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Chapter Five: Another Start, Another Year

"Clarissa? What's wrong?" she asked looking at the small second year. Clarissa looked up and into Lily's eyes.

"My baby brother is very sick." She managed to get out. Lily's eyes widened in recognition. Clarissa's brother was born earlier that year, in May. She remembered because Clarissa had been very exited all day, but then a month later she received an owl saying that her little brother was getting sick.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Clarrie." Lily said walking towards the little girl. "Did your dad bring you here?" Clarissa nodded and continued crying silently. Hugging her Lily tried to calm her down, telling her that her brother would be okay, and that everything would be al right.

At that moment the portrait hole opened up to reveal Professor McGonagall.

"Ms. Fisher, come with me."

Clarissa stood up and followed McGonagall out of the common room.

Lily looked sadly at where Clarissa stood and went to pick her book to go to the library. It would be a while before the other's arrived.

***

It felt odd to walk through the Hogwarts halls without the sound of students coming from every corner. The eerie silence made Lily feel a bit paranoid, and made her quicken her strides to arrive the library. When she got there, Madame Treler, the old librarian was nowhere in sight.

Quietly she started looking around the place for book that would help her with her little ability. Enhanced Powers… New Powers and How to Control Them… Magical Abilities… Magic and it's Threads…

Going to the Librarian's desk to take out her books she found someone she'd never seen before.

"Excuse me, where's Madame Treler?" Lily asked curiously.

The young witch sitting there smiled. "Madame Treler retired. I'm Irena Pince, Hogwarts new librarian."

"Oh. Nice to meet you." Lily said returning the smile. Making the books smaller with a spell she left the library and headed to the common room. It would be dinner soon.

***

"I thought something had happened to you! Don't ever do that again! Do you hear me?" Lily's hysterical best friend, Samantha yelled during dinner. "You could've owled, or something saying you weren't coming on the train!"

"Sam, calm down. I'm okay, really."

Samantha ignored her and served herself some food. "Really, no consideration to my feelings, or mental health."

"Come on, Sam, what do you want me to do? Beg on my knees for forgiveness?"

"That could be a good start." Sam said.

"Well, if you're going to be like that the whole time then.. Peter here will be my best friend." Lily said grabbing Peter's arm roughly. Peter who had no intention of joining the fight tried to unsuccessfully pry his arm away from Lily.

"You go ahead, he'll be so much fun."

Lily dropped Peter's arm. "Samantha Kelly! Get a grip!"

Sam looked at Lily then continued eating, "Okay."

"Thank you."

"I wasn't really mad, you know?" Sam said after a while. "It's just that I think you should've owled me or something. I was just worried."

"I know, I'm sorry." Lily said regretfully. "Hey, did you know I'm a prefect?"

"NO! Really?" Sam said sarcastically, "You haven't told me in since, um, yesterday!"

"I'm just happy." Lily shrugged. "I didn't think I'd make it."

"You're a prefect?" Peter asked from besides Lily. "So is James."

"James Potter a prefect? How did that happen?" Sam asked.

"Well, you know how McGonagall adores him." Lily said.

The plates suddenly cleared themselves and Dumbledore cleared his throat.

"Before you all go, I would like to announce that Hogwarts has a new librarian as Madame Treler resigned. Her name is Madame Pince. You may leave."

"Do you think this one will be as bad as Treler?" Sam asked standing up.

"I don't think so, she seemed nice to me."

"Well Lily, everyone seems nice to you at first."

"Not Professor Joel." Lily countered.

"Come on Lily, he's not that bad."

"He is! Anyone who makes his students work with blubbertuber pus, is on my bad side."

Rolling her eyes Samantha pushed Lily towards a wall.

"Ouch, that hurt!" Lily said rubbing her arm.

"It was meant to."

***

When they arrived their dorm, Sam plopped on her bed and said, "So, what's your story?"

Being the only girls in the dorm they could do whatever they wanted with it, it had been redecorated (with Dumbledore's permission of course). The girls had decided to keep the Gryffindor colour but altering them to a fire theme. Lily was currently throwing a fire-like pillow up into the air and catching it.

"Well, my father was working, my mother was taking Cassie to the doctor, and Petunia was at Vernon's so I owled Professor Dumbledore. He send a Carrier home."

"You got to apparate with a Carrier? Was he hot?" Sam asked quickly.

"Is that all you think about?" Lily said throwing the pillow at her. "What did your parents teach you?" Lily then stopped her eyes wide open.

"What? What's wrong?" Sam asked frowning.

"My parents! I forgot to tell them I left! I didn't leave a note! They'll kill me!" Lily said hysterically. She got up from her bed, tripping with the hem of her robe and falling flat on her face. Sam snorted at the sight of her friend on the floor. Lily looked up and glared at her friend.

"Not funny." She muttered and got up. Walking towards the door  "I have to go deliver a letter to my parents explaining everything. They'll be worried sick."

"Aren't you forgetting something?" Sam said amusement clear in her voice.

"What?" Lily said irritated.

"Err… the note?"

A/N: That was terrible of me, wasn't it? I took so long and just gave a small chapter… :(  The next part won't be posted very soon, BUT I promise it will be longer.. much, much, much longer.

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