Chapter Ten: This is the End

TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF ABUSE!

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Disclaimer: I wished I owned Harry Potter so I knew what happened to the Marauders during the First Wizarding War, but I don't, only J.K Rowling does but that's as much as I can ask for! All rights to that amazing writer that is called J.K Rowling!

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'The Death Eaters are back.' Lily muttered. 'They're back, Professor and they want me.'

'Why?' Minerva asked.

'Because I'm special,' Lily whispered quietly, hoping that the impending darkness meant that she was moving on to the next life.

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She woke up in darkness and she slowly sat up. She was somewhere dark, and it scared the living day lights out of her as her memories came back. Lily looked around and heard a calming voice.

'Good morning, Lily,' the voice said, and Lily heard the smile her Grandmother Lily's voice.

'What- what am I doing here?' Lily asked. 'Am- am I dead?'

'In a way,' her grandmother sighed, 'in a way, you aren't. If you can wait, your grandfather, Sirius, Fred, Remus and Tonks will be here.'

'I- I don't understand,' Lily said, watching as the room around her, lit up. She was in a rather clean version of backyard of the Burrow. She felt the grass underneath her and she looked down at the robes she was wearing. They were a royal purple, her favourite colour after yellow. They were fluffy and warm. She looked at her right arm and pulled the sleeve up on her robe. The word was glaring back at her, taunting her.

'I'm sorry that happened to you, sweetheart,' her grandmother said, and Lily shook her head.

'I- I just lost the will to live,' Lily said, 'why is that?'

'Because you've been too strong for too long,' replied her grandmother. Lily stood up and hugged her. She hugged her back and Lily heard footsteps. She quickly turned around, aiming her wand at the people.

'Hey Chipmunk,' Sirius smiled, Fred grinning next to him with James, Remus and Tonks.

'What have I told you?' Lily said, smiling very slightly. 'Don't call me that,'

'When do we listen to you, young one?' Fred smiled. Lily ran up to them and hugged them both tightly. She turned to James, her grandfather.

'You know, you are shorter than I realised,' James grinned. Lily hugged him tightly and shook her head.

'You're short as well,' Lily said, smiling slightly.

'I'm six feet, Lily, I'm not short,' James smirked, 'now come on, I didn't come here to tease your shortness, as much as it's fun,'

'James,' Remus said, looking at him. James just smirked and walked over to her grandmother.

'Wotcher,' Tonks smiled, 'glad to meet you little red head,'

'Red head, really?' Lily asked, hugging Tonks.

'I needed a nickname and that was the first thing that came to mind,' Tonks grinned, winking at her and walking over to Sirius.

'I never did say they were smart with nicknames, Lily,' Remus said, 'anyway, you must have a lot of questions.' Lily hugged Remus as well before they walked over to the others.

'Am I dead?' Lily asked quietly.

'Get straight to the point,' Fred said, 'but in a way, yes and no.'

'How is that possible?' Lily asked.

'Your father once had the same thing,' Sirius said, 'when he had to talk to Dumbledore, and he was between the living and the dead worlds.'

'That's where I am now?' Lily asked.

'Correct,' her grandmother said, 'you're in-between two worlds.'

'So I don't have to go back?' Lily asked, trying not to sound hopeful.

'No, you don't,' James said, 'but- but I think you should,'

'Why?' Lily asked. 'There isn't going to be anything to live for.'

'There always is, Lily,' Fred said, 'family and friends. Love and to live your life,'

'But what about the pain?' Lily asked.

'Pain is a part of life Lily,' Tonks said, 'it makes us who we are.'

'Why can't we go on a better path, and still be who we are?' Lily asked.

'It's our experiences that make us who we are Lily,' Remus said.

'Now,' Sirius said, 'we must leave you, you can either go back or come with us.'

'But it's your choice,' James said.

Lily stared at her family and couldn't help but think about what her father always told her. "The right thing is not always the easiest thing to do." She stared at her family members before hugging them each.

'I'm sorry,' Lily whispered.

'Don't be,' her grandmother smiled, 'death is but the next great adventure.'

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Lily opened her eyes slowly, and felt immediate pain in her whole body. She tried hard to not cry from the pain that had crept upon her. She saw her father and mother sitting on one side, quietly talking to each other, and her brothers on the other side, communicating silently between each other.

She saw Neville, Luna, Hermione and Ron waiting outside with her grandparents and Professor McGonagall. She kept replaying her family members' last words to her, trying to not cry. She tried to remember what it felt like to finally hug them.

Suddenly a pain shot through her and she gasped. Her parents and brothers looked at her.

'Lily,' her mother said, hugging her tightly. She tried not to wince in pain but it must have showed in her face because her mother quickly released her.

'Sorry sweetheart,' Ginny said, 'I'm-I'm just relieved you're alive.'

'What do you mean?' Lily asked quietly.

'We thought you were dead,' James said and Albus nodded.

'Oh-' Lily said, looking over at the door again. She swore that she saw Nott and she quickly sat up, her heart rate sky-rocketing.

'What's wrong?' Harry asked seriously.

'I- it's nothing,' Lily said, lying back down again. She saw her father looking at her and she adverted her eyes to the ceiling. Madam Paradise, the new Hogwarts hospital wing nurse, came out of her office.

'Your heart rate just went through the roof, Miss Potter, what happened?' Madam Paradise asked.

'I- I thought I saw- I saw him outside,' Lily muttered, looking up at the ceiling. She closed her eyes and tried not to squirm as the pain shot through her.

'You need a pain relief potion,' Madam Paradise said, 'and some headache relief.'

