STORY TITLE: Lily's Secret
PART: 05 of ?
AUTHOR: Red Jacobson ( )
DISTRIBUTION: , HP Fan Fiction Archive, Archive of Our Own, Hentai-Foundry, Questionable Questing
DISCLAIMER: None of the Characters You Recognize belong to me, they all belong to JK Rowling and her publishers.
SUMMARY: It was a simple oversight, something James wasn't aware of, but it caused a lot of problems for Lily after Halloween 1981.
FEEDBACK: Of course! It Makes Me Write Faster
RELATIONSHIPS: James/Lily (past), Lily Potter/Selene Lovegood, Background Sirius/Remus, minor Harry/Luna Lovegood/Hermione Granger, minor Ernie MacMillan/Daphne Greengrass
RATING: NC-17
WORD COUNT: 5,090
SPOILERS: None, if you don't know how the Harry Potter story goes by now, why are you reading this story?
WARNINGS: If You've ever read any of my stories, you know what to expect, Oral, anal, Femme-slash, Dom/sub, multiple partners. The lemons won't appear for a few chapters yet, things need to be set in place, and time passes before it happens.
BACKGROUND SLASH WARNING: In this story, Sirius and Remus are a couple, but other than a couple of risque comments Lily makes to tease them, it doesn't have a major impact on the story. There are meta-reasons for the pairing, but there will be no on-screen activities between the two, not even a kiss, so if you dislike slash, you don't have to worry.
AUTHORS NOTES: Something a bit different from me, since Harry and his generation aren't the major focus of the story, although he will appear in the story. Hope you enjoy it anyway
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPARTMENT: Hugo Savage, who gets a mention in this chapter, is property of SeverusPhoenix, author of the amazing 'Three Slytherin Marauders' on , used by permission. Also, the briefly mentioned Professor Septimus is property of Dunuelos, hope he doesn't mind. The 'Fluorescent Fart Curse' is property of SlytherinSal, from the wonderful Krait-verse series of stories. Used with permission.
Potter Manor
Saturday, May 2nd, 1992
Immediately after the Prior Scene
Moving the trunk back against the wall, he looked at the portraits speculatively for a long moment, before pulling off the coverings. His jaw dropped at the sight of two people he thought he would never see again, blinking and looking around as if they were waking up. "Charlus? Dorea?"
Charlus Potter turned to look at Sirius, and his eyes widened in surprise. "Sirius? You're fully grown, how long has it been since we died? And where is James?"
Sirius grimaced, "You've both been gone about 15 years, it's May of 1992. The two of you were killed by Voldemort at Frank and Alice Longbottom's wedding. If it makes you feel better, you went out on your feet, side by side with your wand in your hands."
Charlus cleared his throat and shared a glance with Dorea. Giving a slight nod, "It does help, actually, knowing that we were fighting back against that bastard. But since you can say his name with no problem, I take hit that he's not a problem any longer?"
Sirius shook his head, "No, and that leads me to what happened to James. I'm sorry, but he's been gone for a bit over 10 years now, since Samhain of 81. You see, he started dating Lily Evans not long after you were killed, and they got married right after they graduated. Lily gave birth to their son Harry in July of 1980, but there was a Merlin be damned prophecy, and it caused Voldemort to attack, James was killed but Lily had developed a spell that turned his magic against him, and it killed the bastard, and all his marked followers. And then things went crazy! Oh Merlin, there's so much to tell you, but I have to ask you this first. Were there Potter family rituals that needed do be done as part of the Wedding? And did James know about them?"
If a portrait could go pale, then Charlus Potter would have the color of a ghost at Sirius's question. Charlus closed his eyes and pinched the top of his nose, shaking his head. "Those damned traditions! I should have told him about them right after he took his OWLs, but it's been traditional to wait until the oldest son was ready to get marry, so I thought I had more time. So after James died, Lily couldn't get through the family wards, could she?"
