I might stop here for now, I like a little bit of suspense! I might put up another chapter tonight though, depends how bored I am later. Rating is now M, better to be safe then sorry. Thanks to siriuslygoode for adding my story to their alert list. Enjoy!

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Remus heard someone enter the dungeons. He kicked James and Sirius, both had fallen asleep awhile ago. When they stirred, he held his fingers to his lips. They nodded an acknowledgement as all four of them listened to the footsteps coming closer.

They looked out through the bars of their cell and watched as Snape came into view, Lily trailing behind him. He stopped in front of them. "Enjoying your stay?" he asked. There were blank stares in return. He laughed, "Still as thick as anything then I see, not that it will matter much longer."

"Are you here to talk us to death Snape?" Sirius yawned. "I am sure there are worse ways to die then being so bored you just give up living."

"Oh do not worry, your death will come soon enough. The Dark Lord himself wishes to be present at your execution, to make sure it is properly done. I may be lucky enough to be the one that kills you, but I shall not mind too much if I am not, it should be good entertainment nevertheless."

"How kind of you Snape, we shall treasure these last days then. Now if you will excuse us..." Sirius lay back down as if to go to sleep.

"Do what you wish Black, I am not here for any of you."

"What are you doing then?" James asked.

Snape smirked at him in reply. He turned and opened the opposite cell. "Get in there," he ordered. Lily entered as Snape closed the door behind her. He flicked his wand, but James couldn't hear what the spell was. Snape came back over to stand on front of James.

"What are you doing Snape? Why is she in there?" James questioned. He noticed Lily flinch as he spoke.

Snape smirked again. "Nothing that concerns you, Prince James. Just a little spell to prove a point to dearest Lily."

"Are you ever going to speak straight Snape?" Lily flinched again. "What have you done to her?"

"Oh, I have not hurt her. You are."

"How could I have hurt her? I am not even close."

"You do not need to be. Every time you speak, she hears you calling her a variety of foul names. I assure you, I was quite creative, I think it will take awhile before they repeat."

"She knows that I am not saying those things Snape, she heard you say as much."

"Did she?" Snape sniggered and left the dungeons.

Remus came over to James who was seething. "All you have to do is not speak James, that should be easy enough."

"Easy for you to say Remus." James watched as Lily twitched.

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Lily did not know how much time had passed, she never paid much attention to things any more. She was glad James had stopped though, she did not know how much more she could take of the insults. Lily was sure that it had been a trick by Snape, James would not talk like that while in a conversation with Snape. But it had been harder and harder to keep telling herself that as the night had worn on.

She must have dozed off again because the next thing she knew, James was in front of her.

"Wakey wakey whore, time to get up."

Lily stared at him, not comprehending what was happening. James scowled at her. She moved to the side, but it wasn't enough to avoid the kick in her abdomen.

"I said, get up whore." He kicked her again.

Lily felt the necklace take hold, she had to get up or else. "That is not James, it has to be Snape," she told herself. She got to her feet, only to be knocked down again. She looked across into the other cell. She could see Remus, Sirius and Peter, looking on with horrified expressions, but no James. "It is a trick, it has to be," she repeated to herself as James hit her again and again.

James smirked at her as he lifted her up to his level. "So this is the reception I get, I mourned you for a year and then I find out that you have been with Snape all this time. How could you do that to me Lily?" He threw her across the room, into the wall.

Lily lost track of how often this happened, He kept shouting at her, accusing her, hurting her. All she could do was to keep telling herself that it was not James, he would not do this to her. Her conviction waned as he guessed what she was doing.

"You think that I am just Snape? That it is all a trick?" he laughed. He went on to describe things that only he would know. Lily's heart fell as he told how they had first met, how he had proposed, even repeated back conversations that only the two of them had had. All while he continued to hit her. As he reached to rip her dress off, all Lily felt was despair.