A/N: Heyo everyone! Here is the next chapter. I hope you all enjoy! XD
Summary: What if Harry Potter was a girl? Made famous to the Wizarding World of the ignorant, Lilium Rose Potter is forgotten by her people, and abandoned by her family. Left to fend for herself on the streets, what is a girl to do?
Lily of Purity
Chapter Three: Prodigy
By The Morrigu
Find your guiding inspiration
In a place where dreams are made
With a lifetime's preparation
It's no time to be afraid
Put our difference behind us
While we shine like the sun
See what we've all become
Together we are one
Stand Grammar School for Girls January 9th 1991 1:37 AM
Lily sat up in her bed, staring through the window, looking out into the night sky. For a month now, she had been spending extra time with Damien and Mrs Braxter, learning all she could about magic. She remembered that night a month ago, when Mrs Braxter told her the truth. The next morning, when she had woken up, the first thing she did was pester Damien with questions. Now, she was learning magic at a steady rate, while learning the normal Muggle Subjects. She remembered hearing Mrs Braxter talking about magical subjects, and how she would soon be able to pick her subjects which she could learn. She was soon to start the GCSE level of academics, something which her peers found…disturbing? She had spent most of her time during the Christmas holidays learning as much as she could. She figured that the quicker she learnt Muggle Subjects, she quicker she could focus more on her Magical Potential. Mrs Braxter was also saying how if the letter from Hogwarts did come for her, then she would have to go there, but if not she would be able to apprentice Mrs Braxter properly.
The small, black haired girl sighed. Once she had completed her GCSE's at the end of this school year. She could start on other things. She was looking forward to it, although it would mean spending less time with her friends. Looking across the room at Katie, she lowered her eyes. Her friend had been celebrating for a while about Mr Crompton's demise, the end to his reign of terror. No one knew precisely how it happened, and if Lily had her way, no one would. She disliked attention, loathed it in every shape or form. Katie, who had found out about what happened, seemed to think she ought to own up to what happened. Lily, being shy so to speak, blatantly refused. Katie now wasn't talking to her.
Opening the draw next to her bed, she took out the book Damien had said she ought to read, before joining the magical world. The book The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts proved to be both informative and interesting. She found it unbelievably interesting about the Dark Lord Voldemort's history, and his demise. To think, a small baby boy could stop such a power?
The real question plaguing her mind, what sort of power did little Harry James Potter have?
Stand Grammar School for Girls April 5th 1991 11:23 PM
Alyssa Braxter was a quaint woman. She has spent the past decade and a half caring for young children, and teaching them in both the Muggle Ways and Magical. Her last apprentice was from nine years ago, and had gone to China to learn Oriental Magic. She herself prided herself in her subtle knowledge, and her connections. Although she looked very old, no one would be able to guess her actual age. She was to turn one hundred and twenty one that very year, and barely looked seventy. One of the good things about being magical, you didn't age. She was also the cousin of the esteemed Albus Dumbledore, and they were both alike in that they enjoyed teaching, and the innocence of youth. Her cousin enjoyed experimenting, and being his usual exuberant self when it came to this activity. It was only by a matter of chance that he came across the twelve uses of Dragon Blood. Whereas Alyssa preferred to study more. It was why she was a Ravenclaw, and him a Gryffindor. Though she would swear down that he should be a Slytherin.
She had studied Magical Theory, believing that learning the theory behind the topic itself would help. It did, so she was a master of many different subjects due to this. Instead if announcing this to the rest of the World, she kept it too herself. Something unlike her cousin. She preferred the quiet life, and enjoyed her time teaching others, and passing on her knowledge. She also took pleasure in helping those few young witches and wizards who came into their powers late. Those whose powers didn't manifest before their eleventh birthday were not enrolled into Hogwarts, and the power would go to waste. Over her years in the Muggle School System, she had come across eleven of these people, Damien and Lily included.
Damien was a rather, strange young teen. He had turned fourteen a few weeks before, and was not your normal teen. He had German Origins, and came from the Russwock Family. It was a very Pureblooded family, who had abandoned Damien on the streets of London at the age of six when he hadn't yet shown any magic. That was how deep their beliefs ran. Instead of becoming a hardened street rat, he became submissive. This was what led to his quiet attitude which he had now, but he was extremely perceptive. Scarily in fact. She had picked him up two years ago, and since then he had been learning Magic. She didn't really bother with the Muggle System, as he had never been to a Muggle School before. He was already on Fourth Year material, which had all been covered in the two years she had been teaching him. He was proficient in Transfiguation, Herbology, Divination and Charms. She actually believed him to have some Seer Blood in his veins, since she had seen him take the trance-like state several times. The look in his sapphire blue eyes was quite unnerving when he was in a trance.
