i love harry potter. and i love writing. and if you dont love this. then i dont love you. nah im just kidding. i do hope you enjoy it though.
sadly, i dont own harry potter.
Chapter One: Trouble On The Hogwarts Express
Freedom, finally. The date was September 1st, the date that Lily became herself again. September 1st meant it was the beginning of a new and eventful school year. Lily was entering her sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lily's mood lightened as she entered Platform 9 ¾ after saying goodbye to her overly protective father. The step-mum opted to stay home from this see off, Lily wasn't complaining. She was ecstatic to finally be getting away from the step-mum from hell.
The Platform was alive with laughter and excitement. First years were waving excitedly to their parents from the Hogwarts Express windows, sticking their tiny heads out. Mothers scolded them for being so careless as to stick their heads out the windows. The older students searched for familiar faces in the hordes of people milling around the train.
"Look at that slut," a familiar voice said from behind Lily.
Lily twirled around to find one of her best friends smiling at her. "Look at that whore." The two girls giggled, and embraced each other like sisters.
"My, my Camryn Lawler," Lily tutted, "dear Merlin, what have you done to your hair?"
Camryn's hair had once been long and dark blond, probably the most beautiful head of hair in all of Hogwarts. Now her hair was cut to her shoulders in a funky choppy way. There were dark brown and light red streaks filtered throughout her hair. It was cute but very different and so not the Camryn Lawler she knew and loved.
"I got bored," she said shrugging.
"I like it, it's cute."
"Liar," she laughed.
"No, I mean it," Lily said earnestly. "Did you get bored with any other part of your body?" Lily joked.
Camryn laughed, her crystal blue eyes dancing with laughter.
Lily's green eyes widened. "Cam! What did you do!?"
"I'm going to wait until our other bitches get here."
The pair dragged their luggage along the Platform. They searched the many faces of the students in hopes of finding their two other friends. A few people came up to Camryn and Lily, commenting on how lovely they both looked. After a fourth year Hufflepuff told Camryn that she liked her hair, she turned to Lily and asked, "Do I even know her?"
"Probably not," Lily laughed.
From behind them a voice drawled. "Evans."
They turned to find the Marauders smirking at the two of them. "Merlin, is that you Lawler?"
"What's it to you Black?"
"Don't get your panties in a bunch."
"Sirius, leave her alone," came their other friend's voice. Kaelin Williams materialized behind the Marauders. Dinah McKey, their other friend, was right behind her. Kaelin and Dinah were Pureblood and, tragically, had to grow up living next to two of the gits in the group; they were actually friends with the oafs. Lily being Muggleborn and Camryn being Halfblood didn't take to the Marauders quite as well as they did, seeing as they hadn't grown up with them. Dinah lived next door to James Potter, the biggest prat of them all.
"Lily! C-Rae!" squealed Kaelin hugging them.
"Hey girls!" shouted Dinah joining their hug.
"Well, this is a touching moment," said James Potter, laughing gruffly.
"Did we ask for your comment Potter?" asked Lily. They shared a look of pure hatred. It was no secret that Lily Evans and James Potter openly hated each other. That was basically an understatement. Anywhere you turn, the two were down each others throats, yelling.
"Sirius leave," Dinah commanded.
"Alright," sighed Sirius. "Bye Di, Kae, Lawler, Evans."
James and Sirius made their way onto the train.
"How the hell do you do that?" wondered Camryn.
"Magic," smiled Dinah.
As soon as the boys were gone, questions began flying. 'How are you?' 'Did you have a good break?' 'Where'd your hair go?' 'How's the family?' 'C-Rae did you get in a fight with someone?' 'Where the hell did it all go?' This had become a tradition at their reunions. All the girls would yell questions at each other not expecting to get an answer straightaway.
"Alright Lils, where is the badge?" Dinah asked. Dinah had her light brown hair pulled into a high pony tail with a white head band. Her hazel eyes shone brightly.
Lily grabbed her robe which held the usual P for Prefect.
