The room was so cold and dark. She couldn't see anything or move. She was sitting on a cold chair with her legs and arms tied together and rope wrapped around her torso. There was a whispering voice surrounding her. The person was circling her, no there was more than one person there were at least 20 maybe more. Their voices were hushed and went in a circle. All of a sudden a shudder ran around the circle. It made her shudder too. Some one was walking towards her and it made her shudder more. They drew closer and closer. Their outline became more defined. They were dressed in black and then they were saying something. It sounded like...

"Lilly"

"Lilly."

"LILLY!" She sat bolt upright, it was her father, "Are you alright? I've been trying to wake you for five minutes!"

"What? Oh yes. I'm fine. Really!"

"Well the servants have gone to Diagon Ally to pick your school supplies but we need to go and get you some school robes and dress robes."

"Now?" Lilly asked stretching and rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"Yes Lilly. You leave for school in a day!"

"That soon? Oh I've seemed to have lost track of time."

"Well get dressed and ready. You must cover up though it'll be too dangerous if you don't."

"Yes father. I'll be ready in a few moments."

After her father left Lilly walked over to her mirror and imagined a long flowing black dress with a black gemmed Arabian style veil. And when she opened her eyes she was wearing exactly what she imagined. She smiled to herself and headed down stairs to meet her father.

"Ready Lilly?" Her father asked standing in front of their fireplace with a package of Floo powder in his hand.

"Yes I'm ready."

"Then step in go ahead."

Taking a handful of Floo powder she stepped into the fire and said loudly and clearly "Diagon Ally!" With a whooshing sound and a bright green light Lilly spun round and round gaining speed then just as she reached an unbearable velocity Lilly stopped and stumbled out into a gritty old pub. She walked out of the fireplace and looked around. There were several witches and wizards sitting around having a drink and some other magical creatures playing chess or having a meal.

"How ar' ya my deary?" asked an old hag reaching out to touch her.

"Fine thank you." Lilly said stepping away.

"Are ya lost my pretty?" she asked moving closer to Lilly.

"No she is not!" Came a familiar voice from behind her.

Lilly turned around to see her father standing right behind her. Lilly sighed in relief.

"Father, can we go shopping now?" Lilly asked wanting to leave this place.

"Yes Lilly lets go." They walked to the back room and King Dalon tapped the magical bricks on the wall and the port way to Diagon Ally.

"Lilly do I have to warn you! Some other magical creatures are not as well adapted or friendly as witches and wizards! You must be careful I'm not always going to be around to protect you."

"I know that father! And I can take care of myself! Lets just get my robes and leave alright?"

"What ever you want Lilly."

They walked past many stores until they came to the robe makers place. There Lilly was fitted for 3 pairs of regular Hogwarts robes and 2 pairs of winter robes.

"Now then sweetie I'm presuming you would like some dress robes. Now lets see your pretty face."

"No I'm sorry I'll just have a black dress robe."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes plain black but I would like it to be fitted and very elegant."

"Alright then back it is." With a few more measurements the robe maker whipped up one of the most gorgeous dress robes she had ever made.

The robe was very slim at the top and flared out slightly at the waist into a bell shape, and the sleeves were tight and attached to Lilly's ring fingers and flared out on the bottom in an old Victorian style. And it had an off the shoulder cut neck.

"It gorgeous." Lilly said staring at herself in the mirror. The dress robe fit her perfectly.

"Here just one little adjustment and there it's done!" the robe maker said just tightening the robe a bit more, "Perfect! You look gorgeous! Will you be wearing that veil for this event?"

"Oh well..." Lilly began unsure of what to say.

"No she will be wearing a much more elegant one that suits that exquisite dress you have made." King Dalon said giving Lilly a sly wink behind the robe maker's back.

"Oh haha why thank you good sir!! I am most faltered."

"Lilly dear why don't you go take that very becoming dress off while I go and negotiate with this rather stunning lady here." King Dalon said taking the hand of the now giggling robe maker.

Lilly just shook her head smiling and did as she was told. She undressed and folded the dress robe very delicately into a white box that she then tied shut with a lavender ribbon. She came out of the changing room and went to the front to find her father and leave. As she came around the corner she bumped right into a rather large redheaded woman talking hurriedly to another seamstress.

"Oh dear me darling! I'm terrible sorry are you all right? Of course you are." The woman said franticly then turning back to the seamstress, "Where was I? Oh yes well he has very bright green eyes and dark brown hair and well sort of pale skin. So what color do you think would suit him?"

