DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.

I am really sorry that this chapter is a bit short! If there is a (*) like this, at the bottom I have explained the thing more carefully if you want to know.

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Then week went by really fast and soon it was the day of the ball. Sirius was playing pranks on Gryffindor girls, Remus was reading, and James and Peter were playing chess. Lily went over to Remus and asked him what time it was.

"It's 7:00pm or 19:00 which ever you prefer." Remus checked his watch.

"I have to get ready! The ball starts in one hour, and I haven't even done my hair!" Lily rushed into her dorm and was greeted by Alyssa, Molly and Serenity with a sneer. They were all getting dressed.

"Look it's Evans!" Molly giggled. "Need some help with your make-up?" She grinned. "It might be your last time you know." (*)

Lily thought for a moment. Maybe they were trying to be nice to her and she should take the offer. "Fine…"

"And I, the Great Alyssa shall do your hair!" Alyssa grinned. "I think I'll just do this…" She started waving her wand and muttering words and soon Lily's hair was in a loose bun and the bun was clipped with a very beautiful dark blue butterfly clip.

 Molly started putting some make-up and then decided only to put a light pink lip-gloss and some mascara. Lily glanced at the clock, "7:45" it read. Soon every one was dressed in their dress robes and Lily noticed that Serenity hadn't said a word to her. Not that she cared. The girls walked down and Lily was last.

 When she came down, James' mouth opened. "You won't see this again, so stop drooling. Let's got." She and the boys left and ran to the Great Hall with excitement.

 The Great Hall was done beautifully in green and red, and some how there was charmed angels flying around. But you can't forget the Christmas trees that were against the walls. The tables were nowhere to be found but instead, the hall was put into two parts. One part had table to eat at and the other side had the dance floor and there was a miniature stage in the middle. The high table was where it always was.

 Slowly people began to fill the hall and a band magically appeared on the stage.

"It's the band "Magical Wick"! I heard their really good." Peter said. Then the band started to play a song it was a really nice song that Lily liked. (*)  

"The magic held me tight,

Put me into slumber.

I thought you'd be there,

But all you did was floo away…

Floo away,

Say you did,

Come to stop the bad,

But all I can do is sit

And wait for you…" A singer stepped forward and then another came up next to her.

"I w-w-waited and waited…

But you never came,

So does my love,

Not see my hurt?

Not my dead spirit?

Not my only hope?" the other singer put in.

Three more singers came up and added,

"Then a man of wit,

A man of strength,

Came and pulled my hart together.

But my hart still hurt,

 deep down…

down

down…"

All of the singers then started singing together.

"Floo away,

Say you did,

Come to stop the bad,

But all I can do is sit

And wait for you…" And the song ended. People clapped and clapped. And more songs were sung and Sirius kept on asking people to dance and forgot about what they had said Dumbledore. James and Lily danced together and a blast! But then, as the note had said death eaters barged into the Great Hall, the music stopped and the death eaters started to fire curses. James and Lily started to run away and try to find Sirius and Remus they found them and saw that Peter was missing.

"Come on! We have to…" Sirius started to say but a death eater was there and saw Lily.

"There you are…" He made a grab for Lily but James punched the unaware death eater in the face. He was knocked back and Lily and James made a run for it. A person grabbed Lily and James but when they saw who it was they were surprised… (*)

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I am so sorry this was really short! But I will try to make the next chapter at least 4 pgs long. I will tell you now that the story has 13 chapters and there will be a sequel to this called "Lily Forever!". And there I've gotten 4 chapters planned already. In the last chapter there will be a reason why I called this story "Lily Everlasting"…

(*) It was a change of hart. Serenity convinced them to be nice. More about that in the next chapter. (*) Lily had heard the song earlier even though it wasn't in this story. (*) That I can't say. Just a person most people have grown to hate in this story…I can't say no more…