The Eye Of The Beholder
Disclaimer: I do not own any of JK Rowling's character's or Hogwarts (although id like to). But I do own the plot and anyone who steals it is gonna FRY!!!! Pfft. Hmm... interesting.
Sorry for taking so long to release this story, im been so busy, and still am with bloody stupid exams. Rrrrrrr.....
If anyone hasn't noticed yet, this is James/Lily, Love/Hate. The whole proper Love part wont show up until a bit further into the story. These are some of my favourite stories =D.
Anyway! On with the story and I hope you like reading it and reviewing it!
~ FallenAngel ~
Chapter One
TWO YEAR'S LATER~*
As she awoke from her slumber on a desk in the Griffindor Common Room, where she fell asleep doing her homework the night before, she knew that something was wrong. Call it womens intuition perhaps? She sat up quickly in her seat and looked her body over before rolling her eyes, sighing and removing her wand out of her robe. She thought, 'Can't think of anything better Potter? Out of all the year's ive known you, you always decide to do the same things over and over.' as she looked at her blushing pink arm's and legs, and her now toxic green hair. She stated the spell to return her body parts back to their original colours while yawning, then proceeded to pack away her books, quills and parchment into her shoulder bag and staggered towards the stairs which would take her to the 5thYear Girl's Dormitory.
She stumbled into the dorm, trying to be as quiet as possible, as she tripped over the odd pillow reaching her trunk and pulling the lid open, while putting her school objects in. As she yawned, she noticed the time on her clock that she bewitched to work in the wizarding world. It read 1:21AM. 'Surely it's not that late?' She thought to herself as she grabbed her pyjama's, and showering items and towel before heading to the girls' showers. As she swung the door open, she had one of those bad feelings, like everytime she walked into a bathroom after the accident. After a few seconds, she shook her head out of the trance she was in, walked towards a mirror and surveyed herself.
Now Lilian Audrey Evans was not one of those stuck up girls, like the other's in her dorm. With her dyed black hair that was up in a tight bun, and her fake brown eye's hidden by a pair of glasses which she didnt need, her terrible clothing, good grades, never speaking to anyone but her Aunt Nona and sometimes her teachers and her ability to always choose the seat closest to the proffessor during class, Lilian was usually called a teacher's pet and a nerd. Not only for her marks in school, but also for her McGonnagal like look about her. Most of the time. Lilian, or Lily as she liked to be called by her Aunt, never got bothered by the school poplulation, most of the time. But one group of boy's consisting of James Potter, her long time crush, her old boyfriend and the leader of the gang, Sirius Black, James' best friend, Remus Lupin, the smart one of the group, and Peter Pettegrew, who she disliked and didn't know why she hung out with the others. Together they were called the Marauder's, and played pranks on mainly Slytherins, Severus Snape and her. This was one of the other reasons she never talked, as she was picked on constantly by the most popular group of men in the school. And her saying something bad about them, would just make their cold attitudes worse towards her. At least she felt better thinking she only had a few day's before summer break started, so she had 6 full weeks to recompose herself, and get back to school.
Lily let down her hair from its bun, watching it cascade down her back reaching a bit past her shoulders and removed her glasses and contacts, putting them in a case and placing them on the basin in front of her. As she looked up into the mirror she saw the Lilian Evans nobody knew, or even remembered, surveying her startling, piercing but beautiful emerald green eyes. She picked up her case and pin's from her hair, and started walking towards the last shower stall in the room, where she placed her case and her pyjama's on the stool beside the shower. She removed her robe and other clothing and put them in a pile near the stool, then stepped into the shower cubicle and turned the hot and cold taps to start her shower.
Twenty minute's later, Lily emerged from her shower and draped her towel around her while grabbing her pyjamas from the stool and slipping them on. After getting her pyjama's on, Lily picked up her things and walked towards the door, but not before taking another sneak peak at herself before she changed back into Aurora Melissa Zachery. She chose these three names for her family, Aurora and Zachery, her parents and Melissa for her idol, her best friend who died in the accident.
