His Last Chance
JK's everything
I have nothing to say so let's go ahead on to Chappie 9, and for those reading SbatQfS, I'll be update that next! –Moony
Chapter 9
"I need counseling," Lily muttered to herself.
But who? Anneliese was her only friend – but extremely nutty when it came to cases like this. She wanted a serious friend, one who could understand. It reminded her of her best friend Sabrina in Muggle school. They were really close, they told each other everything, and understood everything. Lily always knew she could trust in Sabrina. She remembered the first time they met
"Don't worry about school now Lily, everything will be fine!" Mom said.
"I know, but what if they don't like me? What if I don't make any friends?"
"You? Why wouldn't you make friends?"
"Because†because I'm ugly."
"Now who says that? You're a beautiful young girl, with a rainbow personality, someone's bound to make friends with you."
"Do you promise?"
"I promise, but only if you are friendly too."
"Ok"
And a 4-year-old Lily walked into the big building. It was a jungle! Children were running everywhere!
She looked at her parents nervously.
"Have fun my flower," her dad smiled and said.
"Make new friends!"
And they left, leaving her alone. A four-year-old couldn't be old enough to handle this, could she? She felt like tearing back and going with Mommy back home.
Suddenly, a kid whispered something to his friend that she overheard.
"Hey, look at that girl! She has RED hair! RED! I bet she got strawberries and cherries there, and her eyes are GREEN! Ahaha!!"
Lily felt her eyes water, and her cheeks burn. She ran away from the playground, and didn't know where to go. Her parents had lied. She knew she wasn't pretty. They all knew she was stupid. Tears spilled to the ground. She hated school. She hated it all.
The two boys came back and threw grass at her.
"Grass-eyed, grass-eyed!"
Lily hated them. She hated this school. She hated everything. Then a girl with blonde hair came , her hair was braided into two plaits that fell to her waist. Lily fingered her own wavy, red pigtails.
"Stop making fun of her, or I'll TELL!"
And they left. Lily wiped her eyes. She hated pity.
"Hi," the girl said softly.
"H-hello."
"I'm Sabrina, they're not making the first day easy for you, I guess."
"No."
"Well it's ok. Just don't pay attention to them. My mommy says they just be mean to make people cry."
"Why do they do that?"
"Because they're mean. They'll stop being mean to you, if you act like you don't care. Or you can tell. Then they get in TRUBLE!"
"Who do you tell?"
"The teacher of course, or your mommy or your daddy. They always fix everything."
"Thanks."
"No problem, come on, let's go get good seats in the classroom, then maybe we can get cots together for naptime!"
"Ok!"
They had been friends for then on, until 5th grade.
"What middle school are you going to? I'm going to Lacronsa Junior High. I hope you're going there too."
"Oh I don't know. I think I'm going to a private school."
"A PRIVATE school? Lily! Are you NUTS? Private school people are SNOBS!"
"Not me."
"But Lily, I really want you to go to school with me!"
"I'm sorry, but I really want to go to his private school!"
"More than you want to be with me?"
"Well I -"
"I can't believe you Lily! You'd choose a stupid school over your friend?"
"We'll keep in touch!"
"Keep in touch? You'll forget about me, because you're hanging out with your snobby friends!"
"I'm not snobby!"
"You want to be!"
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do!"
"This school is the best school!"
"Well if you go to that school, I'm not your friend anymore. Or your best friend."
"Sabrina – I'm going to this school, even if it means risking our friendship."
"You were never my friend then. You were always just using me. You don't care about our friendship enough to stay. Well fine then! GOOD-BYE Lily! We're gone!"
The 'we're gone' part reminded Lily of what had just happened. She moaned. Why was she always so stupid like this? So stubborn? James had moved on – flown away. She didn't matter in his life anymore, like she didn't matter in Sabrina's life anymore. She was too late. Always too late. Never took the time to think about what she really wanted. Perhaps she could apologize? Yes, that's what she would do, and James would well, probably be happy.
She set out to find him. She had seen him leave through the portrait hole after she had lost her temper with him. Perhaps he was going to the Owlery? To see Apollo or whoever? That's where she would've went if she had just been hit by an angry outburst
But he wasn't there. Lily wondered where else he could be†where else was special? James couldn't be outside, students weren't allowed on Hogwarts grounds at night, but knowing James, he would've figured some way to be there.
Muttering to herself where he could be, she suddenly found herself outside. She blinked. How had she gotten here?
The cool night air felt good against her face though, and she decided it would be ok to just take a walk. The full moon hung low in the sky, but it was an eerie kind of glow, like saying something was going to happen.
As she stepped around, near the lake, suddenly, a black dog popped up.
Lily nearly screamed. But the dog just sat down, cocked its head, and stared at her. Lily had always liked dogs
"Hello†what's your name darling?" she asked.
The dog gave a bark.
"You know, you sound like Sirius. With that bark. Sirius always sounds like a dog."
The dog barked again and disappeared in the bushes.
How strange, Lily thought. Dogs weren't really common as pets on Hogwarts – in fact, she hadn't even seen any on of her friends that had dogs, so what was a big, shaggy, black dog doing on the grounds? She pondered it for a moment, when a silvery stag trotted up from where the dog had disappeared. Were they connected somehow?
It was a beautiful stag; tall and majestic, with a silver type of glow to it. Its antlers were long and graceful. Lily had never seen anything like it. Maybe she could touch it? She felt engrossed and enchanted by it. She reached out to stroke its smooth coat, when suddenly the dog reappeared and gave a loud, low bark and Lily – and the stag – watched in horror as another animal appeared from the shadows...
