Recaps

Lily made her Quidditch debut as Gryffindor’s Seeker against Slytherin, overcoming a huge score deficit to catch the Golden Snitch. After Gryffindor celebrated, she returned to the dormitory exhausted and went to rest.

• Lily followed an intense training routine and prepared nervously for Gryffindor’s opening match against Slytherin, with Petunia encouraging her before she left for the pitch.
• Slytherin built a large lead through forceful play, while Lily searched the sky for the Golden Snitch and Florence Snodgrass watched for a chance to intercept her.
• Lily spotted the Snitch near the Ravenclaw stands, used a diversion to evade Florence, and dodged Rodolphus before catching it despite a Bludger striking her broom.
• Gryffindor cheered Lily’s victory, and Madam Hooch gave her the Snitch as a keepsake; Lily celebrated with her teammates and clinked cups with James.
• Lily left the celebration early to rest, and her roommates praised her match before quietly letting her sleep.

As Lily’s first year unfolded amid the rising violence of the First Wizarding War, she confronted worsening bullying at Hogwarts and secretly studied Ancient and Dark Magic. She returned home for Christmas with Petunia and planned to invite Snape over, while his growing ties to Pure-blood Slytherins and Sirius’s strained family life left their futures uncertain.

• As Voldemort’s Death Eaters spread fear and infiltrated the Ministry, Dumbledore founded the original Order of the Phoenix, and tensions between Hogwarts houses worsened.
• As Snape sought acceptance among Pure-blood Slytherins, Lily and Snape avoided discussing their growing distance and kept to conversations about magic.
• When Slytherin students escalated their bullying to Dark curses, Lily defended younger and targeted students with humiliating prank spells.
• After a sleepless night, Lily sneaked into the library, studied Ancient Magic and Dark Magic, and returned to bed before dawn.
• On the train home for Christmas, James asked Lily for a present, while Lily saw Walburga Black lead a reluctant Sirius away at King’s Cross.
• At Christmas lunch, Lily thought of inviting Snape to the Evans home, and Petunia reluctantly accepted the idea without objecting.

Snape spent Christmas with Lily and her family, then partnered with Lily on a potion business for her growing Muggle shop chain. After a busy holiday, Lily, Snape, and the Evanses traveled together to King's Cross for the start of term.

• Snape brought potions as Christmas gifts to the Evans home, where the family welcomed him and gave him presents.
• Lily opened James's gift and found a model Golden Snitch instead of a prank item.
• Lily restocked Tales of Blossoms, planned two new shops, and gave Petunia a share of the profits for helping manage the accounts.
• Lily invited Snape to partner with her on potion products, and she bought the neighboring house to turn into his Potions workshop.
• After the holiday, Lily got Snape into the Evanses' car, and they drove together to King's Cross Station.

Lily and Petunia returned to Hogwarts, where James invited Lily on a nighttime trip to the Forbidden Forest. Lily agreed to go see the unicorns, while her roommates grew curious about her relationship with James and Severus.

• On the train, Petunia studied her third-year textbooks while Lily spoke with her, and James and Sirius joined them; James excitedly thanked Lily for the Golden Snitch she had given him.
• James and Sirius left to find Remus and Peter after Lily asked Potter to give her some peace, and Lily and Petunia spent the rest of the journey quietly.
• At Hogsmeade station, Lily spotted Snape with Slytherins and the four Marauders looking unhappy after an apparent failed prank.
• At the feast, James invited Lily to visit the Forbidden Forest with the Marauders, and she agreed on the condition that she wanted to see the unicorns.
• Mary and the other girls asked Lily about James and Snape, and Lily said Severus was only a childhood friend before changing the subject to the presents she had brought them.

Lily joined James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter on a late-night trip into the Forbidden Forest to look for unicorns, but they were surrounded by acromantulas. Lily blasted a path through the spiders and fled with James as the others remained in danger.