"No, and to make things worse, Gringotts doesn't recognize Lily as a Potter, so the vaults, other than Harry's trust vault, are locked down until Harry turns 17, but we're trying to find a way to get Lily recognized by the family magic before then. We haven't had any luck so far."
Charlus didn't say anything, and Sirius looked back at his portrait, but the old man was sitting back with his eyes closed, a frown of concentration on his face. Realizing that he was thinking, Sirius turned to Dorea.
Dorea asked, "So where are Lily and my grandson now? I know you and the others would be sure and take care of her and Harry, so where are they?"
"Of course Remus and I are taking care of them. The traitor is dead, so he isn't hurting anybody anymore, but when Pater Arcturus passed away, he made me the Head of the Black Family, which made my mother and father furious of course. So I was able to turn over a cottage in Ottery St Catchpole for Lily and Harry to use, and set up a vault so they didn't have any worries about the money. Right now, both Lily and Harry are at Hogwarts, Lily gained a Mastery in Charms, and is the Charms Professor now, and Harry is finishing his first year as a Gryffindor."
"Harry is already at Hogwarts? Excellent, that means his magic is settled enough to get into the family section of the Library." Charlus said a small smile on his face. "I'm not sure exactly where in the library it is, but I remember reading about a couple of rituals that would allow Harry to confirm Lily as a member of the Potter family and have her accepted by the family magic. It's been years, I probably wasn't much older than Harry is now when I found the books, but it gives you a place to start anyway."
Sirius gave a sigh of relief, "That's fantastic, and it gives us someplace new to look, I'm sure Lily and Harry will be thrilled. But we can talk about all that back at Evan's Rest, the cottage where we all live. I'm going to cover you back up for now, is that alright?"
Dorea nodded, "That will be fine, the two of us can sleep until we are hung up on the again."
Once the portraits were covered, Sirius gathered up everything else that he wanted to take and shrank them, heading for the edge of the wards. He could hardly wait to tell Lils and Harry what he found!
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Evans' Rest
Ottery St Catchpole, Devon
Saturday, May 2nd, 1992
An Hour Later
Sirius was smiling widely when he came through the door, and Remus looked up from his book in annoyance.
"What the hell's gotten into you, Paddy? You're looking like you just successfully pranked McGonagall and Slughorn at the same time."
Sirius didn't say anything at first, he was busy clearing a portion of the wall above the fireplace and hanging the covered portraits. Once they were in place, still covered, he turned to Remus with a grin.
"Even better, Moony old pal, when I found James' Quidditch Jerseys, I also found the Marauders Journal, with the secrets to our success. And, even more important, I want you to say hello to a couple of people you haven't seen in years!"
With a flourish, Sirius removed the covers from the two paintings, and Remus' jaw dropped when he recognized them. "Wha? Charlus? Dorea? This is fantastic, but where did the mutt find you? I didn't even know you had gotten your portraits done, weren't you planning on waiting?"
Charlus and Dorea both laughed at the rush of questions, but Charlus got himself under control first, "Easy Remus, relax. We'll answer your questions, but you need to take a breath first."
Remus closed his mouth and mimed locking his lips and tossing away the key, and Charlus said, "To answer the main question, after my parents died, Dorea and I discussed it and decided to get portraits done. We had them done while you were all at school during your Sixth Year and hid them in the attic. We were planning to bring them out as a Yule surprise, but we were killed over that summer and we didn't leave any instruction with the elves to tell you about them, so we just sat there, sleeping until Sirius found us earlier. Now that I've answered your questions, it's time for the two of you to tell us what's been going on since we died."
Dorea interjected, "And more important, do you have pictures of Lily and Harry for us to see? I want to see my grand-baby!"
With a laugh, Remus went and picked out a few pictures while Sirius sat down and started telling his almost parents the story of the last several years.
