Disclaimer: Refer to first chapter.

Summary: Sometimes, to know what you have, you need to loose it. Lucius Malfoy is about to learn that lesson in the most painful way.

Pairings: secret, but it is NOT slash.

2.Lily Evans

Lily Evans sat at her bed at number four, Privet Dive, Surrey, reading a letter from her friends, Ella Brooker and Narcissa Black. At the moment she was frowning at one of the letters from Ella.

'...Sorry Lil, I can't tell you much; my dad doesn't allow it and please, don't tell Cissy about that, I don't even want to think what that creepy sister of hers will say if she gets a wind of this. The thing is that I'll go through a great change starting this summer and it will only end at my sixteenth birthday. I know it is just like a veela, but I'm not a veela, I'm a half-succubus so, you already imagine what kind of changes I'll go through, that's all I can tell you for now. Apart from that, nothing is out of the ordinary (what is a pity), but it is still nice, my father is telling me everything about the changes and everything, and before you get that look on your face, yes, I will tell you everything when we meet. I must go now, survive this summer without us, okay, Lil. And give Tunny a tight hug for me.

Hugs

Ella.'

Half-succubus... Lily had already read about them, Succubi/Inccubi and their descendants; they were not as powerful as a pure succubus/inccubus, but were almost as powerful and almost as revengeful, but one thing was very important when dealing with half-succubi or half-inccubi, they were as beautiful as their ancestors, what, in itself, was a great danger because they could control people just with their looks and the mere presence of one of those beings was enough to make anyone loose control of their rational mind and think about only one thing: be the center of the attention of said being. Of course it was only when said being wanted, as they could control the attraction that others felt for them, but the personality of someone whose father or mother was one of those powerful beings of the Underworld changed, sometimes drastically, and if they had to take revenge on someone, their revenge could be worse than one of a pure succubus. But not Ella, she knew Ella, she wouldn't destroy someone just to take revenge. It was true that some people still picked up on her but that's Ella we are talking about; she wouldn't harm a fly... would she?

"Lily, could you help me with dinner?" Lily's mother shouted from downstairs.

"I'm coming." Lily answered getting up and putting the letters on the nightstand drawer.

Lily then went downstairs where she found her mother and her younger sister already cooking dinner.

"Lily, dear, please, help your sister with the vegetables."

"Sure"

"So, any news from Ella?" asked Petunia Evans, Lily's younger sister, interested.

"Yeah, she says that she changed a lot during the summer and that it is better that she finds me on the platform instead that I find her on Diagon Alley, as we always do." Lily answered starting to cut the vegetables that her sister hadn't cut yet.

Petunia looked down and whispered:

"She didn't say anything about me."

Suddenly Lily hugged Petunia tightly and smiling, said:

"She told me to 'give Tunny a tight hug'"

"I miss her, she was so nice" Petunia said smiling.

"Hey, she also misses you. Maybe we can invite her for Christmas, what do you think?"

"Mom, Ella will come here for Christmas." Petunia shouted to her mother.

"What? When did she tell you that?" replied Lily's mother surprised.

"I didn't say that, I just said that we could invite her for Christmas." Lily said defending herself.

"Well, of course we could invite her, but we need to talk to her parents first. And before any of you say something, I will phone them around November."

The two sisters looked at each other grinning, with twinkling eyes.

"Okay now, Lily, you don't need to wait for us to have dinner, you must be tired. Helping in a summer camp must be really hard, dear." Lily's mother said handing her a dish.

"Thanks mom. In fact I really want to go to be early today. And, by the way, mom, do you think that dad could give me a ride to London? I need to get my school supplies. I don't want to get them on the last day of holidays; Diagon Alley will be packed on last day." Lily asked sitting at the table with a plate of food that her mother had made for her.

"Sure, dear, how about you two go there in the afternoon?"

"That's great."

So, Lily finished her dinner and went to bed earlier than her family. Next afternoon her father took her to London so she could go to Diagon Alley to get her school supplies. She entered the Leaky Caldron with her father and, from there, she entered Diagon Alley, It was the same, full of witches and wizards coming and going from one store to another. Entering Flourish and Blots, she came face to face with no other than James Potter and his friends, correction, his loyal dogs in Lily's opinion, close behind him.