• Lily gave Mary, Dorcas, Marlene, and Alice makeup sets, then discussed the pressure Muggle-born witches faced to find partners in the wizarding world.
• After her roommates fell asleep, Lily met James and the others in the common room and used the Disillusionment Charm to accompany them into the Forbidden Forest.
• The five searched the forest for nearly an hour without finding unicorns, until Lupin sensed danger approaching.
• A swarm of acromantulas emerged from beneath an oak and surrounded the group, breaking James's barrier spell as Lily protected herself with repeated Protego charms.
• Lily cast Incendio to blast through the spiders, grabbed James, and ran forward while James mistakenly took her choice of him as proof of romantic interest.

Lily and the Marauders escaped the Forbidden Forest after setting it ablaze, while Dumbledore extinguished the fire without identifying them. The next day, Lily went to meet Snape in an abandoned classroom, where Avery, Mulciber, and Wilkes attacked her with curses.

• Lily led Sirius, Lupin, Peter, and James out of the Forbidden Forest while casting spells to clear their escape route.
• Dumbledore and McGonagall arrived, and Dumbledore extinguished the fire after recognizing that students had left the footprints.
• Lily and the Marauders returned to Hogwarts, and the next morning James celebrated their adventure while Lupin and Peter remained shaken.
• James tried to speak with Lily and invite her to explore the castle, but Lily declined and headed to study Potions with Snape.
• Avery, Mulciber, and Wilkes followed Lily to an abandoned classroom and fired Furnunculus, Serpensortia, and Locomotor Mortis at her.

Lily defeated Mulciber, Avery, and Wilkes after they attacked her, then avoided drawing attention to the fight. Near the end of term, a clash between Snape and the Marauders erupted in the library, where Lily protected Lupin and the confrontation continued.

• Lily used her Shield Charm to turn the Slytherins’ attacks against them, then subdued Mulciber, Avery, and Wilkes and took photographs of her victory.
• Snape found the three injured Slytherins in the abandoned classroom and realized Lily had fought them there, admiring her strength.
• Lily kept out of trouble for the rest of term as students prepared for exams.
• James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter repeatedly jostled Snape in the library, and Snape retaliated by casting a curse at Lupin.
• Lily shielded Lupin from Snape’s curse, while James and Sirius attacked Snape and Peter tripped him.

After the library fight earned James, Sirius, and Snape detentions, Lily kept her distance from Snape at school but reunited with him for the summer and their Potions workshop. She returned home with Petunia and discussed plans for their studies and business.

• Lily fetched Madam Pince during the library fight, and James, Sirius, and Snape each lost fifty House points and received detention.
• Lily moved her revision to the girls’ dormitory, while Snape’s repeated fights with the Marauders sharpened his spellwork.
• On the train home, James invited Lily to visit, and Lily learned that she had placed first in her year.
• At King’s Cross, Lily invited Snape to travel with her family to continue their Potions work, while James watched him join them.
• In the car, Lily and Snape discussed the Draught of Peace and Amortentia, and Lily also talked with Petunia and Mr Evans about their business plans.
• The Evans family welcomed Lily and Petunia home, where the sisters shared their school news and celebrated placing near the top of their year.

Lily unlocked remote retrieval for her warehouses, continued studying Potions with Snape despite Petunia’s concerns, and secretly developed a wandless flying spell. After falling from the roof and losing consciousness, she woke on Petunia’s sofa twenty years later, just as Harry came downstairs.

• Lily unlocked Pindaodao’s remote retrieval function and stocked her warehouses without traveling to them.
• Petunia warned Lily that spending so much time alone with Snape could give him the wrong impression, and Lily promised to be more careful about boundaries.
• Lily continued studying Potions with Snape and worked through the summer on a wandless flying spell to evade the Ministry’s underage magic trace.
• Lily successfully hovered and walked through the air above the roof, but slipped, fell, and passed out.
• Petunia returned home and found Lily, who appeared to be twelve or thirteen, lying on the sofa.
• Lily woke, mistook Petunia’s silence for anger, then realized Petunia looked twenty years older as Harry came downstairs from the attic.

Lily appeared in Harry’s timeline and spent his birthday with him before Dumbledore brought them to Hogwarts. After giving Dumbledore a vial of memories, Lily took Harry to explore the castle, where they encountered Snape.

