Lily pushed her dorm room door open and walked in quietly. As she looked around and saw everyone asleep, she felt relived she wouldn't have to endure all the questions and odd glances.

She sighed, looking around at the dorm again. Emma was resting on her bed, snoring softly as her velvet brown hair fell on her face. Lily brought her eyebrows down in confusion, had she changed her hair-colour again? Her fourth time... Or was it third? Hell, Lily couldn't even remember what her original hair-colour was.

Lily's eyes fell on Emma's "lackeys." Isabel and Victoria were still her Emma's friends, but they weren't extremely "girly-girlish" as they were in 2nd year. Isabel had dirty-blonde hair, and grey eyes, while Victoria had chestnut coloured hair and black eyes.

Alice—Well, Alice wasn't Emma's friend anymore. Ahhh yes, Lily remembered that incident so clearly in her mind when Alice told Emma off. Lily grinned as she thought of it…

------Flashback------

It was in 3rd year, and they were in the Great Hall eating breakfast.

"Ohh, that Amos Diggory is soooo hot." Emma said, swooning over him. "What do you think, Alice?"

"Hm? Oh yeah, he's all right, I guess." Alice said after finishing her bite of porridge. She wasn't even listening to Emma, she was thinking about Quidditch.

"All right? Just all right? Alice, are you okay hun?" Emma said while looking at her a bit shocked, "You're not acting like yourself. Where's that smile and what's up with your voice?"

Alice sighed, before forcing on a fake smile and honeyed her voice, "Sorry Emma. I was um, worrying about that, er, Charms essay that's due."

Emma raised her eyebrows and said, "Alice? Um," She smiled that horrible smile and continued, "We didn't have any Charms essay assigned to us."

Alice replied, "Oh, really? Well, uh…" Alice was about to reason with her, when she finally broke down. "Emma?" Alice took a deep breath and started out again, "Okay. I know there isn't any stupid Charms essay due or anything, But… Okay, this has nothing to do with they essay or anything in general but… Being your friend pretty much sucks. Yes Emma, that's right. It sucks. I hate being so fake."

Emma was about to say something but Alice cut her off, "We—or maybe just me, well, I hate being your… 'crony.' Girly voice, sick smiles, I hate being considered as a… 'Dumb Blonde.' I am not stupid. And you Emma, well, just wake up! The world does not revolve around you. Who cares about you? I mean honestly, whom are you trying to impress? Yeah, yeah, I know. 'Boys.' But really Emma, look around. They are not hanging off your every movement and breathe. And I am not one to hang off yours either." Alice gave her a last final smile before getting up to leave.

------End Flashback------

Alice had joined the Quidditch team afterwards and became Keeper. Emma very much disapproved of this; it was all very well for boys to sweat, but girls? The very idea!

Alice was currently mumbling in her sleep, and she turned over quite frequently. She had sleek blonde hair down to her shoulders, and blue-greyish eyes. Alice was quite pretty, but was obstinate at times.

Lily sighed again as her eyes slipped off of Alice as she took a final look around and thought, 'My final year here.' She shook her head at herself, half amused. It was just the beginning of the year—She had plenty of time before getting all weepy.

Lily yawned, and slowly changed into her nightclothes, deciding to listen to her CD player before she slept. But when she vanished beneath her covers, she almost shrieked out loud.

She discovered that she wasn't the only one in her bed, but a spider lurked under with her. It wasn't all that big, but it wasn't small, either. It's large, black orbs stared up at her and scuttled even deeper down her bed. Lily bit her lip, searching for her wand.

Lily found it, and then lifted her covers, spotted the spider and quickly mumbled the Vanishing spell. It vanished, but Lily was left with fears of more spiders in her bed. She searched thoroughly in her sheets before saying, "Scourgify." She then climbed in her bed, somewhat content.

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Lily was the first to wake up, and had the privilege of taking her time in the bathroom. But when she got out, she was met by stares. She sighed evenly, and then walked toward her trunk, started getting her supplies ready, but then realizing she was still being watched. She turned around and finally asked, "Yes?"

Alice hesitated before saying, "Who—Who are you?"

Lily smiled, keeping her patience, "I'm Lily Evans." She saw their mouths about to open to introduce themselves, but Lily said, "Don't bother with your names, I know all of you. Let's see, you're Alice. And you're Victoria, Isabel, and lastly Emma," Her eyes resting on Emma.

Emma said, "But—How do you know that? Who are you? Why are you here?"

"I'm Lily Evans, again," There was a bit of humor beneath her voice, "I know who you are because—Well, I've been here all along. And I am here to learn magic. No, this is not my first year at Hogwarts. I've been here all 6 years, and I'm starting my seventh." Lily looked at them all, examining their faces. They all seemed to be wondering the same thing, 'Huh?'

"None of you seem to remember me from 1st and 2nd year, but, I had an un-noticeable charm on me since 2nd year, and it just came off yesterday." Lily stated, as if it was the most obvious thing.

All four of them just stared at her for a few moments, before Victoria said, forgetting her fake voice, "But—Huh? How? A charm?"

Lily nodded, "The Disregardment Charm."

Isabel said, "Why would you want to do something like that?"

Lily shrugged, looking down. "I just don't like too much attention, I guess."

"Um, okay. That's weird… How many years? You said second year, so… five—no, four years you had it…" Alice said, furrowing her eyebrows together slightly.

"Yeah. But don't feel sympathetic towards me, it was my own mistake."

Emma sort of squinted her eyes down on Lily before realizing who she was, "I—I think I remember you! Lily Evans, but, hmm… No, I just remember how you looked back in 2nd year, sort of. What happened to your eyes?"

"My eyes?" She sighed, "It's still there, huh? Well, there was a side effect to the spell, and well, this was it—My eye-colour changed," She said, pointing to her eyes.

"This is all too weird," Emma stated while everybody else nodded in agreement. "Let's go to breakfast, shall we? This was definitely a too direct conversation."

Lily grinned, and said, "If you lot stay with me, we'll get to see everybody else's expressions."

Emma grinned back, "Okay, we'll stay with you. But you'll have to tell us more of that charm." Everybody nodded once more before heading out the door. (Lmao, that rhymed. XD)

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A/N: Wow. I finally added a description of Emma! –cheers- No, she won't be staying so nice. But she won't be bad, either. Ugh, this chapter sucked. Like "Emma said" it was all too direct—and awkward. But, thank you reviewers!! I did keep in mind all those reviews of how to write better, and I seriously need more of them. I need to know what I'm doing wrong—Don't get me wrong, but reviews telling me this story is "cool" are all very well, but I need more reviews that help me improve. Anyways, I updated. Yay. At least I didn't wait a few months before updating. It was only about a week. =D (Oh, and the chapter title sucks, I know.)

Oh, and what does AU mean? I know it means that it's not following with the intended storyline of the authors, but what does it stand for? Like, TBC = To be continued. (I think)