The next week at the dance, Lily and Remus and Rini and Damien looked like the perfect couples. Lily and Rini had had their mothers owl in their costumes.

Lily's costume was a dress that went down to the middle of her thighs. The dress itself was multicolored varying in lights blues, purples, and pinks. The wings that were attached were made from a sheer, shimmering material over a wire frame. Lily had put her hair into a pile on top of her head with strands of hair coming out at various points with a tiara in the front. She had also splashed glitter on her face. Lily's mother also found a matching outfit for Remus. His costume had a shirt and pants with the same light green and had wings like Lily's dress.

Rini's costume was a blood red dress with a sheer black material on top. She had her hair almost identical to Lily's without the tiara. At the neck of the dress was a Victorian style collar. Damien had his parents send him a black dress pants and shirt with a cape.

As it was not a requirement to dress up, James and Sirius didn't. Jordyn wasn't too happy with the decision but didn't press the matter. Most of the school was going in costume, but some thought of it as a waist of time.

Lily spent almost two hours getting ready for the dance with the other girls. The guys still laughed at how long they took to get ready. The process went as follows: first the girls all had to shower and dry. Then they spent half an hour to an hour getting their hair and make-up done. Then they spent a half-hour was spent getting dressed in the actual costumes. Any time that they had left was reserved for touch-ups.

Though the guys laughed at how long the girls took, the admitted it was worth it when the girls came down the stairs. Lily, Rini, and Jordyn went to their dates. Sirius stopped snickering at Remus costume when he saw that Lily's matched it perfectly. James stood off to the side watching Lily like a hawk. Lily caught his gaze and told him to stop staring at her.

The group went down to the Great Hall where the dance was being held. The small circular tables once again replaced the house tables. The ten Gryffindor second years all sat a table together. Sara kept looking grumpy because she hadn't gotten a partner since she had figured James would ask her again this year because Lily was once again going with Remus. James kept discretely glancing at Lily who was trying to keep from looking at James by indulging in a deep conversation with Remus.

After everyone had entered the hall, Dumbedore welcomed everyone to eat, dance, and enjoy themselves. They ordered their dinner and had pleasant conversation.

When music started play, Rini and Jordyn dragged their dates to the dance floor while Remus politely asked Lily to dance. Lily used her napkin in a mannerly way before graciously accepting his offer. The fist song was an upbeat tune in the magical world followed by a slow one.

Lily rested her hands and head on Remus's shoulders while he wrapped his arms around her waist. Lily felt as though she couldn't be happier. Then she heard Remus's voice whisper in her ear. "Lily, these wings are supposed to be made from wires and cloth, right?"

Lily looked at him like he was crazy. "Yes. Why do you asked?"

"Well, yours aren't."

"What!" Lily managed to keep her voice low. "What do you mean they aren't?"

"Well, that's just it. They're real. Like the kind that fairies have."

"We've got to tell Dumbledore. Let's wait till the end of the song, though." They started dancing again.

Lily suddenly gasped and felt Remus's wings. "Hey, that tickles!" Remus realized what he said all too late.

Lily grabbed Remus's hand and led him to the teacher's table. "Professor Dumbledore!" Lily called. "Professor, we have a problem!"

"What is it, Miss Evans?" Dumbledore asked with concern.

"Our wings have become real, Professor! Whatever ancient magic I have made our wings real!" she said in a low voice.

"Ah," he said. "Just what emotion were you feeling in great amounts?"

Lily started turning red. "Um, I, well, that is, I was feeling..." Lily's voice trailed off.

Dumbledore nodded. "I understand, Miss Evans. I merely ask that you try and keep your emotions of deep caring under control. Mister Lupin, as I'm sure you deeply care for Miss Evans, you should try not to make it flow as openly as you have. I'll leave Miss Evans to explain the situation to you."