• Lily recognized Harry, apologized to Petunia, and took Harry out of the house on Privet Drive.
• Lily celebrated Harry’s birthday with a feast and cake, then bought clothes for him.
• Dumbledore found Lily and Harry in town and took them to his office at Hogwarts.
• Lily gave Dumbledore a crystal vial of memories and left with Harry to tour the castle.
• Harry and Lily reached the dungeons, where Snape opened his door and greeted them.

Lily and Harry returned to Hogwarts, where Snape confronted Lily and learned she had been swept from her own time by temporal turbulence. Dumbledore confirmed she would eventually return to her original time and let her take Harry with her for now.

• Snape stopped Lily and Harry after seeing Lily in the dungeon, then learned she had been sent out with Harry by Petunia.
• Harry asked Lily whether she knew Snape, and Lily explained that they had grown up near each other.
• Dumbledore told Snape that Lily had arrived through turbulence in time and would return when time settled, and asked him to watch over Harry.
• Snape left the Headmaster's Office when Lily and Harry returned, avoiding Lily.
• Dumbledore gave Harry Licorice Wands for his birthday and said Lily's memory had revealed how to end the war.
• Dumbledore allowed Lily to take Harry with her, provided she brought him back when she returned to her own time.

Harry’s zoo outing with Lily ended when a spatial rift separated them and sent him to James Potter’s time. He met his father and grandparents at Potter Manor, while Lily reappeared at her family’s villa, unaware of where Harry had gone.

• Lily showered Harry with food, clothes, photographs, and a zoo trip, where he felt briefly like an ordinary child with a complete family.
• At the zoo’s reptile house, Harry fell through a vanished barrier into the python enclosure, and Lily jumped in after him as staff raised the alarm.
• Harry fell through a hidden passage and met a boy named James Potter, who recognized him and realized Lily had not traveled with him.
• Euphemia found Harry and James together, took them to Potter Manor, and Fleamont learned that Harry had been born in 1980.
• Lily fell through a spatial rift onto her family’s lawn, while James took Harry around the manor and Godric’s Hollow, taking more photographs and showing him Lily’s shops.

Lily stayed at Potter Manor while she tried to find a way to send Harry back to 1992, but he returned to his own time at the end of August. James confessed his feelings before Lily left, and she went home after spending two weeks in Godric's Hollow.

• Lily received James's letter saying Harry was at Potter Manor and traveled to Godric's Hollow to see them.
• James and Harry greeted Lily at the manor, where a magical camera captured the three of them together.
• Harry faded away during breakfast and returned to his own time, leaving Lily and James to say goodbye.
• James confessed that he liked Lily, and she said she would think about it but would not accept him just because of Harry.
• Lily returned home after two weeks, and Petunia questioned her about staying at Potter Manor and whether she was dating James.
• Lily told Petunia she and James were not together and claimed she had gone to discuss selling shampoo with Mr Potter.

A confrontation between the Marauders and several Slytherins on the Hogwarts Express escalated into a brawl. The Prefects ordered the fighters to report to a professor after the train arrived, while Lily heard the commotion but did not investigate.

• Lily reunited with Mary, Alice, and Dorcas on the train and learned that Marlene had been kept busy meeting Pure-blood families.
• James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter planned pranks as Avery and Mulciber mocked them and insulted Sirius and Snape.
• Sirius and James confronted Avery and Mulciber, and Snape joined the fight against the Marauders.
• The students traded spells and punches, with Sirius fighting Avery and James wrestling Snape.
• The Prefects broke up the brawl and ordered everyone involved to report to a professor when they arrived at Hogwarts.
• Lily heard the distant fighting, but Mary dismissed it as a prank and Lily returned to their conversation.

Lily navigated rising tensions between Gryffindor and Slytherin as Snape admitted he was studying Dark Magic and James joined the Quidditch team. After the Marauders rescued a Hufflepuff first-year, James asked Lily to help investigate Remus’s repeated absences, and she left the decision open.

• Lily saw that Snape and the Marauders had been hurt in another clash, and Gryffindor lost fifty points and received two weeks of detention; she worked to restore the house points.
• Snape told Lily that he was studying Dark Magic, and she said she did not understand his choice but respected it and hoped he would change his mind.
• James made the Gryffindor Quidditch team as a Beater, intending to protect Lily, the Seeker.
• James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter rescued a first-year Hufflepuff from Slytherins, while attacks on Muggle-borns and Muggle families continued to worsen.
• James asked Lily to join the Marauders that night to look for Remus after learning he had gone home again, and Lily said they could discuss it later.

