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Chapter 7 : Lily
Lily woke up early on Saturday morning, she looked over at Sage's bed and found her asleep. Looked down at the feet of her to the other two girl's bed, and saw they were asleep again. She then threw her covers off and got up. She quietly got dressed, then threw her dad's invisibility cloak on and left the room. Lily quietly went down to the school kitchens and got the house-elves to give her loads of food. And she carried up to the bathroom that was known as Moaning Mytle's bathroom, which is where Lily was hiding the dog she found. Lily opened the door and went on in.
The dog, Lily had named him Bandit, was laying down by one of the sinks. When he saw Lily come in, he jumped up and wagged his tail. He seem to really like Lily. She walked over to him and sat the food down in the bowl, she had put in there for him.
"How are you doing today, Bandit." Lily asked. She petted the dog as he ate. "You know I've known you a week and I haven't told you anything about myself. Well lets see. First I've always wanted a dog, daddy would have got me one, but mum didn't think I was old enough to take care of it. James." The-dog's-ears-raised-up-at-the-name. "That's my older brother, he thinks the best pet to have is an owl, Al, my other brother doesn't really care about animals, he's too busy with his nose stuck in books. So far I'm the only girl, but my mum is about to have another baby, I hope it's a girl. I would love to have a sister." Lily could just talked to the dog for hours, she never really had anybody to listen to her. Without interrupting her anyway.
"Oh, did I tell you my dad's Harry Potter." Lily said. "I don't know if you know who that is, but he defeated a very bad man, his name was Voldemort. They had a big battle right here at Hogwarts, my Uncle George had a twin brother name Fred, he was killed during the battle. So was my dad's godson Teddy's mum and dad were also killed, he was just a baby. He was raised by his grandma, then moved in with us when he was fifteen, he's married now, to my cousin Vicky, I have a huge family, my mum has five older brothers, six if you count Fred. And all but Charlie has kids. So I got lots of cousins; my Uncle Bill has three kids, and then Uncle George has two, Uncle Percy has two, Uncle Ron has two. You've meant one, my cousin Hugo, remember him and our friend Luke helped sneak you in here. Uncle Ron, and my Aunt Hermione, Hugo's mum, they were my daddy's best friend all through school. They even helped defeat Voldemort. They all have their own chocolate frog cards, and so my mum, but because she was a famous Quiddicth player."
Lily sat there for about two hours telling the dog all about her family and growing up, and how she was doing so far in school. But finally, she got up to go, promising to bring the dog something to eat later. She hid her cloak in her robs, then headed down to breakfast, she saw her friends were already there and she sat down between Luke and Sage.
"Hey, there, cutie, where you been?" Luke asked. Lily glared at him.
"Don't call me that." She snapped. "And I was in the bathroom." Luke nodded knowing she meant seeing the dog, that was their code for saying they have been to see the dog. So no one would know what they were talking about. They had decided to keep the dog a secret. And would sometimes take turns feeding it.
"You've been gone two hours." Sage said. She held out her arm to show Lily all these scratches on it. "And your cat attacked me, Collen Creevey had to help get the thing off." Lily frowned.
"I just don't understand why he's acting like that." Lily said. "He doesn't attack anyone else."
"Your cat hates me." Sage said.
"Come on, Sage, it's just a cat." Lily said. "How could it even know to hate you." Sage shrugged.
"Maybe he doesn't like my sent or something." Sage shrugged.
"You smell or something?" Luke asked. Sage glared at him.
"Luke, don't be mean." Lily demanded. "I'm sorry, Sage, maybe I'll make him stay in the common room when I'm not there."
Lily, Sage, Hugo, and Luke took turns taken care of the dog, but mostly Lily throughout the weekend, and on Monday, they all got a surprise. That afternoon was flying listens. Lily was looking forward to this the most. She already knew how to fly of course, with Harry and Ginny Potter as your parents how could she not. Right after lunch found the four friends walking down to the patch for their first flying listen. Sage was looking a little green. This was the one class she did not look forward to. Sage was scared of heights.
"Alright class." Madam Hooch called. Lily's dad had told her she had been his flying teacher, once of the few teachers still here that was here in her dad's days. "Now I want you to stand next to your broom and say up.
Lily held out her arm and said. "Up." Her broom flew into her hand at once. As did Luke's, but Hugo took a few times saying up, and Sage's broom just laid still, but that might have something to do with her refusing to even say up. Madam Hooch understood Sage's fears and allowed her to sit it out, even though she would have to give her a bad grade for not trying, Sage didn't care. She was terrify of heights. Lily wondered way, she loved to be in the air. And she happen to be the best flyer there.
After flying Lily went and fed Bandit again, but this time she didn't stay long, she had a lot of homework to do. After dinner when Lily, and Sage were doing their homework and Hugo and Luke were playing wizard chess instead of doing theirs, James came walking in the room. He was with their cousin Fred and their friend Joey Nott.
