The following weeks were uneventful. No more mysterious things happened, and soon I found myself forgetting what had happened and carrying on with life as normal. Petunia even came around after a week of avoiding me, and we started to play together again.

One Saturday afternoon, Petunia and I decided to go back down to the lake that we went to a while ago, to do some more exploring. It was still a little bit awkward between us, but we tried to carry on as normal as possible.

So we walked down to the lake. It was a sunny day, with barely a cloud in the sky. The weather was warm, so I took off my jumper and tied it round my waist, and shortly after, Petunia copied me.

"You know, Lily, I haven't forgotten what you did" She told me suddenly, breaking the good mood.

"I know, Tuney, but it hasn't happened since, so it doesn't matter" I retorted, getting a bit frustrated with her. I rarely get annoyed with my sister, and she rarely gets annoyed with me, but honestly, it was just a silly little thing that is causing such big problems for our relationship. I just want my sister back, like I had her before.

"Of course it matters! You shouldn't be able to do that, it's...freaky, Lily" She was getting redder in the face, obviously angry at my lack of interest at what was wrong with me. Because, in all honesty, the way she is acting, it's making me feel that there is something wrong with me, that i'm this weird little girl that does weird things with no explanation. I know it isn't her fault, but it's starting to hurt, her judging me so badly.

"Let's just go exploring, Tuney, please. Let's just forget for a while" She looked at me, and the redness faded and her expression softened. She took my hand and smiled. "Sure thing, Lily. I'm...I'm sorry". I squeezed her hand and we ran the rest of the way to the lake, racing each other, because that is what we do, and she always wins.

When we got there, we went into play mode, and we became detectives, solving the disappearance of a young lady that might have been taken by a monster. We searched around the lake for clues, looking for any life forms that could have taken her. We looked for footprints and evidence, and soon, we had completely forgotten our argument and we fell into our familiar routine of playing together.

However, this was short lasted.

When Petunia was searching in the nearby woods, I was by the water, looking in to see for any fish. When I was looking in, the water seemed to glisten, to sparkle, as if someone had put in a million tiny diamonds into the lake. Transfixed, I touched the water with my finger, wanting to feel the water. As soon as I touched the water, the water rippled and started to vibrate. Soon, the whole lake was vibrating and the site was magnificent.

The shock of it took my breath away and I laughed at the wonder of it.

"Amazing, isn't it?"

At the sound of the voice, I quickly snatched my finger away, and spun around. The voice was not my sisters, but that of a young boy's. He was standing not too far away from me, his eyes wide as if excited. He looked about the same age as me, and his black hair hung to near his shoulders, and it glistened in the sunlight, like black silk. He was smiling at me, in a friendly way, not seeming to be frightened at what he just saw.

"Wh-Who are you?" I asked with a shaking voice. I suddenly felt scared and vulnerable, and like always, I longed for my sister to return to me, to save me and protect me.

"My name is Severus. And you are?" He spoke in a polite voice, but a clever one. He didn't seem like the kind of person to be playing around with his sibling, enjoying life. He looked like he pondered over it, looking for real mysteries to discover.

"Lily. I'm Lily. And my sister is going to be back in a minute, so I would go if I were you" I didn't want to sound mean, even though he was scaring me. I found myself wondering about him, about his life. But he still scared me, and he made me feel uncomfortable.

"I'm not scared of a muggle, Lily. I'm not scared of a normal person. You can do things, can't you? Make things happen with no explanation. I can do it too, but I control myself now. You're special, Lily". I was taken aback. How could he know? I mean sure, he saw the whole lake thing, but he can't know that things like that has happened before. And what was it he called my sister? A muggle. What was that?

"Listen, Severus, I don't know who you are, but you are wrong. Wrong! My sister will hurt you if you don't go away RIGHT NOW!" I started to shout because he was scaring me, but also so my sister could hopefully hear me. "Lily, I'm sorry. But it's a good thing, being special. You're like me. Let me show you."

He turned away from me, towards the lake. I looked at the lake as well, curious to what he was about to do.

For a minute, nothing happened, but then I gasped. Suddenly, the lake was filled with water lilies, floating on the water surface. I turned to face him, wondering how he had done it.

He turned to me, and smiled. "See, I shouldn't have done that, but it's okay. I'm like you, Lily. We're special. We just can't tell anybody".

My sister returned at that point and ran straight over to me. "Are you okay Lily, what happened?" I look past her, to the boy. He looked lonely, over by the woods edge. He looked different, now my sister was here. He seemed to have shrunk, not looking like the comfortable boy whom I suddenly trusted. Because he showed that yes, I am different, but he made me feel like it was a good thing, like I wasn't weird. Just special.

"Tuney, I'm fine. Honestly. This is Severus" My sister turned around and stared at him, and he stared right back.

"I saw what he did, with the lake. I heard what he said" She turned to me again, suddenly angry. "Don't you dare talk to him. It's...It's not right, Lily. What he did. Let's go home" With that she grabbed my arm and started to drag me away from the lake, away from Severus.

"No! Stop it Tuney. Let-me-GO!" I yanked my arm out of her grip and ran over to the boy, standing a few feet away from him. "He's like me, Tuney, and you don't like it. Well, I can't help that".

You're a freak, Lily. You are both FREAKS!" She spun on her heel and ran away from us, ran away from me, leaving me with Severus. Leaving him to tell me all about me, about what I am and how my life is going to be different from the muggle's.

In later years, I will look back on those days, the days I spent with my sister by the lake. Because after the day she left me with Severus, we never raced each other again. We never played detectives. We never even found out whether that monster stole the lady.

Severus and I became great friends. He filled the space that my sister left.

After that day, she never walked home with me, never held my hand. She would look at me with such distaste, it made me feel sick. But I don't blame her, because she is my sister, and I love her so much.