Lilly smiled and walked away wondering why a woman who was very clearly suffering in the money department, judging by the state of her own clothes, was buying such expensive robes for a young man. Lilly turned her mind away from the woman and onto finding her father. Scanning the room once she found him chatting up the seamstress.

"Father I'm all done. Are you?"

"Oh why yes dear I've just been having a lovely chat with this dear woman."

"Here darling I'll take the box. I'll put a no wrinkling spell on this shall I?"

"Yes please." Lilly said, "How much more will it cost to have all my robes anti-wrinkled?"

"Oh dear just 7 Knuts more for each robe."

"Alright then do the lot and then we will be on our way."

"Ok then."

Five minutes later they left the shop and were heading back towards the pub. As they passed another shop, one that was selling broomsticks and Quidditch outfits and supplies, Lilly wondered if she could try out for the school teams.

"Father, may I get a broom?" Lilly asked sheepishly.

"What for dear you have a wonderful one at home for you to ride about on."

"Father!! It only goes 9 feet off the ground and it doesn't go any faster than 5 miles and hour! What about one to play Quidditch on?"

"ABSOLUTLY NOT!! No daughter of mine will be parading about on a Quidditch field! Lilly how many times do we have to go over this?" King Dalon said heatedly, "We'll discuss this when we get home."

"Yes father." Lilly said knowing that as soon as they got home she would be lectured on the rights, rules, privileges, and expectations of being a princess.

Sure enough as soon as they returned home she got the same lecture as she always did when she had done something unprincesslike or asked a question that a princess shouldn't ask. After the long and extremely boring lecture Lilly went up to her room to "think about what it means to be a princess", which she of course did not do. Instead she packed for school and snuck out to go back to her favorite secret spot in the woods.

Lilly stayed with her friends until dinnertime. It would be the last time she would get to spend with them until the summer vacation time arrived. She sang her favorite songs, danced her favorite dances, and swung the highest she had ever swung before. Then she blew fairie kisses to every one of them and hurried back to the castle for supper. Of course her father had no clue that she had even left her room, and she knew this otherwise he would have asked her where she had been and lectured her some more but instead he asked her if she had come to realize how lucky she was to be a princess and not some poor wizard on the street like a common muggle.

That night Lilly had a wrestles sleep. There were bits and pieces of dreams and memories all mashed together and flickering in her mind. She woke up several times wondering where she was. Mek had returned one time with a dead frog in his mouth and looked at her very peculiarly and she thought that he had dropped the frog and ran towards her and kissed her but it wasn't Mek, no, no it was a boy, some one she didn't recognize... or did she. She woke fully rested but very confused. Mek was sure enough an owl sitting on his perch staring at her. The remains of a dead mouse left on the bottom of his cage, but no sign of a frog. Lilly confused rubbed her eyes, locked Mek up and got changed into a short blue, green, yellow, and white kilt and a pale yellow blouse. She also took a wide brimmed yellow hat with a veil to cover her face at the train station because not only would she be recognized by wizards and witches, but also all the muggles.

Lilly and her father ate breakfast in silence neither one knowing exactly what to say. For fourteen years they had never been apart for more than a month now they'd be apart for over half a year.

"I've asked Dumbledore to add an extra car to the train so that I may accompany you on the ride. Since there is much we have not discussed. It will be our own private car."

"Oh... ok. That will be splendid. You aren't planning to come to school are you?"

"No, no Lilly just the ride there and then I'm gone. I'll write to you often if you want."

"Maybe for the first bit. I'll most likely be very busy after the first few months with school work."

"Yes I think you will be too. But you can write to me whenever you need to. Mek will find me no matter where I am."

"Of course he will! He can find anyone!"

"Yes, haha he most certainly can."

After breakfast neither one talked again until they had reached the station.

"Right then we are to go to Platform 9 ¾!" King Dalon said leading the way through King's Cross, "Here we are Lilly just walk straight through that wall and you'll see the Hogwarts train. Try not to let any muggles see you though."

Lilly nodded to show that she understood and pushing the cart with all her belongings on it she headed straight towards the wall. Not blinking once she went through the barrier and reached the other side.

There was a large sign reading "Platform 9 ¾" and a large red train billowing with smoke. Hundreds of wizards were running around saying good-byes and loading children onto the train. All of a sudden her cart was being taken away from her by an elf she quickly grabbed for Mek but then she was told that her belongings were going straight to her car. Soon after she entered the platform her father came.

"Right then Lilly let's be getting aboard before anyone notices us. We can slip on with a large crowd and no one will notice."

A/N: Confused about the dreams? Don't worry everything will become clear sooner or later so keep reading to find out more. Please R/R! Thank you! In the next chapter: Lilly runs into some farmiliar people and her identity is revieled.