The strawberry-blonde was wrapped around her comforter when she woke up. It was keeping her warm and making her not want to get to classes that day. Despite herself, she opened an eye gingerly and looked around her. No four-poster bed, no heavy red curtains. That wasn't her room in the Gryffindor dorms. Soft snoring was coming from besides her but it was too close to be of her roommates. She quickly opened her other eye peaking through her long eyelashes, the room was comfortable looking and at the foot of the bed was a fireplace warming her further than the comforter, speaking of which, was moving around her... Moving?
Lily looked to her left and her nose touched another boy's. His hair was a platinum blond and his features calm but, at the sudden contact with the girls' nose, his grey eyes opened abruptly, looking right into her hazel ones. The events of the previous night came back to her and she couldn't fight back the smile from creeping into her face, Scorpius' face mirrowed her own as he sat up on the king sized bed. He looked down at Lily, who was still laying on the bed, and let out a snigger, Felix had his arms still wrapped around her frame and his face on her shoulder, drool coming out of his mouth and wetting her school uniform shirt. Motioning for her to keep quiet, Scorpius casted the accio spell and a few seconds later, the new wizard's camera, Wandera3000, came from his rucksack. Turning on the 'no sound no flash' function, he took a picture and immediately let out the laugh her was holding back.
"No, mum! No more afternoon tea with the ladies, please!" Felix screamed, falling from the bed. Scorpius laughed harder and Lily joined him, leaving a confused and not completely awake Felix on the ground. They continued this for a while before Felix finally got up and let out a soft laugh of his own.
"Mornin', Snakes." said Lily, still chuckling a little. She sat on the comfortable bed and brought the real comforter at the end of the bed towards her.
"Morning, Princesse. Nice hair." Scorpius said, sitting back on the bed and winking at her. Lily rolled her eyes while Felix sniggered. It was a common fact on the Potter Household that their hair would always be a mess in the mornings.
"Morning, little ninja." Felix replied and the three of them sat at the end of the bed for a while, thinking about the previous night. It was exciting how their friendship was turning out to be. They felt this strange sense of comfort next to each other, which neither of them could explain. Maybe, after having accomplished so much together, they felt familiar already, as if they had known each other since the beginning of their lifes and not only three days. Her thoughts were drifting but, suddenly, something snapped to Lily.
"Huh... guys? Shouldn't we be in class?" as if struck by a train, the Slytherins's eyes widened and their mouth opened. Lily quickly thought of a clock and, soon enough, one appeared on top of the fireplace. Eight o'clock. They had thirty minutes.
"Shit." said Felix getting up. The two others followed him suit and they started to collect the papers and the books that were scattered around the table but as the trio was leaving, Lily looked at the boys and noticed their clothes.
"We need to change! But there's no time to go back to our common room... Oh, of course!" as if a light bub had appeared on top of her head, she closed her eyes firmly and thought of a place that they could take a shower and change and, without opening her eyes, she thought of their rucksacks. She heard the boys gasping quietly behind her and opened her eyes. The bed had been replaced by a sofa and the table had disappeared, instead, there were three doors leading toward a small bathroom each. She headed to the one on the far left that had the girl's uniform on top of the sink. Closing the door, she heard the other boys do the same and stepped into the shower, the cold water shocking her for a moment but she quickly got used to it. When she was properly dressed and with her hair combed, she got out of the small bathroom and headed to the sofa, where their rucksacks were placed. Scorpius and Felix had just finished fiddling with their ties and were going for their rucksacks. She quickly joined them and, together, they got out of the Room of Requirement.
"What do you have now?" Lily asked them while heading for the stairs. They followed her and together they went through the various moving staircases of Hogwarts.
"Uhh, Charms, right, Scor?" said Felix scratching the back of his head and looking at the blond besides him.
