Chapter 3: Home

"Blimey! Shut up she can hear you!"

"Mum, can she hear us? Why is she so pale?"

"Lil, Lily, open your eyes."

I could hear the voices, and I wanted to respond but I couldn't. I was floating, between consciousness and darkness, awake and asleep. All of these voices were foreign to me at first, but soon familiar voices began to stick out, but none the one I needed to hear.

I could hear Mr. and Mrs. Malfoy's voices over the haze, calling my name, Astoria in hysterics. The voices seemed to grow louder and louder until I had to shut them out. They came in groups, like waves crashing on the sand.

Then all at once it stopped and I heard the voice I had been trying to pick out.

"Lily, wake up. Don't you dare pretend you can't hear me! Come back to me! You hear me? LILY!"

My eyes flew open and I tried to focus on the shapes moving around me. There was a rush of arms and bodies around me but Scorpius's hands found me first and wrapped me into a hug.

"Thank God , Thank God." He murmured as he held me.

"Oi, Malfoy, back off my sister."

"Oh shut it Potter, get over yourself." Finally the shapes took form and various people came into view. The first thing I saw was Scorp's hair, white blond, just like his fathers.

"Lily darling? How are you feeling?" I craned my neck to see who was talking. A portly woman with wild red hair and a lined, kind face peered down at me. "I—I think so" I said, following with a loud smokey cough.

I felt Scorpious's squeeze my hand. I pushed myself up into a sitting position and looked around. I was surrounded by strangers. "Lily?" said a voice from behind me. I turned to look, a lovely woman with red hair like mine stepped closer.

Next to her was a tall, dark, messy haired man with glasses. They looked so familiar! "Your-you're the people from the news clipping! The Potters!" The redheaded woman started silently crying, "Yes, yes we are! Were your par-" The dark haied man's hand went over her mouth cutting her off, "Gin, I think she's had enough excitement for today."

"No." I said as strongly as I could. "I know who you are, you're my parents aren't you? The Potters?" Neither of them said anything and just looked at me, shocked.

I turned on Scorp, "How dare you not tell me! How dare you! I thought you were my friend!" I pushed up off the couch and Scorpious looked shocked, "Lily! I wanted to tell you! I swear! I wasn't allowed to!"

"Since when have you cared about what are and are not allowed to do! You gave me spell books, you taught me magic, you told me about the wizarding world! Why would telling me about my parents be any worse!"

He looked at me with a pained expression on his face, sadness clouding his eyes. "Lily, they would've killed you. The people who came tonight, they would have killed you!" He reached out for me and took my hand, "I couldn't live with myself if I let something happen to you." Small shivers went up my spine at his words but I shook them off and looked away from his eyes.

"Lily darling, please. We were only trying to protect you" Astoria said putting her pale hand on my shoulder. Scorp's eyes looked into mine, trying to get me to understand. I could see where he was coming from, but why would he hide my life from me? I thought he cared…

"Scorpious, Please-please leave me a alone for a little while so I can think."

Scorpious's mouth moved like he was going to protest, "Malfoy, I think my sister told you to get the bloody hell OUT!" Scorp shot him a scathing look and stomped out of the room. I looked at my 'father', "I'm going to go lay down for a little while, where do I sleep?"

"I'll show you" He said and I followed him out of the parlor and up a fight of dark wooden stairs. Halfway up the flight the world started to go misty and dark again and I felt Mr. Potter—er—my father stabilize me before I could fall and pick me up softly. After what felt like a year we reached what must've been the 4th or 5th floor and I heard him push a door open.

He laid me down softly on a soft surface and covered me with a blanket, "Feel better Lily, I never thought I'd see you again," then exited the room and I fell into another dark sleep.

This time I wasn't woken by voices, but by a beam of light. I cracked open my crusty feeling eyes and looked where it was coming from. Outside the sun was beginning to rise over the rows of houses across the drive. I blinked the sleep away and looked around, remembering where I was.

The first thing I registered about the room I was in was pink. Pink walls, pink carpet, pink bed spread, pink curtains, you name it, it was pink. The Potters clearly hadn't updated my room since they…what?

Gave me away? Sent me into hiding?

Both answers felt correct but I knew I needed to get down to the bottom of this. I stumbled my way over to the connecting washroom and splashed water on my face, I felt much better then I had the first time I woke up.

