#hufflepuff lily luna potter

[scvrbus]

CC Headcannon: Astoria Malfoy wanted to make sure that Scorpius didn’t have the same attitude as his family had towards muggles and muggleborns so she taught him a lot about muggles as a kid. After she died, Scorpius wanted to continue learning about them because he felt that it was what his mum would’ve wanted and he felt like it was one of the only things he had left of her. This fuelled his passion for muggle studies. He learns about all kinds of muggle things and gains a *very* big hyperfixation on muggle music and brings his new wired earphones with him everywhere.

When him and Albus later declare their undying love for each other, Scorpius is invited round to dinner at the Potter house. He’s really nervous and starts rambling about the most random things and eventually settles on teaching them all about muggle music. Harry turns out to have a very similar taste in music to Scorpius as they’re both 80s nerds and Harry lived with the Dursleys for ages so knows his fair share of muggle music.

They talk for hours and hours about Queen, Nirvana, The Killers etc and Albus pretends to understand what they’re on about but Harry reminds Albus that he’s tried to teach him many, many times about the wonders of muggle life, but he’s always refused.

When the boys go back to Hogwarts, Albus finally agrees to listen to muggle music. Albus ends up loving it and makes a playlist of all the songs that remind him of Scorpius.

Albus then sends Scorpius the link to the playlist as a Christmas gift and it turns out Scorpius did the same for him and it’s so f-ing cute!! They both end up putting their earphones in and listening to each other’s playlists for hours on end and Harry and Scorpius continue to bond over their similarities in muggle music taste and it’s like the cutest thing ever <33

[hannshines]

HARRY POTTER NEXT GEN (FANCAST) PT.1

Part one because i can only put 10 images per post ☠️

Pt.1 (here):

Pt.2: FlintWood's, Nott, Pucey's, Bell and Montague

Pt.3: Longbottom's and Scamsnder's

James Sirius Potter - Daaken Bluman

Albus Severus Potter - @ kobol._

Lily Luna Potter - Silvia Muñoz

Scorpius Malfoy - Troye Sivan

Fred Weasley ll - Reece King

Roxanne Weasley - Kiara @ keeahwah

Molly Weasley ll - Mathilda Mai

Lucy Weasley - Liberty Mai

Victoire Weasley - Scarlett Leithod

Teddy Lupin - Tom Webb

[imaravencatch]

getting tired of this bird app

[the-nightingales-world]

It's been 24 years since The Great Battle of Hogwarts🪄

[animefankotaro]

Trans Lily Luna Potter

Lily was in her room. It had been an hour since she said she was going to tell her mum and dad about how she felt. She already told James and Albus and they told her they would have her back.

“You know. I always wanted a sister.” James said.

“I knew you were a girl anyway.” Albus told her. Lily smiled at her brothers comments. She had told them her secret. Now she had to tell her parents. She was 8 years old now. In just three years her Hogwarts letter would be showing up. She was worried it would have her birth name on it. With that she was worried she would have to go to the boys dorm which would be 7 miserable years for her. She had to tell them it was now or never.

“Don't worry, sis.” Albus said. “We'll back you up if you need us.”

“I don't think you will though. I have a feeling mum and dad will support you.” James also said. Lily nodded her head.

“Okay, I'm ready.” She went downstairs. Her father was waving his wand working on some spells whole her mum was using a laptop. Unlike her father her mum found muggle objects fascinating. Her Grandfather Arthur was even more amazed by them. She went down the stairs and into the room her parents were. They both noticed her and Ginny spoke first.

“Is there something you need, Remus?” Lily flinched a bit at the sound of her real name. She knew she was named after a Hogwarts professor who was friends with her father and best friends with her grandfather James Potter. Her middle name Neville was after a good friend of her father's from school who now worked at Hogwarts.

“Umm. There's something I need to tell you. Both of you. It's very important.” Harry and Ginny looked at each other before looking back at “Remus”.

“Sure, kiddo.” Harry said. “What's the problem?”

“Alright.” She sat down by her parents looking like she was ready to puke.

“Are you okay?” Ginny asked.

“I'm just nervous about what I need to tell you.” Lily gulped.

“You can tell us anything, kiddo.” Harry said.

“Well....I don't want my name to be Remus anymore.” The air was so silent that they would hear the wind outside. Harry and Ginny could also hear their other two son's breathing by the stairs but ignored it.

“You.. you want to change your name?” Harry questioned. “What do you mean? You don't like your name? We choose it for a reason.”

“I know. I know you named me after one of the heroes who fought with you. But.... it just doesn't fit. I want something more... feminine.” Harry and Ginny looked at each other. They were sure they knew what was coming next.

“Do you feel like you're really a girl?” Ginny asked. Lily was quiet a moment before nodding slightly.

“I don't wanna grow up to be like James and Albus when they do. I wanna be a mom. I want to go to school as a girl. I'm so worried the letter will have my name on it and I'll have to go there as a boy. I just can't do that. I can't imagine myself growing a beard.” Lily started crying here. Ginny took her in and hugged her. Harry put one hand on Lily's hand and another on her head.

“It's okay. Kiddo.” Harry said. “We don't let that happen. If you really feel like a girl inside than your mom and I will help you.”

“That's right. We will.” Ginny said.

“I already told James and Albus. They said they will help me.”

“Good. Tell you what. You're mom and I will floo up to the school and talk to the Headmistress about this.. I'm sure we can get it all sorted out.”

“Do you have a name you would prefer.” Ginny asked.

“Well. I was thinking since I was named after a hero of yours and a friend I could still do that.” Lily asked.

“How about Lily Luna?” Harry asked. Ginny smiled. This is the same they would have chosen if they had a daughter.

