history repeats itself.
james sirius potter x fem!oc
harry potter next generation
cover: "the lovers" by aseamlessbonds on deviantart
not edited AT ALL. lots of grammatical errors and plot holes.
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TROIS
the smile of someone who's found the quintessence of life!
THE NAMES CALLED out to be sorted all blurred into one as students clapped when the Sorting Hat chose a house. Neither Lily or James knew anyone who was being sorted, so the results didn't hold as much weight as in years past.
Before they knew it, their house tables were filled to the brim with various foods ranging from bangers and mash to pasties to toast and jam. Anything that you could ever want was there. If it wasn't at the table, you could ask a house elf and it would appear in front of you promptly.
Lily Edwards was very excited, yet melancholy. This would be her very last Hogwarts opening feast for a long time. She didn't have dreams of becoming a professor, maybe sometime in her later life, but not anytime soon.
She'd been studying to become a healer at St. Mungo's, although the auror department had been subtly scouting her for about a year now, but she'd figured it out. She wouldn't say that she was a pacifist, but she greatly disliked killing and war and that was basically the job of the auror. Would she be qualified and had the skill set for it? Most definitely. She had the potential to become the next Harry Potter or Kingsley Shacklebolt, but she was never fond of harming another person. Quite the opposite actually, with her aspirations of choosing to save them.
She sat next to Ruby during the feast — even though Hogwarts had made the effort to promote house unity by allowing ( and encouraging ) members of other houses to intermix, the sorting ceremony and Remembrance Day were exceptions.
But, Lily wasn't complaining. She loved Ruby's company, they always had interesting political conversations together and during the summer helped the Women's March organization plan their next march together. Lily first met Ruby on the Platform, Ruby was accompanying her older brother, Justin, for the first time as she would be joining him the following year. Lily was lost and slightly disoriented and Ruby pointed her in the right directions and gave advice on food after complimenting her coat.
Lily helped herself to some shepherd's pie in front of her as well as some extra green beans. She munched happily while listening to Ruby talk to one of their housemates — Annie González — about the treatment of house-elves and the progress that still had to be made.
Lily agreed — they were enslaved, how could the wizarding world not see this? Let alone think that they are happy and enjoy the work that they are given. The wizarding 'masters' are just told what they want to hear. There is no way that they are happy with their current life situation.
Hermione Granger had made progress in her time in the Ministry and in her short amount of time as the Minister of Magic, but there was a lot more progress to be made. Ruby MacMillan was going to help with that and Lily and Annie were going to support her. Something needed to be done.
