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A/N- This chapter is dedicated to my boyfriend, who had to go though surgery this morning because he is my protective Austin…

New Resolutions III
Chapter 8- Truths
By: Abbie Haven Snape

"Lily!"

Lily stopped talking to Austin and Cooper and looked down the table to where the Quidditch team was sitting. It was mid November and the first Slytherin match against Gryffindor was today. The team was even better than the year before. Harry had sent her drills that he had done for the Bats or drills the team did. She had shown Harvey them and he put her in charge of showing the team.

The team had practically adopted her as their little sister. Harvey had become worse at being an over protective friend than Nathan. Not that she minded of course. I made her feel safer knowing she had them there.

"We are about to head to the pitch. You coming?" asked Harvey.

Lily looked at Austin and Cooper. "I think I'll just wait to see you all at the match. Good luck!"

They all muttered at her and they walked out of the Great Hall. Brayden though, approached her.

"Hey Lils," she said smiling.

Brayden and Lily were closest out of the eight people. Brayden reminded Lily so much of Jordan it was painful at first. Austin had asked her what was wrong but Lily couldn't tell him. But after sometime, Brayden became Brayden and not Jordan. She was the perfect picture of a tomboy with a hit of girl. It didn't hurt Brayden any with having what every guy thought of a perfect girl with long, straight blond hair and baby blue eyes. But if any guy made a joke about her being on the team, as a beater nether the less, it only took one hit from her to prove them differently.

"Bray, good luck today," said Lily.

"I'll be needing it. My time to prove to all of these boys how good I am. But, I wanted to thank you. I know if it wasn't for yo and Lo, I wouldn't be playing."

Lily smiled. "As I told you before Bray, you were the best by a long shot."

Brayden smiled, blushing a little.

"You could probably be the next Gwenog Jones," said Cooper, looking at her admiringly.

"Who?" asked Austin.

All three girls looked at him. Austin lowered his spoon and looked between them. "Should I know who that is?"

Lily patted him on the shoulder. "He's a guy…he wouldn't understand."

"Gwenog Jones was caption and beater for the Holyhead Harpies," said Brayden.

"All female team might I add," said Cooper.

"Now, why would I know that? Did you know that," Austin asked Nathan.

"Yeah, I kind of did. Lily and Jo-" but Nathan stopped mid-sentence and stared at Lily.

Brayden, Cooper, and Austin looked between the two. Even as seven-year-olds, Lily and Jordan knew quidditch information. Lily stared at Nathan, eyes slightly narrowed.

"Lily and who?" asked Austin, looking at Lily.

"No one," said Lily, still looking at Nathan.

Nathan mouthed sorry to her. Only Lily, Sierra, Christian and Nathan knew about her sister. The others didn't hand Lily wasn't planning on telling them anytime soon.

"Well, anyway, I'll see you after the match Lils," said Brayden.

"Alright," she said finally taking her eyes off of Nathan finally. "Go break someone's leg or arm…I'm not really picky."

Brayden smiled before leaving. Lily looked at Austin, who still hadn't taken his eyes off her.

"Just drop it Austin…I'll see you all later. I have to go see Papa."

Lily grabbed her scarf and gloves off of the seat beside her. But Austin grabbed her hand.

"Looks as if we both are hiding something," he said, never taking his eyes off of her.

She looked at him; his eyes were pinning her there. For weeks now, she wanted to tell him everything. About Jordan. About being kidnapped. About the limp she got after climbing up and down the stairs all day. But something always stopped her.

"It's nothing Austin." And this time was no different. She pulled her hand away and started out of the Great Hall. Austin, though, didn't give up. He followed her out of the Hall.

"Athena…tell me what's going on," he said a couple of steps behind her. "Athena! Come on Lily, stop…Lillian!"

At that, Lily stopped and turned to him. "How did you know that was my first name? No one calls me that. McGonagall didn't even call me that at sorting."

Austin gave a small smile with a shrug. "It got you to stop."

She glared at him before beginning to walk again. Austin, though, never gave up that easily. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into the empty Potion's classroom.

"I want to know what's going on Lily," he said softly.

"As do I with you. But it doesn't look like you are giving any," she snapped.

Austin closed his eyes, running a hand through him hair. "You're stubborn. You do know that, right?"

"I am a Malfoy and Snape. Bad combination."

He looked at her with a smirk. He opened his mouth but then they both heard two voices. They were coming from Severus' office. Making as little noise as possible, they moved beside the door.