I checked my reflection in the mirror; I had cuts up and down my neck, cheek, and head and burned patches of skin all over my arms and lord knows where else. I looked like hell, and I needed a shower. Now.

I turned on the water until it was scalding hot and stepped in letting the warm water fall over my body. I could feel the smoke washing off me and the smell slowly disappeared from my hair after five or six washes with some really expensive looking shampoo.

After the smoke smell was gone I stepped out and wrapped myself in one of the large fluffy bath towels and went hunting for clothes. After 15 minutes of finding nothing but clothes made for a toddler I gave up and sat on the bed.

It was like they hadn't changed a thing since I…left them. As I looked around the room I could feel the memories stirring behind my eyes but I couldn't focus on any of them enough to fully remember. "Dammit!" I yelled throwing a pillow across the room, "Why can't I remember!"

Then a knock sounded at my door, "Lily? Are you ok in there?"

I recognized my bestfriends voice, but I was still mad at him so I didn't answer. I heard him sigh, "I know your not going to talk to me, and I'm sorry, but your mum—er—Ginny, told me to bring this to you, thought you might need them."

It sounded like he waited for a minute for me to speak. When I didn't say anything he let out another sigh and I could just picture him running his hand over his blond hair, "Ok then."

He said and I listen as his footsteps grew fainter until they were gone. I tightened the towel and poked my head out the door and snatched up the clothes before slamming it shut again. I looked at the material in my hands, it was a mid length dress that was clearly Ginny's and I let out a snort, I can't believe that Scorp actually thought I'd wear this…or that Ginny thought so.

Scorp should've spoken up. I chuckled and rolled out the dress on the bed and a pair of underwear and a bra fell out.

I picked them up and blushed, hopefully Scorp hadn't seen this. Wait, I didn't care…did I? I felt a blush creep over my cheeks as I slid them on and then the dress.

Then I tentivily opened the door and decended a few flights, still hearing no voices I went lower and lower until I reached a semi narrow hallway. Through an open black wooden door I saw the parlor room I had woken up in.

I looked through the door but no one was in there so I shut it with a light click. From below the ground seemed to shake suddenly and I looked at the door. I hadn't shut it THAT hard…and then I hear the yelling.

"Don't you DARE! Tell me whats best for her!" came voices from behind another black door.

I pulled it open and descended yet another (how many stairs did this hous HAVE?) flight of stairs and found myself in a kitchen. I did a double take when I saw the scene in front of me; around a large rectangular wooden table sat about 10 people that were attempting to talk over each other.

Standing at the head of the table was Scorp arguing with my new 'father', both screaming at the top of their voices as Ginny and Astoria attempted to calm them down.

"I am not putting her in danger again! They would find her in a second if she left this house!" Scorpius yelled, his pale face red.

Harry moved closer to him, "Don't you DARE tell me what to do BOY! She's my daughter! I know what's best for her!"

"Oh like hiding her from her real family!"

Their faces were only a few inches apart and both were extreamly red-faced.

"Excuse me!" I said trying to get their attention. "EXCUSE ME GENTLEMEN!" They both turned around, looking sheepish. I stomped over to the table without looking at any of them and sat down at the end.

Scorp took a step towards me and made a move to grab my arm but suddenly a chair from the end of the table flew out, "I believe her instructions Malfoy were NOT to be around you" said a tall dark haired teen that was clearly my brother, he looked exactly like Harry.

Scorpius didn't say anything but grumbled as he sat down, I'm pretty sure I heard a 'Fuck you Potter' from under his breath of I was still to mad at him to laugh.

A small disgusting creature appeared at my arm a second later and I nearly jumped out of my seat. Harry looked at the elf and then me, "Lily, this is Creature, he is our house elf and will get you anything you need."

I looked at the small ugly creature…named Creature…gee really creative. "Um, could I have some cereal? Please?" the house elf bowed and disappeared.

Only then did I look up at the people sitting at the table around me that had, moments before, been arguing in very loud voices.

"Ok" I said breaking the silence,

"who the bloody hell are all of you?"

Hey guys sorry for the wait! I had a friend die 2 days ago and I've been kind of shaken up so thats why I didn't post it but now here it is! PLEASE review and alert they make my DAY and make me want to keep writing!

XOXO

Luna