LunaLove: Her New Home
What happens when things don't go the way someone wants them too? Bad things of course, that's what people always say, but sometimes there can be things that end up being good, despite the fact someone never expected them to be that way. However, this also means that someone needs to know where to look for the good in things, otherwise someone always end up seeing the negative in... well, everything. This was one of the key differences between James Potter and Lily Evans. This was one of the key reasons many people wondered how the two got together, but some say that opposites attract. This is in a way true. However, it also means that conflict will arise when one least expects it to occur. Or there comes a time when someone thinks that conflict should in fact be avoided, despite the fact someone feels that someone should be able to trust others.
James Potter had always been a pessimist by nature. This was why he tried to drive a wedge between the relationship between Lily Evans and Severus Snape. Severus Snape was competition for his affections for Lily Evans and he honestly couldn't be having that. Eventually though the two stopped being friends because Severus Snape happened to say the wrong thing. Lily was more open to his advances then as James no longer tried to pick on the other teen, but it honestly said a lot for his character. There was also always the fear that Lily would leave him, particularly if Severus ended up reforming his ways. There was a connection between the two that he couldn't erase. This was something he always talked about to Sirius, Remus and Peter. This in turn may not have been a good thing, with all things considered.
Lily Potter on the other hand was an optimist by nature. One of the things she was always optimistic about was that Petunia would always come around. She was also optimistic that by keeping herself separate from her Muggle family that they would indeed be safe. There was always the fact she still held out that Severus Snape would eventually reform his ways and sometimes it would come up in conversations between her and James, which in turned fed his pessimism and in turn led to conversations between him, Sirius, Remus and Peter. Even in the darkest of times she found herself looking for the good and the Order of Pheonix felt this was an important element to their group. Sure, Lily was good at being an Auror, but in truth she was also very good at building up the others hopes. This was something that set her apart from everyone else.
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"I don't like you being in the middle of things, particularly when we have a newborn baby." James stood in their kitchen, frowning as he cooked breakfast. "Are you sure that you have to go on this mission for the Order?"
"If I don't go on this mission then someone else will go on the mission James." Lily pulled on her coat. "And you know I don't have time for breakfast. I've already eaten."
"Still... sending you on a reconnaissance mission to see whether Hagbabbet is still there seems a bit..."
"James... Hagbabbet is one of the few villages that are comprised of only wizards and witches. The fact of the matter is we need to find out if the rumors are true. There used to be many such villages across the entirety of Britian, but with Muggles expanding their areas many have disappeared. In this particular case though it seems to have fallen because they refused to side with Voldemort. With the way things are going, the only village that will be left is Hogsmede as it is near Hogwarts and Dumbledore. That honestly isn't a good thing."
"I have to say though, something doesn't feel right."
"You always feel that something doesn't feel right. You say the exact same thing whenever I go on a mission. One of these times I'll go on a long mission and I think I'll tell Dumbledore that I don't want you to know what I'm doing, you're such a pain."
"You? Go on a long mission? Need I remind you that you are a mother of a child now."
"Need I remind you that wizarding society is behind the times. In the Muggle world women are no longer stay at home moms and seek jobs in the workforce. The exception of course happens to be Petunia of course, as she want's to try and hold onto what she thinks of as normal. I'll see you when I get back. You had better hope the mission doesn't switch to being one of a long term commitment."
"Do you really have to do this for the Dark Lord?" Narcissa stood in the doorway, a frown on her face as she watched her husband in the study.
"Do I have too? Don't you mean that we have too? If we don't do this then Voldemort will kill us and leave your sister in charge of raising Draco. You know that his word is absolute."
"Still..."
"I honestly don't wish to do this. I would rather not touch the filth. You though are in charge of making her comfortable and making sure that she remains healthy to the point we can release her."
"I still don't understand what the point of this measure is."
"Lily and James Potter have become a major force when it comes to defying his lord. This is to be understood as Potter is a blood traitor, marrying the Mudblood like he did. He could have simply taken her as a lover and treated her like the cattle she is. Instead he goes so far as to treat her as if she is our equal and he fights against the Dark Lord followers. However, a source tells us that his relationship with her is based on trust and that she will stay with him. He worries that someone better will come along."
Narcissa remained silent, frowning at her husband. She then spoke up. "I still don't like it."
"You don't have too. We honestly don't have a choice in the matter."
Lily arrived just outside of the small village of Hagbabbet. The woods in the area were dense, so she was not able to perceive anything without going into the village. When she apparated into the outskirts, she pulled her hood over her head and headed into the village, frowning as she did so. James' words bothered her and the last thing she wanted was for him to find any reason to try and prevent her from ever going on a mission again. While she felt she loved James very much, she found that she didn't like the rows they at times had, particularly since they never made any sense at all.
Having headed into the village, she quickly found that the landscape was the worst thing anyone could expect. The entire village was burned down and she cursed her luck of the wind not blowing in the direction of where she had apparated too. She could see burnt bodies sticking out of where everyone was. Covering her mouth, she found herself turning in time to see someone getting right in her face and the next thing she knew she was hitting the ground and losing consciousness. She was quite sure when she passed out that the person was Lucious Malfoy.
When she came too, she found herself in a bedroom, her wand having been taken away from her and her hands and legs tied behind her back. The entire place smelled dusty and there was a window with an old fashioned arch. The room was small, and the roof angled down from above, shaped as if the room was in fact the upper room of a manor's tower. She frowned, wondering why she was in fact still alive and hadn't been harmed beyond being knocked out. It was then a door opened and a woman with blond hair slipped in with a trey of food. Lily's eye's widened and she opened her mouth. "Narcissa Malfoy?"
The woman paused before turning towards the table. "We honestly don't want to do what we're going to be doing to you, but the fact remains that we've been ordered by the dark lord to do so."
"If my hands were tied, I would be able to escape." Lily snapped.
"No... you wouldn't be able too. This room, the hall it is directly attached to and the bathroom in the other tower all have special spells on them that make it so that you can't use magic spells. So even though you can use wandless magic the fact remains none of the spells will work. Only potions work and you have no potions."
This caused the red head to frown. "I don't believe you. Why else would I be tied up."
"It is in all part of the process of breaking you to the point we can do what the Dark Lord ultimately wants us to do." Narcissa paused as if she wanted to say something. She finally spoke in a frank manner. "Of course, we could do this without breaking you. I would prefer to do it that way. Yes... we need to think about this a bit more. What the Dark Lord doesn't know can't hurt him."