LILY POTTER AND THE CHANGE OF TIME
Warning – This is the sequel to Harry Potter, Time Traveler. If you have not read, Harry Potter, Time Traveler, I would highly recommend it as this story will get very confusing. You may not recognize many of the characters and may have no idea what is going on if you do not read it.
Summary – Harry Potter is supposed to be dead. But thanks to the Book of Time and a little time traveling back in his fifth year, he is now alive. Now Lily must overcome the obstacles of being a typical teenage witch and finding out where time got changed because you never want to mess with fate. Sometimes it does not always come out for the best…but yet…sometimes it does.
Disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter, the characters, or the Harry Potter world. They all belong to the fabulous J.K. Rowling. However, while I do not own their names, the characters and the personality traits of Lily Potter, Eddie Weasley, Daris Malfoy, Christof Nott, as well as Asher Lazard and Robyn Andrews all belong to me.
Chapter 10 – Crossing the Line:
Mere moments after Robyn ran out of the Great Hall, Asher went and followed her in order to comfort her. Lily, on the other hand, had no other desire except to try and talk to Eddie to find out what in the world was going on in his head. It frightened Lily to think that he was acting like a low-life Slytherin and she was not entirely sure on how to handle it except to try and see what was wrong.
Lily made a decision, scratching the back of her head, walked out of the Great Hall and to Gryffindor Tower so that she could use the Marauder's Map to find out where Eddie could be and confront him. But, unbeknownst to her, Lily was being followed.
Lily chewed on her lip and continued thinking about what could have possessed Eddie to act this way. It seemed almost miniscule to her that he had shoved her back in the Gryffindor Common Room or gave Asher an attitude problem and hexed him. But the fact that Eddie would sink so low to call one of his friends a Mudblood was uncalled for and unacceptable. Eddie, being one of Robyn's best friends, knew how sensitive she was about being Muggle-born in the magical world and it devastated her when pureblood wizards discriminated her for it and called her names, especially a Mudblood.
Running a tired hand over her face, Lily sighed and continued walking down the corridor and towards Gryffindor Tower. As she walked, despite her thoughts, she heard two voices coming from behind the closed doors of the Charms classroom. That was strange; classes had not started for the day. Why would the classroom be being used right now? Lily raised a curious eyebrow and pushed her glasses up the rim of her nose before leaning in so to listen to the conversation.
"There is no excuse for what you said. It was wrong," came the quiet voice of a girl, whom Lily recognized as Britta. This fact only caused her to listen more intently. "You shouldn't have said it."
"She was annoying me!" Eddie's frustrated voice snapped defensively.
"That's still no excuse!" Britta stated firmly, her voice getting higher. Lily heard a foot stomp on the ground and guessed Britta had stomped her foot in frustration. "She's your friend and one of the things that I liked about you Eddie Weasley is that you cared about and respected your friends! That was not something I saw in you this morning!"
"Don't give me that, Britta," snarled Eddie. "I was kissing you and I was enjoying it! She had no right to interfere with what I do with my girlfriend. It's none of her business. Besides, she was a bloody hypocrite to even do that; after all the public snogging she has done!"
"Ed, please," whispered Britta, "please. You need to apologize to Robyn; it's the right thing to do. Please? If you won't do it for Robyn, would you at least do it for me?" Lily heard Eddie gave a long, drawn out sigh and it was clear that he was extremely frustrated with his girlfriend, but at the same time, he was defeated, giving in.
"Fine…I'll do it, but only for you…"
There was a long silence and Lily knew that they were probably kissing. She frowned to herself and strutted back to the Common Room, not noticing her fists were clenched tightly and that her face was red with anger.
"Eddie!" Lily shouted from the Portrait Hole and into the Common Room.
It was later that night, the same day in which Eddie had called Robyn a Mudblood. Lily still had not seen him apologize to Robyn, but then again she had not seen either her or Asher since breakfast; they had both skipped classes for the day. Lily assumed that Robyn was too ashamed to show her face in class and that Asher stayed with her in order to comfort her.
Lily stormed into the Common Room and saw Eddie sitting on the couch and was in deep conversation with Britta, cuddling with her as she leaned comfortably into him. He muttered something under his breath, turned around, and frowned when he heard Lily shout his name.