Her other ward, Lily, was a complete enigma. She was powerful, extremely. She had managed to blast Mr Crompton across the room with ease, and when Alyssa had got her a wand, (Ebony and Holly, with Phoenix Tail Feather and Dragon Blood), Lily had proved that she wasn't to be messed with. Alyssa had read her file continuously, looking for clues of her parentage. Alyssa wasn't prejudiced, but she was too powerful to be a Muggleborn. She had to have some sort of Pureblood in her. Her looks also reminded Alyssa of someone she knew, but she couldn't put her finger on it. The girl was also going through her Muggle School quickly, and by June she could take her GCSE's, and over Summer she could read her books on magic. Then proceed in learning it at a quicker rate. She had already covered all the first year knowledge, which wasn't that much to learn.
Sighing loudly, Alyssa wrote down another name on her list of Apprentices. She had charmed it so to represent the current status of her apprentices. Black meant death. Red mortally wounded, Grey poisoned, blue fine, green mentally unstable and purple captured. Currently, six out of the twelve were in black. They had all died in the first war against Voldemort. Four of them were in Blue, her current three and her old one. The other two were in green. She looked up to the sky, praying that her remaining Apprentices didn't suffer like her old ones, and praying that Lord Voldemort didn't return. Lowering her gaze, she watched the still drying ink, which remained blue. Written on the parchment were the words. Katie Parland.
Braxter House August 23rd 1991 1:13 PM
"Why are you going to Hogwart's again?" asked Katie, twirling her blond hair around her finger. It was the end of August, and the three apprentices were at Alyssa's house in the country. They would be rejoining the school once it commenced in September.
"To offer my cousin some help." Replied Alyssa, getting some Floo Powder.
"Why is Damien going though?" continued Katie.
"Because I want to make sure that my cousin knows that I am not wasting my time out in the Muggle World." Answered Alyssa, as Damien came down the stairs, followed by Lily.
"Is it about the problem with Harry Potter?" asked Lily, her green eyes staring at Alyssa impassively.
"What problem?" asked Alyssa, evasively.
"Harry Potter was supposed to be attending Hogwart's this year, but their was no reply, and no one to answer the letter, according to the Prophet. Harry Potter has vanished."
"Indeed he has, but I have a feeling that Albus knows something." She turned to Damien, her sparkling blue eyes (a family trait), staring at him. "Ready?"
"Yes."
With a roar of green flames, the two of them were gone through the fire place, leaving the two girls alone in the house.
"Home Alone." stated Katie.
"Now, what should we do?." Replied Lily dryly.
The two exchanged grins.
"TO THE LAKE!" the shouted in unison, before running out into the back yard to jump into the lake which boarded the property.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry August 23rd 1991 1:17 PM
"Alyssa, it is good to see you!" said Dumbledore, rising to meet them as they came out of the fireplace, landing delicately on the heath.
"Albus." Greeted Alyssa, giving her cousin a hug. "This is one of my apprentices, Damien Russwock." She gestured to Damien. "Damien, this is the esteemed Albus Dumbledore. But don't believe all you hear." She added with a wink.
Damien let out a small smile.
"Sit, sit." Said Albus, seating himself behind his desk. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your company?"
"I thought you would need some, company. What with the current problem."
"Problem? With Harry Potter I assume you mean?"
She nodded.
"Yes, well…just don't believe all you read." Said Albus.
Alyssa raised an eyebrow.
"What is that supposed to mean?" she said.
Albus let out a heavy sigh, showing his age for all it was worth.
"I believe that I have made a mistake." He whispered, catching Damien's attention, when he had previously been admiring Fawkes.
"What kind of mistake?" asked Alyssa.
Albus smiled slightly, staring at his friend and cousin, who like himself prided in their endless proverbs. Now, however, he knew that he should have listened to his own advice.
"You, Alyssa, know how I enjoy giving advice. Perhaps I ought to have listened to my own advice." At this, he sighed. "I decided to not interrupt the papers in their news about the downfall of Lord Voldemort. You see, Lily and James had both gone into hiding before Lily's child was born. So when the child was born, no one knew what it was. So when the child caused Lord Voldemort's demise, no one knew what to call it. The papers, and Minister Bagnold at the time seemed to think that the child was a boy. According to Remus Lupin, the child would have been called Harry James Potter if it was so. So was born the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry James Potter."
