A/N: Once again, both Lily and Emma's POV in third person. The future chapters will mostly contain both their perspectives.

Chapter 9

It was late fall since Lily couldn't believe she let an old coot dictate her mind after their little argument. But how she going to fight back this time? She had to focus on being their for her son while searching for an explanation on how her daughter's going to be protected while completing a destiny. James on the other hand found Lily acting so overprotective and overactive.

"She's safe with Severus even if he doesn't know that the girl's his daughter yet."

Lily wondered when Dumbledore was going to confess to them since Selena at one point in life was watched by Dumbledore. Lily then realized something she almost forgotten. Back when she gave up Selena that night, she gave away something as a sign for Selena to find her. An emerald colored necklace. The necklace was like a crystal hanging from a golden chain. Lily's mother have given it to her on her eleventh birthday and Lily distinctly remembered that she passed it down to Selena.

"Lily!"

James sounded really excited in his tone once Lily turned to her husband.

"Harry…..he got….Seeker position in Quidditch!" James said breathlessly while holding letters from McGonagall and Harry.

"Seeker?!" Lily repeated just as excited.

"Of course! Youngest one of the century!" James replied

Lily couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Are you sure? He's only eleven and you know all those other things and players flying at him! He could get seriously hurt!" Lily protested.

"Come on Lily! Let our son do something that involves an extracurricular activity!" James said excitedly.

"I don't know about this James," Lily said as a look of concern filled her mind.

"He has his first game next week!"

…

The Quidditch pit was crowded with people mainly from the school and a couple families to watch the game. Lily of course, was nervous about Harry's first match due to being high above the ground on a broomstick. James on the other hand, was proud and excited to see how his son will do on his first game.

Lily was busy paying attention to that girl she saw back in September.

The Slytherins were busy cheering for their team while talking trash about the Gryffindor team.

"Who cares if he's the youngest seeker of the century? They're just putting him on the team because he's The-Boy-Who-Lived!" Pansy Parkinson moaned.

"Huh? Oh, yeah….." Emma said softly like she didn't care. In which she really didn't.

"Come on Emma! You need to step up your game a bit! You've been quiet since the beginning of school!" Pansy said shaking Emma.

"Would you stop shaking me?!" Emma glared.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever!" Pansy moaned carelessly as Emma sighed turning the other direction. She didn't need to listen to Pansy's mopping. She didn't care about Quidditch in the first place, but has to sit through a boring game of seven players riding on broomsticks.

Lily on the other hand was busy watching out for Harry while looking for the girl at the same time. She was so hard to find in the crowd of students especially in the Slytherins who were cheering like crazy for the Slytherin team. The girl must've been barely noticeable in the Slytherin crowd since Lily remember how small she was at King's Cross Station. Lily shrugged it off and continued watching Harry. Harry was floating on his broomstick waiting for the snitch to appear in thin air.

"Hey Jones!" Emma turned around to the annoying brat of the school, Draco Malfoy who always shoved all his problems to the people around him, except his friends.

"Yeah?" Emma questioned.

"Potter's just hanging there in mid air. What's the big deal of hanging in the air when you can just simply fly around to look for the snitch?" Draco moaned.

"I don't know! I don't know anything about Quidditch!" Emma replied back carelessly.

"This is boring. I bet if I get on the Slytherin team, then I would be in the seeker position and be a better seeker than Potter!" Draco boasted.

"Okay then. Try out for it. I don't really care!" Emma grumbled. Draco was a twit in her opinion.

Lily and James watched their son fly around the pit as Harry looked for the snitch. As soon as Harry had finally found it, he was flying next to the Slytherin seeker as the snitch made a big plummet to the ground. The two seekers followed after it until the Slytherin seeker gave up fearing that he'll crash. Harry on the other hand made a dare for it and plummeted right to the snitch until he was levitating two feet above the ground. The crowd was shocked to see that he was balancing himself on the broom while reaching his hand out for the snitch. Harry was inches away from the snitch until he lost balance as the broom flipped over slamming Harry to the ground.

…..

Emma didn't know how long she wasn't paying attention until Lee Jordan announced that Harry Potter has gotten the snitch.

"Gryffindor wins!" Madame Hooch announced as a boom of Gryffindors cheered on for their team. The Slytherins grumbled and moaned in disappointment as Emma sighed in relief. It was finally over. No more boring games with stupid Slytherins bothering her.

James was running to his son while Lily cried happily for her boy. He was all grown now doing dangerous stunts.

"Harry James Potter! You realize how dangerous that was?!" Lily scolded at Harry as he blushed.

"Who cares?! My boy's a seeker now! Just like me!" James said as he proudly lifted Harry up.

