I'm still alive!!!
I know you were waiting for this chapter, so I'll postpone my personal updates for later…
And now, without dilly-dally any longer, here's Lily…
Things you don't know about…
LILY POTTER
1. She always liked green. She used to wear green all the time. But the only green thing she really wanted, she didn't have.
Albus Severus did.
2. Since the age of 4 everybody kept reminding her how much she looked like Lily Evans.
She made sure that everyone knew there was a deep difference.
Starting with her Sorting.
3. The first evening at Hogwarts, she stepped into McGonagall's office: she wanted to see the portraits Al and James often told her about. When she stated she was Lily Potter – Slytherin, Severus Snape's portrait started laughing, and couldn't stop for the next twenty minutes.
She thought he was a funny fellow.
4. She knew she was going to become a Potion Mistress since the age of seven after she became mesmerized by the notes on her father's old, burnt, Potions Manual.
Her dad was a genius.
5. She used to think her dad was the most handsome man in the world, and that when she fell in love it would be with a guy who had messy black hair.
Then, she met her brother's best mate.
The blond Scorpius Malfoy.
6. She made a flawless Amortentia Potion in her fifth year, after witnessing Scorpius kissing her cousin Rosie under the mistletoe. When her mother told her about Merope Gaunt she swore to never use magic again for personal gain.
She broke that promise only once.
7. Everybody had a silly nickname for her: her grandparents called her "Lily Flower", her parents "Golden Snitch," her cousins "Lils," Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron "Tiger Lily," her brother James "Dragonfly," Albus "Firecracker."
For only one person she was just "Lily."
8. She was a Chaser, like mum. James played Beater for Gryffindor. During the match, on her 4th year, he hit her with a Bludger and broke her arm. So she would forgive him, he broke his own arm too. They spent the night together in the hospital wing, chatting about girls, boys and Quidditch, and she never loved him more.
9. Alexander Macmillan was tall, had dark, messy hair, blue eyes and a beautiful smile. He was loyal and honest. And he loved her deeply. So, when he asked her to marry him, she said yes. Why, then, did she feel something was missing?
10. She was ten times better at Potions than her Grandma was. She was the youngest Hogwarts Potions Mistress ever. At 25 she discovered the cure for lycanthropy. But she could not figure out the scent in her Amortentia. She knew one thing for sure: it wasn't Alexander.
11. When Severus told her he was the Half-Blood Prince, she thought he was making fun of her.
Then, suddenly, everything made sense.
12. The evening she broke her engagement with Xander, she got drunk in the Headmistress's office, and she did one of the craziest, scariest things she'd ever done. She took a chair, stood on it, and kissed the painted lips of Severus Snape. The next day the painting was empty. It remained so for two weeks.
13. Her mother always told her that the bravest thing you can do is tell a boy you love him. Two weeks later, she did exactly that.
Severus burst into tears.
She was sure, in that moment, that he loved her too.
14. She knows there's always a price to pay for Dark Magic.
She doesn't care.
15. They said there was no way to bring people back from Death.
They were wrong…
I'm expecting flames for this, but I'm ready…bring it on!
Today I'm whipped! For the people who were supporting me for my thesis, everything went fabulous! Tomorrow I'll post a special author note with my special thanks, etc. etc…
For Merritt: thanks for the hugs and good luck! I wanted to give more space to Albus, too, but I needed to tell Lily's story first. In the future, perhaps. And yes, "Albus Severus" is the only good thing in the Epilogue.