"But they were wrong." Stated Alyssa, seeing where his train of thought was going.
"Yes. The child was born female, and was called Lilium Rose Potter. The Girl-Who-Lived. I only knew this because I had visited the Potter's at a park, merely a few weeks after Young Lily was born. She was a very innocent looking child, with black hair like her father, and green eyes like her mother." With his eyes downcast, he missed the shared glance between Alyssa and Damien. Both of them of disbelief. "So on the night of November 1st, I placed Lily on the doorstep of her aunt and uncles, and I haven't seen her since. I let the papers believe her to be male, for her own privacy and safety, and because I didn't have the spirits at the time to go against the Ministry. You see Alyssa, Lord Voldemort is not dead, and I am afraid that he will come back again in the coming years."
At this, he lifted his head up, to meet Alyssa's matching blue eyes.
"I fear for my students."
Alyssa gave the wizened old man a hug, while Damien looked away, feeling as though he was intruding.
"What has been done to find Lily?" asked Alyssa, when she had sat down.
"We've searched the residence when I left her, but with no luck. Someone else is living there, and has been doing so for the past five years. None of the neighbours know where the Dursley's are, they just went during the night."
"Perhaps I could help you find her. She will probably have been entered into the Muggle School System, and I should be able to find her with ease."
"I will be grateful for your help, thank you." Then he looked at his watch. "Now, I must go find Minerva, we need to discuss something for this coming school year. I bid you goodbye."
Damien and Alyssa made their way to the fireplace.
"Goodbye Headmaster." Said Damien, while Alyssa gave him a hug.
"You have to tell the world, cousin. Good luck!" she whispered, before the pair of them Flooed out.
Braxter House August 24th 1991 9:53 AM
The very next morning, Katie and Lily were making breakfast for the four of them as punishment for going into the lake without anyone around to supervise them. The pair of them shared grins every so often, while watching Damien and Alyssa curiously. Ever since they had come back from their meeting with the Headmaster, they had been in a solemn mood. After sitting down at the comfortable table, and helping themselves to some food, the pair realised what was wrong. There, on the table was a copy of the Daily Prophet. The head line was large, covering most of the page. It read:
Harry Potter a myth? Did the Ministry have it wrong?
Lilium Rose Potter: The Girl-Who-Lived
"What the…" muttered Katie, grabbing the paper, and flicking to the appropriate article.
Lily was staring at the spot where the paper used to be, her head bowed slightly, and her long black hair covered her face.
"Lily." Called Alyssa, staring at the young girl. "I need to have a word with you."
The girl nodded, and walked outside, with Alyssa in tow. Damien and Katie shared confused looks.
"You don't think…"
"It is likely." Answered Damien. "She fits the description of the Girl-Who-Lived very well. Black hair, green eyes, right age. Hell, the right name! Just, without the scar."
Outside, on the veranda, Alyssa was staring at the small child, who could quite possibly be the Wizarding World's saviour.
"We have reason to believe that you are the Girl-Who-Lived." She held up her hand to silence Lily when she tried to speak, and voice her own opinions. "There are too many similarities between yourself and the Girl-Who-Lived. Now, I am going to give you a choice."
"Please don't send me to Hogwart's." murmured Lily.
"I had no intention of doing. Your choice is whether or not to tell everyone who you are. I mean, they will eventually find out. Do you wish to carry on as we are doing, or reveal you origins to the world."
"Why do they need an icon to look up to?" whispered Lily, locking her green eyes with Alyssa's blue ones. "I never asked to be this saviour, yet now you have realised this you are giving me a choice to become a celebrity. I know millions of people would want to be me, but I do not. I wish to remain anonymous. When Voldemort does come back, I will be ready for him. That much can be certain."
Alyssa smiled at the small girl, perhaps there was hope after all.
Over the next few months, the three of the progressed in their magical training. Lily seemed to have an aptitude for anything which required wand waving or extreme book research. She didn't seem to enjoy things like Care of Magical Creatures, Potions or Herbology, but she handled such subjects without complaint. Katie, was very much like Lily, however she preferred practical subjects to no end. She loathed anything that had to do with pick up a book. Whereas Damien wasn't too strong when it came to practical subjects which required some strength. He preferred watching from the sidelines as Lily and Katie duelled. It was by some stroke of luck that Alyssa discovered his talent at Healing Magic, and began to coach him in that. This led to Alyssa discovering his avoidance for any form of physical fighting. This led to the explanation of Damien being empathic.