“I like that. Lily Luna. I'm Lily Luna Potter.” Lily said proudly.

“Our little Lily.” Ginny kissed her daughter.

“You'll be with me until the end?” Lily asked.

“Always.” Ginny said.

So Harry and Ginny went to Hogwarts to talk to Professor McGonagall.

“I assure you that Lily will be able to come to Hogwarts as herself. While rare we have had some students like in before. When it is time her letter will have her preferred name on it and there should be no problem with the staircase.”

“What about bullies?” Ginny asked.

“Anyone student who bullies Lily will receive a warning at first. A detention will be given and so on if the behavior continues. Teachers will also be required to use her preferred name and pronouns. She will also get to wear the girls uniform.”

“There's also the issue of her body. It can be changed with potions can it?” Harry asked.”

“Yes. But it is a long and hard process. She can take a potion that will stop puberty as soon as she starts her first year. She will probably have to wait a few years to take anything else. While she'll be disappointed being behind the other girls it's a rule by most healers that no one can take permanent body changing potions until about age 14. We'll see where things go from there.” Harry and Ginny nodded. After their meeting with the Headmistress they told Lily the news.

“So I can be a girl at school?” Lily shrieked. Her smile was big.

“Yes you can.” Ginny told Lily. “You don't have to worry about the letter, staircase, or bullies. You can also start taking potions that will stop your puberty too.” Lily hugged both her parents.

“I promise I'll be the best daughter I can be.”

“You already are, Lily. You already are.” Harry said.

[moaning-riddle]

Slytherin: the fabulous Gays

Gryffindor: the chaotic Bis

Hufflepuff: the badass Pans

Ravenclaw: the intellectual Aces

[kittenfangirl20]

I have a headcanon that right after the events of Cursed Child Ginny finds out that she is pregnant with a fourth child which ends up being a daughter they name Ruby Minerva Potter in honor of both Rubeus Hagrid and Minerva McGonagall. I would like to see Ruby be sorted in either Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. She would also have red hair like Ginny and her father’s green eyes. I am probably one of the few people who has the headcanon that Lily Luna has black hair from Harry and Ginny’s brown eyes.

[the-ducklingg]

Sorry but I don't make the rules:

[herwold]

What houses did these characters go to (in my opinion):

❤️Gryffindor❤️

- James Sirius Potter

- Lily Luna Potter

- Roxanne Weasley

- Fred Weasley II

- Molly Weasley II

- Rose Granger-Weasley

- Hugo Granger-Weasley

💚Slytherin💚

- Albus Severus Potter

- Scorpius Malfoy

- Dominique Weasley

💙Ravenclaw💙

- Victorie Weasley

- Louis Weasley

- Lysander Scamander

💛Hufflepuff💛

- Teddy Lupin

- Lucy Weasley

- Lorcan Scamander

[angelicamerlinbarnes]

Severus Snape being an awesome teacher and human being

Au Volant - Elsa & Emilie

He makes sure to let students work on their own when they brew Amortentia. They only have to pass in a list of things they smell and he draws little smiley faces on them because he knows a lot of kids are very insecure about their feelings. (Once a kid passed in a list that just said, I’m sorry Professor but it doesn’t smell like anything, and on their paper Severus drew an ace and aro flag and a time for the student to be at Mcgonogall’s office that weekend for tea, along with a smiley face and an O grade.) (The student was Newt.) (Hailee’s just read, People are gross and if I fall in love with one I want you to kill me, to which Severus responded, Valid, and drew her a picture of a turtle.)

He makes fake batches of Felix Felicis and gives one to every student secretly before their O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s so they feel extra confident going into the test but aren’t actually cheating.

He knows his area is Potions, but he teaches defense spells to students who come after class or report bullying anonymously. Severus Snape does not fucking stand for bullying in his classroom or outside of it. If you dare to pick on one of his students, he will burn you so hard with his mere words that you will wish you were dead. Do not fuck with Severus Snape’s kids.

On parent-teacher day, he drinks different batches of Polyjuice Potion to imitate certain students, all of whom hide away in their dorms after drinking a fine batch of invisibility potion. He then follows these select parents around and endures their horrifying, demeaning remarks about their “failure of a child” so his students don’t have to. He makes sure to give these students glowing praises to their parents when it’s his turn to offer feedback (after making up an excuse to go to the bathroom as the student), and takes mental notes of the parents’ most prominent criticisms so he can be sure to compliment those parts of his students during their next assignments (and also just because).

He brews sleeping potions for students he knows stay up all night studying and sometimes slips it into their drinks if they refuse to take it willingly. He then gives them back their (usually almost flawless) tests with the note that if they want a full O they need to sleep more.

He invites kids he knows don’t have many friends to have dinner and lunch and breakfast in his classroom whenever they’d like. He tries to make friends with some of them too, hoping to make their lives a little less lonely than his was.

He keeps an eye out for abusive home situations. He does his best to come up with excuses for those unfortunate students to stay at Hogwarts over breaks or to visit often over the summer. He tries to find them friends that will help them the way James helped Sirius and Regulus, and speaks to Mcgonogall about opening a home for these kids on campus. He does his best to be the parent he knows these kids don’t have, and is open about his own horrid past in hopes of getting some of them to fess up so he can help them better than he can without hearing it explicitly from their mouths.

He uses his Pensieve to collect happy memories of and for his students to reflect on when they need to and they sit in the corner of his classroom. (Among them are his wedding day to James and Lily, the day Harry was born, a couple playdates with the other Marauder children, Sirius and Remus’ wedding day, studying with Remus, pranking James with Sirius, Sirius and James asleep cuddled together with Remus on the couch in ugly Christmas sweaters, his son and many nieces and nephews playing dress-up, reading with Hermione and exploring with Luna and Newt, dancing with Draco (he likes to dance but was always ashamed to do it at the Malfoys), going on long drives with Regulus, the Blacks’ funeral (Regulus and Sirius performed a very gay stripper dance on top of their graves, it was beautiful), and many, many more.) Sometimes he can see his saddest students watching them and smiling, and their sad eyes twinkling make him smile.

