Chapter 4

A few weeks later...

Lily's POV

It's almost Halloween, the Marauders favourite time of the year, other than April Fools of course. Eva, Lina and I always have our guard up around these holidays. You never know when something is going to pop out of a broom cupboard or from around the corner. When the three of us go to the Heads common room we walked into the kitchen for a snack before our study session.

"Do you think we should wake him?" Eva asks pointing to James sleeping on the couch.

"I thought he went with the boys, to the Great Hall already." Lina says. We shrug.

"James, wake up." I tell him, as Lina, Eva and I sit down at the table. Before we know it he is right beside us. We look at him with confusion and he motions us towards the door. "What is it?" I ask getting up. He doesn't say anything; instead he just keeps walking towards the door. We all look at each other and follow him out. "James? Where are we going?" I ask, but I don't get a reply.

"What's with him?" Eva asks.

"Maybe we should have let him sleep." Lina says as we continue to follow James.

He glances back every so often; to make sure we are still following him. He doesn't say a word the whole time we are going down different halls wondering where on earth he was taking us. Suddenly we stop in front of a wall; Eva and Lina collide into me.

"A wall? He wanted to show us a wall?" Eva whispers in my ear.

"Shhh, he's doing something." I say and we watch as James closes his eyes. All of a sudden a strange design starts to appear on the wall. We three gasp and jump back.

"What..." I start.

"...the..." Eva says

"...Hell." Lina finishes.

The design forms some sort of door. We look at James, who still has the same monotone expression he's had on since we saw him. The door opens and he walks inside motioning for us to follow him once again. We hesitate this time, but it's James and he wouldn't actually hurt us.

Once inside we see Remus and Sirius.

"There you are, we've been waiting forever, and I am hungry." Sirius exclaims as we walk towards them.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"We got this not that told us to meet you here." Remus says wrapping an arm around Eva.

"What note?" I ask at the same time as Lina asks "Where's here?"

"This is the Room of Requirement. Why would you tell us to meet you here if you didn't know what it was?" Sirius asks.

"What note?" I ask again.

"This one." Remus says and hands it to me.

I read it. "Well this is my hand writing but I didn't write this." I tell them.

"Then who did?" Remus asks protectively pulling Eva closer.

"James what is going on here? Why did you bring us here?" I turn around to ask him, but he is still just standing there with the same expression on.

"Something doesn't feel right." Lina whispers, all of us looking at James.

"Prongs, mate what is going on? Is this a prank on the girls, because I am a little insulted that I wasn't included in it?" He said walking towards James and hitting him on the shoulder.

As soon as Sirius touches James, James disappears.

"Woah!" Sirius yells and jumps backwards, Lina and I let out a scream, Eva gasps and hold on to Remus tighter and Remus is looking at where James used to stand with a wide eyed expression.

Figures start walking towards us out of the shadows, laughing in a cruel, creepy way.

"Well done Avery" A voice said

"Why thank you Lestrange, one of my better ideas I must say"

"These don't sound like the Avery and Lestrange we know." I whispered to Lina.

"I think we get to meet their parents."Lina whispered back.

"So sorry James couldn't make it guys, but really why are we here?" Sirius asked.

"Ah Mister Black, how lovely to see you again, pity you don't live with your parents anymore. You were always such entertainment at get-togethers." Another one of the figures said.

"Yes, Regulus is not as charming as I am" Sirius said with a slight smile.

"Ms. Benoit, Ms. De Luca, lovely as always. I hear your father is travelling again Ms. De Luca?" the Avery figure asked

"Yes he is, South America I believe." Lina said cautiously.

"And dinner at your house was lovely. Your mother is a wonderful cook." Avery directed at Eva.

She smiled, "Please, may we cut the small talk, and be filled in on the details of this visit?"

"We are looking for Mr. Potter."

"Then why are we here?" Sirius asked.

"Well we need certain information about Mr. Potter and we feel as though he may not be reluctant to give it to us. So we thought if he felt vulnerable enough he may just crack."

"Information about what?" I asked.

"Ah, Ms. Evans I forgot you were here, so quiet, well the Dark Lord is looking for his parents. They seemed to have disappeared and he wants to make sure they are okay."

"Well you've gotten us here, how are you going to get him here?"

"Well Ms. De Luca here is going to go and fetch Mr. Potter." Avery Sr. said.

"Why me?" Lina asked

"Well we like to believe that we can trust you to follow instructions. Prove to us you are not like your mother." Lestrange Sr. said.

"My mother was a good, innocent person who you murdered." Lina said.

"Well no I personally didn't kill her, I'm a little fuzzy on who did, you may want to ask your father." Lestrange said to her before turning to me.

"Ms. Evans, am I correct in saying that you and Mr. Potter are an item?"

"No you are not." I replied.

"Well he is in love with you correct?"

"Um, yes I believe so." I said, trying to answer carefully.

"So he would be upset of you got hurt."

"Hold on a minute, there is no need to hurt anyone. You leave Lily alone." Sirius said stepping closer to me.

"Ms. De Luca, please go and get Mr. Potter. And only Mr. Potter. To come quickly and answer all of our questions." A figure that looked like Malfoy said, stepping forward his wand pointed at me.

"And if I don't?" Lina asked.

"Malfoy, if you please" Avery said.

I felt a sudden jolt of pain run through my body as I fell to the floor. I heard screams and saw Sirius run towards me, trying to block the spell.

"Go Ms. De Luca." A voice said and as the pain stopped I saw Lina look at me with guilt as she ran out of the room.