It was around the end of October, towards the festival of Samhain (Halloween), when Alyssa brought someone new to them. She was to join them in their studies, and it was someone who Lily would never miss. It was Leanne Carlsey. The same girl whose homework Lily refused to do, which cause an enmity between the pair of them. Since that day, almost a year ago, the pair of them had been at each others throat. It was mainly one sided, with Lily ignoring her. But Leanne could get anyone riled up, including the kind-hearted, occasionally sarcastic Lily.
Leanne's oriental complexion seemed to be slightly paler, as she stared around the duelling quarters at Braxter Manner. Since aquiring three apprentices, Alyssa had quit from Stand Grammar, and the four of them now lived at the manor.
"Damien, Lily, Katie. This is Leanne Carlsey. She was a student at Stand Grammar. You girls might know her." She nodded towards the two, her eyes resting on Lily. "I expect no arguments between you." She obviously knew about the history between Leanne and Lily. She shot Leanne a look, and the girl nodded her head slightly. "Leanne, also has something which she wants me to tell you. She is here because she is no longer safe at the school. She was there because she had run away from her father, who believes in the sort of thing Voldemort did." There were shudders from everyone but Lily. "He found her there, and I have brought her here because she needed to be protected. If her father shows up…"
"He is not my father, I don't know him." She hissed, turning to Lily, and marching up to her. She stuck her hand out towards her.
"Hi! I am Carla Lee, and you are?"
It would perhaps seem strange that no one made a big deal out of a name change. If anything, it increased everyone's opinion of her, because she willingly disowned her father for his beliefs. It wasn't long before Damien was banging his head against a wall, now having three girls to put up with, and a slightly-crazed old woman to deal with.
"Crazy people!" called Damien, as he walked up the stairs. He heard the three girls laughing at his comment, as he opened his bedroom door. He had picked the room closest to the stair case, and had decorated it all himself. He walked into the room, and with a wave of his wand the small fireplace had a fire crackling in it. He sat by his bed, blue eyes glazed over as he stared outside at falling darkness. Twilight. A small smile graced his lips, as he heard the laughter which echoed through the house. He could feel the wards around the house come alive, as the house seemed to soak up the happiness its inhabitants relished in.
He looked up towards his checklist of things to have completed before he could take his OWLs. The list was almost finished. Not long until he could pursue other areas of magic, which the school system seemed to leave out.
Braxter House, December 17th 1991 7:03 PM
Lily hummed a meaningless tune as she skipped down the hallway at the manor. She paused when she saw a door was ajar. It was Alyssa's private study. The door was open. No one was in the house, except her. Her eyes shone with mischief. She entered the room, and looked around at the book-covered walls, and the desk which was piled with parchment. She grinned. Now she could indulge herself in some really good books.
Losing all account of time, the eleven year old girl flicked through the pages of some books, which looked interesting to her, and boring to others. When she heard the front door slam, she grabbed her current book. Druid Magic, and ran down the hall into her room with it. Hiding it under her pillows, she patted herself on the back. A job well done.
"Lily!" Came Katie's voice, calling her younger friend.
"What?" replied Lily, as she stood up on the landing, staring down at the bottom of the stairs.
"Alyssa wants us to join her. Something about Albus. She said bring a coat, its freezing outside."
Lily replied positive, and grabbed her winter coat, as the winter had really set in and it was freezing outside. She met Katie at the door, and the pair followed Alyssa outside. There she brought out a bottle of butterbeer.
"Portkey." She said, to Lily's confused expression.
"Where to?" asked Lily.
"St Mungos." Replied Alyssa, who then motioned for the two of them to touch the bottle.
The area around them vanished, only for them to reappear at the entrance to St Mungos. Alyssa walked over towards the reception, while the Katie and Lily looked around. People wearing green robes were walking around, and there was a guy with a pair of horns protruding from his head sat on one of the seats. Other than that the area was pretty empty.
"Delveux? Car Accident? Yeh, ground floor. The Muggle Induced Ward." Said the welcome witch to Alyssa, who promptly took the two girls with her.
"What are we here for?" asked Lily, as Katie was waving at all the portraits they passed.