"Yep, third floor." Scorpius replied, jumping the last few steps before the staircase began moving to the next platform. But instead of going to the lower level through the next staircase, Lily led them to a deserted corridor. "Let me guess. Another shortcut." the blond said rolling his eyes, but followed the girl with Felix in town all the same.
"But of course!" Lily replied grinning a little. "You guys really need to know your way around better." she continued rolling her eyes. They came to a stop at the end of the corridor and she pushed a tapestry aside, going into the dark, damp tunnel. It was steep but nothing too impossible to go through. "Mind your step in here. The Marauders used to call this The Fifth Floor Slide and, trust me, you don't want to fall here." they three of them lighted their wands and continued down the path, careful not to slip. After a while Felix interrupted the silence.
"I think you should lend us the map. This way we'll know the secret passageways too!" he exclaimed happily. They came to a halt at what the boys thought to be the end of the tunnel when Lily turned to them with a serious look on her face.
"You need to take care. From the moment I give it to you, it will become your top priority to keep it safe, ok? Even if Filch catches you in the middle of the night in a secret passageway. Protect the map, whatever it takes." the serious façade quickly melted and she fetched the map on her rucksack. "Secret password is, I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good. Don't forget to say "Mischief managed" whenever you are not using it, cus' it will go back to looking like a simple piece of parchment, kay?" both of the boys nodded excitedly as she handed the blank piece of parchment to Scorpius, who put it safely in his rucksack. She beamed at them and turned around to continue down to the Charms classroom, the trio could see it at the end of the hallway but a loud grumbling sound interrupted the comfortable silence between them. Lily and Scorpius looked at Felix who shrugged his shoulders in a non apologetic way.
"No breakfast." he bluntly said, making the two others laugh at him. They finally came to the classroom but, thankfully, Professor Flitwick wasn't there yet.
"Now you boys behave." Lily said, faking a patronizing voice before breaking out laughing. "Just kidding. Use whatever time you have to get to know Hogwart's secrets better." she winked at their direction and kissed their cheeks before heading to the first floor to attend to her Transfiguration class. While she was going away, she caught Rose's unbelieving look and had to contain herself from laughing at her spluttering. Sometimes Rose could be overprotective and a control-freak but Lily certainly didn't hate her for it.
The morning passed so fast for Lily that she had to double take when the bell rang and the students started to make their way to the Great Hall to have lunch. Telling Hugo that she would catch up with him later, she turned to Professor Zabini and smiled a little.
"So, the last class of the year, uh?" she said while putting her things away. Blaise turned to her and leaned on his desk, smirking at her.
"Yes, indeed. Gonna miss me?" he replied teasingly. When she was done with her things, she slung her rucksack over one shoulder and smirked right back at him.
"Ha, you wish." she said but winked all the same at her favourite teacher. "Maybe we can have some extra summer classes again this year? I know I'm gonna miss Potions..." the strawberry-blonde trailed off hopping he would accept the offer like last year.
"I'm sorry, Lily." he said sincerely "I can't this summer, but... I'm not supposed to be telling you this, but you're up for a surprise this summer, which I'm fairly sure will keep you occupied." he concluded with a mysterious air but before Lily could ask about it he dismissed her "Go on, don't want you missing lunch." he waved happily at her and turned around to continue working on his desk with a smirk on his handsome face. With a pout, Lily turned towards the door and made her way to the Great Hall, many students were in the halls so she couldn't risk going through a passageway and having them find out about it, instead, she took the stairs like normal people do. When she got there, her eyes scanned the Slytherin table and she smirked when she saw a tall platinum blond wink at her. Deciding she should sit with Dom, she headed to where she and Gabrielle, Dom's roommate, sat.
"Hello, there." Lily said, sitting down across from them and besides Jane Thomas, her roommate who usually couldn't keep her mouth shut. She started piling food on her plate when Dom replied.
