Lily

Biodata

Background / History

First Year at Hogwarts

Lily enters Gryffindor at the beginning of the 1971 school year. At the Sorting feast, Merlin introduces herself and reassures Lily about the unpleasant encounter on the train. The two quickly become friends, and Merlin accompanies her to find Severus Snape despite the hostility other Gryffindors show toward Slytherin 1 2.

Lily’s first Transfiguration lesson establishes her talent: she changes a match into a needle and earns five points for Gryffindor. Her school life is less straightforward socially, as she repeatedly objects to James and Sirius bullying Snape or hurting Merlin 4 6 7 11.

Conflict over Dark Magic

A little over a month into term, Lily confides in Merlin that Snape’s new Slytherin friends are interested in Dark Magic. She has already argued with him several times and does not accept his claim that they are merely curious. Although she still considers him her best friend, their growing differences make her question whether their friendship can survive 16 29.

After Christmas, Lily tries to interrupt the group’s meetings. Evan, Avery, and another student retaliate by cornering her and Merlin, insulting their Muggle-born backgrounds, and threatening them. Avery fires Reducto at Lily from behind; Merlin pulls her aside before it strikes. Lily draws her wand to confront him, but Merlin takes it, beats the attackers physically, and escapes with her 27.

Lily continues urging Snape to leave the group. She explicitly compares their bullying to James’s behavior and warns that they will eventually get into serious trouble 40.

Reconciliation with Petunia

Lily’s magical abilities have damaged her relationship with Petunia. During her first Christmas at Hogwarts, she sends gifts and reassuring letters home, while Petunia resents their parents’ fascination with magic. Merlin privately gives Petunia photographs of Lily being bullied and a Two-Way Mirror through which she can observe Hogwarts 17 25 26.

For Lily’s birthday, Merlin helps organize a Gryffindor celebration with cake and singing, then connects the sisters through the mirror. Petunia wishes Lily a happy birthday and shares a small cake from her side. Lily cries with happiness, stays up talking with Petunia and Merlin, and calls the reunion her favorite birthday gift 30.

Lily promises to return home during the spring holiday. Before leaving, she eagerly packs gifts and invites Merlin to come along. Merlin declines so the sisters can spend time together without an intermediary 30 37.

Spinner’s End Incident

During the summer holiday, Lily accompanies an anxious Snape toward home and suggests that he could stay in Diagon Alley instead. Later, when he misses their agreed daily meeting, she goes to Spinner’s End to check on him 46.

She finds his parents arguing in a wrecked living room. Lily attempts to intervene, but Snape pulls her back and tries to lead her outside. When Eileen’s magic goes out of control, Merlin arrives and shields them; the Shield Charm breaks, and Lily, Snape, and Merlin are injured 47.

Despite her own pain, Lily immediately checks on Merlin and tries to arrange treatment at St. Mungo’s. Merlin subsequently collapses into her arms after urging Eileen to divorce Tobias. During Merlin’s hospital stay, Lily visits frequently and becomes unusually protective, even trying to carry her trunk when they return to the train 47 48.

Previous Timelines

Merlin remembers being close to Lily across her repeated lives, including those spent in Slytherin. These memories—not events already reached by the current Lily—drive Merlin’s determination to protect her 12 17.

In Merlin’s third loop, Lily and James died despite her intervention. In the fifth, Lily survived until 1998, when an ambush prompted Snape to take a Killing Curse intended for her. Merlin also recalls repeatedly failing to prevent Lily and Snape’s eventual estrangement, because their underlying values remained incompatible 5 16.

Appearance

• Green eyes: Merlin compares them to green leaves covered in morning dew; they are also described as sparkling in moonlight 2 16.
• Expressive face: Her concern, amusement, and happiness are readily visible, from her puffed cheeks while worrying about Snape to her excited blush at her birthday celebration 16 30.

Personality

Lily is warm, lively, and affectionate. Merlin particularly values her gentleness: Lily brings food when she is ill, notices when she is troubled, and softens her scolding with reassurance. She respects Merlin’s decisions even when disappointed, as when Merlin declines her invitation for spring break 17 37.

Her kindness does not make her passive. Lily forcefully opposes bullying, attacks Sirius after learning he strangled Merlin, and confronts Avery for casting at her back. She also challenges Snape’s interest in Dark Magic rather than excusing it out of loyalty 6 16 27.

She is diligent and organized, usually completing holiday homework on the first day and spending nearly every day in the library as finals approach. She can also be mischievous: before spring break, she proposes sneaking into Hogsmeade and instead joins Merlin in a late-night visit to Dumbledore for sweets 37 42.

Abilities & Skills

Transfiguration

Lily demonstrates an early aptitude for Transfiguration 4.

• Her match visibly changes almost immediately after her first wand movement.
• A subsequent casting completes its transformation into a needle.
• McGonagall praises her work and awards Gryffindor five points.

Academic Study

Lily is a capable student whom classmates seek out for help before examinations 42 43.

• Prepares extensive notes and brings multiple reference books to revision sessions.
• Studies with Merlin and Snape.
• Admits that even she struggles to follow Professor Binns’s lectures and relies on memorization for History of Magic.
• Merlin predicts that she will finish first in their year, but the supplied chapters do not confirm that result.

Confrontation and Self-Defense

Lily is willing to draw her wand against aggressors, including during the Potions-class disturbance and Avery’s corridor attack 7 27.

• Threatens to turn Avery’s own Reducto attack against him.
• Does not cast Reducto in that encounter; Merlin intervenes before the confrontation becomes a spell fight.
• Her readiness to act also extends to physical retaliation when a friend is hurt 6.

Equipment / Items

• Wand — Used for classroom magic and drawn during confrontations; Merlin temporarily takes it during the encounter with Avery’s group 4 7 27.
• Two-Way Mirror — A birthday gift from Merlin that reconnects Lily with Petunia. Lily treasures it and carefully puts it away after their conversation 30.
• Study notes and books — Includes a substantial collection of History of Magic notes used during group revision 43.

Relationships

• Merlin Mei / Lin — One of Lily’s best friends. Lily insists that Merlin tell her when she is hurt, even if the circumstances must remain private. Merlin’s promise to protect Lily is rooted in memories of losing her in earlier timelines 6 12 17 46.
• Severus Snape — Her best friend before Hogwarts and still someone she cares for deeply. Their house separation and disagreements over Dark Magic strain the friendship, but she continues supporting him through his difficult home life. By the summer holiday, she knows that he and Merlin often only pretend to get along in front of her 29 46.
• Petunia Evans — Her older sister. Their estrangement over magic begins to heal through Merlin’s intervention and the birthday mirror conversation 25 27 30.
• James Potter — A persistent admirer whose arrogance, bullying, and tactless invitations alienate Lily. She explicitly tells Merlin that she is not interested in him; the supplied current-timeline chapters do not establish a romantic relationship 2 9 16 18.
• Sirius Black — A classmate whose treatment of Merlin provokes Lily’s anger. She fights him after his admission that he strangled Merlin 6.
• Mr. and Mrs. Evans — Supportive parents who enjoy Lily’s magical gifts and worry about her absence at Christmas 25.

Romance System Route

Lily is an available romance route, but closeness alone does not guarantee a romantic outcome. The route instructions warn that failing to distinguish friendship from love can lead to her friendship route instead 30.

Notable Quotes

“If something like this happens again, I won't pry if you can't tell me the details, but... You have to tell me if you're hurt.” 6

“Don't push yourself. I'll go back with you.” 46