At the train station in Boston, Andrea bid them goodbye in search of her friends. Deidra and Lily went in search of their friends. They found Timothy and Qiana in a compartment. So, they joined them. They were soon joined by Brandy, Kathryn, and Julia.

Brandy turned to Lily. She asked, "How was your trip to Seattle?"

Lily looked at Deidra and Julia. Julia shrugged her shoulders. Lily decided to skip over the day where they had to floo to Franklin ranch to help get Renee out of her funk. She talked about the sites that they saw and the hiking at the Olympic State Park. Everyone was amazed at the photos that she had taken and brought with her.

Back at Ilvermorny, Lily and those who were in the co-ed dorms, went to their building. As they were waiting for the elevator, arms wrapped around Lily and said, "Lils, so good to have you back."

Lily stiffened at that voice. Thomas Branton. Lily tried to get out from his embrace but was unable to. She said, "Unhand me, Mr. Branton. Your physical touching is unwelcome."

Thomas said, "But Lily, we are made for each other."

Julia ran to the office for Mrs. Evans as the rest of her friends were trying to get Thomas to release Lily.

Mrs. Evans and Julia came out of her office, and Mrs. Evans saw the commotion. She yelled, "What is going on here?!"

Thomas immediately let go of Lily and stepped back. Lily ran to the other side of the common room, followed by her friends. Thomas said, "Just welcoming Ms. Potter back, Professor."

Mrs. Evans said, "That didn't look like something she wanted, Mr. Branton. Go into your room and stay there until I call for you."

Thomas stomped away. Allison had immediately gone over to comfort Lily. Mrs. Evans turned to the crowd that had gathered, "Shows over everyone."

She calmly walked over to where Lily was being comforted by Julia and the female perfect, Ms. Forsythe. On her approach, Allison stood up and said, "Mrs. Evans, I'm sorry you had to get involved. I had just noticed what was going between Thomas and Ms. Potter and was about to step in when you appeared with Ms. Donaldson-Murphy."

Mrs. Evans said, "I saw that, Ms. Forsythe. Please make sure that the females get settled in for the night. Ask Christopher Benson to check on the boys for me. He is a responsible young man."

Allison said, "Yes, ma'am."

Mrs. Evans turned to Lily, who was looking at her with a little fear. Mrs. Evans sat down opposite Lily and leaned towards her. Mrs. Evans asked, "Care to explain to me what was going on?"

Lily said, "I didn't ask for it, Mrs. Evans."

Brandy commented, "I don't think that Mrs. Evans implied that, Lily. I think she just wants your version of events before talking to Thomas." Brandy spat out Thomas' name.

Lily then went on to tell Mrs. Evans what happened. Mrs. Evans grew angry with each word said. She held up her hand, asking Lily to stop. She went to the wall phone and called a certain number. "Yes, Mrs. Allen. I need you in building 7. We have a situation here…. Yes, ma'am. It's a strong possibility…. I'll see you then."

Ten minutes later, Mrs. Allen along with James came into the building. James immediately went to Lily. Mrs. Evans briefed Mrs. Allen further on what was said to her by Lily so far. Mrs. Allen then turned to Lily who was being comforted by James.

Before she could ask Lily to explain further, James interrupted. James said, "I want Mr. Branton out of this building at the least Mrs. Allen."

Mrs. Allen said, "That will be the least thing to happen to him, Mr. Potter. However, we need to ascertain what else measures need to be taken." She turned to Lily and continued, "Ms. Potter, I need you to join Mrs. Evans and myself inside her office to continue this conversation. Your brother may join us. The rest of you be prepared to give your statements. However, you can go to your rooms."

An hour later, Thomas found himself thrown out of dorm 7, removed from the tennis team, and barred from participating in the co-ed dorms until he graduates. He was also stripped of his perfect status. There had been talk about expelling him, but this was his only warning. If he continued harassing girls as he has done to Lily, he would be expelled. Mrs. Allen also informed Thomas that she would be contacting his parents and explaining the situation. Thomas paled.

Lily was in her room, her suitcase was not unpacked, and she was curled up on her bed. Allison wanted to check on her, but she wouldn't answer the door. Allison sighed. She said, "Lily, I'm here if you need me. Someone older to talk to."

Just as Allison was about to head back to her room, she ran into Audrey. Audrey said, "Ms. Forsythe, is Lily okay? I heard what happened."

Allison said, "I think she is very shaken up about what happened. If you can get into talk to her that would be great. Just let her know you're here for her if she needs to talk."

Audrey nodded and went to knock on Lily's door.

Inside, Lily was just sitting up on her bed. She said, "Go away, Allison!"

"Lily, its Audrey. Please let me in."

Lily sighed, knowing that Audrey wouldn't go away. She stood up and opened the door letting Audrey in before shutting the door again. She motioned to her desk chair so that Audrey could sit down. However, Audrey sat down on the bed. Lily huffed.

Audrey said, "Lily, please don't shut yourself down. Yolanda did that. You know how that turned out."

Lily sighed heavily. Lily and Audrey sat and talked about various things until it was time for dinner. After talking to Audrey, Lily felt better. At supper, word had already spread through the school that something had happened in the coed dorm, but not which one and whom it pertained other than Thomas Branton. The second through fourth years were tightlipped about it. The only reason why they knew that it pertained Thomas was because it had spread that he was the fifth year perfect for the lower year co-ed dorm and had been stripped of his perfect status, taken off the Tennis team, and would not be allowed into the coed dorms if the testing proved successful.

Stephanie came over as Lily and her friends were sitting down to dinner. She said, "Be ready to train tomorrow. Ben just gave me a heads up for the double matches Tuesday. We are playing."

Lily smiled her thanks for the heads up. She said, "Any idea on who we are up against?"

Stephanie shook her head. She said, "The pairings are still undecided on that front. Mrs. Rumpke wanted to make sure to let the teams know who was going to be playing so that they could get the teams ready."

Lily nodded.

The next day, Stephanie and Lily practiced hard. They were a good team. Stephanie favored the front of the net, and Lily preferred to get the balls that came to the back. But they switched it up just in case.

Tuesday, Lily and the rest of her group watched as the pairings were announced. Lily and Stephanie were up against David Webb and Daniel Platfoot. Those two were a formidable team on the tennis courts.

In England, Harry just got a notification on his computer that he had a new email. He groaned as he was just now getting ready to go to bed. It had been a long day. He saw that it was about Lily. He opened the email and read what it said. She would be playing in her first tennis match shortly. He had completely forgotten about that. He set the match to record, making a mental note to watch it later.

Back at Ilvermorny, Lily and Stepahanie shook hands with Daniel and David. Stephanie and Lily had worked out that Stephanie would play the back court and Lily would play the front court for her first match until she got used to the game. The game didn't last long.

Stephanie and Lily were so well matched as teammates, that they shut out David and Daniel. The crowd were stunned at their ability to play so well as partners. David and Daniel were flabbergasted. They had never been shut out in their two years as a team.

They approached the two girls. Daniel said, "Well played you two. You're the first to do this to us."

Stephanie said, "I remember someone saying that."

Daniel said, "Hard to believe this was your first tennis match, Ms. Potter. You play like you have been for years."

Lily blushed.

After the matches were done, the Horned Serpent team retired to their meeting room. Ben said, "Outstanding showing today, team. Well done. Especially to Stephanie and Lily. First double tennis match in ten years to have a shut out."

After the meeting, Stephanie pulled Lily aside and said, "We need to talk."