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Disclaimer:
All recognizable characters, plotlines belong to JK Rowling. Drew, Myall, the Elia group, and the plotline belongs to me. Although, I have adapted many of the concepts from the WB show, Charmed, into this fanfic.
Summary:
Lily is no ordinary girl. Blessed with special and unique powers, she is left alone after her uncle, who has been teaching her at home, was killed by death eaters. Now exposed to normality and a target of the emerging powers of Voldermort, she seeks solace in Hogwarts where she learns that her greatest power is not her inheritance, but the love that she gains from those around her.
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NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND OLD BEGINNINGS
Meanwhile, Lily fled the corridor of the Great Hall, only to hear James Potter running behind her. Despite her head start, James caught up and grabbed her hand.
"Lily, wait!" James cried, pulling the girl to a stop. Lily yanked her hand away from the boy with such ferocity that it banged against the wall, causing James to yelp in pain.
"Sorry," Lily said apologetically. "I didn't mean to hurt you. are you ok?"
James was rubbing his elbow.
"What kind of girl are you? First you throw Malfoy across the room, then you nearly take my arm off my sockets."
"Sorry!" snapped Lily angrily. "I didn't ask you to grab my arm did I?"
"I yelled at you to stop! and you didn't."
"What I do with my life is non of your business."
"I just wanted to see if you were okay, that's all. I was just being a friend."
"Friends don't make unrealistic accusations at people. They don't ask stupid questions all the time. and they don't stare at them when something funny happens. and they certainly," glaring at James, "don't spread rumors around."
James stopped rubbing his elbow and looked at Lily.
"For your information, I didn't spread rumors about you. I am not that kind of person. as for everything else, I stand accused. only because I feel as though you are…not exactly hiding something…but…" james threw his arms in the air and paced around.
"I think you not telling us something about yourself."
Lily snorted.
"Sorry, Potter. I failed to give you a full history of Lily Evans when I first met you. I do apologize for my rudeness. Alright, what do you want to know? What about from the beginning…that my own parents abandoned me when they found out I was a witch? What about when they send me to live with my aunt, who wanted me to be so much like her? Or how about the fact that when my aunt died, my uncle whom I barely knew, took care of me? And…and…this is the tear jerker…that my uncle died saving my life, that I saw him being killed in front of my very eyes…and I couldn't save him…" By now, Lily had shifted from a fit of anger, to distressed teenager with tears cascading down her face. James looked at her with a sympathetic expression.
"You have no idea what I have had to go through, Potter. You have the most blessed life, a pure blood family, distinguished parents, quidditch captain, prefect…what more could you want. I pale in comparison. and yet…and yet…you relish in making me feel like a freak, a weirdo that people point fingers at when something goes wrong…"
"Lily…"James said, finding his voice. "That's not the way it is…"
"Then how is it different James? If you want to be my friend, then leave me alone. and if you follow me…" you'll end up like Malfoy, Lily thought to herself. "…you will be really sorry…"
With that, Lily turned around and walked away.
Thoughts were running wildly through her head. James Potter actually looked like he cared for me, she thought to herself. Or was she deceived by the famous Marauder charm? No, it couldn't be, there was nothing about her that would reinforce his popularity. But still the thought bugged her.
Unexpectedly without hesitating, she waved her hands. Then she turned and looked back at him. He was frozen stiff.
What surprised Lily was that, in the period of Lily abandoning the conversation to the time she waved her hands, James had not moved. He was still standing there, rubbing his elbow, but still watching Lily.
Lily walked over to him and pried his good hand away from his injured. She touched it, and the redness vanished. Then she replaced the good hand.
"Just walk away James. its for your own good"
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Lily knew that if she went back to the dorms, everyone will be congratulating her for what she did to Malfoy. So she decided to go out of the school and walk the grounds.
It was a cold, chilly night. She walked to the lake and sat by the edge. There was this air of tranquility and stillness here, she thought to herself. It reminded her of the lake near her house where her uncle used to take her. He taught her how to swim, fish, and climb trees.
Maybe it was the small breeze, or maybe it was the quiet air. Whatever it was, Lily soon found herself asleep by the grass.
"Lily, here is some floo powder, take it and leave
for the next grate, NOW!"
"Why?" Lily asked in a scared voice. She could see that uncle Barto
was shaking.
"GO NOW!"
Lily turned and ran to the fireplace.
There was a loud bang on the door, and three men in black
cloaks entered the room.
"Uncle Barto!" she yelled, turning around.
"Somerset, step out of the way...u know we are not here for you. we might
even spare you." A voice under one of the cloaks crackled.
"She's not even your responsibility!"
"She's my NIECE! I'll die before you can touch her!" Uncle Barto cried.
"Come on…Lily! Do something!" Lily screamed inside her. But her hands froze. Her whole body froze. Its as if she had frozen herself in time. But everything around her was still cruelly taking place.
"If you insist…Somerset!"
"Ava Kedav…"
Lily woke up, palms sweating, and her forehead wet. She had been reliving the whole traumatic experience for the first time since her uncle's death.
