Chapter Twelve: Happiness can be Found Even in the Darkest of Places

Author's Note: Thanks for your reviews, favourites, follows and reads! It's always awesome to see more of them! I was able to fix a mistake last chapter and it annoyed me a lot so I updated the chapter. What makes a person think the Fault in our Skies? I don't even know. Perhaps it's because they both start with s! I have no idea but I'm so sorry!

This is a memory chapter of Lily's!

Disclaimer: You know how a dream is a wish your heart makes? Well I've had some pretty strange HP dreams and I certainly don't wish to cut Albus Dumbledore in half (the upper half of course) and bury the upper half of Dumbledore at my old primary school. So anyway, after you get over that strange disclaimer, I don't own Harry Potter but I know who does and reckon you might know her! J.K. Rowling owns it so all rights to her, that amazing woman who taught me so many life lessons.

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Lily Potter stared at her timetable. She had Herbology and Hugo and Cassie were arguing heatedly about something or other. She felt so annoyed by her friends. Couldn't they just admit one of them was wrong and get on with life? She'd seen it happen hundreds of times between James and Albus and after a while she just got used to it.

'You two,' Lily said. Cassie's white-blonde hair whipped around and Cassie was staring at her.

'What?' Cassie asked annoyed.

'Herbology!' Lily said. 'Now come on! We get to draw diagrams of those awesome fly-trap plants that don't just trap flies but larger animals. Well hopefully- James, Fred, Louis and Molly said that's what they said they did their first lesson.'

'Fine,' Hugo said, rolling his eyes. He stood up and grabbed his bag and looked at Cassie.

'I'm coming as well,' Cassie muttered, grabbing a piece of toast. Lily rolled her eyes. They were both in a bad mood because Cassie thought the Puddlemere United were better than the Chudley Cannons, Hugo's favourite Quidditch team.

'You two both know you're being stupid,' Lily said, 'both teams are as good as each other,'

'Says you,' Cassie and Hugo scoffed, 'you go for the Holyhead Harpies.'

'They are a fabulous team,' Lily smiled, 'they're new seeker, Holly Green, she says over the summer holidays that she'll give James, Albus and I a chance to practise our seeker skills with her.'

'Not fair!' Cassie said. 'Your mother was a chaser on the team so of course you like them, Lily!'

'Oh well,' Lily shrugged, 'now let's keep moving so we aren't late!'

Cassie muttered darkly and Lily purposely whipped her red hair in her face when they turned the corner to go outside to the greenhouses. Hugo snorted and Cassie muttered even more. Lily took a tighter hold on her books and they were the first three waiting outside the Greenhouses.

'Oh Cassie,' Lily said, 'it was only a joke,'

'Shush it Potter,' Cassie said, rolling her eyes.

'Malfoy,' Hugo said smirking slightly. Cassie hit him over the head with her Herbology textbook and he cringed.

'What have I told you Weasley?' Cassie asked.

'Don't call you by your full name of Cassiopeia Aurora Malfoy ever.' Hugo said, rubbing his hand.

'That's correct, Hugo,' Cassie smirked, 'now are we going to listen to that said person?'

'Probably?' Hugo said darkly. They heard a loud laugh and Lily turned around to see Neville Longbottom, her godfather, standing there.

'I must admit, you two remind me of Hermione and Ron,' Neville smiled. Cassie and Hugo looked horrified and Lily laughed at their embarrassment of being compared to her Aunt and Uncle.

'Let me assure you Professor that Hugo and I will never date like his parents did,' Cassie said, 'I assure you on my Ignis 2001 that I will never think of my friend like that,'

'An Ignis 2001?' Neville asked, sounding curious. 'What an amazing broom that is.'

'Isn't it ever, sir,' Cassie said sincerely.

'Who are your parents, Cassie?' Neville asked.

'You read my name out on the sorting list, sir, how can you not know?' Cassie asked.

'I know your father sure, but I don't even know anything about the woman who captured your father's heart.' Neville said, smiling.

'Well…' Cassie seemed a bit put out by his response and cleared her throat. 'My father is obviously Draco Malfoy and um… my mother is Astoria Malfoy, the younger sister of Daphne Greengrass.'

'Daphne Greengrass,' Neville said thoughtfully, 'she was in my year,'

'Yeah,' Cassie said, 'my grandparents are Aurora and Christian Greengrass.'

'Interesting,' Neville said, 'I think I know the name.'

'You would,' Cassie said, 'we're purebloods. Fun fact is however that my father didn't know that until after a few months after they dated.'

'Really?' Neville said, sounding slightly surprised.

'Yeah,' Cassie said. More students started to arrive and they lined up in two straight lines.

'Come in,' Neville said, gesturing to his students. Lily walked in first, her cousin and best friend following her and the three of them sat at the table at the front. Hugo sat on one side and Cassie on the other. The class took out their books and quills and ink and looked up at Neville. He looked highly amused by the class's actions.

'Hello class,' Neville said, 'and welcome to Herbology. It's the most fascinating subjects taught here at Hogwarts. All of the different plant life and their habits are just mystifying and still Herbologists don't know all of the Wizarding Worlds plants. Now today I'm gonna start class different. I want you to put all of your belongings away and stand up.'

