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CHAPTER 5

Just as Lily reached the portrait of a fruit bowl that serves as the hidden entrance to the kitchens, she felt as though she were being watched, turning around Lily's eyes fell instantly to the black eyes that were staring at her.

"What do you want Snape?" She asked the venom practically dripping from her voice.

Severus Snape flinched. "I-I wanted to apologize for being rude the other night and-and for what I said last year, I never thought of you like that, not once, it just…"

"Slipped out?" Lily offered looking disgusted. "I don't care if you ever thought of me like that, you still thought of others like that." She said her disgust growing. "And you weren't just rude, you assaulted an innocent person, so when you apologise to James I will consider listening."

He stood with his mouth gaping. "James? You hate Potter, what difference does it make if I 'Assaulted' him? And he deserved it."

"He deserved it? What did he do to you?" Anyone with half a brain could tell her annoyed she was.

He was flabbergasted. "I what?!"

"That night what did he do to provoke you?"

"He looked at me."

"Argh, get lost Snape." Lily checked her watch and saw that there was ten minutes until Charms started and she would have to get her bag from the common room.

"Why do you care?" He asked with his nose scrunched up like he smelled something bad.

"I said get lost." She'd had enough, pushing past Snape she stormed towards the Gryffindor tower.

"Lily, where were you?" Eliza asked the second Lily was through the portrait.

"Nowhere." Lily muttered as she walked straight upstairs to get her things, not even bothering to wait for a response.

Walking up stairs she opened the door, muttering to herself "That was a great way of starting my last day."

Ten minutes later and I'm sitting in charms whilst Professor Flitwick is sitting on his pile of books having given up trying to teach today. Charms is my favourite subject but it is the only subject I have without my friends.

"Hey Lily." A voice says next to me, making me nearly jump out of my skin.

I look over and see who had startled me out of my thoughts. "Oh, hi James." Just then I noticed everyone in the room was staring at me and I could feel my face going hot. "Why is everyone staring?" I whispered to James, who didn't seem to have noticed until just then.

Looking around and catching Remus' eye James turned to me and whispered back. "It might have something to do with the fact I sat down next to you and you didn't yell, you haven't yelled at me yet or because you called me James." He was smiling quite large at the last bit.

"I suppose that would be shocking." I laughed, and then I got an idea. "Hang on a minute." I turned and pulled a bit of spare parchment from my bag and wrote on it;

Professor, could we try doing cheering charms again today? I think I may have forgotten how.

~Lily Evans

Then folding the paper into an origami crane, I sent it with a tap of my wand to Flitwick. I saw him pluck it from the air and read it, looking up at me he nodded and smiled.

"Right everyone, looking here please." He said in his squeaky voice. "Today we are going to revise doing Cheering Charms, so wands out and get into pairs." The class seemed over joyed at the idea and retrieved their wands turning to their friends and completely forgetting Lily and James sitting at the back.

"Was that your idea? The cheering charms?" James questioned.

"Yeah, I knew it would distract people and I wanted the happiness the charms bring on as well."

He looked at me quizzically for a minute then replied. "Then allow me dear lady." He muttered the incantation and I felt the effect immediately, I was smiling, laughing and hadn't felt better in months.

"Ok, my turn." I said smiling. "Adhortor." James broke into a smile.

"Feeling better?" He asked trying to look serious but failing.

"Much"

"Hey Lily, do you want to stay at my house this summer, like so we can get to know each other, Sirius and Remus will be there too and you can invite a friend too, so that it's not just you and us." He said in a rush.

I laughed again. "Sure, if my parents approve but I don't know if they will let me stay alone in a house full of boys."

"That is why you invite a friend." He smiled. "Like Eliza then you two can ditch us at any time."

"Yeah ok, I'll ask her and my mum but I'm still not sure if she will let me."

"Brilliant."

The rest of the day was quite boring really but I was still in a good mood from the cheering charm.

Just as we were getting ready for dinner I stopped and turned to Eliza. "Hey Liza?"

"Yeah?"

"Would you maybe come with me in the holidays?"

"Sure where are you going?"

"James asked me to stay at his house with him, Sirius, Remus and to invite you as well."

"I-Ah sure, I'll owl mum telling her I won't be there." Eliza's mum was the kind where she didn't care if Eliza went out as long as she was told where. Eliza left, presumably to owl her mum.

Lily sighed and went to her bed grabbing her parchment, quill and ink.

Dear Mum,

Hello, sorry if this is late notice, but could please I stay at a friends' for the summer? Their parents died during the term so a bunch of us are staying there so they don't get lonely. The details are: Friend = James Potter, Where = Potter mansion just out of London (sorry I don't know the address) and Who = Me, Remus, Sirius, Peter and Eliza.

Thank you.

I love you.