"What do you want, Lily?" he snapped in a frustrated tone. "Didn't your father ever teach you that it was rude to interrupt? Can't you see I'm in the middle of a bloody conversation here?" Lily was startled by his reaction, but did not show it and ignored his tone.
"I apologize for so rudely interrupting," said Lily dryly, glaring at him. "I just wanted to tell you we have Quidditch try-outs today at 6:30pm for the new Beaters. Will you be there or are you going to be too absorbed in conversation?" Eddie rolled his eyes and continued talking to Britta.
"Yeah, whatever; bugger off, Lily," he muttered, waving an impatient hand at her, as though she and her announcement were unimportant. Lily narrowed her eyes and stormed toward Eddie.
"Excuse me, but I asked you whether you're going to be there or not!" shouted Lily, standing in front of them and in between the sofa and the fireplace. Eddie gave her a lazy, tired look. "You answer me when I ask you something, Edward Weasley!" Everyone in the Common Room had stopped what they were doing and turned to look at them; watching them in awe.
"Just who in the hell do you think you are?" snapped Eddie, standing to his feet and glaring at Lily. "You're not the bloody Minister of Magic!"
"I'm your best friend!" Lily snapped defensively, her green eyes blazing. "The last time I checked, best friends don't ignore each other and they respect each other, which is something you can't seem to comprehend today!"
"Ed, Lily is right," said Britta, also standing and placing a gentle hand on his arm. Lily smiled with gratitude at Britta, but turned back to Eddie and her green eyes narrowed dangerously again.
"Whatever," he muttered, rolling his eyes. "I'm sorry Lily. What is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"Its fine Ed," said Lily through clenched teeth, though she forced a smile. "I just wanted to remind you to be at the Quidditch try-outs at 6:30pm sharp." She turned on her heel and walked up to the girls' dormitories.
"Yes your highness," Eddie called out angrily from the direction of the sofa. Lily stopped for a second, as though going to respond, and shook her head before leaving the Common Room and up the stairs. Eddie frowned at her retreating back before taking his seat next to Britta again. Britta looked at Eddie disapprovingly.
"What is wrong with you, Ed?" she asked in concern.
"Lily is what is wrong!" he snapped, taking his seat again and bringing Britta down with him. "Asher and Robyn are a problem as well!"
"They're your best friends, Ed…"
"Well for a group of best friends, they've become quite the nuisance! Sometimes I wonder if their friendship is even worth it anymore…"
"Ed Weasley!" Britta cried, getting to her feet, pulling away from him. "How could you say something like that about them?" Eddie did not look at her and shook his head, almost arrogantly. Britta put her hands on her hips and gave a disbelieving laugh.
"I don't like your attitude Ed," she said sternly. "I'm beginning to wonder why I ever asked you to be my boyfriend. If you keep acting like this, you might as well go and date that Dawsetta girl!"
"I would never date a Slytherin!"
"Then stop acting like one!" shrieked Britta, her face construed in anguish, as though she was about to cry. Eddie stared at her for a second before grabbing her hand and pulling her back on to the couch. He kissed her tenderly on the forehead, and then deeply on her lips. To his immense relief, she responded and kissed him back.
"I'm sorry, Britta," he whispered, nuzzling his nose against her own. "You're absolutely right."
"Please, just make sure you apologize to those three," Britta whispered, pressing her forehead against his. "I know you mean the world to them and despite your anger right now, I know they mean a lot to you too." Eddie smiled.
"C'mon, let's go for a walk," Eddie suggested, taking her hand and getting off of the couch. Britta smiled and followed him and the happy couple walked out of the Portrait Hole and disappeared into the corridors of the castle.
Lily looked at her watch again and no one on the Quidditch team could overlook the pain, hurt, and disappointment that was etched on her face when she closed her eyes.
Eddie was forty minutes late to the Quidditch try-outs.
"Face it Lily," said Benjamin Thomas, a fifth year Gryffindor and Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. "Eddie is not coming. We really need to get on with the try-outs going; we only have the pitch for a certain amount of time."
"No!" hissed Lily, a trace of nervousness graced her voice. "He said he'd be here, so he'll be here."
"Lily, if he was going to show, he would have come already," said Orian Kellberg, a fourth year and another Chaser. "Ben is right. We need to get these try-outs started. We need two new Beaters if we have any chance of winning the cup this year."
"We have to wait for Eddie!" Lily nearly shouted, almost desperately. "He's Keeper and he's a part of this team! He'll be here! He…he wouldn't let me down…" Lily's voice trailed off and she looked down at her feet with her Firebolt clenched tightly in her hand.
