Another Potter

Year one

Lily Potter

October had soon arrived, spreading a damp chill over the grounds and into the castle. Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Her Pepperup potion worked instantly, though it left the drinker smoking at the ears for several hours afterward. Ginny, who had not been feeling too good, had stayed back one too many times for me and Alexa to like, so we had to drag her down there. Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams. I had always loved the weather in fall. But I always dreaded October, yes it was the month I turn 13, I should be excited right? Well, my birthday also reminded me of the day both my parents die, so that isn't really a nice birthday. But I would have my friends and Harry there with me, which made me smile. I shook my head out of my thoughts and pulled out a book, I had found it in Ginny's things, it looked like a diary to me, I had asked her if I could have it, wanting to have a journal to have. When I opened it up, it started writing by itself,

'Hello?'

I looked at the book like it had a head grown to it. What book writes by itself, obviously this one you dumb bitch, I picked up my quill and hesitantly started writing back.

'Hi?'

'I see you found my diary.' What the fuck.

'What the actual fuck is going on?'

'My name is Tom Riddle, I was a student at Hogwarts in 1943.' I slowly closed the diary, what in the bloody fuck was that. I opened it back up, the writing was all gone.

'My friend gave this diary to me.' I finally wrote

'What's their name?'

'Ginny Weasley, my name is Lily Potter, I'm a first year at Hogwarts.'
'Tell me how has been your year at Hogwarts like?' I started writing back quickly, soon I had been writing all night to Tom, I didn't realize how much trouble I had gotten myself into. Soon writing to Tom turned into an everyday thing, I would sneak off from Ginny and Alexa and write to Tom, it almost felt like I was talking to him in real life, like he was standing there and actually there in the moment with me. One day he should me one of his memories, I could see him, I couldn't touch him but he was there and it felt so real. I felt like I was there with him. I don't know what happened, but things started to get weird, I felt more tired, I brushed it off as tiredness from studying too much. I started writing to Tom saying how tired I was and how stressed I was, I told him about my parents and my birthday, it was soon approaching, I told him why I hated it some much. I told him everything.

Halloween had arrived. Today was my birthday. I woke up to Ginny and Alexa holding a platter of scones, a huge variety of them, to which I was thankful for because between the three of us we ate all of them. Ginny had gotten me a new green knitted jumper with a , from Alexa I got a brand-new copy 'The Hobbit', Harry had gotten a few photos of our parents from Hagrid last year, so he had made a scrape book filled with photo of them. Ron and Hermione pitched in and got me a new . I had received many 'Happy Birthdays' from multiple people. Blaise even came up to me and gave me sugar quills and wishing me a happy birthday, that did surprise me.

At dinner, I wasn't feeling too good,

"Hey Gin, I don't feel too good, I'm gonna head up to bed." I started gathering my bag,

"Want me to come with you?" Ginny made a move to get up, I pushed her back down into her seat,

"No, no, you stay here and keel Alexa company, I'm just heading back to bed."

"Alrighty then." I walked out of the Great Hall when everything went dark.

When I found out what happened to Mrs. Norris, I was scared. I had woken up to blood on my hands with feather all over my front, I started writing to Tom about what happened, I was scared that I killed Mrs. Norris. When Ginny came up to me asking what was wrong I couldn't tell her what had happened, so I just lied, I told her I loved cats and was I was also scared about whoever did it. The chamber of secrets had been reopened, but by whom? Finally, I suppose had enough of me moping around about Mrs. Norris when he came up to me asking me what was wrong.

"But you haven't really got to know Mrs. Norris," Harry told me. "Honestly, we're much better off without her." my lip trembled, why was I crying? "Stuff like this doesn't often happen at Hogwarts,"

"They'll catch the maniac who did it and have him out of here in no time. I just hope he's got time to petrify Filch before he's expelled. I'm only joking —" Ron said hastily when I started to cry more.

"I just don't feel good and with everything that has-" Harry cut me off with a hug,

"it's alright Lily, we have each other and I will do anything to keep you safe, got it?"

"Got it." I said, pulling away from Harry, I wiped my tears away.

"I just feel so bad for Mrs. Norris." Ron groaned, "Sorry Ron that I have a soft spot for cats." I crossed my arms, looking at the boy. "Well, I best be off, Alexa and I planned on studying today."

"Okay, well be safe" Harry told me. I gave him a thumbs up and a smile and started skipping away.

"Girls these days, start crying one second and are all cheery the next seconded" Ron shook his head confused

"I heard that!" I yelled at Ron.

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Harry's name had once again been talked about a lot lately. From what Ginny heard that apparently Harry was the heir of Slytherin. I didn't believe it, Harry being the heir? From what Harry told him is that when he went to the duel club he talked to a snake. Didn't know what that meant but seemed like a whole load of rubbish that one kid Justin is saying. Saying Harry sent a snake on him. Why in merlins name would Harry want Justin dead? He's a fucking Hufflepuff for godrics sake. They wouldn't hurt a fly, unless they got in between there food. Seen one day and Hufflepuff put another on in a headlock for taking the last piece of toast. I needed to get down to the bottom of this. I needed to find Harry, so I was headed off to the common room to hopefully find him.

Standing up from the chair I had been sitting the last hour writing an essay for Snape's class, he did have fun scaring our class. Made my way out of the library and headed up the stairs.

"Harry?" I called out once I had gotten through the portrait, I scanned the common room looking for him. I walked over one of the couches were I found him sitting with Ron and Hermione, he was sunk deep into the cushion while Hermione was giving the two boys a lecture on some to deal with potions and I heard Malfoy in the mix of it. "Harry can we talk?" Harry turned his head to me, with the look of relief on his face,

"Yeah, of course." He turned my way and patted on the chair beside him. "What about?" I took a seat in the chair,

"People are saying your the heir of Slytherin. They say you opened the chamber of secrets." Harry groaned.

"I'm going to kill Justin the next time we have class with him." He paused looking over at Ron who was now arguing with Hermione, I suppose he was trying to get her to do his homework. "That's what Ron, Hermione, are trying to find out, I'm sick of getting these looks from people and the gossip of me being the heir, I'm bloody Harry Potter, why would I want to do that?" I looked at him

"What even happened with that Justin kid?" Harry sighed,

"At the dueling club, when me and Malfoy were dueling he let a snake out if wand, it started going after Justin who was standing right there. Apparently I started talking to it in parseltongue."

"Parseltongue?" What is he talking about.

"Its a snake language" I looked at him like he had three heads. "Never mind." I shook my head and got up, well I'm going to bed.

"Night Harry," I looked over and Ron and Hermione, "Hermione, Ron" I waved bye to them while they all said goodnight to me.

As I was headed up the stairs Harry went back to scheming with the other two, little did I know that they were currently trying to figure out a way to prove that Draco Malfoy was he heir of Slytherin and not Harry. Hermione being the only sensible one had come up with a plan that got the two boys excited for there plan to come into action.