AN: So here's chapter 7…and I upped the rating for some of these ideas. I know that eleven-year-olds might not consider some things in this chapter…but anyone can be really depressed…
Disclaimer: If anybody who is reading this story believes for one second that I own Harry Potter, then I am flattered. Sadly, Harry Potter, his Parents, his Godfather, and the other people in this story whom you know to be in the Harry Potter story do not belong to me. I own the plot line and that's about it. Oh…and characters that aren't in the HP series…
When the exams were over, the rest of Lily's first year at Hogwarts seemed nonexistent. All too soon, Lily was boarding the train to go home. Professor Dumbledore had told the school the night before that sometime this summer everyone would receive an owl telling them how they had ranked in terms of grades. With that hope of mail over the summer, Lily hummed to herself and found an empty compartment to save for her friends. When everyone was on the train, she felt the pistons begin to work underneath her and the train started to bring her home.
Lily and her friends were each doing their own thing (i.e. reading, writing, and painting fingernails and toenails) when someone knocked at their compartment door. Lily went to open it and found Remus.
"Remus…wha…" Lily stopped short. Remus looked downright miserable and alone.
"Lils," he croaked, "Lils, can I talk to you?"
"Of course Remus, come in."
"Not here…I have another compartment reserved that I'm in."
"Ookaay…"
After they had sat down in Remus' compartment, tears started rolling down Remus' cheeks.
"Remus, what's wrong?"
"They…they…they…"
"They what, Remus?"
"They know, Lil…I made friends with them this year and they figured it out…Lils, I think they hate me for it."
"Who's they, Remus?"
"James, Sirius, and Peter."
"Look Remus…this isn't your fault…you had nothing to do with it. They pried, and if they desert you, I will hex them as best I can next year. There's nothing you could have done about it. Nothing."
"I didn't have to come to Hogwarts. I didn't have to inflict this on anybody…"
"Don't be stupid Remus…"
"Lily, you don't understand. They left me. And without them, I've lost the will to live. I'm a nuisance to my parents. They have to lock me in the cellar once a month with furniture to rip to shreds. I…I can't handle that anymore."
"What are you trying to say?"
"Lily, I brought you in here to say goodbye to you."
"Say…goodbye?"
"You won't see me again next year. Nor will the rest of the guys. I will never turn into a werewolf again, or walk, for that matter, after you leave this compartment. Goodbye, Lily. I enjoyed my time with you. You were like a sister. Goodbye."
Tears were streaming down Lily's face. "Remus…no! You can't! I won't leave here unless you come with me! You can't commit suicide! You're only twelve! You have your whole life ahead of – "
"No, Lils…that's where you're wrong. The guys were my life. I want you all to take care of each other. I want…no need to end this pain. Just go."
Lily stood up and slowly walked to the compartment door. Slowly, she slid it open and took out her wand. Spinning around, she said "Petrificus Totalus!"
Remus became as stiff as a board. Lily ran out of the compartment and looked in every single compartment until she came across the one with a certain three boys in it. She flung the door aside and began yelling.
"JAMES POTTER! SIRIUS BLACK! PETER PETTIGREW! HOW DARE YOU! YOU INSENSITIVE PRICKS! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU…YOU…"
"Whoa, Evans…what's with all of the yelling?"
"DON'T PLAY DUMB, POTTER! YOU DITCHED REMUS BECAUSE YOU FOUND OUT!"
"Evans, we would never do anything like that…we don't care!"
"OBVOISLY! BECAUSE IF I HADN'T TEMPORARILY PETRIFIED HIM JUST NOW, HE WOULD BE COMMITTING SUICIDE!"
"WHAT!"
"YES, BLACK, HE WOULD BE DEAD!"
"Lily, where is he?"
"THAT'S EVANS TO YOU, POTTER, AND IF YOU CARE, YOU CAN FOLLOW ME!"
Lily ran out of the compartment with James, Sirius, and Peter hot on her tail. When they reached the compartment Remus was in, she skidded to a half and pointed the boys in. They all took a seat while Lily pointed her wand at Remus.
"Enervate."
Remus sat up and immediately pointed his wand at himself.
"Remus, WHAT do you think you're doing?" James asked, whipping Remus' wand out of his hand.
"Yeah…like we care whether or not you're a werewolf," interjected Sirius.
Remus snorted. "You can't fool me…you didn't sit with me today…"
"We offered, Remus, but you said that you had other stuff to do. You did not mention that that other stuff included an attempt to kill yourself."
"Remus, is there anything I can get you while you talk this out with your friends?" asked Lily.
"Yeah…here's some gold. I want to go on a chocolate binge."
"Promise not to do this again?"
"Yeah, I promise…chocolate appeals to me more than death at the present moment."
Lily chuckled as she walked out of the compartment and headed for the engine of the train. She supposed that the woman with the trolley would be up with the conductor. About six compartments away from the engine, several boys stepped into the hallway. Lily stopped dead when she saw who they were.
Snape looked around. "Ah," he said softly, "a filthy little mudblood who doesn't need to be way up here in the pureblood territory. You'll pay for setting foot in Hogwarts where you don't belong, oh yes…"
Before Lily knew what was happening, Snape's cronies were advancing on her. She did not know what to do, and most unfortunately, drawing her wand did not occur to her. A boy she thought was named Curtis Crabbe seemed to advance more quickly than the others, though that could be because he swung out a fat arm and punched her in the mouth. Lily turned and fled back down the hall, vowing to get them back the next year.
As Lily was passing her compartment, Jaina stepped out.
"Lily! What happened to your face?"
Lily shook her head quickly and motioned for Jaina to follow her through the train. Two compartments later, they walked into a most unwelcome scene. Sirius and James were wrestling with Remus in an attempt to keep his wand from him.
"Imoblious!" Lily shouted. The scene froze; no one but Lily and Jaina were able to move. "WHAT do you think you are doing? Remus, how could you? You promised me! I thought that meant something! NO ONE wants you to commit suicide except the Slytherins, and they seem really intent at the moment of ridding the world of muggle borns, so you can't complain at the moment. Just for once in your lives could you ALL understand what the other is going through, or at least try to?"
Lily ran from the compartment and back to her own, more to check in Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 for a spell that would fix her mouth than anything else. Finally, she found it.
"Clarificatious," Lily muttered, pointed her wand at her own mouth. Her mouth was instantly cleared, and the train began to slow.
Reviews!
Ghilliekitten (ch4) snort (ch5) lol…duh… (ch6) whatever…
SoDecieving thanks!
Glowing-ice you can't leave me! No! I'll kidnap you!
Lizzie, Elizabeth well, yes…but that chapter reminded me of a lot of things that happened to me before my latest birthday…you could say that this story is starting to reflect me and some of my friends a little bit…
Hazel Maraa thanks! And Lils might get luckier later…
Lightswitch (ch2) thanx… (ch3) you'll see…
AN: Yay! Another chapter up! Well, you all know the drill…if you want more chapters sooner, Review, Review, and Review!