"Is it just me, or does it get shinier every year?" wondered Kaelin.
"Oh, wow," sighed Dinah, shaking her head at the chestnut haired girl. "Let's go get our compartment."
The four stepped onto the scarlet steam engine, and made their way down the cramped corridors. Small kids ran down the halls shrieking with laughter. They all looked excited and somewhat nervous.
"Here," Camryn said flouncing into the compartment.
"Home sweet home," sighed Lily taking her usual spot on the floor, resting against the wall. Dinah sat down across from Camryn.
"Well girls, how was everyone's summer?" asked Dinah.
Kaelin started, "Well, mine was okay. My mum decided to go somewhere warm, so we headed to Australia."
"Do you ever go anywhere else for break?" laughed Lily.
"No, mum wanted to get away from her latest catch. That's the only place she knows will comfort her."
"At least you went somewhere," complained Dinah. "I had to baby sit the twins from hell all break."
"My dad was gone in Ireland," said Lily, "so I was left at home with the step-mum, Petunia, and the baby."
"How is my dear Petunia?" asked Camryn sarcastically.
"Oh just horsely. She's marrying a pig."
"Yes! I've always wanted to go to a farm wedding! When's the wedding?" asked Dinah enthusiastically.
"Winter or spring. I'm not going though."
"Well I have to tell you all about my summer," Camryn said excitedly.
"Do please tell us why you chopped off all your beautiful hair," said Kaelin dramatically.
Camryn smirked. "As you can tell I cut my hair."
"No really?"
"Well, I did something else too."
"Oh, bloody Merlin," Dinah sighed. "Just spit it out."
Camryn fingered the hem of her shirt. Then she touched her neck and pulled out the necklace, their necklace. Automatically, each girl brought out their own respective necklace. Each girl had a different stone hanging in the middle of the silver chain.
Dinah's stone held many different colors. She is the most mysterious girl out of the group. You never know what she will do next. She always held an air of mystery around her. Plus, she is the one that could make anyone laugh.
Camryn's necklace contained a bright orange stone. She was definitely the rebel/wild child of the group. Camryn doesn't let anything get in her way of what she needs to accomplish.
Kaelin's stone was a happy red. She's just such a happy-go-lucky kind of girl. Kae's always on the move, but will never be one to complain about something.
Lily's stone was the deep emerald green that was the same as her eyes. Lily's eyes were famous around Hogwarts. Everyone envied the gorgeous shade of green. So likewise, that was her stone color.
Now these stones were sort of a sacred bond between the four girls. You could almost call it a blood bond, but not that intense. They had invented the stones when they were going into fourth year. But from the moment they had met, on the train ride to Hogwarts in their first year, they knew they would be friends forever.
A small girl with bright red hair sat quietly in a compartment. She was humming lightly to herself when the compartment door opened with a click. A tall girl with dark blond hair stepped into the small area. She turned around and smiled.
"Do you think I could sit with you?" she asked boldly.
The redhead nodded gently.
She sat down across from the smaller girl. "I'm Camryn."
"Lily Evans."
"Nice to meet you."
A couple seconds later the door opened again. Two girls fell in and exploded with laughter. One with chestnut hair shot up and laughed even harder.
The other one had light brown hair. "Sorry, we didn't mean to barge in on you. We were just trying to get away from someone."
"It's okay," laughed Camryn. "I'm Camryn."
"Dinah," the light haired one said.
"Kaelin," the other one said.
"I'm Lily."
"Are you all first years?" wondered Dinah, taking a seat next to Camryn.
"Yes," Camryn and Lily answered.
"Cool."
"Who were you running from?" asked Lily curiously.
At that moment, loud thuds were heard on the compartment door. "We know you're in there Williams!"
Another voice shouted. "Come on out McKey, we've got a present for you!"
"Who is that?" asked Camryn, getting off the bench.
Kaelin grabbed her. "No, don't! They are just childhood friends of ours. They like to terrorize people."
"I think I can handle them," said Camryn with confidence.