Lily walked into the girls dormitory once more but this time towards her bed, and put out her clothes for tomorrow and put her things away into her trunk. She placed her glasses case on the bedside table and shut the curtains around her bed, turned on her alarm, and jumped into her bed. As she fell asleep, the last thing she thought about was seeing her Aunt again.
THE NEXT DAY~*
Lily a.k.a Aurora, awoke in the morning with the constant noise of her roomates. She quietly slipped her hand out of the curtains and grabbed the glasses case, and put in her contacts, and slipped her hand back out, putting the glasses case back on the bedside table. Lily quickly slipped out of bed, the others ignoring her prescence and started to put her school things on and her glasses, making it look like she didnt know what she was doing beforehand. Ten minutes later when she had finished, she walked into the bathroom and put her hair up in its usual tight bun on top of her head and paded her way back towards her bed to put her pyjama's away, and start packing her school bag for another day.
She walked down the stairs from the dorm with her schoolbag and out of the common room, ignoring the fan club of the marauders swooning over the four boys and started the walk towards the Hall. An old thought popped into her head as she jumped down the staircases two at a time, 'James was mine, He said he loved me, well Lily, and said we would stay together forever, no matter how far we are apart. But now look at him, he didnt even get depressed about Lily leaving, he just started seeing other girls...' Lily shook the thought out of her head, 'The only way he is mine again is if her old self came back. Do I want her to? What about the danger of the death eaters?'. She pondered this until she reached the doors of the Great Hall, where she shook her head of the thoughts, stood straight, and pushed the doors open. She walked into the hall and started to walk towards the end of the Griffindor table, until someone stepped in from of her, Lucius Malfoy. " Say, Aurora, where are your parents? Did they abandon you or something? I suppose they would with a daughter like you." Lucius sneered at her. Lily started to walk around Lucius but he just got in her way again. "What? Cat Got Your Tongue? You know you should have expected it from your Mudblood family to get rid of you. Someone with your looks shouldnt hang around with others because you curse them". And with that Lucius began to laugh maliciously while walking away from her, and Lily's eyes started to fill with tears as she walked towards the table once more.
In the time she was being held up by Malfoy, the Marauder's and their fan club had entered the great hall and sat halfway in the table, to get a great view of the action.
As Lily walked past the Marauder's, James stood up and started a little mocking display of Aurora, " Oh! Look at Me! I think I'm sssooo smart because I get good grades! Quick everyone! Look at me! I want everyone's attention by talking to Malfoy about my parents!" James put in a little of drama into his performance by pretending to cry, while most of the area where they were sitting
laughed hysterically while looking at Aurora. As James wiped his eyes on his sleave, removing the tears he gained while laughing at Lily, he looked up at her once again and said, " Piss off Aurora. Your kind arent wanted around here. Like Lily, she obviously wasn't wanted around here either with the shit she got from everyone. She was a freak, just like you and you both would have been great together!", and went back into his fit of laughter with the rest of the fan club. Well most of them, Remus just sat there looking uncomfortable and mouthing sorry to Lily.
Well, this did it for Lily, and the tears spilled out of her eyes and flowed down her cheeks. James looked at her once again, and his facial expression changed from taunting to confusion, because as he looked up, he didnt see Aurora anymore, but he saw Lilian, his best friend, the one he cared for, and the hurt he had caused her. "Lilian?" he whispered at the form, and Lily just shook her head and ran out the doors of the hall, down the corridor which would lead her to Dumbledores office.
As Lily ran along the corridors getting to Dumbledore's office, the tears flowed down her eyes and onto the ground, leaving a trail to leave for someone to guess where she was going. Someone like James Potter. As Lily made it to the Gargoyle that lead to Proffessor Dumbledore's office, she took a deep breath to compose herself, wiped both her eyes, said the password (Chocolate Chip Muffins) and walked up the stairs. Before she even got a chance to knock at the door, Professor Dumbledore called to her, "Its alright Aurora, come in".
Lily walked into the office and sat herself down on one of the cushy chair's in front of Professor Dumbledore's desk, started wringing her hands and while looking at the ground, started her speech. "Professor Dumbledore, would it be possible to become Lilian again? I miss my old life. I miss James..." She mumbled out while looking at her feet.
