Lily and James: Love Conquers Hate
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Potter.
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Chapter 4: The Aftermath
James' POV:
We were sitting in the Heads Common Room, doing homework that was due next week. But I couldn't concentrate. All I could see was Lily's fiery red hair, tied messily up in a bun on the top of her hair, her perfect face bent over her parchment, frowning in concentration. She's so beautiful. She must sense me staring, because she stops writing and looks up at me.
"James? Are you OK?"
"Hm? Oh, yeah I'm fine. Are you OK?"
She frowns, starting to get annoyed at my antics. Ignoring her, I bend over my work and continue writing the charms essay.
After about ten minutes, I look up to find Lily staring at me.
"What'cha starin' at, Evans?" I smirk at her.
"Nothing," she mutters absent mindly. A few minutes pass, and then,
"James?"
"Yeah, Lils?"
"I love you..."
Shocked, I look up.
"What...?"
"I said I love you."
I take a few minutes to digest this new piece of information before replying.
"I love you too Lily."
"Really?"
"Really."
I don't know how long I've been out, but I have been having the same dream over and over again. I don't know what this means, though. Does it mean I'm still alive, or am I dead?
Is Lily alive, and calling me to her? I honestly don't know.
The darkness is like a blanket, shielding me from the light of the world. I want to stay here forever, safe and sound. But wants are not always fulfilled and slowly I begin to come back to the world. First, I notice my body, the steady beating of my heart, the air going into my lungs. Then the voices came, at first muddled and far away, now clear and soft. They keep talking to me, trying to call me back.
"Come on Prongs, come back to me!" Sirius mutters
My eyelids don't feel heavy anymore, the red hue that I can see tells me that it's a sunny day, so I slowly open them but quickly close them when the light hits me, and groan internally.
"Prongs? Prongs, are you awake?"
"Yeah, Padfoot," I murmur, opening my eyes now."I'm awake."
Sirius gasps, and next minute I know he's blubbering like a baby right next to me.
"Mr. Potter! You're awake!"
Madame Pomfrey bustles over to my bed, giving Sirius a calming drought before turning to me, muttering a diagnostic spell.
"Madame Pomfrey? When can I leave?" I ask the matron.
"Later today, Mr. Potter. I believe the Headmaster wishes to speak with
you."
Happy that I don't have to stay too long, I turn my attention back to Sirius.
"Mate, how long have I been out?"
"A week. We were so worried, James. Honestly, I didn't know if you were even gonna make it."
We sit in silence for a while. I look around the hospital wing for Lily, bit to no avail.
"Padfoot? Wheres Lily?"
Sirius just looks at me.
"Padfoot?"
"... No one knows. She's been missing since the start of the battle."
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Remus' POV:
The village is in bits. Almost all the buildings collapsed during the battle, courtesy of the stupid Death Eaters. They've destroyed the village, the place where students would visit every term and go shopping, get some butterbeer and just have fun. Now that's gone. And Lily's still missing. It has been a week already, yet there's not a single trace of her. Anywhere. She could even be dead.
I've spend the week helping in the clean-up of Hogsmeade. The whole school is assisting the residents rebuild their homes. Now, however, I'm back in the Dorm Room, cleaning my area before checking up on James. Sirius won't leave his bedside so I'm bringing him some food too.
When I enter the hospital wing, James is getting up to leave.
"PRONGS! YOU'RE AWAKE!" I yell, running over to him.
James grins at me." I know. Where's Pete?"
"I dunno. He's been acting really weird lately, disappearing all the time."
"Really? We'll have to talk to him... Any news on Lily?"
I sigh,"No. Nothing. There isn't a trace in the village, or the forest. We don't know where she is."
"We'll find her. I know it. Anyways, I have to go to Dumbledore's office, so I'll see you at dinner."
"OK Prongs. See you later."
James heads in the opposite direction while Sirius and I head back to the common room.
"How's the clean-up going?" Sirius inquires.
"Fine. They found a body in the rubble today. Another Auror, apparently called Dennis Cash. He was only out of the Academy."
"Oh, God. James and I will be helping tomorrow."
"Good. We need all the help we can get."
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James' POV:
Once I got discharged, I headed straight to Dumbledore's office. Madame Pomfrey said it was urgent. I stop outside the gargoyle and tell it the password (dip dab). It jumps into action, letting me by and I go up the staircase to his office.
Raising my hand to the door, I hesitate. I'm pretty sure that this is about Lily and I don't know if I'm ready to talk about the fact that she is most likely dead. Braving up, I knock on the door.
"Enter," Dumbledore's voice calls out.
I walk into his office. Even though I've been in here multiple times, it still takes my breath away. All of the random knick-knacks and devices grab my attention but I move in and turn to the Headmaster. He smiles at me, gesturing to the chair in front of his desk.
"James, thank goodness you're awake! You've had poor old Madame Pomfrey worrying over you all week. I do hope you are feeling better?"
"Much better, sir, thank you."
"You are welcome. Now, I do believe that you know why you are here, yes?"
I nod in agreement."Lily?"
"Yes, Mr. Potter. Miss. Evans has been missing for a week now, and I need you to tell me what she was doing and where she went before the attack. Are you able for it?"
"Yes, sir. She went to Gladrags while I went to Zonkos. We were going to meet a half and hour later outside Honeydukes but the attack started before we could meet up again. Alice Prewett said that she left Gladrags after about 10 minutes and was heading towards Honeydukes. She could've taken the back lane."
"Very well. Thank you for supplying me to with this information. Please head to bed and get some rest after dinner. You can join the others in the clean-up tomorrow."
I thank the professor and turn to leave but he calls me back before I reached the door.
"I want you to start around where the first building that collapsed," Dumbledore instructs me.
"Ok sir. Thank you," I reply, slightly confused, and head to the Great Hall for dinner
The Next Day:
"James, where are you going?" Remus calls after me as I head towards Honeydukes.
"Dumbledore asked me to work around where the first building that collapsed. I don't know why, though," I reply.
Sirius follows me.
"I'm coming with you, Prongsie."
We walk down the back lane and start moving rubble and debris with some charms. It takes ages, but eventually, we clear up an area that was someone's back garden.
I move on to the house next to the one that Sirius is working on and start moving rubble again. Just as I move a pretty large piece of concrete, something in the corner of my eye catches my attention. It's a bag from Gladrags. My heart speeds up a bit. Lily was in Gladrags before the attack.
I walk over to the bag and pick it up. Inside are a pair if shorts, in Lily's size.
"Padfoot, look," I call Sirius over and show him the bag.
"What is it?" He takes the bag from me and looks inside."A pair of shorts? Why are you so interested in them?"
"Because, Sirius, Lily was in Gladrags before the attack, and those shorts are in her size."
"You don't think... You don't think that this is what she bought?"
"That's exactly what I think."
"I'll bring this up to the Aurors. Keep searching."
Sirius heads off to the nearest Auror and I go back to moving rubble. After I move another few chunks and bricks, something else grabs my attention. A hand is sticking out from underneath a cupboard. I stand there, shocked, and then finally, some sense knocks into my head and I move the broken cupboard to reveal a person. A person with fiery red hair.
A person named Lily Evans.
"SIRIUS! GET OVER HERE!" I shout, before I faint from shock.
A/N: New chapter!! Yay! I don't know if I've rushed this or not, but I'm posting this anyways. Do you like the plot so far? This is only the beginning for the story, but more on that in future chapters. Remember to review if you have any suggestions! I feel so rude asking you to review ;-P But it does help me as a writer to improve.Until the next chapter,Your Fellow Muggle (born),Art.with.ap