"Lily," said Robby gently, putting her hand on her friend's shaking shoulder. She was the third and final Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. "He's changed; he's not coming. Please, let's get these try-outs started. Jasmine and Christian have graduated and we desperately need two new Beaters. We only have the pitch for another hour; we can't wait for him any longer."
Lily took a deep, defeated breath.
"Fine," she said with a sigh, turning to face the hopeful students who were anxiously waiting for try-outs to begin. "Alright, let's get started."
Lily walked into the Common room with the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, with the exception of Eddie, trailing behind her.
"So, is it agreed? Is it unanimous? Cyrus Stunnington from third year and Chuck Jamonos from seventh year are our new Beaters?" asked Lily, turning around to face her team. Robyn, Benjamin, and Orion all nodded. Lily grinned proudly and nodded, obviously satisfied with their decisions. "Alright, I'll post it on the bulletin tomorrow. Our first practice will be tomorrow at 6:00pm on the Quidditch Pitch."
"Sounds good, Captain!"
"Please don't call me that. You know it irks me; I'm Lily, not Captain," said Lily in mock anger, a smile playing at her lips. Robyn rolled her eyes playfully and announced that she was going up to her dormitory to get ready for bed. Orion and Benjamin also bade Lily goodnight and went off to their own dormitories. Lily sighed and flopped down on the couch in front of the fireplace, rubbing her tired eyes. She decided that she would wait until the fire died out before turning in herself. But soon, sleep overtook her and Lily drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
After what seemed like mere seconds, Lily awoke feeling warm and comfortable. Sighing, she snuggled her face into her pillow and yawned. Realizing that the pillow felt unfamiliar and velvety compared to the soft, fluffy pillow in her four poster bed, Lily opened her eyes and saw that her glasses were still on her face and that she was on the couch in the Gryffindor Common Room and that there was someone standing in front of the fireplace. When her eyes adjusted to the light, she saw that it was Asher.
"Asher?" asked Lily in a tired groan, slipping her fingers underneath her glasses and rubbing her eyes.
"Hey, Lily Billy," he said grinning, "I was just about to wake you. Why aren't you sleeping in your dormitory?"
"I wanted some alone time and I was waiting for the fire to go out. I suppose I fell asleep down here," she said with a yawn, leaning down against the pillow again. "My turn to interrogate; why aren't you in your dormitory?"
"Eddie is being a complete prat!" said Asher, sounding suddenly bitter. Lily all of the sudden felt wide awake and looked up at Asher, sitting up.
"Why? What's he doing?"
"Well, Jairus was snoring and Eddie got frustrated with him," Asher explained slowly, hesitation in his voice. "So, he…erm…he grabbed Jairus, dragged him out of the bed and punched him square on the jaw. Now those two are fighting. I couldn't take it anymore so I came down here. Danny is trying to settle it now."
"Eddie did what?" Lily cried out, furiously jumping to her feet. "How…I can't believe this!" Lily was now pacing the room anxiously. "First, he gives you and me attitude, then he has the nerve to calls Robby a Mudblood, misses Quidditch try-outs because he was probably snogging with Britta, and now he's punching out Jairus because he was snoring and was unable to stop?"
"Um yeah, that sounds about right," said Asher, glaring up in the direction of the boys' dormitories.
"Oh that's it; that's the final straw," snarled Lily through gritted teeth. The fiery, but angry girl stormed towards the boys' dormitories with Asher on her heels. Lily climbed the stairs and slammed opened the door while pulling her wand out of her pocket. The scene before her made her stop dead in her tracks.
Eddie had Jairus pinned against the wall, holding him by the collar of his pajama shirt and was snarling furiously at him. Danny was watching horror stuck, yelling at Eddie to let Jairus go and he had his wand at the ready; but was obviously nervous and frightened at the thought of cursing or hexing Eddie. Unlike Danny, Lily was not fearful of her best friend and strode forward, pulling Eddie off of Jairus, though with great difficulty, as Eddie was much taller and stronger than Lily.
"Eddie?" Lily shouted, staring directly into his face. "What in Merlin's name do you think you are doing? What is your problem?"
"This git is my problem!" yelled Eddie as he gestured towards Jairus and narrowed his eyes at him. Lily turned and looked at Jairus for a minute, noticing his swollen lip and blackened eye, before turning around and glaring dangerously at Eddie.
