Author's Notes - Since this fic was started before Order of
the Phoenix came out, I want to know if I should follow the
book to do Lily's year, such as the Room of Requirement, the
D. A, Umbridge, occulmency and so on. Should I? It's up to you
guys. More author's notes at bottom.
Poisoned Petals
Chapter 2
"Do you have Potions?" Draco asked Lily.
Lily didn't know what to say, so she nodded. The schedule in her bag said History of Magic but then again, there had to have been changes in the class schedules since her own time.
"Are you new?" He asked her, he had never seen her at Hogwarts before. "What house are you in?"
"Yes, I'm new and I need to talk to the Headmaster." Lily said, anxious to fix her Timeturner as soon as possible.
"So talk to him later, Professor Snape is likely to take points off of us if we're not there soon."
Snape? Lily thought. Must be a coincidence.
Reluctantly, she followed Draco to Potions. She had a plan to fake sick or go to the bathroom during the class so she could go to the Headmaster or try and figure out her Timeturner.
When Lily got there she studied the Potions Master. It was indeed Severus Snape, the boy she went to school with. Same greasy hair. Same glittering ebony eyes. Same large nose, which by the look of it had been broken several more times. James and the others didn't like him, but Lily didn't mind him, he wasn't that bad. She often stuck up for him when they were insulting him or planning to beat him up. He wasn't a bad person, just different.
In her time, Potions weren't held in the dungeons, they were held in a brightly light classroom, ingredients on shelves along the wall if the students ran out or needed something extra. In here it was cold and dark, Lily could hardly make out what was written on the chalkboard.
Snape looked up from the papers he had been marking, he was about to dock points when his eyes fell on Lily. "Sweet mother of Merlin." He muttered to himself when he saw who it was.
Snape walked over to Draco and Lily. "You, go start your potion. "He said to Draco, then looked at Lily. "You, come with me."
"And the rest of you, do not use this as an excuse to slack off, I expect each and every one of you to be done potion before the class ends."
Lily followed Snape in silence until they reached the Headmaster's office. Lily knew he had been cold and distant when he was fifteen, but she never pictured him with a future like this.
"CherryLicorice." Snape said, evidently a password.
Once inside, she saw that Albus Dumbledore, her Transfiguration teacher was the Headmaster. She told him all about what happened.
"Lily can I see your Timeturner." He asked calmly.
"Sure of course." Lily rummaged in her bag and found the Timeturner.
"Yes, I was right." Right about what? Lily thought. Dumbledore looked at Snape. "Can you inform the rest of the staff that they are to be in the staff room sharply at twelve.
Snape nodded and left. Dumbledore looked at Lily. "I'm afraid we cannot do much more until after I speak with the teachers. I suggest doing some research on Time travel, try not to wonder the halls to much and if someone asks your name, make something up. It's best you keep a low profile."
"I told a Slytherin my name's Lily. "
"Then I suggest a new last name." He smiled. "Just until we figure something out."
"How long will that take?"
"Do not worry, you will be back in your own time soon enough. Sherbet lemon?"
Lily took the candy that was offered, she gave a false smile. How could she not worry?
~*~
"I've called this meeting because we have a problem involving Lily Evans." Dumbledore looked around at the staff, he had conjured up a fairly large table in the middle of the room with enough chairs for the whole staff.
"What are you talkin' 'bout? Lily an' James Potter was murdered, and a long time ago at that." Rubeus Hagrid was the first to speak up.
"True, Hagrid. But in Lily's fifth year she was given a Timeturner to attend extra classes, and something happened to it, and now she is here in our time."
"Are we keeping her here, at Hogwarts, Albus?" She could find out about her future and change it, change everything." Minerva McGonagall asked.
"One of the staff could modify her memory before she is sent back." Professor Sinistra said.
"Yes, but what about her education?" Minerva asked, eyeing the young astronomy teacher that was sitting across from her.
"That's not the only flaw in your plan, Astrid, there are over a thousand students attending Hogwarts, they were all remember Lily, we can't possible erase the memory of every single one." Snape said to Sinistra, who much to his dislike was sitting next to him.
"Well I don't see you coming up with anyone better, Severus." Sinistra snapped back.
"Settle down." Dumbledore said to the both of them, who were now looking in opposite directions, refusing to speak to each other.
"We might not have to worry about her education, Minerva, it depends on how long she is here. How long did it take you to get Hermione Granger's Timeturner?"
"Three or four months."
"Well she may need a new one, Minerva I want you to owl a letter to the Ministry of Magic, explain the situation at hand and see how quickly they can get one here."
