Hi everyone! Here is Chapter 3, enjoy! Thanks to those who put the story in favorites & following! I hope you'll like this new chapter!

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"I hope it was not too hard for you to come" said Lily.

"It was fine. I am the queen of escaping laughed Lena. Well, are you gonna give me a caldron or are you gonna eat the entire box by yourself?

Laughing, Lily started to shower her with chocolate before exchanging the latest gossips.

They could rarely talk that freely to each other and those meetings were for the Pureblood like fresh air. Lily was sharp and witty, extremely smart and was not afraid to stand up for herself. Her emerald green eyes shined as much as her blazing red hair. Compared to her Lena felt quite ordinary, with her pale green eyes and dark hair.

"Do you know that Sirius is looking for you"? Asked suddenly Lily.

"What?

- He doesn't know yet it was you who jinxed him but he's not giving up! Like a dog on a trail!

- Ah ah very funny Ma'am. With some change he'll give up. And how is going the dear mister Potter? Sneering Lena.

- Arf! Do not talk about him! He still asked me out at breakfast! And in the corridors while going to Transfiguration! And during class! There are people who listen in class unlike Mister FatHead!

- He's gonna leave you alone at some point reassured her Lena.

- I sure hope so! He'd be able to crash at my wedding and ruin everything!

- A little jinx and we'd get rid off him! By the way I know this is delicate for you but Severus asked about you again..."

Lily's face closed off immediately. She had ended her friendship with the Slytherin at the end of the previous year and the pain was still fresh.

"You are not going to forgive, are you?" Observed Lena.

"No… He's changed. Even if he regrets calling me like that he still shares all those ideas.. and I do not like the people he hangs out with - she sent a sorry look at her friend- they all reek of black magic.

- I won"t contradict you sighed the Slytherin. They are all bonkers. All obsessed with power and the black arts. This is not going to end up well."

Lily kept silent for a while, thinking.

"Are you never scared? I mean you're with them 24/7 and if they knew you are friend with me… You would have problems wouldn't you?

- With time you become good at keeping secrets… The only one who knows about our friendship is Severus and he will never push you under the bus. My name protects me, he knows they would go after you.

- Have you ever wished it would be different?

- Like society? Or our life? Of course! I'd love to go far where no one knows me or my family. Maybe Australia or a deserted island… Exploring the world.. In a dreamy haze Lena imagined herself walking in the jungle or exploring Australia, its long white sandy beaches with at her side the ultimate hot guy. Giggling about those infanticities she turned towards Lily.

- What about you?

- Same I've never left the UK… I'd start with France to eat pains au chocolat and macarons!

- Without all this mess i could have welcomed you at my grandparents! They have a house near Paris! We could go shopping and eat cakes all day long…

- It's true that your mum is French! Do you ever miss it there?

- Terribly…. Especially with the gloomy weather! But Father is happier with his job at the Ministry in London that he was in Paris so..."

Silence took over for a while but it was a comfortable one. They looked at the cracking fire during a moment, lost in their thoughts. Future seemed so uncertain…

After checking her watch Lily stretched.

"I have to go or they are going to wonder where I went.

- See you next time Lily… and be careful in the corridors. Don"t wander around alone at night. You never know with them" shivered Lena.

Lily went in front of one of the walls that became see-through for a while allowing her to check she could go out.

She did not regret her friendship with the Slytherin girl but this warning was new. Of course she knew what to expect from most Slytherins and the pernicious atmosphere during every Potion' class. She noticed the hateful and dismissive looks from the Purebloods who were not hiding anymore.

Of course she had to be correct, not all of them. Potter, Black (well Sirius) and Marlene McKinnon had been very clear on the topic that they considered Pureblood superiority as garbage.

However Lily was wondering with anxiety how long that friendship with Lena would last. She had already lost her childhood friend to racism. What if Lena caved to pressure? She knew the weight that was on her shoulders and her friend did not have any other choice that to melt into the background, to adapt to the brutal Pureblood world if she wanted to "live in peace".

But for how long? Wasn't she going to turn her back on her one day?

No reasoned Lily. She refused to believe that her friend could give into these prejudices. She was strong.

But she will save her own skin first if she needs to whispered a tiny voice in the back of her head.

The Apocalypse started during the afternoon. Lena was going to her Botanic class with Alyssa who was chatting about a Slytherin girl who had been surprised kissing a Hufflepuff, a huge scandal.

"Can you imagine the poor girl? And when her parents are gonna learn about it… Alyssa had a small laugh.

- Yep.

-Had she chosen a Ravenclaw, I could have seen the appeal but here…"

BAM!

There was a brutal shock and Lena felt her chest be crushed and her head hit the cold floor. Confused, she winked a couple of times, trying to understand what was happening. She felt as if she had been knocked over by an insane hippogriff. She was not far from the truth actually. Black (Sirius not wee Regulus) was crushing her. . .

"Cannot...breath…" did she pant. Silver grey eyes were fixing her with a mischievous look, went down to her tie and a sardonic light appearing into them.

"You are the one who attacked me the other day aren't you? Don"t want it to happen again you know" and he smiled, showing all his teeth.

"You.. stupid...oaf… I'm gonna knock your teeth out if you keep flattening me into the ground!"

To her horror she felt she had started to blush and it made him laugh. That idiot seemed completely comfortable, as it was something he was doing everyday! She was going to make him pay!

As suddenly as his attack, he got up and stretched his hand. Noise high, Lena ignored him, got up by herself and sent him a furious look.

" What is wrong with you, you idiot?

- You attacked me and did not expect me to retaliate?

- I attacked you? - Lena' voice was dangerously quiet.- Me? I am the one who attacked you? You jinxed us as soon as we left class! We had to spend 2 hours at the infirmary to get our normal skin back!

- You were in the way actually I was targeting Snivellus, answered nonchalantly Sirius.

- And can you, I don"t know, think 30 seconds before shooting? By Merlin' boxers I am going to strangle you!

- Aww the bad Slytherin is threatening me! Moked Sirius with a high pitched voice. He smirked while looking down at the girl. She was really short, he had to be 20cm taller than her.

- I'm warning you: next time you jump on me I'll throw you into the lake and send you as a pet to the Giant Squid!"

She turned around, caught Alyssa' hand who was watching them gawking and left walking big strides. She really hated Gryffindors!

Hands in his pockets Sirius smiled while she charged away dragging her friend. Well she surely was funny to annoy! And she was a Slytherin! That was going to be different from Snivellus!

Next chapter: " Lena was sure dark forces were after her today. When it was not Rosier it was Black and she was starting the run out of hideouts!

I hope you like the new chapter, let me know what you think! Of course I have nothing against Hufflepuff, it is just for the plot. Have a nice week!