Mystery Potter.

Chapter 1 – Encounters.

"Ten to eleven!" Ginny shouted, kissing her children goodbye. "See you at Christmas!"

"Be good Lils." Teddy whispered to a stunning petite girl, with dark ruby red hair, and big green eyes. "Live a little this year, yeah? Don't be such a mouse."

Lily smiled as he ruffled her hair; she hugged the remaining family members' goodbye, and then stepped on the train with her brothers.

"Okay, see you." James called, walking off to find his girlfriend, his trunk clanking about behind him.

"Yep. Bye Lily." Albus said, walking in the opposite direction to James to find Rose.

Sighing, Lily lugged her trunk and owl in the direction James had gone.

She soon saw her brother sucking face with his girlfriend in a compartment. Lily looked away, continuing down the route to the end of the train.

Seeing the very last compartment empty, Lily sighed with relief.

You see, Lily isn't a people person. She gets along much better with animals.

Thinking of animals, Lily wondered how her hippogriff was, as she was following the train to Hogwarts right this minute.

Lily's best friends did not get the train to Hogwarts, as their father was a teacher there. Alice and Frankie Longbottom always went a day earlier with their father; they have done since their second year. So Lily usually gets a compartment to herself, to read, day dream, draw or practise spells for the whole ride to Hogwarts.

She had begun quickly sketching the landscape of the hills that quickly passed, when she heard a knock on the compartment door.

"Erm, excuse me?" A voice came from the compartment door. "May I sit here? All the other compartments are full."

It was Scorpius Malfoy.

"Of course." Lily didn't have a grudge against him.

"Thank you." He smiled, sitting down after he placed his trunk in the luggage holders. "Are you new here?"

Lily blushed. "No, I have been here for three years now, this is my fourth year."

Nodding, Scorpius looked out of the window.

"It's funny." He pondered, looking back at her, his grey eyes piercing. "I've not seen you around before."

Lily looked at him puzzlingly.

He doesn't know who I am. She thought. He doesn't know I am a Potter.

"Like, I haven't seen you at any dinners, any dances, or even in the grounds." He said, urging her to respond.

"I usually stay by the lake most days, sketching." Lily said, gesturing towards her sketch book. "I usually keep to myself at dinner. And I don't dance. You see, I am the master of invisibility."

She smiled to herself, thinking of her father's invisibility cloak, which was now hers.

Nodding, Scorpius looked at her curiously.

"Okay." He said. "Who do you hang around with?"

"My two best friends. Alice and Frankie" She glanced out of the window. "Oh, and the animals I guess."

"Animals?"

"I love animals." She smiled, looking down. She was uncharacteristically shy. "I visit the owlry every other day, just to give them treats."

Scorpius smiled.

"Oh, and the hippogriffs by the lake say hello when I am there."

Smiling more, Scorpius moved opposite Lily.

"You'd have thought I would have noticed you by the lake at summer." He whispered.

Lily blushed. What did he mean by that? Did he think she was pretty?

"So... can I look at your artwork?" He asked, gesturing towards the sketch book on her lap.

"Oh, erm. Sure." Lily blushed even more, handing him her artwork. "It's not very good mind."

He rolled his eyes, and opened the sketch pad.

"Wow" He whistled, "you are very talented."

Lily leaned over to see which one he was looking at – it was the drawing of her hippogriff she had done just a few days before hand. It wasn't her best work.

"Anything from the trolley?" The sweet lady asked from the doorway, causing both teenagers to look up, startled.

"Oh. Yes please." Lily said, looking for money. "A pumpkin pasty please."

"Here." Scorpius handed 3 gallons to the woman. "Can I have one too, please?"

"Thank you." Lily said once the woman had left.

"No problem." Scorpius smiled.

While they were eating, they noticed it was starting to get dark.

"We'd better change." Lily said, standing up, reaching for her robes. "I'll change in the toilets. Be back in a minute."

