A/N: Sorry it took me so long. I got really busy.
On game day Lily woke up three hours earlier than she usually did. She lay in bed for a while then decided the odds of her being able to go back to sleep were slim to none and got up. Her dorm room was so empty without Finny. She tiptoed past Jeanie Hutchins and Alyson Finkle and walked out of the dorm. She went to the library and picked the first book off of the first shelf and sat down. She opened the book on Ancient Wizards and began reading. She was fifty pages into the book when the library door opened. Thinking that it was the librarian and she was being caught in the library before it opened she threw the cloak around herself.
"Even Madam Pince would've noticed that," Lily heard Neville's voice and removed the cloak. Standing in front of her was Professors Yellnerfly and Longbottom. She smiled weakly and got up to put the book away.
"Sit down," Professor Yellnerfly pointed sat down. Neville did the same. "Are you nervous?"
Lily simply nodded. Professor Yellnerfly smiled and placed her hand on Lily's. "You'll do great. I know you will," the professor's encouraging words calmed the wild butterflies that had taken up residence in Lily's stomach. "Breakfast is going to start in about twenty minutes."
"I'm not hungry," Lily shook her head, "I'll go over in an hour when Rose and Scor wake up."
"You really should eat something," Yellnerfly pressed on.
"Her brother will make sure she eats," Neville waved his hand. "Good luck today."
The professors walked off and Lily went back to her reading. In an hour she walked to the Great Hall. Rose and Scorpius were already sitting eating. She sat across from them and watched them eat feeling sick just looking at the food. She cringed as Scorpius shoved a huge bite of scrambled eggs into his mouth.
"Why aren't you eating?" he asked with a mouth full of food. Lily pretended to gag. He blushed, smiled, and swallowed the food. "Sorry."
"It's ok," Lily laughed, "I'm not really hungry."
James showed up right on time with a plate half full of food. He set it down in front of Lily and walked away. She picked it up and walked it back over to him. Albus and Hugo put their books over their heads sure there was going to be a war. The other kids nearby did the same. James handed it back to her calmly but she refused to take it and walked away. He sighed and waited until she'd left the Hall. When she was gone he walked back to where she had been sitting moments before and set down the plate of food.
"Please make sure she eats," he looked at Rose but it was obvious he was speaking to Scorpius, "she has a tendency to forget to eat when she's nervous or excited. When she's both sometimes she'll stop eating all together."
"We have it under control," Rose nodded knowingly, "I got her to eat some dinner last night."
Lily came back and saw the plate of food back at her spot. She picked it up and shoved it at James. He steadied it so it wouldn't spill anything.
"You can't tell me what to do when we're not even talking!" she yelled.
"Lily, you can't just not eat!" he reasoned.
Lily picked up a biscuit from the plate and took a bite, "Are you happy now?" She put it back and stormed out. Rose shook her head at James and followed her out. James threw down the plate causing some of the food to fall onto the table.
"I blame you for this," James's reasonable tone had disappeared and he sounded somewhat childlike.
"Me?" Scorpius laughed. "How can you blame me for your own stupidity?" James frowned and walked back to his seat farther up the table.
Hours later Lily was walking out onto the Quidditch pitch trying desperately to hold her broomstick steady. Daniel placed his hand on her back. She turned around and smiled at him. When she finally reached the pitch she mounted her broom. Madam Hooch released the balls. The snitch whizzed passed her face and then Junior's as if it knew who was going to chase it. The whistle was blown and she took off in search of the little golden ball. She saw it and dove to catch it. Seeing this, Junior followed her. She was too fast for him and was getting very close to the Golden Snitch. She moved her hands from the broomstick to reach out for it but as soon as she did her broom seemed to kick up its front legs like a horse. She screamed and returned her hands.
Junior, still not having caught up stopped moving to watch as her broom malfunctioned. Everyone was completely paralyzed. No one knew quite what to do. No one had ever seen anything quite like it. The broom suddenly stopped its bucking and calmed. Still, no one moved. Then the broom turned pink gradually becoming a darker red.
"Ow" Lily screamed. As soon as she did the broom turned blue. She started shivering and rubbing her arms. It turned back to its normal color then shot at least 500 feet into the air and turned over. Lily tried to bring it back upright but it just kept flying around of its own accord with her hanging. Richard Crabbe looked at each of the players on the Slytherin team and they resumed playing. As soon as they did Lily's broom stopped and turned right side up. She waited a second to make sure it didn't freak out on her again then took off after Junior. This time the snitch was high up in the sky. She was neck in neck with Junior when someone screamed.
"The Bludger's been cursed!"
Both, Lily and Junior looked back. Sure enough the Bludger was flying right toward Lily. Lily picked up speed and grabbed the snitch then flew out of the Bludger's path. It simply changed its course and followed her. The Bludger hit Lily's broom and it went spiraling down. James rushed as quickly as he could to her but he knew that there was no way he could make it. Junior, however, could very easily disgrace his team and go to the rescue of a rival. He looked at Albus who was looking right at him from the stands and he dove down to save Lily. He pulled her onto his broom and flew down to the ground. James reached the ground seconds after Junior and Lily.
"Thank you," Lily choked. Junior nodded.
Rose, Scorpius, Al, and Hugo were running out onto the pitch. Rose hugged Lily tightly and whispered in her ear, "It was Harold." She released Lily and she stared at her not believing what her cousin had just said. Albus shook Junior's hand and thanked him.
"You alright?" Scorpius looked Lily over noting the burns on her hand and the frostbite on her knee, "you should go see Madam Pomfrey."
"I'm fine really" Lily smiled weakly not sure even she believed it.
Crabbe and Goyle walked over to Junior. Each boy grabbed one of his arms and carried him off. Madam Hooch came over with Madam Pomfrey not far behind.
"Let me see your hand," Madam Pomfrey took Lily's left hand in hers.
"What's in the other one?" Madam Hooch asked. Lily opened her hand and the little golden ball's wings sprouted out but it did not move. "You caught it?" Lily nodded. "She caught it!" she screamed.
"And Gryffindor wins the game" the announcer screamed.
Lily raised the snitch like she'd seen Seekers do in games and smiled as everyone cheered for her. For a moment she completely forgot that a student she'd never even met had tried to kill her.