Disclaimer: How many times? J.K. Rowling owns HP!!
I might be kind of speeding through Lily's years with single occurrences. I want to get to the 4th year quickly. This one is in her second year at Hogwarts.
By the way, all the chapters will be Lily's POV. Unless I mention that it's Scorpius.
A Reproving Smile
I swished and flicked my wand and whispered the incantation. That lifted my matchstick into the air. Then I sent it away towards Vera. It poked her in the back repeatedly until she could ignore it no longer and turned to look at what it was. Immediately, I sent it whizzing away towards the strawberry-blonde, blue-eyed girl whom I had seen in the room off the entrance hall. Her name was Alisha and she was in Ravenclaw.
There was this weird kind of enmity between us. I didn't like her because she was a too-stylish bimbo, but even if grudgingly, I had to admit that she was pretty clever. I think she didn't like me because I was even cleverer than her and all the teachers liked me. That comes in handy. Even when I'm cheeky and naughty, all I get is a reproving smile. And they never get very angry or punish me. They even pick me to do their extra jobs. That's annoying sometimes 'cause it interrupts other stuff I want to do. But if it makes me safe from trouble, then believe me, I am not complaining.
I stopped my match just in front of the middle of Alisha's hair. I whispered another spell and my match burst into flames. These flames, I knew, could hurt nobody, as they had no heat. However, they were perfect for what I was planning. I moved my wand left and right. Slowly the flaming match singed Alisha's hair until half of it fell off all together. She hadn't noticed yet. But, upon hearing the soft thump, Alisha turned and goggled at the beautiful locks which had fallen onto the floor behind her, recognising them as hers. Vera and I were doubled up with silent laughter. After a minute, the thing seemed to hit Alisha. She screamed an ear-splitting scream. Everyone looked around to find the source. Once they had, they settled down to watch her as if she was a TV show. Professor Flitwick calmly jumped off the pile of books on his chair and walked over to the screaming girl with recently cropped hair. He waved his wand and her hair grew back to its original length. Then he swished his wand upwards. Her mouth closed and her scream was broken off. Looking at his face, I could see that the tiny Professor was trying not to smile.
"Who did this?" he asked in his squeaky voice. It quaked a little bit from restraining his laugh. Vera was turning her snorts of laughter into a coughing fit. I stood up unashamedly and flashed a cheeky grin at Professor Flitwick.
"I did Professor. I've been thinking for a long time that she needed a new hairstyle but as she wouldn't listen, I did her a favour and made it shorter for her. Don't you think it looks much nicer?" I looked over at Alisha. Scorpius, who had been sitting beside her, had put his arm around her. She was pouting, but I could see that he was trying not to smile. "I think you should have left it, sir. Aren't you disappointed it didn't last, Alisha?"
She just glared at me, not able to give a good enough retort. Scorpius suddenly looked into my eyes and I felt a sudden jolt, of hatred, I thought. I quickly looked away. Why would I want to look at him? Plus, Professor Flitwick was talking to me.
"…really Lily, sit down." As I sat, I saw him give me a reproving smile.