"Hey, hottie." she winked at Lily and smirked when she heard her younger cousin gasp. Lily looked for the first time in her cousin's direction and noticed that her, usually blond, hair had purple streaks and her bangs were shorter. It was perfectly framing her face in a kind of rebellious way that was just... Dominique-like.
"Merlin, you look amazing!" Lily exclaimed causing quite a few heads to turn to them. "Did you use that dyeing spell you told me about?" but before Dominique could answer, Jane asked suspiciously.
"How do you not know? She said she did it last night and you said you were going to sleep with her." this perked Dominique's interest and Lily could see the almost too excited gleam in her eyes.
"Yeah, do tell us, Lily. What were you doing last night?" she asked, leaning into the table with her elbows, her food long forgotten on the plate. Gabrielle, who had been reading the latest edition of Witch's Weekly, turned her face to Lily in curiosity.
"Probably with the Slytherin Prince and his Right Hand Man." said Gabrielle with an unusual smirk on her perfect features. Dominique beamed at Lily and the strawberry-blonde in question could hear Jane gasping besides her. "You did escort them to class this morning and I didn't see you at breakfast. Besides I saw you kissing them both before heading to class." Lily had to say she was impressed with her friend's perceptiveness. But, right now, all she wanted to do was crawl in a hole and die. Trying hard to recompose herself, she managed to find her voice again and answer in a steady voice.
"I did nothing of that sort. And I didn't kiss them, I just pecked them on the cheek, ok? My innocence is, as far as I know, still intact, thank you very much." she replied, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. Dominique smirked at the strawberry-blonde.
"So you slept with them." Dom said bluntly causing Lily to choke on air and Jane to widen her eyes comically. Gabrielle laughed a little and returned to her magazine.
"Yes! I mean, no... okay yes, but nothing happened!" Lily lost her composure and turned to Gabrielle for help but the girl ignored her, pretending to be reading. Lily sighed defeated, seeing that she had lost the battle from the moment Dominique got interested in the subject. "We slept in the same bed, that's all."
Wrong thing to say.
Dominique was practically bouncing with happiness on her seat and Lily could almost feel Jane's gossip instinct emanating from her. Lily's roommate spluttered a little before she recomposed herself.
"H-how did you manage to sleep with an Untouchable! Nay, two Untouchables!" quite a few people were looking at them now, Lily could almost feel them taking mental notes to spread the rumors later on. She opened her mouth to say something but Dominique beat her to it.
"Who knows? Maybe she's turning into an Untouchable too" she said coyly. Jane's mouth was resembling that of a fish, open wide. Lily could already hear the hushed whispers saying: Lily Potter is an Untouchable! Did you hear? The Potter girl slept with Malfoy and Nott!
The Weasley temper was rising inside of the strawberry-blonde and, before she knew it, she was exploding.
"Alright! That's it!" she exclaimed loudly, banging her fists agains the table and getting up from the bench. "I didn't sleep with anyone! I'm a virgin! V-I-R-G-I-N!" by now, the whole hall had stopped their conversation and were paying attention to her, even the professors. Noticing this, Lily shook her head and slapped herself on the forehead before bolting out of the Great Hall. She heard a familiar snigger coming from the Slytherin table before the great oak doors closed behind her.
After wandering around the school grounds for a while and mopping in a secret passageway on the seventh floor (not that she would ever admit to anyone that she was sitting on a dark, damp tunnel, pouting at the ground.), Lily made her way to the Music Classroom on the fifth floor. Since she was born, Lily had always loved music. Usually, the only way to make her sleep at night when she was younger was to sing her to sleep and, as she grew up, she learned quite a few things. After much persuasion from Lily's side, she managed to convince her parents to get her a Muggle teacher who would go to her house every Saturday and teach her music theory, piano and how to sing. After she had pretty much mastered those, she started taking guitar lessons. From having such contact with Muggle music, she became quite familiar with their artists and, she had to admit, singing and playing their songs was great. Although her love for music was strong, she never found that interesting to take music classes at Hogwarts because, somehow, she didn't think it was really good. At Beauxbatons, they would always have dancing practices and the music teachers there were just brilliant, but at Hogwarts, well, the students weren't usually that interested in arts of any kind, so why bother to hire a good teacher? Despite that, Lily always took some time to go to the music classroom and play or sing some songs and she also danced in there, since there weren't many people who frequently went to that classroom.
