Rating:
PG
House:
Schnoogle
Characters:
James Potter Lily Evans
Genres:
Action Romance
Era:
Multiple Eras
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Published: 06/07/2003
Updated: 01/08/2013
Words: 389,988
Chapters: 59
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Lily Evans: A History

Bethany

Story Summary:
A story of Lily's life from pre-Hogwarts to marrying James Potter. How she coped with growing up with Petunia to her friendship with the four boys that would change her life - and eventually the course of history - forever.

Chapter 10

Posted:
07/03/2003
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1,704
Author's Note:
Continueing the honor; may I present a few quotes from this chapter that will hopefully spark your interest?

Chapter 10 - Swapping Secrets
James awoke abruptly in the middle of the night, blinking around
in confusion. He had fallen asleep in the informatory, in a chair
beside the bed where Lily slept on peacefully. The invisibility cloak
had half fallen off his body, exposing his head and torso. Looking
around quickly he slid it off his body and stood up. His back and neck
popped noisily, making him groan.
	Lily slept on, oblivious, as James came up to the bed and watched
her sleep. Her red hair had fanned out around her face, and her
piercing green eyes were shut in peace.
	There was a strange aching in James' chest that he didn't
understand. In all his twelve years he had never looked at a member of
the opposite sex and felt this overwhelming concern, except for his
mother. But he felt it now, and all he could think of is that perhaps
it was because she was such a good friend. Yes, that had to be it. He
would feel the same if that was Sirius, Remus or Peter laying there,
right? Lily stirred slightly and James draped the invisibility cloak
around his body again. Touching her hand briefly, he left the
informatory and headed up to the Gryffindor tower.
	He had no more creaked the door open to the room he shared with
Remus, Sirius and Peter than a giant wind blew his invisibility cloak
off. Before he could gather it back up, three voices muttered "Lumos!"
and a light bathed the room. James' three best friends stared at him.
	"Where have you been?" Sirius pounced, stepping forward. He
raised his hands, waving them around slightly. "We were worried when
you didn't come back from the kitchens."
	"I got lost?" James said meekly, blushing slightly. Though he
could hardly phantom why he was blushing.
	"Sirius, calm down, you're not his mother," Remus said lightly,
putting a hand on his taller friend's shoulder.
	"So where were you?" Peter piped up, ignoring Sirius as he fell
backwards onto his bed dramatically (as only Sirius can do), feet
sticking straight up. "We looked for you for a while, but nearly got
caught by that stupid poltergeist and came back."
	James chanced a glance around the room, but it was no use, he had
no one to run to and his friends wanted answers. Swallowing hard, he
scratched the back of his neck. "Er--the informatory?"
	It took a moment for the absurdity of this statement to work
through the three boys minds. Then Sirius sat up on the bed again.
"Hmm... let's see; kitchen is downstairs. Informatory, upstairs, top of
a tower," he nodded vaguely. "You sure as hell was lost."
	"Even I don't get that lost," Peter mumbled.
	Remus slapped him lightly on the back. "It's ok, Pete. Anyone
could confuse Transfiguration and Potions. McGonagall just didn't have
her sense of amusement in check that day."
	Peter nodded, grimacing at the memory. Sirius was still looking
at James, a look of realization dawning on his features. "Lily..." he
muttered. Remus and Peter looked up, interested. "She's in the hospital
wing. I heard Kassie telling Alexis. You went to see her, didn't you?"
Sirius accused.
	"Eh-" James blanched.
	"Do you like her or something?"
	"NO!" James bellowed, slightly louder than he intended. His face
turned red and Sirius jumped off his bed. "James, how could you--!"
	"Wait a minute!" the addressed yelled.
	"--and not even--"
	"I'm only twelve!" James continued, oblivious to Sirius' ranting.
	"--not even asked me--"
	"--not interested in girls--"
	"--and didn't ask me to be the best man!" Sirius concluded,
	looking highly offended. James stopped short, his mouth opened dumbly.
	James barely heard Remus and Peter laughing. He sat heavily on
his bed, watching Sirius pretend to sob about the cruelty of life in
the world out of the corner of his eye. He shook his head dejectedly.
His best friend was mental.

