Chapter 5: Escaping Your Family.

Once Lily reached home, she ignored the questions that her parents shot at her and went to her room. She had spent quite a few days by herself in her room, not wanting to get into the Christmas spirit with her family. She put on her headphones and listened to the music flowing through them. She lay on her bed and let her mind drift off else where. She watched as the snow fell outside and it was one of those rare times that she felt quite peaceful at home. The whole moment was ruined by Petunia coming in.

"Dad wants to see you," she drawled holding onto her pained nose.

"Nothing's stopping him is there." Lily replied not really wanting to talk to her sister.

"No you dummy, you've got to go down and see him."

"I don't want to, go tell him that." Lily remarked.

"I'm not you're messenger!" Petunia retorted. She went to her vanity desk and sat down. She whimpered at her bandaged nose.

"Look what you're stupid bird's done to my nose! If I get a scar, I'll have that thing put down!" she snapped.

"Well, if you hadn't been such a pansy and insulted Ravis, then she wouldn't have bitten you. You deserved it you self-centred priss," Lily shot back at her glaring at her sister. Her sister snickered to herself.

"Self-centred am I? Well, look at you!" Petunia turned around to face at her. Lily stopped her music and shot venom at her sister.

 "Just look at you. Here you are, home at the happiest time of year when no one wants you around. Mum and dad sent you to that freak-show boarding school of yours to get rid of you. You were always prancing about, caring about yourself, thinking you were the almighty queen of the world. You got into fights and you were expelled from three schools! Mum and dad were so ashamed of you. When you were away at that Hogfarts School, or whatever it's called, mum was always thinking you'd get into a fight, and then the next day, a letter's home with that kid you hurt before a lesson…a Malfoy or something like that. Dad was expecting you to come home after that. See…no one likes you! No one from that school of yours has written to you, I'm not surprised. You're the self-centred person around here. Thinking you're all tough and that. The day you get expelled from that freak-show school because of you're…well…freakiness, will be the happiest day of my young and beautiful life!" Petunia said with a smug grin looming on her face.

She had touched a nerve. Lily was positively fuming right now. Her face was as bright as her red curls. Her fists were clenched, turning her knuckles white. She looked ready to kill Petunia who seemed very proud of what she had said. She turned around and started to brush her dirty blonde hair.

"Take that back," Lily spat, she was positively livid when her sister just ignored her. Lily was at her sister's side of the room in two steps and snatched the brush out of Petunia's hand, throwing it behind her to where it landed in Lily's bin. She grabbed her sister by the collar and lifted her up so that her feet were dangling in the air. Her sister started to squeal.

"Shut up! You heard me the first bloody time. Take that back," Lily hissed at her.

"I won't! It's the truth." Petunia managed to say. Lily's temper had reached her limits, but she wasn't going to hurt her sister anymore than this. She had more integrity than that. She let go of Petunia roughly.

"Fuck you," Lily spat at her. She slammed the bedroom door and headed downstairs, fuming. She brought out her long black jacket and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going Lily?" her mother called.

"Out! What does it look like?" Lily shouted not bothering to close the door.

Lily walked away from her home, utterly disgusted at her sister, and her parents for that matter. Had what her sister said been true? It couldn't be. Lily continued to walk through the snowfall, which was on its way of becoming a blizzard. Her mind was ringing with her sister's words. They kept repeating in her head.

'Hogfarts School'. What a dumb-ass.

'Mum and dad were so ashamed of you.' That's not new. I've always been their huge disappointment.

'a letter's home about that kid you hurt before a lesson…Malfoy or something like that.' He deserved all of what I did to him the bugger. I'm sure you'd get on just well with him Petunia, I'll be sure to not attend your wedding.

'Dad was expecting you home after that.' He expects too much. He should know by now, not to expect anything good from his one demented daughter that he should have never had.