"Yeah, the word on the street is that you punched him for snoring?"
"It was annoying me!" snapped Eddie, confirming what Asher had told Lily. Lily's jaw dropped and she stared at her friend, clearly unable to believe how her best friend was acting towards his fellow peers.
"Is there something wrong with you? That's no excuse to punch someone in the face!" retorted Lily angrily and loudly, feeling her temper beginning to rise even further. She advanced towards Eddie so that they were almost nose to nose. "Especially Jairus! What's he ever done to you?"
"Go away Lily!" hissed Eddie, shoving her roughly away. Lily gasped, stumbled backwards, and landed on the floor with a loud thud. Asher looked at Eddie furiously and pulled out his wand, pointing it straight at Eddie. By this time, Robyn, Mandy, and Britta had come to the sixth year boys' dormitories and were watching the scene, joined by a large group fifth and seventh year Gryffindors. Lily swore loudly and jumped to her feet, advancing on Eddie again.
"Edward Weasley!" shrieked Lily, jabbing her wand into his throat, desperately trying to keep her temper in check…somewhat. "Something is going on with you. This isn't you. What's going on? You've been a real prat lately!"
"Oh yeah? A prat, am I?"
"Yes, you've been acting like a prat! You've been strutting around with a superior attitude, giving Asher and me an attitude problem, calling Robby a Mudblood, and punching Jairus in the face! You're even neglecting your responsibilities!" Lily shouted furiously, a green fire blazing in her eyes.
"What responsibilities?" snapped Eddie.
"You missed Quidditch try-outs today," said Lily with sternness in her voice that was rarely ever heard from Lily. "We had them without you, which is something I really didn't want to do."
"Oh…" Eddie recalled slowly, his eyes widening as he remembered what Lily had told him earlier. "Well, tough luck. I was busy!"
"Busy with Britta?" asked Lily coolly, raising a cool eyebrow at him. Eddie and Britta both blushed, much to Lily's anger and disgust. It infuriated her.
"Yeah…so what?" he growled.
"Eddie, missing practice because you're sick or really can't attend because of detention or something is one thing," said Lily slowly, as though talking to a small child. But, missing a try-out because you simply forgot because you were snogging your girlfriend is completely unacceptable. If you can't be reliable, then I'll take you off of the team."
"Who do you think you are?" snarled Eddie, dangerously narrowing his eyes, "the coach?"
"Close enough," said Lily grinding her teeth. "I'm the captain!" Eddie gave Lily a lazy, arrogant smile and rolled his eyes.
"Oh please, Lily," Eddie muttered, looking at Lily with disgust. "You're pathetic when it comes to me. You wouldn't take me off the team; I'm your 'best friend.'" Lily nearly choked on her saliva before jabbing her wand into his chest.
"Don't push me, Ed," hissed Lily. "I will not hesitate to take you off of the team if you keep up this attitude!"
"Attitude?" asked Eddie coolly. "I don't think I have any attitude. I was just doing what I felt was right. I called Robyn a Mudblood because she was annoying me and Britta and she needs to learn to mind her own damn business!"
"You two were practically trying to swallow each other's heads!" shrieked Lily loudly, defending Robyn. This comment caused Britta to blush again. "I swear I thought you were trying to suck her tonsils out! If she hadn't tried to stop you, then I would have! It was absolutely revolting!"
"Oh, give me a break!" said Eddie exasperated. "Don't tell me you've never snogged someone in public."
"As matter of fact, I haven't!"
"That's not something I would brag about, Potter," said Eddie, spitting her surname as though it were something disgusting on his tongue. "It's probably because you're so bloody disgusting that most blokes wouldn't want to get near you with a ten foot broomstick!" Lily stared at Eddie, blinking repeatedly and her mouth opening and closing. It was like someone slapped her across the face.
"Excuse me?"
"Are you deaf, Potter?" snapped Eddie. "You're a revolting little bitch who thinks she's superior to everyone just because of who her father is. But deep down you're just mediocre and you know it. That's why you strut around with your stupid Napoleon complex!"
The silence that suddenly overwhelmed the dormitory was deafening as Lily just stared at Eddie, her face completely impassive. Asher's fists were clenched and his wand was trembling violently with rage. Britta gasped as everyone else just stared at each other, lost for words. They just stared at the green blazing fire flicking in Lily's eyes.
