Chapter Summaries

Lily Evans woke after a dangerous fever with the soul of a transmigrator and discovered she had entered the Harry Potter world as the future mother of the Chosen One. She met the Pindaodao System, which offered her a personal panel, favorability values, and a time-stopping study room, and remained in the hospital recovering with her mother beside her.

• Petunia found Lily unconscious with a high fever, and Mr and Mrs Evans rushed her to a clinic.
• Lily woke in the clinic with memories of her previous life and realized she had become Lily Evans in the Harry Potter world.
• Lily questioned the Pindaodao System about powerful weapons and magic boosts, and it offered her a personal panel, favorability values, and a study room where outside time stood still.
• Lily fell asleep after the system overwhelmed her, then woke from a funny dream to find Mrs Evans caring for her and promising Petunia would visit after school.

Lily recovered from her illness and returned home with the Evans family before settling into school life with Petunia. When she went alone to the park, her magic stopped a group of butterflies in midair, reminding her that she was a witch.

• Lily’s doctor confirmed that she had recovered, and the Evans family completed her discharge and took her home.
• At school, Lily praised Petunia’s braiding, and the sisters shared matching lunches.
• Lily told Mrs Evans that Petunia had things she wanted to do and should not always have to give way, easing Petunia’s resentment.
• Mrs Evans let Lily go to the park alone and packed treats for her to share.
• Lily chased butterflies in the park and unconsciously made them hover in midair.

Lily met Severus Snape in the park, where he showed her a simple Transfiguration Spell and told her about magic and Hogwarts. They grew close as Lily repeatedly brought him food and listened to his stories, and the chapter ended with her finding him reading by their usual tree.

• Snape approached Lily in the park, made a grass root into a paper crane with a Transfiguration Spell, and gave it to her.
• Snape explained that he had learned magic from his mother’s books and expected to attend Hogwarts when he turned eleven.
• Lily shared her lunch with Snape, and they introduced themselves and agreed she could call him Severus.
• Lily repeatedly visited Snape by the river, brought him food, and listened eagerly as he told her about magic.
• Lily secretly packed freshly baked cookies and went to the park, where she found Snape reading his worn magic book.

Snape and Lily spent a happy afternoon sharing stories and hiding from boys who mocked him, while Lily’s magic and her plans to attend Hogwarts widened the rift Petunia felt between herself and her sister. Lily comforted Petunia that night, and the sisters fell asleep together after sharing their hopes for the future.

• Lily shared her biscuits with Snape, who told her about the wizarding world and affirmed that her magic meant she was a witch.
• Snape and Lily gathered pebbles by the river, then hid in a bush when boys mocked Snape for his clothes and home.
• Snape told Lily he hoped to leave Spinner's End for Hogwarts when he turned eleven, and Lily shared his wish to enter the wizarding world.
• At dinner, Lily made a spoon float, and Mr and Mrs. Evans praised her while Petunia felt ignored and betrayed.
• Lily told her family about Severus and Hogwarts, deepening Petunia’s fear that she and Lily would be separated.
• Lily joined Petunia in her room, promised their bond would endure, and comforted her until the sisters fell asleep together.

Lily used Pindaodao to sell snacks and other goods, eventually opening a successful general store called Tales of Blossoms. When Petunia accompanied her to meet Severus Snape, Snape’s talk of magic alienated Petunia, and he privately regarded her as a threat to his friendship with Lily.

• Lily and Petunia sold repackaged treats, and Lily began exchanging gold jewelry for pounds as she planned to establish her own income.
• With her parents’ support, Lily found a storefront and opened Tales of Blossoms, which quickly attracted many customers.
• Petunia accompanied Lily to the park, where Lily introduced her to Severus Snape as her best friend.
• Snape spoke about the wizarding world in front of Petunia, making her wary of him, and Lily eased the tension by sharing snacks.
• Snape gave Lily an old spellbook, and after noticing her glance at Petunia, he misread her concern and decided Petunia was an outsider who might take Lily from him.