Lily joined James, Sirius, and Peter as they followed Remus to the Shrieking Shack and discovered he was a werewolf. After Lily helped them escape his attack, the four returned to Gryffindor Tower, where the Marauders decided to find a way to stay with Remus during full moons.

• Lily joined James, Sirius, and Peter beneath the Invisibility Cloak and followed Madam Pomfrey and Remus to the Whomping Willow.
• Sirius stopped the Whomping Willow’s branches, and the four followed Remus through the passage to the Shrieking Shack.
• Remus transformed into a werewolf and warned the four to leave, but he lunged at James before they could escape.
• Lily restrained the werewolf with spells and led the others out of the shack and back to Gryffindor Tower.
• Sirius told Peter that Remus was a werewolf, and the Marauders began looking for a way to accompany him during full moons.

Lily and the Marauders visited Lupin in the Hospital Wing and reassured him that they still accepted him after learning he was a Werewolf. Later, Lily studied with Petunia and reflected on Regulus’s path before her friends questioned her about sneaking out with Severus.

• James, Sirius, Peter, and Lily visited Lupin, brought him sweets and a potion, and promised that he would remain their friend.
• Madam Pomfrey sent the visitors away, and Lily joined Petunia in the library to study for several hours.
• Lily considered the spells she had learned and remembered that Voldemort’s power was growing.
• Mary pointed out Regulus at the Slytherin table, and Lily reflected on the Black brothers’ diverging paths and Regulus’s future resistance.
• Alice asked Lily where she had gone after curfew, and Lily claimed she had searched for potion ingredients near the Forbidden Forest.
• Lily told Dorcas that she and Severus were brewing Felix Felicis, and Dorcas teased her about being close to him.

Lily navigated James’s boastful Quidditch expectations and watched Slytherin defeat Ravenclaw with aggressive play. Before Christmas, she wrote home, then joined her friends for a snowball fight.

• Mary called James and Lily a power couple, but Lily denied having anything with James and complained that he was putting pressure on her as Gryffindor’s Seeker.
• James rallied the Gryffindor table to predict victory over Slytherin, while Lily worried that his confidence would make other teams target her.
• Lily watched Slytherin defeat Ravenclaw through aggressive play, and Sirius reflected on his brother Regulus choosing Slytherin and his cousin Andromeda breaking free of her family.
• Chalmers told James to help protect Lily during the upcoming Gryffindor-Slytherin match, and James eagerly intensified his training.
• Lily wrote to her parents and sent them Potions, then joined Dorcas and Marlene outside for a snowball fight.

James and the Marauders’ Dungbomb prank on Snape and his companions left Lily so disgusted that she struggled to eat for days. As Christmas approached, James invited Lily to Potter Manor, but she declined, and Lily returned to her homework.

• James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter threw Dungbombs at Snape, Avery, and Mulciber, but Snape dodged the blast.
• Lily arrived and recoiled from the mess and stench, then heard rumors about the Slytherins and lost her appetite after witnessing the prank.
• Petunia asked Lily why she had barely been eating, and Lily explained that she had been near the Dungbomb incident.
• James invited Lily to spend Christmas at his house, but Lily made an excuse and refused.
• James joked that he would keep inviting Lily until she accepted, then chased Sirius down the corridor after Sirius teased him.
• Lily told Petunia she had nearly finished her holiday homework and still needed to write Slughorn’s advanced Potions essay with Snape.

Slughorn praised Lily’s essay on Felix Felicis and awarded it full marks, while Lily invited Snape to spend Christmas with her family. As the holidays began, Lily and Petunia headed home, and Sirius reluctantly prepared to attend his family’s Christmas dinner.

