OH, and I don't have a Beta right now, so I put full trust into Microsoft Word and my memory. I made James only a year older then Albus, cuz that's what I understood from the book. Anyway, this is a pretty intresting chapter, and I think the third chapter is probably the longest one. Sooo enjoy.
CRSSNG THE LKE
Lily and her cousins walked down the aisle of the train, looking into each compartment for Albus and the others. "Oh!" she exclaimed as she bumped right into Justin as he emerged from the compartment ahead. "I'm sorry about that." She mumbled.
He grinned down at her. "It's fine Lily. Where are you headed off to?"
"We're looking for Albus and Scorpius. Do you know where they are?"
His eyes went cold. "No. Why would I know that? Look, I think it'd be a better idea if you sat with me and James."
Lily raised her eyebrow. "You're not a prefect—you can't tell me what to do."
"Fine. Go ruin your reputation by sitting with those Death Eaters. Have—"
He was silenced by a slap. Lily crossed her arms and gave him a look that resembled one that her grandmother gave Uncle George. "Don't you ever call my older brother a Death Eater ever again, got it? Because if you do, you and I are gonna have problems. Big ones."
Justin put a hand on the side of his face, which was still red, and looked at Lily. "I—whatever." He shook his head and went back into the compartment, slamming the door shut.
"Jerk." Lily muttered as the continued on.
Rose stood next to her, worrying. "Oh no, what if we get in—"
"We won't get in trouble." Lily assured her. "If he's smart, he'd keep his mouth shut. Besides, he'd be in just as much trouble—you're not supposed to accuse anyone of being a Death Eater. They take that seriously."
"Well can you blame them?" commented Hugo in a small voice.
The girls were quiet. "Oi! Over here Lily!" Came a shout from the compartment that they had just passed.
They turned around and saw Rudolph waving them in. Once in the compartment, Lily sat between Scorpius and Albus. "I saw Justin in the aisle…he tried to get me to sit with them, and then accused you guys of being Death Eaters." Both Rudolph and Scorpius shifted uncomfortably. "But I shut him up pretty well after I slapped him."
Scorpius looked down at her in surprise. "Seriously? Bloody hell Lily! First you disarm Rudolph, then you back talk Potter, and now you slap Wood? You might get sorted into Slytherin after all."
Albus looked at his friend sharply. "I really hope not. It'd be too hard on her."
"What?" Lily asked confused. "If you're worried about James and them, don't be. I can take care of myself—"
"No, that's not it. I mean, that's not just it. The Griffindor's will hex you any chance they get…some of them, anyway. And the other Slytherin's won't like you because you're a Potter." Albus explained.
"You're a Potter too!"
He sighed. "I know. And it took me my first two years to get them to stop hexing me in between classes and at night."
"But if I have you—"
"You won't though. Didn't you see how we acted to each other back at the Platform in front of those girls? We'll stick together against enemies we both have, but usually it's every man for himself. I mean…we all have friends, and some of us will have the guts to defend them, but a lot of the time, we will fight each other if we want the same thing."
"So you think I'd be better off in Gryffindor?" she asked weakly.
He hesitated. "Well, I guess. I'll tell the Slytherin's not to hex you, and they'll probably listen, but it's a lot better then being put in Slytherin, because you won't have James hexing you from every which way." He said bitterly.
"Why does he give you so much trouble? You're his brother!" Lily exclaimed, confused.
"Ha, like that git cares about family." Laughed Rudolph. "You should hear him talk, it's rather hypocritical."
Scorpius noted Lily's still confused look. "Look Lily, James, Jay, and Justin—the teachers refer to them as the Triple J Threat—have practically sworn themselves against us. We're fighting them till the day they graduate, and it kinda helps that they're a year above us. But in a way, it doesn't, because they learn the stronger hexes first. You can't get in the way though, because as soon as a Gryffindor defends a Slytherin, other Gryffindor's will turn against him…or her."
Lily nodded. "Yeah okay. I'll just be okay with whatever the bloody hat decides, I guess."
"Good. Now let's change the subject, shall we?" purposed Rose.
Hugo shifted in his seat. "The hat," he said nervously, "it doesn't hurt, does it?"
"What do you mean?" Rudolph asked him.
"When you put the hat on, does it hurt?"
Rudolph looked at him like he was insane. "It's an almost normal hat Weasly. It's just that it can see you for who you really are, not who you pretend to be."