"One of Albus' friends died in a car crash today. She along with her husband died at the scene. But their twelve year old daughter survived it. Albus has asked me to take her under my wing, as no Magic School will accept her due to her condition." Answered Alyssa, as they turned into the Muggle Induced Ward. They stopped outside a door to a private room. A golden nameplate on the door read Delveux, Autumn
"Condition?"
"She's blind." Replied Alyssa, opening the door.
Inside the room, lay on the pearl white sheets was a tall black girl. Her black hair was in braids, and her eyes were closed. However, upon their entrance they opened, revealing pale blue orbs. She remained quiet, staring off into the corner of the room as they stepped closer.
"Autumn?"
No reply.
"I believe the Healers said that I would be coming. I am Alyssa Braxter, I'm here to have a word with you about your schooling."
"Go away." Replied Autumn, her accent having an American edge to it.
"I'm afraid I can't do that Autumn, you need to go somewhere. I am offering you a place to stay, and a way to continue your education, while making friends."
"Who else is with you?" asked Autumn, while Katie and Lily shared shocked glances.
"Two of my apprentices. If you were to accept, you would be the fifth." Said Alyssa.
"Who are these two apprentices?"
"I am Katie Parland." Announced Katie. "With me is my friend," She shot a look towards Alyssa, who nodded, and the Lily, who nodded. "Lily Potter."
"Lily Potter you say? I thought she had mysteriously vanished." Said Autumn sardonically.
"I have, as far as any one else knows. I have no wish of being a pawn to be used." Replied Lily.
"Very wilful as well." At this point, Autumn smiled. It was a rather strained smile. "Fine, I accept your offer of apprenticeship."
"Thank you. I will come back to see you once you are released." Said Alyssa, while Autumn nodded affirmative.
Hogwarts, January 11th 1992 1:17 PM
Albus Dumbledore watched his students as they ate their Lunch, marvelling at the innocence they portrayed and happiness. He sent up a silent prayer to whatever god might have been listening that they would survive what would undoubtedly come. His eyes shot up towards the entrance, where Kingsley Shacklebolt stood. He nodded his head, and subtly left the hall. He found the Auror waiting near his office, and the pair of them made their way up there.
"So what have you uncovered?" asked Albus, as soon as he sat behind his desk.
Kingsley set a file on the desk, before speaking.
"I managed to track down the Dursleys. I must say they covered their tracks pretty well for only being Muggles." He cleared his throat. "They left Privet Drive February 1985, due to Financial Issues. Vernon had lost his job, and they had to sell the house. The neighbours didn't know what happened, as it was all done privately to save the embarrassment of such a thing. They moved to East London, into a flat. But money became a problem once more, and they couldn't feed all four of them. So they put Lily into an orphanage. At this point Petunia burst into tears. She said she regretted doing it, and had been searching for her since."
Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, and then voiced his question.
"But wouldn't they have remembered which orphanage they put her with?"
"Yes, they did. But as of August 1990 the orphanage closed, and the files of its residents were put in a warehouse somewhere. I did some digging, and Lily's file is not with them. She has, quite simply, vanished."
Bowing his head in sadness, Albus thanks Kingsley for his effort, and the bald Auror flooed out. Albus Dumbledore then looked out across the snowy grounds of the school. He watched as a trio of first years made there way up the pathway. Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley and Neville Longbottom. He sighed heavily. He didn't want to have to change a child's life this much, but Voldemort was going to come back some time soon.
"I am sorry, my boy." Whispered Albus, as Neville Longbottom entered the castle.
Braxter House, February 11th 1992 9:43 PM
It was a cold February night, and the five apprentices were sat around the Living Room, with a roaring fire in their midst. Alyssa was sat by the table, marking some of their essays. Carla and Damien were playing chess, Katie was reading a magazine, Lily was reading a book (the title concealed because the book was actually Druid Magic) and Autumn was playing the piano. It was these kind of nights which passed often, as the five settled down after a long day of learning. Alyssa had just recently sent Damien's work off to the exam board to be marked, for his OWLs, and then he would continue with his NEWTs. The others were up to 3rd year material in the normal subjects. However, it was this night that would prove to be one of the most beneficial of them all.
As Autumn's chocolate colour fingers breezed along the piano, she suddenly paused. The silence made the other five occupants of the room look up, and stare at her.
"Something wrong Autumn?" asked Katie.
"No, just…something different." Whispered the black haired girl, her forehead scrunched up in concentration.