Camryn's hand grasped the handle of the compartment door. It was barely opened when four boys fell in. They immediately stood up, brushing themselves off.
"Potter, what do you want?" asked Dinah addressing the black haired boy with glasses.
The boy named Potter eyes immediately landed on Lily. He straightened his shoulders and moved over to where the small redhead sat. Kaelin rolled her eyes.
"I see we have a new person," he said smiling.
"James, leave our new friend alone."
"Aw, you two have already made friends," said the boy with shaggy dark brown hair.
Dinah glared at him pointedly. "Shut it Black. I see that you have too." She nodded to the two boys that followed in after Potter and Black.
"Oh, silly me, I'm so ignorant," said James sugary. "This is Remus Lupin." He said pointing to the very thin, sandy haired boy. "And that is Peter Pettigrew." He cocked his finger over his shoulder to the small, stout boy who stepped out from behind James' shadow.
The girls waved. "Black, does your mother let you walk out of the house looking like that?"
Black glared at Kaelin. She had obviously touched a soft spot. The chestnut haired girl smiled triumphantly.
Lily sat there in awe at how easy it was for Dinah and Kaelin to converse with the boys, not only converse, but argue. Lily had always been an outcast at her London school. No one talked to her, except for her childhood friend Veronica. Other than that, she was a loner at school. Lily found it hard to approach boys at all. They always seemed to be making fun of her for how short she was, or why her hair was such an ugly color. So she pretty much distanced herself from the male population. But with James being so close to her, she couldn't think right.
When he turned to her and asked what her name was she practically fainted on the spot. Not only did James seem popular already, but he was completely gorgeous. His messy black hair stuck out in every direction. His eyes were the most captivating things Lily had ever seen. They were an intense hazel blue. Little did Lily know that this would be the last time that she ever thought of James Potter this way.
"I'm Lily Evans," she said shakily.
"Nice to meet you," he said smiling his trademark smile that would once captivate most girls at Hogwarts. "I'm James Potter."
Lily could only smile. She couldn't trust her mouth to actually say words.
"Get out!" shouted Dinah.
The boys said a quick good bye before Dinah pushed them out of the compartment. "Sorry about them," Kaelin said.
"Who were they?" asked Lily interestedly.
Dinah sighed. "None only than the most annoying boys on the face of this earth. The boy that was talking to you, James Potter, is the biggest prankster I think I've ever met. We've known him and Sirius Black since we were babies. The other two I haven't met, but since they now both know James and Sirius, there will be hell. Chaos tends to follow those two around."
"They seemed nice," replied Lily.
"They come out being very nice, but once they know you, you better watch out."
"Oh," sighed Lily softly.
For the next couple of hours to Hogwarts, the four girls became quick friends talking about their lives. They found out that Kaelin and Dinah were Purebloods, which meant they come from wizard parents. The four girls formed what would be known as one of the closet groups of friends ever to set foot in Hogwarts.
"Emer?" asked Dinah shaking her hand in front of the redheads face.
"Sorry," Lily said snapping out of her day dream. "What were you saying?"
"I was just about to say what I did."
"Get out with it C-Rae!" demanded Kaelin.
"Now don't scream and shout and kill me. Just hear me out."
They agreed and readied themselves for the worst.
"Okay," Camryn said and pulled her shirt up to expose her tanned stomach. An orange belly button ring now adorned her toned navel.
"What in bloody hell is that?" shouted Lily.
"Calm down," Camryn whispered.
"Cam, what did you do?" asked Dinah.
"I got bored. I told you that. Hear me out thought."
"We're listening."
"I think we should all get them."
All hell broke loose.
"Listen to me, listen to me," insisted Camryn, "I got mine at the very beginning of the summer. It is looking beautiful. I haven't had one problem with it. I thought we could get them to match our stones."
Three girls stared at her blankly. Then Kaelin said, "Let's do it!"
"This conversation will continue when I get back from my Prefect duties," Lily announced leaving the compartment.
