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"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

"Happy is the house that shelters a friend." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Lily Evans has yearned all her life for home and happiness, and when she receives her Hogwarts letter, it offers her everything she has ever wished for. But beneath this promising facade, there lies something darker and more complex than she ever could have imagined. Will Lily be ready to handle the pressures a new world can bring? More importantly, will she find someone with whom to share the burden?

A rendezvous near the Whomping Willow and loads of Quidditch, as well as a prank or two, in this latest installment of Lily's first year.

Let the meeting of the Young Death Eaters Assocation commence! But what Lucius doesn't know is that a certain redheaded Gryffindor is lurking unseen in a corner, hearing everything he says...