Poisoned Petals
Chapter 3
"slytherin."
Dumbledore took the Sorting Hat off of Lily's head and placed it back on the tallest shelf. "Is there something troubling you Lily?" Dumbledore asked when he saw the look on her face.
"I'm not a Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor. " Lily said, getting up from her seat. "I go to the Gryffindor Common Room every night and do my homework! I attend classes with the other Gryffindors! All of my robes have the Gryffindor crest sewn onto them, and my scarf, the one with the house colors on it, is worn out and faded because it's washed so many times. Why? Because I'm always wearing it! And, of course, Sirius seems to always be spilling stuff on it. Anyway, I'm a Gryffindor!."
"Lily have you ever heard of a time that the Sorting Hat has been wrong? If it decides that you belong in Slytherin then that's the house you're meant to be in. " He said calmly while Lily looked like she was about to have a mental breakdown.
"I'm not meant to be in Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor." Lily protested.
"Obviously, the Sorting Hat has found a few attributes in you that only a Slytherin may possess. There is nothing wrong with being in Slytherin. Lily do you think people are going to judge you on what house you're in?"
"No, it's not that, it's just." Lily's voice trailed off. "Why would the Sorting Hat put me in Gryffindor and then decide I should be in Slytherin? It just doesn't make any sense."
"I cannot tell you why the Sorting Hat decided to put you in Slytherin, for I am not the one who chose where to put you. There's a reason for everything Lily, the Sorting Hat must have had a reason to put you in Slytherin or else it wouldn't have done so."
Lily stayed silent. What reason could that be? Lily couldn't think of any attributes of hers that could fit Slytherin. She was a Gryffindor. Lily sat back down.
"Lily, I want you to know that this isn't permanent. You're probably not going to be here all year, I several members of the staff working on different areas of this, as you already know. All I want you to do is act like a normal student, but new to Hogwarts . I'll arrange it with Severus to have one of his students to show you around the school-"
Lily cut him off before he went any further. "But I already know my way around."
"Of course you do, but could you imagine a person arriving in a new place and already knowing which shop sells the best candies? A new student would not know how to get to their first class on the first day so neither should you. Since you'll be attending classes with the rest of the fifth year Slytherins, a new schedule is needed, I'll get Minerva to do that this evening."
"Feel free to check in with the teachers any time you wish. They're here to help and if you want to know of their progress, simply ask them."
"Well it's nearly two o'clock now and I should be going. Since you won't receive your time table until later this evening, the rest of the afternoon is yours to do what you wish."
"Wait." Lily said, and turned in her chair, Dumbledore was already at the door. "Why don't you want me to find out what happens to me and my friends."
He turned to face Lily. "Because, Lily, I think you would find it most disappointing."
~*~
Morbid curiosity. That was the only reason. It was only for a short time, after all. She wasn't going to make herself comfortable or anything, just take a peek and then head back to the library. Now all she had to do was find the entrance, or at least find somebody who knew where it was.
Lily put her bag on the ground. The weight of the text books finally getting to her as she walked around the halls, searching for a possible entrance to the Slytherin Common Room. Lily heard a noise from down the hall, it sounded like people talking, laughing. Lily walked over to the corner and looked at the speakers, the people she heard were walking in her direction. There were three boys, and two girls, all of them appeared to be Slytherin. One of the girls, the blond one, was wearing a Perfect badge. "I haven't seen him anywhere." She was telling the group. Perfect, Lily thought and stood right in front of them.
"Are you lost?" The blond one, the Prefect, asked rudely.
"Actually, I need to know how to get to the Slytherin-"
They laughed. The raven haired boy beside the prefect draped his arm around Lily's shoulder. "You see that little wall over there." He pointed at the damp stone wall where Lily had been standing just minutes before.
"Yes I see it." Lily said, wishing that this boy, whoever he was, would get his arm off her shoulder.
"That's it right there."