Lily walked down the corridors of the scarlet steam engine and peeked into other peoples lives. She walked all the way to the first car which was where the Prefect meeting was always held.
Lily walked into the car not surprised to see Remus Lupin already sitting in a chair, book in hand. A few other people were scattered around the room.
"Hey Remus."
"Hi Lily," he said looking up from his book. "How was your summer?"
"Eh. So-so, yours?"
"Pretty good."
A couple minutes later and the meeting came to order. The Head Boy and Girl said the same thing that they say every year; make sure you look for people out of beds at night and all the other usual stuff. Thirty minutes later, Lily was seated back in the compartment with the girls.
"So, what are we doing?" Lily asked as she sat on the floor once again.
"Kaelin and Dinah are getting one," said Camryn. "So it's all up to you."
"Do I have to decide now?" she asked.
"I was thinking," began Dinah, "that we could get them on your birthday. You have a solid four months to think."
"Good idea Di," said Kaelin. "Oh, guess who stopped by while you were gone?"
"Who?" Lily wondered. "Was it Potter?"
"No," said Camryn making a face.
"Evan did," squealed Kaelin. Camryn mimicked her high-pitched squeal. Evan Carter was Kaelin's latest object of affection. She has fancied him since the end of fifth year. They all suspected that Evan fancied her too. Actually, they didn't know, they just told Kaelin he did so she would stop asking them if he did or not.
Lily nodded. "And how did that go?"
"Oh wonderful," Dinah said sarcastically. "Evan and Kaelin have not yet figured out that to be in a successful relationship, there must be talking."
Kaelin glared at her friend. "We talked."
Camryn laughed. "Yeah, if you count ogling at each other talking."
"Timmy asked about you," added Dinah.
Lily's cheeks flushed. Timmy Greenbow is a quiet Ravenclaw sixth year. Lily and Timmy were partners last year in Potions class thus becoming friends through potion stirring and excessive moments of Lily breaking vials. Lily found him extremely interesting to talk to, once he breaks out of his shell.
A loud knocking interrupted the chatter of the compartment. All heads turned to the door.
"Who is it?" called Dinah.
Kaelin rose and slid the door back. A girl stood there with a scared look on her face.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know there were people in here," she stammered. "I'll just go find another room."
"No, no," said Dinah, "join us. Merlin knows we have enough room."
The pretty brunette entered hesitantly. She smiled shyly around before taking a seat next to Dinah.
"I promise we don't bite," Camryn joked. "Well, Lily might."
Lily glared at her friend. "That was one time."
The four friends cracked up at the memory. The stranger looked on in amazement. She had always wanted best friends to share memories with, but at her old school no one talked to her. She was an outcast.
"Not to sound rude or anything," the redhead stated, "but who are you?"
"I'm sorry. I'm Jensen Gregg. My family just moved here from the States. My dad's work transferred him to London."
"Interesting," said Dinah. "What school did you go to before?"
"Academy of Witches in New York."
"How old are you?"
"Sixteen. I'm going into sixth year."
"We are, too."
"Well, my name is Dinah McKey. That is Kaelin Williams, Camryn Lawler, and Lily Evans."
"Don't forget Sirius Black."
"And James Potter." The Marauders stood in the open doorway.
"Who forgot to shut the door?" Camryn demanded looking at Kaelin.
"I see we have a new person," James said sitting next to Jensen. Lily shuddered. Only five years ago it was Lily, James had said that to. He proceeded to put his arm around her, which caused Jensen to blush.
"Get off her you man whore," Camryn growled.
"Please escort your sorry asses out of our compartment," Lily said dangerously.
Suddenly the train shrieked to a stop and the lights flickered off. All eyes focused on the ceiling. An eerie silence surrounded the train as compartment doors opened, worried faces peering out from behind them. Whispers sprouted from the corridor.
"What the hell?" wondered Kaelin rising from her seat.
Lily looked outside the window. The sky was pitch black. Lily could barely make out the tree that was just outside the train. She swears she saw something hovering though. Then she saw them. "Death Eaters," she muttered.
