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Chapter Three
Fifteen Years Gone
They were in the middle of dinner when they hear the call from the other room. They knew, by the sound of the voice that it was Dumbledore; but he sounded odd to Remus and Sirius. It was like he was anxious about something, which wasn't like him at all, he was usually calm and jolly. Anyway the both of them excused themselves from dinner and fallowed Dumbledore's instructions. It was then they knew something big was going on.
"What is it Dumbledore, and is it so important to interrupt my last dinner with my godson?" Sirius joked and was halted by the stern look on Remus's face.
"Of course it's important or else he wouldn't have called Padfoot." Remus scolded Sirius who decided to continue his joking game, as opposed to actually deal with an obviously pressing problem.
"Gee, sorry Moony I didn't know it was THAT time of the month."
"Padfoot, I don't have time to bicker with you today. Dumbledore obviously has something important for us to do." Remus answered trying to get Sirius back on topic.
"Hey I don't think he had something for us to DO. Do you Dumbledore?" Sirius challenged.
"Well no but-" Dumbledore tried to answer but was cut off by Sirius.
"See he doesn't have anything for us to do, so you can bicker with me if you wanted to. Maybe you're just scared I'll beat you at it one of these days."
"For one you could never beat me in an argument, and secondly Dumbledore wouldn't have called us if it wasn't important."
"I beg to differ; maybe he just missed the last two Marauders."
"I don't think-"
"BOYS!" Dumbledore yelled finally getting them both to shut up. However, as soon as they were silent Dumbledore began laugh.
"What's so funny Professor?" Remus asked thinking they were going to be yelled at instead of laughed at.
"Well, I just thought it was ironic that you two really haven't changed at all the past fifteen years, which might be beneficial." Dumbledore answered becoming calm again.
"Beneficial to what exactly?" Sirius asked this time, now interested in what Dumbledore had to say.
"Well it's actually something that is both odd and extraordinary at the same time."
"Right and?" They both said in unison.
"Well it has to do with the Potter's-" Dumbledore was yet again cut off by Sirius.
"What about my Godson? Did something happen, are there people coming to kill him?"
"No Sirius, and if you had listened to my previous statement you would have realized I was talking about the Potter's not Harry." Dumbledore answered.
"But if you weren't talking about Harry, then who were you talking about? Both James and Lily are dead." Remus asked now completely baffled.
"Yes, that would be a true statement yesterday or even this morning Remus; however it is not now." Dumbledore answered.
"Now you're being cryptic. The only way you last statement would be true is if Lily and James came back from the dead. And no one can do that, not even you." Remus retorted.
"Yes, but you are only half right Remus. And no one can purposely summon the dead, or in this case resurrect the dead." Dumbledore said with a twinkle in his eye at their almost horrified expressions.
"Do you mean to tell us that someone resurrected Lily and James from their graves?" Sirius asked almost at a loss for words.
"No wait Padfoot, he told me I was only half right, which mean only one of them was resurrected. I'm I right Professor?" Remus asked a little more confident in his answer.
"Yes Remus, you are correct."
"Who!" Both Remus and Sirius shouted (so it was a good thing the muting charm was up).
" Lily." He said simply. Both Remus and Sirius had an odd combination of shock, joy, sadness, and angry expressions on their face. Joy because they were glad Lily came back to them, sadness because James didn't come with her, shock because they didn't think it was possible, and anger because someone alive ripped her from her peaceful state of being and through her into another war.
"Where is she?" They both asked trying to hold back all the emotions they were feeling at once.
"Here at Hogwarts, I called to tell you to come over here so we can talk about this further." Dumbledore said basically to air because after he said the word "Hogwarts" both Remus and Sirius sprinted to the door.
They arrived in his office before they fire call even ended. Dumbledore laughed at them again when they tried to get through the office door at once. When they finally bullied their way through the door they both broke into a run.
"Moony who do you think did this to Lily? And if they didn't do it on purpose then how was she resurrected?" Sirius asked as they turned a corner. (Luckily it was still the summer holidays so no one in the school saw them racing down the halls. Otherwise this would have been a very odd scene and would have drawn attention.)
"I don't know Padfoot; I didn't think you could resurrect the dead on purpose or otherwise. Either way Lily is going to be really confused, a lot has changed in fifteen years." Remus answered as they reached the stairs to the hospital wing and decided to slow down.
"Yeah, but it feels so good to have one of them back you know. I mean Lily might not have been a fighter like James, but she was no pacifist when it became necessary."
"I know what you mean. Do you remember the hex she put on James during fourth year?" Remus reminisced.
"Oh yeah that was a good one; but not as good as the one on Valentine's Day during sixth year." Sirius laughed as they entered the hospital wing. However all laughing stopped immediately when they saw Professor McGonagall sitting at the end of the bed, that housed at broken and unconscious Lily Potter.
It was a horrifying sight for both the men to see. The twenty one year old redhead was lying there in the cloths she was buried in, covered in dirt, dust, and blood. Her hands were being treated with care by Madam Pomfery, but even they could see that they were completely shredded. Her comatose face has a pained expression, and had a large gash right above her left eye. It caused both Remus and Sirius to break down into tears and Sirius sobs alerted McGonagall to their presence.
"Oh boys, I'm so sorry you have to see her this way. Come; step outside with me so we can discuss this further." McGonagall said tearing up herself as she led them into the hallway.
"McGonagall, how did she get like that? She looks like she went through hell and back." Sirius cried as he attempted to calm himself down. Remus just stood there, trying to hold his rage of what he just saw.
"Oh boys, we don't know yet. Dumbledore has a theory but… it's too gruesome to contemplate. I don't think it's wise to tell you." McGonagall said keeping her own emotions in check.
"Tell us anyway." Remus said quietly afraid he might scream at her if he didn't. But before McGonagall could answer, Madam Pomfery came running into the hallway.
"Minerva, she's awake."