He brings in a box of small kittens, puppies, and bunnies one day and lets them wander around the classroom. Some kids start crying because they haven’t felt this loved in years. After an incident with a bad potion and a rainbow puppy, he stops bringing them all out during class, but they’re there on the weekends and whenever a student needs to hug one (or borrow one, much to Mcgonogall’s chagrin).

He works to break down House biases and help students develop inter-House relationships and friendships. He wants every student to be proud of their House and not to treat anyone differently because of theirs. He creates (with Dumbledore, Sirius, and Regulus’ help) an annual House Pride, in which every student dresses up in their House colors and has their nails and skin painted and everyone is smiling and laughing and waving flags with their House emblems in the air. Even the teachers get in on it.

He stresses the importance of friendships, communication, and choices. He urges students not to make his mistakes by treating their friends well, talking about their feelings even if they’re ugly, and making the right choices in life for you and your loved ones, even if those choices are hard. He invites Lily in to talk about this too sometimes.

He sends out his Patronus every night to wander around the school. Often it comes back to him with nothing, but sometimes he can hear a student crying through it. He’ll instruct his doe to sit with the student until he gets there, and then he’ll walk around the castle, pretending to “accidentally” happen upon the crying student. He’ll sit with them until they’ve calmed down and listen if they want to talk and then take them to their dorm, bidding them goodnight and get well soon.

He gives students hugs when they want them. He didn’t want to originally, but Harry would greet him every class with a hug, and then one day Draco came in crying and attached himself to Severus like a sloth, so he patted him on the back and continued to hug him. Not long after, Hermione couldn’t figure out a potion and burst into tears out of frustration, turning and burying herself in his chest. After Luna wrapped her stick arms around his neck for no reason, Severus just accepted his fate and let his students hug him.

A lot of first years get scared in the hallways, since the staircases move and everywhere is incredibly crowded and they are oh so very small. Severus will often hold the hand of the most anxious ones for the first few weeks and walk them to class. Eventually they become more confident with the castle and themselves and stop needing it, but the occasional sixth year will slip their hand into his just because sometimes.

He walks around campus with students sometimes. He can tell when they’re nervous or sad or angry and he takes them on walks around the outskirts of campus and lets them vent. He also teaches them how to throw curses at the Whomping Willow just because (it’s for Remus but nobody’s gonna say it out loud).

He teaches students how to walk dramatically (as he should). He puts on student drag shows in the Great Hall with James’ help (who always kisses him way too enthusiastically because of it) and Dumbledore’s permission (so long as he gets to be the finale). The students work with Sirius on their drag looks and Sirius and Remus both join in the drag show for the opening act. Sirius’ job is to design and create the students’ looks while Remus tells them they look pretty and tames their stage fright. Severus just sits in the audience smirking while Lily screams in delight. (Regulus also shrieks with excitement eventually, though he does usually spend the first half trying to look disinterested.) (Peter’s job is to get the cookies and sweets (and underage alcohol).)

He turns into his snake Animagus form sometimes without warning when his students aren’t looking and just slithers around the classroom scaring the crap out of people. His favorite students are the ones brave enough to pet him. Harry and Newt are the only ones brave enough (and allowed) to wind him around their shoulders. Severus and Harry sometimes have conversations in Parseltongue.

He invents spells to help with dyslexia and other learning disabilities in his spare time. When he’s done with that he plans to try looking into some cures to mental illness. He’s thinking possibly a potion that treats PTSD by replacing traumatic memories with pictures of puppies, unicorns, bunnies, cats, and parrots. What do you think?

He tries hard to come up with solutions and modifications to his lessons for students with ADHD. He often talks to James about what the best steps to take are because James has ADHD. (So does Sirius, but his insecurities are bad enough that he won’t talk about it with anyone but Remus and James.)

He plays the violin sometimes during tests and uses Sonorus to make it echo throughout the classroom. Occasionally he cancels class and just plays until most of his students fall asleep. Those who want to work on extra work can, but he tries to keep their stress and general teenage angst to a minimum. (Though he encourages the emo phase.)

One of the first things he does after the Prank is get to work on a lycanthropy solution for Remus. After a couple years he invents the wolfsbane potion, but it doesn’t quite do the trick. Eventually he manages to figure out the cure, and when Remus finds out he cries so hard he can’t breathe right for days. (Sirius also cries. So does James. And Peter. And Lily and Regulus and Mcgonogall. Seriously, everyone cried and everyone hugged him and Severus tried to get away by transforming into his snake form but toddler Harry just grabbed him and refused to let go, so that didn’t work.) (He also helps Remus become a wolf Animagus when he asks almost a year later.)

He teaches certain kids Occlumency and Legilimency after school. It’s strictly for kids he knows come from abusive homes, whether they’re open about it or not, so they can tell when it’s going to be a bad night and get away or protect themselves. He teaches Occlumency for those who need to hide things from their parents (like Sirius and Regulus used to) and Legilimency to all, just in case. He focuses on stealth and untraceable versions of the craft to earn the kids as much time and protection as he can.

He figures out how to remove the Dark Mark from his own arm after the war. The next person he calls is Regulus, whose he also removes. He writes down the entire process and when the war starts up again, he keeps an eye out for students suddenly wearing long sleeves. He speaks with those he does find and helps them to make the right choice and join the right side of the war, starting with removing that horrid tattoo. (Draco bawls uncontrollably when Severus removes his.)

