Over the next few years, life at Hogwarts had been pleasant for Amaryllis. She did very good in all of her classes and didn't get into any trouble. The sorting hats words were true, Amaryllis' potential did seem to blossom. She hadn't completely grown out of her old personality, but she didn't allow people to easily push her around, even if it meant being an absolute bitch. Dorcas' influence definitely helped and none would believe the trouble the two would get into (or didn't get into seeing as they were never caught.)

Her contact with Lily -and Severus- had been limited throughout the years, casually saying hello, not that Severus would ever reply, in the hallways. Luckily, her contact with the group that called themselves 'The Marauders' was practically non-existent, except for Remus and occasionally Sirius. Remus was the only Gryffindor friend she had after finally dubbing him as her friend in 3rd year -even though they had studied together since first-. Both she and Dorcas were grateful for Remus because he always warned them about any prank his friends would play on their house and Xenophilius was informed, as well, but the boy found the pranks rather... amusing.

Amaryllis managed not to get pranked at all... until the end of her fourth year when Remus was too 'sick' -or maybe he hadn't known- to warn her.

Amaryllis laid on her bed, eyes closed, chest falling up and down, and she looked peaceful. Hands reached out and shoved her off of the bed, ruining her peaceful sleep. Amaryllis' eyes snapped open and a pained noise escaped her throat. She glared at Dorcas who was roaring with laughter.

"The Ice Queen is back," Violet whispered to Pamela. A couple of students had started calling Amaryllis the 'Ice Queen', due to the way her pale blue eyes sent a shiver down your spine when she glared at you. Safe to say, people, tended to avoid Amaryllis unless they knew her -or wanted to know her-.

"That's a lovely way to wake up from a nap." The blonde grumbled. Dorcas offered her a hand, still snickering, and Amaryllis accepted it.

"Amara, don't be such a downer. We're going to the feast!" Dorcas exclaimed, happily. Amaryllis shrugged at her words, yawning as she made her way to the bathroom, slightly annoyed that her nap was interrupted.

Amaryllis ran her hand through her blonde locks, which were slightly frizzy. Dorcas snorted when her hand got stuck in her hair. "You shouldn't have packed up your brush already. Why don't you just use a spell?" Dorcas questions as they make their way to the Great Hall.

"Don't feel like it." She yawns, tugging on her tie to loosen it. A group of laughing third year Slytherins shoved their way past them.

"What a loser!" One of the boys exclaimed.

Amaryllis frowned, looking back to where they came from and saw Xenophilius standing there with a confused look on his face. One of his shoes was off of his foot and placed around his neck by the laces. Dorcas sent a few hexes their way as Amaryllis walked over to her fellow Ravenclaw.

"Are you okay, Xenophilius?" Amaryllis asked. The boy nodded, leaning against the wall to put his shoe back on. "Did they insult the nargles again?"

"No, it was the Wrackspurts this time. They probably have dozens of them floating around their heads and they don't even realise it." Xenophilius sighed as if he felt sorry for the group of Slytherins.

"Too bad for them," Amara mumbled, her friend's personality never ceased to amaze her.

"Come on, Xeno and Amara! We'll miss the feast at this rate!" Dorcas calls, ignoring the whimpering Slytherins. Xenophilius pushed himself off the wall and walked over to Dorcas with Amaryllis.

"I hope they have pudding." The boy whispers to himself, making both of the girls share a smile.

"I'm just hoping for something that isn't strawberry," Amaryllis replied. Dorcas just shook her head at the two and sighed.

"Of course neither of you would hope that we won the House Cup!" Dorcas exclaimed. "I tried really hard to answer questions in class this year." She mumbled.

"Gryffindor is obviously winning the House Cup this year, Meadowes." An arrogant voice called. Amaryllis rolled her eyes not even bothering to confirm who it was. Dorcas grinned cheekily and waved her wand threateningly.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Black." The girls weren't friends with him, but they did occasionally banter, in a playful way.

"It's a win-win either way," Sirius says, a secretive smile on his lips.

"That's your 'I know something you don't' smile." Amaryllis deadpanned. "I don't like it."

"That isn't what you were saying the other ni-" Amara cast a silencing charm on the boy, who simply winked in response. She rolled her eyes, a smirk curving her lips, and dragged both of her friends away.

"Amara..." Dorcas whined as her friend dragged her by the arm.

"We, both, know that Gryffindor is winning the House Cup," Amaryllis mumbles, as they enter the Great Hall.

"Yeah. Did Remus tell you if they're planning any pranks for the end of the year?"

Amara shakes her head, taking a seat at the Ravenclaw table. "We haven't got the chance to talk. He was sick last night." Amaryllis says.

"Weird, how he's always sick..."

The Gryffindors won the House Cup, just as Amaryllis predicted, by a few extra points. The house was cheering loudly and other houses were sulking or clapping politely. Dumbledore silenced them and raised his goblet, everyone else followed his actions.

Amaryllis was to busy listening to the Headmaster to see Remus gesturing for her not to drink from her goblet.

"Congratulations Gryffindor." He took a sip from his goblet and changed the banners to the proper house colours, Slytherin won last year. Shrieks erupted from several people's mouths at the same time the banners changed.

The entire Great Hall, including staff, had glittering, gold hair and scarlet eyebrows. Originally, the Marauders were going to make everyone have half gold and half scarlet, but they remembered that some students would have to go back into the muggle world.

"POTTER, BLACK!" McGonagall roared, actually managing to sound like a lion. The boys snickered as they turned to her, changing their smirks to innocent expressions.