Lily led Remus over to an empty table and started explain all she could about what had happened on the train to Hogwarts. She asked if his hand was okay from when her own hand had burned it. He said it was and that there had been no permanent damage. Then she told him how the fire in her hand and the mark came to be. Finally, she explained to him how it's all connected to emotion.

Remus looked at her curiously when she finished. "So," he said slowly, "what was the emotion you were feeling that made our wings become real? And attached to us, I might add."

Lily blushed again and looked into her lap where her hands lay. "I was feeling love," she said quietly. "It was probably made even more powerful by the love you were giving me," she said matter-of-factly.

"Aye, my love for you is strong, Lily," Remus said with a smile. He gave Lily a quick kiss and suggested going back onto the dance floor. "Just try not to use that magic of yours," he said playfully.

Lily didn't get to dance another slow dance with Remus for quite some time. Every guy from the other houses also wanted to dance with her. She did happen to dance with James. The song that he approached her on was a muggle slow song that Lily knew. Lily carefully placed her hands on James's shoulders while he put his on her waist.

They had been dancing for a few seconds when Lily said, "James, I feel like Guinevere in all my King Arthur books. Remus is like King Arthur and you," she looked into his eyes lovingly. "You are my champion, Lancelot. She loved them both, as I love you both."

"I know that, Lillian. Just like Guinevere and Lancelot, we must not be too close, for who knows what we might do."

"James, I made Remus's and my fairy wings become real. You know that magic Dumbledore told me about while I was still in the infirmary?" James nodded. "Well, it made Remus's and my wings become real and attached to us. I dare you to feel them. I guarantee it'll tickle."

James felt the wings, and sure enough, they were real. Lily also started giggling. "It's unbelievable!" he exclaimed. James also remembered how the magic would be triggered first. "What emotion was it?" he asked, not wanting the answer.

Lily stopped giggling and heard the tone in his voice. "You know it was love. But not just mine," she went on quickly, seeing his face. "His love for me also did it." James nodded but didn't say more.

Lily started to softly sing the song they were dancing to. "There's so many times I've let you down. So many times I've played around. I'll tell you now they don't mean a thing. Every place I go I'll think of you. Every song I sing I'll sing for you. When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring. So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me. Hold me like you'll never let me go. Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go. Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. Oh, babe, I hate to go."

The song ended and another slow song came on. "Where'd you learn that song, Lils?"

"My parents love that song. It's muggle so I wouldn't be surprised if you never heard it before. It is called 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' by Peter, Paul, and Mary."

"I see. I wish I could kiss you like the song said to, but I can't since Remus is watching and he can see my entire face. I'll just settle for smiling and waiting for you."

"Then I'll kiss you," Lily said and kissed his cheek.

Someone from Ravenclaw came over just then and asked to cut in. James reluctantly let go of Lily and then sat down beside Remus. Without looking at him, Remus said, "I hope you didn't try anything with Lily, James. I would hate to have to hurt you."

"Don't worry, Moony. You're her King Arthur and she's your Queen Guinevere. I'm just her champion, Lancelot," James said, still looking at Lily.

Glancing at him, Remus asked, "Was that supposed to make me feel more comfortable with you dancing with her?"

"No. I'm merely saying that she's yours till she decides otherwise."

Remus got up as an upbeat song started and danced with Lily. Before half the song was over, a boy from Hufflepuff timidly asked to cut in. Lily accepted, giving Remus a look that said 'I'm dating you. You can dance with me anytime.'

To be nice to Sara, James asked her to dance. She was ecstatic to be dancing with him again. Remus asked Teresa to dance since Arthur was in the restroom. As soon as the next slow song came on, though, Remus was at Lily's side quick as a flash. Lily quickly settled into her usual position for dancing with him.

Lily became so comfortable, she didn't notice what was happening. Then she heard Remus calling her name, trying to get her attention. "What is it, Remus?"

"Lily, whatever you do, don't look down."

"Remus, that is such a silly thing to say! Why don't you want me to look down?" Without waiting for an answer, she looked down. She immediately threw her arms around Remus's neck and looked into his face.