"Lily," James called, and headed over to his sister. "We watched your flying lesson. Instead of listening to Snape go on and on about potions. And we want you to try out this Saturday for seeker, John Wood left last year, so we need a new Seeker, and we know besides dad you're the best seeker in the family, you've even beat Uncle Charlie."
"I thought first years couldn't have brooms." Sage said.
"They bend that rule if the first year makes one of the teams." Fred explained. "Come on, Lily, try out, we haven't won the cup in a couple of years, something we're sure to do with you on the team."
"Well." Lily said, writing down an answer on her transfiguration homework. "Good thing for you, I was already planning on trying out, daddy even secretly bought me a new broom, he plans to send me if I make it."
"YES!" James and Fred yelled high fiving each other. James then hugged Lily.
"You know your my favorite sister right?" James asked. Lily rolled her eyes.
"I'm your only sister." Lily said. "Unless mum has a girl, which I hope she does. I can't handle another brother." James petted Lily on the head, before him and Fred walked off.
"You know if you make the team, you'll be the youngest since your dad made it." Luke said.
"Why don't you try out too?" Lily asked. "You're a big Quidditch fan."
Luke shook his head. "I want to be a chaser, and there won't be an opening for that spot in till next year." Lily shrugged and went back to her homework.
The next morning when Lily enter the Great Hall with her friends, her brother Albus came running up to her.
"Have you seen the paper this morning." He asked. Lily shook her head.
"Teddy and Victoire have been attacked." Lily's eyes widen.
"Are they okay?" She demanded.
"Yeah, Vicky had to spend sometime in St. Mungo's." Al said. "Just for a precaution, make sure she was alright."
"But, why would someone attack Teddy and Vicky?" Lily asked.
"Paper didn't say, but it was an ex-Death Eaters, so I would bet anything, they were trying to get information about dad." Al said. "Dad sent an Owl to James, saying for us not to worry and they are all fine. Teddy and Vicky are in hiding. Mum with them just to be safe, since she is in no shape to fight anyone off. Dad's letter said mum has gotten so big she can hardly move." Albus started snickering.
"Don't laugh, Al." Lily said. "Mum is having a baby, so of course she's big."
"She didn't get that big with any of us." Albus said. "I've seen pictures, and when mum was carrying you she barely looked like she was having a baby."
"Maybe the baby is big." Lily said, shrugging.
"Well, I got to get going." Albus saud. "I got class." He walked by and went down the hall. Lily walked on into the Great Hall to eat, before her first class.
The week seemed to go by too slow for Lily, she was so eager to try out for Seeker. Her dad had taught her for years, and like her brother and cousin had said, she was really good, and was pretty sure she could get on the team. So when Saturday finally arrived, Lily got up extra early to go feed Bandit, and then head down to the pitch. James was going to let her use his broom to try out and if she made it, she would owl her dad to send her new one.
"There you are, Lily." James called out, waving her over to him. Lily must not have gotten up as early as she thought, because the whole team was already on the field, a long with a few hoping to get on the team, but there was only two spots to feel this year. Seeker and Keeper.
"There's my favorite cousin." Fred grinned, pulling on Lily's ponytail. When she stood between James and Fred.
"Hey, I thought I was your favorite." James cried. Lily sat with her big brother and cousin as they let everyone else try out first. Lily was the last one to try out. James handed her his new Firebolt , and she took to the air. Like she had been born a bird, she flew around the patch once, just showing off doing twist and turns, her mum would kill her dad if she knew he had taught her. Then Brant Wood, the Quiddtch team captain let out the snitch.
Everyone trying out for Seeker, was all in the air at the same time. Wood said who ever caught the snitch first would be the new seeker. They had already choose Deana Thomas a girl a year under James as the keeper.
When Wood let out the snitch, Lily saw it at once. It was flouting right above a boy's foot, he was trying out for seeker too, he's name was Max Coote. Lily took off real fast and headed right toward Coote, she then pointed the broom down into a dive and reached her arm out and grabbed the snitch, she then pulled back up and went into the air. Holding up the snitch, Wood blow his whistle.
"Potter's the new Seeker." Wood announced. "She caught the sntich."
Lily saw James jumping up and down, cheering, and yelling when she landed back down on the ground, he went running to her, he lifted her off her feet in a hug.
"Good, going, Kid." Nott said. Patting Lily's shoulder, and was smiling, his played Quidditch at the Potter's before, so he knew how good Lily was. Fred grabbed Lily by the armpits and lifted her up in the air. Lily kicked her feet.
"Put me down." Lily demanded. "It's not like I won the cup." Fred tossed Lily in the air, then did it again, before sitting her back down.
"Come on. Lily." James said. "Lets go eat, you're sitting with us."
Their happy mood soon faded once they got to the Great Hall. Albus came running to his brother and sister. He held out that mornings paper. The headline read-
Arthur and Molly Weasley, mother and father-in-law of Harry Potter attacked by former Death Eaters.
A.N. Thought I would live it with a cliffhanger there, sorry if the story has been slow, it should start picking up soon, and next chapter I'm going to let James see the dog, which I'm sure you all know is Sirius.