					*    *

	The bright sunlight nearly blinded Lily as she awoke the next
morning. As quickly as she could, to avoid the potions that the nurse
would surely pour down her throat, Lily dressed and straightened her
hair. She looked horrible, she knew, and vowed to run up to her room
to dress properly after visiting Dumbledore.
	Finding Dumbledore would be harder than first thought, however.
Lily had never been to his office before and the only people she knew
that has visited it quite often was one of the Marauders. As it was
entirely too early to find one of them running amuck, she instead made
her way to the staff room.
	"Miss Evans, where are you going?" a sharp voice said behind her.
Turning abruptly, Lily found Professor Kittle turning the corner, his
cane snapping against the stone floor as he walked.
	"Eh--I was suppose to see the Headmaster, but I don't know how to
get to his office."
	Kittle studied her for a moment, as if trying to decide if she
was lying or not. Satisfied she wasn't, he jerked his head to the hall
he had come out of. "Follow me, Miss Evans."
	Lily wished a hundred times over she could have ran into any
other teacher beside Kittle; he gave her the creeps. She would have
almost settled for Professor Walsh, the Potions Master and Head of
Slytherin House.
	Almost.
	Kittle lead her down two more halls before coming to an abrupt
halt in front of a gargoyle. Lily looked around, thinking the old man
just might be off his rocker yet, when he said; "Bertie Bott's Beans,"
and the gargoyle jumped aside. "Up you go, Miss Evans," he muttered
before leaving her to stand there.
	Lily looked up a long tunnel that surely lead to the Headmaster's
office and climbed the steps. When she reached the top, a large wooden
door stood before her and she opened it slowly.
	"Please come on in, Miss Evans," Professor Dumbledore said as
Lily peeked around. She pushed the door open a little further and was
surprised to see Kassie sitting in a chair before the Headmaster's
desk. "I hope you don't mind that I asked Miss Phillips to join us."
	"Oh," Lily said as she sat down. "No, not at all."
	Lily quickly took the seat next to Kassie, nervously twisting her
hands in her lap. Kassie gave her a smile that was meant to reassure,
but Lily was still too frightened about what happened the night before
to take any comfort from it.
	"Now, I'm sure you are wondering what happened last night,"
Dumbledore said wisely, looking at Lily through his half moon glasses.
"I perhaps should have told you this sooner, but alas, with other
things..." he waved his hand in the air. "As you know, Lily, your great
grandmother was a witch. She was in her fourth year when I began
teaching. And quite a remarkable witch she was, too. In fact, I've seen
only three others that rivaled her powers. One was a young man who
attended school here ten years ago, the other is a student at this
school now, as well as you."
	Lily felt her breath catch in her throat, and try as she might,
she couldn't push it out. Kassie reached over, squeezing her hand
gently, but Lily barely acknowledged it.
	"This power presents itself in males as a strong serge, so to
speak. Making the wizard one of the most powerful there is. In females,
it presents itself differently. Not to say you aren't a very powerful
witch. But it seems, Lily, to have manifested itself in visions, as
well."
	Lily prided herself on being smart, but what the Headmaster was
telling her made little sense to her befuddled mind. "I'm sorry,
Professor, but I don't see..."
	"You're a Seer, Lily," Kassie told her, as if it was the best
thing in the world.
	"A what...?"
	"A Seer," Dumbledore said, smiling kindly. "What you had last
night was a vision. A very real one, that, unfortunately, came true
about five o'clock this morning."
	"Came true?" Lily whispered, one hand clutching her neck as the
other dug into the chair arm. Kassie was no longer smiling.
	"I'm afraid so," Dumbledore replied, pulling out a copy of today’s
Daily Prophet and showing them. A picture on the front showed a
large green skeleton head with a snake protruding out of the mouth
hanging in mid-air over a house that was burning. Lily inhaled sharply,
tears filling her eyes. It was the same scene she seen last night while
staring into the fire.
	"Did the people...?"
	"No," the Headmaster answered. "No survivors." Lily gasped. One
of her nails broke on the hand that she was gripping the chair with.
She tried to speak, but the words just wouldn't leave her throat.
Dumbledore put the paper down. "The Aurors arrived only a few minutes
too late. But we can change that," he continued, leaning forward. "Now
that you've had your first vision, more will follow. With any luck,
we'll be able to pin point time and place, and be able to save lives.
	"That is why I have also asked Kassie to join us. She, too, has
shown signs of a Seer and has developed them nicely. One of the reasons
I insisted that she begin school this year was to help you."
	Lily listened as Dumbledore explained to them both the sessions
they would start attending with Professor Trelawney three times a week.
The bell signaling the end of second class rang and Professor
Dumbledore stood. "Please feel free to seek me out if you have any
concerns." He studied the two girls for a moment over the top rim of
his glasses. "I trust that neither of you will tell anyone of your...
abilities, unless it is necessary."
	Both nodded, thanked him and left his office. Lily walked
silently next to Kassie as they descended the steps and emerged from
behind the gargoyle. There was a few first years running past, heading
for the Great Hall, but no one said anything to them.
	"Are you hungry?" Kassie asked, chancing a sideways look at Lily.
The red head hadn't muttered a word since leaving Dumbledore's office.
	Lily couldn't bring herself to feel moderately hungry at the
moment, though just before going to Dumbledore's office, she could have
ate an elephant. "I-I think I'm going to take a quick shower before
classes."
	"Professor Dumbledore said that we didn't have to attend classes
if we didn't want to. Are you sure you want to go?"
	"I have Charms, I don't want to miss it," Lily replied, turning
and heading up the stair case that lead to Gryffindor Tower. Kassie
stood at the entrance to the Great Hall for a moment, watching Lily
worriedly as she hurried up the steps.
	Lily practically ran up the remaining stairs and to the portrait
hole. The Fat Lady survived her reproachfully as she stopped to catch
her breath. "Pixie Dust," Lily said between gasps of breath. The
portrait door came open and Lily climbed inside.
	It took ten minutes under the steaming water for Lily to feel
like she could breathe properly. Her head was jammed with things that
began with "How?" and ended with reliving the vision she had last
night. And trying to cope with the fact that it came true; a family
actually died like that. And that is when the tears came. She slid down
the shower wall, burying her face in her hands.
	By the time she got out, she didn't feel like going to classes.
So instead she pulled on a pair of jeans and a shirt and laid down on
her bed, just to rest her eyes for a moment.

