Ooh! Two chapters in one day! Yay!!! Enjoy, the next chapter won't be up until Tuesday here in New Zealand. (It is Sunday).

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"Lilly, I have invited your father, and of course yourself to the annual midsummer ball I always host." Narcissa smiled at the quiet girl. "Anyway I hope you will come as Draco's date for the evening." Lilly and Draco both stared at her.

A date? With him?!

A date? With her?!

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Lilly sat in her room, on her bed. Sulking. She had tried to object to being Draco's date for this dance but Severus wouldn't have a word of it. He had silenced her and hurriedly apologized as he dragged Lilly behind him. And so she had sat on her bed sulking. She didn't want to go to this dance. Not at all. And certainly not with HIM. It's not fair. Draco just smirked and got away with that. Even though he was complaining in his mind. Stupid smirking idiot. He doesn't want me to go either. Lilly began to pace around, contemplating what to do. Then it hit her. He doesn't want me there. So I shall go. That will wipe the smirk of his face. Satisfied, Lilly sat by her window, staring out into the forest one last time before she went to bed for the night.

Draco hadn't bothered complaining like Lilly did. He already knew it would get them nowhere. Instead he complained in his head, knowing perfectly well Lilly could hear him. He was shocked to feel a little guilty about it but he noticed Lilly didn't once look upset. She did however look very pissed off, even as Severus pulled her away. Draco didn't honestly think it would be that bad; sure he would be with a girl he didn't know or like that much but she was very pretty. Maybe Pansy would be there, then she would finally get the hint.

He didn't know why it was that when he thought of Lilly a warm happy feeling flowed through him, but he knew that it wasn't normal. He was a Malfoy; he had a reputation to uphold. And falling for some new girl was not the way to keep it. He did realise however that Lilly really didn't want to go to the dance. He thought with a smile if she didn't end up going he would be happy. But then, his mother would try to get him a new date. And he did not want another of these matchups. He hid away in his green and silver room as soon as he was back at the manor.

He would have to see her eventually. He knew it. They would both be at school together in the new school year. He began to think of all the fun she could have reading the minds of everyone. Then he realised how useful she would be to him. Draco did not want her to end up friends with Potty, the mudblood and the orange one. He would be sure to play nice, even if only to get her on his side.

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The new day welcomed a brilliant bright sunrise. Lilly had awoken before the sun had risen and had sat up in the astronomy tower watching it. She realised how big the castle truly was when she had tried to find a high point to see the sun. Then she gave up and used her normal way of traveling. She checked a map of the school that had been given to her and focused on the tower in her mind. A bright burst of ice blue sparkles came from all around her and she opened her eyes as the sparkled faded. She had 'orbed' all the way to the tower. She had allowed herself a moment of happiness at the magic working. Orbing was difficult work and generally easier if she knew where she was going. It also took a lot of concentration, a thing that sometimes she lacked.

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Severus had awoken while Lilly was in the tower. He had noticed how quiet it was for once and looked into the main rooms. Lilly was absent, so he figured she was still asleep. However, even after he had showered and was dressed, Lilly still hadn't made an appearance. Severus hoped she wasn't still sulking. He poked his head into her room, but all was empty. Alarmed he called out to her in his mind. But no reply came. He turned to begin pacing, hoping she hadn't run away.

Lilly heard her name being called in her head. She sighed and with a last glance at the sun, she orbed down to the dungeons once more.

"Yes?" She asked, the sparkles around her swirling and beginning to fade. Severus turned at the sound of her voice and jumped.

"Lilly? What? How?" Lilly laughed, having never seen her father speechless before. He shook his head; clearly they had a lot to learn about each other.

"What was that?" He was curious. And had no intentions of hiding it.

"That's, well what I call orbing. It has a long boring name. But orbing will do." She smiled cheekily. He nodded.

"And how does it work exactly?" Lilly looked at him, confused.

"Uh, I form an orb shape of light around me thinking of where I want to go and...BAM! I appear there." She resisted the urge to roll her eyes or stick out her tongue. To her, the answer was pretty obvious.

"Is that normal for...you?" He paused, unsure what to call her exactly. She nodded, thinking.

"Yeah. Pretty much. But I added the sparkles. Looks good, and announces my arrival." She gave him that brilliant smile again. "Don't you wizards have a way of transporting form one place to another? It's very useful." Severus nodded, wondering how she managed to travel through the castle like that.

"It's called apparition. It's very similar. Without all the light shows I guess. But it can't be done on the grounds." Lilly shrugged a shoulder, but didn't offer her thoughts. She let Severus wonder out loud for a while before she walked out of the room.

He hadn't even noticed her leaving, but when he did discover he was talking to himself he began to worry again. Then he noticed the door to her room was ajar. He stuck his head in to see dresses on every possible surface of her room. She however remained invisible.

"Lilly?" She poked her head out from underneath a pile of clothes on the floor. "What are you doing?" Lilly shrugged, standing up.

"I didn't bother to sort my wardrobe, and now that I want something I can't find it." She glanced at the clothes around her and grinned. Then she dropped her expression and turned back to her father. "Why did you sound so...scared when you called my name before?" He looked away.

"I thought...that you might have run away." He rushed the last few words. Lilly laughed.

"Nope. Got a dance to go to don't I?" Snape nodded, wondering what had changed her mind. She just smiled as she picked up a bubblegum pink dress before dropping it again.

"What changed your mind? And where exactly were you?" He asked, softly, hoping she hadn't been doing anything dangerous. But Lilly just smiled and disappeared into the clothing piles. How she fitted so much clothing in that small space was questionable. But he knew she wouldn't answer that, she had probably just done some Ayrliann spell.

Many piles of clothes and dozens of shoes later Lilly had found the dress she wanted, and after a quick colour alteration she was ready for the dance. Unfortunately the dance was still a while away so she drummed her fingers on a desk. She glanced around. An object going around the castle, past her window, drew her attention towards it.

A long charcoal grey log with shiny pointed spikes brushed past the window. A shiver ran down her spine. She thought of the forest and orbed her way over there.

She opened her eyes and watched as the sparkles around her dissolved into the cold forest air. The sun barely showed through the tall trees and she blinked to clear her vision. She ran her hands over the white t-shirt she had put on, changing it to a halter neck, exposing her back to the cool air. Trying hard not to think about the pain she focused her mind on the two marks on her back, tensing as she felt the wings pull out from her shoulder blades. She glanced back at them, noting the injured one had healed more, nearly fully back to shape, but was rough around the edges. She was unsure as to how to heal it; healing the light pearly wings took a lot of energy and magic, it was something not taught to anyone under 15.

She shook her wings gently, noting with a smile that the injured one still worked, nearly perfectly. And from her position on a tree stump, she launched herself into the air and began to fly upwards.

Focusing intently on avoiding the trees, she failed to see the dark haired man watching from the window. Or the stone cold dragon watching from the castle roof. She fluttered down to a top branch on one of the taller pine trees. Her light weight allowed her to sit on the weak branches; however a spell was required to stop her blowing away in the breeze like a leaf. Using her hand to protect her from the sun, she glanced around. Looking for the all too familiar charcoal beast.

She didn't notice any difference in the air as the dragon moved closer. She was so focused she didn't notice anything until she zoomed her eyesight on the man in the window; her father, with a look of utter despair on his face. She looked up in time to see a spike racing towards her head. The world swirled and blackened as she fell towards the ground.

Push the green button to let me know what you think of my cliffhanger....What has happened to Lilly???