Lily

She rolled up the parchment and sealed it with a tap of her wand. Lily left to send the letter off. As she stepped into the common room she noticed a small crowd around one of the love seats, sighing she walked over to see what the commotion was. Pushing her way through Lily saw James Potter sitting with a large black dog and gasped. "James, how on earth did you get that in here?" She said dumbfounded.

James looked up from his dog and smiled at Lily, then turned back to the dog and whispered something in its ear. The dog looked up at Lily and then at James who nodded, it then got up and grabbed the bottom of her coat with its teeth but not seemingly in an aggressive way, pulling her towards the portrait.

Once they were out the dog let go but nodded its head at Lily in a way that looked like it was motioning her to follow. Obliging Lily walked after the dog. "I must be bonkers, I like James Potter, I'm staying at his house over the holidays and I'm following his dog." She muttered to herself. The dog started making noises as though it were laughing. "Ok, definitely bonkers, I swear that dog is laughing at me." This just caused the dog to laugh harder until it had to stop it was laughing so much. "Seriously what is so funny?" Lily questioned the dog then realized she was talking to a dog.

"Whatever." Lily muttered to herself. "I have to send this or I won't get an answer back." She told the dog and walked on towards the owlery, but to her surprise the dog followed.

When Lily reached the tower that was home to the owls of Hogwarts she looked around, checking she was alone, she saw she was and continued to skip over to Mia, the little owl was sitting on a perch on the first floor by the window, just as she was about to tie the letter to Mia's foot a large brown barn owl flew in through the window and landed in front of Lily holding its leg out. Lily untied the letter and gave the owl a treat, which it accepted and flew off.

Lily walked out of the owlery and sat on the stairs where the dog was waiting. Lily looked at the letter and was surprised to find it was from the ministry, she flipped it over and opened the envelope, and found something she didn't want to ever see, a letter from the Minister of Magic saying:

Miss Evans

We regret to inform you that Mrs Paula Evans and Mr Rodney Evans were murdered last night by death eaters that stormed a muggle theatre your parents were in.

Hope you are well.

Minister of Magic

Millicent Bagnold

"No" Lily whispered to herself, tears streaking down her face. "No they, they can't be." She dropped the letter and ran, not knowing where she was going, she just ran, only vaguely aware of the paws padding on the floor behind her.

By the time she stopped Lily was on the far side of the lake by herself, the dog having stopped following her half an hour ago.

"Lily?" A voice whispered from behind her, scaring her immensely.

"Wh-who's there?" Lily squinted into the trees behind her but could not see anything or anyone, until a dark haired boy walked towards her and sat down next to her. "Oh, hey Sirius." She tried to smile but it looked more like a grimace, seeing this Sirius reached over and pat her back, this made Lily laugh a little. He really wasn't good with emotions; Remus was the sensitive one and James when it concerned Lily.

"Sirius could you do me a favour?" She asked looking into his eyes.

"Sure, what do you need?" Sirius replied a little too cheerfully at the thought of escaping the water works.

"James, please, could you go find James or at least Remus." She said looking down and mumbling a bit.

Sirius smiled. "Yeah I'm not quit the man for this job but do you mind if I give him this?" He held up the letter, his face now serious.

"I-how? Wait, you're that bloody dog aren't you?" The shock registered on his face.

"How, I mean what are you on about?" He Looked a bit pale and very confused.

"Your animagus form is that bloody great big dog, which means I'm not totally bonkers, you were laughing at me." She said trying to joke.

"I swear you will never stop amazing me Evans, anyway I shall go get my side kick stag-boy."

She couldn't help it she laughed. "Prongs eh? A stag."

He smiled and turned back into the Dog then shot off with the letter in his mouth.

The Letter.

All by herself now, it all came crashing down on her. They were gone, she would never again see her mother smile at her, get a bear hug from her father or have a family dinner with them. She will never see her parents again, she had lost her only family, there will always be Petunia but she hates her and will blame her for their death. Then it dawned on her, it was her fault, they wouldn't have been in danger if it weren't for Lily. It was her fault.

Just then Lily saw a stag enter the small clearing in which she sat. This wasn't an ordinary stag though, it was beautiful, dark brown, nearly black coat, brilliant antlers and squares surrounding its eyes, where James' glasses usually sit and skewered on one of the top prong of its antlers was a bit of paper and without looking Lily knew it was the letter and her eyes filled once more with tears. Lily looked back towards the black lake and the castle.

"Lily?" A soft voice said from behind me, she felt him sit next to her. Lily looked up, their eyes met and James' hazel eyes went wider than Lily had ever seen them, she dropped her eyes again and felt his arms wrap around her and she turned into him, hugging him back and sobbing softly into his chest.

They stayed like that for a few hours, until the sun began to set.

"Come on, we better head back in." James whispered in Lily's ear.

She let him pull her up and he pulled her into a hug. Letting go he captured his hand in hers and started walking back towards the castle.

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