Wow! Three chapters in just over 24 hours! They might be kinda short, but I'm just as eager to find out what happens next as you guys are... KEEP REVEIWING!

Chapter 2.2

"Password?" Drawled the Fat Lady.

"Kneazle!" Said Kenneth Jacobs, the Gryffindor prefect. The portrait swung open, and Lily moved with the hoard of students through the portrait hole and into the Gryffindor Common Room. It was a circular room, filled with squashy armchairs, tables, and a bulletin board, bare of anything except for a few school notices – supplies lists, information as to certain clubs. A window overlooked the school grounds, and a large fireplace stretched across one wall.

Lily barely had time to take it all in before someone grabbed her arm and towed her towards the girls staircases. "You're Lily Potter?" someone asked her, still pulling her up the stairs. She had wavy, cinnamon-coloured hair and bright blue eyes. Lily nodded and twisted out of the girls grip. They came to a door and entered. "Sorry… I'm Indy Malcoms." The girl apologized, seeing Lily rubbing her arm. "Well, my name's Cindy, but I really can't stand that name. It sounds too clean… like candy and flowers. Uggh. So just call me Indy." She's a chatterbox. Lily noted.

Lily realized that she was in the dorm room, and five other girls lay sprawled out on five out of seven beds. "Hi, everyone! I'm Indy Malcoms, and this is Lily Potter!" Indy said exitedly. There was a little gasp. "So you're really a Potter? And your dad… he's THE Harry Potter?" one blonde girl asked, brown eyes wide. Lily nodded, somewhat sheepishly.

"Okay, so I'm Jayne," said the blonde, "And that's Beth and Miranda, and Taylor and Kay." She said, pointing to each of the girls. Lily waved and smiled at them all, and went to claim a bed right next to the window, on her other side was Taylor, with shoulder-length near-black hair. Indy sat on the bed on the opposite side of the window.

"So. Does anyone know any spells?" Jayne questioned, sounding eager. Lily grinned. "Yeah… I know a bunch, actually." She said, and raised her wand, which was pitch black and had a deep moss coloured band wrapping from handle to tip. She felt all the girls' eyes on it as she flicked it a little and said firmly, "Accio Miranda!" The brunette, sitting on her bed opposite Lily's, jolted forwards a little, and fell off her bed. There was a chorus of giggles, and a few grumbles from Miranda.

Lily showed the others her Wingardium Leviosa and taught them how to cast it, and soon everyone's possessions were whizzing around the room. There was a little knock on the door, and instantly everyone's wands were hidden. Lily cast a quick Alohomora charm, and the door swung open.

"Oh… hey, Rose!" Lily said with a grin. "I heard you guys from my room… and you know how I can't resist a bit of spell work." Rose chuckled and sat down at the foot of Lily's bed. "Sorry guys… this is my cousin Rose, she's a third year." Jayne's eyebrows shot up. "So you're another Golden kid… Ron and Hermione's kid?" she asked excitedly. Rose smirked and nodded.

Rose nudged Lily's knee. "Hey… show them that spell my mom showed us! Remember, the week before we all left… you almost had it." Lily rolled her eyes. "No, I didn't… dad didn't learn it until he was your age, and it took him ages…" she protested, but she knew Rose wouldn't give up. "Yeah, and you've got Harry's and Ginny's skill! Come on, you were so close…" Lily could see the others were confused. "I'm only gonna try this once." She said finally. Rose pumped her fist, and even though the others didn't know which spell she was going to cast, they leaned forwards eagerly.

Lily took a deep breath, and racked her brains for a happy memory, any happy memory… when she first set foot onto the Hogwarts Express? Scoring her fist goal playing Quidditch by the Burrow? She tried to mash her best memories together, and tightened her grip on her wand. "Expec – Expecto Patronum." She said, and a feeble wisp of light escaped from the tip of her wand. Suddenly, all the girls were dumbstruck. "How did you do that? Even my parents can't!" Beth cried. Lily smiled and felt a little swell of pride. "Happier." Rose urged. "Try again." Lily glared at her cousin, but readied her wand again… Finally holding the Hogwarts letter… getting her reprieve? Yes, that last one was sure to do it. "Expecto Patronum!" Lily said firmly, and a stronger yet still shapeless burst of light illuminated the girl's astounded face. "Once more." Indy pleaded. "When the Sorting Hat called Gryffindor." Kay suggested. And then Lily knew, that with the combined memory of her second chance and her second Sorting, that this would be it…

Gryffindor… waking up on the train again… Gryffindor… waking up on the train again… Lily thought. "EXPECTO -" Suddenly, Sarah's face, and Scorpius', and the reflection in the Mirror of Erised… "-PATRONUM!" Happiness surged through Lily, from her head to her heart to the wand in her hand, and burst from the tip…

Something with four legs and a long, elegant tail… feline and feminine… and then it was gone, and Lily was more drained than she had felt in a long time, and the Gryffindors were staring at the spot where the Patronus had vanished in awe.

"It was a wolf, I think." Indy breathed. "No, it was definitely feline… a mountain lion?" Rose tried. "Just a lion… a lioness, I think." Lily said, her voice strangely hoarse, and she knew it was sure. "That was amazing… can you, maybe, once more?" Taylor pleaded. Jayne was the only one who saw how fatigued Lily was. Lily looked down to see a chocolate bar, hovering just above her lap. She took it and grinned thankfully at her new friend, and took a bite. "Chocolate will help you feel better. My mom's a healer at St. Mungo's." Jayne explained as Lily finished off the creamy milk chocolate.

"Once more." Lily sighed, and everyone else cheered. Again, she summoned every happy memory she had… again, she was looking into the Mirror of Erised, Sarah on one side and Scorpius on the other, her tie and badge a blazing emerald… "Expecto Patronum!" The lioness slunk along the ground, with no Dementors to ward off she could do whatever she pleased. Every eye in the room was focused on its every move, but Lily was still half gone, in the Room of Requirement, grinning at her reflection between her best friend and her family's worst enemy…

A/N: A lioness would be my ideal Patronus, if not a wolf... so, yeah. It was gonna be a doe, like Lily Evans' and Snape's (wait, Lily Evans did have a doe, yesss?) but then I took into account the fact that in my opinion, a doe or a stag (in Harry's case) is sort of a lame Patronus... a lioness is much cooler.

And Indy Malcoms is named after my cat Indy, cause that's how cool I am. :D