How To Get A Boy, Even If He's Taken
By: SilverDrama
Prologue: The Sorting Hat Says So

Lillian Luna Potter walked with her brothers for the first time to go to Hogwarts. She was dressed in a maroon sweater and dark jeans with holes in them, which annoyed her father. Annoying her father was favorite habit of hers. Alongside annoying her brothers.

Ever since Al was sorted into Gryffindor alongside James, everyone was telling her how she was going to be such a nice Gryffindor. And although her father says it doesn't matter…it does. And Lily knows this. She knew that to be accepted into her family, she had to be in Gryffindor.

"You all set Lils?" Albus asked her.

Lily nodded as she loaded her trunk onto the train.

"Lils, I know you're nervous, I was too, and then I went to school, was sorted into Gryffindor, and became friends with Scorpius. Everything will be fine." Albus assured his sister.

"I'm worried, I know dad says it's okay, but what if I'm in Slytherin?" Lily asked.

"Lils, it'll be okay. I can't speak for everyone else, but I'd forgive you if you went somewhere like Slytherin Lily." Albus said. "Not all Slytherins are evil; look at Scorpius and Alice for example." Albus said referring to his Slytherin friends, Scorpius Malfoy and Alice Longbottom (no one really knows how she got in Slytherin).

"Hey Al!" A voice called.

Lily and Albus turned to see thirteen year old Scorpius Malfoy walking towards them.

"Hey Scorpius!" Albus replied back.

"Hey matewhat's up? And Lily, are you excited about Hogwarts?" Scorpius asked, jokingly. He had met Lily previously once. He knew how much she enjoyed being a part of the conversation.

"Sort of." Lily replied, blushing a little at the attention.

"She's apprehensive about the houses." Albus whispered to his friend.

"Ohhh…" Scorpius said. "Remember Lils, you got a wand, so threaten the hat with it. The hat won't turn down a threat." Scorpius said. "It's how Al got into Gryffindor." He finished.

Lily turned around to her brother and smiled grimly. "You did?" She asked.

Albus slowly nodded, giving her a warm pat on the back in a very sibling manner.

Lily laughed. "Thanks that cheered me up."

"No prob sis."Al said and looked at his friend who gave him a nod. "You can sit in our compartment if you'd like." He offered.

Lily was seconds from squeaking in delight but caught Scorpius's eye. Deciding not to make a fool of herself, she just shrugged. "Fine, but I'll have to find Jasmine later."

"She's talking about some weird girl she met in Hogsmeade a few years back." Al explained to a smirking Slytherin ... Scorpius. "What's so different about that, that you're smriking?"

"Jasmine's my cousin." Scorpius merely said. "And I agree, she is weird."

"Just like Lily." Al joked.

Lily didn't laugh alongside the boys.

"Macmillian, Erika." Became a Hufflepuff after all of five seconds of waiting, Lily hoped that she would be sorted into Gryffindor that fast.

"Potter, Lillian."

Lily slowly walked up to the hat and waited as Professor Longbottom shoved the brim of the hat over her chocolate brown eyes.

Difficult, very difficult. Though I can tell that you do not die for knowledge, so I guess there is no Ravenclaw within you.

The hat startled Lily as it talked in the back if her mind.

Gryffindor, Gryffindor, Gryffindor. Lily wasn't sure why she was chanting for Gryffindor, but she just did it anyway.

But why Gryffindor? You have a quench for power. A knack for ambition.

My whole family has been in Gryffindor. I wouldn't want to upset them.

Ah, loyalty. Perhaps a Hufflepuff. The hat was starting to frustrate Lily.

I don't want to be in Hufflepuff, my uncle says they're a load of duffers. And I don't want Ravenclaw because I hate books. And I utterly detest Slytherin!

But why? Slytherin would be great for you, you know.

Hugo and I are inseperable. I couldn't imagine being anywhere else other than with Hugo. And Hugo will be in Gryffindor.

Are you sure of that?

Yes, Hugo is a Gryffindor like all of us.

But you aren't. There's a part of you curious, wondering what lies in Slytherin. There's something inside of you dying to annoy your father and brothers by going to Slytherin. The only stopping you is your uncertainty of friends. But your friend Jasmine is there. Your friends Scorpius are there. Oh yes, I know about the Malfoy boy. Now why don't you like being there?

Is is bad? Lily had never actually been told much about Slytherin. Except for her Uncle Ron who utterly hated them with a blinding prejudice.

Not at all, I send children there all the time. Most less qualifying than you.

Are you trying to trick me?

No, trying to send you in one direction. Gryffindor will make you like your family, Slytherin will make you what you want. You can achieve great things with Slytherin. Great and wonderful things. All of your dreams would come true.

Now you're scaring me. Sort me before you become a poster for wishes.

"SLYTHERIN." At that moment something flashed in Lily's head she turned her head over to her brother's whose jaws had flown to the ground. No applause began for her as for every student. Then, she heard one person clapping, it was Scorpius, soon joined by Alice.

Lily quickly walked to the Slytherin table, only looking back once, to see Hugo giving her a thumbs up, something Lily expected, Hugo was quite loyal alongside brace. Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

She found a seat near Scorpius and Jasmine and turned to watch the ceremony.

After a while, there were only three children left.

"Vebonnza, Kila." The blonde became a Slytherin.

"Weasley, Fred." Lily watched as her cousin walked up to the stool and was sorted as a Gryffindor.

"Weasley, Hugo." Hugo walked up to the stool and smoothly sat down, there was a bit of a wait, nothing to what she was sure her sorting was, but a wait still. Then.

"SLYTHERIN." Lily's jaw hung down to the floor as Hugo walked over to the Slytherin table. He confusedly sat down next to Lily, and whispered something in her ear.

"The hat says I told you so."