Dumbledore's funeral was two days later. Everyone was out of the Hospital Wing, Bill having been transferred to the Burrow to continue healing. Hundreds of 'light' witches and wizards of all ages and walks of life showed up for the mans entombment. I sat near the twins, Daphne, and Blaise. None of us were upset or crying about the man's death. He was a great wizard who'd accomplished amazing feats, but he was manipulative as hell and wasn't scared to sacrifice others for the cause.
I had been taunted anytime someone in my house saw me on the way to the funeral. The other students just stared, confused and wondering why I would allow myself to go to the snakes, for surly I knew they were evil. I let their words slide off like oil. The others did not. Fred, George, Blaise, Remus, and Sirius were sticking close and glaring at anyone who approached Daphne or I.
After the funeral, all students were ushered to their common rooms to finish packing and get on the train. Even though many had family at the funeral, McGonagall was not allowing any student to leave by any other means than the train. It was for security reasons, which I understood. It was also because of the fact that it would be much more of a hassle than the Interim Headmistress was capable of at the moment.
With many warnings from our guardians, we boarded the train. Daphne, Blaise, Luna, Harry, Ronald, Hermione, Ginny, and I piled into my usual compartment. We were not bothered for the entire ride. At least not after one student had tried to come in and found themselves covered in boils and implanted in the opposite wall.
"So… you three are staying with us?" Ronald asked with a sneer.
"No. Daphne, Blaise, and I are staying with Sirius and Remus. Luna and Harry are going home and to the Dursley's, respectively. The rest of you are staying at the Burrow. Don't worry, you won't need to see us three lowly Slytherins all that often. Just for the wedding and Order meetings and such." He glared, I turned back to my book.
"Is Grimmauld safe? Snape knew its location, he would've given it to his Lord by now." Harry asked, worried about his godfather and angry at Snape. I gave him a deadpan look.
"You really think they are that stupid? First, there are security measures in place to avoid that. Second, they changed the secret keeper and recast the fidelus charm. Third, who's to say that we're staying at Grimmauld?" Harry looked confused, and suspicious. "At least you're finally taking some of my advice to heart then." Harry looked like he was about to say something but I shook my head and he closed his mouth again.
When we arrived at the station Harry stood to leave the compartment first. He was going with the Dursley's and they didn't wait for anyone. Luna went next, seeing her father arrive on the platform and wishing us a good holiday. I knew she was going back to school next year and was honestly worried. I gave her a hug and told her to be careful, just in case I didn't get a chance to say it again. Hermione, Ronald, and Ginny disembarked when they saw Molly, Arthur, and Charlie waiting for them. We Slytherins remained seated.
"Aren't we going to leave?" Daphne asked once the platform began to clear out.
"Not yet, just sit back and wait. We always wait until the conductor starts his rounds. We was also usually the first on the train."
"So how did you keep it a secret?" I looked at her for a moment, thinking about my answer carefully.
"You know, I never did lie. My family came over from the states three generations ago. They were introverts, rich, and workaholics. They didn't like me much, aside from as a poster child. It was very similar to the way you grew up, just without magic. I was a part of the muggle high society circles, what with my family's name and riches."
"That was probably why nobody ever thought that you were less than a wizard-raised high society halfblood." Daphne commented. I nodded thoughtfully, and looked past her to see the platform empty and the conductor exiting the front of the train. There were only three trunks left sitting on the platform next to the train.
"Come on." I stood and disembarked the train, my hand resting on my wand. The other two followed my lead. We each dragged our own trunks over to the floo system and Blaise pulled out the slip of paper Remus had left for us with the location of Grimmauld place on it.
"Sirius connected the floo for the next ten minutes. That is the location. You go first, just in case time runs out we can always apparate. Sirius and Remus will be waiting. They will ask you a security question, answer it and you should be fine." Blaise explained for Daphne. She stepped up to the floo and vanished, he waited a minute before going in as well. I waited an extra two minutes, counting on Blaise's sass, before going through myself.
"How did you find out Remus was a werewolf?" Sirius asked, his wand pointed at my neck.
"His name is literally Raised-by-Wolves Wolf." I rolled my eyes and pushed Sirius' wand aside.
"What was the shortest amount of time between two Molly-canos?"
"Three hours." Both men answered, smiles on both of their faces. One was fond, the other exasperated, you can probably guess which was which.
"What is a Molly-cano?" Daphne asked.
"Molly Weasley. Sirius and I have a long running game of seeing who can make her explode in anger first. I usually win since she hates Slytherins and underage people not following her directions. Sirius is a good competitor since he has a drinking problem, an attitude problem, and an attention problem; in other words he's just a problem. Sirius glared and threw me over his shoulders, earning him a smack on the arse. Fred and George came through the front door at that moment.
"Should we be worried that Sirius has stolen your affections from us, Lily Pad?" George asked in jest. Sirius put me down and winked.
"Nah, I'm not into bestiality. Come on you two, I'll show you to your room and give you the grand tour, Daphne. I get the feeling the twins aren't here to see me judging by their frowny faces."
"We are, kind of. We were sent to let you all know that there is an Order meeting at the Burrow on July 13th to go over the plan to get Harry. Moody wants to move it up because Snape would've told them when and how we were moving Harry."
"Okay, hey would you two mind doing me a favor?" Remus asked.
"Sure, what is it?"
"I need you to pick something up for me in Diagon Ally. They won't sell to werewolves."
"Sure, what do you need? Better get it quick, shops are closing every day."
"I need… umm… I need an engagement ring from the jewelers three doors down from you. I will go get the order number, one second." Remus dashed from the room, leaving all of us in stunned silence.
"I think he forgot to mention something." I stated with a significant glance at Sirius.
"I think so too. How could he not tell me he was going to propose to my cousin!"
"Which one? You have about a million!" Blaise asked.
"Ball of yarn, my dear, ball of yarn. Tonks of course!" I smiled at Sirius' comment. Remus came back into the room and handed the twins a piece of paper and a small bag containing enough galleons.
"Thanks guys."
"No problem, though I think Lily might be upset that you didn't tell her." The twins turned on the spot and apparated away.
"And I didn't even get a goodbye! And here I thought they were worried about other men stealing my affections." I rolled my eyes and turned around after my dramatic statement, seeing two grinning gingers in the doorway behind me.
"Like we could forget you Lils!" Fred swept over and kissed me full on the lips. Pulling back he winked and disapparated for real. George was right behind him, delivering a kiss and a wink in quick succession.
I was left gaping at the doorway. The twins, my twins, had just kissed me. I'd just had my first kiss. And it was with the twins. Remus and Sirius were cracking up, seeing me stunned was a novel thing considering how often it happened. Daphne was confused and Blaise looked amused and murderous at the same time.
"That just happened, right? That wasn't just my imagination?"
"Imagine it a lot do you?" Sirius asked through his loud guffaws.
"Shut up. Come on you two, let's go. Leave your stuff, Kreature can bring it to your room later." I left the room, not waiting for them to follow me, embarrassment covering my cheeks and happiness warming my heart.
Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize. This isn't going to turn into a super romantic story, so if you don't like the pairing, it's not going to be a main point in the upcoming chapters.