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Author's Note: I am definitely the opposite of the title of this project.

Submitting Info:
Stacked with: Quidditch League (Post S10); Hogwarts 2.0 (Term 01); RAVEN (2023); MC4A (Fa-Y6)
Individual Challenges: Condiment Shelf; Quaffles; Bludgers; Pet Food (Y); Me Matey; Goblet Flames; Vegetable Broth; Gift Wrapped; Fruit Stand (Y); Purple Scholar; Feather Head; Polygon; Colors of the Sky; Gryffindor MC [x3]; Other School MC; Magical MC [x4]; Sandbox (Y); Reader; Cinematic; Gamer; Mark It Up; Dreamers [x3]; Elder Berries; Shifter MC [x3]; Ethnic & Present [x3]; Neurodivergent [x2]; Rian-Russo Inversion [x4]; Rowl in Her Grave; Short Jog; Bucket Listing (Y); Eating Cake (Y); Exchange; Greatest Gift; Green Ribbon; Two Cakes (Y); Fuzzy Socks; Bi Bi BI; Lovely Triangle; Ship Sails; Castle Time; Outer; Lunar Era; Rainbow Connection; Finders; Hold the Mayo
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw
Assignment: Term 01-03
Subject [Task (Prompt)]: Muggle Studies [Task#2: Write a fic set during sports day.]
Other Hogwarts Challenges: Gather [Bonus (Wizard)](Muggleborn); Case [Mooncalf] (Uncertain/Forehead Kiss)
Post Season QL Challenges: Bingo [D1](James Potter)
RAVEN Challenges: Colors [134](Shamrock); Items [37](Curry); Settings [126](Sporting Event)
Other MC4A Challenges: AU [3D](Soul Marks); FaB [1D](Water); Set [3E](Lake/Pond) Ship (Thorns)[SpBig (Lake/Pond); SuBig (Dress/Skirt; Eyeglasses; Hat; Sunny); 2E (Words of Affirmation)]; Chim [Bugwort]("The Anonymous Ones" – Dear Evan Hansen Turned Left Instead AU; Race Bend); Hunt [Fa Set (Full Moon)]; Fire [x3](Across the World); Garden [Yard Tools (Touching Foreheads); Happy Place (Comfort Food); Zoology (Deer)]; TWT [NB Sirius Black; Marauders Era; Task#2 (Purple)]; Harvest [x()]; Hang [Phrase1](n/a); Soup [T (Talking); R (Rebel); I (Indigo); D (Desi); N (Nonbinary)]
Representation(s): Desi Lily Evans/Desi James Potter/NB Sirius Black; Senegalese Euphemia Potter; Sports Day; Soul Marks AU; Unexpected Meet the Family
Primary & Secondary Bonus Challenges: Dog Star; Forked Path; Sitting Hummingbird; Some Beach; Second Verse (Ladylike; Not a Lamp; Found Family; Nontraditional; Zucchini Bread; Brooms Only; Car in a Tutu; Three's Company; Deadliest Catch; Grease Monkey; Rock of Ages; Casper's Home; Corvid Brain; Professor's Torment); Chorus (Odd Feathers; Pear-Shaped; Wabi Sabi; Bee Haven; Machismo; Delicious Lie; Mouth of Babes; Tomorrow's Shade; Larger than Life; Unicorn; Wind Beneath; Abandoned Ship; In the Trench; Surprise!; Turtle-Duck); Demo 1 (Queen Bee; Horrible Love); Demo 2 (Mermaid; Gingersnap); Demo 2p (Sailor Take Warning)
Tertiary & Generic Bonus Challenges: T3 (Tether); SN (Rail; Ameliorate); LiCK (Tansy); FR (Satisfaction; Liberation); O3 (Oath); HoSE (Schooner; Sanctuary); RoIL (Satisfaction; Amelioration); War (Obstruction; Sanctuary; Ennui); TY (Ntaiv; Enfant); Mea (Ennui; Rampant)
Word Count: 1202 words

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Not a Disaster
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Lily woke up before the sun had a chance to rise above the horizon, even as high above everything that the Gryffindor tower reached. The sky was still a deep indigo but was quickly paling as the sun chased the full moon and stars from the sky. The Forbidden Forest was already drifting into a kind of half-sleep with the dawn. It was going to be a beautiful day.

As she rolled from her bed, she felt a tingle of excitement in her chest. The students of the fifth and seventh years had finished their exams, and the professors had arranged a special treat to celebrate. There was going to be something similar to a sports day crossed with a fair. A lot of the staff were going to be hosting exhibitions related to their subjects. The staff members who didn't specialize in showier magics were putting on muggle-centric events such as races and tests of strength. There were going to be booths for food, too.

