A/N This is the third attempt at this chapter, each time I wrote Lilly into a different house. This one worked the best, and allowed for more twists later, so this is the one you get, hope you like it.
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Lilly held her breath as the hat debated which house to put her in. Ravenclaw...or Gryffindor... She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping she didn't get Gryffindor; she didn't like their colour scheming. Her heart pounded as the hat opened its mouth.
"GRYFFINDOR" it boomed. Lilly tried to hide her displeasure as she handed the hat back to Minerva. Stupid hat. She held no emotion as one table burst into applause – the Gryffindors. Minerva shot a smirk at Severus as Lilly walked down between Gryffindor and Slytherin. Lilly didn't look at Draco at all; she could feel his disappointment through their bond. One of the girls offered her a seat, introducing herself as Parvati Patil, a third year as well. Lilly smiled at her gratefully, and looked at the people around them. As the hat was being taken out of the hall, Lilly contemplated setting the hat on fire, but her plans were interrupted by the entrance of a girl with very bushy hair, and a familiar boy.
She tried to work out where she had seen the messy looking boy as he walked toward her. She noticed the girl looking at someone in disgust, and turned to see a ginger haired boy all but drooling as he stared at her. Lilly felt uncomfortable under his gaze, so she looked at the newcomers. She noticed the brown haired girl whispering. Lilly focused her hearing in on the conversation.
"Sit next to the dark haired new girl, the one next to Parvati." The girl paused, giving him a stern look. "Unless, you don't think you will be able to control yourself and look like a fool like Ronald."
The boy laughed at what she said. "I'll be fine. I'm sure I've seen her before." He looked at Lilly quizzically, then looked away quickly when their eyes met. Lately, Lilly's eyes spent most of the time being either green or blue, so in order to not stand out, she learned a colour change charm and cast it, making her eyes permanently appear a green colour except for her father, who was the only one who could see the true colour. She didn't know it was so he could tell her mood even when she didn't say anything about it.
Harry listened to the rest of Dumbledore's speech, only occasionally looking at Lilly, trying to work out where he had seen her. She didn't look at Dumbledore, didn't even appear to be listening, instead she looked preoccupied within her thoughts. In truth, she was trying to shut down her mind, so Draco couldn't get in. She could tell he was very annoyed that she was put in Gryffindor, but he hadn't attempted to speak to her. At least she had Dimitri in her house, even if he was sitting down further with a pair of cheeky looking twins.
She continued looking at her hands until she heard the hall show a slight bit of applause. She clapped along, a little unsure why they were applauding. She stopped her clapping, looking at her nails, which she had painted black, until the hall clapped again. She looked toward the head table, careful not to look at her father, and noticed Ruby was smiling. Lilly figured she had been introduced. She noticed the boy next to her smuggling a look at her again, so she shot him a brilliant smile. The food appeared in front of them, and he turned to her.
"Diagon Alley!" He blurted out. Lilly raised an eyebrow at him. He laughed awkwardly. "That's where I have seen you before!" Lilly looked at him. His green eyes behind the glasses twinkled, he smiled at her.
"Yeah, I remember you." She laughed. Harry put his hand out.
"I'm Harry...Harry Potter." He watched her face as he said that. She didn't show any sign of recognising his name. He grinned as he realised she had no idea who he was; sometimes being famous got boring. She took his hand.
"I'm Lilly." She didn't offer a last name. Parvati turned to her.
"I thought Professor McGonagall introduced you as Amarylis?" Lilly screwed up her nose at that comment. Harry laughed.
"It's Lilly. I really don't like being called..." She paused, shuddering, "Amarylis." Harry and Parvati laughed along with her. They introduced her to Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Seamus Finnegan and Dean Thomas. Hermione scowled as she noticed all the guys, with the exception of Harry, were looking at Lilly with lust filled eyes. It hurt Hermione to see Ron looking at Lilly like that, but she ignored all the staring boys, talking to Harry and Parvati the most. Hermione sat quietly, watching this new girl. She noticed that Lilly had a funny way of pronouncing some words, and that she was thinner than all the others in their year. Hermione hoped she didn't have an eating disorder. And Lilly's lack of appetite didn't help any.