When she got to said classroom, she was relieved to see that she was alone and immediately went to the far corner on the right and got an acoustic guitar before sitting on a stool right in the middle of the room. The familiar chords came from the guitar as her fingers moved effortlessly on the strings and the sound of it filled the room. She began to sing with such simplicity that one would think the song was hers, but this was a cover from a Muggle band she had fallen in love with since the first time she heard them.
"You can't trust a cold blooded man. Girl don't believe in his lies. You can't trust a cold blooded man, he'll love you and leave you alive. There's one thing you must understand, you can't trust a cold blooded man." the rock music was smoothly calming her down and she loved it but, suddenly, she remembered the music was a duet that she usually played with her teacher but now, she had no one to play with. She stopped playing and was almost going to sing something else when she heard him.
"You can't trust a cold blooded woman. Boy don't you lie in her bed. You can't trust a cold blooded woman, she'll love you and leave you for dead. There's one thing you must understand, you can't trust a cold blooded woman." she turned to the door in time to see the platinum blond walk in and take a seat at the piano bench, singing the correct lyrics in a perfectly smooth and sexy voice. She must have resembled a fish (much like Jane), because her mouth hung freely open. He smirked at her and cocked an eyebrow up. "What? Don't know the rest of the song? I can play it if you want."
"No it's just..." she managed to say but got lost in thought again. Recomposing herself, she continued. "I didn't think you would know this song. I didn't even know you sing!" his face softened and he let out a deep chuckle that made her suppress a shudder.
"I actually am a big fan of The Pretty Reckless. Yeah, gonna sound lame, but the reason I learned to play was because of them... And my grandmother, of course." he looked at her face and couldn't help but notice how she seamed to fit perfectly with the guitar, the sound of her perfect voice still rang in his ears, but seeing her confused expression, he added. "She plays the piano. My grandmother and my mother became quite famous back in France actually, I was born there because they used to travel between French cities a lot, so they decided to just stay in a more modern one than the village I was born..." he trailed off in a cute way and looked at the ground.
"I can't believe it." Lily said quite bewildered. She placed the guitar on the ground next to the stool and leaned a bit forward. "Do you play something else?"
"Yes. I play the piano, the violin, a little bit of cello and the guitar, both acoustic and electric. And well... I also sing." he replied looking almost embarrassed. Looking into her big hazel eyes again he asked. "And you?"
"Wow... I mean, I play the piano too and the guitar and, yeah... I sing." he got up and picked the guitar from the ground, playing a few meaningless chords before twirling it around.
"Hey! I have a great idea!" he exclaimed suddenly, making Lily jump slightly in her seat.
"Oh, no." she said teasingly, to which he rolled his eyes.
"I mean it! Felix plays the drums, I play the guitar and you sing! It's perfect!" he began pacing the room. Not leaving Lily any space to answer, he continued. "We could have gigs in Hogsmead trips and also on Holidays, oh and we could also make some great parties! Merlin, I'm such a genius!"
"Alright, alright, genius! I didn't even agree to this!" the strawberry-blonde exclaimed getting up. "Besides, why do I have to sing? You can sing too!" the platinum-blond put the guitar aside and clasped his hands together, looking at her with what you could only describe as a puppy-look.
"Please, please, pretty please!" almost too surprised to say no, Lily looked away from his face shaking her head and muttering to herself what suspiciously sounded like 'stupid perverted aliens, making me do things I'll regret later...'
