Disclaimer: don't own anything except the plot and Nicole. Everything else is J.K. Rowling's.
Author's Note:It's a bit short but future chapters will be longer. Promise. r/r please. I changed it a little bit after I saw- it doesn't matter what I saw but tell me what u think, original or this one?
Faded Flowers
Chapter One: Memories
On a late October evening, as the sky changed from clear blue to rose, a coal black owl swept into a living room far below the endless sky.
A pretty red-headed woman of about twenty seemed nonchalant as the bird dropped a piece of parchment onto the coffee table adjacent to her.
Shifting the sleeping babe in her arms, she opened the letter.
Dear Lily and James,
How are you guys? Little Harry is doing well I trust? I'm going to go check on Peter tonight. Have a happy Halloween!
Sirius
P.S. It's a full moon.
Lily stood and glanced out the wide window. It was indeed a full moon. "Poor Remus," she mumbled.
As she gazed into the star speckled sky, her thoughts turned to that afternoon when the fateful news had come.
~*~Flashback~*~
That afternoon
Lily waited impatiently for that doctor to return. Lately, she had been suffering from severe illnesses. Concerned, she had gone to the doctor.
"Lily-"
"What is it Doctor Brown?" Lily inquired, trying to remain calm.
Dr. Brown sighed. "Mrs. Potter, it's leukemia. You have anywhere from two months to a year to live."
Lily stared wide eyed, unbelieving. "But isn't there anything you could do?"
"I'm sorry, there is no cure. Magical or Muggle."
~*~End Flashback~*~
Sighing, she looked back at the grandfather clock near the door.
"Nine o'clock...where is your father Harry?" she asked the infant.
To her surprise, he answered. "Dada!"
'How am I going to tell him?'
Turning back to the comfortable sofa, she began to think.
How her world changed during the past several months!
Peter...could they really trust him?
He was always insecure, more of a follower than a leader.
What of he betrayed them?
Lily shook her head.
She was being paranoid.
Peter was there friend after all, wasn't he?
Impatient, she stood and walked to the door, glancing out, looking for any sign of her dear husband.
"James!" she whispered exasperated.
'How like him,' she thought. 'Always running around late at night while I wait up for him!'
She smiled as the memories flooded back to her...
~*~Flashback~*~
~Hogwarts, three years ago~
Lily walked, giggling with her friends on her way to Charms class.
"He seriously asked you that?" she gasped out. "Yup!"
The girls broke into a fit of giggles again, just as a boy their age walked up behind them.
A loud explosion ensued.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
The boy laughed in return with his fellow pranksters, Remus, Peter and Sirius.
Lily whirled around. "James Potter! How I dare you!!" she shrieked, her brilliant green eyes flashing in anger.
"Well, I just had to hold it up and..."
Lily didn't want to here it.
She whipped out her wand and pointed it between James' eyes.
"What were you saying?" she said threateningly.
James' eyes flicked toward his friends. "I-I'm s-so so-so-sorry L-lily, m-miss, ma'am."
Calming, Lily lowered her wand and began to turn away.
To slow for James.
He had his wand out and against her neck faster then the blink of an eye.
He grinned. "Miss."
"No fighting! No fighting please!" a voice could be heard yelling through the commotion.
"James. Please." Professor McGonagall requested when she arrived at the scene.
He lowered his wand and glared at Lily as McGonagall said, "Detention both of you. I thought you two would know better than fighting in the halls. Now off to class!"
Later that day, Lily and James could be heard arguing once more in the Gryffindor.
"Will you two ever shut up?" Sirius asked loudly, trying to be heard over their immature quarreling.
They both turned to him and said in unison, "NO!"
They continued their heated debating.
"Well, you two will have to shut up for detention, now won't you?" He yelled.
They both stopped arguing, looked at Sirius, then back at each other.
"We wouldn't be in this if you hadn't taken your wand out!"
"I wouldn't have had to if you hadn't set off that firework!"
Sirius sighed and continued his chess gamed with Remus.
"Queen to D-4!" he commanded, as if the conversation had never taken place.
"Bad move Padfoot. Gotcha Queen!" he said happily as his bishop knocked the queen over.
~*~End Flashback~*~
Unknown to Lily, Peter sat, watching the whole scene silently. {A/N: this is still when they were in Hogwarts...Lily doesn't know this part...}
He glanced up at Lily. She was so pretty, with her fiery red hair and emerald green eyes.
Too bad she didn't notice him.
Too bad she only noticed Sirius.
His friend, Nicole had told him that.
Nicole, who had been friends with Peter since they were in diapers was a girl in Lily's dormitory with dark brown hair and glasses.
His thoughts turned back to James and Lily as they finally quieted down to go change their robes.
James was everything he was not.
Handsome. Witty. Talented. Quidditch star. The dream of every girl.
His jealousy heightened as he watched Lily and James leave for detention.
He knew they would end up together.
He knew how James really felt about Lily.
