The characters and universe of Harry Potter are the sole property of J. K. Rowling and her licensees. Darling Girl By Eric Thorsen & Stacko Chapter Four: What it means to be a girl II It’s been a month later and Lilith has been adjusting to her new life quite nicely. She has become accustomed to wearing skirts so Hermione and Ginny has been letting her choose if she wanted to wear a skirt or pants on any day she wanted. After several attempts on old rags, she finally figured out how to clean clothes without them disappearing, so for the final test, she was dressed in her best clothes and tried the spell. She succeeded and all three of them celebrated on her success. So as a special treat on that success, Hermione and Ginny decided to let Lilith see them in the underwear they told Lilith about when they went shopping a month ago. So after they took their shower or bath, depending on what they wanted to do, got dressed in their underwear and put a bathrobe over it and went to meet Lilith in the bed room. When Lilith asked what they wanted, they told her they had a surprise for her. Lilith wondered what it was when she saw Hermione and Ginny smile evilly. She became nervous on what they were going to do, when suddenly the both of them dropped their robes and stood in front of her in their underwear. It took a moment but Lilith saw that the both of them were wearing a see-through underwear set. It took but a moment for Lilith to realize that the underwear they were wearing was the ones Ginny had talked about when they went shopping for her new clothes. When she realized that and that Hermione and Ginny were almost standing naked in front of her, the moment caught up with her and she fainted. “She took her reward pretty well, I say.” Ginny said smiling. “You could say that.” Hermione agreed smiling also. So the both of them walked over to Lilith and helped her onto her bed. “I guess there is a little bit of ‘Harry’ still in her.” “Yeah.” Ginny said as she handed Hermione her robe and the both of them put them back on. “We should tone down our teasing of her a bit.” Hermione said after they made sure Lilith was all right. “But it’s so fun to tease her.” Ginny said as the both of them decided to get dress for bed. “I wonder what she would have done if we were fully naked?” “Probably would have fainted sooner or probably became a bubbling idiot.” Hermione replied smiling at the idea which caused the both of them to start laughing out loud. * * * * * After that incident, the three of them decided to get a jump on their studies for school, so they were in the library going through random books. The incident in the bedroom wasn’t mentioned again after Lilith came too. There was the initial teasing when she woke up, but Lilith asked them to stop teasing her so much, which after a few minutes, all three of them were laughing about it. So they were sitting in the library going through the books while they studied random things. It was one of the study days that they were studying for the History of Magic, when they came across some important information. It was Hermione that found it and brought it to the attention of the other two. Ginny and Lilith read what Hermione found over her shoulder. What they read surprised all three of them and it brought some hope to Lilith. What Hermione found talked about the Veil at the Department of Mysteries that Sirius died in. They found out that it had nothing to do with death at all, but rather it was a failed experiment to create a portal into the realm of the dead, which connected directly to the Ethereal Plane. So the three of them started looking into and researching about what would happen if physical matter would enter the Ethereal Plane. What they discovered was what gave Lilith hope, but it also gave her some dread. The books said that if living things would enter the Veil, they would enter a kind of stasis that will allow them to live for six months before the living beings would fade away and become part of the Plane. Lilith did some quick calculations, with Hermione’s help, and found out that they still had some time left. So when the three of them found all that they could about that topic, they all glanced at each other. “Do you know what this means?” Lilith asked with hope in her voice. “That there is a chance that Sirius is still alive and we may have a chance to save him.” Hermione replied to Lilith’s hope. “So what are we going to do?” Ginny asked, picking up on the hope that Lilith had. “We need to tell Dumbledore about this. I bet he would know what to do next.” Lilith said. “Okay, let’s go.” Ginny said. The three of them gathered all the books they needed and went to go find Dumbledore. After a several minute search, they finally found him walking in the hall towards his office. He smiled at them as they approached, and suddenly got a confused look when he noticed them breathing hard and carrying several books. “What can I help you three ladies with?” Dumbledore asked once he saw that they had gotten their breath back enough. “We got some information we think you should look at.” Lilith replied “And what information would that be?” Dumbledore asked. “We found some information concerning the Veil at the Department of Mystery.” Lilith said. “What did you find out?” “That there may be a chance that we can save Sirius.” “Really?” Dumbledore said and saw all three of the girls nodding eagerly. “Come with me to my office so we can discuss this in a more comfortable area.” The three of them followed Dumbledore to his office and he had them sit down in front of his desk while he sat down on the other side. “Now you say you found some information that may help to save Sirius?” Dumbledore asked. “We haven’t found a way to save him, but we found out what the Veil is and what it was really suppose to have been used for.” Hermione answered for Lilith. “Really, let me see what you have found.” Dumbledore said. So the three of them showed Dumbledore all the books that they had found that talked about the Veil. After several minutes of looking over the books, Dumbledore said that they did a good job finding the information, but he was sorry that he had no idea how to help Sirius at the moment. He noticed