"Then I'll probably be put in Hufflepuff." He said miserably.
Rudolph snorted. "You're lucky if you even get put there."
Rose glared at him and slapped his arm. "Don't talk to my little brother like that!"
He grinned at her sheepishly. "Well it's true! Alright, alright," he said at the look on Rose's face. "Hugo, you'll probably be put in some lower classes House, like Hufflepuff or…well, I think you'll probably be put in Huffy."
Lily rolled her eyes. "Not helping Ruddy."
"Ya? Well let's see you do better!"
"I—oh hey Max." Lily said, looking at the person who had just opened the door. Her first cousin stood there sheepishly.
"Hey Lily…Albus…is there room?" he asked quietly.
"Yeah, right there." Lily replied, pointing to the seat in front of her, which was empty.
"Great." He said, going over to it, closing the door behind him. "So how are you?"
"Good." They all replied, expect for Hugo, who had said "horrible."
Max looked down at him. "Really? Why are you doing so badly?"
Hugo shrugged. "I'm just really nervous about the Sorting Ceremony."
Max nodded. "Yeah so am I…" he just trailed off, looking out the window. A small silence fell over the room.
"So Max…how's the rest of the family?" Albus asked mildly. He was referring to their dad's cousin, Dudley Dursley, and his wife, Fiona Dursley.
"Oh Mum and Dad are fine. Lucy's excited…she's really hoping she gets into Hogwarts."
"How many years does she have left?" Lily asked.
"Well, since she's turning nine in November, she only has two years."
"That's great." Lily said with a smile.
Maximillion nodded, his chestnut brown hair flopping over his clear blue eyes. He took after his mother—tall, more athletically built, with brown hair and blue eyes. His little sister was like that as well; only her eyes were a bright, baby blue, ones that got complimented every time she went out.
They sat in silence for a while, and Lily began to doze off. She woke up to the stirrings of Scorpius, whose shoulder she had borrowed to put her head on. "Oh, sorry Scorp."
He shook his head. "No problem Lily." He turned to the rest of them. "We might want to put our robes on. We're sure to be there in a few."
As they changed into their robes, the train came into a halt. "Nice call Scorpio." Rudolph commented.
Scorpius shrugged. "What can I say—I try."
Lily laughed and looked out the window to see a familiar shape. "Hugo! It's Hagrid!"
Albus raised his eyebrow at his sister. "C'mon Lily, you know Hagrid still take the first years across the lake. Now hurry, he's not gonna wait forever."
Lily nodded and she, Hugo, and Max rushed out the room, Lily clearing the way by shoving past other. "Oi!" exclaimed one blond boy. "Watch where you're going!"
"Oi, why don't you watch where I'm going?" she retorted back, hurriedly jumping out the train.
She slowed to a calm walk as Hugo and Max caught up with her. Hugo was panting. "Gosh Lily, can't you slow down?"
"Nope; gotta get sorted Hug!"
"Yeah I know, but still…you didn't have to shove past everyone."
Lily shrugged. "I had somewhere to go; so what if I step on a few toes to get there? Hey Hagrid!" Max and Hugo shared a glance, but let the discussion drop.
The half giant looked down at her and grinned. "Why 'ello there Lily! Yer in yer firs' year this year? Why, look at how fast the time goes!"
Lily smiled sweetly. "Yup. How's the baby?"
He grinned. "Getting bigger every day." His wife, the former Madame Maxime, now Madame Hagrid, had given birth to a baby girl a few months back, and they named her Antoinette.
"Can't wait to see her. She must be adorable!"
"Well, ye lot are always welcome at the hut anytime, ye know. Why don't you come for tea on Saturday?"
"That'd be great. Hey Hagrid, can we get first choice of boats?"
He raised his eyebrows at her and shook his head. "I knew yer were gettin' at something Potter. Yeah, ye lot go ahead and choose. But mind, you need to let one more person with you."
Lily sighed. "Alright, alright. We'll try to be nice."
Hagrid clapped her on the shoulder, almost making her fall over. "Ye can try as hard as ye want Ms Potter, but I have my doubts that ye will ever succeed." He shook his head and walked away, calling "Firs' years! Firs' years this way!"
