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Lily ran a brush through her hair, tilting her head as if it would allow her to look at herself in the mirror more efficiently. She rarely dolled herself up all fancy like this, preferring to leave that to Tori and Daisy, but at this time, it was certainly important. She and her two friends were receiving Special Awards for Services to the School for the work they had done in capturing Teddy Lupin, an old family friend- turned attempted murderer who wanted revenge for his parents' deaths. It was all slightly surreal.
She adjusted her hair one last time and went out to the Slytherin common room, still fussing with the slightly-too-tight silver dress robes that she had originally bought in case there was some sort of school dance. She had added a bit of green trim to the sleeves, neckline, and hem to accentuate her House pride (so many people were still in awe that Harry Potter's daughter had made it into his rival house), and in her opinion, it looked quite good.
Scorpius was waiting for her, wearing black dress robes with the same green trim (she couldn't help but wonder how he had managed that, seeing as his dorm-mates wouldn't have helped him with it like hers did), and looking rather uncomfortable with the particular clothes. "Don't like to dress up, huh?" she couldn't help but jibe as they went down to the feast, waving to Rose at the Ravenclaw table who was wearing beautiful dark blue dress robes.
"You got it," he muttered back as they sat down. Tori was across from them, looking more happy than ever. She had been depressed since Daisy's fall, but now was rather upbeat and pleased. "What's happened to you?" he asked her.
"Daisy's up," she said excitedly. "Weak, but she's up, and now Madam Bones is sure that she's going to be okay. The other girl- your cousin, Lily- is up too."
"Roxanne's up?" It took all of Lily's strength not to go racing out of the Great Hall to go visit Roxanne. "Is she alright?"
"I think. It's not like I was talking to her or anything, but I saw her eyes open and she took a sip of water. Anyway, what's happened to you two? Going on a date or something?"
"No," Lily said, rolling her eyes at her friend. "You'll see. Let's just say it's rather exciting."
Tori jiggled in her seat. "Now you've got me excited. Please tell me. Please, we're friends, aren't we? Come on-"
She was cut off by Professor Clearwater standing up. "I'm sure you all know about the recent attacks that have terrified students- Sara Creevey, Daisy Zabini, and Roxanne Weasley. Well, we have caught the culprit, who turned out to be Defense Against the Dark Arts assistant Teddy Lupin. However, it was not us teachers who discovered this. It was three students. Will Rose Weasley, Scorpius Malfoy, and Lily Luna Potter please come forward?" They strolled up and stood facing the crowd of students, all who looked rather surprised. "These three students found out that it was Teddy Lupin who attacked those three girls. Because of this, I would like to present them each with a Special Award for Services to the School."
Goyle came out from the side, carrying three rather large trophies, and handed one to each student. They held them up, amid loud cheers from the crowd, especially the Slytherin table, the Ravenclaw table, and the various Weasleys. The cheering would have gone on if it weren't for Professor Clearwater gesturing to quiet down, causing Lily, Rose, and Scorpius to lower the trophies to a more respectable level. "These three, despite putting themselves in danger and breaking numerous school rules, have done a great service to this school. They should be proud of themselves."
After the feast, of course, and even during, it seemed as though everybody wanted to talk to the three. It lasted so long that all the teachers, apart from Professor Clearwater, retreated to their quarters or offices rather than wait for the students to leave, which was the custom. James and his girlfriend Caitlyn, a blonde, attractive sixth-year from Gryffindor, were some of the last people to come up to Lily.
"Wow," James said, whistling. "Never would of thought, two Slytherins could actually do something good." He turned to Caitlyn. "That's my little sister, you know. My family's just brimming with famous people who can totally kick bad guys' arses."
Lily couldn't help but roll her eyes. "If you don't stop calling me little, I'm going to kick your arse."
"Okay, okay, don't want to offend the famous Savior of Hogwarts. Or should I call you the Savior of the Wizarding World, Part Two? Or the Girl Who Lived? Or-"
"Leave." Lily said good-naturedly, lightly shoving James' chest. "I got lots of people who want to talk to me."
"Leaving."
Lily grinned at her brother's retreating back. She was loving the attention, as would any teenager, especially one who had previously only received attention for being the daughter of the Chosen One, the daughter of the Chosen One who had made it into Slytherin, or the girl who got in trouble more often than anyone else. The last people in the crowd dissipated, and she went over to Rose and Scorpius. "Wow. It's hard to believe, still, don't you think?"
"Absolutely," Rose said. "Look, we made a name for ourselves- and not the name 'Bane of Every Teacher's Existence,' either. We actually did something that helped the school. I'm kind of proud of us, aren't you?"
"Definitely," Scorpius said, poking his chest out and strutting around the girls. "It's going to be so easy to get girls from now on. Everybody loves a hero."
"Is that all you can think about?" Lily teased as they made their way down to the hospital wing.
"Yeah."
"Boys." Rose rolled her eyes. "Anyway, things are going to be pretty interesting from now on. We should do this more often."
"What, solve mysteries? It's not like there's loads of stuff happening."
"Look at our parents' time at Hogwarts, and the times before them. There's always things going on in the magical world," Rose replied. "We should…sniff them out. You know, Scorpius, everybody loves a hero, especially one who's saved them multiple times."
"I promise," Lily said, "that if something else comes up- if, mind you- we'll do something about it. There's no way that a Potter, a Weasley, and a Malfoy are going to sit back and let somebody else steal all the glory. Deal?"
"Deal," the other two replied.
Lily walked a couple feet ahead of them and pushed open the door to the infirmary, waving at Madam Bones. Rose was right, she thought as she dashed over to Roxanne. Things were going to get a whole lot more interesting around here.
THE END.
A/N: I finished! Wow. That was actually really fun to write, and I think I left the possibility open for a sequel, if I ever get around to it. I have a lot of other ideas that I would rather work on right now, but you never know. Anyway, since this is the last chapter, this is now complete, and will not be updated anymore. I would like to thank everyone who read this, and lots of love to the great J.K. Rowling who made this project possible. Please review and tell me what you thought.