And he hated him for that.
Thanks for reading -Anonymously Yours
Author's Note:It's a bit short but future chapters will be longer. Promise. r/r please. I changed it a little bit after I saw- it doesn't matter what I saw but tell me what u think, original or this one?
Chapter One: Memories
On a late October evening, as the sky changed from clear blue to rose, a coal black owl swept into a living room far below the endless sky.
A pretty red-headed woman of about twenty seemed nonchalant as the bird dropped a piece of parchment onto the coffee table adjacent to her.
Shifting the sleeping babe in her arms, she opened the letter.
How are you guys? Little Harry is doing well I trust? I'm going to go check on Peter tonight. Have a happy Halloween!
Sirius
P.S. It's a full moon.
Lily stood and glanced out the wide window. It was indeed a full moon. "Poor Remus," she mumbled.
As she gazed into the star speckled sky, her thoughts turned to that afternoon when the fateful news had come.
~*~Flashback~*~
That afternoon
Lily waited impatiently for that doctor to return. Lately, she had been suffering from severe illnesses. Concerned, she had gone to the doctor.
"Lily-"
"What is it Doctor Brown?" Lily inquired, trying to remain calm.
Dr. Brown sighed. "Mrs. Potter, it's leukemia. You have anywhere from two months to a year to live."
Lily stared wide eyed, unbelieving. "But isn't there anything you could do?"
"I'm sorry, there is no cure. Magical or Muggle."
~*~End Flashback~*~
Sighing, she looked back at the grandfather clock near the door.
"Nine o'clock...where is your father Harry?" she asked the infant.
To her surprise, he answered. "Dada!"
'How am I going to tell him?'
Turning back to the comfortable sofa, she began to think.
How her world changed during the past several months!
Peter...could they really trust him?
He was always insecure, more of a follower than a leader.
What of he betrayed them?
Lily shook her head.
She was being paranoid.
Peter was there friend after all, wasn't he?
Impatient, she stood and walked to the door, glancing out, looking for any sign of her dear husband.
"James!" she whispered exasperated.
'How like him,' she thought. 'Always running around late at night while I wait up for him!'
She smiled as the memories flooded back to her...
~*~Flashback~*~
~Hogwarts, three years ago~
Lily walked, giggling with her friends on her way to Charms class.
"He seriously asked you that?" she gasped out. "Yup!"
The girls broke into a fit of giggles again, just as a boy their age walked up behind them.
A loud explosion ensued.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
The boy laughed in return with his fellow pranksters, Remus, Peter and Sirius.
Lily whirled around. "James Potter! How I dare you!!" she shrieked, her brilliant green eyes flashing in anger.
"Well, I just had to hold it up and..."
Lily didn't want to here it.
She whipped out her wand and pointed it between James' eyes.
"What were you saying?" she said threateningly.
James' eyes flicked toward his friends. "I-I'm s-so so-so-sorry L-lily, m-miss, ma'am."
Calming, Lily lowered her wand and began to turn away.
To slow for James.
He had his wand out and against her neck faster then the blink of an eye.
He grinned. "Miss."
"No fighting! No fighting please!" a voice could be heard yelling through the commotion.
"James. Please." Professor McGonagall requested when she arrived at the scene.
He lowered his wand and glared at Lily as McGonagall said, "Detention both of you. I thought you two would know better than fighting in the halls. Now off to class!"
Later that day, Lily and James could be heard arguing once more in the Gryffindor.
"Will you two ever shut up?" Sirius asked loudly, trying to be heard over their immature quarreling.
They both turned to him and said in unison, "NO!"
They continued their heated debating.
"Well, you two will have to shut up for detention, now won't you?" He yelled.
They both stopped arguing, looked at Sirius, then back at each other.
"We wouldn't be in this if you hadn't taken your wand out!"
"I wouldn't have had to if you hadn't set off that firework!"
Sirius sighed and continued his chess gamed with Remus.
"Queen to D-4!" he commanded, as if the conversation had never taken place.
"Bad move Padfoot. Gotcha Queen!" he said happily as his bishop knocked the queen over.
~*~End Flashback~*~
Unknown to Lily, Peter sat, watching the whole scene silently. {A/N: this is still when they were in Hogwarts...Lily doesn't know this part...}
He glanced up at Lily. She was so pretty, with her fiery red hair and emerald green eyes.
Too bad she didn't notice him.
Too bad she only noticed Sirius.
His friend, Nicole had told him that.
Nicole, who had been friends with Peter since they were in diapers was a girl in Lily's dormitory with dark brown hair and glasses.
His thoughts turned back to James and Lily as they finally quieted down to go change their robes.
James was everything he was not.
Handsome. Witty. Talented. Quidditch star. The dream of every girl.
His jealousy heightened as he watched Lily and James leave for detention.
He knew they would end up together.
He knew how James really felt about Lily.
And he hated him for that.
Thanks for reading -Anonymously Yours
