Chapter 2 – Wishing Upon The Star

Lily Evans climbed out of the portrait of the Fat Lady, and made her way to the Great Hall for the leaving feast. It was the end of her 6th year at Hogwarts, and she wasn't exactly looking forward to going home. She just finished packing her trunk, which didn't take long considering she had hardly any clothes – most of which were baggy and worn. She never needed anything more than those before she came to Hogwarts, as she never went out and was always at home to the household cleaning, making dinner and doing the laundry. Lily also did all the other jobs that her father and sister didn't want to do. Whenever she goes home for the summer, she wears those clothes, and is never allowed out, returning to her old routine. Not much of a holiday. And whenever Hogsmede trips are on at school, she doesn't go, but stays in the Griffindor Common Room, or reads a book in the Libary.

She doesn't have many friends at Hogwarts; she doesn't know how to make friends or even what to do with them. She watched others together and how they were friends but she never knew how to just make the first move and introduce herself. She has never had friends. Not one. But she wanted one so much. The closest thing she had to a friend was her admirer James Potter. James Potter who is one of the Marauders, who has many friends, and just happens to be The Ladies Man. She does have a crush on him too, but just feels below the rest, out of the other 500 girls at Hogwarts.

Its not that James never asked her out – he did, ALL the time in fact. She doesn't go out with him is for a complete other reason. It's that she doesn't have any clothes, any social skills, and any bravery towards him. She's afraid that he'll break her heart. She decided from day one that she's going to make that stupid little crush on him stop, and that she's going to get on with her studies and forget about him. 6 years later, she's gotten nowhere. She's tried shouting at him, being rude, insulting him, but instead he asks her out even more.

He has asked many times why she won't go out with him, but she'll just say that he needs to deflate his head a bit first or any other silly excuse. In truth be told, he DID need his head deflated a bit, but Lily likes him just the way he his. No one knows about her home life. Not that there is anyone to tell, but if she had the chance she still wouldn't tell them.

Loud noises of the Great Hall broke her train of thought. She entered the loud, excited sight of Hogwarts. Everyone was happy and cheerful, glad that the year had come to an end. 7th years were running back and forth around the hall, saying goodbye to old friends from other houses, knowing that they may not see them very often now. Lily watched the sight of friends talking and laughing together, and felt a pang of envy, 'Why can't I be there, in there place?' Once again Lily's train of thoughts were broken, as a certain James Potter wrapped his arms around her from behind and said into her ear:

"I'm going to miss you Lilikins." He hugged her tighter. Lily was shocked but delighted at thought of him hugging her and lost her train of thought for a moment. She suddenly regained her thoughts and said to herself 'Remember the plan Lily. Get him off; get him away before he can ask you out again............... QUICKLY LILY!'

"Get off me Potter, or I swear I will hurt you... badly". She hissed to him. James let out a dreamy sigh and said,

"Ohhh, my dear Lily, must I? You know I love you so. For no one else, have your beautiful eyes and lovely long red hair." James cooed in a singsong voice, as though he was Romeo. 'Why did he pick me to pester? Why me? Or maybe he's telling the truth! Maybe he really does like me and want to be my boyfriend!!! Then again, he has loads of girls swooning over him, and he picks the loner with no friends? This just doesn't make sense.'

Thinking she should change her act towards him, she suddenly had a wave of grief and sadness wash over her. 'No one has ever liked me before, so why now? Why must I be in this situation? I made this mess myself. Then again, it's not MY fault I have no clothes. But I have no clothes because I killed my mother. They hate me. Father always says that I ruined his life, and if I didn't come along, none of this would of happened. They would've been the happy, loving, caring family they once were - before me. Suddenly feeling more alone and confused than ever before, she could feel tears ready to pour out. She made herself blink them back. Lily knew that suddenly crying on the spot could make her look strange, not that anyone apart from James, whose arms were still wrapped around her, would notice. She is practically ignored. All of the girls as jealous of the fact that James likes her, and thinks that she is 100 percent crazy for saying no to him.

"No, James, just get off me. Please." Lily managed, but her voice a little strangled. She turned around and looked straight into his soft hazel eyes. "For all these years, you've been chasing me. This could be some joke of yours that you and the rest of your many friends have made up, but if this is true, you've chosen the wrong girl. You don't know anything about my life. Nothing! You've got a rich family, huge mansion, happy, loving family who care..." Lily abruptly stopped there. She had gone too far. Further than she has ever done before. James obviously didn't notice how much she just revealed. She was talking about him, how could she have revealed herself? But for some reason, she just felt like running away.

