Chapter 1: Deatheater Alert!

It was the beginning of the summer when Lily and her best friend Rose were playing in the playground near their house. The playground was empty which was odd since they lived in a neghborhood where most of the houses had children in them. She had red ringlet curls and emerald eyes. Rose on the other hand had light brown wavy hair and dark grey eyes that were almost black. She had turned eleven on the same day as Lily. Rose had lived with the Evanses for as long as she could remember. They'd told her that her parents were killed while she was staying at their house when she was three.

"Rose?" Lily called. Rose was swinging not to far away from the merry-go-round Lily was on.

"Hmm?"

"Has it gotten darker around here?" Lily asked looking around again, making sure that she wasn't going crazy. Lily was starting to get scared. She didn't like the rain and it looked like it was going to be a thunderstorm.

Rose looked areound and sure enough dark clouds were beginning to roll in. "Sure looks like it Lils." Rose was starting to get scared too. She and Lily were as alike as they were different. Rose was terrified of thunderstorms.

"Let's -" Lily was cut short by a loud boom. They were swept off their feet by a giant gust of wind and thrown around as if in a tornado. They both landed on the deserted street.

Rose was immediately knocked out from hitting her head when landing from the gust of wind. Lily only ended up with a broken arm from landing. Lily sat up holding her broken arm in her right arm and looking for Rose to make sure she was okay. She saw the friend that was her sister to her left. Lily tried to stumble over to her to make sure Rose was still alive. She saw that Rose was just laying there and tried to wake her up.

"Rose?! Rose?! C'mon Rose, you gotta wake up. We need to go make sure that mom and dad are all right. Please wake up!" Lily was sobbing when she heard the voice behind her.

"Please wake up!" A man, or at least it sounded like a man, mimicked Lily.

Lily turned around and saw the man had a mask and a hooded cloak on. Lily knew that he would be able to catch her but she still tried. Lily got up again and tried to drag Rose with her. She bumped in to something and turned around. She saw that there were at least three other people in cloaks and masks. As she backed away she yelled, "Get away! Just stay away from me!" Lily was sobbing and trying to protect Rose from any more attacks. She didn't know how she was going to get out of this but she had to find a way.

"Don't worry little girl. We won't hurt you or your little friend here." The person who was speaking sounded like a woman and she'd had a nasty ring to her voice that Lily didn't like. Matter of fact it scared her to death. "Much." The same woman made that comment and made Lily's blood run cold. She didn't know what these masked people wanted with two little girls but she could tell it wasn't money. Lily looked around her to find a route of escape and saw that the four people had gathered in a loose circle around her and Rose. Lily saw that all the people in the circle had their hands in their pockets about to reach for what she guessed was a weapon. Lily closed her eyes and protected Rose from any attacks as best as she could. When the fist spell hit her, Lily could barely hear it but she did hear a few pops. Lily screamed as she was hit with the Cruciatus Curse. Lily was able to protect Rose from the curse but couldn't help but twitch while holding onto her friend.

When the pain stopped and she was catching her breath, she heard one of the people around her yell, "Aurors!" She head more pops and fighting going on around her. She tried to pick up her head but she couldn't after what had just happened. She listened for a while the the fighting stopped and she heard foot steps coming towards her. She found enough energy and will to pick up her head and look at the person who was coming towards her. "Please don't hurt me. I promise I'll give you all the money I have, just don't hurt me or Rose." Lily started crying again when the man kept coming towards her. She buried her head in Rose's shirt and waited for the pain.

When Harold Potter saw the two little girls the four death eaters had gathered round he began walking over to see if they were still alive. He saw the red headed one try to make a move to get up but drop back down. He saw the little red headed one pick up her head and saw emerald fear and tear filled eyes. The voice she spoke in was raspy and pain filled. She said something about not hurting her and giving him all her money if he didn't hurt her or Rose. He realized that she was a muggle and didn't know what had just happened. He saw the red headed one start crying and bury her head in the shirt of the one he figured was Rose.

"Hey, now don't be afaid. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm one of the good guys." He crouched down in front of the little girl.

Lily looked up and saw that the man before her didn't have anything that could hurt her. She looked in his eyes and saw that he meant what he said. She was so afraid right now that she would have gone anywhere with him when she saw his eyes. She nodded and just sat there. She was still in pain from whatever the bad people had done to her, so she couldn't move very much. She was hoping that this man would bring her and Rose to a hospital soon. She didn't know how bad Rose was hurt and she knew that her wrist might be broken.

Harold saw her nod and saw that she was in pain. He knew he had to get her to trust him a little bit more so he talked to her for a few more minutes. "My name's Harold Potter. I know that you don't know what's going on but I want to help you. I need to know your name so that I might be able to find your parents." Harold knew that if they were in this playground then it was likely that their parents were in the town that blew up, but he didn't want to put her any more emotional pain.

"My name's Lily Evans and this is my sister Rose Evans. I think that Rose hit her head and she won't get up and it hurts everywhere. Those men did something and now it hurts everywhere." Lily was crying again because it still hurt to do anything. She was scared and at the moment alone. She was only eleven and she just had no idea what else to do but trust this man.

"Alright, Lily, we're gonna get you some help. We're gonna help your sister too. I need you to trust me enough to come with me to a hospital." Harold wanted to take the little girl in front of him and hug her until all her fears were gone but he knew that he had to get her to a hostpital first. He held out his hand to Lily and saw her hesitate before she took it. He picked her up in his arms and finally noticed just how small she was. She couldn't have weighed more than a seven or eight year old and she was just as small. He picked up Rose and saw that for sisters they were very different. Rose looked more like the ten year old she was. He held one in each arm. Since he was an auror he was pretty strong so he had no trouble picking up small girls. He called one of the aurors over and saw Lily cringe back into his chest to get as far away from the new person as possible. "Monty, I've got two muggle girls that lived in that town we just came from. They need to go to St. Mungo's. One of them has what could be a concussion and the other says that one of the deatheaters did something to her and it hurts all over. I have a feeling the cruciatus curse was used. I'm gonna go make sure she's alright, so if anyone asks where I am you tell them."

"Sure, Harold. You take care of them girls. We'll take care of this mess. I never thought deatheaters would stoop to torturing children but I guess I was wrong." Monty shook his head then went to help round up any stray deatheaters.

"Alright, Lily, I'm about to do something and it'll feel weird but it'll be over in a few moments. You don't have to worry about anything from now on." Harold saw Lily nod then held her closer and apparated to St. Mungo's.

Lily saw that Mr. Potter was right, she felt very weird. She couldn't breathe and she felt like she was going to pass out just when it stopped and she got her breath back. She looked around and saw that she was in a hospital of sorts. She had a feeling that it was going to be intresting staying here.