-1Apology: Okay I'm soooooo sorry for the extremely long delay in this chapter. My muse for this chapter just sort of went bye bye but I think it's back. At least it's back for this chapter and I hope you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own HP or DJT. They're owned by the fabulous J.K. Rowling and Anne Bishop.

Shout Outs: I can't remember everybody who's been poking and prodding me to add another chapter but this chapter goes out to all the people who have remained faithful and who keep checking back for new chapters. I'll try and get these chapter's out a bit more regularly again.

Author's Note: Yes I know both series are complete (for the most part) but this story was started back in 2003 and I'm going to keep to that frame of mind. Nobody has to worry about any HP spoilers since when I started this story book 6 wasn't even out yet and I don't even remember if book 5 was. I also started this before Dreams Made Flesh was released so even though we now know that Karla is a lesbian for the sake of this story she isn't and she has a daughter.

I think that's it so on with the story

Chapter 14

Lily sighed softly as she laid on one of the couches in the Slytherin common room and stared up at ceiling. She knew her uncle was more then likely furious with her and she couldn't really blame him. She'd never actually openly ignored him like she'd done in the Great Hall the night before so she was a little worried about the consequences might be. Part of her wanted to go find him so she could beg him for forgiveness but another part of her was saying that if she did that then she would be letting them know that their treatment of Draco was okay by her and it wasn't. Ever since she'd arrived at Hogwarts it had become fairly obvious to the young queen that the rivalry between the Gryffindor and Slytherin houses was bigger then they'd first assumed but that didn't mean she didn't want to see them all united.

As Lily rolled on to her side she stared into the empty grate of the fireplace and tucked one arm under her head. She knew she was going to have to go down to breakfast but she really was not ready to face her family. She wondered if they'd already gotten word to her parents and if the minute she stepped into the room she would be dragged back home against her will.

Deciding that the only way to find out was to go out there and face the music Lily slowly sat up and looked around the room for somebody to walk with. She smiled slightly when she saw Draco enter the common room and after slowly getting to her feet she walked over to him and came to a stop in front of him. She knew he was nervous about facing her family again and without saying a word Lily took his hand and tried to transfer some sort of comfort to him before she gave his hand a gentle tug and the two made their way out of the common room and through the dungeons.

A few minutes later Lily and Draco found themselves standing outside the Great Hall and after taking a couple of deep breaths Lily let Draco's hand go then pushed the door open. With a confident smirk Lily looked around at the everybody as all the talking in the room came to an abrupt end. She looked across the room at her uncle who was openly glaring daggers at Draco and with a small nod in his direction as a greeting Lily headed towards the Slytherin table making sure to give Draco's arm a light tug so he'd follower her to the table.

Feeling all eyes on her Lily ignored them and took a seat before she began to serve herself to eat. Never once did she look up towards the staff table and after a few minutes the talking of other students began to fill the air. Once the talking had begun Lily chanced a glance up towards the staff table and she sighed when she found her uncle staring at her. Turning away Lily began talking to Pansy when all of a sudden her uncle was in her mind.

"You know you have some explaining to do right?" Lucivar said in a tone that although wasn't actually spoken let Lily know she was in trouble.

"Well you are all judging Draco on the words of his enemies. If I was to judge you on your enemies words I doubt you'd look very favorable either." Lily replied without bothering to look up. She knew her uncle was probably still staring at her but that didn't mean she had to stare at him and let other's know a conversation was going on.

Inwardly Lily smirked when her uncle didn't immediately respond but when he did a small scowl formed on her lips.

"When you come home for Winsol we're having a serious discussion with your parents on whether or not you should be allowed to return."

"You can't stop me from coming. I've already made friends and I'm here to try and bring the two worlds together." Lily said forgetting all pretenses of not talking to her uncle as she looked up and stared directly into his eyes. "You can't pull us away from here."

"Who said anything about Raya. We're talking about you and you're new found attitude. You didn't have this attitude when you left Lily. We know you're getting it from your housemates. Before you know it you'll be thinking your better the everybody just like they do." Lucivar responded as he held on to his niece's glare. He'd never turned away from grown men when they glared at him and he wasn't about to let his teenage niece be the first to do it.

Lily gave a soft growl and as the people around her looked at her they realized that she was talking to her uncle by the way the two were staring into each other's eyes. Both looked angry and when Lily finally turned away they knew that her uncle had won whatever debate they'd been having.

After taking a drink from her pumpkin juice Lily stood up and placed her hand lightly on Draco's shoulder before leaning over and whispering: "I'm going to head back to the common room if you guys need me."

Without waiting for an answer Lily turned and walked out of the Great Hall wondering if they'd really force her to stay home when she didn't want to.