"Lily, Lily." Sirius called to me as he sat me up.

"Now, now, Ms. Evans, that was just a little taste, sorry if it hurt too much." An unapologetic Malfoy sr. said.

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I ran as fast as I could out of that room, I felt guilty for leaving Lily but I knew I had to find James and Dumbledore. I ran to the Great Hall and found James sitting by himself.

"Hey Lina, do you know where Sirius is? He and Remus were supposed to meet me for lunch. I saved them some pudding."

"James you need to come now! We need to get Dumbledore and get to the room of requirement. There are death eaters there and they have everyone else and they hurt Lily. I was told to get you. James they want your parents. They are going to kill them just like they did my mother." I said as I started to shake and cry.

James jumped up and grabbed my hand, as he pulled me out of the great hall. "Lina listen to me" He said when we got to the stairwell. "You go and find Dumbledore or McGonagall. Go and get them as soon as you can. I am going to the room of requirement. Do not come back, stay in Dumbledore's office until Sirius comes to get you ok." He told me, trying to wipe the tears of my face.

I nodded "They used the cruciatus curse on her James."

"I'll go get her, don't worry. Now go get Dumbledore." He said as he ran off in the direction of the Room of Requirement.

A few hours later:

"Lina?" I heard a voice call from the doorway of Dumbledore's office.

"Sirius?" I called back getting out of the chair."

"Catalina, I'm sorry I took so long but Dumbledore wanted us all examined in the hospital wing and to give an account of what happened. I came as soon as I could." He said putting his arms around me.

"It's ok, is Lily alright?" I asked, and he told me what had happened after I left.

"I thought she was going to die." I said as I started crying. "I thought I was going to lose her too."

"Shhhh, sweetheart it's ok. No one died and Lily and Eva are going to be just fine." He said holding me tighter. "Catalina, look at me" He said as he lifted my head up. "You saved them, you got James and Dumbledore and we all came out ok." I nodded and looked at him. He leaned down and kissed me, and I kissed him back. All of a sudden he pulled away. "Sorry." He said. "I shoul...sorry, um lets go, we both need some sleep" he said and turned around and walked out of the doors.

I followed him, not sure what just happened. Then I got my answer.

"Siripoo!" A voice called and a girl came running up to Sirius.

"Hey Clarisse." He said.

"What's wrong? Are you tired? Who's that?" She asked as she looked over his shoulder at me.

"Um that is Lina, she is my friend. You know Eva? That is her best friend. We kind of all hang out together."

"Oh ok. Hi I'm Clarisse, Sirius girlfriend. Sorry I didn't recognize you." She said.

"That's ok." I said.

"So what is going on, you two look like you've just been through something tragic?"

"Yeah, let's go somewhere and talk, I'll tell you what happened. You ok to walk back by yourself Lina?"

So I was just Lina now. Around her I am just Lina, Eva's friend. "Yeah, I'm fine." I said and walked away from the happy couple.

I ended up in the Hospital Wing with James and Remus, who had made makeshift beds out of chairs in between Eva and Lily.

"Hey Lina" James said.

"Can I join you?" I asked.

"Sure, I'll go make you a bed." He said and went to grab some chairs.

Remus handed me a blanket and squeezed my hand "They are going to be ok." He reassured me as I looked at each of them.

"Here you go Lina." James said as he organized the chairs.

"Thank you." I said settling down on them.

"Where is Padfoot?" James asked.

"With Clarisse." I answered not looking at either of them.

"Sorry Lina, we thought you knew." Remus said.

"It's ok." I said trying not to cry.

"She is an annoying bitch if it helps." James said.

I almost laughed out loud. "It does thank you" I smiled. Pushing all thoughts of Sirius and Clarisse out of my head I slowly drifted off to sleep.

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"I don't remember much of what happened next. I remember seeing James running in, at the same time the pain stopped for a bit but I remember still being in pain and very dizzy. I remember seeing Eva fall, probably accidently hit by a spell. And I remember seeing you and the other teachers come in. I remember feeling James pick me up but everything went black. The next thing I know is waking up here in the Hospital Wing." I told to Dumbledore. I was still weary from yesterday. I only woke up today because Madame Pomfrey apparently gave me something to ease the pain and help me sleep.

"Well Ms. Evans it looks like you will make a full recovery, and Ms. Benoit you may leave today if you wish." Dumbledore said before he spoke to Madame Pomfrey and left.

"How do you feel Lily?" James asked holding my hand as he had done since I woke up.

"Tired still, but the pain is gone."

"I am so sorry." James said.

"Please, James it is ok, it is not your fault. Are your parents ok?"

"Yes, I talked to them this morning, they are fine."

"Good." I said smiling.

"Ok you lot, time to clear out. Ms. Evans needs more medicine and more rest." Madam Pomfrey said as she came over to me and set a glass of medicine on the table beside me.

"We will come by later ok Lily." Lina said as she gave me a hug.

"I think I am going to go too, will you be ok by yourself?" Eva asked

"Yes, thanks, you guys go, hopefully I will be out of here by tomorrow." I said James squeezed my hand and smiled as he got up to follow Lina, Eva and Remus out of the hospital wing. I drank my medicine and laid down, hoping that I would be able to be back in my own bed by tomorrow night.

Ok so I was completely unhappy with the first version of this chapter. Since I decided to go through and edit my story, I also decided to completely rewrite this chapter. Hopefully everyone likes this version better than the last.