Lily discovered that reading Snape’s spellbook revealed fragments of a pattern in her mind, then shared her excitement about magic with the Evans family. Petunia unexpectedly displayed magic too, and the sisters ended the night embracing and anticipating Hogwarts, though Lily worried she would be left behind for a year.

• Lily read Snape’s spellbook and saw glowing fragments form part of a pattern in her mind.
• Lily invited Petunia to read the book with her, and the sisters spent the evening studying it beside Snape.
• At dinner, Lily told the Evans family about Snape and demonstrated magic by making a cup and spoon float.
• Overwhelmed by envy, Petunia made her teacup rise and move through the air, revealing that she was a witch.
• Lily hugged Petunia and celebrated that they could attend Hogwarts together, while their parents watched with pride.
• That night, Petunia eagerly awaited her Hogwarts letter, and Lily felt sad that her sister would leave for school a year before her.

Petunia received her Hogwarts acceptance letter, bought her school supplies, and left for Hogwarts while Lily stayed behind. Lily felt lonely after seeing her sister pass through Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, and Mrs. Evans comforted her.

• Petunia comforted Lily about their year apart, and Snape noticed Petunia’s magic had awakened but remained distant from her.
• Lily ran the Tales of Blossoms Department Store, earning enough to contribute part of her profits to the Evans family.
• On her July 30 birthday, Petunia received her Hogwarts letter, accepted the invitation, and sent her reply by owl.
• A magic professor took Petunia and Mr and Mrs. Evans to Diagon Alley, where Petunia bought her school supplies and a wand; Petunia also gave Lily a tame owl so they could write to each other.
• In September, Lily and the Evanses saw Petunia off at King’s Cross Station as she entered Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
• Lily wished she and Petunia were twins so they could attend Hogwarts together, and Mrs. Evans comforted her.

After Petunia left for Hogwarts, Lily expanded Tales of Blossoms, studied Potions with Snape, and eagerly listened to Petunia’s stories when she came home for Christmas. On Christmas morning, Lily found Snape waiting alone in the snowy park, and they exchanged gifts before she left him standing in the snow.

• Lily grew Tales of Blossoms into a successful supermarket and planned a second branch with Mr Evans.
• Snape shared his Potions books with Lily and discovered her exceptional talent for the subject.
• Petunia returned from Hogwarts for Christmas, told Lily about Gryffindor and school life, and encouraged Lily to choose whichever house suited her.
• Lily went to the park on Christmas morning with a gift for Snape and found him waiting there in the snow.
• Lily gave Snape her cloak and a basket of Christmas presents, and Snape gave her a gift wrapped in old newspaper.

Lily received her Hogwarts acceptance letter, visited Diagon Alley with Professor McGonagall, and began preparing for school while expanding Tales of Blossoms into a successful chain. As the Evans family built a stable business, Lily planned a foothold in the wizarding world by opening a fifth store in Godric's Hollow.

• Lily learned from Pindaodao that she could retrieve goods in bulk and filled the warehouse with stock.
• On her eleventh birthday, Lily received her Hogwarts letter, and Professor McGonagall took her to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies.
• Lily and Mr Evans opened a third Tales of Blossoms store, expanded the existing shops, and built a larger warehousing and supply operation.
• Mr Evans left his factory job to manage the business with Mrs Evans, registered Blossom Tales Limited, and opened a fourth store in Guildford after the clothing trial succeeded.
• Lily continued meeting Snape to discuss Potions and magic while planning a way to establish a business in the magical world.
• After investigating Godric's Hollow, Mr Evans agreed with Lily's plan, and they opened the fifth Tales of Blossoms store in its Muggle residential district.

Lily visited Godric's Hollow to inspect her new shop, then persuaded Snape to take her to Diagon Alley before Hogwarts began. The two reached the magical passage behind the Leaky Cauldron, and Snape took her toward Gringotts to exchange her pounds.

• Lily inspected her fifth shop in Godric's Hollow while young James Potter watched her from a hillside and became captivated by her.
• Petunia tutored Lily in first-year magical subjects until the end of August, when Lily went to the park to find Snape.
• Lily asked Snape to take her to Diagon Alley, and he agreed after worrying that she had no schoolbooks or robes.
• Lily and Snape traveled to London by train and entered Diagon Alley through the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron.
• Snape learned that Lily had brought only pounds, so he changed their route toward Gringotts to exchange her money.

