until the very end.

stars series: James Potter  ★ Lily Evans

                            “But the girl had let go of the swing at the very                 h e i g h t of its arc and flown into the air, quite literally flown,                      launched herself skyward with a great shout of laughter,        and instead of  c r u m p l i n g  on the playground asphalt, she soared                                       like a trapeze artist through the air,                             staying up far too long, landing far too lightly.”

 “God, tell us the reason youth is wasted on the young…”

                                           rules ❁ verses ❁ about

          “If he really was out there, he wouldn’t have taken my dad…” Speaking between clenched teeth forced her to draw sharp chuffs past them. She also sucked a few loose strands of hair beneath her lips that she hadn’t bothered to remove. Instead she faced the outside. “He wouldn’t have let me alone with her…but he did. Unless I deserved it, he did.”

          Not at all put off by Lily’s blood status, she gave a shrug and dismissed, “There’s nothing wrong with being a total muggle. I’m half.” Leaning so far back that all her hair spilled over a single shoulder, she sighed. “You can take a wild guess about who’s who.” 

          Edgy until Antares settled behind her once again, she slipped an arm behind her back and scooped the cat around until he was comfortably situated on her lap. 

    “Don’t actually call them ‘half-breeds’ though,” her voice was perhaps sharper than intended. But Lily couldn’t help it. Words could cut someone into a million pieces. Mudblood, Half-breed. The both, and their core, meant the same thing: Anyone who fell under those category was less than Human. 

                            Only those who were considered such could reclaim and use the word. 

    “They’re not half-breeds. They’re people just like you. They just have a problem, something none of them asked for.”

    This was easier by far than discussing God. Not everyone believed, like she did. And it was damn near impossible to get people at least consider the concept. Lily didn’t care enough about what people thought to try. People were like stars. Some burned longer, some burned bright before collapsing. Death, Lily had learnt, was as much a part of life as anything else. 

‘dragon pox carried them off within days of each other..’