't know what you mean," he mumbled.

"You know good and well what I mean, Sev," I shot back, knowing how Sev's mind worked.

Sighing, Sev closed his eyes. "Mum and Dad are fighting again. It's more violent this time, though. Lots more things are being thrown. My dad even turned over the coffee table one night.

"I thought it was really going to be alright for a while there; I actually believed they'd stopped for good." A stray tear sparkled in the already setting sun. Sev wiped it away before he though I could see it, but unfortunately he was too late.

Swinging my swing just a bit closer, I wrapped my arms around my friend's shoulders. "It'll be ok, Sev," I whispered to him, "I promise." Surprisingly, I suddenly felt his free arm grip around my waist and pull me closer.

We sat there in comfortable silence for what felt like seconds, but ended up being fifteen minutes. "I need to get home, Sev," I said unwrapping myself from his hold, "You should too."

"I can't," Sev replied quickly.

"You can't stay out here forever, though," I protested, "Just go home and stay in your room. I'm sure your mum will notice if you're not there."

"She won't," Sev interjected.

"Sev," I whined, "Please work with me here. If you don't go home, then all I will do all night is worry about you."

The corners of his mouth silently lifted at my last sentence, but I chose not to notice. "Fine," he sighed, "I'll go home… for you."

"Thanks Sev," I replied relieved.

Together, Sev and I walked back to the entrance to the park where we decided to go our separate ways.

As we reached the sidewalk, I turned to Sev and flung my arms around his neck. "Take care of yourself, Sev," I whispered.

Resting his hands on my waist, he mumbled into my hair, "Don't I always?"

"I'm being serious," I replied warily. Sev broke the hug and looked deep into my eyes.

"I will, Lily," he half-smiled.

After hugging him once again, I turned away from him and began walking all the way to my house where dinner was already sitting on the table.

A/N: Ok, so I know it's not my best chapter, but at least there's only three days of school left, and I will hopefully be able to get chapters up more frequently. I also dedicate this chapter to my principal, Mr. Lusk, for without him I'd have never gotten that free period I wanted, so I could work on this story! Yay for Mr. Lusk! Also, I know I made Sev and Lily a little…dare I say it…spicy, but work with me people. They're just REALLY good friends. Just in case you want a little background information, Sev does have a crush on Lily and she sort of knows it, but she doesn't know how big of one it is. Thanks for reading! I'm open to all reviews! ~TS