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Saturday, May 2nd, 1992
Lily Potter's Quarters
A little Later
Lily was relaxing, all the homework had been graded and she'd spent time chatting with Selene through the floo, and Harry and Hermione had joined her for lunch in her quarters so they could spend time together. All in all, an excellent way to spend the day, and now she was looking forward to a long relaxing bath with a box of Honeydukes Finest before doing some work toward her Ritual studies.
She was heading toward the bath when the floo lit up and she heard Sirius' voice in the flames.
"I'm here, mutt, did you find any of James' jerseys?"
"I found more than that Lils, I may have found a solution to the research project you and Selene have been so engrossed in!"
Her jaw dropped in shock, that was just about the last thing she expected to hear, but Sirius continued, telling her about finding the portraits of James' parents, and about the information in the private section of the family library.
It was a struggle not to climb through the floo right then to question Charlus about the library and what he saw there, but she managed to restrain herself. She and Harry need to concentrate on getting through the rest of the year, and she needs to make sure that her NEWT and OWL students are prepared for their exams. There would be plenty of time to go over the books that Harry could bring out of the library... She froze, could he actually remove the books, or would he need to be present in the library to read them? Something else to ask Charlus about, damn it!
Getting herself under control, she managed to finish the conversation and thank Sirius for everything, telling him that she was going to tell Harry and make plans for him to visit the Manor as soon as they got off the Express next month.
Once the floo was clear, she hurried to her desk, pulling out a notebook and pen, the bath could wait, she had things to do now!
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MacMillan Lodge
Monday, June 22nd, 1992
Herbert MacMillan hid his grin as Ernie and Daphne were struggling to maintain the proper attitude for a Pureblood Heir and Heiress, but it was clear that they were bored out of their minds from the small talk over dinner. Now that the pudding course was finished, he shared a look with Cyrus Greengrass, who was just as amused, and he said,
"Ernest, why don't you take Daphne for a walk around the grounds? I'm sure that the two of you can find more interesting things to talk about while we take care of the necessary paperwork."
The two children managed to say thanks before they were walking as quickly as possible toward the door that led into the gardens. Signaling to one of the MacMillan family elves, he knew that the elves would watch over the two of them and make sure nothing happened. Once he was satisfied that the children would be safe, he and Anna stood up from the table and led Cyrus and Anastasia up the stairs to Herbert's private office.
As soon as he shut and locked the office door, Herbert and Cyrus sat down at the long table while Anna and Anastasia removed their robes and sat down next to their husbands, who took a moment to enjoy the sight of the two women dressed only in sheer robes that barely covered their nude bodies. Both women sat up straight, their heads held high and showing the silk collar around their throat.
After giving an approving nod to Anne, and seeing the Cyrus did the same with Anastasia, Herbert said "I think that Ernie and Daphne will do just fine together, don't you? At least based on what we saw this evening."
Cyrus chuckled, "Considering how excited Daphne was when I told her that you were agreeable to the betrothal, I don't have any worries at all."
Anastasia leaned forward slightly "I've already been teaching Daphne some of the basic duties of the Lady of a House, although I haven't started with some of the more intimate details, there is plenty of time to teach her the relationships between the Houses, and how that impacts their marital duties. I'm sure she will be just as enthusiastic about those lessons as she has been about everything else I've taught her."
The others chuckled, and Anne added, "I know that I enjoyed the lessons when I was old enough, and they made it a great deal easier to adjust to leaving my family and marrying into the MacMillan Family."
Herbert reached out and took his wife's hand, "Yes, I think we can all agree that it made things easier, but we still need to sign the contracts before we can relax and discuss the other matters."
Reaching for the folders on the table, Herbert put one in front of each of them before he levitated the box of black quills from the bookshelf and set it in the center of the table.
The room was silent as each of them read over their copy of the Betrothal Contract. It went quickly because it was the same contract their families had used since they had formed their alliance 200 years earlier. Once they read the contract, each of them took one of the black Contract Quills and signed their name in the appropriate place, before passing the folder to the person next to them. As soon as all four of them had signed all four contracts they flashed with a golden light, signifying that Gringotts had registered the betrothal and would notify the Ministry.