				*	*

	"Lily, wake up."
	Lily could hear someone talking to her, and tried to respond, but
dragging up the energy to do so was another matter all together. She
felt very drugged and her head heavy.
	"Lily?"
	Slowly she opened her eyes, blinking back the blurriness of her
vision. Kassie was sitting on the side of her bed, a look of deep
concern on her face. "Are you ok?"
	"I will be, eventually," Lily muttered, turning over on her side
so she could face Kassie.
	The dark haired girl stood up to give Lily room and sat down on
the bed adjacent to her. "When you weren't in Charms, I came looking for you..."
	"Oh no," Lily mumbled into her pillow, burring her face for a
moment. "I missed Charms. Was Professor Flitwick mad?"
	"No," Kassie answered immediately, drawing her feet up to sit
cross legged. "He let me leave to come fetch you, if you wanted to come
to class. But you don't have to."
	Lily nodded, but said nothing. She found herself studying Kassie
in a new light now. Kassie with her long, straight black hair and
violet eyes that seemed all knowing. Much more than even Lily had given
her credit for. And then some of this years events began to click into
place. "That's how you knew about the desserts at the Welcoming Feast?"
	It wasn't really a question, but Kassie nodded all the same,
knowing what Lily was talking about. She had Seen everyone getting
sick, and had managed to warn all but Peter. At that thought, Kassie's
eyes darkened. "Lily, that reminds me. I need to speak with you about
something."
	Curiously, Lily sat up, pulling a pillow into her lap. Kassie
looked slightly nervous, as if she didn't know where to begin. "I know
that you have been practicing defense spells with Peter," she blurted.
Lily looked startled. "And you don't need to do it anymore."
	"Why?"
	Kassie had known that Lily would ask that, but she still hadn't
worked out a good answer. She couldn't very well say that Lily would
one day regret teaching Peter to be a good dueler. No, some visions
were best kept to herself. Perhaps she could even change this one...
"He'll hurt you. Not meaning to, of course."
	"Oh," Lily muttered. "He is pretty bad at some spells, but he'll
hurt me?"
	More than you know, Kassie thought sadly. "Yeah, a spell
gone wrong. And you will be alone, he won't know the counter curse..."
	"Right," Lily replied. And then: "Did you See us?"
	"Em--yeah. I actually had that vision, and went looking to tell
you about it, and found you and Peter in the common room, discussing a
place to meet..."
	"Oh."
	"I didn't mean to ease drop."
	"It's ok," Lily assured her, laying on her side again. "Kassie,
why are you here?"
	The dark haired girl didn't seem to want to answer that right
away. She messed with a piece of her hair for a moment, her eyes
averting Lily's. "My Mum wanted to home school me because I'm a Seer.
It wasn't because she was sick, though I did end up practically raising
my brothers and sisters. I received my letter from Hogwarts like
everyone else, but my Mum wrote them back, explaining why she wanted to
keep me home. She was afraid that being with so many children would
cloud my Eye, and without the extra money..."
	"Money from what?" Lily asked, not really meaning to. Kassie
didn't look like it bothered her, though.
	"Well, my Mum set up a Muggle Fortune Telling booth not far from
our home. I tell these people a little of what I See for them, mostly
the happy things, and they give us money.
	"But then Professor Dumbledore came last summer and spoke with my
Mum and I about attending Hogwarts. He said that there was someone he
would like me to help out with. But I swear, I had no idea it was you
when I got on the train."
	Lily lapsed into silence after that, staring at the top of her
four poster bed in deep thought. She felt like she was being swept up
in a giant tidal wave, and against her own will, it would carry her out
to where ever it wanted her.

