The New Dark Lord

She was standing in an empty room, fog swirling around her ankles. Before her stoof a large mirror.

What is it you desire the most? A voice said, echoing off the walls.

"I don't know..." she began to reply, but even as she spoke, figures began to appear in the mirror. She was silent, watching the figures, waiting for it to make sense.

It was her. She was older and had a cocky air about her, complete with a smirk. There was a glint in her eye and she gave of an aura of power.

The figures moved again and she saw something else. It was the front page of the newspaper enlagred. The headline read:

THE NEW DARK LORD--

REVEALED!!

The picture winking at her shocked her awake.

She jolted into an upright position on the bed, panting. It was just a dream, she said to herself. Just a dream...

Later that day, she met up with Max and Hugo in the common room. "C'mon, there's something I have to tell you guys." she told them in a low voice.

They exchanged a courious glance. "What is it?" asked Max.

She shook her head. "Not here, there's too many people. Just follow me."

They were heading out of the common room when they ran into James and his crew. "Just the Potter I wanted to see!" said James in a warm voice, wrapping an arm around Lily's shoulder. "I need to talk to you--alone." he said, pulling her away from everyone.

"What about?"

He sighed and looked at her a bit sadly. "Look Lily, I know it seems like I've been a prat lately, but I'm not the bad guy here, I'm really not. No, listen." He said, as she opened her mouth to interuppt. "Albus is alot more diffrent then you think Lil. Haven't you realized that?"

She thought back to Platform 9 3/4. "A little."

"Kind of a shocker huh? Well, look, I don't know what they've been telling you about me, but don't believe them, okay?"

"You're acting a bit diffrently now too." she pointed out catiously.

"A bit more brotherly? Yeah, I know. That's because you're still my little sister and I care about you, just like a part of me still cares about Albus, even though he can be a bloody bastard."

She laughed a little. "Alright James, I'll try not to mind to much of what Slytherins say." Or what you say, for that matter.

James grinned and gave her a tight, one armed hug. "Great! Well, you and the others probably have somewhere to be going, but if you need me, I'll be in the common room, okay?"

"Alright." she said, returning the hug. "See ya later then."

"Later." He said to her. Turning to Justin and Jay, he nodded toward the common room and they headed off.

Lily sighed and shook her head. "Anyway--let's hurry before we run into anyone else."

She lead them to the lake that she had nearly drowned in three days earlier. They settled themselves on the grass and Lily playing with a blade of grass, still debating whether or not to tell them. "So, what is it?" asked Hugo.

Lily looked between Hugo and Max, feeling an enormous amount of trust toward them. So she told them everything that happened, leaving out the dream--she wouldn' t expect them to take that information well, especially when she couldn't.

"Well?" she said when she was done, looking from the two of them.

"Wow, Lily. I can't belive the hat told you all of that!" Hugo exclaimed.

"Shhhh!" Lily squealed, covering his mouth before he could yell out anything else. "No one's supposed to know!"

"Did the hat say that?"

"Well...no. But I say that. So no telling. What do you think about all of this Max?"

He locked eyes with her, his eyes holding a thoughtful look in them. But he shook his head, breaking eye contact. "I don't know. It's a bit scary."

"Yeah..." Lily agreed, looking across the lake.

Hugo cleared his throat. "So...who do you think it'll be?"

"The Dark Lord? No clue." Lily said arubtly.

"Could be anyone." Max said. " But I don't think it's anyone we know..." he trailed off, not sounding like he belived himself.

"Well, what about the hero? If it's not Uncle Harry, then who is it?" Hugo asked again.

"Someone just as powerful as the Dark Lord. Maybe more. Not important now though. Because there won't be one for another few years." Lily pointed out.

Max nodded. "I agree. I think the best thing to do is keep out eye and ears open for clues. And not to mention this to anyone, and that means our parents."

"Right. This secreat is between us and the Hat. And if it gets serious, we'll go tell Rose, James, and Albus." said Hugo.

"No, not Albus." Said Max.

"No, not James." said Lily at the same time. Hugo looked between the two of them, confused. Lily turned to Max. "What do you mean, not Albus?!"

He shrugged. "He's a Slytherin. I don't think we should trust him when it comes to Dark Lords. Why not James?"

"Cuz he's a prat!"

Maz shook his head. "We talked to Justin and Jay. They said he's not nearly as bad as Albus is; it's just that Albus has us fooled."

Lily's eyes flashed. "That's it. I'm going to find some girls to be friends with. Guys are too big of idiots." With that, she got up and left, leaving Max and Hugo to each others company.

Authors Note: Sorry it took so long to write this. I acutually had it ready for months now, but felt to lazy to type it. I'm working on Chapter 5 as well at the moment. Oh, and ignore all the bad grammer. I wrote it on FanFic, so it didn't correct any mistakes. Anyway, waiting for your reviews.

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and for the past reviwers hands out cookies lol

Dobbys Socks & Vimmi: James huh? Very intresting...

-bluestar- raven-starfire-7-: Last time I checked Lily had TWO grandparents. James and Lily Potter, and Arthur and Molly Weasly. Just cuz Harry's the famous one, doesn't mean she has to inherit everything from him. And I read all the parts where Arthur Weasly was, and concluded that he had blue eyes.

Your gonna have to be really patiant for the rest of the story...lol