"Yes, professor?" They chanted, their scarlet eyebrows raised in unison. McGonagall's face turned red, knowing that she couldn't give them detention now.

"Detention when school starts." She tells them, calmly. James and Sirius high-fived each other like this was an accomplishment. Remus held his head in his hands and Peter laughed along with the other boys.

"I don't think your hair has changed that much," Dorcas says from her seat. Around them, girls were either crying because the colour didn't suit them, or asking their friends if the colours looked good on them. The boys were non-caring, but several of them tried multiple spells to change their hair back to their original colour.

"Gold doesn't suit you, neither does red," Amaryllis whispers, a smile tugging at her lips. She looked at Xenophilius, who was curiously examining one of his gold locks and began to chuckle. Her gaze went over to the Gryffindor table to where her sister was sitting, and she frowned. Her twin had been spared from the prank and Potter was talking to her with a cocky smile.

"Leave me alone, Potter!" Her sister screeched. The boy stumbled like he was pushed away by her voice. Lily stood up, walking away, and the boy continued to stare at her.

"Poor boy. He's whipped." Dorcas says.

Remus looked at his friends as they joked around. "Why didn't you tell me about this prank until the last minute?" He asks. Sirius stops ruffling James' hair and grins at his fellow Marauder.

"I noticed that a certain little trio of Ravenclaws always managed to avoid our pranks, so I convinced James not to tell you. Tonight was the first time we successfully pranked them." Sirius says, casually.

"She's going to be mad now." Remus groans, planting his face on the pillow. "I always inform her abou-"

"Have you told her about your furry little problem?" Sirius asks, suddenly. Remus shakes his head, furiously. James has a confused expression on his face as he wonders who they're talking about.

"Who?" Peter asks.

"The Ravenclaw who Moony studies with. I think we met her on the train in the first year. What's her name... Something Evans?" Sirius' eyebrows furrow in false confusion. James' head perks up at the last name.

"Evans?"

"Amaryllis, you remember her Peter?" Remus asks. The mousy boy shakes his head a bit before nodding.

"The blonde one and her friend... Dory!" Remus shakes his head, not even bothering to correct him.

"Does this... Amaryllis have any relation to my Lily flower?" James asks, curiously. Remus opens his mouth to speak, but Sirius interrupts him.

"Of course not. Evans is a muggleborn and it's simply a common muggle name. They're in the same year too. It must be a coincidence." He tells James. "Your Evans has red hair, this one has blonde. Green eyes versus blue ones. They're in different houses too." The house statement made it seem like that explained the whole argument.

"You're right. I think I would notice if two Lily flowers were walking around." James mumbles. Remus shakes his head, again not bothering to correct them.

Amaryllis hugged Dorcas when they spotted the brunette's -currently golden- parents. "I'll come by tomorrow okay?" Amaryllis nods and her best friend skips over to her parents. She smiles when she sees Mrs. Meadowes gasp at Dorcas' golden hair.

The golden-haired girl spins around and bumps into a person. "So sorry." She mumbles, taking a few steps back. Her eyes travel up to see who it was she bumped into and the girl breaks out into a grin. Standing in front of her in all his golden-haired glory is a scowling Severus Snape. His scarlet eyebrows have a tint of black in them.

"Out of the way, Amaryllis." He sneers. She raises her scarlet eyebrows, this was the most he's said to her all school year, at least it was an insult. "Are you a dunderhead?" Never mind.

"You wound me, Severus." Both her expression and voice were serious, so the Slytherin had no way of telling if she was being sarcastic. Amaryllis got a better grip on her trunk and moved out of his way. She scanned the crowd for Lily or her parents.

"Amaryllis." A voice called out. Remus stopped in front of her, panting slightly. "Before you left, I had to know if you were upse-" Amaryllis cut him off.

"It's fine, Remus. Just a harmless prank. It's not like I expect you to tell me about every single one of them." She tells him. His shoulders relax and he nods. Amaryllis gaze flickers to her eldest sister, who is waiting with her twin. "I have to go. Owl me this summer, okay?" With that Amaryllis darts in the direction of her sisters.

"There you are, Amaryllis!" Petunia exclaims. Amaryllis smiles and wraps her sister in a hug. "I've missed you." She whispers. Lily looks at both of them, trying not to feel like a third wheel as they hug.

"Where's mum and dad?" Lily asks as they release from their hug.

"Work. Mum told me to pick you both up." Petunia answers. Her eyes widened when she took the time to look at her youngest sisters hair. "Your hair!"

"Some arrogant toe rags played a prank on the whole school," Lily mumbled, glaring at air. Petunia's eyes narrowed at the -still- redhead and she crossed her arms.

"How come your hair is fine?" She asked, accusingly. Lily had no chance to speak because Petunia cut her off once more. "Of course. Precious little Lily was spared the embarrassment. What about your sister? Huh?" Lily was at loss for words and sent a glance to Amaryllis.

"Petunia it's fine. One of the morons in charge of the prank is in love with Lily. He probably assumed that him sparing her would make her give him a chance. I actually like this colour, don't you think it suits me?" Amaryllis blinks innocently at her older sister, holding up a strand of her golden locks. Petunia treated Amaryllis like she was still a child even though the girl was already 15, so she used it to her best advantage. Petunia agreed, they all left the station and went towards their car.

Amaryllis sat in the passenger seat, staring outside of the window as the scenery changed from buildings to a more country setting. Her hair blew out the window, she smiled to herself as she enjoyed the feeling of wind blowing against her face.

"Summer at last."