				*	*

	December slipped by after that, and Lily had no more visions.
Which wasn't exactly a sore spot for her. Her and Kassie was attending
classes with Professor Trelawney in the top of the North Tower, but
Lily could tell by one sitting that this class wouldn't do her all that
much good. After a particularly bad lesson, in which the crazed woman
had told Lily she would die before reaching her twenty first birthday,
Lily was ready to quit.
	"She's mental!" Lily exclaimed loudly as her and Kassie descended
the stairs to head to dinner. "How could Professor Dumbledore ever
think spending time with her would help us?"
	"She used to be very good," Kassie explained. "Someone told me
about it, but I don't remember who. Anyways, she predicted something
big, but it didn't come to pass. So she was discredited. But everyone
has a right to be wrong every now and then. Look how wrong I was about
the desserts. I had everyone getting sick, not just Peter." Kassie
shrugged and Lily adjusted her bag on her shoulder.
	"I wonder what the vision was about?"
	"No idea," Kassie replied, not looking nearly as interested in it
as Lily was.
	"Hey!"
	Lily and Kassie both jumped, the former nearly falling over the
step behind her and falling. Kassie grabbed Lily to bring her upright,
and Lily brought her wand out. "James Potter, I'm going to hex you into
next week!"
	James grinned sheepishly at them, looking apologetic. "Sorry. I
was looking for Lily. Can I borrow her?" he asked Kassie.
	"Um-"
	"Thanks!" James grinned, grabbing Lily's arm and dragging her
off. They got three halls away before James said anything, though he
was still holding Lily's arm, dragging her along at times. When he
finally stopped, Lily raised an eyebrow, clearly not amused.
	James, again looking sincerely sorry, though the implications
were not lost on Lily who had seen this face before, gave Lily a tight
lipped grin. "Sorry about that, I couldn't think of any plausible
excuse to talk to you alone."
	"About?" Lily prompted when James began studying something over
her left shoulder intently.
	For someone who usually had one witty remark after another flying
out of his mouth, James Potter seemed unusually quiet at that moment.
Finally Lily seen something she was sure no one else in Hogwarts had
ever witnessed. James blushed. "I was wondering if you were ok. I mean,
after--" he waved his hand in the air like he was trying to clear away
smoke. "I hadn't got a chance to talk to you since then, you've been
oddly attached to Kassie at the hip."
	"Oh," was all Lily said. She had nearly forgotten James had been
with her that night. She opened her mouth to tell him, but shut it
again quickly. Professor Dumbledore had asked her not to tell anyone
unless necessary. But James wouldn't tell anyone, right? Well, anyone
save Remus, Sirius and Peter. All four of the Marauders knowing didn't
strike her fancy. "I-" Again she shut her mouth. This was James, he
would understand and not mention it, right?
	Lily actually wanted to tell him, get someone else's view of her
situation. Kassie thought it was great that she wasn't the only Seer in
the school, and Lily wasn't sure she agreed with her friend's biased
opinion. The red head sighed, leaning against the wall. James was still
watching her, patiently waiting for her to say something.
	She opened her mouth a third time, but she had no more begun to
speak when two students turned the corner and came down the hall. They
eyed her and James for a moment, but didn't stop. Lily shook her head.
"Is there somewhere private we can go?"
	James took on a look of pure bliss. "Lily! I didn't know you
liked me that way!" he announced, his eyes twinkling. Lily felt like
hexing him again.
	"James Potter, I'm serious!"
	Again, not the reaction she expected: he looked stunned. "You
are? Sirius, that's you under all that red hair? I had no idea!"
	Lily couldn't help herself, she giggled, though she meant to tell
him off. Suddenly, though, his face broke into a wide grin. "Sorry Lil,
I just wanted to see you smile. You know laughter can cure almost
everything that Madam Pomfrey can't, right?"