Lily accompanied Snape through Diagon Alley, buying him robes, books, and an owl while postponing a visit to Ollivander’s. Snape later concluded that Lily had already bought her wand and had only pretended to need his help so she could accompany him.

• Lily collected Galleons from her Gringotts vault while Snape anxiously waited outside.
• Lily took Snape to Madam Malkin’s and persuaded him to accept a new set of robes she paid for.
• Lily bought advanced books at Flourish and Blotts, and Snape used a Levitation Charm to carry them.
• Lily bought Snape a black eagle owl named Whisper, which carried the books home in batches.
• Lily and Snape ate ice cream, then returned home without visiting Ollivander’s.
• Snape realized Lily had skipped buying a wand and concluded she had already bought one and had used needing his help as an excuse to accompany him.

Lily and Petunia boarded the Hogwarts Express and joined Severus Snape, whose wish to be sorted into Slytherin brought him into conflict with James Potter and Sirius Black. The chapter ended with James tripping Snape as he tried to leave, while Lily rushed to help him.

• Mr. and Mrs. Evans brought Lily and Petunia to King's Cross, where the sisters said goodbye before entering the magical platform.
• Lily spotted Severus Snape sitting alone and persuaded Petunia to join him on the train.
• Snape told Lily he wanted to join Slytherin and hoped she would join the same house.
• James Potter and Sirius Black mocked Slytherin, and Snape insulted Gryffindor in response.
• James laughed at Snape, then tripped him as he passed; Lily hurried to help Snape.

Lily defended Snape against James and Sirius, who continued to bully him on the way to Hogwarts. At the Sorting Feast, Sirius was sorted into Gryffindor, shocking the Slytherins and defying his family’s expectations.

• Lily challenged James’s insults about Slytherin, but James and Sirius tripped Snape when he passed them.
• Lily helped Snape up while Petunia watched with aversion, and the compartment fell silent.
• On the boat to Hogwarts, James and Sirius shoved Snape hard enough to nearly knock him into the lake, and Lily guarded him.
• At the Sorting Feast, Professor McGonagall called Sirius Black, and the Sorting Hat placed him in Gryffindor.
• Sirius ignored the Slytherins’ shocked reactions and joined the Gryffindor table.

Lily was sorted into Gryffindor with Petunia, while Snape was left in Slytherin and mourned the loss of his hope to spend Hogwarts with Lily. After the feast, Lily met her new dormmates and wrote home about her plans for the Tales of Blossoms shop.

• Lily was sorted into Gryffindor, and Snape watched in dismay as she joined Petunia at the Gryffindor table.
• Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter were also sorted into Gryffindor, where James and Sirius tried to gather around Lily.
• Lily avoided James and Sirius because they had tormented Snape on the train, while Snape watched her from the Slytherin table.
• Lily met Mary Macdonald, Marlene McKinnon, Alice Fortescue, and Dorcas Meadowes in the Gryffindor girls' dormitory.
• Lily wrote to her parents about being sorted with Petunia and asked them to seek a location for the sixth Tales of Blossoms shop near the boundary between the Muggle and wizarding worlds.
• Lily sent the letter home and joined her roommates for a late-night chat.

Lily shared Muggle snacks with her dormmates and impressed Professor McGonagall with her Transfiguration skills during the first lesson. After class, she invited Snape to work on homework with her in the library.

• Lily shared spicy snacks, chocolate, and milk candy with Mary, Dorcas, Marlene, and Alice, and they stayed up late talking.
• Lily used Avifors to make a blanket for Professor McGonagall in her cat form, then arrived at Transfiguration with Mary.
• James Potter and Sirius Black arrived late, and Professor McGonagall scolded them before teaching the class to turn matches into needles.
• Lily transformed her match into a patterned embroidery needle and earned Gryffindor ten points; she then turned it into a rose for Mary.
• Lily met Snape after class and went with him to the library to work on their homework.