"My. I havent heard you speak since the end of the 3rd year Lily. You have a beautiful voice. As for this changing back, I dont think you should. It might hold consequences nowone dare speaks of. But, I suppose you could make a guest appearance once in a while," Dumbledore said, eyes twinkling at the sight of his best student.
Lily took a deep breath," Thankyou Sir, this means so much to be to have your word on such an occassion. But I was wondering another thing." "Yes?" Dumbledore spoke, sounding like he already knew the question.
" Could it be possible for me to be Re-Sorted and change my name again? I don't want to be Aurora any longer. Being around James without being able to hug him and kiss him really hurts and I wish I could just become myself again. Or get revenge on what he did to me for the past two years," Lillian said timidly, all the while becoming greatly interested in her hands.
Dumbledore nooded his head in understanding and stated while reaching for the Sorting Hat, a few inches out of his reach, "I believe that could be aranged. Now, I will give you permission to leave school early and go home to Nona. God knows how much you miss her. In this time, I think you should change your looks and such, and think up a new name for yourself. Now to Re-Sort you."
Lily slowly walked over to the stool in the corner of the room, and Dumbledore dropped the hat on her head, which resulted with Lily not being able to see. In less than a second the familiar voice of the Sorting Hat filled her ears and she smiled at the picture that filled her mind, of the Sorting Hat having a bath.
'Miss Evans, once again interrupting my bath. Now what do I owe the pleasure?'
'I want to be Re-Sorted Mr Hat.' Lily thought, knowing that the head could her what she thought.
'As you wish, Miss Evans. Now, where to put you... Hmmm... No, not Griffindor again. Maybe Hufflepuff?'
Lily grimaced at the sight of her as a Hufflepuff, and the Sorting Hat chuckled.
'Ok ok, I get the point... No Hufflepuff... Hmm.. you would do well as a Ravenclaw, with your brains and knowledge you posess... No...Wait!.. I see a thirst for Revenge... A thirst for Power over a certain group of young men... That's it.. Its settled then!'
And then the hat yelled the chosen house..... "SLYTHERIN!!!".
'Well, Miss Evans, I await the next time we sort you. Goodbye Lily!'
Lily stood up smiling saying thankyou to the professor and the Sorting Hat, walking out of Dumbledore's office and started down the stairs again. This time thinking about how much she was going to show James Potter next year how beautiful and interesting she actually was. And to get revenge.
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From the moment Aurora ran off, James suddenly stood up and took after her, much the dissapointment of the fan club and Marauders. As soon as he ran out of the Great Hall doors a thought struck him right in the face, 'Great. I dont know how to find her.' But as he thought this, he looked down and noticed the trail of tears, or what other people would say was water on the ground leading up to Professor Dumbledore's office. 'HOLY SHIT!", James yelled outloud to himself, "SHES GONNA GET ME EXPELLED!" And with that James sprinted the whole way to Dumbledore's office. James got there just in time to meet a happier looking Aurora coming out from behind the Gargoyle, but Aurora's smile suddenly dropped when she saw James. "Look...er... Aurora... uh.. I'm sorry about what I said before... I mean... like it was really mean and I didnt mean to hurt you so much.. so er... yeah Im sorry Aurora." James mumbled while looking at his shoes, while Aurora was frozen to the spot. 'He talked to me and didn't insult me! OH MY GOD! JAMES!' Aurora thought but quickly shook her head and broke out of the trance James put her in, and walked around him as quickly as possible.
When James finally looked up, he noticed Aurora wasn't there, and turned around to face the hallway, and spotted her walking briskly ahead. As he jogged up beside her, he started apologising again, "Look Aurora I really didn't mean to hurt you like that." He waited for a reply, but it never happened. "Look the least you can do is reply to me." He said, quite irritated at Aurora. Still no reply to be heard from Aurora. "God. Didn't your parent's ever teach you manners!" He finally burst, and Aurora looked at him. Aurora's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Potter, I haven't spoken all year. And for information. I don't have any parents. THEY DIED!" She spat at him with venon in her voice, then Lily suddenly ran down the corridor leading to the entrance to the Griffindor Common Room.
