Into Emerald Flames
Chapter One: Captured
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do own the Original however, Magic That Shines Green.
Beta read by Clo Salvatore and R.E. Mulvey.
Yay! So here marks the start of my Sequel, Into Emerald Flames. I realize a lot of people might be mad...that Lily said no, but hopefully this story will be erm...happier. Sort of...no promises so don't hold me to it.
-l-Lily-l-
Saying no, that had to be nearly the hardest thing I've ever done. But the hardest thing was having to walk away. I ran out of the Hall, knowing I had just done it. I had ended our relationship.
Our everything. I threw it all away...because I was eighteen...to young. I wanted to live life, not get married before I even had a job. And...I also did it to save his life, but from the look in his eyes, I just broke his heart, and tore up his everything.
So when I apparated home, I was sobbing, I didn't want to talk about it to anyone. And only about a week after that, Severus appeared at my door.
" Hello, oh Severus, what are you doing here?" I asked, startled that he was here.
He pulled up his sleeve, where the mark branded him as one of them. " Lily, they sent me. I have to recruit you, otherwise..." he closed his eyes, and I knew what he was thinking. Death. " Please."
" I'll never join the Dark Side, I...I can't, don't make me," I stared at his pocket where his wand was. Mine was upstairs on my dresser.
" I'm really sorry Lily." He looked at me, with pained eyes.
" Why?" I asked, on the verge of panic.
He raised his wand, and still I didn't move. " Obliviate!" was the last thing I heard him shout, before everything flashed through my memory.
Annabelle. James. Sirius. Quidditch. The dance. Annabelle. More James. N.E.W.T.s. The proposal. Then nothing.
I blinked and turned around. Severus, my best friend had an odd look of fear on his face.
" Sev? What's wrong?" I asked in genuine concern.
" Lily, do you know where we are?" he asked, nearly dropping his wand.
" Of course, my house. Do you know when we get our N.E.W.T.s results?" I asked him.
" Not really. Do you know Annabelle?" he inquired, looking around.
" Oh yes, her. She was my friend until she got a boyfriend. I can't remember his name. Lucas or some awful common name. We aren't friends anymore," I said, thinking of how we had fought.
" So you know where Remus is?" he asked, pulling out a map, and rightening it.
I shrugged. " he said he wanted to get a flat with his friends. One of them is Annabelle's boyfriend so we don't talk much. I hate her awful boyfriend," I muttered.
" What was his name?" I asked myself.
" Anyway," he interrupted my thoughts. " Go grab your wand and pack some robes. I'm recruiting you for a mission."
" Ooh a mission. Sounds fun. Just give me a minute," I said, sprinted up the stairs, grabbed my traveling bag and packed four sets of robes, a few books and my wand. Then my eyes landed on a locket, it was broken, and I narrowed my eyes curiously.
" Reparo," and it mended. I shrugged, and put it on, stuffing it under my robes as I ran down the stairs. Severus was waiting at the bottom, humming in a bored way.
" All ready," I announced as I shoved my hairbrush and a few other girl things in my bag. Like clips and makeup. A necessity for a girl.
He led me out the door, and then offered his hand. " Come with me?"
I hesitated, and then took his hand, and he spun, on the spot and vanished us into the cold night air.
When arrived, I looked around the house, not recognizing it.
" My flat," he explained. It wasn't very large, not that I knew an apartment that was. It had extension charms, making it rather spacious.
" My room," he nodded down the hall to the left. " Yours is on the right. So do know if you want in, I tend to brew potions. I'll try to block out any noise the potions might make, so you don't have to hear them exploding. Our training begins tomorrow, so get up at seven or I'll storm right in," Severus warned me with a smile.
" Training?" I asked as I set my bag on the floor.
Severus smiled. " Of course. We aren't sent out inexperienced. That would be a suicide mission. No, we recruit people in any way we can. We avoid threats, those aren't trustful enough. We usually wipe their memories."
Wipe their memories, that rang something in my head. " And then they train?"
He nodded. " You've already been schooled, and have fantastic grades. So we just teach you more...useful spells rather than the ones in school. Those won't work for our missions. You learn how to block your mind, and act indifferent. It's important in this kind of work," Severus elaborated.
" Can you show me something then?" I asked, half requesting.
He pulled out a muggle-photo. I could tell since the pictures didn't move. I looked at him, waiting.
" Now pay attention to details when we go out on real missions. She is young, and a witch, see the coat? It is spring and much too warm for coats. And she's tired, just look at her eyes. She's been walking, see how dirty the bottom of her cloak is? She's a witch on the run...from us. But we will catch her," Severus put the photo down.
" What did she do wrong?" I asked.
" She's running away because we have laws and she defied them. To keep our secrets safe we have to kill anyone who dares to leave," Severus replied after a moment of thought.
" Why kill her?"
Severus went to the door, and left, turning to me before he closed it. " Because she was a Captured."