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A/N I am going to change to 3rd person because I think it's harder to write from Lily's point of view..but if you want I'll try to change back to 1st

Chapter 2 Strange Advice

When Lily got to Hogwarts she helped the first years find their way to Hagrid. Now I know what you think, why is she helping first years when she's a loner or something, right? Well she may not let people get close, but she's not heartless like a Slytherin. When she was finished, the station was empty and there was one more carriage left. She climbed in and headed up to the school.

When she got to the castle, she went up the stone steps through the large oak doors to the Entrance Hall and stopped at the Great Hall. She listened and made sure that the sorting ceremony was well under way before she went down to the Kitchens for a bite to eat. What she didn't notice that somebody was watching her until she turned the corner to the Kitchens.

James Potter, qudditch captain, Head Boy, and all around good guy watched his once best friend Lily Evans till she disappeared from sight. He never knew why she just suddenly stopped being friends with him. He always thought that it was one joke too far or one of the too many asked questions about homework. But deep somewhere, at the back of his mind, he knew it was something more and something that's far from obvious. He had to get to the ceremony before his friends became suspicious because it usually didn't take the Head Boy 20 minutes to tie his shoes.

When he got to the Great Hall the Sorting was almost over it, there were only three more kids to go. When he sat down across from Remus, Sirius looked at him annoyed, or at least tried to.

"Where were you?" he asked, " We've been waiting here for like 10 years. I was starting to think Snape got to you or something. I was just about to send a search party you know." He turned around pretending to ignore James.

"Honestly Sirius we haven't been waiting that long only a couple of hours, right Remus?" said Jen while nudging Remus with her elbow.

He smiled at her and said, " Yes a couple of hours if every third of a second is a minute. But what James has been doing besides tying his shoe is none of you people's business. It's actually mine. So James what where you doing," he said suspiciously, " snogging some poor unfortunate girl in the empty charms class room, playing a prank without us, or just maybe you forgot how to tie your shoe and you being Head Boy James Potter shame on you."

James blushed; he didn't feel like telling them that he was watching Lily. They would take it badly. They were all very upset with her for what she did and they all didn't know if they could forgive her including James. "Oh, look it's a shame I can't tell you guys' Dumbledore is about to make his annual speech and you know it's going to be good," said James while watching the Head Master get up from the teacher's table to make his speech.

"Welcome back to another year! A delightful one it's sure to be," he began and smiled at them all. "Now I don't want to keep you from your dinner but I do have a few announcements to make because I am sure you will all be too tired to listen after the feast. Now I am pleased to say that your Head Boy is James Potter from Gryffindor," there was a tremendous applause from every table except the Slytherin. Dumbledore waited for the applause to die down before he began again, " Your new Head Girl is Meredith Pierce from Ravenclaw. We had another one picked out but she declined our offer. First years should take note of this and some older students would do well to listen, the Forbidden Forest is off limits. I think that's where we're getting our signals crossed. So I have something to help you," he said and began to rummage around in the sleeves of his robe, "I know it's here somewhere." You could hear noises in his sleeve while he rummaged around. "Hmm how did that rubber chicken get in there?" he pondered taking out a rubbing chicken and looking at in curiously. "Sirius I think you might be able to use this, it's a muggle prank, now where is that book," he said looking around in his other sleeve. Everybody looked at him like he was crazy and Sirius was looking at the rubber chicken in amazement wondering what it did. "Ah ha here it is," he held up a big book that said 'the dictionary' on it. "Let's see, the word forbidden means," he started flipping through the pages of the book.

Sirius suddenly burst out "I don't care what it means, maybe if somebody did they could look it up on their own time and not during the time I can eat because I am really hungry . . . Would you mind terribly if I looked at that rubber chicken after the feast?"

Dumbledore chuckled and said, "Oh yes certainly Mr. Black and I am sorry I got a little carried away. Now one other announcement before you eat. Our caretaker has kindly added some items to the . . .er. . Forbidden item list. Are you sure you don't want the definition?" he asked.

"No!" practically everybody including the teachers yelled but you heard Sirius yell loudest of all.

"Okay well if you're sure. I was just asking. Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left," he said then sat down. Everybody looked at him confused he saw this and got back up and said, " Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left lets all eat the food that's the best." He chuckled and continued, " I am a poet and didn't even know it." He chuckled again and sat down. Everybody cheered when the food appeared.

"Nutters he is," said Peter everybody nodded and dug in. James to dug in. All thoughts of Lily momentarily forgotten.

After Lily finished eating some time later, she started to heads toward her room. At the end of last year she went to Dumbledore and asked if she could have her own room. A request that's usually not given to students, but surprisingly he granted it to her. She never told him her reason for asking of it, but she suspected he already knew and she knew he disapproved.

She couldn't stand to be in the same dorm or the same tower with her friends anymore. Knowing she couldn't be apart of their life. Choosing not to be apart of their life. But she was doing to protect them. After all she has been doing it for two years what's one more going to hurt. Once she was done with school she would get away from the wizarding world never to come back.

She was so caught about memories of the past and plans for the future, she didn't realize someone was trying to talk to her until she felt a tap on her shoulder. She looked up and saw the Head Master.

"Hello Miss Evans," he began, "I saw you in the hall and I just stopped to give you your password for your room. Although I am still trying to figure out why you wanted a separate room from the rest of Gryffindor. But life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved and far be it from me to discover the secrets of life. I noticed that you weren't at the feast today, but I myself crave peace and quite from the day's events. Well here is your password, I should be going, the school can't run itself you know." He stopped to think for a second. " Well . . . maybe it can. Here you go." He finished handing her a piece of parchment and walked away.

Lily stood shocked for a few seconds. 'Wow wasn't that a one sided conversation,' she thought. She finally got over her amazement and continued down the hall. She was pondering that life is a mystery comment until she got to the portrait that hid her room.

She always loved this painting. It had a pack of wolves hunting in a forest under the night sky. If you listened close enough, you could just hear the wind blowing through the trees and the soft padding of the wolves feet. It always reminded her of her dreams.

She was about to say the password and realized that she didn't know it. She opened the parchment and stared at it confused for a few minutes. She snapped out of it, she said the password and went in. She left the parchment open on her nightstand and got ready for bed. When she blew out the candles, the moon illuminated the words on the parchment.

Hearts Desire (?)

End chapter 2 Strange Advice

A/N well I hope you like it.

Two wrongs don't make a right but three rights make a left Anonymous

My mother always said life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved and I thought it was fitting.

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Revised June 5, 2004