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Scorpius stood, watching her leave.

She was beautiful – why had he never noticed her before?

The image of the girl leaning up to get her trunk, revealing the small of her back as she stretched – it was unbelievably sexy – was replaying in his mind.

She was smart too, an amazing artist and had a passion for animals. It was a breath of fresh air for him, instead of hanging around with his 'fellow' Slytherins, who were vile, and full of hatred. And it was a change from arguing with the horrid Potter boys.

Changed and ready, he waited for her to return.

"Hello again." She said, walking back in, looking simply stunning in her school uniform.

She was a Gryffindor.

"So. You're a Gryffindor?" He said.

"So. You're a Slytherin?" She said, imitating his tone. "Sworn enemies."

She laughed a most wonderful laugh that made her deep red hair fall over her pretty green eyes as she sat down next to him.

Instinct kicked in –Scorpius leaned forward and brushed her hair away from her eyes. His face was just inches away from hers.

They sat there like that for several minutes, and just when Scorpius was about to lean in, the train stopped.

Scorpius' groan of disappointment made Lily smile.

She quickly rose, checked she had her wand, and smiled down at him.

"Nice to meet you." She said, offering him a hand.

He rose, took her hand and kissed it.

"It has been a pleasure." He whispered. "I do hope I see you around school. I will be keeping an eye out for you."

Blushing, Lily stepped on her toes, and kissed his cheek before quickly leaving the compartment.

Breathless, Scorpius touched his cheek where her soft lips had been. He sighed.

Then, realization struck.

He had not asked her, her name.

Rushing from the compartment after her, he could see her nowhere. He ran off the train, and slammed into James Potter.

"Watch it, Malfoy." He sneered, pushing him away.

"Drop dead Potter." Scorpius sneered back, searching the crowd.

He had lost her.

Damn potter to Hell. He thought. I have to find her.

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"Lily!" Alice screamed, running to hug her.

"Hi Alice." Lily smiled, hugging her back. "Where is your evil twin brother?"

"He is saving us a carriage."

Nodding, Lily followed Alice, a small girl (although taller than Lily) with mud brown hair that goes to her chin, to the said carriage, where Frankie was reading as he waited.

"Hi Frankie." Lily smiled at the geeky boy in the carriage.

"H-hi Lily." He stuttered, going red, burying his face deeper in his book (Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks.) He had the same hair colour as his sister, but he was the tallest of the three (nearly six foot) so often looked freakishly tall and gangly compared to the two petite girls.

All of Lily's friends were geeks, but she liked it better that way, since they were invisible. Lily like being invisible – unlike her brothers, who showed off at every given chance, just simply because they were Potters. By their horrid behaviour in school, they did not inherit the Marauders Map, or the invisibility cloak from their father, as they would be too troublesome. Lily had inherited them instead.

"Wait!" Someone yelled to the carriage.

Sticking her head out of the carriage, she saw her cousin, Hugo gliding on his skate board to the carriage.

"Hurry up Hugo!" She sighed as the boy entered the carriage just as it set off towards Hogwarts.

Entering the hall, Lily kept her head down while Alice and Frankie chatted away about their summers.

All through the sorting and feast she actually tried to be invisible, to not get Scorpius to notice her.

You see, she wanted him to see her as a mystery girl, and grow to like her for who she was, not dislike her simply because she was a Potter.

Finally when the headmistress sent them to bed, Lily quickly departed from the hall and made it safely back to Gryffindor.

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Scorpius had looked everywhere for her.

He had stood at the entrance of the hall, scanning the crowds, trying to spot her. He had craned his neck every which way to find her on the Gryffindor table. And he scanned for her again on the way out as well.

She had just vanished. She wasn't kidding; she was the master of invisibility.

He simply had to find her.

She had mentioned the owlry, and the lake with the hippogriffs. He would look tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after. He would look as long as it takes to find her.

She was his mystery girl.