James sighed, 'I can never do anything right can I?' and ran off after her.
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Well, Lily was once again crying, but not as bad as last time, as she made it to the Fat Lady. She gasped the password (Music Box) to the portrait and ran upstairs to her dorm. She started packing her things into her bags under her desk and in her trunk, while trying to wipe her eyes on her sleave, and hum a song to herself. When she had made sure she hadn't forgotten anything, and was finished packing, she shrunk her trunk to the size of a matchbox and put it in her pocket. Lily came down the stairs skipping one at a time, and looked around the Common Room, this being one of her last times in there, and left, quietly shutting the portrait of the Fat Lady, and saying farewell to her. As Lily made her way to the Entrance Hall, Albus Dumbledore, and Minerva McGonnagall were standing there, anticipating her arrival.
"Aurora, both myself and Albus will miss you greatly. I can't believe that I am handing over my favourite student to Snape," The female professor whispered into Lily's ear while she shared an embrace with the older woman. As Minerva pull back to wipe her eyes on her hankerchief, Albus proceeded over to where the women were residing, and swept Lily up into his hug. Lily was once again caught up in so many emotions, she let herself cry onto Albus' shoulder. Albus was like a father figure for the poor girl since her parent's died, and it felt so good to be cuddled and fussed over like a child again. after both Professors McGonnagall and Dumbledore had composed themselves, Dumbledore started to say his farewell to the young witch, "Now, when you think of a suitable new name for yourself, Owl me and I'll organize all your transfer scripts and such. Have a good holiday Miss Zachery, and both Minerva and myself will hopefully see you after the holidays."
With one more embrace from both the proffessor's, Lily started the long walk towards Hogsmeade to catch the Hogwart's Express back to London.
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Well. Lets see how this looks. I was going to keep writing, but its taken me so long just to get this part of the story started, so I decided to post this part up. Thankyou for all my cool reviews. Youve given me great insight into what I should fix with my fic. Thanks!
Anyway,
Ill try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can!
Review Me!
~Mel~
Disclaimer: I do not own any of JK Rowling's character's or Hogwarts (although id like to). But I do own the plot and anyone who steals it is gonna FRY!!!! Pfft. Hmm... interesting.
Sorry for taking so long to release this story, im been so busy, and still am with bloody stupid exams. Rrrrrrr.....
If anyone hasn't noticed yet, this is James/Lily, Love/Hate. The whole proper Love part wont show up until a bit further into the story. These are some of my favourite stories =D.
Anyway! On with the story and I hope you like reading it and reviewing it!
~ FallenAngel ~
Chapter One
TWO YEAR'S LATER~*
As she awoke from her slumber on a desk in the Griffindor Common Room, where she fell asleep doing her homework the night before, she knew that something was wrong. Call it womens intuition perhaps? She sat up quickly in her seat and looked her body over before rolling her eyes, sighing and removing her wand out of her robe. She thought, 'Can't think of anything better Potter? Out of all the year's ive known you, you always decide to do the same things over and over.' as she looked at her blushing pink arm's and legs, and her now toxic green hair. She stated the spell to return her body parts back to their original colours while yawning, then proceeded to pack away her books, quills and parchment into her shoulder bag and staggered towards the stairs which would take her to the 5thYear Girl's Dormitory.
She stumbled into the dorm, trying to be as quiet as possible, as she tripped over the odd pillow reaching her trunk and pulling the lid open, while putting her school objects in. As she yawned, she noticed the time on her clock that she bewitched to work in the wizarding world. It read 1:21AM. 'Surely it's not that late?' She thought to herself as she grabbed her pyjama's, and showering items and towel before heading to the girls' showers. As she swung the door open, she had one of those bad feelings, like everytime she walked into a bathroom after the accident. After a few seconds, she shook her head out of the trance she was in, walked towards a mirror and surveyed herself.