James looked at her and smiled. "Lily, I don't care about your family or what it's like. I don't care that I have a rich family and a huge mansion. As long as I have my friends and family, my life would be perfect – but that includes you. My life isn't complete yet..." He looked at her and with his hand brushed away a strand of hair in her face. He suddenly had a dreamy look on his face. 'Oh God! He's so perfect! He says the right things and everything! But when he finds out that I have a crappy life, he'll wish I'd disappear!" James began to lean in and tilt his head, and Lily bolted for the entrance of the Great Hall, before it got any further - before anyone could see her tears of confusion and sadness.

She ran and ran down the corridor, blinded by her tears. She didn't know where she was going but suddenly saw a door leading outside. She ran as fast as she could through it, settling herself against the cold grass, as though it would calm her senses. She heard the pleasant and tranquil sound of the fountain next to her, and immediately her crying stopped. She just lay there. After 5 minutes of resting her thoughts, she rolled on her back and stared at the sky. It was beautiful; completely full of stars. She hoped her life would get better when she got to Hogwarts, and it did, but she still wished for a friend. She stood up, still staring at the sky. She closed her eyes gently and took the chance of wishing upon a star. 'I wish that the last year of Hogwarts will be the bets of them all. I want to make friends for life. Even just one friend would be wonderful. A year where I can sort out my thoughts, and see if I could still make it with James...'

"Like that could come true." Lily mumbled. She lay back on the grass and faced the stars. "What have I done to deserve this life, hey?" and rolled onto her side and fell asleep.


"Lily, Lily wake-up, its morning time and you have an hour till the train leaves! Wake-up Lily!" a hushed, but desperate voice came sounding through the silent morning air.

"For Gods-sake Remus! Move out the way! Let ME wake her up!" a devilish voice followed

"Don't you dare Padfoot! I am not letting you wake my poor Lily up, by shouting at the top of your lungs in her face!"

"YOUR Lily, James? When has she been YOURS? She ran out on you last night when you tried to kiss her! I doubt she's yours!" Padfoot said smirking

"Would you people TRY and be QUIET!" Lily said, irritation and tiredness in her voice. "I AM trying to sleep here you know!"

"LILY! I'm SO sorry for Sirius' rudeness for waking you up but the train leaves in about umm..." James checked his watched and said; "50 minutes. And I assume you want to get showered and stuff and pack your trunk and all!"

"Uhhhhhhhhhhh! We're going home today! Thanks for waking me." And without another word she traipsed off to the Griffindor Common Room and up to her dormitory.

Lily boarded the train in her usual attire – baggy jogging bottoms and a baggy sweatshirt. She went and sat in her usual compartment – right at the back of the train, all by herself. Whilst there, she'll take the liberty of reading a book or two, have a quiet snooze, and gaze over the beautiful hills and countryside. She often thought about her life at home, compared to other people's life. They're different. Lots of the pureblood families have rich mansions and have house elves to do the work for them, and in the case of rich muggle born they hire people. Normal, average people like her share it all together, but she does it all, and more.

Lily frowned as she started out the window of the fast moving train. She felt the first scar her father gave her on her arm. Whenever she was upset it tingled. She didn't know why at first, but Dumbledore told her back at the beginning of 5th year...

---Flashback---

Lily watched as Professor Dumbledore looked at the scar on her shoulder, seeing no visible change. Her scar was 'C' shaped and was rotated to the right slightly. The old Professor took off his half moon spectacles and said quietly,

"There is no visible change with your scar, but you say it has a tingling feeling. How exactly did you get this scar Lily?" Professor Dumbledor asked, with a knowing look on his face.

"I, uhhh, well I... I hit it. Its nothing serious, I was just reading and read that scars cause pain for a particular reason like emotion, but its mainly based on cursed scars, and my scar was hurting at the time, it had never hurt that much before, just tingles usually. I was just curious, nothing serious." Lily rushed, feeling nervous. She knew that the old Professor knew that she was lying, but she mustn't tell him that her father hurt her. He hits her more than ever since she has been attending Hogwarts.

"Lily, I know you're not telling me the truth. If you don't tell me, I'll have to take more serious actions." The old man said gravely.

"What would those actions be, sir?" Lily replied, feeling even more nervous.

Dumbledore sighed, took off his glasses and said in a tired voice, "Never give up do you, Miss. Evans?" he gave a small chuckle and continued. "I may have to use Legimency, in which I break into your mind, or, if absolutely necessary, I have a fresh batch of a certain truth potion."