the depressed look Lilith got and decided to help ease her pain. He told her that he will look into it and he will personally make sure that if any information was found, they would be the first ones to know about it. They thanked Dumbledore and were about to leave when Dumbledore stopped them. When they turned around, Dumbledore said that he had got word that if they were able to save Sirius from the Veil, then he will be a free man. When Lilith asked him what he meant, Dumbledore replied that Sirius will be cleared of all charges that were on him when he became freed from the Veil. Lilith was shocked when she heard that and had to have Hermione and Ginny take her out of the room. Dumbledore smiled when he saw that and knew everything was going to be fine. He then went and started writing a message to a friend. * * * * * After the joyous news that Lilith had received, she continued on with her studying, in both Academic and being a female. But during that time, Lilith came to find out she was starting to get strange feelings whenever she was near Ginny. She realized that the feelings had started when Hermione and Ginny did their ‘Fashion Show’, and they slowly started growing ever since. She became worried about the feelings, but she really didn’t want the other two to know about her problem. So every time she was near Ginny, she found herself always looking at her. When she caught herself checking Ginny out, she would shake her head to clear it, and blushed hotly when Ginny would look at her or ask her a question. Unknown to Lilith was that Hermione had noticed her actions, and she decided she would keep quiet about it and see where it would head, but she would keep putting the both of them together as much as she could. Silently she was hoping that the both of them would get together since the both of them did look good together, even though they were both female. * * * * * It was nearing the end of August and school was going to be starting soon. Hermione and Ginny were proud of Lilith’s learning ability to adjust to her new life, as they decided to go shopping for their school supplies. So they asked Ginny’s mother if she could escort them to London and Diagon Alley. When Mrs. Weasley showed up at Hogwarts, the Professors explained who Lilith was, which surprised Mrs. Weasley when she saw Lilith after it. When Lilith, Hermione, and Ginny told her what they had agreed on, like not telling Ron who Lilith was, Mrs. Weasley wasn’t to happy with what they were going to do, but she could see where they were coming from. The first place Mrs. Weasley took them to was London to buy new clothes. This time Hermione and Ginny made sure that Lilith had plenty in the way of outfits. This time Hermione got surprised when Lilith handed a bag over to her and Lilith said it was for her. Hermione looked inside the bag and noticed it was a complete set of clothes, it was then that Lilith said it was to make up for the outfit she ruined. Hermione told her that it wasn’t necessary to do, but she thanked her just the same. After all their clothes shopping was done, they sent their clothes to Hogwarts and headed towards Diagon Alley for the rest of their shopping. When they were shopping for their school supplies and items needed for the up coming school year, one of the places they stopped at was the broom store. Lilith was looking around the shop and saw the newest of the Nimbus brooms, the Nimbostratus. She eagerly went and bought it, which caused Hermione and Ginny to ask her why she was getting a new broom. Lilith told them that her old broom is ‘Harry’s’ and everyone knows what it looks like, so she decided to get a new one for her new life. They saw the point in what she said, but Ginny asked what she was going to do with the Firebolt. Lilith thought about it for a moment and then said she was going to give it to Ginny. Ginny was shocked at that statement and asked why. Lilith said since she was getting a new broom, she really didn’t need two and she thought that Ginny could use it more since she is one of the Gryffindor Seekers. Ginny blushed and thanked Lilith for the gift. After they were all done with their shopping, they headed back to Hogwarts. While Hermione and Ginny were putting away the things that they bought, Lilith decided to talk to Mrs. Weasley about her problem that seems to be increasing. “Mrs. Weasley?” Lilith called out getting Mrs. Weasley’s attention. “Yes dear, what is it?” Mrs. Weasley asked. “I was wondering if I can talk privately to you about something.” Lilith replied blushing in which Mrs. Weasley noticed. “Of course dear, come with me.” Mrs. Weasley said and Lilith followed her to a classroom. “What is it that seems to be troubling you now?” “Well … I seem to be getting these strange feelings and I’m having trouble understanding them. What should I do?” Lilith explained and Molly realized something. “Oh you poor dear, I almost forgot you were a boy for almost sixteen years and now you get thrown into being a sixteen year old girl. You’re trying to deal with the changes in gender and the hormones that they bring. How much had Hermione and Ginny talked to you about the changes girls go through?” “Not much, I think they were both embarrassed to talk to me about it as I was to hear about it.” “Those girls should know better then let you be left in the dark.” Mrs. Weasley said shaking her head and then proceeded to give Lilith the ‘Talk”. After the ‘Talk’, Lilith was blushing beet red, but at least she now knew what to expect of being a female, even though some of it really freaked her out. When the talk came to her feelings, Lilith told Mrs. Weasley that she was getting feelings for a person, but she didn’t know what to do about it since she was now a female and unsure about the feeling she had for the person. Mrs. Weasley told her to trust what her heart is telling her and to talk to the other person so both of them could work it out. Mrs. Weasley thought she knew who Lilith was talking about and didn’t realize that Lilith was talking about Ginny. When the talk was done, Mrs. Weasley went back home while promising not to tell anyone about Lilith’s secret and Lilith joined Hermione and Ginny in putting away their new stuff.