"Well, well, well, can't get away from me, Evans? Hey, you changed a lot." James asked with a smirk.

"Keep dreaming, Potter." She answered narrowing her eyes. "Now, could you please, move out? You are blocking civilized PEOPLE's way." She added a special intonation to the word 'people' and tried to get past him.

"Now, now, Evans, that is not the way to treat the love of your life. So, how about I pay you an ice cream and everything is fine? We may even go out some day and then everything gets fine." James said moving towards Lily with what he thought to be a charming smile on his face and trying to touch her arm.

Lily looked him on the eye and said:

"Only the day Malfoy fucks me willing." 'Touché' Lily thought seeing James shocked expression.

Malfoy hated muggle borns with a passion and to say she would go out with him only when Malfoy paid attention to her meant that she thought that he was worse than Malfoy. And considering how much James hated Malfoy, it meant that he was after Malfoy on her 'favorite guys' list. Not something good for him. 'Hell, Evans, why don't you give me a chance?' James thought angrily.

"Potter, you are still blocking my way." Lily said annoyed, crossing her arms.

"Oh, sorry, Evans, I just wanted to tell you one more thing before you go: someday you will accept my feelings." James replied smirking and stepping out of the way.

"Keep dreaming, Potter." She replied after she passed after him.

After a full day of shopping in Diagon Alley, Lily came back home exhausted and went straight to her room; she was so tired she wasn't even hungry.

One week after that, Lily was back to London again, this time to take the Hogwarts Express. She said goodbye to her parents and her sister and went through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. She was anxious to meet her friends so she hurriedly made her way to their meeting point, a stone column to the left of the barrier, right in front of the train. She noticed the stares she was receiving from the boys and the glares she was receiving from the girls and she also noticed the whispers as she passed by them.

It didn't even took her five minutes to see a girl right in front of her, asking:

"Lily"

Lily stared at the girl for some time, stunned. That... was... Ella? Even with all the things she had read about half succubus, she wasn't prepared for that, Ella, her friend, was... breathtaking. She was only sure it was really the same good old Ella when she looked at the girl's eyes. Yes, they were there, the red orange orbs, so full of tenderness, of care, so full of sweetness. She couldn't stop herself from asking:

"Ella?" Is that you? Wow, you are...completely changed! Was that the change you told me on your letters?"

Ella just nodded and Lily realized that even in the small gestures, Ella was gorgeous, although that thought didn't bother her, she knew that that was the reaction everyone would have in the presence of a half succubus, men and women alike.

Ella asked Lily to go with her to their compartment in the Hogwarts Express, telling her that Cissy would find them later. It was a common agreement between them, as soon as two of them were together, they would go to their compartment, the one they shared since first year, and wait for the remaining friend, but Lily could see that Ella was dying to tell her the news so, she followed Ella, loaded hers and Ella's luggage and followed Ella inside the train.

Lily was still shocked when the door compartment slid open and Narcissa stepped inside but stopped when she noticed that Lily wasn't with Ella, or so she thought.

'Well, at least I'm not the only one who is shocked to see Ella.' Lily thought when she saw the face Narcissa did.

But the greatest shock came when 'Hogwarts Git' came to tease them. Regulus Black, Narcissa's cousin (but you can call him jerk). Ella was never daring, so it was completely stunned that Lily saw Regulus walk away with that big tent on his pants, it was simply hilarious!

Ella told them everything that happened to her but it was obvious to Lily and Narcissa that it was only her body that had changed, she was still their old friend Ella.

When they got out of the train they saw Lucius 'The idiot' Malfoy, he was good looking, okay, but it didn't change the fact that he was more a jerk than Regulus, and that was saying something but Ella fancied him, so, all Lily could do was give Ella advices to prevent her from doing something really stupid, like throwing herself at his arms.

Lily noticed Lucius looking at them but she thought he was Looking at them because of Ella. If she only knew why he was looking at them, maybe the year that was only beginning wouldn't have been so painful to all of them.

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