Lily and Snape were harassed by James and Sirius, while Lily later tried to focus on Herbology and her essays despite James repeatedly seeking her attention. The chapter left James convinced that Lily’s irritation meant he mattered to her, as Sirius struggled not to laugh at James’s repetitive essay.

• James and Sirius knocked Snape’s books from his arms and ran off, and Lily helped Snape gather them before they continued to the library.
• James and Sirius explored the castle, while Lily arrived early for Herbology and examined the plants with Mary and Marlene.
• James, Sirius, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew arrived for Herbology, and James crowded beside Lily before carelessly pulling up her dittany and stuffing it back into the soil.
• Mary and Marlene suggested James liked Lily, but Lily interpreted his behavior as provocation and went with Mary to the library to work on essays.
• James brought his friends to Lily’s table and asked her to review his repetitive dittany essay; Lily returned it without comment, and Sirius nearly laughed aloud.
• James took Lily’s cold reaction as proof that he had a place in her heart.

Lily spent the evening with Petunia and her Gryffindor roommates, then prepared for her next day of classes. She woke early, got ready, and left the dormitory for breakfast while her roommates were still asleep.

• Lily and Mary went to the Great Hall, where Lily reunited with Petunia and met Hestia Jones and Emmeline Vance.
• Petunia agreed to meet Lily in the library the next day, and Snape felt relieved that Lily had not been sorted into Slytherin.
• Lily received a letter from her father approving a sixth Tales of Blossoms branch in Devon, then wrote back about her first day of classes.
• Lily shared fried chicken with her roommates as they talked about the next day's Flying Class and Marlene's hopes of joining the Quidditch reserve team.
• Lily woke at seven, roused her roommates, got dressed, and left for the Great Hall after greeting older students in the common room.

Lily tried to support Snape while navigating James and Sirius’s growing hostility toward him. At the first flying class, James and Sirius mocked Snape when he struggled to summon his broom.

• Lily greeted Snape from the Gryffindor table, then later offered to help him if Slytherins gave him trouble.
• Lily argued with James in the greenhouse after he teased her and questioned her friendship with Snape.
• James and Sirius privately agreed to make trouble for Snape, while James admitted he found Lily beautiful.
• Madam Hooch gave the first-years Shooting Star brooms and taught them to summon them by saying “up.”
• James and Sirius mocked Snape when he could not summon his broom, and James waved his own broom at him contemptuously.

Lily intervened when James and Sirius stole Snape’s wand during flying practice, risking a dangerous dive to catch it. Professor McGonagall recognized her flying talent and offered her a chance to become Gryffindor’s Seeker, while James and Sirius remained unaware of Lily’s new opportunity.

• James and Sirius mocked Snape, then stole his wand during flying practice and carried it toward the castle roof.
• Lily flew after them and caught Snape’s falling wand just before it hit the ground, then returned it to him.
• Professor McGonagall summoned Lily and introduced her to Maureen Chalmers as a potential Gryffindor Seeker.
• McGonagall said she would ask Dumbledore to make an exception so Lily could join the Quidditch team as a first-year.
• James and Sirius joked about their prank at the Great Hall table, and Lily returned to find Mary, Marlene, and Petunia waiting for her.

Lily settled into Hogwarts life while keeping her distance from James, and her partnership with Snape earned them special permission to study advanced Potions. By Halloween, Snape had gained a more secure place in Slytherin, while James remained infatuated with Lily despite her ignoring him.

• Lily told her friends that Professor McGonagall had let her join the Gryffindor Quidditch Team as Seeker, and Petunia urged her to avoid James.
• Lily considered her magic puzzle’s spell-proficiency system and learned from Pindaodao that frequent use raised proficiency.
• Over the following two weeks, Lily ignored James’s attempts to impress her and kept her distance from him and his friends.
• In Potions, Lily and Snape impressed Slughorn, who granted them use of an empty classroom to study advanced potion recipes.
• Lucius Malfoy learned that Snape descended from the Princes and began watching him, after which Snape’s standing in Slytherin improved.
• At Halloween, Lily walked past James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter with Petunia, while James told Sirius that he found Lily cute when she ignored him.