"Calista." He said to the Arithmancy teacher. "You've worked with Timeturners in the past, correct? Well take this one and examine it, if there is a possibility that it can be fixed then start on it as soon as possible."
"This model is at least twenty years old." Calista Vector said when she saw it closer up.
"See what you can do." Dumbledore than looked at the two scowling teachers further down the table. "Severus, Astrid, despite your attitude towards each other you will be working together. Lots of research has to be done on time travel and memory modification as it will be needed. Evidently, the both of you are concerned about this issue, maybe a potion will be needed. You will be starting as soon as possible, am I correct?"
"The rest of you, don't tell anyone about this, keep it to yourself and treat her like any other student."
"Now, I would like to continue this meeting but all of you, I believe, have classes to teach. And I have to speak with the student in question."
~*~ Although Lily had been told to do research she didn't bother. Of course she was worried about getting back to her own time, but she couldn't help looking at all the books. There were so many more, if not twice as much books since her own time.
When Lily found something that caught her eye, she went to reach for it, and someone reached for it and grabbed it before her. "Hey. I was going to read that." She said
The person that grabbed the book happened to be Draco, the boy she had met earlier. "I'll bring it to you when I'm done."
Before Lily could say anything back, he had walked away, back to his table, Lily would have walked over there if he wasn't surrounded by a group of his friends.
After looking around for a few minutes, Lily found quite a few books that interested her and sat down at an empty table. Lily had just started reading when she noticed three people walking towards her.
One, Lily noticed, looked exactly like James. He had jet black hair that was very messy and stuck up in the same way that James's did. He had glasses, round framed unlike James's, but Lily still could have sworn that they were related. But the eyes were clearly not James. Maybe it is his son, Lily thought, after all she had met Lucius's son. Hold on a second, Lily thought after studying the boy's facial features, those are my eyes, what are my eyes doing on James's kid?
There was a girl, she had brown hair that was curly and bushy and for once Lily was thankful for her straight dark red hair. The girl's eyes were also brown. Much like, Lily's bookbag, this girls bag had the same effect on her posture, making her lean to one side. Even though she wasn't standing straight, Lily could tell that the girl was an inch or two taller than her.
Of course, if the girl was taller than her than the second boy would surely tower over her. He was the tallest of the three, gangly with a slight build that Lily guessed came from playing Quidditch. He had red hair, freckles sprinkled across his cheeks, and bright blue eyes that Lily swore she had seen somewhere before.
The girl sat down first and then motioned for the two boys to do the same. "My name is Hermione Granger. I'm in Gryffindor. Are you new?'
Lily didn't introduce herself as she had yet to figure out a new last name and a few minutes ago she discovered that she didn't have a house crest sewn on to her robes. Instead of saying nothing and being completely rude, she simply said. "Yes I'm new."
Lily looked at the raven haired boy "Who are you?"
The red head laughed. "Who doesn't know Harry Potter?"
Harry Potter. It has to be James son. How many other Potters were ther? Plus, the boy looked like him. But the eyes ....
"I'm Harry Potter." Harry introduced himself.
"Who are your parents?" Lily asked out of curiosity.
"James and Lily Potter, why?"
Lily could've died right there. She dropped her book. Her and James married! With a son! Lily almost laughed, she bit her tongue so she didn't start laughing. Her and James! Lily picked her book, she could tell she was smiling and blushing but she hoped they wouldn't notice.
"What's your name." She asked the red-head.
"Ron Weasley." He replied.
Of course, that's where she'd seen those eyes, Molly. But Ron was a Wealsey, which met that Molly and Arthur would end up getting married. !
Lily wanted to question them for awhile. About her and James, about Molly and Arthur. But then there was Remus, Sirius, and Peter! But unfortunately Snape came up behind them.
"Lily the Headmaster needs to speak to you."
"I have to go. I'll talk to you later." Lily said and went to see Dumbledore.
~*~
"Please sit down, Lily." Lily did as she was told and sat in a chair in front of his desk.
"Now if this Timeturner was in perfect condition we could have had you back before anyone knew you were gone. But I talked to the Arithmancy teacher, Professor Vector. I believe you had -"
"Professor Godfrey." Lily said.
"Yes, good man, Godfrey. Anyway Calista has worked with Timeturners in the past and she believes we may have to get you a new one. According to Minerva this could take months. I have several teachers working on different projects so you don't have to worry. In the meantime, I want you to focus on your education and act like any other student."
"When will I be back." Lily asked. "I'm not sure Lily, it all depends."
"Like I said, I have my staff working on it. Minerva is going to get you a new Timeturner. Calista is going to be working with your current one, see if maybe she can fix it, but even with her knowledge on Timeturners it is very tricky to fix one. Astrid and Severus will be doing research on time travel and memory modification."