	Actually, she did feel better. Which was unexpected at best. "So
do you?"
	"Do I what?"
	"Know somewhere we can go and not be over heard?"
	"Sure."
	Lily stood there expectantly, James staring at her. "Well?" she
demanded.
	"Oh! You wanted me to take you there? You should have said so!"
And off he marched, leaving Lily to lag behind him, shaking her head.
	They climbed up two sets of stairs, went behind a drape that
turned out to be covering a hidden doorway, and up another set of
steps. When Lily was sure she would fall over from the stinging pain in
her legs, James stopped in front of a wall and held his wand out.
	"Recludo!"
	Lily watched, transfixed, as the wall moved forward as if on
hinges and slid to the side. Beyond it was a dark hall. "Lumos!"
James commanded and his wand tip lit, casting a pale yellow
light in the hall. "Just a little further," he told her, not turning to
face her, but walking ahead.
	"Lumos," Lily said, following his lead and lighting her
own wand tip.
	Only a few short moments later and Lily was staring out of a
window to a tower that she hadn't seen before. From what she could
tell, it was situated in the middle of the castle. The view wasn't any
good, all she could see was the roof of the castle and a couple of
towers.
	"This private enough for you?" James asked, sliding down the wall
and sitting crossed legged on the stone floor, grinning.
	"Very much so," Lily replied, also sitting down. "Now, before I
start, you have to promise me something."
	"That depends on what it is," James replied instantly.
	"You can not repeat what I say to another living soul, not even
Sirius, Remus and Peter."
	James looked at her for a moment, trying to decide if she was
being serious or not. From the look on her face, she was. "Ok," he
answered finally.
	"You promise?"
	"I promise," James said, holding up his left hand, looking
entirely too serious for Lily's liking.
	She sighed. "Ok, here goes..." She told him about everything that
had been said in Dumbledore's office, about Kassie also being a Seer,
and even about the lessons she had been taking with Trelawney.
	When she finished, she felt oddly better. James gave a low
whistle. "Well, that explains a lot..." he mumbled, staring hard at
her. "And that is also mildly interesting."
	"Come again?" Lily muttered, confused.
	"Dumbledore told you that he had only known three people since
your grand mum that was so powerful. Did he tell you who they are?"
	Lily shook her head. She hadn't even realized he hadn't told her,
so caught up had she been in finding out she was a Seer. James ran his
hand through his hair distractedly. "One of them was a boy by the
name of Tom Riddle. Prefect, Head Boy, had a whole list of bloody
awards for this or that behind him. Know what he goes by now a days?"
	Again Lily shook her head, her heart beat picking up pace.
	"Voldemort," James spat, a hatred like Lily hadn't seen before
rising in his eyes.
	They sat in silence for a moment, a question burning in Lily's
mind that she finally pushed out of her mouth: "Who is the other
person?"
	James stared blankly at her for a moment before running his hand
through his hair again. The result was that it stuck up in even more
places than usual, but he didn't seem to know or care. "Me."
	Funny how that one word could make Lily's mind explode in a
thousand questions, and her heart skip a beat. Sure, she had always
known that James was smart, but...? "How long have you known?"
	"Oh, since I was about eight, I suppose," James said in an off
handed way, trying to grin. "Think about it, Lily, if you and I were to
have a kid, they would be the strongest witch or wizard since the
Hogwarts four."
	Lily raised an eyebrow. "How can you think of stuff like that at
a time like this?"
	"I'm talented?" James quipped, a ghost of a grin lighting up his
features.
	Lily stood up, picking her bag up. The sun was setting beyond
the castle and her stomach was reminding her it was dinner time. "I
suppose we better go."
	James nodded, taking out his wand and tapping the wall that at
once began to move. "Hey Lily?"
	"Yeah?"
	"Thanks for telling me."
	Lily turned, flashing a brief smile. "Thanks for telling me."