Lily mumbled something under her breath and led her cousins over to one of the smaller boats that looked like it would only be able to seat three people. Hugo looked at it nervously. "I dunno Lily, it's too far away from the others to be one of the boats we're supposed to choose from…"
"Hug. A boat's a boat, no matter where it is. Right?"
"I guess…" he still surveyed the boat nervously.
Lily turned to Max. "What do you think Max?"
He hesitated. "Well…I'm not sure. I guess you have a point, but so does Hugo. Whatever you decide will be fine with me."
"Great!" Lily said with a smile. "Then we'll take this boat! Who wants to go in first?" The boys looked at the ground. "Okay then, I'll go! Hold it steady for me."
The boys held the boat steady as Lily easily stepped onto the boat and sat down next to one of the oars—another thing that made the boat different then the rest was that this one had oars and the others didn't.
"Alright now, Hugo, you come in next!"
Hugo looked at the boat and shook his head. "Lily, I don't think this is one of the choices. Let's go ask Hagrid—"
"No! This one is better then the other ones Hugo, I promise! And…and you'll have me!" she said in a burst. "C'mon Hug…when have I ever let you down?"
"A lot of times! Like…like when you told me Mum wouldn't get mad if we played around in Grandpa's attic. And when you told me that the tree branch would hold both of our weights. Oh, and don't think I'm gonna forget when you told me that it was perfectly okay to feed Mrs. Nelson's dogs!"
Lily sighed. "Okay, you have a point, but c'mon. There's no ghoul here, no tree branch, and no crazy dogs. And I can assure you that this boat will hold all our weight."
"That's what you said about the tree branch, and I'm still sore from all that falling…and that was three years ago." Hugo muttered under his breath as he stepped onto the boat. He carefully made his way to the seat across from Lily, who beamed at him.
"There ya go! Now that wasn't so hard, was it?"
"Shut up." He mumbled at her.
She just rolled her eyes and looked at Max. "You're turn Maxie."
"Alright." He said, and stepped onto the boat just as easily as Lily had. Taking his seat at the other oar, he looked at her. "If we're on the only ones that have oars, do you think that the other boats are being pulled along by magic?"
"Probably. We'll just have to do it the Muggle way though, huh?" Lily replied cheerfully.
"You get excited at the weirdest thing Lil." Hugo muttered.
"Yeah I know, isn't it great?" She replied cheerfully. Hugo just groaned. "Oh look Hugie! They've started to leave! Ya think we should start rowing?"
"If we have any desire to actually get to the castle, then yes, I say we should." Replied Hugo.
Lily laughed and begun rowing. "You know, this is more fun then doing it with magic."
Max and Hugo exchanged a look, but said nothing. The first five minutes went by in silence, and the trio were slowly coming up behind the others, when all of a sudden, the boat began rocking back and forth. "Hugo, stop moving." Said Max.
"What? I'm not moving!"
"Well, then why is the boat rocking?" Max asked slowly.
Lily remembered tales her brothers and uncles told her about a large squid that lived in the lake. "Do you think it could be the giant squid?"
Hugo paled. "I really hope not because—"he was cut off by a large tentacle shooting up out of the water and grabbing Lily.
"Ahhhh!" she screamed. "Hugo! Max! Do something!"
"Like what?" They both replied in unison, as Lily was being lifted higher into the air.
"HOW THE BLOODY HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!"
Students in the boats ahead heard Lily's screams and the trio could hear Hagrid shout her name. The squid quickly dragged Lily into the water, and before she hit the water with a loud SPLASH, Lily took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, she was staring face to face with the squid. Realizing that she was underwater, she resisted the urge to scream.
The squid was a purple-ish blue, with large brown eyes. Oddly, he reminded Lily of a puppy. A figure slowly began to rise from behind the squid. Lily screamed when she was its face. It was without a doubt, the ugliest mermaid that she had ever seen—and she wished she hadn't.
The mermaid screamed and pushed its spear into the squid. In shock, the squid let go of Lily, who took advantage of the moment and began swimming to the surface, thanking her dad for forcing her to take swimming lessons.
Just before she could reach the surface, little sea creatures grabbed her by the legs and began pulling her down. She was dangerously low on oxygen, having used pretty much all of it to scream when she saw the mermaid. Hurriedly, she began to kick off the buggers. However, the more she kicked off, the more that appeared. She began to lose all her oxygen, and slowly fell into darkness.
AN: Have I killed off the main character? Or was Lily just who I WANTED you to think the main character was...?