Lily looked at the old man carefully and said in a very quiet voice, "My, my, my father hurt me when I was very young with a... a...a broken glass." Lily was silently crying, forgetting about her barriers that she spent years building, till not a tear fell from her eyes. Her tears poured out of her eyes, and the expression Lily had on her face was as if they didn't exist at all. Her eyes were fixed on the air, with a glazed expression on them.

"I remember it so clearly, even though I was so young. I cried because I fell down the stairs. It wasn't bad, but when you're so young, you just get scared. So I started crying. Not much, but my father noticed and stared shouting. He was telling me that I have no right to cry, after what I did. That what I did to him and Petunia doesn't allow me to cry, and if it was his choice, he'd get rid of me, but he knows that my mother wouldn't want that, and that that's the only reason why I'm still around, that and to do all the household chores, so he doesn't have to..." Lily was now in crying openly and freely.

Dumbledore looked at her with an understanding look on his face. "Thank you, Lily. Does your father still abuse you? Or was it just that one time?" Lily gave a small nod and said, he still hits me." In a very small, scared and frightened voice.

"Now, Lily, I have to sort this out. I cannot go on with knowing that one of my pupils is being hurt, no matter what you say. As to why your scar hurts, I can tell you, but only a majority.

"Your father hit you out of hurt and loss of your mother, but also anger and, I'm afraid to say, hatred. This is not exactly hatred towards you, but the situation. When your scar tingles and hurts, it is because, you are feeling the same or similar emotions as he felt when he hit you, or to what you were feeling at the time. The reason your scar acts in this way is because you and one of the reasons are magical." Dumbledore studied the teenagers confused face before him and said; "That is all I am going to say. You will find out more when the time is right.

Lily nodded and said, "Can I go sir, I just need to lie down and reflect on what has just happened." in a tiring and quiet voice.

"Of course you may Lily, feel free to talk to me about anything. Absolutely anything. Good-bye Miss. Evans."

---End of Flashback---

Lily sighed and once again stared back out the window. She had to dodge and hide from James, so he wouldn't see her in the clothes she was wearing, as she got onto the train. She heard the footsteps and voices of the Marauders down the corridor and quickly pulled on her cloak and wrapped it around her, giving the impression she was cold, even though it was the beginning of July, and hot outside. Just what she thought, James and his friends walked through the compartment door.

"You don't mind us sitting here, my Lily dearest?" James cooed as he came in. Lily just gave a wave of her hand to signal she didn't care, and looked out the window. In the reflection she could see Remus, Peter and Sirius sitting down. She also saw James stare at her with a dreamy expression on his face.

"Are you cold? It's just that you're wearing your cloak, and..." James began, but Lily cut him off before he started rambling, "I'm FINE James. Just leave me alone" She said with an edge to her voice.

"I'll light a portable fire for you." He said eagerly. Lily could see Sirius roll his eyes and look away. "Honestly James, I'm fine how I am." Even though she could feel herself heating up quickly in her thick black cloak. James started a fast heating fire anyway, and Lily began to go red in the face from all the heat. She even began to sweat a bit. She had to get out of there.

Sirius, who was sitting in front of her, pulled the cloak down after a quick explanation that she was getting hot enough for them to eat her. 'All he ever thinks about is food, honestly...' Lily stared down at the grey jogging bottoms, which were falling down, to her 5-sizes too big white sweatshirt. Her clothes had bleach stains on and the odd oil splatter from cooking. She DID try getting them off with magic, but that's the best she could do. In a word, she looked a mess.

"Uhhh, Lily, what are you wearing?" Sirius said dumbly. Lily thought quickly on her feet and said,

"Clothes, what do you think?" She saw the pointed look Sirius was giving her and carried on saying, "These are, umm, well they're my umm, my normal clothes were all dirty you know, and I umm, didn't have enough time to clean them, because I fell asleep outside." She hoped they would by her story, and James didn't look like cared anyway. 'God, he's a good actor.' But he did have a look on his face which looked as if he was in deep thought.

"THE TRAIN WILL BE ARRIVING AT PLATFORM 9 ¾ IN 5 MINUTES. PLEASE GO BACK TO YOUR COMPARTMENTS AND GET READY. I REPEAT, THE TRAIN WILL BE..." A voice rang out over the tops of their heads, and Lily saw the Marauders stand up, ready to leave.

"I guess I'll see you next year, Lily. I'll write, don't worry!" James said, with a smile, and without another word, gave her a quick hug and left, his cheeks burning red. Sirius gave a wave good-bye and shouted out for James to wait for him, while Peter just left without a word and Remus stopping the portable fire. "I guess I'll see you next year Lily. And waved her good-bye. Lily gave him a brief wave and said, "Bye Remus, see you next year." And with a happy face, walked off the train when it stopped, and off the platform.