Standing from the table, Herbert poured four glasses of Goblin Ale and passed them around. Toasting the new couple, they took a sip, and Cyrus said, "Now that the official business is taken care of, I thought you'd like to know that we've tested the MacMillan Method with the new breed of fluxweed that we developed and the magical properties are twice what we get from the original breed, and Samuel Abbott is practically tearing his beard out trying to figure out how we get such consistent results."
He laughed, "I'm not going to tell him, of course, his family had the same offer that my grandfather received, it's too back that Samuel's grandfather was too shortsighted to see the benefit of your method. The alliance has certainly worked out nicely for our family vaults, hasn't it?"
Herbert grinned, "So are you planning to buy Abbott Nurseries out?"
Cyrus shook his head, "No, he hasn't annoyed me to that extent, and I need his vote in the Wizengamot, so I'm going to leave him alone. Besides, he's got a second son about Astoria's age and I don't want to burn a bridge that I may want to cross in the future."
Herbert laughed, "Typical Slytherin, always planning three steps ahead! But it's made us all very rich, so who am I to complain?" The others laughed and nodded, and he added, "Speaking of typical Slytherins, Alonzo and Imelda will be joining us for a private party in the playroom later this evening, would you like to stay and join in? Your rooms are available, as always."
Cyrus smiled, "Considering how excited Anastasia and Anne are at playing with Imelda, we'll be happy to accept your invitation."
The rest of the even passed easily as they enjoyed each other's company.
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Diagon Alley
Saturday, August 1st, 1992
10 A.M.
Lily grinned at Selene as they brushed the ash of the floo off their robes, and then made sure that Harry, Luna, and Hermione were cleaned too. "Okay, Hermione, you go with Selene and Luna to start getting your supplies and Harry and I will meet up with you at Flourish and Blotts. I know that you will both want to spend a lot of time in the book store, so make sure you get everything else first, okay?"
Hermione nodded eagerly, a wide smile on her face as she took Luna's hand and they followed Selene out of the Leaky Cauldron and into the Alley. Turning to Harry, who was nearly vibrating with excitement, Lily laughed, "Okay Mister Seeker, let's go find you a broom, shall we?"
The two of them made their way to Quality Quidditch, and Lily watched as Harry studied the Nimbus 2000 and the Cleansweep 7, discussing the brooms with the sales clerk, driving the poor clerk out of his mind with all the questions. She tuned Harry out as she thought about what they had already accomplished this summer.
Harry had been thrilled to meet his grandparents, of course, and had taken Charlus' portrait with him, shrunken down to the Manor, and Charlus was able to guide him to the private section of the family library. Unfortunately, the books couldn't be removed from that section, which frustrated all of them quite a bit, because Harry found several books that looked like they could be helpful.
It was Selene who came up with a possible solution, and it took three weeks of solid work, but Harry had picked up enough Occlumency to allow him to remember exactly what he saw and remove the memory and put it into a Pensieve.
When Harry came back from the library, where he had spent the entire day going over one book, she and Selene were able to go into the memory and read the book. They couldn't take any notes while in the memory, but both of them had good enough recall to be able to jot down the ideas that they had.
They hadn't found a solution, yet, but there were several possible paths to research and she was a lot more optimistic than she had been in several years. This was good because she needed something to feel optimistic about after she and Selene had found Harry, Luna, and Hermione in an 'exploring mood' and the three of them were completely nude in Luna's bedroom!
Fortunately, they were just looking at each other, and discussing the differences between their bodies, but Lily wasn't looking forward to the conversation that all of them would have to have before they went back to school. Hermione had already started menses, and Harry was starting to go through puberty, so the two of them were started to have feelings that they were too young to act on, and with Luna's visions of the different things they would be doing, it was going to be very difficult to keep them from moving too quickly.
