Bittersweet Dream
By: Zatarra
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Harry Potter! It belongs to the very creative J.K. Rowling.
About: Well this is my first fanfic... even though I've been on FanFiction for almost 3 years. Yeah... I'm a bit of a procrastinator... Well enjoy!
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It was a beautiful day. The wind blew gently on the trees and the sun shone warmly down on the water. The birds chirp with a satisfying tone and swiftly flew over the tree top searching for their little nests, while squirrels ran around stalking acorns they had buried days ago. Gazing out onto the peaceful lake, a pretty red-head with big almond shape green eyes sighed approvingly.
"Now I remember why I love it here," she muttered to herself as she sat down. Summer had finally come and this place was a perfect way to escape the harsh reality of school, family problems, and stalking friends. Especially Stalking friends. Lily smiled. Their was NO possible way James could find her all the way out here. However, this was the James Potter she had known for years, and he possibly already concocted some crazy scheme to find her.
Lily looked around. No sign of him yet, she thought, at least I have some time to myself. Her eyes rested back on the serene lake. She was so glad she manage to persuade her mom to let her spend the summer at her families summer cottage by herself. Anything was better than putting up with her stuck up sister Petunia, and her mother probably thought the same thing since her answer came quicker than most.
Lily stuck her legs out and laid back on the cool, green grass. This was turning out to be a great day. She closed her eyes and peaceful slipped into darkness.
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"Is she dead?" A familiar voice brought Lily back to Earth. Oh No, she thought, please no. Not here, not now.
"Nope I don't think so." Another voice responded.
"You sure?"
"Yah. See she's breathing."
"I guess your right. Here let me check."
A rude poke in her gut made Lily force her eyes open. The image she saw confirmed her nightmare. Two tall, handsome boys stood above her, staring down with those cruel eyes she knew to well.
Lily moaned.
"What's the matter Lily? Aren't you happy to see us? Your Mom said that you might get lonely out here by yourself. Of course she also mention that you rather be alone then see us, but Lily I knew that wasn't true. So we decided to save you from boredom!"
Hell, I woke up in Hell, Lily thought, This place was so nice. Now it's Hell. She glared at the two clueless idiots in front of her, but they only smiled back. This world is trying to kill me, she mentally screamed.
The boy with short black hair and deep brown eyes turned abruptly to the other. "See James I told you she wasn't dead."
James smirked, pushing his messy brown hair out of his face," Well, Sirius, one can never be too sure." He said, brown hazel eyes twinkling. He lifted the stick again and jabbed her hard in the side. Lily's glare became a death stare. She grab some random rocks around her and began to hurl them at the boys. "Die you evil demons," she screamed, " Die, Die, DIE!!"
"Crap," yelled James, turning as fast as he could, then sprinting towards the cottage," Lily's in one of her moods again."
Sirius Black smirked while running for his life. "Next time we surprise her were there are less heavy objects to throw."
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Remus Lupin gazed around the vintage summer cottage. It's adobe colored walls filtered in light that shone brightly on the brick colored floor. Most of the furniture was covered in white sheets and the antique fireplace looked as if it hadn't been cleaned in years. Cobwebs covered the ceiling and old mold covered mousetraps littered the floor with yellow newspapers. He snorted when he saw the date on one. If Lily was staying here, then she had a ton of cleaning to do.
"Remus, was that you," a fat blond called out as he wobbled into the room.
"Yeah Peter," Called Remus pushing back his light brown hair. Peter Pettigrew trip over a sheet as he walked in and sneeze when the dust flew up.
"You better watch out Peter," warned Remus, "There are a ton of mousetraps lying around. You really should be careful of those." Peter stuck his tongue out only to have dust land on it, sending him into another coughing fit.
Shouting from outside cause them both to look up. James followed by Sirius wheezed their way into the large room. The look of fear across their faces only drew Remus to one conclusion, they found Lily.
"H-hide…," panted a red face James, " We.. have to… hide … f-fast." Sirius nodded behind him, not looking to good himself.
Peter gave them a puzzled look and Remus shook his head while James and Sirius dashed behind a couch.
Two seconds later, an purple faced Lily stomped in. Glancing at Remus she screamed,
"WHERE ARE THEY!" Remus immediately regretted not hiding like the others.
" Uh.. around," he said, trying to hid the shake in his voice. Lily raised a stone in her hand, "WHERE!? THEY ARE SO DEAD! I'M SO GOING TO KILL THEM! AND WHY THE HELL ARE YOU HERE?!"
Remus frowned, it was going to be hard to negotiate out of this one. "Breathe Lily," he said, "Calm down. " Wrong thing to say, he thought seeing the look on Lily's face turn dangerous. "I mean why kill us and make this place even messier? Do you really want to clean this place up yourself?" Remus crossed his fingers.
Lily apparently took this suggestion to thought, since she lowered the stone in her hand. "Hmm… That's a good idea Remus," she said at last. Remus gave her a puzzled look. Lily smiled cruelly, " I'm going to make you do a few chores for me."
James and Sirius jumped up to protest, but stopped when they saw Lily and her stone. "You all are going to help. Peter I want you to clean up the sheets, mousetraps, and newspapers then dust, Remus clean the fireplace then the kitchen, James, Sirius, your coming with me. Ok now you all know what to do, do it, NOW!" Peter and Remus scrambled off to clean while Lily lead James and Sirius up stairs to the attic.
"Ok," she said at the top, "give me your wands. You can use any magic to make this easier." They reluctantly handed them over. "Good, now Sirius grab those chairs over there and put them in the Kitchen. James grab the TV …. that brown box with the buttons, and take it to the far bedroom downstairs." The boys moaned as they grabbed their objects. Sirius headed down first bumping into the walls with the chairs follow by a wobbly TV and James.
"Sirius! Stop scratching up the walls! James! Hold it steady! Don't break it," yelled Lily, from behind. James grunted, holding the TV the best he could. "Oh and watch out for that one step it's broke-" Just as she said it she tripped and fell into James, causing him and the TV to crash into Sirius and the chairs, screaming as they went down. Unfortunately, Remus and Peter heard the commotion and went to see what was wrong only to have James, Sirius, Lily, two chairs and a TV crash into them.
They finally landed in a pile at the bottom, all knock unconscious from the fall.
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That's it for now.. Chapter 2 will be posted eventually!
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