"What?" Dinah asked.
"The Death Eaters are here," Lily said slightly more alert. "We need to get the young children off the train."
It took everyone a moment to let the information settle in. Kaelin being the sensible one, immediately went into action. "We need to split up and try to get to safety. But we do need to get the first and second years. They don't know enough magic to help them if they get trapped."
"How could they have stopped the train?" asked Remus curiously.
"They have their ways," James muttered hotly. His eyes seemed to have adopted a hateful look.
"What do we do?" asked Sirius. Peter squeaked next to him.
Kaelin glared at him. "We are going to try and get the little ones off the train without harm. Now Jensen can come with me, Dinah, Peter, and Remus, Camryn and Sirius, and Lily and James. No arguing."
"Where are we going to take these kids?" wondered Lily. "There could be thousands of Death Eaters out there."
"There won't be that many, only a couple dozen," James said.
Lily opened her mouth to retort a comment, but Kaelin stopped her. "No arguing! Just try to get them heading to Hogwarts. We aren't that far away from there. Don't get hurt."
With that Kaelin and Jensen turned to the right and ran down the corridor, banging on doors as they went. The others soon followed after them. Lily and James hung back in the compartment, not sure what to do.
"This is insane," mumbled Lily as she hesitantly followed James to the left. She glanced into the compartments. Chaos circuited through the corridors. People didn't know what to do, so they ran in every direction.
James remained calm as he told a couple people that Death Eaters were attacking the train. Once the word was out that Death Eaters were attacking, the chaos turned into even more chaos, if that could happen. A loud bang was heard from behind the door of the next train. James and Lily burst through the door just in time to see a very fat Death Eater grab a child by the neck.
"Stupefy!" Lily shouted instantly. The Death Eater fell to the ground with a loud thud. The young boy scampered away.
"Good job," James said softly as he swept passed her and into the next compartment.
"It's an easy spell," Lily said rolling her eyes. She heard more footsteps coming from both ends of the train. There were still a couple of people in the compartments. "Everyone out!" She yelled into the compartment.
"Don't scare them," James said looking at their frightened faces. "Come on, open the window and climb out. Older kids should be waiting for you outside. If you see anyone in a black cloak and mask, run for your life!"
Lily watched James with a blank expression. She had never seen him act this way before; compassionate, reasonable, friendly, nice, and helpful. James grabbed her by the arm, and dragged her to the next compartment.
"Come on, you're spacing out," he said instructing the older kids to help the younger kids.
More screams and yells were coming from the very back of the train. The pair looked at each other and instantly flew to the back of the car.
A tall cloaked figure was standing over a girl with beautiful raven hair. She didn't look a year over ten. "James!" she shrieked, which made the Death Eater glance behind him.
A young boy was next to her. They both looked terribly frightened. "Ah, just the man we're looking for," the man said maliciously.
"Who are you?" demanded James. He motioned with his eyes for Lily to get the boy and girl. Lily edged around the man, but the Death Eater noticed. He grasped Lily around the neck viciously.
"If I tell you, I'd have to kill her." If he wouldn't have had a mask on, James knew he would be smiling a sick smile.
"It's you," he breathed. "You will never kill anyone again in your life. Don't touch her." Anger blazed in his hazel eyes. Lily gasped for breath as his grip tightened. "Let go of her." James now had his wand turned on the Death Eater.
Lily was trembling. The girl was sobbing softly. James looked like he was ready to throttle the Death Eater.
"Only if you join me."
Lily looked bewildered. "What the hell do you want?" she choked out.
The Death Eater grinned. "Shut up Mudblood, no one asked for your comments."
"Do not call her that!" roared James.
Lily glanced to James. The Death Eater laughed evilly, "Is this your girlfriend Potter?" His eyes flickered to Lily. "She's quite below you, even you should know that. But Master did ask about her too. I have yet to understand why he would want a Mudblood to join us."
James eyes glared at the cloaked man before them. "What do you want?"
