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Author's Note: Have some bittersweet ambitions from Lily Evans.

Submitting Info:
Stacked with: Hogwarts (Term 13); MC4A
Individual Challenges: Gryffindor MC; Rian-Russo Inversion; Ethnic & Present; Hold the Mayo; Lunar Era; Old Shoes (Y); In a Flash; Bucket Listing (Y); Two Cakes (Y); Eating Cake (Y)
House: Slytherin
Assignment No.: Term 13 – Assignment 03
Subject (Task No.): n/a
Other Hogwarts Challenges: Insane Prompt Challenge [604](Determination); 365 [251](Public); Herbology Club [1-8](Rivals); Auction [21-2]("Go the Distance" - Hercules)
Other MC4A Challenges: Hunt [Sp Items](Rocking Chair); Chim [Deke](Royal Purple); Fire [Hard](The Future); Garden [Bed Types](Garden/Greenhouse/Solarium)
Representation(s): Black Lily Evans
Primary & Secondary Bonus Challenges: In the Trench; Surprise!; Second Verse (Ladylike; Not a Lamp; Nightingale; Unwanted Advice; Lovely Coconuts); Chorus (Peddling Pots; Tomorrow's Shade; Larger than Life; Unicorn); Demo 1 (Under the Bridge); Demo 2 (Sitting Hummingbird; Soul-Like)
Tertiary & Generic Bonus Challenges: O3 (Olivine); War (Obstruction; Ennui); TY (n/a)
Word Count: 329

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Worth Her While
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Lily was sipping a steaming cup of rich, black coffee while sitting in one of the royal purple rocking chairs in the public solarium of her apartment building enjoying some of what was likely one of the last warm days before winter set in around them. Most of the time, she was kept really busy between her dual apprenticeships in Arithmancy and Healing as well as taking classes part time at the local university, but today she had a rare day off and she was going to make the most of it.

She knew that a lot of people would think she was mad or at least biting off more than she could handle by piling on so much stuff to her already hectic life (even with James' help, planning a wedding was no picnic in the park), but she wanted to have it all. She wanted to combine what she could of Muggle and magical fields to see how much she could improve both. She wanted it and she was willing to put in the hard work to achieve her goals, so what did it matter what a bunch of strangers observing her life from the outside thought?

She knew that getting the education she needed was the easy part. The wizarding world, particularly here in Britain, would fight her every step of the way. They would resist any changes simply because they were changes. They would resist any changes because they had ties to Muggle sciences. They would resist any changes because they came from her, a Black Muggle-born witch. Even if there wasn't a war going on, the task before her was Herculean in scope.

But she wasn't going to give up. She had had worse academic rivals than the whole fucking world, and no matter how long it took or how much the world bulked, she would not accept defeat.

Lily Evans, soon to be Lady Lily Evans Potter, was going to change the world.