And that doesn't even take the need to keep Luna's visions under control, and Hermione's views of a proper relationship between Husband and Wives, Lily could see a need for constant calming potions from Poppy's stores. She just hoped that they wouldn't make her, Selene, and Monica grandmothers before Luna had her NEWTs.
Pushing the thoughts aside, Lily saw that Harry had made his decision, and the clerk was carrying the Nimbus 2000 up to the counter. Walking forward, she pulled her Gringotts key out of her pocket and handed it to the clerk. The notice me not charm kept him from paying any attention to the fact that the vault was in the Evans name, and not the Potter's, but the only Potter vault that they could access was Harry's school vault, and he was the only one who could access it.
At least, with the information from the Family Library, they had a chance to fix the problem and get magic to recognize her as a Potter. Sirius had been extremely generous for the last several years, but it still bothered her to be depending on his charity, she was raised to take care of herself, not to go on the dole, damn it!
Watching as the clerk wrapped up Harry's broom, Lily called for one of her elves to take the broom back to the cottage, so they didn't have to carry it all over the Alley today.
Leaving the shop, the two of them stopped at Madame Malkin's, chatting to Alice Longbottom while Neville and Harry got fitted for new robes. Lily was a bit surprised to find out that Frank was going to be taking over the DADA slot for the year since Senior Auror Savage wanted to get back to active duty now that he was healed. At least Frank was using the same book that Auror Savage used, so they wouldn't have to buy a new book for that course for a change.
As Neville was finishing up with his robes, Alice wanted to confirm the arrangements for Harry and Neville's joint birthday celebration for the next weekend. Frank and Alice were going to be using the party as the official debut of Neville and his betrothed Hannah Abbott since they had signed the contract earlier in the month.
Lily nodded, she, Selene, and Xeno needed to talk to Richard and Monica about doing something similar with Harry, Luna, and Hermione, so if anything did happen, at least they were protected. But that could wait until after the party, it wouldn't do to upstage the guest of honor after all, especially with how close Harry and Neville are. She held back a sigh, just one more thing to worry about. The joys of being a parent, but she wouldn't give it up for the world.
Harry didn't take much longer to get his robes, and it only took a few minutes to stop by Chang's Apothecary to pick up replacement ingredients for his potions kit, and then it was off to Flourish and Blotts, where they would be lucky to get out in less than an hour, considering that all three of the kids were bibliophiles and never met a book they didn't want.
She and Selene waited outside while the three of them got their books, sitting on a bench by the door. "Any surprises getting Luna's wand?"
Selene shook her head, "No, although he seemed surprised that one of the wands with a phoenix feather core didn't choose her. She got an Ash wood with unicorn hair core, and it seems to fit her perfectly, so uncle Garrick is going to have to keep being surprised."
Lily grinned, remembering her own experiences with the wandmaker. Putting up a privacy charm she said "I ran into Alice Longbottom at Madam Malkin's, and she told me that Neville got betrothed to Hannah Abbott and were going to be presented as the future Lord and Lady Longbottom at the birthday party. And I heard that Ernie MacMillan got betrothed to Daphne Greengrass right after the end of the school year. Do you think we should talk to Xeno about doing something similar with Harry and Luna, and then Richard and Monica for Hermione?"
Selene sat quietly for a few minutes, before shaking her head, "Let's see how the other students react to the three of them being together first, if they even notice. With the Love Bond between Harry and Luna being well known, the kids won't want the extra attention. And all we would need would be for somebody to wonder where the Lady Potter and Lady Black rings are, and everything could blow up in our faces."
Lily grimaced, "Shite, I hadn't thought about that. I was more concerned about explaining things to Richard and Monica, and then trying to make Hermione understand that not every married couple is like her parents and their friends, although with Harry having to be the one to control Luna's visions, and Hermione's own desires, they will probably think that vanilla is for pudding, not the bedroom."