"For you to join us Potter," he said. "If you don't, I kill them." He motioned to the little boy and girl who were clutching each other tightly.
"It's as simple as that?" questioned James.
The Death Eater nodded. "So, what's your decision?"
Lily was still wriggling under the man's grasp. She tried speaking again. "Don't do it," she gasped. "It's not worth it. I'm not worth it."
James looked around at Lily and the little kids hesitantly. "Will you let her go then, and Julie and Ryan too?"
"Yes."
"Okay, I'll do it."
"Don't Potter!" Lily cried before she was flung against the wall. She coughed hard as Julie bent by her side. The little girl helped her up onto her feet.
"Go," demanded James.
"No," Lily said firmly.
James pulled her up to his face and whispered in her ear, "On three, Stun him."
Lily nodded.
"Three!" he shouted.
"Stupefy!" the pair yelled together. The red beams connected with their target and he instantly fell to the floor.
"Hurry," James said grabbing Ryan. "It won't last long."
They returned to the completely abandoned corridor. Lily ran ahead to try the doors that led off the train. "Their locked! Come on, we can climb out the windows."
"I'll go first," James said climbing through effortlessly.
Lily helped Julie and Ryan through the window. She heard the Death Eater banging around in the corridor.
"Hurry," James said. Before Lily could jump through the window, the Death Eater barged into the compartment. A violet colored spell broke the window as Lily ducked. Lily said a quick spell before jumping through the window. She fell to the ground with a loud cry.
"What's wrong?" asked James, dragging her away from the window. He touched her leg, and she yelled at him.
"That hurts you idiot!"
He gently moved her leg so he could see the damage. A large gash ran from the top of her knee to mid-calf. Blood oozed from the new cut. A piece of glass was lodged in her leg. James helped her stand.
"Can you run?"
"I'll try," Lily groaned.
"Ryan, Julie run as fast as you can," instructed James. "If you get tired, I can carry you."
The silence of the night was broken by the many cries of Hogwarts students. Lily looked back to see the Death Eater's chasing them.
"Oh shit," she muttered and began to run with the others. "Why the hell are they here?"
"They are probably trying to make a statement or something stupid like that. It'll make them all powerful that they killed off a bunch of kids that weren't expecting it."
"Why did they want you?" Lily asked softly. His hazel eyes darkened behind his thin glasses.
"I'm not sure," he said, but he obviously knew. "Come on, he's gaining."
Lily ran as fast as she could with a piece of glass in her leg. "Potter, my leg." Her pace slowed.
"No Evans, don't stop. We're close to Hogwarts."
The pain in her leg overwhelmed her. It felt as if someone snapped her leg in half. She tried to run again, but the pain only doubled.
"Their gone," James sighed.
Lily collapsed to the ground.
"Let me see it again," James said breathlessly. Lily pulled her right leg out to show him again. "I can try and take the piece of glass out for you. It might make the pain a little more bearable."
"Whatever," moaned Lily.
James inspected the glass before quickly pulling it out of her leg. Lily's eyes became hazy. The last thing she saw were two hazel eyes piercing her. Blackness replaced them.
James muttered, "Rennervate." Lily's eyes fluttered open.
"James," Julie said frantically, "there are more!"
James' head whipped around to see two cloaked figures a couple hundred yards away. He turned back to Lily. "Evans, come on, get up. Be strong, I know you can be." Where was everyone else? There were no other students in sight. Then James turned to the two younger kids. "Come here, stand behind me. Whatever you do, don't get in the way." He felt a body next to his. Lily had regained consciousness and stood next to him.
"Didn't think I would let you have all the fun, did you?" Lily said weakly, slightly wobbling on her bad leg.
James smiled slightly. "Just stay behind me."
Lily pushed his arm out of the way. "I'm in this with you." She said it quietly, but James would never forget those words. He nodded and turned his head back to the approaching Death Eaters.
"We won't be able to out run them," sighed James. "Let's hope they don't want to duel."