Now Lilian Audrey Evans was not one of those stuck up girls, like the other's in her dorm. With her dyed black hair that was up in a tight bun, and her fake brown eye's hidden by a pair of glasses which she didnt need, her terrible clothing, good grades, never speaking to anyone but her Aunt Nona and sometimes her teachers and her ability to always choose the seat closest to the proffessor during class, Lilian was usually called a teacher's pet and a nerd. Not only for her marks in school, but also for her McGonnagal like look about her. Most of the time. Lilian, or Lily as she liked to be called by her Aunt, never got bothered by the school poplulation, most of the time. But one group of boy's consisting of James Potter, her long time crush, her old boyfriend and the leader of the gang, Sirius Black, James' best friend, Remus Lupin, the smart one of the group, and Peter Pettegrew, who she disliked and didn't know why she hung out with the others. Together they were called the Marauder's, and played pranks on mainly Slytherins, Severus Snape and her. This was one of the other reasons she never talked, as she was picked on constantly by the most popular group of men in the school. And her saying something bad about them, would just make their cold attitudes worse towards her. At least she felt better thinking she only had a few day's before summer break started, so she had 6 full weeks to recompose herself, and get back to school.
Lily let down her hair from its bun, watching it cascade down her back reaching a bit past her shoulders and removed her glasses and contacts, putting them in a case and placing them on the basin in front of her. As she looked up into the mirror she saw the Lilian Evans nobody knew, or even remembered, surveying her startling, piercing but beautiful emerald green eyes. She picked up her case and pin's from her hair, and started walking towards the last shower stall in the room, where she placed her case and her pyjama's on the stool beside the shower. She removed her robe and other clothing and put them in a pile near the stool, then stepped into the shower cubicle and turned the hot and cold taps to start her shower.
Twenty minute's later, Lily emerged from her shower and draped her towel around her while grabbing her pyjamas from the stool and slipping them on. After getting her pyjama's on, Lily picked up her things and walked towards the door, but not before taking another sneak peak at herself before she changed back into Aurora Melissa Zachery. She chose these three names for her family, Aurora and Zachery, her parents and Melissa for her idol, her best friend who died in the accident.
Lily walked into the girls dormitory once more but this time towards her bed, and put out her clothes for tomorrow and put her things away into her trunk. She placed her glasses case on the bedside table and shut the curtains around her bed, turned on her alarm, and jumped into her bed. As she fell asleep, the last thing she thought about was seeing her Aunt again.
THE NEXT DAY~*
Lily a.k.a Aurora, awoke in the morning with the constant noise of her roomates. She quietly slipped her hand out of the curtains and grabbed the glasses case, and put in her contacts, and slipped her hand back out, putting the glasses case back on the bedside table. Lily quickly slipped out of bed, the others ignoring her prescence and started to put her school things on and her glasses, making it look like she didnt know what she was doing beforehand. Ten minutes later when she had finished, she walked into the bathroom and put her hair up in its usual tight bun on top of her head and paded her way back towards her bed to put her pyjama's away, and start packing her school bag for another day.
She walked down the stairs from the dorm with her schoolbag and out of the common room, ignoring the fan club of the marauders swooning over the four boys and started the walk towards the Hall. An old thought popped into her head as she jumped down the staircases two at a time, 'James was mine, He said he loved me, well Lily, and said we would stay together forever, no matter how far we are apart. But now look at him, he didnt even get depressed about Lily leaving, he just started seeing other girls...' Lily shook the thought out of her head, 'The only way he is mine again is if her old self came back. Do I want her to? What about the danger of the death eaters?'. She pondered this until she reached the doors of the Great Hall, where she shook her head of the thoughts, stood straight, and pushed the doors open. She walked into the hall and started to walk towards the end of the Griffindor table, until someone stepped in from of her, Lucius Malfoy. " Say, Aurora, where are your parents? Did they abandon you or something? I suppose they would with a daughter like you." Lucius sneered at her. Lily started to walk around Lucius but he just got in her way again. "What? Cat Got Your Tongue? You know you should have expected it from your Mudblood family to get rid of you. Someone with your looks shouldnt hang around with others because you curse them". And with that Lucius began to laugh maliciously while walking away from her, and Lily's eyes started to fill with tears as she walked towards the table once more.
