Lily Snape New

Ugly bird

It didn't take long for the four friends to settle back into Hogwarts, it had been two weeks back at the school for Wizards and Witches and Lily couldn't feel more at home. Fred got back to pranking and getting in trouble, Lily, Rose and Hugo played Quidditch on their free days with who ever wanted to play with them, Amy settled more into her house and became a complete enemy of Tobias Prince, Prince continued to try and get Lily in trouble, Elara went back to helping Luna hunt Nargles, Wyet continued to hang out with Lily and James, and James helped Fred pull off some pranks every once in awhile.

Today was a weekend so Lily was walking the grounds of Hogwarts with Mutante, who was perched on her shoulder as she walked. Lily had grown attached to the bird and he was always there no matter what she was going through. Sometimes it seemed like Mutante understood her.

 It was cold outside and her breath fogged the air as she walked along the covered bridge, looking out every once in awhile. "It's beautiful, isn't it Mutante?" she asked as she looked out at the frozen landscape. "So peaceful."

Mutante cooed, rubbing his beak against her cheek. "I wouldn't think the likes of you would like something like this," a harsh voice from behind her said and she turned to see Charles Karlo, a Slytherin.

Lily scoffed, frowning before turning away from the third year and looked back out, ignoring him. "Hey, I was talking to you girl," Karlo snapped, grabbing her shoulder which Mutante was not on and forcing her to turn and look at him.

"I heard you, I just decided to ignore you," she said, frowning. 

Karlo was a tall boy with long, lanky brown hair, brown eyes and pale skin. Completely average. Karlo wore a pair of pants, a green T-shirt, a black fur jacket and grey boots. Karlo frowned down at her. "This your bird, Snape?" Karlo asked, jabbing a finger at Mutante, who squawked. 

"Yes, why?" she asked, crossing her arms. 

"Just wondering why this bird looked so ugly. But if it's your than it makes sense, it looks just like you," Karlo said and she gasped, hurt.

Mutante fluffed up his feather, getting into a stance in making a clicking sound, his feathers turning black. "Oooh, do you have to have your bird protect you," Karlo teased, laughing.

Mutante made a hissing noise and launched himself at Karlo, talons out as he slashed at Karlo. "Mutante, stop!" Lily yelled as Karlo fell back, deep slash marks on his face. Lily went to seize Mutante but someone grabbed her arms and pulled her back. She looked up to see one of Karlo's goons, Marcus Long, his eyes hard as another one of his goons grabbed Mutante and gripped Mutante by his throat. "Please, please stop," Lily begged, Mutante flailing in the goon's hands.

"Put them down," she heard a familiar voice say and looked over to see Prince. Prince, of all people, had told them to stop.

"Come on Prince, we all know you hate this Ravenclaw. She betrays her father's name," Karlo said, wiping away the blood from his face as it ran down from the slashes. "And the bird deserves it, look what it did to me."

Lily was silently begging Prince to help her and not side with the Slytherins. "You can have to bird, just leave me Snape," Prince said, striding up to her and lifting up her face, making her look up at him.

"I hate you," she spat and Prince grinned.

"I know you do, Snape," he said. "I'm going to enjoy this, leave us," Prince said to the other Slytherins. 

Karlo and his gang grinned and left, their hoots and hollers echoed through the covered bridge as Prince pulled out his wand. "I hope this makes you happy, picking on an innocent girl," Lily spat.

Prince rolled his eyes and muttered a spell and she could move and she gasped. "What-?"

"Shush," Prince said, looking at the goons as they fell to the ground writhe like they were in pain. She could see a black haired girl dressed in black clothes at the other end of the covered bridge, her wand out. Amy Riddle.

Amy waved and Lily smiled as Mutante rose from the three writhing figures. "We're here to help, we couldn't let those three idiots hurt you and your bird," Prince said, helping her up. 

Lily looked up at Prince before hugging him, smiling up at him. "Thank you Prince, this means a lot," she said as Amy and Mutante came over, the three boys rushing off. 

"Don't mention it. Ever," Prince said and she nodded.