When they do the lesson on Veritaserum, he’s extra careful to make sure students don’t test it, especially on themselves or their friends. It, along with Amortentia, is the most guarded potion in his stash. The only times he uses it is when a student from an abusive home is too scared to tell him what’s going on, in which case he finds them somewhere private, asks them if they’d be okay with it and if so which teacher they want to be there to ask the questions (usually Remus, Sirius, or himself), and then administers the potion and leaves or begins to ask yes or no questions. It’s helped a lot of kids escape their families.

He tries to ease trepidations about himself early in the school year, since he’s aware he can be intimidating and the rampant stories regarding his time under Voldemort (though entirely as a spy) do not help. His friendships with Remus and Sirius often serve to alleviate students’ fears though, as they tend to tell embarrassing stories about him from their own Hogwarts days that make him seem more human (and make him want to strangle them, but that’s neither here nor there).

Every year, he works with Remus and Lily to arrange Muggleborn Pride. It’s an incredibly popular event with tons of Muggle inventions and artifacts floating through the air over students’ heads. At any time they can reach up and pull one down to study it. Many students dress as their favorite Muggle icons and characters. Because of this, Muggleborn students are more comfortable being who they are than ever before. (Some have even reclaimed the word Mudblood by setting up mud pits during their Pride.) (They also have more Slytherin Muggleborns now than any other time in recorded history.)

He tells Regulus’ story to every class of students, to teach them what true bravery is and how love and family, even if not blood, can change the course of history. Regulus survived his encounter with the Horcruxes and worked to destroy them and eventually Voldemort, but now lives away from the public eye in a secluded part of Muggle London. He and Severus are friends and visit often, and Regulus will occasionally come back to Hogwarts to say hello to his brother and mum (Remus), but for the most part he keeps his life intensely private. He allows his family to tell his story because he wants other kids to know they are not alone and that there is a way out, and that you are not a bad person for things you did in your childhood. Severus does his best to do it justice.

He has incredibly loud arguments with Dumbledore until he finally agrees to implement sex ed as a mandatory class at Hogwarts. Severus works with the other Marauders on the curriculum and they try to include multiple angles and identities in their lesson plan. At first they try to trust Remus with it, but Remus doesn’t go anywhere without Sirius who is less than tactful and Remus himself has some deadpan sarcasm and a lack of shame to rival James Potter’s, so. They try Lily. She can’t stop giggling. Finally they beg Regulus to come back and teach it. He’s surprisingly… perfect for the job. (He steals parenting books from Amir, that’s his secret.)

When James visits, everything becomes chaos for a bit. While he mostly hangs out with Sirius and Remus and causes trouble with them, he certainly seems to enjoy sitting in the back of Severus’ classroom and bothering him during lessons. The only way to get him to leave is to turn into a snake and wind himself around his shoulders, which makes James shriek and sputter and run away (James has always had an irrational fear of snakes; odd that he married one then, innit?). But when James isn’t causing chaos, he’s following Severus around adoringly and grabbing at his hand, whispering jokes in his ear and kissing his cheek. Despite all of the times he’s a pain in the ass, there are always these little moments that remind Severus why he fell in love with him in the first place (entirely unwillingly and with much stubborn pride on both ends, but, well. It is what it is and they got here eventually, so that’s all that matters).

When Lily visits, everything is calm. She reigns all of the Marauders in and forces them to have picnics under the tree where they all used to do homework. She often holds Severus’ hand and dances with him there, turning his insides to useless goo. She’s always full of laughter and fairy bells, and though she makes every student question their priorities and life decisions, she’s a favorite of them all. Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t pull him aside and say, “You’re a lucky, lucky man.” (Or, in James’ case: “Fuck, love, how’d we bloody manage that?” (Severus just shrugs. It’s not like he knows.))

He helps kids with autism feel more like they belong. He also works to educate non-autistic students how to better socialize and respect those who are, and takes extra care to dispel myths about autism and its causes, effects, and characteristics. Lily helps when she can.

Above all, Severus tries to give his students the education he never had. Anything he can provide for them he will. He’s been given a second chance and by Merlin is he going to bloody use it.

[illuminating-dragons]

Lay Here In My Arms (11/14): Love Squared

Pairing: Lily Luna Potter/Leila Marcos (Fading Scars)/Tilly Ascough (Fading Scars)/Danny McEvoy (Fading Scars)

Summary:  Lily Luna Potter was born to love, and love well. All her partners agree.

Notes: For your pre-reading, I would highly recommend 'Pity the Living', which will give you some background on Danny, and 'A Sporting Good Time' (within the Fading Scars hub story), for some background on why the hell there's track and field at Hogwarts. I'm playing a bit fast and loose with what's known of other wizarding schools, but this was all I could find on Pottermore, and I made some educated guesses. I am also playing a bit fast and loose with French--I'm technically bilingual, but it's been a while. I also just didn't bother with accents, please don't murder me. And the Arabic is Google translate.

Leila

           “Potter!”

           Lily turned. So did Al, next to her. It was rather confusing; she’d prefer to be called by her first name. She couldn’t imagine how her other cousins managed with the constant “Weasley!”

           It was Professor MacMillan. Lily’s heart sank. Her Head of House was very strict, and if he’d heard about her helping Al, Rose and Scorp…

           Professor MacMillan didn’t look cross, though. He looked rather nervous. “How are you, Potter?”

           “Well enough, sir. Can I do something for you?”

           “I’d like you to come meet a new student. She’s been Sorted into Hufflepuff, and she could use a Badgerina’s help.”

