At lunch that afternoon, Lily was approached again by Andromeda. Tina was the only of her friends in the Great Hall and the three of them took their seats at the Slytherin table, much to Lily's chagrin. Regardless of her lack of patience for most of Slytherin, Lily knew that they couldn't sit at the Gryffindor table. James and Sirius were sure to be seeking revenge for the little episode by the lake.

She watched as they walked into the Hall; relatively dry, but their hair still damp. 'Oh yeah,' she thought dryly. 'They'd really take kindly to us sitting with them.' She smiled a bit as she recalled what had passed earlier between the two groups. James looked around the Hall and blanched upon seeing Lily and Tina sitting with Andromeda at the Slytherin table. It took her a split second to realize that she had been caught staring at him. She hid her blush by turning to Andromeda and asking why she needed to speak with her.

Andromeda actually looked a bit uneasy. "What do you say we move away from them before I say anything?" she asked, glancing over at the other Slytherins with a look of disdain when she said them.

Lily and Tina were taken aback at the amount of venom in Andromeda's voice when she regarded her fellow housemates. "Um…sure," Lily consented.

The three girls left the Great Hall, standing just outside the entrance doors. Tina sat on the grass, Indian-style, Lily leaned against the stone wall, and Andromeda stood in front of both of them, posture erect.

"I take it you both have heard of this new dark lord that is rising?" she asked. Lily and Tina nodded, already beginning to suspect the worst. "Well, he isn't just some imitation. He is not someone to be trifled with. You've noticed the deaths reported in the Prophet, right?" Without waiting for an answer, she went on.

"Those aren't even half of the murders. All the others the Ministry tends to classify as 'missing', 'suicide', or 'accidental'. I'd accept that too, if it weren't for the fact that my aunt and uncle support this arse and his single-minded ideas and because I've noticed a pattern in the murders."

Lily slid down the stone wall as Tina leaned forward eagerly. "What patterns?" she breathed.

"The witches and wizards that were murdered were either Muggle-born, married to a Muggle, or were blatantly against this 'Lord Voldemort' and his ideals." Andromeda glanced over at Lily as she said it.

Lily lifted her head out of her knees and smiled forlornly. "Well, I guess there'll always be prejudice in the world, won't there? Thanks for warning me, Andromeda. I'm just not sure about what I should do now."

Tina leaned over and hugged her tightly. "You are going to come back into the Great Hall with us and eat ALL of your food. Trust me Lils; I will force-feed you if I have to."

Lily smiled a small smile that did reach her eyes. "Somehow, I wouldn't doubt that."

Andromeda extended both of her hands to help them up. "Let's go back and eat. Get your mind off of things."

Lily consented. "I think I will need to see Dumbledore later, though." Her companions nodded as the walked back inside.

James and Sirius ran up to her. "Whatcha doing, Flower?" James asked, running a hand through his hair.

Lily sighed, "I was trying to enjoy the rest of my day without having to resort to humiliating you two again." She walked over to the Slytherin table, but James stood in front of her.

"Wait, where are you going? You're a Gryffindor, remember?" Lily pushed past him.

"Shut up," she called to him, catching up with Tina and Andromeda.

Sirius came up next to James, a red handprint displayed proudly on his cheek. "So…now what are you going to do?"

James looked at him, fear quite evident in his eyes. "I'm going to find somewhere to hide before she kills me!"

"Good idea," said Sirius. "Let's go!" The two boys tore out of the Hall, not too willing to bask in the glory of another prank on the Slytherins.

"What did Potter want, Lils?" asked Tina concernedly as they sat at the Slytherin table.

"Just being an arse again, nothing important," said Lily, waving it off lightly. She looked around the Hall, sure to catch James staring at her, but he wasn't there. Neither was Sirius. Suddenly, Lily saw everyone at the Slytherin table except for herself, Tina, and Arabella transform into pink bunny rabbits. She closed her eyes and shook her head. When she opened them, she saw Tina and Andromeda looking at her concernedly.

Lily frowned. Then suddenly, she knew. The food appeared on the Slytherin table and everyone began to eat. Lily held Andromeda and Tina back. "Wait a minute…" she trailed off and there was a loud popping noise. Suddenly, the three girls were surrounded by fluffy pink bunnies. Tina giggled and walked over to the one that happened to be Severus Snape and cuddled it.

"Isn't he so cute?" she asked, openly gushing. Andromeda walked over to Lucius and picked him up. If bunnies could glare, the bunny's eye would have been twitching.

"This is an improvement," Andromeda declared openly as the rest of the Hall took note of the 'new and improved' Slytherin students and started laughing.

Lily stood up and everyone quieted down, even the staff. Her face was tinged a dark pink and she looked fit to burst. "POTTER!" she screamed. She stalked out of the doors and everyone heard her yelling down the Hall.

"YOU ARROGANT, CONCIETED, BIG- HEADED …" her yells died down after a while and everyone started talking again.

Up at the staff table, Dumbledore turned to McGonagall. "Been a bit too long since Mr. Potter has been in trouble with Miss. Evans, hasn't it?"

"Too right it has," muttered McGonagall.

A/N: I know! I was supposed to update last week. My school is in disarray right now. They screwed up my schedule and gave me two math classes. Algebra 1 and Geometry. Geometry! Now, I have a free period where all I do is go to some teacher's room and fool around on the computer. They have to fix my schedule and I bet they're going to put me in dance again. Thank Merlin this is my last year at Norland! As you can see, I'm trying a hand at the double updates every other week. Please bear with me. I didn't like this chapter too much. I only wrote it because I needed Andromeda to warn Lily. Anyway,

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hpluvas lol. i know i sed to screw long chapters but this is insane...on the other hand you did update quick...on the OTHER hand it IS short... oh well update soon.

Alyssa

Yeah, so sue me! No! I'm kidding, please don't! Cowers in fear of lawyers (

Fairy-GYAKUTENNO-MEGAMI OMG how could i not cry! i mean i was sobbing... my mom was like its just a book and i could only say you don't get it... great chappie! i loved the lake thing and the medusa thing that was priceless!

I know how you feel! Thanks, it took me ages to get those scenes down! -

believe-in-yourself4ever ah wow! Poor James :sniff: He still won't give up on her though. He never will. I can't wiat for the next chapter. Very nice. You had better hurry up and update or I will sick my mutated paperclip on you. :laughs evily:

Please! Not the mutilated paper clip! Anything but that!