Chapter 2 – The Attack

"Alice you want to come in for a bit? Maybe watch a muggle movie?" inquired Lily.

Lily and Alice just got back to Lily's after a day shopping at Diagon Alley and a drink at the Leaky Cauldron. Every other week they would have a girl's night out.

"Sorry Lil, I should get home. I'm seeing Frank tomorrow morning. And I don't want to look tired."

"Be good, don't do anything stupid!" "I won't." Alice glanced downwards. "Alice what is it?" "Ugh, well Lily I was wondering…"

"Wondering what?"

"Well if Frank asks me to marry him, would you be my maid of honor? I don't have any sisters and--" Lily threw her arms around Alice, squealing, "I'd love to! Do you know if he's proposing?"

"His mom hinted about it."

"Do you like his Mum?"

"She's nice, controlling a bit, but nice." Franks mum had a knack for telling Frank what to do. He sometimes get a holler if he did something she didn't like. She always gave the rest of the Gryffindors a good laugh.

"Alice that's great! You have to let me know how it happens and when it happens!"

"You will, I promise." Alice gave Lily one more hug.

Little did Alice know, but the engagement would happen tonight and Lily was in on Franks plan. She was his decoy to keep her out later or send her right into his arms.

"Have a good night Lily!"

"I think I'm going to curl up and read my new book, night Alice!" Lily clutched her new advanced transfiguration book.

"Geez bookworm, you need a life and a boy! Bye!" She quickly disapparated before Lily could respond to her smart remark.

Lily opened the front door to her home. It was dark, "it's never dark, this is weird" lily thought "Usually they wait up for me." "Mum, Dad?" There was no answer, "Are you home?" There was a noise of floor board creaking coming from upstairs. Lily climbed the stairs, out her new books and clothes in her room. She grabbed her wand and made her way to her parent's bedroom.

Something wasn't right, it was to quite. It was a creepy quite. There was light coming from under their bedroom door. There were three shadows, not two. Petunia was visiting her fiancé. It couldn't be Petunia's shadow. She couldn't be back yet.

Lily ran back to her room. Pulled out a piece of parchment and wrote to the ministry. It read:

Ministry of Magic Department of Underage Use of Magic,

There is an intruder in my home. I'm going to use magic in front of two possibly three muggles. I apologize in advanced.

Sincerely,

Lillian Evans

Lily's worst fear was to be expelled from Hogwarts, her true home away from home.

To Lily walking down the corridor seemed to take forever. She pushed open the door to see a man in his late 30's early 40's. He spun around, wand in hand and spoke. "Ah the mudblood has returned. Do you know who I am?"

"No, but I'd assume you're not muggleborn."

"Don't be smart with me girl! I'm Lord Voldermort."

Lily looked at him and didn't believe this is what people were afraid of. "Not too impressive are you."

"Crucio! Silly girl you must learn who is above you. A painful death should suit you fine."

"STOP!" yelled Lily's mother.

Voldermort turned toward her and muttered "AVADA KEDAVRA!"

"NO" Lily whimpered. There was nothing she could do, her beautiful mother was dead. She couldn't even protect her.

"You don't need to kill them. Just kill me; I'm what you want to get rid of. I'm a muggleborn witch you hate us. Don't kill him he's innocent!"

"It's just a benefit, a two for one deal, killing the muggles and the mudbloods."

Voldermort turned his back to Lily facing her father. "Say goodbye to your father," Lily met her father's eyes he mouthed, "I love you." Lily could only smile back at him. She realized she had a wand, Voldermort casted his spell first, "AVADA KEDAVRA." Lily screamed, "Expelliarmus!"

Voldermort's wand flew out of his hand and into Lily's. Her father had fallen to the ground. He was gone. Everyone who loved her was gone. She had been too late. Voldermort turned to her with a wicked smile across his face. "What is your name?"

"Why do you care, so you can mark me off your alphabetized list?"

"I want to know what witch disarmed me."

"I won't tell you." Lily turned to run away.

"Then let me help you remember." He pulled a vile from his pocket. Grab Lily's hair and pulled her back to him. Forced the potion into her mouth and asked again, "WHAT IS YOUR NAME!"

"Lillian Marie Evans" She replied. She had no choice. He forced her she couldn't believe this.

"I have a question for you, why kill just for fun or power or what?"

"It's purely for the greater good, Lillian. You know people always forget I'm amazing at wandless magic."

Just then Lily screamed again in pain. He had casted the crucious curse on her again.

Lily dropped both their wands. Voldermort picked up his own in order to finish her off. "I will kill you Lillian, just to make the job clean. No hard feelings. Voldermort raised his wand, "AVADA--"

POP!

Voldermort flipped around to see Dumbledore and Mad-Eye Moody standing in the doorway. Little did they know they had just saved Lily's life. Voldermort disapparated and left a half cursed Lily lying on the ground.