           Al snorted at the name, but Lily was fiercely proud of the group. It was a long-standing Hufflepuff tradition, involving anyone who wanted to be in it. The only requirement was that someone be in Hufflepuff, and they had to do several good deeds and not get caught doing them in a year. This led to the group being made up of a lot of kind but sneaky people (several of whom were Hatstalls) and they had a lot of fun. Lily had joined her first year, and she found it almost as fun as Quidditch.

           “Can Hugo help me?” Lily asked, waving goodbye to Al as she set off with Professor MacMillan.

           “Of course. It’s just…she seems a bit shy. She’s from Koldovstoretz, but she wasn’t doing well there, so her parents sent her here.”

           “She must be lonely,” Lily sympathized.

           “Well, do your best to make her feel welcome,” MacMillan said. He gestured to the portrait. “She’s in the common room.”

           “What’s her name?” Lily asked.

           Professor MacMillan winced. “That’s the trouble, Lily. She won’t tell me.”

           “What?!”

           “You’ll see.”

           Confused, Lily stepped through. The common room was almost empty, like always at lunch time.

           A girl was sitting on the sofa, a trunk at her feet. She was wearing the Hogwarts uniform with a Hufflepuff scarf, but she also had a scarf on her head, sort of like the one Aunt Luna wore when Lys and Lorcan’s grandmother came to visit. What was it called again? The girl had a very pretty one; it was black with yellow flowers embroidered along the edges.

           “Hello!” Lily said. “I like your—is that a hijab?” There, she’d remembered it.  

           The girl didn’t answer, but she looked up at Lily.

           Worried that the girl would think she was being rude, Lily rushed on. “Welcome to Hogwarts. My name’s Lily, we’re in the same year. Nice to meet you. What’s your name?”

           The girl didn’t answer.

           “Please don’t be angry with me. I didn’t mean to be rude. I can go get someone else if you like?”

           The girl was still looking at Lily very intently. Then she said, slowly and carefully, “Je ne parle pas Anglais. Je parle Francais.”

           “What?” Then Lily understood. “Oh. Je parle un peu de Francais. Je m’appelle Lily.”

           “Je m’appelle Leila Marcos. Est-ce que c’est difficile, ecole dans un autre langue?”

           “Nos lecons sont en Anglais. C’est un ecole Anglais.”

           Leila leapt up. “Quoi? C’est France, non?”

           “Non. C’est E—um…Scotland? C’est Poudlard!” Lily was grateful that she’d learned the French word for Hogwarts.

           “QUOI?!”

           “Ou penses-tu que tu es?”

           “Beauxbatons!” Now Leila looked scared. Luckily, Lily knew what to do. She dashed to the fireplace and tossed some Floo powder in.

           “Shell Cottage!”

           Luckily Aunt Fleur was at home, and she was able to come through and help.

           Lily didn’t understand all of it, but she got the rest of the story as it was retold twice, first to a red-faced Professor MacMillan and then to a very confused Professor McGonagall.

           Leila was indeed from Koldovstoretz, but her family was from Morocco. The Russian school was a rough, demanding school, and Leila had hated it, especially because several of the other students made fun of her chunni (“Oh, it’s not a hijab! Sorry!”) and the teachers refused to let her pray. Her parents had taken her out, and decided to send her to Beauxbatons instead, since she was fluent in French as well as Russian and Arabic. But somehow her Portkey had gotten mixed up, and she’d appeared on the steps of Hogwarts. She’d explained to the house elves that she was a new student, and they’d dutifully gotten the Sorting Hat, and once she’d been deemed a Hufflepuff, brought her to Professor MacMillan.

           “The one time I decide to take a day off!” Professor McGonagall sighed, exasperated.

           The solution was obvious. Leila’s parents were contacted, and in the meantime Fleur offered to stay and act as translator. Lily stayed too. Her French was okay, and with Aunt Fleur there she was able to teach Leila how to play Exploding Snap. By the time the Marcos arrived, Leila was laughing and Lily had lost seven times.

           “Baba!” Leila rushed to her father’s side. The man hugged her tight. Her mother put a hand on her arm.

           Aunt Fleur started explaining, and Leila’s parents started talking. Leila finally interrupted.

           “Baba, est-ce que je peux rester ici? J’aime Poudlard—Hogwarts. J’aime Lily.”

           Leila’s mother looked at Lily. “My daughter wants to stay.” Her accent wasn’t as thick as her daughter’s. “But I am concerned about her understanding her lessons.”

           “I can help a bit,” Lily said. “I know some French.”

           “I learn language fast too,” Leila said slowly. “I can try.”

           “That’s good.” Lily thought for a second. “And really, a lot of our magic is in Latin anyways.”

           “Why don’t I come for your lessons, Leila?” Aunt Fleur looked excited. “My English has gotten much better, and I can translate when you’re confused. I can teach Lily more too, so you two can communicate.”

           “Yes.” Leila smiled shyly at Lily. “I can teach too.”

           “I’d love to learn more!” Lily said quickly.

           And so it was decided. Aunt Fleur would be Leila’s translator, and Lily was in all of her classes. She and Hugo, who’d learned some French too, helped Leila with writing homework, and encouraged Leila to try out for Quidditch. Leila, it turned out, was a natural on a broom, and she was one of the best Chasers Hogwarts had seen in ages.

           Leila’s English got better quickly—“I already know three languages, the fourth is not as hard”, and by Easter Aunt Fleur went back to full time midwifing. Leila and Lily still spent time together, and Leila was teaching Lily Arabic.

           “It’s a tricky language, but I like it.”

           Lily struggled a bit, but she did it anyways, because that meant spending time with Leila before the sun rose in the common room. They ate buns they begged from the House Elves and Leila taught her the characters and reading and a few new words every day.

           She also taught Lily what it meant to have a major, deep crush on someone.

