A/N: I know it's been two weeks, and this is also a short chapter. All I can say is I'm sorry. Next chapter will be up as soon as I can…which will be very soon because I'm on school holidays now.

Dreams

It had been three weeks since Lily had arrived at Hogwarts. Harry took every day as another chance to go flying on his Nimbus (Lily had retrieved Harry's belongings two weeks ago) Lily preferred to get a chair out and read a book on the lakeside, and for the first time in her life she swore she was getting a tan.

Lily knew she couldn't stay at Hogwarts for ever though because if she didn't go to the Ministry and clear things up…well let's say the students would be a little scared of having someone who was meant to be dead on school grounds. She had talked to Dumbledore yesterday and he said he was going to find an escort for her incase 'things didn't go to plan'.

She wondered whom Dumbledore would trust to be her escort. Not that she really cared, as long as it wasn't Snape…

Lily lay back in her chair, the warm sunray's beat down on her face, making her drowsy. A little nap wouldn't hurt…

Dream---

The grass beneath her feet was to green for summer but the sky was cloud free. Lily was dangling her legs into a lake that felt pleasantly cool to her toes. She looked into the lake and she saw her reflection…though it wasn't hers.

A stag looked back at her. Lily did a double take. She was a person…yet her reflection was a stag. Something very strange was going on. Reflections only changed when the person did. Lily felt her body. She didn't feel like a stag. She was missing a main requirement anyway.

"Don't be sad, Lily."

She spun around, looking for the speaker.

"It's me, James."

Lily's heart started thumping loudly. "Where are you?" She asked quietly.

"Look in the water."

Confused, Lily took another look at the water. All she saw was the stag…the stag! "James is that you?"

"I honestly cannot answer that question…I was once a human known as James…but who I am know I do not know."

Lily's hopes lifted" It's you James, it's really you…why are you here?" Unknown to her, tears had started flowing. But if they were happy or sad she didn't know.

"I have come to tell you to not be sad…some people are meant to die, while some are meant to live on…promise me Lily…promise me that no matter what happens you won't give up. Do it for Harry. Don't dwell on what could have been but concentrate on the future…for it is unknown."

"Good-bye, Lily."

"Don't leave me! Please! I LOVE YOU JAMES!" The grass was slippery and Lily lost her footing and tumbled into the lake. As she fell in she had another glance at her reflection. It was normal. The stag had gone.

"MUM!" A voice screamed, as Lily woke up with a splash.

---End Dream---

Lily stood up, wondering why her clothes were drenched. When she opened her eyes she found out why. She had rolled off her chair and fallen into the lake. Luckily she had only fallen into the shallow part. If she had gone any further, the lake bottom would have taken a sudden dip and become much deeper.

Harry was kneeling on the edge of the lake, obviously trying to tell her something. He asked, "Do you need a hand out?"

"No, I'll be fine…" Lily stepped out, onto the dry green grass. "I just dozed off…"

"And fell into the lake…" Harry replied doubtfully. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Lily stretched her arms. "Actually, I feel really tired. I'll think I'll go to my bedroom so if I roll off my bed I won't make an unexpected entrance into a body of water.

"Yeah, I think I'll go inside too…maybe do some of my summer homework." Harry pulled a face. "Or maybe I'll write a letter to Ron and Hermione.

Lily went into her room and opened the window, which let in a cool breeze. She changed out of her wet clothes and fell asleep on top of her bed covers. Hopefully she wouldn't have another dream…

---Dream---

"James!" Lily yelled excitedly. He was sitting at the base of a large oak tree, reading a thick book. Lily couldn't see the title from where she was standing.

James lowered the book, looked Lily straight in the eyes and said, "Stay away from me."

"Huh?"

"You don't impress me with your ignorance."

"What do you mean by that?"

"You think you can just stroll up to me and pretend nothing happened…I died for you, and this is how you repay me!"

"What did I do?" Lily was confused and frustrated. This James was different from the stag in her previous dream.

"You chose to go back to live."

"What do you mean by that? One moment I have this green light shooting towards me and the next moment I'm at Godric's Hollow. I don't see some 'choice' in there, do you?"

"Forget it, Lily. Clearly your return to the mortal plain has addled your brain if you can't remember…just go away. You're the one who abandoned me in the first place, so I don't think it wold be too hard for you…maybe I'll see you again…when you come back here where you belong..."He through the book at Lily, who ducked at the right moment.

"What do you want me to do? Just die?" Lily asked angrily, infuriated by James's attitude.

"I could use the company."

"But what about Harry?"

"He doesn't need you…look Lily, fate is obviously trying to mess with our minds. You're supposed to be dead, just like me. But you had to take up on that offer and go back. It's not fair. How would you like it if I just left you here but I could go back to life…live again. I'm not going to pretend I'm not jealous, because I am…"

"ENOUGH, ALREADY, ENOUGH!" Lily felt like she was about to cry. No matter how it seemed she like confrontations she felt like she was going to cry.

"Well…bye." James disappeared, as if someone had grabbed an eraser and rubbed him out.


"James?" Lily asked. There was no reply. She started crying. She sat where James did moments before and rocked back and forth.

"I want to wake up."

---End Dream---

Lily awoke with a start. Sitting bolt up right on her bed, she felt cold. She walked over to the open window and closed it, but it didn't help much. All that she could think about were her dreams. Which one was true? Or in some sort of crazy way were they both true.

Or were they just figments of her imagination. Lily yawned.

She'd probably never find out.

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