Selling Lilies
Summary: James Potter is a prince that must, apparently find a bride. A suitable bride. But he has a secret, a dark secret. What happens when he meets Lily, a beautiful woman with exactly the same secret but under the protection of a notorious war-lord? Can he be allowed to marry her? Will she even love him back? Will they choose the rules or will they break free?
New Summary: James and Lily, almost fairytale style. James has a very dark secret that causes his subjects to hate him, and his father to misjudge him. He meets and falls in love with Lily, who in fact, also has a dark secret. Powers are at work in a way that would never be believed. Will they ever be allowed to be together?
Disclaimer: I am the one and only JK Rowling and I own everything to do with Harry Potter, so I have tons of money! Does that sound like a plausible statement for a very soon to be 18 year old living in Wales, virtually broke every week, despite being given money from my parents? Nope, thought not. I am not JK Rowling, and therefore do not own any names and personalities you might recognise. I do own something of the plot, Granny Lipton, the De Silva family, Jack, Nancy, Annie, Sara, Arthur Farrow and his lil sister Louisa, the Sorceress and her cronies, and anything else that doesn't belong to someone else. Mind you, most of the names come from somewhere other than my brain, so I suppose that the names aren't mine. So, as you can see, I don't own a lot. As usual.
Chapter Seven We Will Become A Happy Ending
Lily's POV
As we reach the main road out of the village, I open my eyes, having closed them as we were leaving. I didn't want to look at everything I knew, but would become so very distant pretty soon. I know that I am not leaving forever, but I also know that I shan't get to see them for at least a few years. And that knowledge hurts. Very much indeed.
Mr Black is sitting beside me. He seems to have no interest in the streets outside, for it appears all his interest is taken up on me. Just what is he thinking about, staring at me like that? I give him a good glare, just to make sure that he knows that I am unhappy about this entire situation. I think he gets the message as he quickly glances away.
"Mr Black, just who exactly is your employer? And why exactly did he want me for a cleaner? Surely there are many less expensive routes to gain a good one. So why me?"
Mr Black smiles at me in a very sly way, which I find utterly bewildering.
"Well, Miss De Silva, my employer happens to be of high ranking. He also knows of the fatherly love that Mr De Silva obviously feels for you. With this country being so small, and marauding fellows in every other country wanting to fight each other now and then, he needed a link between him and Mr De Silva. And you are that link. You are not to be a cleaner. You are to be a lady of high ranking. Even though you have no title of your own."
I feel angry and betrayed and nervous and scared all at the same time. How dare they do this without declaring it to Mr De Silva! Will I ever be allowed to leave the palace to visit all my friends at home?
"Just who exactly is your employer Mr Black? And how am I to be used? I won't marry someone just for a title, I can tell you that now!"
"Miss De Silva, I am the Crown Prince's valet. I am the closest friend and companion to the Crown Prince. And your employer is he as well. You are to become a lady-in-waiting to our dear Queen's sister."
A lady-in-waiting! You need to have some titles to become one of those. And to the Queen's sister. Oh my word. I'm not to be a cleaner...but a lady-in-waiting.
"Mr Black, I don't know anything about being a lady-in-waiting. And I have no title. Absolutely no reason for me to take such a place, when I am sure there is a lot of other's who have the qualifications." He smiles at me.
"You will be taught by Lady Georgina, the current lady-in-waiting to the Queen's sister. She has to retire from the post as she is getting married."
"Is Lady Georgina all right? I mean, is she strict? For all I know she could be a dragon who will teach me all the wrong things, then I'll do it, offend the royal family and have my head chopped off!"
He starts laughing his head off, a sort of laugh that barks at you. "You have nothing to worry about, Miss De Silva. Lady Georgina is one of the kindest people I have ever met. In fact, it is one of the reasons she chose to marry me. She was far too kind to say no."
"You're the reason she is leaving, to marry you?"
"Don't say it like it's a bad thing. Anyways, she was by far the longest serving lady-in-waiting. You see, as soon as you marry or are to be married, you are unable to fulfil your duties. And as you have to be over 16 to gain the post, they don't normally last long. But Georgina, well, she was far too good for anyone to even ask for her. It took me quite a long time. But she said yes in the end. She will be sad to go though. She will make sure you get the job properly."
"So, I cannot be married off if I am to take this job?"
"No Miss De Silva, you cannot. You can choose to leave to become married, but that is your decision. We can't force you to do anything like that, even if we did buy you at an auction."