"Different in what way?" asked Alyssa, watching the girl in something akin to apprehension. "Do you see something?"
"Yes, not see as in actually see. But something strange yes." Said Autumn, turning around on her stool. "I see lots of colours, not blackness. Colours, spiralling around. I can see you! The colours are concentrating around you all, coming from you in fact."
"Autumn, describe the colour's to me." Said Alyssa, a quill in hand.
"There's pale blue around all of us, including you Alyssa." Said Autumn. "You all have yellow, red, blue, lime green and brown you. Some more predominately that others. Then there's white around, Damien I think. Along with lilac, gold and pink. Around Katie, there's lots of yellow and red, with green as well. Carla, you have green, lime green and gold very brightly. Lily, you have red, yellow, beige, and dark green, I think."
"What about me?" asked Alyssa, after scribbling down the colours.
"Er, blue, gold, black, pink, purple, navy and bronze." Said Autumn.
"Thank you, Autumn, you may stop." Replied Alyssa. "I do believe, that Autumn, although she cannot see properly, can see our Aura's, so to speak. The colours I noted down are the representations of talents that we each possess. I am pretty certain that I have a book on such colours somewhere. I shall be back."
She disappeared for a few minutes, before returning only moments later, with a book.
"I will first describe to you my own colours. She said they we all had a pale blue colouring, is that right Autumn?"
The girl nodded.
"That is a sign that we are all Animagus. I know that I am, which means that you five will soon be taught how to do so. Colours such as yellow, is for good duelling aptitude, blue for transfiguration. Red for defence, lime green for potions, and brown for charms. Gold is for healing, black for wandless magic. Pink for telekinesis, purple for occlumency, navy for legilimency and bronze of warding."
"What about green?"
"Beige?"
"Lilac?"
"White?"
Alyssa let out a laugh, while reading down at the requested colours.
"It appears as though fate has something in for you five." She said, causing indignant cries from Autumn and Katie, and looks from the other three.
"I mean, you give must be the five most powerful teens in your generation, or else the others have merely had undiscovered talents. As soon as you complete the curriculum, you can start training in these areas. However, Lily, you will have to start training to be a metamorphamagus soon. So no one can recognise you. Good night." Said Alyssa, who conveniently left the book behind as she went up to sleep.
With the added inspiration of learning their secret talents once they completed their education, the five immediately began to learn quicker. It took the group a while to work out how Autumn may see her own, until Lily just put a mirror in front of the blind girl, causing her to see orange, bronze and pale blue colours. The group continued to make progress, and according to Alyssa, they were doing something that had never been done before. The fact that five teenagers, some of them barely that, were completing their education at such a rate was unbelievable. During one of their study sessions, which involved all five of them working over cauldrons, the wards around the home announced that someone had just come in through the fireplace. As soon as Autumn told them that, Lily morphed her features, changing her hair to blond, a striking difference from the midnight black. Her eyes turned a murky brown colour, and her hair shortened to her chin. Conjuring a pair of glasses, and making her body smaller, she looked completely different. Through the door entered Albus Dumbledore, who glanced around the room benignly.
"Ah! Children! Have you seen my cousin?" asked Albus, addressing the group.
"She is in her study, sir." Said Katie.
"Thank you." Said the jovial old man, who then left the room. The rooms occupants breathed a sigh of relief, while Carla added an ingredient to Katie's potion to prevent it from blowing up. The girl got distracted far to easily.
Upstairs, Albus Dumbledore knocked on his cousin's door, and Alyssa let him in.
"To what do I owe you the pleasure of this visit, Albus?" asked Alyssa.
"I believe you know why, Alyssa." Said Albus, the twinkle in his eyes vanishing.
"No Albus, I do not. You shall have to inform me, for it is beneath me to use Legilimency upon my guests." She said, shooting Albus a significant look.
"I believe that you know what Lily is." Said Albus, defiantly.
"What made you come to this conclusion?" asked Alyssa, conjuring the pair of them a cup of tea.
"Upon further connection to the Dursleys, I discovered that Vernon Dursley mentioned Lily to some stranger, while under the influence of Alcohol. This was almost two years ago. The stranger seemed to be very interested in Lily, and I discover that he was in charge of the school that you used to run, Alyssa. So, if he was interested in Lily, I am to think that you were to. That my own cousin deceived me, and that you know where she is."