In the time she was being held up by Malfoy, the Marauder's and their fan club had entered the great hall and sat halfway in the table, to get a great view of the action.
As Lily walked past the Marauder's, James stood up and started a little mocking display of Aurora, " Oh! Look at Me! I think I'm sssooo smart because I get good grades! Quick everyone! Look at me! I want everyone's attention by talking to Malfoy about my parents!" James put in a little of drama into his performance by pretending to cry, while most of the area where they were sitting
laughed hysterically while looking at Aurora. As James wiped his eyes on his sleave, removing the tears he gained while laughing at Lily, he looked up at her once again and said, " Piss off Aurora. Your kind arent wanted around here. Like Lily, she obviously wasn't wanted around here either with the shit she got from everyone. She was a freak, just like you and you both would have been great together!", and went back into his fit of laughter with the rest of the fan club. Well most of them, Remus just sat there looking uncomfortable and mouthing sorry to Lily.
Well, this did it for Lily, and the tears spilled out of her eyes and flowed down her cheeks. James looked at her once again, and his facial expression changed from taunting to confusion, because as he looked up, he didnt see Aurora anymore, but he saw Lilian, his best friend, the one he cared for, and the hurt he had caused her. "Lilian?" he whispered at the form, and Lily just shook her head and ran out the doors of the hall, down the corridor which would lead her to Dumbledores office.
As Lily ran along the corridors getting to Dumbledore's office, the tears flowed down her eyes and onto the ground, leaving a trail to leave for someone to guess where she was going. Someone like James Potter. As Lily made it to the Gargoyle that lead to Proffessor Dumbledore's office, she took a deep breath to compose herself, wiped both her eyes, said the password (Chocolate Chip Muffins) and walked up the stairs. Before she even got a chance to knock at the door, Professor Dumbledore called to her, "Its alright Aurora, come in".
Lily walked into the office and sat herself down on one of the cushy chair's in front of Professor Dumbledore's desk, started wringing her hands and while looking at the ground, started her speech. "Professor Dumbledore, would it be possible to become Lilian again? I miss my old life. I miss James..." She mumbled out while looking at her feet.
"My. I havent heard you speak since the end of the 3rd year Lily. You have a beautiful voice. As for this changing back, I dont think you should. It might hold consequences nowone dare speaks of. But, I suppose you could make a guest appearance once in a while," Dumbledore said, eyes twinkling at the sight of his best student.
Lily took a deep breath," Thankyou Sir, this means so much to be to have your word on such an occassion. But I was wondering another thing." "Yes?" Dumbledore spoke, sounding like he already knew the question.
" Could it be possible for me to be Re-Sorted and change my name again? I don't want to be Aurora any longer. Being around James without being able to hug him and kiss him really hurts and I wish I could just become myself again. Or get revenge on what he did to me for the past two years," Lillian said timidly, all the while becoming greatly interested in her hands.
Dumbledore nooded his head in understanding and stated while reaching for the Sorting Hat, a few inches out of his reach, "I believe that could be aranged. Now, I will give you permission to leave school early and go home to Nona. God knows how much you miss her. In this time, I think you should change your looks and such, and think up a new name for yourself. Now to Re-Sort you."
Lily slowly walked over to the stool in the corner of the room, and Dumbledore dropped the hat on her head, which resulted with Lily not being able to see. In less than a second the familiar voice of the Sorting Hat filled her ears and she smiled at the picture that filled her mind, of the Sorting Hat having a bath.
'Miss Evans, once again interrupting my bath. Now what do I owe the pleasure?'
'I want to be Re-Sorted Mr Hat.' Lily thought, knowing that the head could her what she thought.
'As you wish, Miss Evans. Now, where to put you... Hmmm... No, not Griffindor again. Maybe Hufflepuff?'
Lily grimaced at the sight of her as a Hufflepuff, and the Sorting Hat chuckled.
'Ok ok, I get the point... No Hufflepuff... Hmm.. you would do well as a Ravenclaw, with your brains and knowledge you posess... No...Wait!.. I see a thirst for Revenge... A thirst for Power over a certain group of young men... That's it.. Its settled then!'
And then the hat yelled the chosen house..... "SLYTHERIN!!!".