• Slughorn read Lily’s essay, admired her analysis of Felix Felicis and its risks, and gave her full marks.
• Lily checked that Snape was not being ostracized in Slytherin and invited him to celebrate Christmas with the Evans family.
• Snape accepted Lily’s invitation with secret delight at the prospect of provoking James.
• Sirius told James he had to attend the Black family’s Christmas dinner to protect his uncle Alphard, and James invited Sirius, Remus, and Peter to his home next holiday.
• Lily and Petunia left Hogwarts for the Christmas break, looking forward to returning to the Evans family home.

Lily spent the Hogwarts Express journey practicing spells and eating Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans with her friends before the Marauders attacked Prefect Rosier. After arriving at King's Cross, she hurried away from James to look for Petunia and Severus.

• Lily practiced spells on the train, and Petunia warned her not to exhaust her magic because it could damage her magic nexus.
• Lily found Mary, Marlene, Dorcas, and Alice, then ate several Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans that all tasted pleasant to her.
• Lily opened the compartment door and saw James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter attacking Prefect Rosier with spells and stuffing beans into his foaming mouth.
• The students got off the train at King's Cross, where Lily wondered where Petunia and Severus were.
• James approached Lily and tried to take her suitcase, but Lily refused and hurried off to find Petunia.

Lily waited for Snape at the station while James secured an invitation to spend Christmas at her home. Snape returned alone to Spinner’s End after his father’s death and found his mother withdrawn, then received Lily’s worried letter.

• James stopped Lily from leaving and asked her parents if he could visit her at Christmas, and they agreed.
• Lily and Petunia went home with the Evanses after Snape failed to appear, while Lily said she would write to him.
• Snape returned to Spinner’s End, where he learned his father had drowned after falling through a hole in a frozen river.
• Snape found Eileen sitting silently with his father’s coat and believed she was close to death.
• Snape received Lily’s letter expressing concern for him and wondered what to do about his feelings for her.

Lily spent Christmas with Petunia and Snape, then welcomed James Potter to her home a few days later. James explored the Muggle household while Lily showed him its devices, and Petunia left them to study.

• Lily brought Snape inside, and he joined her and Petunia in baking cookies before discussing an improved healing potion with them.
• Snape left for the Potions workshop to test Lily’s idea, and Petunia asked Lily whether she liked Snape or Potter.
• Snape declined to join the Evans family’s Christmas dinner because he was absorbed in brewing Potions, so Lily saved him a meal.
• James arrived at the Evans home and confronted Snape, who refused Lily’s invitation to come inside with them.
• James greeted Mr and Mrs Evans with Christmas gifts, then explored the television, refrigerator, and radio while Lily explained them.
• Petunia returned to her room to study as James continued asking Lily about Muggle devices.

James stayed with the Evans family over Christmas, bonding with Lily over a video game and enjoying a rare hug from her. Sirius endured a frightening Pure-blood gathering where he learned of the Death Eaters’ plans, then regretted not spending Christmas with James as James settled comfortably into the Evans household.

• Lily showed James a home video game console, promised him one for Christmas, and let him hug her once, making her think Potter was less annoying than usual.
• Lily opened her Christmas presents, including a bottle of Felix Felicis from Snape, while James watched television at the Evans home.
• At a Pure-blood banquet, Sirius overheard Death Eaters planning to target Muggle communities and Muggle-born families and infiltrate the Ministry, then faced Voldemort alongside Regulus.
• Sirius fled upstairs, regretted not going to Potter Manor, and received James’s letter about moving in with the Evans family and winning a hug from Lily.
• Sirius replied with congratulations and a scolding, while Snape kept his distance from James and the Evans family welcomed James at their dinner table.

Lily went shopping in London with the Evans family and James, while Snape stayed behind to work on his potion and brooded over feeling displaced. In London, a chance meeting and James’s persistent flirting left Lily speechless as he declared that he liked her.

• Lily left Snape in the workshop to go shopping in London with James and the Evans family, while Snape watched her leave and felt jealous of James.
• On the drive, Lily and Petunia wore matching apricot-white dresses, and James turned red and babbled when Lily called him cute.
• Mr Evans met Mr Jones in London, and Mrs Jones mistook James for Lily’s boyfriend.
• James linked arms with Lily and insisted they hold hands while crossing the road, while Petunia ignored Lily’s silent plea for help.
• James told Lily that he liked her, and Lily struggled to respond.