She had arranged to attend with Sirius and James. Of course, she knew that dating just one Marauder meant that the rest would eventually show up, never mind dating two. At some point, Remus and Peter were sure to join them at some point during the day.

Remus was more likely to be kept away by Marlene and Rhiannon, though. They had started dating shortly after Lily had started dating James and Sirius. Things seemed to be going well for them.

Lily dressed quickly in a shamrock green dress with a hem that was just above her knees and leather sandals with beaded dragon scales in every color of the rainbow. Her wand was tucked safely into the enchanted wand holder on her left arm. Because of the short sleeves of her dress, it was visible, though the brown of the leather nearly matched the brown of her skin. She had redone the twists of her red hair last night, so she didn't have to mess it this morning. She made sure to grab her straw hat before she left her dorm to head down to the main doors.

As she made her way out onto the grounds of Hogwarts, she could feel the fresh morning air on her skin, and the excitement of the morning seemed to be slowly rising around her. Despite the early morning hour, most of the castle's residents were already outside.

Lily found Sirius and James standing at the edge of the water looking out over the still surface. James was dressed in khaki shorts and a tunic shirt that was a turmeric yellow that made his hazel eyes seem more gold and his sienna skin darker. On the other hand, Sirius wore a purple plaid skirt and a pale lavender muggle tee shirt with white lettering that declared he pulled both ways. She didn't even know where he had gotten that shirt (the skirt was one that he stole out of her trunk), but he had better hope that McGonagall didn't understand what it meant. The old witch would go off and sentence him to detention for what little bit of school still remained.

James and Sirius had their hands linked, and Lily couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy. Sirius and James had been friends since they had met on the train their first year, and their bond seemed to deepen with every passing day. She didn't doubt that they loved her just as much as she loved them, but sometimes it did feel like she was on the outside looking in. When she joined them and neither hesitated to tuck her in between them and each wrapped an arm around her, that twinge faded beneath the warmth spreading throughout her very soul starting from cream-colored waterlily soul mark at the base of her throat.

The stony beach was already beginning to fill with people. Some were wearing various kinds of swimming costumes and had towels while others were wearing sports gear. It looked like everyone had been planning to take part in the activities, and Lily couldn't help but let out a small squeal of excitement. Both of her boys squeezed her in response.

"Come on," Sirius said, leading her and James along the edge of the lake towards the wall that protected the entrance to the docks under the castle. They had to weave through the growing crowd around the different booths.

The smell of cooked meat and fried dough was thick in the air. James froze suddenly as the wind shifted direction and brought with it a spicy scent. Sirius didn't hesitate to start steering their group in the direction of the smell.

The booth in question was decorated with geometric patterns that was made up of mostly triangles with circles in them. A pendant flag waved merrily from the highest peak of the tent. The front side had its flaps rolled up and tables placed in the opening. There was already a line forming as students received paper baskets full of different dishes. Lily recognized the samosas and yellow curry from when her mother would sneak her over to Seeya's house.

"Aunt Euphemia?" James asked as a Black woman in a tignon handed off a paper basket of samosas and fried doughnuts covered in powered sugar. She looked up. Her dark face broke out in a wide, toothy smile the moment her eyes landed on them.

"Mon chou!" she exclaimed. Immediately, she waved them closer with both hands. She pulled James into an awkward hug over the table once he was close enough. It transformed rather quickly to them just touching their foreheads together. "N'êtes-vous pas un spectacle béni si tôt le matin!"

"Anglais, tu te souviens?" James replied as he pulled back. He was smiling in a way that Lily remembered from when they had all been first-years, before the war had begun to wear on them all.

"Oui, oui," Euphemia agreed, waving her hands as if to dismiss the whole thing. Her brown eyes moved over first Sirius and then Lily. "I recognize your puppy, but who is this beautiful lady with you both? Is this the fiery flower that you have told us so much about over the years?"

"Yes, Aunt Euphemia," James said proudly as he pulled her closer, "this is Lily Evans."

Euphemia cupped Lily's face in both hands. Her fingers were callused in a way that came from years of preparing potion ingredients. They felt impossibly strong as they pulled Lily in close enough that Euphemia could press a kiss to her forehead. The older woman's lips were chapped but still soft against her skin. Euphemia pulled back enough that she could address James again.

"Your stories did not do her justice, mon chou! She is even more beautiful than you said."

"Thank you," Lily said, feeling shy all of a sudden. She had woken up this morning with no greater plans than playing in the various games with her boyfriends. She had not expected to be meeting one of James' few close relatives that remained. At least it was extremely unlikely that Sirius' parents would show up.

That certainly would be more of a disaster than this.