           This sent her into a bit of a panic—not because Leila was a girl, or even because she was Sikh (her parents already knew that Leila was bisexual), but because how could someone feel all this at once and not explode? This terror and need and joy and glory—was this normal?

           She Flooed home and crawled into her mother’s bed for the first time in ages at midnight, and Mum helped her through it.

           “Lily,” Mum whispered, “darling, I don’t think you have a crush. I think you might be falling in love with this girl.”

           “I can’t be in love!” Lily protested. “I—I’m too—”

           “Age has nothing to do with it.” Mum sat up, careful not to wake Dad. Lily would talk to him later. Right now it was between her and Mum. “It’s about how you feel. And you need to tell her.”

           “What if she doesn’t feel the same?”

           “Then she doesn’t. But Lily, be honest with her and with yourself. You’ve always loved hard, darling, but you love true.”

           Lily returned to the Hufflepuff common room just before dawn. Leila was already there with two enormous cinnamon rolls. “Where were you?”

           “I went to see my Mum—my māmā.” Lily sat down. “Leila, I know you have a plan for teaching me words, but there’s something I want to learn.”

           “Sure.”

           “How do I say…how do I say ‘I love you’?”

           Leila handed her a cinnamon roll and picked up her quill. She wrote it out. “أحبك,” she answered out loud.

           “Then…أحبك, Leila,” Lily whispered.

           “أحبك, Lily.”

           “That’s how I said it!” Lily protested. She’d gotten the pronunciation right for sure!

           Then Leila kissed her, and she understood.

Tilly

           “Come on, Leila!” Lily stomped her foot. “We’re going to be late.”

           Leila poked her head out the door, chunni askew. “You’d better go on without me.”

           “No, what’s wrong?”

           Her girlfriend looked at her miserably. “I’ve…got a cold.”

           “No you don’t. Come on Lei, what’s wrong?”

           “I just…I don’t want to go.”

           “Why not?”

           “I don’t like running around.”

           Lily went over to her. “Well why didn’t you say anything?”

           “Because…well, we play Quidditch together. And I’m your girlfriend.”

           “Yes, but we don’t have to do everything together!

Leila fidgeted with her scarf. “Lily, can I just watch?”

           “Of course you can! You don’t have to come with me at all.”

           “I like watching you run,” Leila clarified. “You’re beautiful.”

           Lily blushed. “Come on. I’m going to be late.”

           Lily bent over, breathing heavily.

           “Well done, Lily,” Coach Ryker said. “You’ll be a great addition to the team.”

           Lily beamed, her hair tumbling into her face.

           “Here, use this.”

           Lily looked up. And up.

           The girl in front of her was nearly a head taller. Everything about her seemed long and dark; long dark legs and arms, long dark hair that was barely held back by a bright yellow hair tie. She was holding out a pink one to Lily, and dark piercing eyes examined her over full lips turned up in a smile.

           “Mine break all the time. Still haven’t found a good spell for them.” The girl moved her hand. “I’m Matilda Ascough. Nice to meet you.”

           “Lily Luna Potter.” Lily took the hair tie and put her hair up, her skin hot. “I haven’t seen you around before this year.”

           “I’ve actually been going to Muggle school. Dad wanted me to get a chance to compete before I committed to magic.”

           “What’s your sport?”

           “Javelin and shot put.” Her arms looked like it. “You’re a good runner.”

           Lily shrugged. “I played football last year, and Uncle Dean said I might be better at this. I liked the running more than the game. Quidditch is more fun. Don’t tell him I said that.”

           “I wanted to try out for Quidditch, but technically I’m a first year, so I can’t play yet. Maybe next year.”

           “How old are you?”

           “Fifteen.”

           “So you won’t graduate until you’re twenty-two?!”

           “I might only go until OWLS. I’m not sure what I want yet.” Matilda smiled. “Suppose I should figure that out.”

           “Lily, you were wonderful!” Leila ran up and took her hand, beaming. “I’ve never seen you run so fast!”

           “She’s built for distance running,” Matilda said. Lily couldn’t stop her blush.

           Leila tilted her head. “Who are you?”

           “Matilda Ascough. Suppose you two can call me Tilly, Matilda’s a name for a much more grown up person.”

           “Hi. I’m Leila, Lily’s girlfriend.”

           “I know, I’ve seen you two around. You’re an adorable couple.” Tilly shook Leila’s hand. “Do you run?”

           “No, I fly. I’m a Chaser.”

           Tilly laughed. “Excellent! Think you could give me some pointers? I want to try out for that next year. I guess we’ll be on different teams…”

           For the first time, Lily noticed the red and gold on her nails.

           “I think we are.” Leila smiled tightly, putting an arm around Lily.

           Tilly smiled. “Well, why don’t we see about that on a date? By the lake after dinner tonight?”

           Leila blinked. “I told you, we’re girlfriends! Not friends.”

           “I was including both of you in that ‘we’, Tilly drawled. She winked at them. “What do you say?”

           Lily stared at Leila in shock. “Both of us?” She would never cheat on Leila. She loved her, loved her deeply.

           But Tilly was beautiful, and Leila had noticed too. And there was something there, something that felt right now that they were both in front of her.

           Lily looked at Leila. You okay with trying this? It’s sudden…

           Leila answered out loud. “We’ll be there.”

           “Lovely!” Tilly took Leila and Lily’s hands and kissed them. “See you later, lovelies!”

           That night they stayed out until the stars came out, and Tilly showed them how two could become three so very easily.

           “Alright, that’s it for today everyone, class dismissed. Read chapter four for next week, and this one will be tested.” Dad hesitated as everyone began to pack up. “Lily Luna, can you stay here a moment?”

           “Sure, Dad.” Lily kissed Leila’s cheek. “Save me a seat.”