I think I will like this job.
"Mr Black, do you know someone at the palace called James? He said he works indirectly for the prince. I figured he must be in your staff then..."
"I am not sure Miss De Silva. What is his surname?"
"Potter I think. James Potter."
James' POV
I continue to pace in my room, thinking about the grief today has caused. First I meet Lily, enjoy her company and then Remus discredits her as a spy. And now, just when I am dying to go to sleep, I remember that De Silva's girl is coming today. And that I really want to meet her. Maybe, just maybe, she can give more information about Lily Evans.
I look out my window, and see that nothing is at the gates. How long does it take to get here anyways? Mind you I could always go for a little nap, if only because I'll have to wait for an hour to see my aunt. I wonder what the De Silva girl will look like. At the auction, I think I remember a brunette walking around, quite tall for a woman, and brown eyes. Although that could have been one of De Silva's other girls.
I crawl into my bed, if only to take a little nap.
I wonder if I could see Lily again.
Lily's POV
We arrive at the palace. After my last question about James, Sirius seemed to just want to burst out laughing all the time, and so the conversation became limited. To be quite truthful, I was glad because I was so nervous.
As the Palace gets closer and closer, my anxiousness increases. It was the royal palace after all.
We are made to get out of the carriage by two skinny looking footmen, and I take Mr Black's arm as we approach the door.
I am stunned by the entrance hall. Never have I seen anything as magnificent in my whole life. The words to describe it are gone in my head. I can't think I am that shocked. And they want me to live here!
We take some stairs, and then go through passageways and passageways. I pay no attention to where I am going, trusting that Mr Black will know the way, and won't lead me to harm.
We approach a gilded door frame, and I realise we have arrived our destination. The footmen open the door, and we are greeted by two very different women. One very old, one quite young.
The young one, who has pure blonde hair and very big blue eyes, comes towards us. The old woman, who has slightly greying hair and green eyes, stays in her chair.
Sirius turns and says "Miss De Silva may I present to you Princess Rosa Mary Bevan and Lady Georgina Margaret Longford, Princess Rosa's lady-in-waiting. Princess Rosa and Lady Georgina, may I present Miss Lily De Silva, the ward of Mr Diego De Silva, and the newest lady-in-waiting. "
"Oh Sirius! Isn't she just adorable! And so small too. Pray child, how old are you?" Lady Georgina asks.
"I have just turned seventeen milady."
"So young. And you are pleased about your new post?"
"Yes milady. I still don't think I am fitting for the post, but if the palace believe to be so, then I cannot argue with them milady."
Lady Georgina smiles, and then turns around to Princess Rosa. "Ma'am, this is to be my replacement. What do you think?"
Princess Rosa smiles and says "She'll have a tough time beating you, but she may succeed if she has the fire that I seem to see in her. She won't last very long though; you can already see the love in her eyes."
Excuse me! Who have I to love, apart from James and...?Oh crap, an unofficial fiancé too! Well it doesn't matter, for neither of them appears to be in any rush. I shan't be married for quite the number of years yet.
In any case, Sirius whips his head towards me after hearing Princess Rosa's statement and I blush. What is he thinking?
"Princess Rosa, Miss De Silva, Lady Georgina, I will have to take leave of you, for I have urgent business on the other side of the castle. Excuse me" Sirius bows and makes his way to the door. Just before he reaches it Princess Rosa shouts "Captain Black you had better tell that nephew of mine that he had better visit me soon. Or else his best friend will be visiting me more often than he does!"
Sirius bows again "Yes ma'am!" and leaves.
I stand here like a fool as Lady Georgina takes Princess Rosa into the bedroom for her early evening nap. When Lady Georgina comes out of the room, she beckons me to a door on the far left.
"This is to be your room. Take tonight to get used to everything. I will come back here at six o'clock, and then we can go down for dinner. Does that please you?"
"Yes milady."
"Oh, don't bother with titles and such, Lily was it? My name is Georgina."
I blush again. Just how am I to stay here when all I am used to is the humble living of Mr De Silva? I know very little about palace life, but from what I do know, they have very different customs, a very different way of life from normal people. Even the staff are in comfortable livings, and so almost never have to deal with the 'rabble' that is the outside world. Just how am I going to cope living here?
Lady...umm. Georgina told me to stay here until six o'clock. What am I going to do until then?
