A/N: Thanks for the reviews! We'll reach 100 this time! We will endeavor… well you get the point…I'm just glad that I've gotten this far, I usually give up in the middle of something, but I won't this time!

History of Magic.

"Mrs Potter!" The house-elf yelled, grabbing Lily's hand into it's own green one and shaking it vigorously, "What an honour it is!" The house-elf's eyes widened considerably as he lowered his voice to a loud whisper. "Bad things are going to happen here soon. Very soon. Dobby is warning Mrs Potter to get out while she still can!" Dobby finished dramatically, tugging on the corners of his pillowcase.

Lily non-chalantly pushed some of her hair out of her face. "I'm going to be late. I still have to get my things for my class, which starts in five minutes." She tried to move, but Dobby stood in her way. The portraits hanging on the wall laughed. Lily turned around. "Don't you portraits have anything better to do with your time than sleep, wake up and laugh! If that's all you do, I'm sure as hell never getting a portrait of me done!" She yelled angrily, her cheeks nearly as red as her hair.

"We wouldn't want ye adornin' our walls!" Yelled one of the portraits, a brown haired man with gray hairs in his beard, a steak hanging halfway out of his mouth.

Lily refrained from the urge to yell something rude and uncalled for, and instead turned to Dobby, who was displaying an oddly innocent look. Dobby tugged on his pillowcase again.

"The walls have ears. Be careful, Mrs Potter, mother of the Great Harry Potter. I is going now." Dobby whispered before he disappeared.

Lily grabbed where he had been, but to no avail. The portraits snickered again. Flustered, Lily ran down the staircase, nearly forgetting about the trick step. What had Dobby meant? Bad things happening here, at Hogwarts? Nonsense, Hogwarts was one of the safest places on earth! She walked into her office, gathering her books, ignoring the goblet of pumpkin juice on her wooden desk.

She ran into the classroom, only fifteen seconds late. Her first class of the day was third-year Ravenclaws. The Ravenclaws all turned and watched Lily as she entered the classroom. History of Magic took place in a small, boring classroom with a single window. Outside it was a boring cloudy day.

Lily dropped her books on her desk. They made a dull thudding sound. "Hello, I'm Professor Potter." She said, as she went to stand behind her desk.

"Good morning Professor Potter." The Ravenclaws replied monotonusly.

"So…what did you learn about last year?" Lily asked, hoping that whoever answered might sound a little bit more enthusiastic, though it wasn't very likely. History of Magic was one of the most boring subjects ever to be taught at Hogwarts.

After about half a minute, one girl put her hand up, sweeping her fringe out of her face.

"Miss…?" Lily asked.

"Chang, Professor. Last year we learnt about Goblin Wars."

"Anyone want to be more specific? Which years?" Lily asked, wondering if anyone actually paid enough attention to know.

The boy next to Miss Chang raised his hand. "Mr…?" Lily asked.

"Wadeton. The Goblin rebellion of 1610, the Goblin War of 1700, the Goblin rebellion of 1716-"

"In other words," Miss Chang interrupted, "Goblin Wars…and rebellions. " A few people laughed.

"Alright then…" Lily paced around her desk, "What would you like to learn about this year?"

A boy near the window, with blond bangs falling into his honey coloured eyes, raised his hand. "How about Goblin Wars?" he asked quietly with a small smile on his face. People laughed again.

"Any serious suggestions?" Lily asked again.

"How about Witch-Burning in the Fourteenth Century?" asked the boy situated near the window. There were a couple of nods. "We did an essay in the summer holidays about it, but we were never taught about it in class. It would have been easier to complete the essay if we had been given some knowledge of the topic beforehand. I know it's a little bit late now, but it still interests me, and I for one would be interested in learning more about it."

"Okay." Lily replied. She had anticipated that if anyone actually suggested something, this would be it. "Open your 'A History of Magic' books to chapter IV, page 53. I am guessing you all read this to complete your essays over the holidays, but it will help to read it over again. Anyone want to read first?

Mr. Wadeton raised his hand. Lily nodded.

"Non-magic people, (more commonly known as Muggles) were particularly afraid of magic in medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it." Mr. Wadeton read loudly and clearly.

"Why do you think that Muggles were afraid of magic?" Lily asked.

The blond-haired boy answered quietly, "Because they were scared that witches would use their magic to harm them, or they thought that people who could perform magic were habouring demons…"

"Excellent, Mr…"

"Davidson, Professor."

