Ch. 5 Halloween

Halloween came sooner than Lily wanted. It had been almost a month since Lily and Ian had talked to each other in Hogsmede. She was miserable. Lily sat down at the table and started to put some roast beef on her plate.

" So, who do you think is the descendant of You-Know-Who?" Josh asked through a mouthful of mashed potatoes.

" Don't know. Do you think the rumor is even true?" Elizabeth replied quietly.

" I bet it is. So, any suggestions?" James asked, smiling.

" Yea. Draken." Katie replied.

" He seems so young though." Janet said.

" He's evil enough." Katie said. " Remember when he almost attacked Lily on the train? Or how about when he ruined my homework?"

" What do you think, Lily?" Elizabeth asked.

" What? Oh, I think Katie has a point. He pinned me against the wall once." Lily replied.

" You've never told us that." James said.

" Must have slipped my mind." Lily said.

" So, how did you get away?" Janet asked.

" I didn't. He punched me right in the stomach." Lily lied, not wanting to bring Ian into the conversation.

" I see. So, you think that he's You-Know-Who's son?" Brian said from down the table.

" Yea." Lily answered. " I'm going back up to the common room. See ya later."

" Why? The feast isn't over until 11 and it's only 9." Janet said. " What's going on Lily? You've been spending a lot of time by yourself. Is it the rumor? We don't believe it. Honestly."

" No, I'm just really tired." Lily replied.

" That's what you always say? What's up?" Katie asked.

" Nothing. Just leave me alone!" Lily said, very loudly. She stormed out of the Great Hall. Why couldn't they leave her alone? She was frustrated. She fell on the bed. Who could she talk to about her situation. There was only one person. Her dad. She sat up and started to write a letter.

Dear Dad,

I need to talk to you about something. Can I meet you somewhere sometime? Please write me back.

- Lily

She gave it to her owl, Snowflake ( I know, stupid name.). Lily collapsed onto her bed.

The next thing she knew is that Snowflake was pecking at her arm. She had a letter in her beak. Lily opened it.

Dear Lily,

I will love to have a talk with you. You can come to my office at 7 tomorrow night. The password is "phoenix".

- Dad

Lily sighed. " Good," she thought," Someone I can talk to freely." She drifted off to sleep.

The next day was hectic. At Potions, some girl splattered frog brains all over the ceiling and in Transfiguration, a Hufflepuff boy gave himself two extra arms and three legs. Finally, 7 o' clock came. Lily walked slowly to her dad's office. She stopped before a stone gargoyle. " Phoenix" she said. The doors opened and a staircase appeared. She walked up and saw a huge door. She knocked. Harry opened the door.

" Lily. You're here. Well, come in." he said.

Lily walked into the office. It was very large and full of things Lily didn't recognize.

" So, you wanted to talk." Harry said.

" Yea." Lily replied.

" Sit down please." Harry said, going over to his desk and sitting down.

Lily sat down and looked at Harry. " Dad, I want to talk about the rumor going around." she said.

" Which one?" Harry asked.

" The one about me and Ian." Lily replied.

"Yes, I thought you would want to talk about that soon. Listen, this happened to me and your mother in our 4th year." Harry replied.

" What do you mean?" Lily asked.

" Well, I had a fight with my other best friend, Ron and I was hanging around with your mother a lot. Well, a reporter came trying to find things to write about. Well, she found out that your mum and I were spending a lot of time together, she wrote about us, saying that she was my girlfriend." Harry explained.

" Well, weren't you?" Lily asked.

" Well, not at that time. She wasn't my girlfriend until 6th year." Harry replied.

" Really? I didn't know this." Lily said.

" So, the rumor will die down after a few more weeks. Don't worry." Harry said, smiling at his daughter. " Well, I suppose you better get back to your common room to finish your homework."

" I already have it done." Lily simply replied. " Thanks again dad."

" Glad to help. Come any time that you want to talk to me." Harry said. " I'll be here." Harry hugged her.

" I've never been hugged by my dad before you know. And, it feels good." Lily said, smiling up at her dad.

" Good to know. See you Lily." he replied.

Lily walked out of the office. She still had that fuzzy felling she had when her dad hugged her. It wasn't like her mum. It was strong, and she felt safe. When she arrived at her dormitory, all of her friends were waiting for her.

" Where have you been?" Elizabeth asked.

" Talking with my dad in his office." Lily replied.

" About what?" James asked.

" None of your beeswax." Lily retorted rather rudely.

" Ok, ok, we'll leave you alone." Janet said.

Lily went up to her room, grabbed some books, parchment, and a quill and headed for the library. She decided to do some more homework. The library was totally empty. She sat down and started her work. Someone came and sat next to her. It was Ian.

" Hey." he whispered.

" Hey yourself. What are you doing here?" Lily asked.

" Trying to do some homework. Was too loud in the common room." he replied.

Lily got up. " Well, I better go to another table." Lily said.

" Fine. See you later." Ian replied.

" If we do see each other before the ball." Lily said bluntly. She walked away. She stayed there until at midnight, Janet came and got her. She reluctantly followed her to the common room. The next day was Saturday, which meant that everybody slept in. Lily of course was not one of them. She got up and went to the Quidditch field and flew around for a while, feeling the cool morning air on her face. Then, at 9 she headed in for breakfast.

" Lily, I see you were up at 8 this morning. Where did you go?" Sarah asked.

Lily was taken back at Sarah talking to her. " Flying around the Quidditch field. Why? Want to start another rumor about me?"

" No, I was.. oh, forget it." Sarah said very angrily leaving the table.

Lily, satisfied that she had made Sarah mad, put some fried eggs and bacon on her plate. Janet came and sat next to Lily.

" Hey." she said, looking very sleepy.

" Hey. What time did you wake up?" Lily asked.

" Around 9." Janet said, yawning." How about you?"

" I got up at 8 and flew around the Quidditch field for a while. Sarah was being nosy again." Lily said.

" Really? What did she ask?" Janet said, dishing some grits into a bowl.

" She wanted to know what I was doing this morning at 8." Lily replied. " I told her to buzz off."

" I see. You know, we have another Hogsmede visit today." Janet said.

" Yea. I need some new quills. And I'm dying for some chocolate." Lily said, smiling.

Lily, Janet, Elizabeth, Amy, James, and Brian all went to Hogsmede together.

" So, do you guys still want to talk about You-Know-Who's descendant?" James asked.

" No!" everyone moaned.

" Please, can we give it a rest?" Amy whined. " Let's talk about classes."

" Anything but that!" Brian said. " How about some pranks we can pull?"

" Alright, but what can we do?" Elizabeth asked.

" We can put Stink Bombs in the hallways." Janet suggested.

" We've already done that. Remember? We almost got caught for that." Lily said.

" Yea well, I'm out of ideas." Josh said.

" Lily, you seem a little better today." Janet said.

" Well, my problem is over, for now at least." Lily replied.

" So, who do you want to ask you to the ball?" Elizabeth asked.

" Zechariah, of course." Janet said immediately. " How about you, Lily?"

" I don't know yet." Lily responded.

" I hope that Draco will not ask you again." Amy said.

" How did you know that Draco asked me to the ball last year?" Lily asked.

" You talked about it all summer long. How horrible it was." Amy replied.

" Oh, yea." Lily said mumbled. They didn't know that he had already asked her. " Is it time to go back yet?"

" Yea. I think it is. We've been talking for longer than I thought we better go." James said. " See you girls at dinner."

" Bye!" they called back.

" Well, I better go." Lily said, getting up. No one stopped her this time.

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Sorry if the ending sucked. Had a hard time ending it. -Lyndsey