To her utmost terror, the fairy wings she had made become real had lifted Remus and her up to the ceiling. The music had stopped playing and everyone had stopped dancing. They were all looking up at Lily and Remus, flying in the air. They had been slowly revolving, dancing in the air. Now they were just hovering. "Remus, what are we going to do?" she asked with panic.

"I don't know!" he said, bewildered. "Maybe Dumbledore knows what we should do."

Lily carefully looked down and saw all the professors on their feet, staring up the Remus and her. Spotting the headmaster she called, "Professor Dumbledore! What are we to do?"

"Miss Evans, Mister Lupin, you need to use those wings and come down. Will them to set you down. If you fall, we'll catch you."

"Alright," Lily called back. "Ready, Remus?" Remus nodded and they tried to make their wings take them down. Dumbledore had magicked a sheet to catch them if they fell. Remus was slowly starting to lower but Lily wasn't. "Remus!" she said in a panicked whisper. "Don't leave me up here alone!"

"I'll try not to. Will that dress of yours stay down if you go upside down?"

"I believe so. It's pretty stiff."

"Then take my hands. Hopefully, I'll pull you down with me." Lily nodded and grasped his hands with all her might. Slowly, they started to drift downward.

"That's it, you two," Dumbledore called up to them. "Just like that."

Lily looked into the crowd of students and saw James watching her as if she were an angel. "Remus, let go of my hands."

"You sure, Lily. What if you drift upwards or fall?"

"I won't. Just trust me and let go of my hands." Remus did as he was asked and let go. Lily straightened herself and went upright. She stayed where she was while Remus slowly went to the ground. Seeing that Remus was safe, Lily closed her eyes and started to spin. As she gathered speed, she began to descend. Then she slowed her spinning till she stopped and kept descending, always keeping her eyes closed. With one leg bent, the other straight, her arms flat against her sides, and her hands at a right angle to her sides, she lowered to the ground. After her first leg touched, she set the other down. After getting both feet back on the ground, Lily fainted from lack of energy.

Lily woke up in the hospital wing with two ice blue eyes staring down at her. "Dios Querido!" she cried, startled by the eyes.

The eyes moved away and Professor Cauldro's face came into view. "So now you call upon God when you see me, do you?" she asked teasingly.

"What?" Lily asked confused. "What did I say?"

"I believe it was 'Dios Querido'. Isn't that Spanish for 'Dear God'?"

Lily blushed. "I'm sorry, Professor. It's just seeing a pair of eyes like yours when first waking can be a bit unnerving."

"I see. So how are you after your little flight?"

"My flight? Oh, yes," Lily said, remembering. "Did I look like an angel as I came down?"

"I would say so. Now, can you tell me how those wings became real, when I know for a fact they were originally fake."

"Oh, Professor, the headmaster would be a better person to ask." "No, no, dear Lily. And I beg you call me Synthia when we're alone. I want you to tell me all you know about your new and strange powers."

"Well," Lily said, sitting up, "all I really know is that when they first appear it's because of a strong emotion. Like great hate of an enemy and peer, or great love for and of another. And also, some sort of symbol appears in the palm of my hand, then it disappears, to be replaced by a fire under the skin. Last time I was knocked unconscious for a day or two. How long was I out this time?"

"It has only been a few hours since you fainted. Oh, and if you're wondering, you still have your wings."

Lily looked over her shoulder and groaned. "Oh, dear! Does Remus still have his?"

Professor Cauldro smiled. "Yes, he does. He was given a sleeping potion so he shouldn't be up till morning. Though a certain Mister Potter was here for quite some time after Mister Lupin fell asleep. He didn't like it either when I shooed him away. After all, he needs his rest for classes tomorrow." The professor looked at her watch. "Or should I say later today? Either way, he still needed his sleep. Remus will probably be in class tomorrow, with or without the wings. You will probably be told to rest the rest of today."