"Listen Ed," she said slowly, her voice quivering, "I don't give a bloody hell about what you think of me, but I'm not going to have you insult me in front of everyone! We're best friends and best friends don't do this to each other!"
"Best friends? You're pathetic Potter!" said Eddie as threw his head back and gave an evil cackle sending fearful shivers down Lily's spine. "You still think I consider you my best friend? You're not worthy to hang around with! In fact, you'll probably turn out just like your father; a good for nothing, low-life, Slytherin want-to-be, Death Eater!"
Lily's indifferent look immediately melted away and her face was contorted with anger as she took a few steps toward Eddie and just stared at him. She stared into his eyes before raising her knee and kicking him right below the belt.
Everyone gasped; Asher and Jairus laughed as Eddie fell to the floor, wheezing in pain. Lily stared down at him before kicking him in the stomach, causing him to roll over and running out of the dormitory and out of the Gryffindor Common Room. As she ran, Asher caught a glimpse of her face and saw that her bottom lip looked thin and her eyes glassy, obviously hurt with what Eddie had said to her. He turned to Eddie furiously, who was shaking his head and getting to his feet.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" roared Asher. "IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU?"
"Eddie, can't you see how much you hurt her?" Mandy asked quietly. Robyn placed a hand on her shoulder and shook her head; a look that told Mandy to not even bother. It was useless; pointless even.
"I don't care!" shouted Eddie viciously. "It doesn't even matter. Like I said, she'll probably just turn out to be a good for nothing wizard, like her father."
Asher told Eddie to do something that made both Mandy and Britta gasp out loud again. Eddie narrowed his eyes again.
"Eddie, are you blind? Can't you see how much Lily cares for you?" asked Asher, almost breathlessly and disbelievingly. "That girl would do anything for you. She would give her life for you and this is how you treat her?
"Honestly, Ed, I don't think Lily will forgive you for this and I don't think you have any idea of what you just threw away! With those words, you threw away sixteen years of the closest friendship that I've ever seen!" Asher continued to rant, looking near desperate and completely heartbroken over how Eddie had treated Lily. He ran a hand through his wavy locks and his stormy gray eyes suddenly glazed over with an emotion that no one had ever seen there before.
"Ed, do you know how much I would kill to have that girl look at me the way she looks at you? She…Ed…the girl loves you! Lily loves you. You have no idea how much I envied you for that! And now look what you did; you went and threw it all away!"
Everyone present, watching the scene unfold before them looked at Asher as though they had never seen anything like him before. No one had ever heard Asher admit his feelings for a girl and they all now understood why Asher always jumped from girl to girl. It was because he always wanted Lily and never acted on it; because it was common knowledge that she was Eddie Weasley's girl and he kept his silence, out of respect for his friend.
Eddie on the other hand, stared at Asher before getting to his feet and standing in front of him, crossing his arms over his chest, giving him a lazy, cool glare.
"You want her, Lazard?" asked Eddie coolly. "Take her. She is all yours. I don't want her that's for sure. I have Britta."
"Well, lucky for me, then," said Asher coolly. With that, he stormed out of Gryffindor Tower, obviously in search of Lily; with Robyn, Mandy, Jairus, and Danny on his heels. The rest of the Gryffindors followed and left the sixth year boys' dormitories, leaving Eddie and Britta there alone.
"Well, my dear, it looks like it's just you and me," said Eddie grinning, raising his eyebrows suggestively. Britta glared, stormed forward, and slapped Eddie square across the face.
"I will never speak to you again, Edward Weasley, until you apologize to your friends for acting like a low-life Slytherin!" shouted Britta angrily before following the others and leaving Eddie alone in the dormitory. Eddie touched his face gingerly and rolled his eyes.
"Fine," he muttered to himself. "If that's the way it's going to be, I'll apologize. But, only because I want Britta…however…it's over between me and Lily Potter…"
A note from the Jitterbelle. This was a tough chapter to write and even tougher chapter to revise. As you can see, Asher also likes Lily, but he won't do anything about it because he knows how much Eddie used to like her. Dundundun! Alright, please enjoy and don't forget to review! And a special thanks to those who have reviewed!
Coming in Chapter 11 - Lily tells Harry about Eddie's new and sudden change…nothing exciting but I it's definitely an touching chapter…