Sirius' POV
I leave Princess Rosa's wing, and head towards Prong's domain. Or what he claims is his domain. I just know that he is dying to meet De Silva's girl, although he doesn't know that he has already met her. I have to tell him before he gets there otherwise; well the poor girl might do something drastic. She looked so innocent when she was getting out of the coach, almost as if she had never seen anything this big. Mind you, she probably hadn't. You never realise what you have until something from different circumstances looks at it.
I must've been storming about the place; for James himself ran up to me. "Padfoot! What's the matter with you? The deal fall through or something? Have you and Georgie had a fight? What is it mate?"
I look at him. What was he going on about? I was looking for him. The silly oaf!
"Nothing's wrong. I was just looking for you. Wanted to have a chat with you before you went in to meet the De Silva girl." James just stared at me, looking at me as though I was going to transform into a Mr Hyde. As if.
"Are you sure Sirius? I mean, you looked in a right mood!" We start walking down the corridor that lead to Princess Rosa's wing. Not the direction I want to take yet.
"I'm fine. Now, can we go somewhere private please? I need to speak to you about a private matter" I needed to tell him before he got to her.
"Padfoot...I'm off to see the De Silva girl. As I'm the one to have bought her, I should've greeted her. What? She is uncommonly pretty? She is uniquely ugly? What is it?"
We round the corner, and I can see that the door to the entrance hall of the wing is open, and that Lily is still standing there, looking around as though she was a child who had just entered a sweet shop. I look over at James, who is still walking towards the door of the wing, but he can't see her as she is on the right side of the room, and from his view he would only be able to see the left. I just HAVE to get him out of here before they see each other.
I shove him into the side room I know exists behind the tapestry we had just walked by. James splutters a bit, but does no fall over.
"Sirius! What is the meaning of this? Why the hell do you just do that? I hope you realise that although you are a dear friend, I am the Crown Prince! You can't just do that to your superior!"
Oh! That complete arse!
I stare at him for a few seconds, not quite believing my ears. Did he just pull rank on me?
I sigh before saying "Sorry, my Prince." And bow. I know he hates me bowing.
"Padfoot, get up you great idiot. You know I don't like you doing that!"
"Well, if you want to be treated like a fragile Crown Prince, then I'm afraid that I'll have to throw the works in, your Majesty"
"You know I didn't mean it Sirius. Since when have I ever liked the whole pomp and ceremony? You could have warned me though. Nobody likes being shoved into something they think is solid. Why did you shove into this room anyway? What was so important?"
"Remember that girl you so admired at the auction? You know the one with fire red hair that flowed down to her back, with almond shaped emerald green eyes and lavender dress? Any of this ringing-a-bell?"
He blushes, and looks down to the floor while mumbling something.
"Wait. Something's not right here. You can't be blushing because of that one night. What aren't you telling me Prongs?"
"Mmghgmdmmgm" What the hell was he saying?
"Can't hear a word of it Prongs. Say it louder, and without your chin parallel to the floor, if you could be so kind" He looks at me with a look of contempt.
"I said that I met her again today. I took her to see Remus and Nancy. Remus doesn't like her; thinks she's a spy, however I don't agree. She said she probably won't be able to see me again. There, you happy?"
Happy? Remus said she might be a spy. And she's going to be living in the palace. Gah!
"Well, I happen to know that she knows someone called James Potter. Who apparently works underneath me. Just what were you thinking, telling her that? Did you not think that she would ask me about you the next time she saw me! And not telling me! Good thing I was thinking quickly. Otherwise you're cover would've been blown! Why the hell are you not looking concerned?"
"She asked about me! What did she say? Did she pass on a message?"
"She didn't I'm afraid. Although I think you'll be seeing her pretty soon."
"Why would you say that Padfoot?"
"Because she's going to be your aunt's new lady-in-waiting. Your" I cough "beloved" and cough again "is Miss De Silva, the girl you just bought."
James looks completely distraught. And I suppose he has a right to be. He just gave away the first girl he's been interested in to a profession that legally requires the girl be in service for the minimum of three years.
Poor sod.
James POV
"Because she's going to be your aunt's new lady-in-waiting. Your" he coughs "beloved" and coughs again "is Miss De Silva, the girl you just bought."
What? WHAT? De Silva's girl is Lily? Lily is Lily De Silva? But...but...she said her name was Evans. She is De Silva's ward, so maybe that was her parent's name. But she's here! In the palace! I can see her everyday! She's a lady-in-waiting. Oh holy crap. Don't they have a rule about ladies in waiting? Three years I think is the very minimum. Three years?