				*	*

	A week later, Lily had a hard time believing she was looking at
one of the most powerful wizards of their time. Of course, it was hard
to tell if he would live to be a legal wizard by the look on
McGonagall's face. Granted, it was even harder to tell if any of
the Marauder's would live, given the amount of Sheppard’s pie all over
the Great Hall.
	They had started a food fight.
	Lily climbed back in her seat, having taken refuge under the
table, like half of the girls had done. Professor McGonagall was either
really mad, or someone had tried to transfigure her into an angry
chicken. She pointed a long finger at the door to the Great Hall and
all four boys got into a straight line and filed out, their Head of
House on their heels. Professor Dumbledore, who had watched the events
with a rather amused smile, stood up.
	"If everyone who was not hiding under the tables would be so kind
as to clean up the Hall, I think we can draw a close to this rather...
interesting meal." He started to sit down, but two fourth year
Slytherins caught his eye. "And I do know who was under those tables,"
he added, giving them a stern look over the rim of his half moon
glasses. Both of them came back in the room, taking their wands out.
	"Come on," Kassie muttered, nodding her head towards the door.
"It may take me a week to get all this pie out of my hair."
	Lily couldn't help but giggle. "Bet you didn't See that coming,
huh?"
	Kassie gave Lily a devilish grin and started up the stairs.
	"Says who?"
	Lily just rolled her eyes, smiling a little as she rushed up the
remaining stairs to the portrait hole. "Oh great!" Lily grumbled, angry.
"Looks like the Fat Lady is off visiting and we're locked out of the
Common Room."
	"Ugh!" Kassie moaned, pulling a piece of her hair up that dripped
with pie. "Now what?"
	Lily shrugged, leaning against the wall. "Dunno, I suppose we
wait."
	"For what?" another voice asked. Alexis came around the corner,
Madison just behind her. She noted the Fat Lady was gone and shook her
head. "Do you know that makes the third time this week she's been
gone?"
	"Well, it's got to be terribly boring, being a painting, hasn't
it?" Lily asked, sliding down the wall and sitting on the floor.
Kassie sat beside her, still eyeing the blank canvas with obvious spite.
	Alexis and Madison sat across from them, pulling out a pack of
Exploding Snap cards. "Fancy a game?" Alexis asked, grinning. Not many
in the Gryffindor House could claim to have beaten her, which was a
sore spot with almost everyone, especially Sirius.
	"Naw," Kassie muttered darkly, pulling out her charms book. "I
wonder if there is a charm to get this stuff out of my hair?"
	Lily pondered this for a moment, watching Alexis and Madison
start playing a game and Kassie flipping through her book. Suddenly an
idea came to her. "What about the Deletrius?"
	"What if you disincarnate my hair?" Kassie retorted.
	"I think I could make it work," Lily stated, as if it were the
most obvious thing in the world. "Trust me on this one."
	Kassie, looking like she'd rather not, but not having an
alternative, nodded. Lily took out her wand, concentrated really hard
on making the pie (and only the pie) disincarnate from Kassie's hair,
and said; "Deletrius!"
	There was a flash of light and then instantly the pie was gone
from Kassie's hair. Smiling, Kassie hugged Lily around the neck.
"Thanks!"
	"What was that?" a stern voice shrieked. All four girls looked up
as Professor McGonagall came up the steps, her face flushed. "Miss
Evans, I'm quite sure that you are aware of our rules: No magic in the
corridors between classes!"
	"I'm sorry Professor, but you see Kassie had pie in her hair," At
this McGonagall looked twice as angry. "And we can't get in the common
room."
	"Where is the Fat Lady?"
	"We don't know," Kassie replied, pointing at the blank canvas.
"She was gone when we got here."
	"Indeed," McGonagall huffed, giving the portrait a once over.
"Very well, I shall find the Fat Lady. Miss Evans, you will come with
me."
	Lily, giving a worried look at the three girls she was leaving
behind, followed her Head of House.


That's an odd place to leave off, isn't it? Sorry! At the time I wrote
it, I couldn't think anymore and needed the fresh outlook of a new
chapter.

HUGE Thank You to my reviewers! *huggles* By the way, I'm sorry if the
"gay" comment offended anyone in the last chapter. I meant abolutely
nothing more by it that what it was: a joke to completely throw Lily
and Kassie. If anyone read more into that, please don't. I really
didn't mean anything.

About Lily: Yes, as you can probably tell from this chapter, I had
(before I read OotP, but since this story line came before that, it's
ok) ideas that Harry didn't just start getting visions. He inherited
them in a way. And since I actually have this story written up to
chapter 15 (and some later chapters already in the works: ex. when Lily
goes in labor ((promises to be very funny :D)) I'm sticking with the
story line I have, and as promised, not letting OotP influence my work.

<3 Bethany
07.02.03