"We aren't sure how many chambers there are," came Severus' voice.

Lily looked at Austin, puzzled.

"There could be one, two, seven, or fourteen for all we know," said Jade.

"The repealing charms are keeping them off from walking on top of them," said Severus.

"I still don't get those things. Why would just walking across them, would mark you. It doesn't seem possible."

"It's magic honey. I don't think the Ministry fully understood what they were getting themselves into when they barred them here."

"It's not why the Ministry barred them here. It's why did Zachary Malone even create them."

"That, we may never know, seeing he died a couple thousand years ago." There was a short pause before Severus spoke again. "We better head down to the pitch. The match should be starting soon."

Lily and Austin glanced at each other sharply. Austin quickly grabbed her hand and they both hid under Severus' desk. She closed her eyes, not breathing.

Severus and Jade came out of the office. Fortunately, they didn't come near the desk and just walked out of the classroom. They waited a minute before crawling out.

They both were completely perplexed now. Somehow, they had to find information about a Zachary Malone that had died some thousands of years ago.

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"And Painter saves the quaffle for only the third time he had to try this match. Slytherins are dominating the score board with a 60-0 lead. Ward passes it to new comer Bradley. Hollow and Bradley pass it back and forth and it is…Ward that shoots it ANNND it gets pass Duhon. Slytherin leads is up to 70 now."

Lily cheered with the rest of the Slytherins as she wrote down practically play of the match. So far the team was doing everything right. Nathan was helping her by writing down what the Gryffindors were doing. She tried to get Cooper to but as soon as the match started, she forgot all about writing anything down.

"And Dallas passes it to Levin and Levin passes it to Leake who…OUCH, that had to hurt. Dockery hits Leake with a bludger sending the quaffle in the air and its retrieved by Bradley. Brayden Dockery is the other newest addition to the Slytherin team…proving that even girls can hit a bludger…and looking very cute doing so…"

"Preston!" snapped Lily, smiling at him. Preston Johnson was a seventh year Slytherin and announced the games. He winked at her before continuing. "Reversing what I just said to fit Miss Lily Snape's liking…Ouch, Lily that hurt…Dockery hitting a bludger as only a beater could…happy Lily? And Ward scores again. Slytherin is dominating this game. Looks as if Rines needs some more practice before he plays again."

Lily shook her head, still writing. Suddenly, Christian and Sierra grabbed the quill and parchment out of her hands.

"Enjoy the end of the match. You have enough written down," said Sierra.

"Its my job…" said Lily.

"You job is to watch Slytherin beat the crap out of Gryffindor," said Christian, raising the objects so she couldn't reach.

She crossed her arms but finally smiled. "GO SLYTHERIN!" she yelled, clapping with everyone else. Lo went into a dive, sending Peterson with her but Lo stop half way down and pulled out of the dive. She was giggling as Peterson came inches from crashing into the ground. Lily clapped and cheered at the fake that she had taught Lo. "Go Lo! Come on Slytherin!"

"Do you have to cheer so loud?" asked Austin, who was sitting down.

Austin wasn't even planning on coming to the match if it wasn't for Lily. Everyone was a little amazed by what he would do for her.

"Yes. Now…come and cheer for Lo and Brayden with me," she said grabbing his hand and pulling him up.

"Let's go Slytherin…yahoo…" he said pretending to sound excited.

Lily wrapped her arm around his stomach and giggled at him.

"Okay…maybe you shouldn't cheer," she said.

"Do I look like the person that would cheer?" he asked looking down at her.

She looked at him, as if thinking. "No," she said shortly.

He smiled before turning her back around to the match. "Look," he said pointing to Lo, who this time, was really going after the snitch. "Let's go LO!" she yelled. Austin winced as she yelled in his ear but smiled anyway.

"And WARD GETS THE SNITCH! SLYTHERIN WINS, 230-10!" yelled Preston but could barely be heard over the cheers of the Slytherins. Lily clapped and to her surprise, so did Austin.

"PARTY IN THE COMMON ROOM SLYTHERINS! RIGHT AFTER DINNER!" said Preston loud enough for everyone to hear.

"We are so going to win the cup this year!" said Cooper as they tried to make their way down the bleachers.

"Don't to ahead of things Cooper. Something could go wrong before that time gets around here," said Lily.

"Yeah, yeah…whatever. It's not like anyone will beat us," said Sierra.