Lily is legally my possession. For some reason, I felt dirty. I mean, she is under my protection now, and yet all I can think of...well anyway.
"Sirius how on hell did you not know about this before you bought her? Or did you? You had to have known! You met her; you swore that she wasn't a prostitute! And that's how you knew, because she was De Silva's ward! Why on earth did you not tell me? Where you trying to kill me? Dear Lord, a man only has a certain amount of will power!"
"How was I to know that after a couple of hours, you'd fall head over heels for her? Nobody does that James! That's not how love works, and yet you're acting like a lovesick puppy. You didn't even know who she truly was, and yet you seem to want to keep seeing her again and again. You said Remus didn't like her. Did you even stop to think why? Remus, who seems to like everyone, the nicest guy you know, and he doesn't like the girl you brought to see him. Why do you think?"
I did think about it for a bit, but came to no conclusion. "It doesn't matter Sirius. I like her. And she doesn't know who I am. You've seen her, right? Do you think that she's a spy?"
Sirius shakes his head and sighs. "No. Prongs, but be careful around her. I don't think she'll hurt you, but she's naive enough to do anything De Silva tells her to. I always knew that we'd have trouble making sure she stayed quiet about palace life, but now you've gone and fallen for her, you'll probably tell her every secret about this place."
"I have not fallen for her. It's nowhere near love."
"Yeah right. Tell me, has you're Aunt Rosa ever been wrong about love?"
I think about it. Every time she says that love is going to happen in someone's life, it has. She's got an uncanny knack for it. She even predicted Sirius and Georgina's engagement, being only days out.
"You know as well as I do Sirius, that if ever there was a revolution, and the monarchy was disbanded, that she could quite easily become just as important as a fortune teller. Her skills are great when it comes to things like predicting love. Why do you ask?"
"Well, she took one look at Lily and said that she wouldn't last very long in her job, for and I quote 'you can already see the love in her eyes.' Now unless she has a beau back home, she's just as not in love with you as you are with her. I don't know how, when you're both lying to each other. I'll give you one piece of advice Prongs; Marriage is based on the truth; and on trust. If she finds you out before you tell her, she'll either be so in love that she won't care, or she'll never be able to forgive."
"Oh thanks very much Sirius for that bright outlook into my life. If I tell her now, she'll be so frightened that she'll never talk to me again. I'll just have to lie to her a little longer. Now can you get her to meet me here later? Just to talk, nothing else."
"I think so. She'll want to see James Potter again. She must have not allowed to know much of the outside world. I mean, she must be the only person who doesn't know that the royal family's name used to be Potter. And that it was only changed when ..."
"Alright Sirius. No need to bring that up!"
Sirius looks at me with concern.
"James, why don't you ever talk about Harry? You should you know, it wasn't your fault what happened. Everyone's told you that it wasn't, they all saw..."
"SHUT UP SIRIUS! Just leave it alone. Why does everyone have to drag up the past, when they could just leave it? It's like picking at old scabs. They'll never heal if you keep picking at them."
Why couldn't everyone just stop talking about Harry? I don't want him to be forgotten, just not mentioned around me. Everyone says it wasn't my fault, yet they weren't there. They didn't hear him...
Sirius puts his arms around me as I quietly start to sob.
"See. This is what happens when people mention Harry. And it just doesn't look good to see the heir to the throne weeping like a baby over something that happened an age ago."
Sirius says nothing. (1)
Lily's POV
I just place the last of my luggage away in one of the most ornate chest of drawers I have ever seen, and all but flounce down on my bed, which is at least two times larger than my old one. I look around the room. All looks neat and tidy.
Mmmm...This bed is so soft. It would be alright to go for a sleep, wouldn't it? Lady Georgina said she wouldn't come and get me until six, and I think its only half four. A little nap would be alright.
I just get comfortable when I hear shouting. A woman shouting. Followed by a man's deep voice. I decide that it doesn't need my investigation, as sleep really does call to me.
Knock knock. Grrr...What the hell?
"Umm...hold on." I leap from my bed, and hope to god my hair is alright. I wrench open the door to find Lady Georgina looking very timid.
"Captain Black would like to speak to you Lily. He is in the lounge. I'll just go and see to the Princess."
"Thank you Georgina"
She looks at me once, and then goes into the Princess's bedroom.
