Note: I don't own 'Harry Potter' just my own characters. It's a 'dark' chapter, so you know. There's a link in my profile to the dress. I find that having a picture helps, rather than just a description. Hope you enjoy it!

Narcissa and Lucius threw Draco and Lily a large birthday party. Everyone that had been at Lily's welcoming party was there. Draco was dressed in his dress robes and Lily complemented him in a silvery mesh dress with flowers over her chest and a solid satin skirt. Narcissa objected yet again but Lily retorted with a stinging statement that made the older woman recoil.

Lucius is right about her, she thought proudly.

Lily curbed her anger towards Pansy and her friends for the evening. She really wanted to hex the girl but Lucius promised her an extra 'punishment' session if she behaved. Macnair stayed far from the girl the whole evening, which had been noticed by everyone at the party.

"Head into the ballroom," Lucius ordered after dessert.

Everyone headed into the huge room, which was dimmer than normal. They knew what was going on and stood in a horseshoe around the room. Lily attempted to join Draco but she was told to stay in the center. A side door opened and someone entered the room. Those around her bowed or curtsied so she did too.

"Look at me, dear Lily."

Lily stood and looked at him. He was an inch taller than her with white skin and red eyes. His body was in a flowing black robe. Lily looked right into his eyes and he smiled. She could feel him entering her mind. She accompanied him into her memories but when they came to her life before her mother died, she pushed him out of her mind.

"A natural. Not many can push me out."

"Thank you for the compliment, sir."

"When Lucius told me about you, I was quite intrigued especially of your private lessons with him. I will have to see it first hand."

Everyone, but the Malfoys, was curious about what private lessons she was receiving.

"I would be honored. May I ask a question, sir?"

"Of course."

"I'm just a little Mudblood. Why would someone of your caliber be interested in me?"

"What if I told you that you are not a Mudblood?"

There was a hush throughout the room. Blaise looked at Draco and smirked. Pansy looked frightened. She was worried of Lily telling Voldemort how her and her friends treated Lily all those years.

"Draco, please come here. You have a connection with her and it was you who found out so you may be the one t tell her."

Draco stepped forward and bowed. He thanked the Dark Lord and turned to Lily. His gray eyes gazed into her dark ones.

"You know? How long have you known?" she seethed.

"Since third year. I found your letter."

"And you didn't tell me? I've told you things, shown you things, we did things," she said, whispering the last part so only he heard.

Everyone heard what happened next. Lily slapped him hard across the cheek.

"You know what? Fuck it. Fuck all of you," she yelled, storming out of the ballroom.

Voldemort stopped Lucius from firing a spell on the girl He apparated to her room and waited.

"Get the bloody hell out of my room. They may be afraid of you but I'm not. You like to use the Cruciatus curse as torture but I get off on it. There's nothing you can do to me."

"There are plenty of spells that I know that inflict more than pain," he threatened, raising his wand.

"Then go ahead. I won't stop you. Curse me, hex me. Hell, even kill me but you won't. I'm here for a reason and you can't jeopardize the plan. You also can't risk my getting out to tell people you're alive and forming your little group of Death Eaters. That leaves you at an impasse. You can't lay a finger on me."

"Why you insolent little girl."

Voldemort grabbed her hair and pulled her close. They apparated back to the ballroom. Lily struggled and cursed him out. His red eyes scanned the room and a creepy smirk appeared.

"Severus, deal with her," he said, pushing Lily at the Potions Master.

"Do what you want but within limits. Her virginity is already promised to someone," he relayed telepathically to Snape.

Snape bowed and dragged Lily out of the room. Draco watched as they left. He wasn't sure if what the Dark Lord ordered was a good idea. Snape pulled her to the dungeons with her resisting the whole way. He chained her to the wall and replaced her dress with a sack.

"Care to tell me about the private lessons with Lucius?" he questioned.

"Go to hell. Just follow your precious lord's orders. Deal with me," she egged.

Snape flicked his wand at her and pain erupted throughout her body. She smiled and closed her eyes. He let up on the curse, captivated at her response. He did it again and she moaned. He had known her fascination with pain but didn't realize what her pain tolerance was at.

Draco was on the edge of his seat waiting for Lily and Snape to return. He could only speculate what spells or curses were being used on her. Several of the girls tried to get him to dance with them but he stormed off in a huff when they didn't back off. He cared for Lily more than what he wanted to let on.

Snape returned an hour later. Draco looked at the man who nodded his head in the direction of the stairs and the blond Slytherin took off. Lily was still chained to the wall. He helped her down and she crumpled to the floor. He bent to help her but she pushed him away.