The class stood up after putting their books, quills and ink away and Neville made the desks vanish.

'Now, Herbology can be a very dangerous subject,' Neville said, 'these plants have a manipulative and that can potentially deadly in the wrong hands so trust among your peers is essential. We're going to spend about half an hour getting to know everyone. I know what you're thinking- it's stupid and unnecessary but it's not. I've seen many students bond because of this simple activity, besides, how else will you know everyone? The rest of the lesson, we'll be looking at all different plants and sketching them.

'Now, all of you sit in a circle,' Neville said. Lily sat down first and the others followed her. 'Good, now we're going to go around the circle and tell everyone our full names, cause who doesn't like that? Tell us about your family, a little fun fact I call it. Your favourite food, a cool thing about Hogwarts and your hobbies. Who wants to go first?

'I will actually. My name is Neville Francis Longbottom and I'm married to my wife Hannah and I have a son and daughter, Francis and Alison. My favourite food is- ah this is so hard! Pumpkin Pastries perhaps or maybe apple pie! I don't know! It's hard to choose. Anyway I love the Hogwarts castle and its secrets and my hobbies are reading and Herbology. So who is up?'

The class went silent for about a minute and Cassie spoke up.

'The name's Cassiopeia Aurora Malfoy,' Cassie said and Lily noticed that most of her classmates looked at her best friend with disgust and distrust, 'um- my mother is- is Astoria Malfoy and my father is Draco Malfoy. I only have one older brother Scorpius Hyperion who's in his third year. I- My favourite food is well it's got to be Red Velvet cake. Hogwarts is cool because of the moving staircases and I- like to sing. I like muggle songs to sing and I like to draw.'

Lily's classmates were looking more distrustfully at Cassie's eagerness and Hugo spoke up next.

'I'm Weasley. Hugo Richard Weasley, named after my maternal Great Grandad and Grandad. My mother is the famous Hermione Granger, now Weasley of course. The dad's Ron Weasley and my sister is absolutely annoying and she's Rose Lynda. I love all food and so if I had to choose- umm- it's got to be- the muggle chocolate Hazelnut. Love that stuff and my hobbies are Quidditch and I like to learn more about the Wizarding World.' Hugo said, almost breathlessly.

Lily laughed quietly at her cousin and he turned to glare at her.

'You're turn,' Hugo said.

'My name is Lily Luna Potter,' Lily said and the class went deadly quiet like when Hugo started to talk, 'my dad is Harry Potter and my mum's Ginny Potter. I have two- well three- older brothers. Teddy Lupin is my dad's godson and is my brother in all but blood. James Sirius is my first biological brother and Albus Ruebus is my second biological brother. My favourite food is chocolate frogs and my hobbies are reading muggle books and watching muggle television. I also like to write cool stories.'

The class was deadly quiet and another student broke the silence.

'The name is-' Lily listened to her classmates intently but she noticed that Cassie seemed rather put off by everyone's reaction to her name.

'That's good,' Neville said happily, 'now let's draw!'

Lily laughed at her godfather's excitement and she turned to Cassie and Hugo.

'Come one!' She smiled.

'Lily,' Cassie groaned, 'let's not get too excited.'

'Why?' Lily asked.

'Because they sense excitement,' Cassie muttered, gesturing to the plants.

'Oh well,' Lily said.

The rest of the lesson was spent in happy chatter and laughter, especially as they saw Hugo's drawings. He didn't have a creative bone in his body for drawing or art and his drawings looked much like Lily's brother James's- like a muggle car drove over it in mud and paint.

They all exited the classroom in high spirits, talking about Neville's enjoyable lesson when Lily noticed Cassie's sad expression.

'What's wrong?' Hugo asked.

'Why do people hate my name?' Cassie asked. 'I'm not my grandfather and my father had no choice but to do what he did. I bet it's worse for me cause I'm Draco Malfoy's only daughter.'

'Don't let it bother you, Cassiopeia.' Cassie groaned and the trio looked at Albus, Rose and Scorpius behind them.

'They talk more about me than you,' Cassie said.

'Just hex them,' Rose said simply, 'solves the problem.'

'I can't do that!' Cassie said horrified.

'You can if you have a good defence,' Hugo said thoughtfully and Rose nodded at her brother.

'I hear that Weasley Wizard Wheezes are a good place to start,' Scorpius smirked and Albus laughed. Albus, Rose and Scorpius walked off laughing and Lily rolled her eyes.

'It's true,' Lily said.

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Lily Potter smiled softly at the memory. It had been such a great Herbology lesson with Neville that it always brought a smile to her face. She took out her drawing book and from memory, drew a picture of her two best friends, and at midnight because sometimes the nightmares got to her, considering it was her first night alone.

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Author's Note: Please leave a constructive review, favourite and follow! I hope you all enjoyed a lighter chapter with some good memories! Next chapter will be Cassie's POV and a shocking Hogwarts secret is revealed!

Ignis in Latin means fire so I thought it sounded cooler in Latin.

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