"I hope so. I feel exhausted. So my dear Lancelot was here earlier. That's reassuring to know." The professor gave her a confused look. "It's simple, really, Pro—I mean, Synthia. I love stories and books about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. That includes Queen Guinevere as well. Well, the more I read them and the more I look at my situation, I feel more and more like Guinevere did when she was left to deal with loving both Arthur and Lancelot. Remus is my King Arthur," she looked over at the bed beside hers where Remus was sleeping, "and James is my Lancelot. Even there physical features match up, for goodness sake!"

Professor Cauldro giggled. "Well, you may not have the firmest grip on reality at times, Lily, but you certainly are a delightful girl and student. Now, about your new powers: first of all, they're Atlantean; ancient magic from the isle of Atlantis. Very far back in you family line, I'd assume, you had a witch or wizard from Atlantis. The symbol on your hand is the Atlantean symbol for the letter 'A'. After you use these powers quite a few times, the symbol will stay on your hand." Professor Cauldro showed Lily the palm of her hand. There, in the center of her palm, was a partially squared off spiral.

"Albus was right when he told you that emotion is the first reason for these powers to show. From what I've gathered, the reason yours came to be was because of a great anger and hate of some students. Four specific Slytherins, to be exact." Lily nodded. "Like I said in the beginning of last year: just because I am head of the house doesn't mean I favor them. Some might think I favor you, which, to be quite honest, might be slightly true."

"Synthia, I hate to interrupt, but I really am dead tired. May we finish this conversation tomorrow, maybe. I can barely keep my eyes open."

"Of course! How rude and unthoughtful I've been. Get some rest, my child. Get some rest."

Lily lay back down on her pillow and was asleep almost instantly. Professor Cauldro brushed locks of Lily's gingery-red hair out of her face. "At last," The professor murmured. "At last I have found the reason for my being. Buonas noches, pequeña hada. Buonas noches." With that, she left the infirmary.

Lily and Remus's wings couldn't be removed for a while. So, to make the wings more comfortable for them, the Charms professor, Professor Flitwick, used a charm to shrink the wings. Lily and Remus were taught the charm so they could use it on themselves every morning.

To add to Remus's troubles, Sirius and Rini confronted him about being a werewolf. He didn't deny the accusations. Sirius and Rini were a bit wary of him at first, but then came to accept it. They even helped him come up with ideas to tell the other students for when he had to leave for the transformation.

James was still troubled to see Lily and Remus growing closer, but knew that one-day his time to be close to Lily would come. He would keep himself away from Lily by keeping himself him Sirius. Lily and Sirius's little sister, Vega, became very close friends. If Lily wasn't in Remus's company, she was in Vega's.

When the first Quidditch game of the season came, Lily and James performed flawlessly together with Angela. Sirius and Eric kept the bludgers away from their team members just as flawlessly. With them, and Nancy Fala catching the snitch, it was game, set, match.

Lily was with Vega when she received a letter to meet with Professor Cauldro in the Potions chamber.

It was in the beginning or December when she received the letter. Confused and curious, she went down to the dungeons to where Potions was held. When she had entered, she saw that the Potions Mistress was not the only one in the room. Professor Dumbledore was also there. "Lily," Professor Cauldro said cheerily. "I'm glad you got our letter. Please, sit."

Lily took a seat. Dumbledore spoke next. "Now I'm sure you're confused as to why we asked you down here. It has to do with your powers. Synthia has told me that she started to explain to you about the powers that she herself has." Lily nodded. "Good. Now, she has explained to me everything she knows about her powers. I have asked her to tell you everything she has told me, as well as anything she left out. You don't have to, but I've asked Synthia to give you lessons on how control your powers. Does this sound alright to you?"

Lily ran over everything that the headmaster had just said and nodded consent.

"Headmaster," Professor Cauldro whispered to Dumbledore, "I don't know where to begin. I've never met another like me."

"Start where you think you should start, Synthia. Remember: you are the professor."

