Her favourite class would have to be the flying lessons which they had twice a week on Mondays and Fridays. Flying gave her the feeling that she didn�t have a care in the world and that she was free as a bird. It also helped her to forget her worries about her father.
It was on the Friday lesson when the first strange thing at Hogwarts that year happened. They had been perfecting turns on a broom at heights above 10 metres when Johnny Byers, one of the Slytherins in the class had noticed a horse in the distance coming towards the school.
From a distance it looked like a pure black stallion. Professor Weasley tried to get the students to pay attention but the horse soon came through the front gates of the school and he told everyone to land.
The Herbology class also came out of one of the many greenhouses to see what the horse was doing.
The horse slowed to a walk and moved towards the class. As Lizzy watched the horse she realised that it wasn�t completely black but it had a lightning bolt on its forehead, exactly like her fathers. She thought she was imagining it until the horse specifically walked in her direction.
She walked towards the horse, ignoring the calls of her classmates and teacher to come back. But the horse was fine until the Herbology class joined the flying class and the horse saw Neville.
Harry hadn�t expected Neville to be anywhere near the school and he was shocked to see him. He threw his weight onto his back legs and bucked, narrowly missing his daughter.
One problem with animagus transformations is that you gain some of the animal�s instincts, which you can control with experience. But Harry hadn�t used his horse form properly in over 12 years so he had lost some of that control. He knew he should calm down but his instinct told him to protect himself.
Lizzy had backed up when the horse started to buck; Professor Weasley had run forward and dragged her further back by her shoulders. But she twisted against him and moved forward again.
�Stop it, calm down.� She said to the horse, up close she was certain that this was her father, but she couldn�t understand why he was acting so.
�DADDY STOP.� She yelled this time, shocking the students and teachers, most of whom thought she was Muggleborn.
When he heard Lizzy yell, Harry managed to get his horse side under control but he was still staring at Neville, his whole attention on the man who destroyed his life. He was ready to bolt at any moment.
Lizzy, walked up to Harry again, trying to get his attention but he wouldn�t stop staring at Professor Longbottom. So she did something she knew she shouldn�t do but the only thing she could think of.
She bopped the horse on the nose with her hand, hard. It gave him a fright but he turned his attention to her.
�Are you going to change into my father or are you going to make me look like an idiot for calling a horse �Daddy�?� she asked him, while stroking his nose where she had hit him.
Harry didn�t want to but he knew he should. So with a small pop the horse disappeared and was replaced by a man with black hair and green eyes.
Lizzy hugged her father and Alex joined them to say hi, while the two classes and students stood quietly trying to register what had just happened.
Finally Ron moved forward to get a better look at the man.
�Harry?