There was a noise just at her feet. She looked down. The baby dolphis calf was back, doing mini somersaults that wasn't as skillful as his mother.
Lily took a deep breath and wadded closer to the calf.
"Hey there, Beautiful!" she said softly, stroking his head. The calf made a squeaky sound and splashed around.
"Where's you mother?" Lily asked. The calf threw his head backwards, in the direction where Lily could see the same pod of dolphis from that Care of Magical Creatures lesson.
"Why did you come to see me?" Lily asked delicately. It began to rub itself against Lily's leg. Lily laughed.
"That tickles!" Lily cried, trying hard not to fall into the water. She wadded deeper into the water.
"You…came…because you sensed that I was scared?" The calf rubbed himself against lily even more.
"Well," Lily said, starring at the dolphis pod, "At least you have a mother, I have…"
Then she stopped, as if remembering. Remembering when an old lady used to hold her in her arms when she fell down. An old lady that used to make clothes for her doll while Lily watched. An old lady that used to tuck her in at night. An old lady who never failed to tell her everyday that she loved her.
Bessie.
She had to go see Bessie.
"Farewell, my friend." Lily said, getting up and stroking the calf. "Thanks for making me feel better." Then Lily turned around and walked back inside.
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"Bartholomew Somerset"
The portrait door opened, and the room was just as she left it, the abandoned book resting on the table.
"Love to love the lions heart, set the life within apart."
"I'm sorry Bessie." Lily said miserably, and sat down on the chair.
Her aunt looked at her and smiled.
"That's ok, Lily." Then she paused.
"I'm sorry too. Its just that I felt so great when I was alive, to help those who could benefit from my gift. I just thought you might want such an honour."
"I do, but I feel as though I have lost so much, and I haven't even completely evolved as an Elian. I just don't…want…to…keep…losing."
"You miss your uncle don't you?" Bessie said, floating towards Lily.
"Yeah…a lot."
"Yeah," Bessie said, sighing. "Your uncle loved us both very much. He was a great man."
"Bessie…"
"Yes?"
"The other day, something really odd happened." Lily began to explain the dolphis incident. Bessie smiled.
"Why are you smiling?" Lily asked her aunt curiously.
"Lily, do you know the history of the Elians? How it was formed?" Lily shook her head. Bessie took a deep breath and sat down.
"The Elians were form in the early 13th century, during the witch hunts. Women were feeling vulnerable, after being betrayed by their male counterparts."
"I thought real female witches didn't die from the muggle witch hunts?" Lily asked.
"Yes," Bessie continued. "But muggle women were killed anyway. Our witches felt bad. After all, it was because of them that female muggles were unjustifiably killed. So a group of witches pleaded with the ministry of magic to convince the muggle world that the female muggles were innocent. But the ministry of magic, at that time, predominantly men, refused to expose the magical world for some muggle women…so their request was turned down."
"The ministry knew that this group of witches would go to extreme lengths to save their muggle counterparts. So, a new law was passed, banning all use of magic in the muggle world. But these women refused to give up. So, no one knows how, they created this power between themselves, drawing upon their own strength, determination and courage, as well as those same qualities from other beings, in particular the dolphis."
"A quality of a dolphis that isn't known to many witches and wizards, excepts Elians of course, is that they have premonitions, sense when something is going to happen. That's why the dolphis pod came to the lake here at Hogwarts. Because…"
"…because they knew I was coming?"
"Indeed, my dear. A dolphis and an Elian are connected in some way that no one can explain. They feel our pain more than anyone else's. They are not afraid of us."
"That's why I felt her pain too, right?" Lily asked. Bessie nodded.
"Lily, did you know that you have the premonition power too?" Bessie asked. Lily starred at her aunt.
"No…the only powers I know of is my time immobilizer, healing and levitation powers."
"You have indeed mastered your active powers. However, you have mental powers too. The premonition power. That's the hardest. Yet, it will be of great use to you. However…"
"…however?"
"You need to train…hard…it doesn't just come to you. You have to believe in it. Believe in yourself. That's the most important quality that makes you a great Elian."
Lily looked down. She was thinking really hard about everything Aunt Bessie had said.
"Lily, why did you come back?" Lily looked at Aunt Bessie.
"I…came…back…because… you deserved better than what I had said to you. I was angry that I couldn't save uncle Barto. And in a way, I …i…blamed you. Because you gave me a power that I couldn't use when needed" Lily said, wiping a tear from her eye.
"I was with the baby dolphis tonight, and watching him with his mum, it reminded me of what you used to do with me. How much you loved me, and how much I would have hurt you. I'm sorry, Aunt Bessie." Lily said, crying at the same time.
"I have no ill thoughts of what you did…you were unleashing your pain. Its normal, especially after what you had gone through. I didn't for one moment blame you. I'm sorry too."
There was a tense silence as both women reflected on what had been said that night.
"I need to go to bed, I have class tomorrow." Lily said, pausing. " But…but…I will come back tomorrow afternoon."
Bessie smiled.
