Hello, everyone! I apologise for the late update. I just didn't have the time with all the projects, MUNing and exams. I'd like to thank everyone who added this story to your Favourite/Follow list or commented. It really means a lot to me.

Prithathepretzel and ashmedai thanks for the motivation.

The news of Lily's heroics spread through Hogwarts like wildfire. She became especially popular among the lower years as this was the first time they had seen something like this. The upper years however remained indifferent. They had seen such things happen many times and knew very well that this would not end well for Lily, but that did not stop them from talking about it all day. This was Lily Potter, after all. During lunch at the Great Hall, Lily was the subject of most conversations. Had this been any other pupil, no one would have gossiped as much, but unfortunately for Lily, she was the daughter of the infamous Harry Potter.

The sun was shining high in the sky that afternoon. While all the students were gorging on their lunches, Lily had drifted into an uneasy sleep in her dorm. A strip of sunlight came in through the window and fell right across her face, seeping into her pale skin and making her uncomfortable. Her stomach grumbled loudly. Using every last bit of her energy, she sat up. She rubbed her eyes and squinted in an attempt to adjust her eyes to the bright room. Her body was covered in a thin layer of sweat that made her skin shimmer in the sunlight. Feeling hot and sticky, she threw her duvet off herself.

She still felt weary and uncomfortable. Her head hadn't gotten any better. It so heavy that it was like she was carrying a pile of rocks on her head. Her stomach growled once again in protest at the lack of food. She couldn't ignore it anymore. Although she felt hungry, the thought of food made her more nauseous than she already was and she most certainly didn't want to go to the Great Hall and have more people gawk at her as if she were a caged animal at the zoo and talk about her in hushed tones and point fingers at her when they thought she wasn't looking. It was bad enough when they stared at her every day for no reason but now they actually had a reason to do so. She sighed. Why are people so horrible?

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Despite sleeping for a while, she didn't feel less sleepy. When she opened her eyes again, the chocolate frog boxes shining under the sunlight caught her attention. They were longingly staring at her, just waiting to be eaten.

'A chocolate frog won't hurt. I am hungry, after all. Just one chocolate frog' she decided.

Three chocolate frogs later, she felt much better. She felt a surge of energy pass through her body. Her headache was now bearable. She looked at the clock. It read 12:30. She had no more classes because her Aunt Minerva had left for some meeting, so she decided to rest for some more time. She propped up her pillows and leaned against them, closing her eyes and trying not to think about any of that day's events. It was then that she began to hear swooshing sounds and muffled voices outside her curtain enclosed bed.

'Must be Meredith and Lisa fighting again.' she thought and ignored the faint sounds, glad that her noise cancelling charms blocked out the all yelling she was sure was taking place outside.

'What kind of people fight with friends? People should be glad that they have someone to hang out with all the time. It must be fun. Obviously better than being alone.'

It had been a month since school had begun and Lily still didn't have any friends. Many people approached her in the first few weeks saying they wanted to be friends. She had been so happy, but then she realised that they only wanted to be her friends to have all their queries about the great Harry Potter answered and to boast about being friends with his daughter.

"Lily, what is your dad like?"

"Does he really prefer the rotten egg flavoured Bertie Bott's to the soap flavoured one? I was so sure it was the other way 'round."

"I heard he imports all his ties from Norway and cufflinks from Sweden, but Kenny said it was Denmark and Luxembourg. I bet two licorice wands on Norway and Sweden, please tell me that's true"

The questions were endless and got more absurd day by day. She had gotten sick of it. So, she decided to keep to herself and had spent all her free time in the library and sometimes in Severus' personal quarters. He was her only true friend but she was no longer sure about that.

She was on the verge of falling asleep when the volume of the muffled sounds increased and her bed began rattling.

'Is this an earthquake?' she thought, sitting up hastily and gracefully waved her wand to unStick her curtains. Then the yelling began.

"- ST COME OUT NOW! IF YOU DON'T I'M GOING TO MAKE MANY, MANY DOG EARS IN YOUR BOOK," Lily heard her cousin Rose yell. At least it wasn't an earthquake. On second thought, she would have preferred the earthquake. She would choose it any day over Uncle Severus' wrath.

"What is it Rose?" Lily asked. All the yelling had made her headache worse.

"SHE'S HERE, JAMES. SHE'S OKAY." Rose yelled towards the door.

"Are you sure?"

"YES! I'M LOOKING AT HER, AREN'T I?"

"FINE, FINE! Don't get so angry."

"ROSE SAYS SHE'S OKAY, ALBUS," James yelled.

"What? I can't hear you!" yelled Albus, who was standing outside the common room.

"SHE'S IN HER DORM. SHE'S FINE!" James repeated.

"For God's sake, stop shouting," Lily groaned.

"STOP SHOUTING, JAMES!" Rose reiterated.

"I'M NOT SHOUTING," said James, hotly.

"What?" asked a confused Albus.

"STOP IT!" Lily yelled, unable to take it anymore.

"What do you want, Rose?" Lily asked again.

"What on earth are you doing here? We were looking for you everywhere. You didn't even turn up for lunch" Rose questioned, sharply. "I heard about what happened in Potions. Are you okay?" she added in a concerned tone.

"Look at me. I'm fine. It's not like I'm crying or anything. Pfft! It's just a stupid detention." She said, glad that her Glamour was concealing her tear stained face.

"It's not nothing, Lily. You know he doesn't like it if you late go to class."

"I know, I know. I overslept and it's not like I can do anything about it now. I'll just apologise and everything will be fine," she said. 'At least I hope it'll all be fine'

"Good. You'll be fine, don't worry too much."

"Mmhm," was all Lily had the energy to say.

"James and Albus look much more worried than you. Just tell them you're fine yourself or else they'll make me check on you every five minutes."

"Ugh! Fine," Lily replied, very annoyed.

After ten minutes of convincing her brothers and yelling at them for treating her like a baby, a very frustrated Lily returned to her dorm. She half-heartedly began her Transfiguration assignment but her head was all fuzzy and she couldn't concentrate.

Fatigued, the only thing she wanted to do was sleep. So, set two muggle alarm clocks and two magical ones to 5:30 and she decided she would get up on time, then go meet Professor Snape, repeatedly apologise until he forgave her. After all this, everything would be fine and she wouldn't have lost her friend.

Or so she hoped.

She crashed into her bed and was snoring within seconds.

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