CHAPTER 2
Suddenly Malfoy quickly took out his wand and pointed it at Lily. The girls stiffened and everyone in the hallway stiffened as he shouted, "Faturdo!"
All the students around them watched as slowly Lily grew. Her torso suddenly widened as if she weighed 300 pounds. Her legs, arms, and neck thickened with her face and cheeks also growing bigger until finally it all stopped and Lily looked as if she couldn't fit through a door anymore. She could barely move and if she did manage to it appeared more like a waddle. Malfoy's gang burst out laughing, along with several of the students in the hallway. Lily stood crying as her friends gasped and tried to stand in front of her to shield her from everyone's eyes.
She had never felt so humiliated. Why didn't hadn't she done something? She should have retaliated instead of standing dumbfounded.
"Lily, come on. Let's get McGonagall's help," said Claire. She put an arm around Lily's shoulder and tried to steer her in the direction of the Transfiguration classroom. Her friends glared at everyone in the hallway. It appeared they were the only ones not laughing.
"You're not going anywhere mudlbood! We're not finished yet!" and as Malfoy spoke the rest of his gang made a gigantic circle around the four girls, cutting them off from escaping anywhere. The bystanders, who all appeared to be Slytherins, watched in amusement. Malfoy pointed his wand at Lily, who's tears streamed down her face.
"Lardeneno!"
A large orange light shot out of Malfoy's wand and headed towards Lily when a fast white smoke came into the corridor and collided head on into the spell which disappeared. The white smoke headed towards Malfoy who shouted and started running down the corridor scared, glancing over his shoulder as the white smoke came closer. It swirled around Malfoy and then flew away from him. He fell to the ground, his robes wrapping around him as he tried to desperately to swing them off him.
The white smoke flew over the heads of the Slytherins who ducked and ran down the corridor, trying to get away, but stopped when red bricks built themselves from the stone floors to the ceiling into a solid brick wall. Everyone stared at the white smoke, scared, as it moved in front of Lily. Before everyone's eyes the white smoke slowly disappeared into what everyone recognised as James Potter until the smoke faded. For the first time in her life Lily could truthfully say she was pleased to see James. He normally was not her first choice in people, but in terms of protector, it couldn't have been better for her. James pointed his wand at Lily and instead of feeling scared as to what he was going to do, she was pleased. Of all the people in Hogwarts, he was one person she knew wouldn't hurt her.
Her body tingled warmly and she watched in amazement as a sunlight yellow light gently slithered out of James' wand and wrapped itself around her arms and legs, crawling its way along her body until her covered her fully like a spring. She felt herself feel lighter and lighter until she was back to her original self and the light disappeared.
White smoke outlined James faintly as he quickly zoomed backwards, his whole body turning inside then out behind him so he now faced Malfoy, who was finally able to untangle himself from his robes and slowly stood up. James stood in front of him, glowing with the white smoke outlining him and floating a foot above the floor. His eyes burned bright with rage and Malfoy stared up at him terrified as did everyone else.
"If you ever touch Lily again, I swear you'll regret doing so. I can do magic you wouldn't even dream of which you know firsthand, don't you?" James smirked darkly. "Stay away from her or you'll have to answer to me and that's a promise Malfoy."
Malfoy trembled slightly, his mouth gaping open. James stopped glowing and lowered to the ground. His fist collided into Malfoy's face knocking him to the ground once more. To everyone's amazement James lifted his right palm towards Malfoy, who suddenly shot down the corridor along the stone floor until he was quickly out of sight.
James turned around to face everyone else.
"Did anyone else here have something to do?"
No one answered and it seemed once he was satisfied the brick wall undid itself down to the floor and disappeared. As soon as the corridor was clear everyone quickly left as fast as they could except for the four girls. Lily stared at James as he walked towards her. She stood mutely in place wondering what he was doing when he lifted her off her feet. Her body was warmed and the next thing she knew her body as well as James' were being engulfed by the bright white smoke. Her friends watched agape as the white smoke flew down the corridor and out of sight, leaving them to stare after them.