Lily felt embarrassed. She had been standing beside it the whole time! Of course she tried not to show how stupid she felt. "Thanks." Lily said and moved her shoulder so that the boy's hand fell. "Now, if you'd just give me a password, you could be on your way."
The boy's friends began to laugh, the Prefect the loudest. He waved them off with his hand. "I'll catch up with you later." He told them. As they walked away, she heard the other girl ask. "Who is she anyway?"
"Just give me the password."
The boy smiled. "And if I don't?"
Lily sighed. This was a waste of time. "Just give me the password."
"Blaise." A voice called from behind them, a familiar voice. Lily looked and saw Draco walking towards them. "Have you seen Pansy?"
"How could you have missed her, she just walked down that way."
Pansy must have been that blond girl. Lily thought.
"You're a Slytherin?" Draco asked.
It took a second for Lily to realize that Draco was talking to her. She wasn't used to being called a Slytherin. "I'm a-" Lily caught herself just before saying Gryffindor. "Slytherin. I was sorted this afternoon."
I'm not a Slytherin, Lily felt like screaming. I'm supposed to be in Gryffindor, Gryffindor!
Lily picked up her bookbag, deciding that she would ask Severus for the password during dinner and until then head back to the library.
"Aren't you going in?" Blaise asked.
"No-" Lily said, making herself feel even more stupid. Asking about the common room entrance, finding it then saying that she didn't want to go in. "I just remembered that I have to speak to---" What? Where is this coming from? Lily thought. "The librarian about a book that I. needed to read because my. cousin said it was. a good book and I. I've got to go."
Lily walked as fast as she could away from them, hoping that she could get out of there before she drowned in the pool of embarrassment that willingly dove into.
~*~
When Lily entered the Great Hall that night for dinner, she expected to see her best friends at the Gryffindor table. Sirius and James calling and waving her over, Remus shaking his head and trying to get them to stop, before they attracted too much attention and Professor Dumbledore came over and docked some points, Peter laughing as James almost fell off his chair.
Of course, she entered to none of that, the Gryffindor table filled with unfamiliar faces, aside from the three Gryffindors she met earlier, there was no one she knew. Lily almost sat down at the table, she stopped herself just in time, turned away from the table, and walked to the Slytherin table. She felt guilty, like she was betraying Gryffindor. She sat at the corner of the Slytherin table, no one sat at the end except for two first years and a seventh year. Lily sat facing the Gryffindor table.
About half way through her meal, Severus came and sat directly across from her, blocking Harry, Ron, and Hermione from her view. Most of the Slytherins looked down the table. What was he doing? The teachers always sat at the staff table, never had they actually sat with students for any reason.
"Albus has just informed me that you've been sorted into Slytherin."
Lily moved her mashed potatoes with a fork. I'm not a Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor was what she wanted to say, but instead she came up with: "So?"
He didn't answer instead he carried on. "I'm afraid you won't be receiving your timetable until tomorrow. If you receive it any later than that then your timetable will be in affect the day after you receive it. Astrid, Professor Sinistra, will be taking you to Diagon Alley to pick up what you need-"
"Need? What do I need?"
"You don't expect to be wearing the same clothing from now until the time you leave do you? Besides the clothes, robes and cloaks , you are required to have a certain amount of books for each subject, other school supplies and so on."
Lily nodded.
"Albus also informed me that you are to be given a tour around the school as to make your being new here more realistic. Shortly before nine, I ask that you arrive at my office where I will have one of my students ready to show you around. "
Lily nodded. Severus scribbled the directions to his office on a piece of parchment as he spoke. "Do you know where the entrance is?"
"Yes. I found it earlier."
"So you know the password?"
"No. "
"It's snakeroot." He also scribbled that on the parchment.
He left without another word.
Lily looked at the parchment, then at the Gryffindor table. She stuffed it in her pocket and continued watching her 'son' and his friends.
Slytherin. Why Slytherin?
~*~
This has officially became a co-written fic from now on it is by Stitch (me) of Lilo_and_stitch and ApricotKisses. Please Review. And of course, thanks for the current reviews.
