Lily Chapter 34: A New Home, a harry potter fanfic

Lily

Chapter 34

"Aaaachoooo!" Lily sneezed, dust filling the air.

Lily stuffed a few more of her remaining muggle fairy-tale, books in her small suitcase.Checking through the drawers, she wanted to make sure she didn't leave any clothes behind. The room was filled of unforgettable memories, good as well as bad. Now feeling suffocated by the air in the room, Lily turned to leave. An uneasy feeling developing in the pit of her stomach, she whirled around, looking at the room for the last time. Lily knew that hot tears were coursing down her face, but made no attempt to wipe them away.

Their curtains, hanging limply over the unoccupied beds...Chantel's music box, Chrissy's brush...Lily fumbled with the door knob, not wanting to see anymore. Wiping her tears away, opening the door, then shutting it forcefully, Lily fled from the room.

Professor McGonagall was waiting for her in the common room. "You packed everything?"

"Yes."

"Good. Now if you'll follow me, Miss Evans, I'll show you to your new dorm."

Lily followed silently, not wanting to disturb the quietness. McGonagall stopped at the fourth year girls' dormitories and pointed to a room. "The room to the left will be where you'll be staying."

"Thank you."

"My pleasure, it isn't often when we get a high, intellectual person like you, m'dear." She grinned, rather uncharacteristically, and walked away shouting, "Peeves!!", when an explosion boomed.

Hesitantly, Lily walked to the room and opened the door. She peered inside, there were only two girls sitting on the floor, playing exploding snaps. One girl had shoulder-length brown hair and the other with very light blonde hair.

"Hello?" Lily tried to get their attention.

"Now look what you've done, Eurydice, you ruined the game and now we'll have to start over!", One of the girls shrieked, oblivious to the fact that Lily was in the room.

"Sorry, Juno, but I was only trying to make the game more interesting." The blonde girl turned her head and caught sight of Lily.

"Hi! Are you our new roommate?"

"Yeah, my name is Lily." She introduced herself.

"Mine is Juno, and this right here is Eurydice." The brown haired girl pointed to the blonde.

"Are you the girl who fell through the ice?"

"Yeah, but how did you know?"

"Well, Eurydice was the one who knew the Melting Charm to get you out."

"Oh, thank you."

"Your welcome," Eurydice said, eyeing her bags, "Why are you carrying so much stuff?"

"Oh, um...well these are all of my books."

"What kinda books?" Eurydice was getting more interested now.

"Muggle fairy-tales, like: Peter Pan, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Brave Little Toaster....." Lily was rambling off many more books from her mind.

"I've never heard of those kinda books. What's Sleeping Beauty about?"
Eurydice was fascinated by the title.

"It is about a princess....oh, I don't want to ruin it for you. Here, take it and tell me how you like it when your done." Lily scrambled through her bag full of
books and grinned when her hand had reached 'Sleeping Beauty'.

The book was torn and old, looking like it had been through a twister long ago. The pages were held by loose crummy yarn, while the front cover's colors were worn and faded.

"Why does it look like this?"

"My mother used to read it to me for a bed-time story when I was young." The thought of not being able to curl up in her mother's lap, or hear her mother sing soft songs in her ear, made it unbearable for Lily to stand.

"Mommy! Mommy!" She shouted, bouncing up and down to get her mother's attention.
"It's time for bed-time stories!!"

"Oh, darling, I don't know if I have the time tonight." Her mother sighed and took off her reading glasses.

"Please? Pretty please? Pretty, pretty, pretty please? With cherries on top?" Lily begged.

"Oh, alright...but only one story." She got up from the table and crouched down so she was the same height as her child.

"Where's Petty? Wouldn't she want to hear too?" She asked curiously.

"Oh, Lily, dear, she's already asleep. Now go grab a book." Her mother instructed.

"How about this?" Lily handed her the book.

"Oh, Sleeping Beauty. Nice choice." Lily's mother patted her lap, telling her to sit down on it. Lily jumped and scrambled on her mother's lap, being encircled by warm and protective arms.

"Lily? Lily?" Someone was shaking her, trying to get her to wake.

"Wha ya wan?" Lily groaned.

"Lily? Are you okay?" Lily groaned for the second time and opened her eyes. She saw the familiar face of her mother, looming above her. She reached out, extending her index finger, and poked at it. "Ow!"

"Huh?" Lily's vision slowly came back, Juno was leaning towards her, nursing her eye. Eurydice was in the background, looking very concerned.

"Lily, Are you okay?" Eurydice repeated the question.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just fine."

"Are you sure?" She probed.

"Yes...what happened?"

"We were talking about 'Sleeping Beauty' and you kinda fainted."

"I did?"

"Yeah. Are you sure that you are okay? Because I could take you down to Madame Pomfrey."

"No, I'll be fine. Thanks anyway." Lily said while trying to boost herself back onto her feet.

Juno shook her head wonderingly. "You sure are strange, girl."

"What's that supposed to mean?" said Lily defensively.

"Just that you fall through the ice without leaving a mark, and then you just up and faint in the middle of a conversation, you know? You're just really strange."

"You have no clue." she muttered under her breath. If Juno knew half the other weird things that had happened to her, Juno would have had her committed.

Juno's firm grip fastened over her arm and pulled her up. "Well, no damage done, I guess. You're pretty tough, too."

"Thanks for telling me so much about myself."

"Ok, let's get some sleep. You look a little beat."

With a final murmur of thought on the irony of Juno's statement, Lily closed her eyes and burrowed into the unfamiliar blankets.

(A/N: I'd like your opinion on something. Do you:

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