"Fine, fine! Just cut the crap..." he let out a happy sound that sounded way too girlie for the Scorpius Malfoy and grabbed her, jumping up and down. Rolling her eyes she decided to end the jumping around, but couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm. "Let's go find Felix and discuss things. We still have a lot to do about the whole Animagi thing, anyway."
After putting away the guitar, they made their separate ways to the Gryffindor Tower and to the Slytherin Common Room, Lily to grab the notes and books from the previous night and Scorpius to get Felix and the map. They decided to meet on the seventh floor corridor at eight o'clock, after dinner, so Lily had plenty of time to pack her things. Another year had gone by already, giving her a kind of scared feeling but at the same time it was thrilling. To have new friends and to have something she belonged to. Her roommates were all sitting on Jane's bed, that was in front of hers, and asking endless questions about the newest rumors about her becoming an Untouchable. She rolled her eyes at them and decided to tune them of and focus on her trunk instead. After it was all done, she headed to the common room and met Dominique, who was painting her nails black at one of the sofas by the fire.
"Bonsoir, cousin." (Good evening, cousin) Lily greeted her older cousin before flopping down on the chair opposite of her. "Had a good day?"
"Evening. Yep, that Oliver boy is a really good snogg." she replied without taking her eyes of her nails. When she was done, she turned to Lily. "So, are you hungry? Don't answer, of course you are." she said rolling her eyes and motioning for the strawberry-blonde to follow her. They made their way through the staircases taking about the Untouchables before they finally got to the Great Hall. There weren't many people there, so they sat with Rose and Albus, the only fifth years around them.
"Hey guys." Lily said, sitting next to Albus and giving him a half hug. The two of them answered before they resumed their eating in silence. Albus stopped eating and without even turning to Lily he said.
"Good to know my sister is a virgin, by the way." Lily chocked on her pumpkin juice before turning to him. Seeing his half smile, she could see he was only teasing her, but all the same she hit herself on the forehead for the second time that day.
"Really, I don't know what is it with people getting so interested in my personal life all of a sudden." she replied rolling her eyes before she resumed eating.
"I guess I was right, Lily. You are becoming an Untouchable. People are going to notice and comment on your personal life." Dominique replied nonchalantly. Rose's eyes widened and she looked between the two girls before saying.
"The rumors are true then?" Dominique rolled her eyes deciding not to answer her cousin. Let's just say the two of them weren't the best of friends. Rose was always the one to stick by the rules and do whatever she was told and, sometimes, she could be a little too close to the adults in the family, meaning that she felt comfortable telling them things... things they weren't supposed to know. Like that one time that Dominique started dating a guy from seventh year and didn't tell anyone aside from Lily but, of course, you can't keep a secret at Hogwarts as she couldn't keep Rose from telling everyone in the family about it. The next day she received tons of letters from her relatives telling her she was too young and all that crap about age and from then on, she didn't tell Rose anything. Anything at all.
Lily sighed tiredly while eating her dinner before answering "I guess so." Rose shook her head disapprovingly and pointed her fork at the soon-to-be fourth year.
"Lily, you need to be careful around those people." Dominique interrupted her with a snigger, which Rose choose to ignore. "I mean it. They are older and I think they are bad influences." she looked at Albus for support, but he just shrugged nonchalantly, deciding against meddling in with Lily's business.
"So what, Rose? Gonna tell our whole family about it?" Dominique said with a smirk making Rose huff indignantly.
"Look, Dominique, I worry about her. She's young and they are too old, you know what they do in those kind of parties." Rose choose to ignore the challenging tone in Dominique's voice and opted for the worried stance instead. "Besides, if there is nothing wrong, then you shouldn't mind me telling her parents." Seeing the snort almost coming from Dom, Lily decided to intervene before things got ugly between them. To be honest with herself, she was getting tired of them talking about her like she wasn't there.