"If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the teachers that are working on this at anytime. They're here to help."
"Listen, Lily, you ate most likely to find out about your future or the future of another. Do not even think, not for one moment about making even the smallest change. Lily, you have to be careful.
Lily nodded. "I promise
"Now, Lily, I have things to tend to elsewhere today so it's best we do this now." Dumbledore said getting up from his chair.
"Do what?" Lily asked.
"Sort you into a house of course."
Lily was about to say something but he had already thoughtt the Sorting Hat over to her. He placed it on her head.
After a few minutes of analyzing her thoughts, it decided where to put her. It opened it's mouth and yelled ......
~*~
Well where do you want her? Gryffindor? Slytherin? Ravenclaw? Hufflepuff? Highest number of votes win.
Phoenixia-Destiny - I read the first chapter of your story but unfortunately I didn't get to read anymore OR review because my sister Brooklyn needed the computer and believe me, she lacks a little thing I like to call patience. Hopefully, I'll have time soon it's a cool plot.
Lucious Malfoy - Here's another chapter! What's the problem though that I Molly and Arthur no longer go there or that I sorted Ethan Nottingham twice? I am aware of both problems and I understand if you don't continue to read cuz no like to read a messed up story. However, if you do keep reading [and reviewing, hopefully] I'll be really happy. By the way, I wanted to fit Narcissa in there, I really really did! But unfortunately I couldn't work her in, I'll do it at some point.
Anonymous - thanks for reviewing. I noticed the Molly and Arthur thing after Cynthia, Multi-Fandom Author pointed it out to me. And the Ethan Nottingham thing, I blame myself, due to a very odd kindergarten teacher I suck at the alphabet. I put Nottingham before the Ms and realized I got it wrong so I copied, pasted and forgot to delete the other one. Sorry.
AspiringAutumn - I was aiming for different
Draco's Dragonette -- I'm surprised, really surprised. There are so many awesome fics out there and you chose this one to be the lucky winner of your first review! I'm glad you liked the first chapter and I hope to keep you as a reader. P.s cool name
Cynthia, Multi-Fandom Author - Ack, you're right. Oh man, did I ever screw up. all that information, clearly I wasn't thinking. If you don't read or review anymore, I'll understand.
Love Always, Alexis
p.s Only one person noticed but Morgan, Anna is from the Ring. Go back and check it if you missed it, she's in there
Poisoned Petals
Chapter 2
"Do you have Potions?" Draco asked Lily.
Lily didn't know what to say, so she nodded. The schedule in her bag said History of Magic but then again, there had to have been changes in the class schedules since her own time.
"Are you new?" He asked her, he had never seen her at Hogwarts before. "What house are you in?"
"Yes, I'm new and I need to talk to the Headmaster." Lily said, anxious to fix her Timeturner as soon as possible.
"So talk to him later, Professor Snape is likely to take points off of us if we're not there soon."
Snape? Lily thought. Must be a coincidence.
Reluctantly, she followed Draco to Potions. She had a plan to fake sick or go to the bathroom during the class so she could go to the Headmaster or try and figure out her Timeturner.
When Lily got there she studied the Potions Master. It was indeed Severus Snape, the boy she went to school with. Same greasy hair. Same glittering ebony eyes. Same large nose, which by the look of it had been broken several more times. James and the others didn't like him, but Lily didn't mind him, he wasn't that bad. She often stuck up for him when they were insulting him or planning to beat him up. He wasn't a bad person, just different.
In her time, Potions weren't held in the dungeons, they were held in a brightly light classroom, ingredients on shelves along the wall if the students ran out or needed something extra. In here it was cold and dark, Lily could hardly make out what was written on the chalkboard.
Snape looked up from the papers he had been marking, he was about to dock points when his eyes fell on Lily. "Sweet mother of Merlin." He muttered to himself when he saw who it was.
Snape walked over to Draco and Lily. "You, go start your potion. "He said to Draco, then looked at Lily. "You, come with me."
"And the rest of you, do not use this as an excuse to slack off, I expect each and every one of you to be done potion before the class ends."
Lily followed Snape in silence until they reached the Headmaster's office. Lily knew he had been cold and distant when he was fifteen, but she never pictured him with a future like this.
"CherryLicorice." Snape said, evidently a password.
Once inside, she saw that Albus Dumbledore, her Transfiguration teacher was the Headmaster. She told him all about what happened.
"Lily can I see your Timeturner." He asked calmly.
"Sure of course." Lily rummaged in her bag and found the Timeturner.
