Lily Peters

Eleven years ago, a former American Death Eater by the name of Robert Peters and his wife, Catherine, left their infant daughter on the steps of The Merlin House Orphanage in Diagon Alley, never to be heard from again. Now in 2000, Lily Marie Peters is eleven years old and about to begin her first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With a mysterious sapphire necklace to guide her, Lily will unlock the secrets of her past and find more than she expected within the castle walls... An OC story with a tinge of AU added later in the series.

"The day after the third task I happened to pass by the hospital wing late at night. I was on my way back to Gryffindor from dinner and decided to stop in and look to see how Harry was doing. I stepped into the shadows, not wishing to be seen by anyone. It was then I alone witnessed a miraculous event..."

On the night of his death in the graveyard, Cedric Diggory returns to say goodbye to the person who meant most to him.