Lily rolled her eyes at her husband while smiling down proudly at Harry.

"I'm still proud of you Harry," Lily said kissing Harry's forehead.

In the distance 3 yards ahead of the Potters, was a girl staring grimly at them. Lily looked up at the girl as she squinted to see a sorrowful expression on her face.

"Harry Potter must be lucky to have a family," the girl breathed frowning as she turned around walking back to the castle. Lily on the other hand, couldn't tell what she was saying, but she did know one thing. She was the girl she saw back at King's Cross Station.

…

Emma walked into the girl's dormitory to relax from all the cheering and laughter. Everyone else was busy hanging somewhere else for freetime leaving Emma alone in her dormitory. She enjoyed the quiet and peace without anyone around. But she had a secret. A secret she wants to keep to herself. Her life was not what everyone thought it was.

"They think they know me," Emma started. Silence filled the room as Emma barely laid awake. "But they won't know the truth."

Emma honestly hated to be alone. It all started when she was a little girl. Another orphan would often pick on her and say crude things about how stupid of a girl Emma was. Emma on the other hand would run away and cry like it was true, even though it wasn't.

"Harry Potter seems to have such a wonderful family…"

Yes. Emma was jealous of anyone that had a loving family. Families that would send them letters and gifts while their children were at school. Families that would always give hugs and kisses. Families that would tell their children that they are proud of them and that they love them so much. Emma never got that. But why? She was only a child and it's hard to get answers when she doesn't feel like sharing her personal life. She had a flashback when she first met the Potters at the station. They were so nice to help her get to the confusing platform number.

"Why can't I get that kind of love?" Emma asked herself. Tears streamed down her eyes as she longed to see who her parents were. She never got to know them or even know who they were.

…

As Lily was asleep back in her home, she was having another one of those nightmares again.

"I'm sorry Selena! I'm a weak mother! I couldn't protect you or give you love!" Lily cried as Selena glared down at Lily who was on her knees.

"You let an old coot dictate you," the evil Selena flared. What happened to the good Selena?

"Selena, I tried! I tried! Why are you always appearing to me reminding me that it's my fault?!"

"Because she's trying to make you think differently of me," said the same voice, but with much more bravery.

The other Selena Lily had seen stood right before as she turned back to her good self.

"S-Selena?" Lily stuttered as the normal fourteen year-old Selena looked down at her mother.

"I know. I can't explain why an evil part of me keeps on coming to you," Selena replied grimly.

"I don't know what to do Selena! You've got to give me some answers! You have to be from the future or something?" Lily said as she gazed at her daughter.

"I can't time travel you know. I'm just a vision of your mind," Selena replied.

"I know I'm trying to forget things. My life's been such a mess," Lily sighed.

"And I know I said you have to move on," Selena started. Lily looked back down at Selena, as she stared at the distance ahead of her. "But you can't give up on hope."

Lily blinked as tears stopped rolling down her face. This Selena was right. She can't be the Selena in the present day. This Selena wouldn't tell her about her previous life because Lily never saw any parts of Selena's real past.

"But I do know that you and Dad love me and that you'll always love me no matter what."

Selena faded away as Lily woke up in sweat. She breathed heavily as she looked outside in the moonlight. She wanted more answers than just an old-coot manipulating her. She'll just think backwards from where she started. At the same time, she felt sorrow fill her as she frowned upon the view ahead of her.

"I know Selena," Lily sighed as she felt pain and a lump in her throat. "I know you miss me. I love you no matter what."

…

As all the girls in the Slytherin dormitory were asleep, Emma was having another one of those dreams again. The dream of finding her family.

"Mum?" Emma called as she heard only her voice echo back.

"Emma, I want you to know, that I'll always love you no matter where you are."

The voice was sweet as Emma breathed anxiously hoping to find where it was coming from.

"Mum?" Emma called again. But she sighed as she saw nothing but herself reflect off the surface of where she was standing on.

Emma woke up feeling hot and sweaty like Lily was. She got out of bed quietly as she looked at the window of the outside the view of Hogwarts and the beautiful country following behind it. Emma sighed with a lump in her throat as if no one was really there in the first place. She continued staring outside until she felt a surge of warmth and comfort as if someone was really there. For the first time, she felt the warm sensation as if the voice of her mother was there.

"M-Mummy….."

….

Lily in the meantime felt like she was hearing voices. She felt like her daughter was there even if she was so far away. She felt like she actually heard her daughter speak to her as she imagined of what her voice would've sounded like. Tenderness and joy filled Lily's mind since she knows her daughter is okay due to her motherly instincts.

"Selena…."