I make my way to the lounge, which is just through the corridor on the left...no right. I enter to find Mr...I mean Captain Black slumping on a very plush looking chair.
"Good evening Captain Black. What do you wish to see me about?"
He looks at me with a wide grin on his face.
"Well, to tell you the truth Miss De Silva, I haven't been telling you the truth. Do you remember the coach, and you asking whether I knew a James Potter, and I replying that I might know of him? Well, the truth of the matter is, he is one of the people I work very closely with. I had to make sure he knew you before I could give anymore information on him. However, he says that he knows you, and wished to know how you are coping with the move. I promised to relay the message."
"So, does he know of who I am? That I was sold by Mr De Silva? That by some I could be considered a slave?"
Captain Black makes a face. "No, not a slave. A great woman in a good position. He knows that you are a lady-in-waiting, even though you have no title. He wishes to know whether you would meet him later on, so he may talk to you. I think he may bring Nancy and Lieutenant Lupin up here as well. What do you say?"
Meet him? On my own. Not possible is it?
"Are...are you quite sure Lieutenant Lupin and Mrs Lupin will be there? I would very much like to see them again, if only to thank them for their hospitality."
He looks serious for a moment before saying "I will make sure that they are there, for you will not meet James any other way. You are very well brought up madam"
I blush, if only because of the compliment. Someone from the palace saying that I am well brought up! That's something that I would never have thought would happen.
Lady Georgina walks in on the scene; Captain Black laughing and me blushing. I can only imagine what she is thinking. But, whatever it is, she says nothing. She just sits, and starts pouring tea from the tray on the table.
There is awkward silence, and I want to leave. I can't just walk out now. Lady Georgina sips at her tea and turns to me.
"Well Lily. I think that it may be coming up to six o'clock. Would you like something to eat? Shall we go down to the dining room?"
"The dining room? Won't the royal family be there?"
Lady Georgina's laugh echoes round the room.
"No child. There are different dining rooms. There is one for the royal family, one for the higher staff and one for the lower staff. Any other member of staff eats in the kitchen. You will eat in the higher staff dining room. The dining rooms aren't very big, so we have to go in time slots. And my, and now your time, is six o'clock. So, are you hungry?"
Truth be told, I am starving. But, I wasn't going to tell her that.
"I am a little hungry, Lady Georgina" This time, she didn't say anything about the title.
"Well then, I guess we shall go to the dining rooms. Are you coming, Sirius?"
Captain Black is looking at Lady Georgina as though she has three heads. She waves her hand in front of his face. "Sirius darling, are you coming to the dining room? Lily here is hungry."
He shakes his head as if to clear it from something.
"Of course darling. Shall we go now?" he says, standing up, and holding his arm out to Lady Georgina.
She takes it, and they walk towards the door, muttering to each other. I wait till they are out the door and then run to catch them up. It would never do to get lost. I manage to get out of Princess Rosa's wing (well, I think that is what it is), but I can't see them anymore.
I think they might've taken a shortcut, so entrapped with each other that they completely forgot about me. Bugger, what was I going to do now?
I think that I am terribly lost. I have no idea where I am supposed to go, or how am I to get back. And I'm dying with hunger.
"Excuse me, miss? Are you lost?" I jump, just resisting the urge to scream. I turn around to find a boy, who I figure must be Jack's age, although he was a lot smaller.
I put my hand to my forehead, thanking God that there was someone to ask.
"Umm. Yes, I am. Could you direct me to the higher staff dining room. I just arrived today, and my guides seem to have forgotten about me." The boy looks at me with a curious look on his face.
"So you're De Silva's girl! Well, I don't remember you at the auction!"
"You were at the auction? What were you doing there? A young man like you? Looking a wife were you?"
He blushes, and I realise that he must have the same sense of humour and shyness about him that Jack has.
"No! I was there with my brother. You know the Crown Prince?"
I stand there, flabbergasted. If his brother was the Crown Prince then he was...
"Yep. Prince George at your service. And you are Miss Lily De Silva" Ummm. I am talking to a Prince. What do I say? What do I do? Wait, everyone keeps calling me Lily De Silva...
"Well, technically, my name is not De Silva. Everyone assumes so, because I am, or was, his ward. My parents surname was Evans. So, to everyone who knows me properly, I am Lily Evans."