Lily looked around Kings Cross, as though expecting a miracle and seeing her father and sister waiting for her. With a sigh, of seeing nothing of them, she went over to the ticket desk, to purchase a ticket to Little Winging train station. She fished through her trunk for the little muggle money she was given for her ride home. She got here ticket, and went straight onto another train. What a splendid journey it would be.


"Hello? Is anyone home? Its me, Lily." Lily shouted out to the empty home. The house was spotless as usual, ever since Lily has gone to Hogwarts they have been getting a maid until she comes home.

"Oh, its you. I have some laundry that needs doing. It's in my room. Get it done by 6, so you have 2 hours." Petunia, now 20 years old, said bossily as she walked down the stairs with a large cardboard box in hands.

"What are you doing with your stuff?" Lily asked, curious as to why there are boxes of things in the hallway.

"What's it to you, brat?" Petunia hissed.

Lily, unfazed by her 20 year old sister's attitude, just said "Whatever Petunia, I'm gonna put my trunk in my room.

"Hold, it brat. Your room has been turned into a study or something, and now I'm leaving to go live with my fiancé, my room's being turned into a gym. Cassandra wants one." Petunia said, stacking her box on top of another by the door.

"So, where am I sleeping? And who's Cassandra?" Lily asked, clearly confused.

"I dunno where you're sleeping, and as for Cassandra, you'll meet her very soon." And gave Lily a sly grin.

Lily, clearly confused said, "Well for me to get your washing done within 2 hours, you'll need to get dad for me to find out where I'm sleeping." Putting her own sly grin on.

"For god's sake, I'll get him." Petunia said, clearly annoyed by her sister. "DAD! THE BRATS HERE! SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S SLEEPING ANYMORE!" She shouted at the tops of her lungs, practically deafening Lily.

"Oh, thank God she's here. The maid left yesterday, and I'm absolutely starving. Get Lily to bring me the usual tripple layered sandwich." Mr. Evans said bossily. Lily followed the sound of his voice and went to the living room, where him and a tall blonde lady, who had a rat-face quality to her, were sitting. She was tall and spindly, almost unnaturally looking. Her face represented a rat perfectly. Then suddenly she spoke, like an alien coming from outer space, she was talking to Lily as though she didn't know English.

"Hello-I-am-called-Cassandra. I-am-your-new-step-mother" Cassandra said slowly and clearly, with a look of pure happiness upon her face. Then, when Lily just stared dumbly at her, she suddenly lost the act and snapped at her. "Look, get that look off your face this instant. You are to treat me with respect and obey my every word, you got it?"

Lily, too shocked to hear about what's going on, suddenly regained her senses and replied, trying to maybe find a proper mother in her;

"Oh! I'm so sorry for gaping at you like that. It was just a bit of a shock! I hope you forgive me and-" her polite little speech was broken off, as Cassandra stood up and led her to the kitchen, hand round her wrist, digging her huge diamond engagement ring into Lily's wrist.

As Lily glanced down, she saw a shiny wedding band on her left hand. When they were in the kitchen, Cassandra hissed in Lily's face, "Don't you DARE try and play tricks with me. I heard about you, you selfish, spoilt brat! They gave you such a fair life, and you go and leave your father and sister, when you know they are in deep depression! You try and play games with me missy, and I swear, you'll be in out on the streets before you know it!" Lily, completely shocked, just replied, "Yes ma'am, sorry for-" Once again, Lily was broken off as a fast slap reached the side of her face. Lily, being so petite, tumbled to the side, with a bright red burning cheek, with a cut from the evil stepmother's long nails. The bleeding sped up, as the redness on her cheek got brighter. "Don't you dare answer me back!" Cassandra hissed. Lily however just tuned back to her and said, "Can you please tell me where I am sleeping."

"You are still sleeping in you old room, on a mattress. There is a pillow and blanket. Do not touch anything, as it is your father's and my study. Go put your trunk upstairs and come back and finish emptying your sister's room then start the cooking, cleaning and do the laundry." Lily nodded and headed out the kitchen and up the stairs, trying not to think that she'll be with her for another 2 months, and the fact that she wasn't even invited to the wedding, realising the horrid truth immeidiatley,


Thanks for reading!

I Hope you like the chapter, next chapter will be coming out v. soon.

Hint Name of next chapter Cinderella's Dream!

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Leo Behaviour

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