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The Gift Of Winter

Chapter one

Lily's POV

"Lily…Lily Evans! Lily…"

I could hear my name being called out.

Running out of the great hall, I could see wide eyes staring at me, people pointing at me and feel the path in my front getting blurred.

Tears flowed down my cheeks. I wiped them off again, again and again.

"Lily…lily…"

At moments like these, I always remind myself to lay aside my pessimistic attitude. But this was far beyond what I could control.

How was I supposed to sit there, in the great hall, when… something like this was happening?

True that I have been called a mud blood, by those Slytherins.

True that I had always not minded what they did to get me angry.

True that I always have some people to defend me from them, though I never want them to.

But this was different…

I ran to an empty classroom and said "colloportus!"

The door closed and got bind.

I heard someone cast the Alohomora charm.

In a few minutes the only sound I heard was my own crying.

James Potter had been following me. So it wasn't hard to figure out that he was the one outside the door. He was also the one who had called out my name.

Professor Dumbledore is out of Hogwarts. McGonagall is too busy. So totally it is a Slytherin-time.

Avery had called me a mud blood. Again. This time, James Potter was away. So my friend Marlene had been the one to defend me this time. I usually keep quiet when they do this. Because I'm not stupid enough to respond to each and every fake play of theirs. But Marlene was an active and energetic girl- just like the marauders.

I was in the Heads Common room. When I came for breakfast to the great hall, I found no Marlene. Frank Longbottom told me about how Marlene got irritated when Avery referred to me as a Mudblood. He also told me that the marauders were out.

Marlene is now in hospital wing. She suffered a Cruciatus curse from Avery.

When professor Flitwick told me about this, all I could do was cry. Only then did I see James Potter and Sirius Black arriving with Lupin.

Potter was staring at my tearful face. I think he might celebrate this day with his friends.

Because the day started with Lily Evans crying.

I had stormed out of the room then.

"Lily…Lily Evans! Lily…"

I heard him call my name…and then trying to unlock the door.

I have always enjoyed hexing him and arguing with him. But this was not the moment.

I walked to the Heads common room. James Potter was sitting on the couch. I started to move as quickly as my feet would take me. I didn't want to have a talk with him.

The day's events still burned inside my heart. I wasn't present for Potions or Charms. So it was a day with only Herbology and a visit to Marlene. It really felt nice to not go for the double potions and double charms.

The rest of my time was spent crying and obviously watching Marlene. She hadn't been awake for long. She looked really dizzy and needed rest. She couldn't even talk properly.

But Potter did not move at my motion. It was unusual for him. He used to move in rhythm with all my movements. I kind of liked it when he looked at me with admiring eyes. But I was not letting him get me.

I turned around to watch a still Potter. The head boy of Gryffindor house was deep asleep. I moved closer towards him.

He looked really really handsome.

"If you were there, Marlene would have been safe…I don't know why I'm saying this but thank you, Potter. No. Thank you James for always" I said out loud. Only because he was asleep.

"I really wished your presence when…when…"I couldn't complete it. Whenever I tried to think of Marlene, tears flowed down my cheeks like an endless stream of water flowing down a hill.

I ran to my room.

James's POV

I opened my eyes. I saw her run to her room.

Lily had called me by my first name. She had appreciated me.

I cannot believe that Lily really wished for my presence, to save her friend.

It was really hard to not open my eyes to see those beautiful green eyes. But seeing it full of tears would be much harder.

I closed my eyes…thinking of Lily…to dream about her, like I always did…

To the readers:

The alohomora charm only opens locks.

"Colloportus" is used to close and bind doors so that it cannot be opened. I think it might be useful against the alohomora charm as there are no Locks involved in it.

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