Chapter 3
"slytherin."
Dumbledore took the Sorting Hat off of Lily's head and placed it back on the tallest shelf. "Is there something troubling you Lily?" Dumbledore asked when he saw the look on her face.
"I'm not a Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor. " Lily said, getting up from her seat. "I go to the Gryffindor Common Room every night and do my homework! I attend classes with the other Gryffindors! All of my robes have the Gryffindor crest sewn onto them, and my scarf, the one with the house colors on it, is worn out and faded because it's washed so many times. Why? Because I'm always wearing it! And, of course, Sirius seems to always be spilling stuff on it. Anyway, I'm a Gryffindor!."
"Lily have you ever heard of a time that the Sorting Hat has been wrong? If it decides that you belong in Slytherin then that's the house you're meant to be in. " He said calmly while Lily looked like she was about to have a mental breakdown.
"I'm not meant to be in Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor." Lily protested.
"Obviously, the Sorting Hat has found a few attributes in you that only a Slytherin may possess. There is nothing wrong with being in Slytherin. Lily do you think people are going to judge you on what house you're in?"
"No, it's not that, it's just." Lily's voice trailed off. "Why would the Sorting Hat put me in Gryffindor and then decide I should be in Slytherin? It just doesn't make any sense."
"I cannot tell you why the Sorting Hat decided to put you in Slytherin, for I am not the one who chose where to put you. There's a reason for everything Lily, the Sorting Hat must have had a reason to put you in Slytherin or else it wouldn't have done so."
Lily stayed silent. What reason could that be? Lily couldn't think of any attributes of hers that could fit Slytherin. She was a Gryffindor. Lily sat back down.
"Lily, I want you to know that this isn't permanent. You're probably not going to be here all year, I several members of the staff working on different areas of this, as you already know. All I want you to do is act like a normal student, but new to Hogwarts . I'll arrange it with Severus to have one of his students to show you around the school-"
Lily cut him off before he went any further. "But I already know my way around."
"Of course you do, but could you imagine a person arriving in a new place and already knowing which shop sells the best candies? A new student would not know how to get to their first class on the first day so neither should you. Since you'll be attending classes with the rest of the fifth year Slytherins, a new schedule is needed, I'll get Minerva to do that this evening."
"Feel free to check in with the teachers any time you wish. They're here to help and if you want to know of their progress, simply ask them."
"Well it's nearly two o'clock now and I should be going. Since you won't receive your time table until later this evening, the rest of the afternoon is yours to do what you wish."
"Wait." Lily said, and turned in her chair, Dumbledore was already at the door. "Why don't you want me to find out what happens to me and my friends."
He turned to face Lily. "Because, Lily, I think you would find it most disappointing."
~*~
Morbid curiosity. That was the only reason. It was only for a short time, after all. She wasn't going to make herself comfortable or anything, just take a peek and then head back to the library. Now all she had to do was find the entrance, or at least find somebody who knew where it was.
Lily put her bag on the ground. The weight of the text books finally getting to her as she walked around the halls, searching for a possible entrance to the Slytherin Common Room. Lily heard a noise from down the hall, it sounded like people talking, laughing. Lily walked over to the corner and looked at the speakers, the people she heard were walking in her direction. There were three boys, and two girls, all of them appeared to be Slytherin. One of the girls, the blond one, was wearing a Perfect badge. "I haven't seen him anywhere." She was telling the group. Perfect, Lily thought and stood right in front of them.
"Are you lost?" The blond one, the Prefect, asked rudely.
"Actually, I need to know how to get to the Slytherin-"
They laughed. The raven haired boy beside the prefect draped his arm around Lily's shoulder. "You see that little wall over there." He pointed at the damp stone wall where Lily had been standing just minutes before.
"Yes I see it." Lily said, wishing that this boy, whoever he was, would get his arm off her shoulder.
"That's it right there."
Lily felt embarrassed. She had been standing beside it the whole time! Of course she tried not to show how stupid she felt. "Thanks." Lily said and moved her shoulder so that the boy's hand fell. "Now, if you'd just give me a password, you could be on your way."