Lily staggered to her feet and up the stairs. Using the wall as support, she made her way to the ballroom. Everyone stopped at the sight of her. She was covered in blood, cuts, and her arm hanged at a weird angle. Lily went up to where Voldemort was sitting. His eyes met her empty, hollow eyes.

"Fuck you," she said, spitting on him and then passing out.

Lily was locked in her room for most of the summer. Lucius and Snape took turns torturing her with different Dark magic. Every now and then, the pain from the torture was too much even for her. After each session, she still cursed Voldemort and her torturers. It would take more than long, daily torture sessions to break her.

After a month of it, Lily was more than pissed off. Her sick little mind formed a plan. She began to put it in motion when she heard that Lucius was being sent away on a mission.

It was lunch time and Lily knew Draco would be bringing it up to her room. She removed her clothes and waited. She could hear him in the hallway, trying to open the door. She laid back on the bed and began to play with herself. Draco couldn't look away when he entered the room. She didn't stop until Draco put down the tray and came over to the bed.

"I've missed seeing your body," he said, settling himself between her legs that were dangling over the edge of the bed.

"If you can get Lucius to back off just a bit, I'll let you do what you've wanted to do to my body for awhile," she purred.

He leaned down and kissed her. His hand went from her cheek to her chest. She returned the kiss and ran her hands over his chest. Lily grabbed Draco's hips and pushed him into her body.

Lily was too quick for him. He didn't know what was happening until the spell hit him.

"Men gotta learn to think with their big heads and not with their little ones," she mumbled, pushing his petrified body off of her.

Lily got dressed and grabbed her shrunken trunk. Midnight purred loudly as she picked him up. She pocketed Draco's wand and snuck out. Making sure the coast was clear, she Floo'd to the Leaky Cauldron. She visited Gringotts and made a withdrawal of wizard money and Muggle pounds.

What havoc can I do with Draco's wand? The Ministry will have to expel him for underage magic, Lily thought.

First things first, she needed to leave Midnight with someone. She couldn't have the cat with her if she was planning on hiding until school started. She knew the Malfoys and Voldemort would be mad and attempt to find her.

Lily looked at the medium size house with the lovely garden in the front. Her cat meowed and she did it. She left the cat's cage and her note on the porch before ringing the bell. She used Draco's wand and cast a disillusionment spell on herself.

The door was answered by an older woman with the same brown wavy hair as her daughter. Lily watched as she bent down and read the note.

"Hermione, come here."

The only female of the Golden Trio came up beside her mother and took the short note.

Hermione,

I need you to look after Midnight. They'll kill me if they find me so I gotta hide. I will be back at Hogwarts this fall. I know I haven't been a friend but please trust me. Tell Harry that I know things that may help. That snake bastard is back so be careful.

Lily

Hermione picked up the cat cage and went inside. Lily left the neighborhood and did the counter-spell. She did some minor spells on her way back to the Leaky Cauldron. Just before sending Draco's wand back with an owl, she cast a repelling charm on herself so it would be harder for them to find her.

She spent her time going places that Muggles weren't allowed. Lily visited Buckingham Palace, looking at the non-public areas and even running into the Queen and Prince William (who immediately turned around and left); visited the theatre and watched a Shakespearean play; and the Tower of London.

The day before the train left for Hogwarts, Lily went back to the Leaky Cauldron and had Tom remove the charm. She visited the owl post office and wrote Dumbledore. She got a new wand from Ollivander's and hailed the Knights Bus. The quicker she got to the castle, the quicker she won't have to hide anymore.

Dumbledore was waiting for her outside the gates. He took in her appearance. She was thinner than last year and there were dark bags under her eyes. He wondered what happened to her since she left the Malfoys.

"I know you want to know and I'll tell you. I must ask that you keep Snape away from me or I'll kill him."

Dumbledore took the girl to his office and she told him everything that Lucius, Snape, and Voldemort did to her. She recounted how it all started with the 'punishments' and escalated when she told off the dark wizard. The headmaster already knew of her torture that summer from Snape's reports to the Order of the Phoenix but didn't know of her previous punishments.

"Ms. Westbrook, I assure you that Professor Snape will not do anything to you. I will also have him talk to Mr. Malfoy about staying away from you."

"What? That bloody git is coming back? I used his wand for magic in London. They should have expelled him."

"There isn't any record of Mr. Malfoy using magic."

"His father must have paid them off. I'll warn you now that I will defend myself using whatever spells I please."

She had the Slytherin dormitory to herself for the night. She cast an elaborate spell and wards on her bed. No one but her could approach it without bouncing off and getting shocked with electricity. Lily also cast a spell on the beds of anyone who attended the birthday party. She smiled just thinking about the results.