A/N- Thank you to my reviewer, Matryoshka! Sry that this 1st attempt went haywire, I tried to put something odd in there and it didn't work… ;)
Lily returned home. She stared at her brick red house. Starting tomorrow, she wouldn't see it for half of a year. She choked back a sob. She trod upstairs, she had gotten enough dinner at the party.
Lily stared at her walking feet until she came to a stop in front of her room. She opened the door a crack (it was midnight, or, the witching hour, Lily thought in amusement). Suddenly a shrill scream emitted from the room.
"Mmph, no, not light, turn it out you little &%#!" Suddenly, the family dog, a Pit Bull named Jessica growled and ran at Petunia. Hearing a ripping sound, Lily laughed silently. Jessica never really liked anyone, but she preferred Lily to Petunia a hundredfold. Also, Jessica attacked anyone who used an insult referring to a female dog.
As Jessica turned away, Petunia wailed.
"Mommy, Daddy, Lily made the dog come at me!" Jessica rolled her brown eyes, gave a charming dog smile, and tramped off for Lily to deal with this.
Lily rolling her eyes too, she stared at what Petunia was doing. Poking and prodding Lily's cat, Magic, with Lily's wand, Magic was yelping with pain every time the wand touched her, because red-hot sparks shot out the end of it.
Grabbing the wand, seething angrily, Lily turned it in the direction of Petunia accidentally, just as her father entered the room.
"Honey," cried her father, "Stop that at once, young lady! I told you not to go playing with your wand! As punishment, you sleep on the floor downstairs! Because I can't ground you or anything… Petunia dear, are you ok?"
Petunia flashed Lily a smirk before whimpering with an expression of fear. "I was h-h-horrible, Daddy! I was s-s-so sc-sc-scared!"
Her father patted her back comfortingly. "There, there, Patty darling, it's ok. That dog won't hurt you anymore! Fern, come in here!" Lily's mother walked in gravely, rubbing tired eyes.
"Yes Herb, what is it?"
"Fern dear, that dog's got to go! She attacked our dear Patty under Lily's influence!"
Fern stared with contempt at the dog who had come in and was cowering on the floor. Fern sighed, no pity in her hard gaze.
"Do what you must, Herb. She could attack Patty again under Lily's influence, or Lily next! I wouldn't want any of my darlings hurt!"
Herb gave a curt nod. Picking up Jessica by the chain collar around her neck, he brought her to the front door.
Fern watched, her lips pursed angrily, her mouth a thin straight line.
Petunia watched, a malevolent smile curled on her face.
Lily watched, silently crying. Had her family forgotten all that Jessica had done for them?
She saved them all from that nasty burglar.
Her mom had gotten rid of all those cow bones that would have stunk up the house by feeding them to Jessica.
Her dad utilized Jessica's strong body to carry the numerous packs he backpacked with.
Jessica even saved Petunia from being pick pocketed.
And now, they were throwing her out like used trash!
Lily watched in horror as Herb picked her up and physically threw her out.
Jessica lay cowering on the ground.
Herb boomed at the silent family.
"Go to sleep now, all of you!"
Lily stared at the cold hard floor she was to be sleeping on as a punishment.
Seething at the indignity of it all, Lily curled up in a ball and went to sleep.