"Rose, don't worry about me. Scorpius and Felix are just a year older then me and they treat me well. And about the whole Untouchable thing, you know that I'm smart and I wouldn't do anything too... wild, I guess." Lily extended her hand across the table and got hold of her bushy-haired cousin's hand, squeezing it for a moment before smiling reassuringly. She could see Rose's resolve faltering after she pondered it for a moment and, before the older cousin could say anything else, Lily continued. "I don't think there is anything wrong with you wanting to tell my parents, but I really don't see the point in doing so. They will just worry without a reason." Lily finished with an innocent smile that Rose found herself being unable to return with one of her own.
Dominique tried to cover her laughter with a cough, but ended up choking on her breath. She was one of the only people in the world that knew that Lily wasn't the innocent little girl she appeared to be. Her younger cousin was always one to talk people into doing what she wanted and had everyone else wrapped around her little finger. This past year, Lily had snogged more boys than Dominique could count and not one of their cousins had found out about it. Apparently, Lily made the boys keep their mouth shut, threatening them with the wrath of Harry Potter and the whole Weasley clan (the perks of being one of the youngest cousins and Harry Potter's daughter, of course). And she wasn't a saint either, seeing as she was as much of a troublemaker as Fred and James the only difference being that she covered her tracks. Keeping her spot as the best student in her year -without even making an effort, may I add- and keeping her innocent smile always on the ready, it was easy for almost everyone to assume that Lily was the perfect little girl. But little did they know that the following year, Lily would become the wildest girl in Hogwarts. After all, the Potter Princess had to live up to the Untouchable title.
The rest of the dinner went by without further incidents, Fred and James joined them later on but they were out of breath as if they had run a marathon. A few minutes after they entrance, Filch opened the great doors screaming about stupid boys and their dung bombs and how the older methods of discipline were much more efficient. Laughing with Dominique as Rose send the boys a disapproving look, Lily excused herself and made her way to the Gryffindor Tower to get what she needed for that night.
"Evening, Princesse." came the velvety voice behind Lily when she stepped into the seventh floor corridor. Turning around, she saw Scorpius with his trademark smirk and Felix. They had light messenger bags, much like Lily's and were still wearing their school uniform, their hair were the usual untidy hot mess fit for two Untouchables.
"Evening, Snakes." Lily gave them both kisses on their cheeks (a habit she picked in France) and began pacing the corridor until the door appeared leading towards the same room they were the night before. They sat by the table and Lily could see them both trying to hide their excitement. "Ok, spill. What happened?" Scorpius opened his mouth to reply but Felix beat him to it.
"You see, we were on Professor McGonagall's class this afternoon and we couldn't help but think that it was getting too boring..." Felix trailed of and let Scorpius finish.
"So we decided to study the notes we found. Only Minnie didn't like the idea and went to see what we were reading..." this time Scorpius trailed of and let Felix continue.
"But instead of giving us a lecture, she just nodded and continued on her way!" Felix exclaimed, moving his arms around. "Now this can only mean two things" he held his index finger up. " 1: she knows what we are doing and approves." Scorpius held two fingers up and complemented.
"Or 2: the notes are magically enchanted so that no one will know what it is written apart from us! Which is, obviously the most probable thing." Lily smiled at them both, finding it extremely cute that they knew exactly what the other was going to say. It was strange, but she found herself wishing to be with them long enough so that she was able to complete their sentences and vice versa.
"That's brilliant!" she exclaimed truly happy. This way they didn't have to worry about a teacher finding out about them. Suddenly, Scorpius remembered what happened at the Music Classroom with Lily earlier that day. Apart from being thrilled to discover that his new friend was amazingly good with instruments and singing, he felt oddly drawn to her. The way her voice seemed like melted chocolate, the way she seemed to be in another world when she singed was extremely mesmerizing. Shaking the thoughts of her away, he quickly spoke as if to smother the feeling he was having.
"So, about that idea I had!" he nodded to Felix and Lily before letting an arrogant smirk creep into his face. "You can call me genius from now on." Felix sniggered at his best friend's antics and Lily rolled her eyes at the older boy.