           She saw her father frown, and she tensed. What was wrong? Was she about to get a lecture about making sure her relationship didn’t interfere with OWL studying?

           Dad waited until everyone was out of the room before he beckoned Lily closer.

           “Whatever it is, I didn’t do it,” Lily said. She had done a few things, but there was no way Dad could know yet.

           To her surprise, that made her father look sad. “I’m not angry, Li-lu. Just…can you sit down a moment?”

           Lily stayed on her feet, worried now. “Dad?”

           Her father took her hands. “I suppose there’s no easy way to say this. Lily…I saw Leila kissing Matilda Ascough. I thought you should know.”

           Lily burst out laughing. She couldn’t help it.

           “I’m not joking, Li-lu. I wish I was—”

           “No, Dad. I know you’re not. It’s just…” Lily trailed off. She hadn’t told her family about the latest development in her love life yet, because she didn’t really know how to say it. But clearly that had been a mistake.

           “What is it? Have you two broken up?”

           “No,” Lily said quickly. “It’s just Tilly…well, she’s with us now, too.”

           “I beg your pardon?”

           “It’s called polyamory. Tilly and Leila and I all like each other, so we’re all dating. It’s different, but I like it. We feel a bit more balanced now.”

           Dad was still staring at her.

           “I know it’s unusual,” Lily said, “and I know I should have told you and Mum, but it’s only been about two weeks, and I didn’t really know how to explain it.”

           Her Dad smiled. “Well, that’s lovely, Li-lu.”

           “Really?”

           “Sweetheart, all I want is for you to be happy. I’ll admit that this is a bit new to me, but as long as you’re all kind to each other I don’t see why it can’t work.”

           “We will,” Lily promised. “Tilly explained.”

           “Yes…” her Dad furrowed his brow. “She’s a bit older than you, isn’t she?”

           “Not by much.”

           “Well, I’ll have to have her by for tea with Mum and I to see her. Just to get to know her better, you see. But that’s fine. Is that relationship public?”

           “Not yet. Like I said, we’re still learning.” But it was so lovely to learn.

           “Alright. Then I’ll refrain from making jokes?”

           “Dad!”

           “I’m your Professor and your father, it’s my right!”

Danny makes Four

           Lily positively hated NEWTS.

           She and Leila had to spend nearly all their time studying, and for what reason? Lily had no idea what she wanted to do after Hogwarts, only that she didn’t want to do anything anyone in her family was doing. She wanted her own place, her own job.

           Leila was studying almost for fun (Aunt Hermione loved Leila’s colour-coding schemes)—she was brilliant, she could do whatever she wanted. But Leila was confused too. Professor MacMillan told them not to worry, that something would come up, and they should just work hard until they figured out a solution.

           Tilly was still a year away from OWLs, but she went to the library with the two of them. She was a good motivation for getting their work done quickly and correctly—that meant more time spent doing more interesting activities. Roxanne had already kicked the three of them out twice that year for those ‘activities’, although she should bloody talk.

           One night in January Lily simply couldn’t concentrate. It was another stupid paper for Transfiguration, and she loved that class but honestly she just didn’t care anymore, and she was tired, and Tilly and Leila were in a sort-of row and still hadn’t made up. Lily put her forehead on her knees and sighed deeply.

           Then she screamed in surprise.

           There was a boy under the table a few feet away, holding a cat.

           “What’s going on?” It was Roxanne’s voice, amplified.

           “Sorry, Roxy,” Lily called. “I got startled. I’m alright.”

           “Was it one of your girlfriends?” Her cousin’s voice was amused.

           “No!’ Lily said indignantly.

           “Alright then.”

           Tilly and Leila were staring at her like she’d gone mad, but Lily crawled under the table. The boy looked about her age, but she didn’t recognize him. There were a lot of kids in her year; twenty-six in the female Hufflepuff dormitory alone. Dad called it the baby boom.

           “Hullo,” Lily said. The boy looked scared, and he backed away from her a bit. “Are you okay? Do you want me to get Roxy?”  

           “Roxy?”

           “Madam Blythe,” Lily corrected herself.

           “Oh. No thank you. I’m alright down here.”

           Lily hesitated. Something about this boy was familiar. But it wasn’t him she was thinking of, it was of another cousin, who had two partners just like she did, who clung to a string of worry-beads on bad days.

           “Do you want to be alone?”

           “I don’t mind it,” the boy said.

           That settled that. Lily scooched a bit closer, her hands on her knees. “Nice to meet you. I’m Lily.”

           “Danny. I’m okay, really. I didn’t mean to scare you. It’s just easier to think down here, sometimes.”

           “Lily? Who are you talking to?” Tilly’s head was upside down, and her ponytail was falling in her face. “Oh, hi. Want more company?”

           “You three were studying,” Danny protested. “I don’t really need—”

           “It’s not always about need,” Lily said, remembering what Uncle George had told her. “It’s about what you want.”

           Danny blushed. His cat purred.

           Lily held out her hand, and the cat rubbed her head against it. “Beautiful cat,” Lily crooned. “What’s she called?”

           “Alice.” Danny stroked Alice’s fur, calmer now as Tilly and Leila joined them under the table. “Hi.”

           “I’m Leila, this is Tilly.”

           “Do you need anything?” Lily asked Danny. “Chocolate, tea, stiff Firewhiskey?”

           Danny looked startled.

           “My cousin Freddie has anxiety,” Lily explained. “He says the last one’s not always the best idea, but it’ll do in a pinch. So long as you have plenty of water.”

           Danny relaxed. “I just needed to be under the table. It helps a lot.”

           “Really?” Leila blinked. “I would have thought it’d be claustrophobic.”

