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I will be there

She was her best friend, she could confide in her anything, and they held a bond beyond all time and space. They communicated without words. Lily's best friend. They were closer than molecules, and even though one was a pure blood and Lily wasn't, they were friends. Their friendship took on all sorts of trials and the fact and point of their birth was insignificant.

Their closeness was occurring even before their years at Hogwarts, they were friends since early childhood. Lily had found something in her worth redeeming, and she helped release it to the world, the goodness, the kindness, deep inside. They began to do things so alike, people would call them sisters. They would laugh at that, because it was merely the fact that they knew each other and were friends for such a long time. But even then, after all the jokes and pranks and improper use of magic notes, they knew that it could be true, but how?

It all began with a Slytherin 'tradition' some older kids, including Lucious played upon her. They kidnapped her and tormented her, and she knew Severus wouldn't rescue her, because he needed to keep up a reputation, so Lily had to rescue her. She was the only one that could. Not even Dumbledore knew this was going on. She made her way into the Slytherin common room, through a password delivered by owl to her, possibly be Severus. No one was in sight, except for a young girl tied to a chair. Lily untied her, and bandaged up some of her wounds, planning to take her to a hospital wing. It was at that moment some Slytherins who had taken part in this sick game returned. Lily was red with fury and anger, and a new power was unleashed. A dragon appeared where Lily once was and everyone ran in fear. When Lily reverted to her original estate, she didn't exactly know what had occurred. She knew she could learn from her friend what it meant.

In the hospital wing, Lily told her what had occurred, and asked why she didn't tell the leaders of the houses what had happened, and her friend replied she didn't want to get anyone in trouble. She just wasn't strong enough, so it was her fault. Lily cried, because her friend always did that. They both decided to find out what was up, for she was just as surprised as Lily was. They sent a sample of their blood to a lab. When the results came in, it only drew them closer together as friends. The only one to ever figure out the secret was Remus; he was good at that sort of thing. He promised to keep it secret too.

Then there was that fateful day, when she decided to stand up to Voldemort again. She died protecting Severus Snape from an ultimately fatal spell. She had died to protect him, which was noble, and if you knew her, full of love and life. She did it to protect him forever. She always wanted to protect him. Lily wished she could be like that, and she soon received her chance.

Her son's life was in danger, and she knew that her sacrifice would do more than just put upon her son a protection spell so ancient that none could penetrate it, but it would also protect Harry's secret, and his secret power. No one, not even Dumbledore knew of this secret, only She did, along with Lily and Remus knew it and kept it close. Severus didn't even know, and he never thought of using the connection to try to find it out, but even she had said he wouldn't. He trusted her that it was good to keep it secret, and didn't try to find out. Lily knew, and in a way, that hurt her to know.

That fateful day came when the sacrifice was made, and Lily forfeited her life so her son could be protected, and she had done for Severus. She was a dragon, and by that power, the curse shouldn't have worked, except for the fact, Lily allowed it to take effect upon her, and let it drain her life. She'd maybe get to see her again, play a few tricks on the gods of the dead, and laugh by her side once more. She wasn't that special to anyone but those that knew her. Especially Lily, for even in the end she remembered how close those test results had brought them together, and they were better friends than before. As close as sisters, however, they weren't sisters. They acted like it but they weren't. They in fact…. were… cousins….

"Lil, what's wrong?"

"Promise me you won't tell. It has to be our secret."

"But Lil…"

"Promise me!"

"All right, it's our secret."