"Yes, I was right." Right about what? Lily thought. Dumbledore looked at Snape. "Can you inform the rest of the staff that they are to be in the staff room sharply at twelve.
Snape nodded and left. Dumbledore looked at Lily. "I'm afraid we cannot do much more until after I speak with the teachers. I suggest doing some research on Time travel, try not to wonder the halls to much and if someone asks your name, make something up. It's best you keep a low profile."
"I told a Slytherin my name's Lily. "
"Then I suggest a new last name." He smiled. "Just until we figure something out."
"How long will that take?"
"Do not worry, you will be back in your own time soon enough. Sherbet lemon?"
Lily took the candy that was offered, she gave a false smile. How could she not worry?
~*~
"I've called this meeting because we have a problem involving Lily Evans." Dumbledore looked around at the staff, he had conjured up a fairly large table in the middle of the room with enough chairs for the whole staff.
"What are you talkin' 'bout? Lily an' James Potter was murdered, and a long time ago at that." Rubeus Hagrid was the first to speak up.
"True, Hagrid. But in Lily's fifth year she was given a Timeturner to attend extra classes, and something happened to it, and now she is here in our time."
"Are we keeping her here, at Hogwarts, Albus?" She could find out about her future and change it, change everything." Minerva McGonagall asked.
"One of the staff could modify her memory before she is sent back." Professor Sinistra said.
"Yes, but what about her education?" Minerva asked, eyeing the young astronomy teacher that was sitting across from her.
"That's not the only flaw in your plan, Astrid, there are over a thousand students attending Hogwarts, they were all remember Lily, we can't possible erase the memory of every single one." Snape said to Sinistra, who much to his dislike was sitting next to him.
"Well I don't see you coming up with anyone better, Severus." Sinistra snapped back.
"Settle down." Dumbledore said to the both of them, who were now looking in opposite directions, refusing to speak to each other.
"We might not have to worry about her education, Minerva, it depends on how long she is here. How long did it take you to get Hermione Granger's Timeturner?"
"Three or four months."
"Well she may need a new one, Minerva I want you to owl a letter to the Ministry of Magic, explain the situation at hand and see how quickly they can get one here."
"Calista." He said to the Arithmancy teacher. "You've worked with Timeturners in the past, correct? Well take this one and examine it, if there is a possibility that it can be fixed then start on it as soon as possible."
"This model is at least twenty years old." Calista Vector said when she saw it closer up.
"See what you can do." Dumbledore than looked at the two scowling teachers further down the table. "Severus, Astrid, despite your attitude towards each other you will be working together. Lots of research has to be done on time travel and memory modification as it will be needed. Evidently, the both of you are concerned about this issue, maybe a potion will be needed. You will be starting as soon as possible, am I correct?"
"The rest of you, don't tell anyone about this, keep it to yourself and treat her like any other student."
"Now, I would like to continue this meeting but all of you, I believe, have classes to teach. And I have to speak with the student in question."
~*~ Although Lily had been told to do research she didn't bother. Of course she was worried about getting back to her own time, but she couldn't help looking at all the books. There were so many more, if not twice as much books since her own time.
When Lily found something that caught her eye, she went to reach for it, and someone reached for it and grabbed it before her. "Hey. I was going to read that." She said
The person that grabbed the book happened to be Draco, the boy she had met earlier. "I'll bring it to you when I'm done."
Before Lily could say anything back, he had walked away, back to his table, Lily would have walked over there if he wasn't surrounded by a group of his friends.
After looking around for a few minutes, Lily found quite a few books that interested her and sat down at an empty table. Lily had just started reading when she noticed three people walking towards her.
One, Lily noticed, looked exactly like James. He had jet black hair that was very messy and stuck up in the same way that James's did. He had glasses, round framed unlike James's, but Lily still could have sworn that they were related. But the eyes were clearly not James. Maybe it is his son, Lily thought, after all she had met Lucius's son. Hold on a second, Lily thought after studying the boy's facial features, those are my eyes, what are my eyes doing on James's kid?
There was a girl, she had brown hair that was curly and bushy and for once Lily was thankful for her straight dark red hair. The girl's eyes were also brown. Much like, Lily's bookbag, this girls bag had the same effect on her posture, making her lean to one side. Even though she wasn't standing straight, Lily could tell that the girl was an inch or two taller than her.
Of course, if the girl was taller than her than the second boy would surely tower over her. He was the tallest of the three, gangly with a slight build that Lily guessed came from playing Quidditch. He had red hair, freckles sprinkled across his cheeks, and bright blue eyes that Lily swore she had seen somewhere before.
The girl sat down first and then motioned for the two boys to do the same. "My name is Hermione Granger. I'm in Gryffindor. Are you new?'