When it came time for the students to head to bed, Professor McGonagall called out to Parvati and Lilly, informing them that Lilly would be in the same room as Parvati and Hermione. McGonagall also congratulated her on getting into Gryffindor, but noticed Lilly wasn't as pleased about it.
"Lilly what is wrong?" She enquired quietly.
"Do you think...do you think my father will be annoyed?" Lilly looked at the ground, downcast.
"Lilly, he will get over it. He will have to." Lilly nodded, then followed Parvati out of the hall.
She noticed Draco standing with a large group of Slytherins. She looked at him, but when he noticed her he made no effort to communicate. Lilly was very annoyed; Draco had told her what house she was in didn't matter, and now he was annoyed with her. A girl with a short dark bob cuddled up next to Draco. Lilly was disgusted to see he didn't push her away. Turning on her heel, she linked arms with Parvati and headed off to Gryffindor Tower. Lilly was pleased to see the room she would be sharing with Parvati, Hermione and another girl, Lavender Brown, whom Lilly hadn't noticed in the Great Hall.
As Lilly settled down to go to bed, she thought about all the people she had just met. She liked Parvati best of all the girls; Hermione seemed very quiet, and Lilly didn't need to read her mind to work out the other girl was annoyed that the red haired boy was pretty much drooling over Lilly. Lavender didn't seem too bad, if a little odd. Lilly figured she would give her a chance though.
Harry seemed like a great guy to Lilly. At least he didn't act like Draco. Lilly didn't know what to think of the other Gryffindor boys...they appeared to be rather shallow, staring at her for her looks. Again, that was something she didn't need to read from their minds. And Lilly hadn't missed that it wasn't just the guys in her year staring at her, she caught guys from all year levels, and from all houses, watching her. It made her very self conscious. She chatted with two of her roommates for a bit, before the other, Hermione, hissed at them to go to sleep.
Lilly awoke early in the morning. She had done a little of unpacking of the suitcase she had packed last minute to take with her to her dorm. She sat up, opening the curtains of her four poster bed. The sun, barely risen, was peeking through the window into the room. It provided enough light for Lilly to look around.
The room, though dark, had stone walls and all the furnishings were scarlet or gold. Lilly didn't particularly like the colour scheme, but she figured it would grow on her. She noticed her robes, which she had hung on the door to her wardrobe, now had the Gryffindor symbol, the lion on them. She didn't know what the time was, but none of the other girls where awake. Lilly silently headed to the bathroom, taking a shower and dressing, well before the other girls were awake.
She sat on her bed, her potions book in front of her. She stared blankly at the page, her concerns over her father, her boyfriend, her housemates and her classes swirled in her mind. She leaned back, not noticing the other girls getting up and dressed. It wasn't until Lavender walked over, shutting the book as Parvati gently tugged on her arm, that Lilly became aware of what was going on around her.
They headed down to the Great Hall, Lavender on one side of Lilly, chatting happily with Parvati who was on the other side of Lilly. If either girl noticed Lilly's lack of talking they didn't say anything, figuring she was probably just nervous about the classes. As they walked into the hall, Harry waved at them to join him. Lilly let her eyes wander toward the Slytherin table, noticing Draco doing a ridiculous swoon of something, a large gang around him laughing. When he noticed her he leaned toward the girl with the bob cut. Lilly sat down with the other Gryffindors. She picked at her breakfast, and barely looked at her timetable. Here she was, finally starting a decent school, and she couldn't find it in herself to smile.
Harry noticed Lilly wasn't very happy. She nearly burst into tears when she heard Ron mention that they had the Slytherins in nearly every class. He considered talking to McGonagall, but when he looked at the head table, it wasn't the Gryffindor Head of House he noticed, it was Snape, and the sad look he wore on his face.