Lily Luna Potter lay in the Gryffindor common room, staring at the crackling fire. Her mouth was turned down in a frown and her eyebrows wrinkled together. The shadows the fire cast upon her face made her look aged; despite the fact Lily was only sixteen years old. She tossed and turned on the large red couch, worrying about her brother, James.

Lily knew something was wrong when she saw her brother trying to sneak in to the common room around eleven o'clock at night. Lily couldn't sleep, so she decided to come down stairs and read by the firelight. Right as Lily began falling asleep she heard a voice whisper the Gryffindor password and the door open. She quickly turned to see her brother standing there, a confused look on his face.

"Wha…why are you up?" he stammered.

Lily put her hands on her hips and sighed, something her mother would do. "What do you mean, what am I doing up? Why did you just get back to the common room?"

James smiled. "You sound like mum," he said.

"Don't change the subject!" Lily barked back. James nodded. "Tell me why you just got back!"

James sighed heavily. "Fine." Lily smiled triumphantly, waiting for her brother to rat himself out.

"I was out taking to Lorcan," he said. Lily frowned. She didn't believe her brother. He was a horrible liar, which made no sense considering he always lied.

"Can I ask you a question?" Lily asked. James nodded. "Why would you be talking to Lorcan this late at night?"

James shrugged. "I don't know, just to talk. He's like family and I haven't chatted with him for a while." He spread his arms, pretending to yawn. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to go to bed." Lily nodded and James quickly ran up the stairs leading to the boy's dormitory. Lily sighed and walked over to the couch, plopping down. Her bright red hair flew around her before settling on her shoulders.

Many hours passed before Lily actually fell asleep. It was almost four o'clock in the morning when she closed her eyes and let the exhaustion overcome her. When she woke up, the fire in the fireplace had gone out and light was shining through the windows. A few people had come down from their beds and started their daily routines. James hopped down the stairs, looking happy and well rested. He saw that Lily was still downstairs and walked over to her.

"Hello sis," he said, sitting next to her on the couch.

"Good morning," she mumbled. James laughed and walked back up the boy's dormitory stairs. Lily stared at the empty fireplace for a few minutes before walking up the stairs to the girl's dormitory. She snuck into the room, trying not to wake any people up. She made it to her bed before stubbing her toe and screaming at the top of her lungs. One girl jumped up and pulled out her wands, while two others woke up screaming.

"Bloody hell!" Rose Weasley said, obviously agitated. "What happened?"

Lily blushed in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry everybody."

"You should be," Rose mumbled under her breath.

Lily rolled her eyes before searching through her trunk, looking for clothes to wear. She pulled out a red and black plaid skirt, along with a plain white button up shirt. A few people scoffed at Lily for her sense of style this particular morning. She didn't seem fazed by the noises as she walked over to the corner of the room and changed quickly.

Sorry about how short this chapter is. The next one will be longer I swear! :)

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