Lily shook her head as they came out of the bleachers. She smiled as the team started toward them, surrounded by cheering Slytherins. Harvey and Trey each came up behind her and spun her around.

"You rock Lils!" said Trey giving her a kiss on the cheek. "Without you, that 220 win, wouldn't have happened."

"Yup!" said Harvey giving her a kiss too.

"I don't get all the credit. I wasn't playing…" she said giggling.

"Aw…but they were your plays," said Chad.

"You better sit with us as dinner to celebrate," said Lo. "That fake worked great!"

Lily smiled as they walked into the castle. She stopped though rubbed her ankle. "Hey Harvey, think I could get a ride?" she asked. Jumping up and down in excitement of the match didn't help her leg.

"Of course," he said.

She smiled and hoped on his back. Austin looked a little confused but walked with them anyway. Nott though, smirked wickedly.

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At dinner, the Slytherin table was all excited still from the match. Lily and Austin had spent the time after the match, looking for anything they could on Zachary Malone. But as they had suspected, he wasn't someone that was easy to find. Austin thought that Madam Prince had taken all of the books out of the library with information about him. They couldn't risk asking either.

Half way through dinner, all the Slytherins were heading to the common room for the party. Chad, Lo, and Trey had sneaked into the kitchens and sneaked some food out. As they walked out, the Gryffindors cased glares at them. Some of the Slytherins started to make some dancing down the hall. Sierra doing her hands in a genie motion. Lily giggled as she was limping.

"I bet that leg hurts after hitting it against a wall trying to get away."

Lily suddenly froze and felt as if her blood had turned to ice. She slowly turned around and stared at a smirking Nott.

"Shut the hell up Nott," she said.

"And not being able to get it fixed for about a month didn't help it any did it?" he said walking slowly to her.

Lily paled, staring at him. Some of the ones close to them stopped and watched.

"What's he on about?" whispered Austin in her ear.

"What? Didn't tell your boyfriend?" he asked. "And what about your brother? Bet he still has nightmares. But he's not really your brother anyway…"

Lily started toward him, eyes blazing but Austin grabbed her arm and pulled her back. "He's my brother! Don't you dare say differently," she yelled at him.

"Is it hard for you? Knowing that his Father was the one that did it all?" he asked.

"My father is his father! His father got what he deserved!"

"Ah, but Lily…I have to disagree. What he did was what everyone was planning on doing eventually. He just beat them to it."

"Just ignore him Lily and come on," said Sierra trying to get her to move.

Lily slowly began to turn away but what Nott said next almost made her legs give away. "And I bet every time you close your eyes you see that green light."

Lily turned to him, glaring. Her mind was trying to work around what he was saying. He knew it all. About her being kidnapped and about Jordan. He knew it.

"Am I correct?" he asked smirking.

"Just shut up," she said, meaning to yell it but it only came out just above a whisper.

"I bet it was hard. Coming to Hogwarts or your family even having…Logan, correct? Felt like replacing one, they must have."

"You have no idea what the hell you are talking about," she said.

"Aw…but Lily…I do. I know everything. Every single detail. Even about this," he said raising his finger and traced the scar that was hardly visible anymore.

Austin smacked his hand away. "Don't touch her," he said putting a protective arm around her and pushing her away from him.

Lily met Nott's hazel eyes. She was actually scared of him now.

"Just remember Snape…I know everything. And, if you do forget…I'll remind you over and over again."

"Come on Lils," said Nathan pulling her away from Nott. Austin looked as he was about ready to knock the crap out of him. Everyone had learned not to miss with Lily when Austin was around. Austin only protected Lily.

It was Christian that pulled Austin away from Nott as they headed to the common room. Lily pulled away from Nathan and sat down in one of the chairs in the corner. She bent forward, looking at the ground with her hands rubbing her eyes. She felt as if she was going to be sick. Nott knew how to get to her. He knew something about her that few did. She heard someone come and stand in front of her but she didn't look up. Not until the person made her.

Austin placed a finger under her chin, making her look up and met his eyes. "What…"

She shook her head, biting her lower lip. She didn't know she was crying until she felt a hot tear slid down her cheek. Austin whipped it away but Lily pulled back.

"I wanna help you but I can't if I don't know what is going on," he whispered.

She looked at him before standing up and going up to her dorm. Not stopping when he called her name, pleading with her to stop. She slammed the door shut, placing a spell around the room so no one could hear her or get into the room. She hadn't seen the dreadful green light in months. But now…it was back.