"I look forward to that, Lily." She watched Lily get up and pick up the book.
"I love you, Aunt Bessie."
"I love you too."
James had returned to the common room, puzzled at how fast his elbow recovered. He remembered it throbbing one minute, and the next it was as if it was never hurt.
The atmosphere in the common room was electric. The topic of conversation was of course, Lily's thrashing of Malfoy.
"I thought I would be you, Myall, to flip Malfoy over, but never…" Sirius commented, shaking his head.
"Lily doesn't seem to be that kind of person." Drew said thoughtfully.
"Exactly as I thought," Sirius said, "As I said, the only Gryffindor girl I see doing that is Myall, sorry Drew, but never Lily. You know Prongs is right, there is something weird about that girl. Sweet one moment, then vicious the next."
"Just because you are different, doesn't mean you are weird." Remus said defensively. Drew looked at him curiously
"I know…its just weird… but a sight for sore eyes. Too bad Wormtail wasn't here to see it."
"Which reminds me, where is he?" Myall said, looking around.
"He told me he was going to the library, being away in the beginning of term, threw him off a bit."
"He's changed Peter," Drew said. "He is so hardworking this year, as compared to the rest of you guys." pointing strictly to Sirius and Remus.
"What do you mean?" Remus said half angrily "I work hard, James works hard, Sirius wo… well he works hard at other stuff."
"You guys think more about pranks then you do with school work…I mean honestly, when was the last time you took an essay seriously?"
"Yesterday." Remus retorted, "When I had to finish my Charms essay… for your information Ms Wendonally, we do take our work seriously…not as serious as you do though… we don't aspire that high."
Myall and Sirius could see the boiling mad look on Drew's face. They knew that Drew hated being labeled a know all.
"Well…"Myall said, watching Drew is the corner of her eye. "I think we all work hard…and besides there is a balance. Us three." pointing at Sirius, Remus and herself. "are good at quidditch, and you, Drew excels in school work. It wouldn't work otherwise. "
Sirius looked at his girlfriend with a smile. She always knows what to say at the right time, he thought to himself. And he was right, because the angry expressions on Drew and Remus' face subsided immediately as they pondered what Myall had said.
That minute, James walked through the portrait hole.
"Hey prongs, did you catch up with the heroine of the moment?" Sirius cried to him.
James looked at Sirius. "Umm…no…she ran off, and I couldn't find her."
"you alright?" Remus asked him with concern.
"Yeah…just tired…im going to bed." he waved goodnight to his friends and walked up to the common room.
James trudged up to his dorm and decided to have a shower before calling it a night. While in his shower, he thought of everything Lily said. What marveled him was that despite everything he had said to her, the rebuttals that she had for him were not stinging and mean. They were just mere comments about who he was. Yet, he had expected her to call him arrogant, conceited, proud…yet she didn't.
Meanwhile, downstairs, the 4 students finished off their conversation and decided to call it a night too. They had quidditch practice the next day.
"Im tireed." Myall said, rubbing her eyes as she sleepily climbed the stairs.
"That's my cue." Sirius smiled, and winked at Remus. He scooped up Myall ("What are you doing, I can walk!") and carried her screaming up the stairs, leaving Remus and Drew behind.
Remus looked at Drew.
"Drew, im sorry for what I had said before. I think you are a great student, and you work very hard. I shouldn't have insulted you the way I did." Remus said to her. Drew looked back at him and smiled.
"Im sorry too. Myall is right. you guys are better at other things, like quidditch. and your pranking makes me laugh…a lot. takes the pressure off school work. Besides, I cant sit on a broom for 5 minutes even if it had its own comfy seat and a seat belt."
Remus laughed. "Of course you can. its not that hard. You know…" he paused, clearing his throat. "I wouldn't mind giving you some flying lessons, if you don't mind helping me with my homework."
Drew paused too. She had never sat on a broom before.
"Really? I would love to." she said excitedly. "You wouldn't laugh would you?"
Remus smiled and patted her back lightly.
"NO, of course not. only if you don't do the same when you help me with my homework." Drew nodded.
"Agreed." Then she stretched out her hand
"Friends?"
Remus took her hand and shook it.
"Friends."
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Lily got back to the tower long after everyone was asleep. She opened the door to the girls dorm softly, and saw that Drew was fast asleep, Myall was snoring to one side, and the other roommate whom Lily wasn't close to, Bronwyn, sucking her thumb.
After a quick shower, Lily hopped into bed and turned out the lights. But she couldn't sleep. All she could think of was what aunt Bessie had said to her, what she did to Malfoy, and James… the conversation with James.
Suddenly she heard it. it was soft at first, as if the wind was whispering to her.
"I just wanted to know." Lily sat up and looked around. The other girls were still asleep
"I just wanted to care…I don't know why…but I feel as though I feel for your pain." It sounded like a mans voice. it was calm, yet sad. Sympathetic, yet determined.
She waited for it to continue. But after a while, she too fell back on her pillow and was soon fast asleep
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Ok…I hope that was worth the wait…please review…I missed you guys…=)