Disclaimer: Not mine.

i miss our little talks - prompt 'Masquerade'

"This was a great idea!" Lily gushes. "We've never had a ball like this before, not at Hogwarts. You are such a wonderful event planner!"

"Thanks, Lily," Andromeda says. "You inspired it, really, with those plays you took me to over the summer."

"Movies," Lily says. "We should do it again during the hols. I bet my parents would love to meet you."

Boys cluster around the punch bowl and girls in glittering dresses gossip, but all Andromeda can see is the masks. The smile fades slightly from her face.

"I'm not sure they would," she says.

Lily looks away.