"Richard Crompton was an awful man. He only helped run the school for his own pleasure." Alyssa's expression turned disgusted. "He liked the girls, you see. He liked to, toy with them so as to cause them great pain and suffering. I only found out from whispers, no one came to me and told me. That was until the Parland sister's came to me. He took a great interest in the two, more particularly in Katie. One night, while I was teaching Damien potions at the school, little Rose came and knocked on the door. She had rescued her older sister from his clutches, and the girl was in a right state. Took quite a few healing salves to get her right, and then, Richard's attention turned to little Rose. It was Christmas 1990 when he struck, and out of all the girls at the school, she was the only one to fight back. It caused her magic to awaken, and now the man was incapacitated. You saw the two blonds down stairs I take it." Albus nodded. "The tall one was Katie, the smaller one was Rose. Richard didn't know Lilium Rose Potter, and Vernon Dursley in his drunken state was most likely describing the little girl to the man. He wasn't interested in the girl because he knew her, but for his own sick pleasure. Do you understand where I am going with this?"
"Yes, cousin, I am. I apologise for my accusation. Where is Mr Crompton now?" asked Dumbledore.
"I don't know. He was taken to prison, but then later found to have some issues, and taken to another secure unit. That was a few months ago, but I won't tell the girls." Said Alyssa.
"So how are your apprentices, how are they getting on?"
"Fine, very fine indeed. Damien has just started his NEWTs.-,"
"Really, how old is he?"
"Recently turned fifteen. Autumn and Carla are on fourth year material, while Katie and Rose are on fifth year."
"This is highly unusual." Stated Albus.
"That's not even all of it. Autumn's magic, to compensate for her loss of sight has given her the ability to see Aura's. She can see magical talents, and such. It appears as though these gives are gold galleons of this generation, or perhaps the entire generation are like that, but are merely undiscovered. A warning, of things to come perhaps. But it appears that Damien will be a healer, as well as a seer. A very good one already in fact. Both Katie and Rose are to be excellent duellers, while Carla will aspire to be a Potion's Mistress and Healer. Autumn's Aura reading skills are one of a kind, as it will allow her to see through invisibility cloaks, and other disguising things. Quite an amazing bunch, I am sure you would agree."
"Yes, I would." Said Albus, nodding. Although, he couldn't help but think that his cousin was withholding some form of information.
Some time later, when the headmaster left, Alyssa addressed the five, and admired Lily's quick thinking in changing into her other form, as they had decided upon some time ago.
"I think I may have fooled my cousin, but I doubt I will be able to do so for much longer." Said Alyssa, shaking her head.
"He doesn't come over that often, and you don't see him either. I am sure that it will be fine." Said Katie, confidently.
Lily nodded her head, and the group disappeared, parting their ways. The young girl sat on her bed, reading through the book she had stolen from Alyssa. Soon, she would be ready. In her left hand, she clutched a pentacle pendant she had conjured some time ago, a habit she had picked up while reading. She just didn't see the metal glow silver.
Months seemed to fly by, as the five became more absorbed in their studies, not caring much about the outside world. However, at Hogwarts, a trio of first years stopped a professor from stealing a mythical stone. Preventing the most powerful Dark Lord for decades from returning. The months continued to pass, with each of the five passing their exams at OWL level, and then later at NEWT level. Christmas had long since gone, as had Katie's fifteenth birthday, Autumn's fourteenth and Damien's sixteenth. The group of five had done the impossible, and in such a small space of time they had completed the curriculum. As June 1993 came around, the five were already deep into their private studies, in order to prepare themselves for when Voldemort eventually came back. However, this happened all too soon.
In the darkest and deepest parts of Hogwarts, while on the upper floors teachers were running around the school searching for a student, Milicent Bulstrode drew her last breath, before her heart and brain stopped working. Standing above her was the handsome face of Tom Riddle. The sixteen year old boy picked up the diary which lay open on the chamber floor, while laughing to himself. Finally, after twelve years of waiting, Lord Voldemort would return. This time, more terrifying that ever before.
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Colour Explanation
Parseltongue: Dark Green
Charms: Brown
Animagus: Pale Blue
Aura Reader: Orange
Warder: Bronze
Legilimencer: Navy
Occlumencer: Purple
Telekinesis: Pink
Wandless Magic: Black
Seer: Lilac
Metamorphamagus: Beige
Healer: Gold
Potions: Lime Green
Elemental: Green
Empath: White
Defense: Red
Transfiguaration: Blue
Dueler: Yellow
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