"Lily Evans. I don't know, Lily De Silva has a ring to it. But Lily Evans sounds a lot more like you. Even though I barely know you. Right, well, I don't know where the higher staff dining room is, but come with me, and I will take you to the kitchen. Then you can tell off Lady Georgina for wandering off without you. Though, was she with Sirius?" He turns his head with the question. I nod, and he continues "Well, that's why. She's the kindest person, and everyone who has ever met her instantly becomes her fan. Why she ever fell in love with Sirius, I do not know"
We begin walking, and I make sure to remember where I am going. I can't believe a prince is leading me to the kitchens. Wait until I tell Annie, Sara and Jack.
James POV
I just can't wait until later. When I could see Lily again. Even though it had only been hours since I had last seen her. Why was it I wanted to see her so badly? Was it because I was in love? It couldn't be, I have only known her a few short days, maybe a week and a half. You can't possibly fall in love in that short amount of time. The only people who did that were the princes and maidens of fairy tales. Not really life. Never real life. This wasn't a fairy tale. The Crown Prince had died because of his brother, and the fair maiden was sold by her guardian to the Prince; who only wanted the girl at first to try to stop a war. Come to think of it, it did sound like a fairy tale to me. But, Lily doesn't know me. Not really. If she did, well. That doesn't bear thinking about.
I will always remember what that woman said to me. The woman who killed Harry
"It's your fault. You chose this path. Only you decided the fate of your brother. You just couldn't be happy being normal, could you? You just had to be better than your brother! And now, your brother's dead! And it's because of you! Never forget this; you're soul is as bad as the devil. You chose power over love. You chose yourself over others. There will come a day when you will meet someone you would give everything up for, and when that day comes, I will be back for my payment. You promised me it, and I shall have it. No matter how long I have to wait."
I just couldn't fall for Lily. Otherwise she'd come back. And she'd take
Knock knock. Sirius walks into the room, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Well Sirius. What did she say? Will she see me?"
"She will only see you if Moony and Nance are there too. She looked shocked at the suggestion of meeting you in a room on her own. Do you reckon they'll come?"
"Nance will, she liked her. Just ask them up for dinner. Then, when Nancy and Remus start bickering about something, I can talk to Lily. Oh, and tell them about my 'job' will you? Make sure they know that I am not the Crown Prince. Okay?"
"Sure. Right you are, James."
"So, did you meet up with Georgina?"
"Yep, and we went to the dining room with Lily. I think Lily got lost though, because she never came in. Georgie thinks that she must've been tired, and went back to bed. James, I think Lily being here is doing something to Georgie. I mean, Georgina is sweetness all over. She doesn't have a nasty bone in her body. But, she was being, difficult, shall we say. I mean, making Lily call her by her title, even though we all know she hates the damn thing. I don't know, do you reckon something's wrong?"
I stare at him. Georgina, being nasty? Nah...It just wasn't possible.
"Padfoot, she was just probably having on off night. All I know is that Georgie is as sweet as pie, and Lily is as sweet as the icing on top. They have to get along, right?"
"Yeah. Let's hope so Prongs. So you excited to be seeing your woman then?"
"She is NOT my woman. I highly doubt she is anyone's woman."
"You'd like for her to be your woman though, don't deny that."
I sigh. "I probably wouldn't deny that. Don't tell Remus. He elbowed me enough when he thought I had just taken a slight fancy to her. God knows what he would say if..."
Sirius stands up. "Well, Prongsie old boy, I've got to take a message to Moony. Hopefully they'll come. See you later" he walks out the door leaving me with my thoughts.
If what exactly?
So...What do you think? Good? Not so good?
I don't know about this chapter; sometimes I do like it, other times I want to scrap it.
At the (1)... that was where it was going to end. I thought it would've made a good ending, but this chapter would've been shorter than I wanted it to be.
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The next chapter is already written and should be finished and posted soon. I would love to say that unless I get at least 20 reviews for this one, I won't post again, but once a chapter is finished I just have to know what everyone thinks. But, so far the highest amount of reviews I've received for one chapter is 13, and that was last chapters. Considering that at least 48 people have this story on alert; t'is a bit saddening. So, please review! I want to know what people think before I go on.
With the story; I love George. I know he's my character, but he is just adorable (and based on someone I know, so maybe that's why). Actually; come to think of it, there are a few introductions to some minor characters. Also, as I have no idea how big castles/palaces would've been then, I had to guess, based on loose fiction/fairytales. They always have loads of wings, and rooms, so that's why there are different dining rooms etc. And why Lily gets her own room.
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