"Nah, I prefer Perverted Alien." she said jokingly.
"Enough flirting, you too." chided Felix jokingly before fishing a piece of parchment from his bag and a quill. "Let's write down about this band, then. What kind of music will we play?"
"I think rock-ish?" Lily said tentatively. It had always been her favourite type of music but she wasn't sure about the other boys.
"Can be. We can do a mix of everything we like too. And if you agree, I could write somethings..." Scorpius replied. He had always liked composing.
"Awesome! It's settled then." Felix exclaimed happily. He seemed to be pondering something for a while before he finally spoke. "What is going to be the name of the band?" Lily pretended to caress an imaginary beard, Scorpius mirroring her gesture with the slight stubble he didn't have time to shave that morning. Lily's eyes wandered to his face and she caught herself thinking that the look really suited him, even though she would never admit it out loud. She didn't know what made her feel like that around him, but it seemed like some magnetic force pulled her to the platinum blond almost as if she needed his touch, even if just for a minute. Snapping out of her trance, she decided to think about the situation at hand. What would they name it?
"The Sexy Awesome Beasts!" exclaimed Felix making the other two laugh. "What? No? Okay, then.. The Untouchable Trio." Scorpius made a face before nodding.
"It fits." Lily shrugged and Felix smiled. It really fitted but before they could agree, Felix exclaimed.
"The Unforgivables! It can be related to the Untouchable but it could also be the Unforgivable Curses!" Lily thought it was a little bit dramatic but that it fitted them perfectly. Looking at Scorpius she could see that he was thinking the same thing.
That decided, they started to go through the Marauder's Notes. Surprisingly, it wasn't just notes detailing the transformation, there was a letter attached to it. It was addressed to the Potter Manor from Remus Lupin. Lily smiled sadly at it before looking at the other two boys. This was a letter between friends who experienced the same longing to become Animagi as they were experiencing right now, friends who lived an adventurous life full of magic and wonders and... died. A tragic death. The want to live an adventurous life like their parents and grandparents lived filled their bodies but neither found the courage to say it out loud. Yes, their ancestor's had some pretty good action on their lives but all the same, they lost too much for the war. Shuddering, Lily began reading the letter to them.
"Dear James, Sirius and Peter, you are really the stupidest blokes I've ever met. Thinking you could hide something from me was a wrong move, really, it was obvious to anyone that you were planing on meeting today at Jame's house." The trio smiled at each other before Lily continued. "Although I'm against you becoming Animagi, I can't let you do this by yourselves. So, I researched this book on the restricted section of the Library back at Hogwarts. It's called The Secrets of Transfiguration by Gweneth Miranda and it explains how to become an Animagus." Scorpius interrupted Lily by fishing out the same book from his rucksack and putting it on the table. Indeed, it was the same one The Marauders and McGonagall had read. Lily kept going. "I know you probably don't want to go through this "gigantic" book, so I'll just make it easier and tell you by this letter what is written it." It was true, the book was gigantic, probably overcoming Hogwarts: A History in size.
"Lupin does know how to please a bloke." Felix said in a kind of relieved voice.
Silence.
"Oh good Merlin! That is not what I meant!" he tried take it back but the others wouldn't let him. Lily and Scorpius were already laughing their lungs out. Felix's face resembled a tomato but soon enough he was laughing with them. After a while, Lily pulled herself together, wiping the tears from her eyes she went on.