Professor Cauldro gave an unsure nod and Dumbledore left the two to start their first lesson. "How about we start by expanding those wings to normal size." She said the charm to expand Lily's fairy wings. "Now, I can remove these for you, if you like. Or would you prefer I get rid of young Remus's wings first and let you have fun with your?" she asked with a mischievous smile.

"How about the latter of the two," Lily said with a similar smile.

"Then go and get your King Arthur and let me work my magic." Lily took off running to get Remus to get his wings removed. Thus began Lily's first lesson of controlling her new powers.

Professor Cauldro successfully removed Remus's wings and sent him back to the Gryffindor Common Room with orders to rest his back.

After Remus left, Lily and Professor Cauldro sat down and began to go over the basics of Lily's powers. The first they talked about was protection, defense, and attack.

"You have already performed an attack with your powers," Professor Cauldro said. "When those boys made you angry, that flash of light your friends saw was an attack."

"But why did the attack happen? I mean, I was pushing them. Wasn't that enough to release my anger?" Lily asked confused.

"Well, your anger for them must have grown over a period of time. You finally felt and acted upon the release of the anger, but it wasn't enough for all the anger you felt to come out. So, as a result, the ancient magic stored in you, well...released."

Lily sat for a moment, taking all the information in. "So what about Remus and my wings?"

"Simple," Professor Cauldro said. "You and he must have felt as if you were floating on air and, as a result, your wings became real and you literally floated on air."

"So, say I was mad as hell at someone. I might make flames appear or the temperature get really high?"

"Possibly. Then again, you might just have an outburst of energy like you had on the train."

"What if I was really sad or upset about something and I started crying. I mean really crying. It might start to rain?"

"Possibly. It all depends on your powers. It may just cause the room to become very camp and moist."

"Okay. So what about protection?"

"Your powers can cast protection on yourself and people. It all depends on the reason the protection is placed and what emotion is behind it."

"And defense? What can I do in defense?"

"Well, if someone throws something at you, you can stop it in mid-air. If a spell or curse is being cast at you, you are able to put up a shield, in a way. It's similar to the attack you used except it won't hurt your attacker."

"Synthia, can I deflect all curses? I mean, like, every single spell and curse ever created?"

Professor Cauldro looked at her hands. "No, not every curse, Lily. One in particular it won't block is the killing curse."

"But who would use the killing curse on me?" Lily asked in surprise.

"There is one who would try to kill you because you were muggle born. Few people know who he really is. He was actually at Hogwarts about twenty or thirty years ago. Then he was called Tom Marvolo Riddle. Now," she said with great fear, "he is called Voldemort."

"Synthia, you sound as if you're afraid of him. How do you know him and why are you so afraid of him?"

"To be honest, Lily, I'm terrified of him. For reasons I wish not to tell. All you need to know about him is that he is a terrible man, if you could still call him that. Lily, you must do me one thing. You must promise me your most excellent promise on this as well."

"Of course, Professor. What is it you wish me to promise?"

Professor Cauldro had unshed tears gleaming in her eyes. "You must promise and swear to me, that no matter what happens, no matter how tempted you may be, that you will never join Voldemort. He's evil and has a lust for power and you must never join him. Swear it, Lily!"

Lily was slightly shaken at what her professor had just said. Nodding, Lily said, "I swear it, Professor. With any and every God and Goddess as my witness, I swear to you that I will never join Voldemort." So ended Lily's first lesson.


AN

Okay, I'm really sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was kicked out of my house about 1½ weeks ago, but I'm back home now. (Long story, don't ask how I got kicked out because I'm not even sure.) Anyway, I'm really sorry about not being here, but I'm back now. I hope you all enjoyed the post. I've been on hype trying to get the story reading to be posted on here so I hope you enjoy.

Here are the translations to what the Spanish words are (sorry if they're not exact):
Dios Querido! —Dear God!
Buonas noches, pequeña hada. Buonas noches. —Good night, little fairy. Good night.