'Well, Miss Evans, I await the next time we sort you. Goodbye Lily!'
Lily stood up smiling saying thankyou to the professor and the Sorting Hat, walking out of Dumbledore's office and started down the stairs again. This time thinking about how much she was going to show James Potter next year how beautiful and interesting she actually was. And to get revenge.
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From the moment Aurora ran off, James suddenly stood up and took after her, much the dissapointment of the fan club and Marauders. As soon as he ran out of the Great Hall doors a thought struck him right in the face, 'Great. I dont know how to find her.' But as he thought this, he looked down and noticed the trail of tears, or what other people would say was water on the ground leading up to Professor Dumbledore's office. 'HOLY SHIT!", James yelled outloud to himself, "SHES GONNA GET ME EXPELLED!" And with that James sprinted the whole way to Dumbledore's office. James got there just in time to meet a happier looking Aurora coming out from behind the Gargoyle, but Aurora's smile suddenly dropped when she saw James. "Look...er... Aurora... uh.. I'm sorry about what I said before... I mean... like it was really mean and I didnt mean to hurt you so much.. so er... yeah Im sorry Aurora." James mumbled while looking at his shoes, while Aurora was frozen to the spot. 'He talked to me and didn't insult me! OH MY GOD! JAMES!' Aurora thought but quickly shook her head and broke out of the trance James put her in, and walked around him as quickly as possible.
When James finally looked up, he noticed Aurora wasn't there, and turned around to face the hallway, and spotted her walking briskly ahead. As he jogged up beside her, he started apologising again, "Look Aurora I really didn't mean to hurt you like that." He waited for a reply, but it never happened. "Look the least you can do is reply to me." He said, quite irritated at Aurora. Still no reply to be heard from Aurora. "God. Didn't your parent's ever teach you manners!" He finally burst, and Aurora looked at him. Aurora's eyes narrowed dangerously, "Potter, I haven't spoken all year. And for information. I don't have any parents. THEY DIED!" She spat at him with venon in her voice, then Lily suddenly ran down the corridor leading to the entrance to the Griffindor Common Room.
James sighed, 'I can never do anything right can I?' and ran off after her.
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Well, Lily was once again crying, but not as bad as last time, as she made it to the Fat Lady. She gasped the password (Music Box) to the portrait and ran upstairs to her dorm. She started packing her things into her bags under her desk and in her trunk, while trying to wipe her eyes on her sleave, and hum a song to herself. When she had made sure she hadn't forgotten anything, and was finished packing, she shrunk her trunk to the size of a matchbox and put it in her pocket. Lily came down the stairs skipping one at a time, and looked around the Common Room, this being one of her last times in there, and left, quietly shutting the portrait of the Fat Lady, and saying farewell to her. As Lily made her way to the Entrance Hall, Albus Dumbledore, and Minerva McGonnagall were standing there, anticipating her arrival.
"Aurora, both myself and Albus will miss you greatly. I can't believe that I am handing over my favourite student to Snape," The female professor whispered into Lily's ear while she shared an embrace with the older woman. As Minerva pull back to wipe her eyes on her hankerchief, Albus proceeded over to where the women were residing, and swept Lily up into his hug. Lily was once again caught up in so many emotions, she let herself cry onto Albus' shoulder. Albus was like a father figure for the poor girl since her parent's died, and it felt so good to be cuddled and fussed over like a child again. after both Professors McGonnagall and Dumbledore had composed themselves, Dumbledore started to say his farewell to the young witch, "Now, when you think of a suitable new name for yourself, Owl me and I'll organize all your transfer scripts and such. Have a good holiday Miss Zachery, and both Minerva and myself will hopefully see you after the holidays."
With one more embrace from both the proffessor's, Lily started the long walk towards Hogsmeade to catch the Hogwart's Express back to London.
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Well. Lets see how this looks. I was going to keep writing, but its taken me so long just to get this part of the story started, so I decided to post this part up. Thankyou for all my cool reviews. Youve given me great insight into what I should fix with my fic. Thanks!
Anyway,
Ill try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can!
Review Me!
~Mel~