"It explains a lot about magic that you probably didn't know. I'm trying to make this as short as possible but, believe me, it's difficult. What controls our magic? What makes a simple spell and a swish of our wand turn a cat into a hedgehog? Our minds does. We think about something and performing the spell (or not) our magic makes it real. But let me start from the beginning. When we are eight years old or something like that, our magic starts to manifest itself, but how do you explain people who appear in other places or people thrown back without the use of a wand? Well, the truth is, we don't need it to actually perform magic. All we need is our thoughts. The person really needed to get to that place and those people were really annoying said person to the point that the magic - as uncontrollable as it was - pushed them back. At this time our magic is at its developing state, it's still kind of raw, so it is easier to use it without a wand but the outcomes are not predictable. As we grow up and then when we go to Hogwarts we get a wand, witch contains magical properties that can channel our magic and makes it easier for us to perform spells."Lily stopped and looked at the others.
"Wow, I've never thought about magic like that..." Felix trailed of and she took it as her cue to keep reading.
"At the first years of Hogwarts we learn how important it is to move your wand in a certain way and how the pronunciation affects the spell because our magic is still too flexible, too untamed so we use these mechanisms to make it easier, but as we grow up and we practice (a lot) we learn more complex spells that you don't even have to say the incantation out loud! And that is because our magic is getting more... shaped, for a lack of a better word. We are learning how to control it better so we don't need those mechanisms anymore. I personally think this is a fault at the Magical Education, because we should be able to learn how to control our magic without the use of a wand, but you probably don't want to hear me babbling about it in a letter..." at this Lily stopped reading the letter and set it down on the table, her expression was conflicted but after looking at the expecting face of her friends she decided to say what was on her mind.
"What's the matter, Lils?" asked Scorpius. He was watching her intently while she read the letter and became quickly worried with the small frown that had took place on her face.
"I'm not supposed to be saying this but... When I went to Beauxbatons, I was eight years old and well... The way they teach there is different from Hogwarts, really different. Of course there was no way Lupin would know, because we are sworn to secrecy when we go there, but we actually learn how to control our magic without the use of a wand, this way when we are at more difficult levels it is easier to learn a different spell..." the strawberry-blonde looked expectantly at the others. She had never told anyone about this, not even her parents the first time she got back from France. The look of shock on their faces were practically identical.
"Well that explains why you are so good at everything!" Felix exclaimed with a goofy smile on his face. After rolling her eyes at a chuckling Scorpius, LiLy continued reading.
"To become an Animagi you need to use the same type of magic that you accidentally used when you were just a kid but with more control over it, of course. The first step is knowing yourself, that means your body, your mind and your magic. For this you need to look deep into yourself, as if on some kind of meditation. Try to canalize your magic to you soul and when you feel like you are ready, move the focus to the form you are in. I know it sounds confusing but when you actually manage to do that, it will all be really simple. The first transformations can be really uncomfortable, if not painful but with practice it will become faster and more natural. I hope you don't do something stupid while I'm not there. Be careful. Sincerely, Remus." Lily finally finished the letter and looked around the room. How would they manage to do this alone? They wouldn't meet this break and there was only one copy of the notes. As if reading her thoughts, Scorpius pointed his wand to the old parchment and said the incantation out loud, instantly, two more copies were laying besides the original one.
"So... Should we practice this tonight?" he asked with an unsure expression. Looking towards the clock on top of the fireplace, Felix answered.
"Nah, we can do this when we get home tomorrow. Wouldn't want our parents to think something happened between us three if we got to the station looking like we spent the night up." he winked at them causing Lily to roll her eyes and Scorpius to bark a laugh.
"Alright, alright you two Pervs. Let's go get some sleep." the strawberry-blonde said, getting up and putting away the things they used that day. She didn't know why, but the simple thought of doing something forbidden was extremely appealing. Sending a rush of adrenaline into her system every time it crossed her mind, and what was the most enticing thing about it, was that it was actually a secret between friends. Her friends.
Hey guys! Soooo sorry for the long wait, seriously. I intended to post this ages ago but the chapter kept getting bigger and then my test week started... BUT! Here it is! A nice, long chapter for you lovelies. If anybody saw any mistakes, please let me know. I do like constructive criticism! Also let me know what you think about this... If you want something to happen just say and I'll consider!
˜Tori