'See…no one likes you!'…

'See…no one likes you!'…

'See…no one likes you!'…

Those words kept ringing in Lily's ears. Lily frowned and stopped her walking. The snow was heavy and it pelted onto her side. She took no notice of the coldness, it was welcome now. All through out her life, Lily had wanted to be liked by someone. People ignored her at school because she had managed to do things on accident, like setting things on fire whenever she got angry, her peers stayed away from her. Fights would often occur with some of the boys who would annoy her. She had always been easy to anger. But then Hogwarts came, she felt accepted there, slightly feared but accepted there. But no one actually said they liked her. Gladys never said it, James never said it, nor Sirius, Remus or Peter. But James, he had invited her over for Christmas. Maybe he liked her? Lily brightened up at that thought. And Sirius, all their play fights and bickering were friendly enough. Remus always helped her whenever she was stuck with homework and kept her up to date with any pranks they had in mind. Peter was a tag-along but nice enough. And Gladys…she had always been there. She always knew what Lily liked and disliked. They shared laughs together. They shared their answers in homework. Gladys may not have said it, but she showed it. 'Petunia's just a bitch; I shouldn't listen to her…EVER!' Lily thought. Lily headed back home, getting cold as the snow was soaking through her jacket. She returned much happier, but she knew she would now have to feel the wrath of her parents. Petunia must've told them of the incident, twisting the blame on Lily.

Lily entered her home and hung up her soaking jacket. Her curly hair was now even curlier now that it was wet. She was going to head upstairs, as her foot went on a step, it creaked.

"Lily Evans, come here this instance," her father's voice boomed from the living room.

"Make me," Lily smart-mouthed.

"Don't give me any cheek young lady!" he shouted. Lily sighed and headed towards the living room. Her father sat on a couch opposite the fire-place. Petunia and her mother sat on either side of him. Lily stood opposite them her arms crossed.

"Please repeat what you said to Petunia earlier from now," her father ordered.

"I was commenting on how her baby blue dress made her ass look fat," Lily replied defiantly.

"She didn't say that! And this dress does not make me look fat!" Petunia defended herself.

 "I said it made your as look fat. You should listen more carefully Petty," Lily said in a sickly sweet voice full of sarcasm.

"ENOUGH! LILY! WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HER?" Her father yelled.

"I believe that that should main between both myself and Petty. It was a private conversation after all." Lily remarked.

"LILY IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU SAID, YOU WILL BE GROUNDED FOR THE WHOLE OF THE HOLIDAYS!" Her father yelled going red.

"What? Me spending all my holiday in my room and missing out on all these festivities? How ever will I cope?" Lily said sarcastically and rolling her eyes. She was starting to hope she would be grounded soon.

"Oh forget it dad, she said the f-word." Petunia butted in.

"That's a nasty charge; can you back up this with evidence?" Lily smirked.

"Lily! I have had enough of your cheek! You're being disrespectful towards your elders. I thought that going to Hogwarts would've been a wake-up call for you to behave!" her mother commented.

"Nope, sorry mum, Hogwarts pretty much teaches magic." Lily retorted back.

Her family looked like they were going to explode at her. But Lily stood their, quite calmly and smirked.

"Lily, we are no longer going to tolerate any more of your smart-mouthing. Why do you do it? Why couldn't you behave like a nice normal girl? Like Petunia for instance. She's very obedient and listens to us. And we've seen the marks you've left on Petunia's neck from that incident upstairs. You're behaviour and characteristics are no longer acceptable in this house. You have to change, now. Otherwise you will not be welcome in this household anymore." Her father said.

He said it solemnly and seriously. Lily was wide-eyed and couldn't believe what she was hearing. She stomped out of the room and grabbed her trunk from under the stairs. She hadn't unpacked, so everything was in it. She ran upstairs and grabbed her guitar case and fled down the stairs. She grabbed the cage Ravis currently slept in and dragged all her belongings towards the living room. Her parents looked on in sheer wonderment, not exactly knowing what was going on. Lily looked inside her trunk and brought out a small pouch, that James had given her. She threw some of the powder into the flames. They rose and turned green. Lily turned to face her family, her eyes a lot darker than they had been before.

"I know that I'm not wanted around here. And frankly I don't give a shit about it. If you don't want me here, then I'm leaving. Merry fucking Christmas." Lily spat.

"GODRIC'S HOLLOW!" Lily shouted clearly.

"Now, Lily, don't do anything hasty," her father said worriedly.

But Lily had already stepped into the flames, with all her things and disappeared from the Evan's household.

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A/N: See! I'm being a good girl and posting very quickly! Firstly, I am not anti-Christmas, I love the season, but I thought since Lily was a rebel, she's hate it. But will she for long? Find out next time! So what did you think of this? Please review! And Christine…THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING! An old reader cam back! Yay! Ok…I'm waiting for all the others too and I'm wanting to meet some new readers too!