           “Nope. I don’t have that problem. Just the anxiety. It comes out in my magic, which is why I have Alice. She makes it a lot easier. And hiding under here…it’s like a small, safe room.”

           Lily nodded. “Okay. Well, what do you want to talk about?”

           “I…don’t know? You can pick.”

           Lily hesitated, but she asked the one question she hated having to answer most, but everyone else seemed to love. “What do you want to do after school?”

           Danny’s face lit up. “I want to run a home for children.”

           “You do?”

           “Yeah. I mean, I had brilliant parents, and my sister Ellie—she’s the one who got the Headmaster to help me when I was little. But if I hadn’t had them…I don’t know what I would have done. Who I’d be. And we’ve learned so much about war orphans, and it’s still a problem when kids don’t have godparents, or they want to just leave home.”

           “Or if their relatives don’t want them.” Lily thought of her Dad, of God-Grandfather Sirius, of Bailey Longbottom (but born Bailey Harvey). “Or if they’re Muggleborn and in a bad place.”

           “Yes, exactly! And I…well, I like kids. Kids are great! I want to take care of them, but I don’t want to have kids myself. There’s plenty who are alive who need a home.”

           “I think that’s brilliant,” Leila said.

           “You do?” Danny smiled shyly. “I know it’s not exactly magical or exciting…”

           “It could be!” Tilly clapped her hands. “You could have programs for the little ones so they could learn before they come to Hogwarts, and do plays and sports and stuff!”

           “And there would be different kinds of kids, right? Maybe even from other countries; I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a wizard’s home for children.” Leila was tugging at her chunni. “And you’d want to make sure everyone learns about the world.”

           “And you could design the place so everyone felt welcome,” Lily finished. As she spoke, a design was taking shape in her mind. Astoria Malfoy had taught her the basics of architecture last summer, but Lily had given up when she realized how dull architecture could be. But building a house like this…and living in it, making it a home for anyone who crossed its threshold…

           She stopped. “Sorry, Danny, we didn’t want to run away with your idea.”  

           But Danny’s smile was huge. “No, this is great! I need help for sure. I know the legal parts of it—you know, figuring out adoption and guardianship and money and all that. But I was worried about how to do the rest alone.” He blushed. “I’ve needed lots of under the table thinking for that.”

           “I think we should do it,” Tilly said. “At least get started. We can build the house and sort out all the details we can, then get started.”

           “But we’re all very young ourselves,” Leila replied. “Do we really know much about taking care of children?”

           Then Lily had a thought. “What about the Shelter?”

           “The one Coach Dean works at?”

           “Yeah, with Parvati and Aunt Fleur. They mostly help grownups, but sometimes they have children with them. We could ask them for help, and maybe they could help us for the first couple of years.”

           “And I was going to leave after OWLs anyways,” Tilly said. “I could get started learning about childhood development, I’d get into uni easily.”

           Danny eyes were bright. “You really want to help?”

           “I have a wonderful family,” Lily said. “Wonderful people who love me, and I grew up happy. Everyone should have that chance.”

           “Can we really be parents, though?” Leila asked. “I mean, we’re all technically adults now, but…we’re still pretty young.”

           “That’s something I worried about at first,” Danny admitted. “But maybe…maybe we don’t have to be parents, at first? Maybe we can just be grownups who are taking care of them? And it’s going to take a little while to set up properly, anyways. We need funds.”

           “We need plans,” Leila said.

           “We need training,” Tilly said.

           “And we need a home,” Lily said.

           All that was an awful lot of work, but it was work at last. And Lily had a feeling that by the time they had that done, they’d be ready.

           She also noticed that Leila was eyeing Danny in more than a friendly way, and Alice was in Tilly’s arms already. And Danny had lovely eyes. He was looking at them too, more hesitant, but when Lily raised an eyebrow at him, his smile grew bigger, and he reached out for Lily’s hand.

           And that day in January, under a table in the Hogwarts library, Lily had a feeling that when they did this work, they would do it together, all four of them, bound by the same love.

           And that’s precisely what happened.

[the-darling-badger]

Godrics Hollow, Halloween Night 1981

Voldemort:

Baby Harry:

Voldemort:

The rest of the Wizarding World:

[anturose]

My fan cast of the third generation of the Harry Potter saga

Part 1

[WEASLEYS]

Robert Sheehan is James Sirius Potter

Logan Lerman is Albus Severus Potter

Francesca Capaldi is Lily Luna Potter

Sadie Sink is Rose Granger-Weasley

Cavetown is Hugo Granger-Weasley

Reese King is Fred II Weasley

Vanessa Paradis is Roxanne Weasley

Dove Cameron is Victorie Weasley

Ross Lynch is Louis Weasley

Elle Fanning is Dominique Weasley

[allthemarrowoflife]

okay but what if there's this hogwarts tradition:

for every final quidditch match of the season, the players give their extra jersey for a special someone to wear it in the stands. and the front row is unofficially reserved to those specific people.

the day before the big final game becomes almost like a "promposal" day. it's when the players approach that person they want, but instead of asking them to be their date, they ask "will you cheer for me?" and hand them the jersey. claps and dog whitles can be heard around the castle all day.

it doesn't have to be the person they're (or intend to start) dating, though it usually is, since it's considered a pretty big deal by the students. it can be a friend or a relative or even a stranger, but everyone playing in that final game needs to have someone in the stands wearing their name and number, otherwise they'll have bad luck.

[the-nightingales-world]

Happy Birthday Gryffindor Queen Minerva Mcgonagall 🤍❤

Transfiguration Professor 🙌💕

[siriuslylovingyou]

lily, pregnant, searching for any reason to fight: JAMES

lily: wHY THE PLATES ARE NOT IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER??1?1?

james, tearing up: whAT THe fUCk dO yOu mEAn?