Lily grunted. "Look, there are more." They looked into the distance and found at least ten more approaching. Lily brought her hand up to her neck. James looked at her curiously. She touched her emerald stone which instantly vibrated, glowed, and heated. Vibration was a sign of terror. Glowing was a normal sign. Heat was a sign of danger. She hoped with all her might that her friends would get the message. "Where the hell is everyone?" she voiced again.
"My thoughts exactly," stated James. By now, the Death Eaters were rapidly closing in on them.
"Why didn't we just run for it?" muttered Lily knowing fully well that she wouldn't have been able to. "Well Potter, it looks like we are going to have to take all these sorry asses down by ourselves."
"I sense sarcasm Miss Evans," he said out of the corner of his mouth. A playful grin appeared on his face.
Lily winced in pain as she shifted the weight of her foot. "Are they taking a bloody walk in the park? Why are they moving so slowly? Can we attack now?"
"No, let's wait and see what they want."
Lily frowned. All too quickly they were right in front of them. "James Potter, just the man we were looking for," a roguishly tall Death Eater said.
Lily and James' eyes connected before James spoke, "What do you want?"
They ignored him and turned to Lily. "Who are you?"
"What's it to you?" Lily snapped.
James rolled his eyes.
A wand pointed at her chest. "Your life is dependent on it."
James tried to move in front of her, but she was being too damn stubborn and wouldn't budge. "I'm Lily," she said strongly.
"Lily Evans?" asked a woman's voice.
"Our Master has told us about you," another added.
That set the Death Eaters off into their own conversations. Julie's eye caught something in the distance. The small girl nudged Lily.
"Look," she whispered.
Lily glanced passed the Death Eaters gathering and saw a slight orange glow. She sighed within herself. Camryn was coming. The Death Eaters decided to turn their attention back to them at that exact moment.
"Master wishes for you two to join us."
Lily did her famous eye roll. "Why the hell should we join you?"
"It will bring you great power."
Lily practically snorted. James made a motion for her to keep quiet.
"Stupefy!" shouted a voice in the distance.
And for the second time that night, all hell broke loose. Lily pointed her wand at the kids and said, "Protego Horribilis." They were instantly surrounded by an invisible shield. "Don't get lost."
James and Lily focused on the Death Eaters. They began to duel. James was taking them down extremely easily. Lily would have too if it wasn't for her slight impairment. A couple of Lily's friends were fighting off in the distance. Somehow Lily became pinned to a tree with a wand stuck in her face, wandless herself.
"Back off bitch!" Lily yelled at the masked figure.
"Nobody calls me a bitch," it was a woman. She said a spell that Lily didn't recognize. Lily instantly felt her legs buckle and burn with intense pain.
'Don't scream, don't scream!' Lily thought to herself. 'Don't let her have the satisfaction.' Lily pushed through the pain, and thought of a spell that she would say if she had her wand. Somehow the woman went flying backwards, Lily's wand falling out of her hand as she went. The pain instantly subsided, but she gawked, openmouthed, at what just happened.
"Did I just do magic without using my wand?" she thought aloud.
"Evans," James said running up to her. Blood was dripping down his face from a cut above his eye. "Hurry, we need to try and run for it."
"Now you say we run," said Lily exasperatedly. "I don't think I can." She stepped down on her right leg and fell to the ground in pain.
"I'll carry you," he said and without any hesitation, he picked her up. Lily had no chance to argue with him.
"Sorry if I'm too heavy," Lily whispered before she blacked out again.
James grunted and sped away from the Death Eaters. Julie and Ryan were safely in the castle. What a way to start off your first night at Hogwarts. James was quickly joined by Sirius and Camryn.
"Is she okay?" wondered Camryn, she was clutching her arm.
"I don't think so. She got cut with a piece of glass getting out of the train."
"Do you think they got anyone?" Sirius asked after a moments of silence.
"Merlin, I hope not," sighed James as he glanced back to the unconscious form of Lily.
They looked up to see Hogwarts glittering in the distance. Camryn sighed in relief.
"Home," she sighed.