Why not wizards?" Lily asked the class. "Why were they classified 'Witch Burnings' and not Wizard Burnings?"

Miss Chang answered, "Because the majority of people Muggles found able to perform witchcraft, were female."

"Good. Would you like to continue reading?"

Miss Chang nodded, swept her silky black hair out of her face, and continued reading.

" On the rare occasion they did catch a real witch or wizard, burning had no effect whatsoever. The witch or wizard would perform a basic Flame-Freezing charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle, tickling sensation."

"Why do you think that was?" Lily questioned. She looked at the class. Most of them were supplying here with blank stares, Miss Chang was plaiting a strand of loose hair and Mr Davidson was looking out the window. "Anyone?"

"I have something to say!" declared a boy up the back. "This is stupid! What is the point of this? This is as bloody interesting as listening to Binns!

Lily stopped her pacing and slammed her hands down on her desk a little too forcibly, causing a sheet of parchment to flutter off.

"And what would you rather learn about?" She asked, amazed that she could keep her voice calm.

His brown eyes narrowed, and snarled, "You."

"What about me?" Lily asked calmly, though inside she was shaking. If it was fury or fear, she couldn't be too sure.

If it was possible, his eyes narrowed even further. "Everyone knows you're dead. In my opinion you're just another ghost droning on about some stuff that went on centuries ago. What's so interesting about history anyway? People should stop thinking about the past and start thinking about the present. Only boring people think about the past. So what's so good about history anyway?"

"People learn about history so they don't repeat mistakes made in the past in the future!" Miss Chang yelled, turning around in her seat. Professor Potter is better than Professor Binns is! He couldn't even remember our names!"

The bell rang, signaling the end of double History of Magic. Saved by the bell. Lily stared at the boy. "If you behave like that in class again, I will issue you a detention. Do I make myself clear? Mr…"

The boy stared back. "I'm Nathian Lythdan." He left the room muttering under his breath, which sounded like "A detention...I'm so scared..."Lily let out a breath that she had not known she had been holding.

Lily ran to her room. She wiped her eyes and sat on the end of her bed. She hugged her pillow close to her chest. She crossed her legs and just cried. Let it all out. "I'm not that bad, am I? I'm not that boring, am I?" she said out loud. The door creaked and Lily turned around.

"Mum?"

Lily hastily tried to wipe away her tears using the back of her hand. "Harry? What are you doing here?"

"I came to see how you were." Harry replied rather hastily, his glasses slipping a bit.

"What happened?"

Harry sat down on the bed beside Lily, taking in the tear strains on her face. " I could ask you that question…"

Lily smiled sadly. Pushing her hair out of her face, she answered, "How about I'll tell you if you tell me. You first."

Harry sighed. "Alright then. Lockhart gave me a detention."

"What! Why?"

"Because I refused to howl like a werewolf in Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Lily could not help but burst out laughing. Harry frowned. "It's not that funny." Lily stopped laughing abruptly. Harry gave a small smile. "OK, maybe it was. The fact remains. I have detention. Anyway, now you have to tell me what happened to you."

Lily put a room around Harry's shoulder. "Are you sure you want to know?"

Harry raised an eyebrow. "Why would have I asked, if I didn't want to know?

Lily sighed. "Fine, I'll tell you. One of my students misbehaved…that's all."

"That's good."

It was Lily's turn to raise an eyebrow. Straightening the sleeve of her black robe, she asked, "Why is that good?"

"Someone actually stayed awake long enough to misbehave."

Lily laughed again. "Thank-you Harry, I needed the laughs. Shouldn't you get going? Break is over."

Harry stared at Lily. "I bet I could still beat the teacher."

"Huh?"

"Oh, nothing, just thinking that Oliver Wood will probably wake me up at the crack of dawn tomorrow for Quidditch practice." Harry said, as he looked at his watch.

"Is that the time? Sorry Mum, have to go." He let Lily kiss him on the forehead as he raced off in the direction of the staircase.

It was then when Lily remembered what class she had. Second-year Gryffindors. She sighed but didn't quicken her pace greatly. Let them all be early for once. This class couldn't be worse than the last.

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Lily snuggled into her bed. The day had been more successful after the Ravenclaw mishap of the morning. It had been a pretty good day. If only she could forget Nathian Lythdan telling her she was dead. It just repeated over and over again in her mind.

But as soon as her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep. It had been a long day.

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