She cursed Nott, yelling every insult she could, each one echoing around the room. She hit the door behind her as hard as she could. She didn't want to remember that month of her life but Nott was bringing it up again.

She walked over to her bed and in her nightstand she pulled out a picture. It was of Jordan. She was about six, maybe just turned seven, in that picture. That's how she wanted to remember Jordan. Not the Jordan that was lying on the floor and wouldn't move.

Drawing the curtains around her and taking the spells off the room she laid on her bed, just staring at the picture. She didn't realize how long she looked at the picture but all her dorm mates came in before she even looked away. She pretended to be asleep to avoid their questions.

As the noise in the common room disappeared, she traced a finger over the picture. She looked up, staring at the dark green curtains around her bed. Suddenly, she laid the picture down and stormed out of her dorm and out into the common room. It was completely empty and she heard the grandfather clock chime two. She didn't think it was that late but she wasn't going to stop her mission.

She walked into the first year dormitory and straight to Austin's bed. She slowly shook him awake.

Austin slowly opened one eye and looked at him. "Lily…its two in the morning…go back to bed," he said rolling over.

"I had a sister that died when I was seven."

Austin slowly rolled back over and looked at her.

"She was my twin."

He looked at her before moving over in the bed to allow her to be able to sit. Lily nodded and sat down beside him. She muttered a silencing spell, so no one could hear what they were talking about. She looked at him, noticing that she had his full attention, and began her story, starting when she first met Tommy at St. Mungo's and ending with the first night she has back in her own bed at the manor.

She had to stop and whip her tears away many times during her tale. Some how by the time she ended, Austin had his arms around her and was hugging her close.

"Nott knows that Jordan is the only thing, only thing, that can get my body to practically shut down. I am so glad that is Father is in Azkaban. I am glad that all the death eaters are in Azkaban or dead," she said.

She felt Austin tense up behind her. "Austin?" she asked.

"Maybe not all of them," he said softly.

Lily disentangled herself from his arms and looked at him. He looked at her before taking a deep breath.

"I grew up thinking that you were my worse enemy. You were the reason why my caring, loving father changed into a cold-hearted bastard that he is. Why my mother died. It was your fault that everything he had worked for wasn't worth anything," said Austin, looking at her.

Lily titled her head to the side. "My father was a death eater that got off."

She practically jumped off the bed, staring at him eyes wide. But Austin grabbed her hand and held it tight. "Don't leave me Lily. I am not done."

Lily looked at him and finally allowed him to pull her back down on the bed. She felt as if her head was spinning and it wouldn't stop. Austin couldn't be a death eater's son. He was nothing like Nott or Baddock.

"My Father told me that I was to try to make your life here as hard as possible. But once I reached the age of about nine-ten, I didn't think like my father anymore. And when I met you on the train, I knew there was no way I could you hurt. No way that I ever would.

"Timothy and Trent were practically my best friends going up until my views started to show what I thought, not my father or what death eaters would have thought. Nott wrote to my father that instead of hurting you…I was…being to like you. My father wasn't pleased. That was the letter that I received. He told me what to do but I couldn't. To say he is pleased with me isn't correct. But, I don't care. He's a bastard that I hate."

Lily just looked at him. "That's why Nott said you were weak. You couldn't hurt me."

Austin slowly nodded. "If Nott says anything to you about it. Don't believe him. He's trying to make my own life hell now. Now that we are enemies and not friends."

Lily looked away from him, not sure if she believed him. Austin was the son of the people that she hated to most. His father was one that got off made it even harder for her. Austin seemed to sense that she doubted him and took her head in his hands, making her look at him directly in the eyes.

"I would never hurt you Lily. You have got to believe me. That is why I didn't want to tell you. I was afraid you would hate me because of my father."

Lily looked at him before smiling a little. "I could never hate you…"

Austin smiled and pulled her into a hug. He kissed her on top of the head. "Remember Athena, never will I hurt you…"

Lily felt her eyes growing heavy as she leaned against Austin. He laid her down fully on his bed as she fell asleep. He just stared at her for a couple of minutes. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he couldn't believe he told her that. It wasn't something he was proud of.

He looked at chair near the door before dragging it over to his bed. He kissed her on the side of the head, whispering. "I could never hurt her Lily. I would hurt my self before you get hurt."

He fell into the chair, slowly falling asleep, missing the small smile that appeared on Lily's face.

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A/N- Sorry it took me longer to update than normal. My snow days off of school are over and I have school to worry with now.

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