Lily didn't introduce herself as she had yet to figure out a new last name and a few minutes ago she discovered that she didn't have a house crest sewn on to her robes. Instead of saying nothing and being completely rude, she simply said. "Yes I'm new."
Lily looked at the raven haired boy "Who are you?"
The red head laughed. "Who doesn't know Harry Potter?"
Harry Potter. It has to be James son. How many other Potters were ther? Plus, the boy looked like him. But the eyes ....
"I'm Harry Potter." Harry introduced himself.
"Who are your parents?" Lily asked out of curiosity.
"James and Lily Potter, why?"
Lily could've died right there. She dropped her book. Her and James married! With a son! Lily almost laughed, she bit her tongue so she didn't start laughing. Her and James! Lily picked her book, she could tell she was smiling and blushing but she hoped they wouldn't notice.
"What's your name." She asked the red-head.
"Ron Weasley." He replied.
Of course, that's where she'd seen those eyes, Molly. But Ron was a Wealsey, which met that Molly and Arthur would end up getting married. !
Lily wanted to question them for awhile. About her and James, about Molly and Arthur. But then there was Remus, Sirius, and Peter! But unfortunately Snape came up behind them.
"Lily the Headmaster needs to speak to you."
"I have to go. I'll talk to you later." Lily said and went to see Dumbledore.
~*~
"Please sit down, Lily." Lily did as she was told and sat in a chair in front of his desk.
"Now if this Timeturner was in perfect condition we could have had you back before anyone knew you were gone. But I talked to the Arithmancy teacher, Professor Vector. I believe you had -"
"Professor Godfrey." Lily said.
"Yes, good man, Godfrey. Anyway Calista has worked with Timeturners in the past and she believes we may have to get you a new one. According to Minerva this could take months. I have several teachers working on different projects so you don't have to worry. In the meantime, I want you to focus on your education and act like any other student."
"When will I be back." Lily asked. "I'm not sure Lily, it all depends."
"Like I said, I have my staff working on it. Minerva is going to get you a new Timeturner. Calista is going to be working with your current one, see if maybe she can fix it, but even with her knowledge on Timeturners it is very tricky to fix one. Astrid and Severus will be doing research on time travel and memory modification."
"If you have any questions feel free to ask any of the teachers that are working on this at anytime. They're here to help."
"Listen, Lily, you ate most likely to find out about your future or the future of another. Do not even think, not for one moment about making even the smallest change. Lily, you have to be careful.
Lily nodded. "I promise
"Now, Lily, I have things to tend to elsewhere today so it's best we do this now." Dumbledore said getting up from his chair.
"Do what?" Lily asked.
"Sort you into a house of course."
Lily was about to say something but he had already thoughtt the Sorting Hat over to her. He placed it on her head.
After a few minutes of analyzing her thoughts, it decided where to put her. It opened it's mouth and yelled ......
~*~
Well where do you want her? Gryffindor? Slytherin? Ravenclaw? Hufflepuff? Highest number of votes win.
Phoenixia-Destiny - I read the first chapter of your story but unfortunately I didn't get to read anymore OR review because my sister Brooklyn needed the computer and believe me, she lacks a little thing I like to call patience. Hopefully, I'll have time soon it's a cool plot.
Lucious Malfoy - Here's another chapter! What's the problem though that I Molly and Arthur no longer go there or that I sorted Ethan Nottingham twice? I am aware of both problems and I understand if you don't continue to read cuz no like to read a messed up story. However, if you do keep reading [and reviewing, hopefully] I'll be really happy. By the way, I wanted to fit Narcissa in there, I really really did! But unfortunately I couldn't work her in, I'll do it at some point.
Anonymous - thanks for reviewing. I noticed the Molly and Arthur thing after Cynthia, Multi-Fandom Author pointed it out to me. And the Ethan Nottingham thing, I blame myself, due to a very odd kindergarten teacher I suck at the alphabet. I put Nottingham before the Ms and realized I got it wrong so I copied, pasted and forgot to delete the other one. Sorry.
AspiringAutumn - I was aiming for different
Draco's Dragonette -- I'm surprised, really surprised. There are so many awesome fics out there and you chose this one to be the lucky winner of your first review! I'm glad you liked the first chapter and I hope to keep you as a reader. P.s cool name
Cynthia, Multi-Fandom Author - Ack, you're right. Oh man, did I ever screw up. all that information, clearly I wasn't thinking. If you don't read or review anymore, I'll understand.
Love Always, Alexis
p.s Only one person noticed but Morgan, Anna is from the Ring. Go back and check it if you missed it, she's in there