The boy's friends began to laugh, the Prefect the loudest. He waved them off with his hand. "I'll catch up with you later." He told them. As they walked away, she heard the other girl ask. "Who is she anyway?"
"Just give me the password."
The boy smiled. "And if I don't?"
Lily sighed. This was a waste of time. "Just give me the password."
"Blaise." A voice called from behind them, a familiar voice. Lily looked and saw Draco walking towards them. "Have you seen Pansy?"
"How could you have missed her, she just walked down that way."
Pansy must have been that blond girl. Lily thought.
"You're a Slytherin?" Draco asked.
It took a second for Lily to realize that Draco was talking to her. She wasn't used to being called a Slytherin. "I'm a-" Lily caught herself just before saying Gryffindor. "Slytherin. I was sorted this afternoon."
I'm not a Slytherin, Lily felt like screaming. I'm supposed to be in Gryffindor, Gryffindor!
Lily picked up her bookbag, deciding that she would ask Severus for the password during dinner and until then head back to the library.
"Aren't you going in?" Blaise asked.
"No-" Lily said, making herself feel even more stupid. Asking about the common room entrance, finding it then saying that she didn't want to go in. "I just remembered that I have to speak to---" What? Where is this coming from? Lily thought. "The librarian about a book that I. needed to read because my. cousin said it was. a good book and I. I've got to go."
Lily walked as fast as she could away from them, hoping that she could get out of there before she drowned in the pool of embarrassment that willingly dove into.
~*~
When Lily entered the Great Hall that night for dinner, she expected to see her best friends at the Gryffindor table. Sirius and James calling and waving her over, Remus shaking his head and trying to get them to stop, before they attracted too much attention and Professor Dumbledore came over and docked some points, Peter laughing as James almost fell off his chair.
Of course, she entered to none of that, the Gryffindor table filled with unfamiliar faces, aside from the three Gryffindors she met earlier, there was no one she knew. Lily almost sat down at the table, she stopped herself just in time, turned away from the table, and walked to the Slytherin table. She felt guilty, like she was betraying Gryffindor. She sat at the corner of the Slytherin table, no one sat at the end except for two first years and a seventh year. Lily sat facing the Gryffindor table.
About half way through her meal, Severus came and sat directly across from her, blocking Harry, Ron, and Hermione from her view. Most of the Slytherins looked down the table. What was he doing? The teachers always sat at the staff table, never had they actually sat with students for any reason.
"Albus has just informed me that you've been sorted into Slytherin."
Lily moved her mashed potatoes with a fork. I'm not a Slytherin, I'm a Gryffindor was what she wanted to say, but instead she came up with: "So?"
He didn't answer instead he carried on. "I'm afraid you won't be receiving your timetable until tomorrow. If you receive it any later than that then your timetable will be in affect the day after you receive it. Astrid, Professor Sinistra, will be taking you to Diagon Alley to pick up what you need-"
"Need? What do I need?"
"You don't expect to be wearing the same clothing from now until the time you leave do you? Besides the clothes, robes and cloaks , you are required to have a certain amount of books for each subject, other school supplies and so on."
Lily nodded.
"Albus also informed me that you are to be given a tour around the school as to make your being new here more realistic. Shortly before nine, I ask that you arrive at my office where I will have one of my students ready to show you around. "
Lily nodded. Severus scribbled the directions to his office on a piece of parchment as he spoke. "Do you know where the entrance is?"
"Yes. I found it earlier."
"So you know the password?"
"No. "
"It's snakeroot." He also scribbled that on the parchment.
He left without another word.
Lily looked at the parchment, then at the Gryffindor table. She stuffed it in her pocket and continued watching her 'son' and his friends.
Slytherin. Why Slytherin?
~*~
This has officially became a co-written fic from now on it is by Stitch (me) of Lilo_and_stitch and ApricotKisses. Please Review. And of course, thanks for the current reviews.