Selene smirked at her, "Well, look at what Harry and Luna have grown up with. Sirius and Remus are kinkier than anybody I've ever met, and you and I aren't exactly the typical house-witch with our relationship. I've often wondered if I'm cheating on you with Xeno, or if I'm cheating on Xeno with you. But it works for the three of us, so I'm not going to worry about it. Although... if you were interested, there is plenty of room in the bed between Xeno and I, and Xeno would be happy to welcome you."
Lily shook her head, "Sorry, but I don't think so. I know that he makes you happy, but Xeno does nothing for me, and to be honest, the way you run the household, I don't think he's got a strong enough personality to give me what I need. It would be an elegant solution to the family situation, but I'm afraid it wouldn't work."
Selene shrugged, "It was just a thought, and I agree, he wouldn't be able to give you what you need." Leaning closer her mouth at Lily's ear, she said, "But I can give you what you need, and I'll show you when we go shopping at Lilith's tomorrow. Wear your best underwear, because other people will be seeing it, understood?"
Lily bit her lip to keep from moaning, Selene had been teasing her for months, ever since the day they met Richard and Monica, and understood what their relationship is like because Lily would practically kill to have a lover that dominant.
She didn't get a chance to react, because Harry and the others came out of the bookstore, carrying multiple bags of course, and it was time for a break at Fortescue's Ice Cream Shoppe.
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Hogsmeade
Lilith's Toy Shoppe
Sunday, August 2nd, 1992
11:30 am
Lily checked the mirror one last time to make sure her glamour was in place, and Selene was doing the same thing right next to her in the ladies' room of the Three Broomsticks. Even though they were doing nothing wrong, she didn't want to deal with the gossip if Professor Potter was seen going into a sex shop. Minerva would probably have a stroke, not to mention the teasing she'd get from Andromeda, Charity, and the other witches on staff. No, it's just as well that nobody knows it's her.
Finishing her inspection, the two of them walked casually out of the bar and toward the adult section of the village. As soon as they stepped into the store, and fortunately it was empty except for two sales girls. Selene had her take her outer robes off and hand them to her, leaving her standing in the aisle wearing nothing but her knickers, bra, and a stocking and garter combination.
She blushed brightly at the wolf whistle from one of the sales girls, but Selene just grinned and gave the girl a wink, the bitch! Then she walked toward the restraints section, running her fingers over the different wrist and ankle cuffs. Lily was amazed, she had no idea there were so many different types of toys, and some of them looked painful! Selene was paying attention to her reactions, and put down the harsher restraints, moving to the fur-lined cuff and blindfold combination.
Picking up the cuffs, she pulled off the tag and sent it to the counter, and gestured for Lily to turn around and put her hands behind her back. Lily did as directed, not sure if she was more nervous or excited at the moment because this was the first time she'd ever done anything like this before it was just fantasies, but this was real for Morganna's sake.
She shuddered as Selene wrapped a cuff around each wrist and tightened them, but it wasn't uncomfortable, the fur made it feel nice. But then her wrists were clipped together, so she couldn't move them, and she tried to relax, Selene wouldn't do anything to hurt her, but it was so much more real than her fantasies, and she wasn't sure how to react. Why was she acting like this? Selene was doing this because she asked her to, so why is acting like a trembling virgin on her wedding night?
Shaking her head, she turned to face Selene and softly said, "I'm sorry, but I guess I'm not ready for this, I think I need to talk to Monica and her Master, so I can get a better idea what it's like. I still feel the same inside, that I want a strong lover to take control of me, but maybe I need to work up to the cuffs?"
She shrugged, "I'm sorry to waste our time, but at least I learned something. Hold onto the cuffs, we can try again later, okay?"
Selene just gave her an understanding smile and released the cuffs. Handing Lily back her robe, she walked up to the counter and paid for her selections.
Five minutes later they were stepping out of the floo at the Rookery, and Lily was dragging Selene up the stairs to her bedroom, determined to show her lover just how much she meant to her.
End Chapter Five