She went back to her office and Lily opened her eyes and saw her families concerned eyes looking at her. She couldn't handle their gazes and looked out of the window. She saw the outline of the Quidditch Pitch and she wished that she could go out there and fly to her heart's content.

She looked at the matron when she came back with two potions and a goblet of Pumpkin juice. James and Albus quickly stood up so she could get through. Lily slowly sat up and took the first potion that the matron gave her.

'Drink it all up,' Paradise said, 'you went through some tough mental and physical abuse, so this potion won't take all of the pain like it's supposed too but it will take most of it away.'

Lily nodded and drank the potion. It tasted like red and black liquorice mixed together and she tried not to gag. She saw her brothers smirking at her because of the taste and she just shook her head, taking the headache relief potion which had no taste.

'Drink this up,' Madam Paradise said, gesturing to the Pumpkin juice, 'you'll feel better.'

Lily raised the goblet to her mouth and slowly drank from it. It tasted refreshing after the potions and she drank half of it before setting it on the side table. She felt sleepy immediately after and knew that there was a sleeping draught in the Pumpkin juice.

'Will it stop the dreams?' Lily asked.

'With the amount of physical and mental trauma you suffered, I doubt it,' Paradise said, 'but it should keep it a minimal. Hopefully.'

'Okay,' Lily said, closing her eyes. She fell asleep immediately.

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Harry Potter stared at her daughter as she fell asleep and he looked at his sons, who were looking at Lily, both looking like they were thinking hard about something. He looked at Ginny who looked like she was about to become the red hulk from either sadness, anger or both.

'There's no use for us to be in here, worrying,' Harry said, 'let's go outside and talk to the others.'

'You two should go get some dinner,' Ginny said, 'it's six-thirty.'

'We're not really hungry,' Albus said, looking at James who nodded.

'Go try to eat something in the kitchens,' Harry said, 'you'll avoid all the questions,'

'You can come back here after you've eaten something.' Ginny added. The boys nodded and Harry and Ginny led them out of the Hospital Wing.

'I'll send a Patronus if there is any trouble,' Annie Paradise said, meeting them at the door.

'Thank you,' Harry said sincerely. Ginny nodded and they walked out of there.

Ron, Neville, Hermione, Luna, Molly, Arthur and Minerva were waiting outside, talking with each other. They all turned to face them and James and Albus hugged Harry and Ginny before walking off together to the kitchens.

'How is she?' Neville asked.

'Her heart rate went high because she thought she saw her attacker.' Harry said darkly.

'Who exactly is he?' Ron asked.

'Victor Nott, a fifth year Ravenclaw student,' Minerva answered, 'Pansy and Theodore Nott's son.'

'Why Lily?' Molly asked.

'Because Lily's accidental magic came through when Pansy was attacking us when Lily was seven and she killed Pansy accidently, trying to protect us both.' Harry said.

'But how did he know that?' Arthur asked.

'Zabini and Nott saw it, a glimpse.' Harry said.

'Was that the only reason?' Luna asked. 'Because Lily protected you both and accidently kill Parkinson?'

'And to get to me,' Harry sighed, 'if they use Lily, they can get to me.'

'Do they know the Prophecy, perhaps?' Arthur asked quietly. 'Is that perhaps another reason they are attacking her?'

'I hope not,' Ginny muttered, 'because that won't be good.'

A high pitch scream tore them away from their thoughts, and it had come from the Hospital Wing. Harry quickly ran into the Hospital Wing and ran to Lily's bed.

She was thrashing around in her bed, screaming at the top of her lungs. Annie was trying to get her to stop moving but it wasn't working.

'Ron, Neville,' Harry said, taking over from Annie. Ron and Neville joined him and they tried to stop her from moving around.

'Isn't there a spell or something you can do?' Ginny asked.

'It's too dangerous.' Annie replied. 'Most of the time, you just have to let the patient settle down themselves, but this is the most serve case I've seen.'

Lily sat up suddenly, and Harry watched as looked down at her right arm. They could all see the word Blood-Traitor written there and it stood out against her pale skin.

'Miss Potter,' Annie said, 'did you just have a nightmare?'

Lily merely nodded, taking her eyes away from her arm and she looked at her feet.

'Could you tell me what happened?' Annie asked.

Lily shook her head slowly and Harry glanced at his wife.

'Lily,' Ginny said, sitting in the chair next to her bed. Ginny gently took Lily's hand and Lily looked at Ginny. 'Sweetheart, I know it's hard but if you can tell us even a tiny detail of your nightmare it helps. I know, okay?'

'It wasn't really nightmare,' Lily whispered, 'it- it was a memory.'

'What memory, sweetheart?' Ginny asked.

'I don't want to say mum,' Lily said, tears falling down her cheeks.

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Lily put her head on her knees and cried openly on her knees. She didn't care that Ron, Hermione, Molly, Arthur, Neville, Luna, Minerva and her parents were there because the memory felt so horrible that she felt like she was going to be physically sick.

She heard people leave and saw that only her mother and Hermione had remained behind.

'What happened, Lily?' Hermione asked, sitting next to her mother.

'He- he- he,' Lily stuttered. She took a deep breath and lifted up her shirt and moved her back so that her aunt and mother could see it. She heard gasps from both of them and she put her shirt back over her back and turned to her mother and aunt.

He had written "I will get you" on her back with a knife.

'Your father and Uncle Ron will get him, Lily,' Ginny said, 'and he'll go to Azkaban for the rest of his short life.'

Lily just stared at her feet.

She should have gone with her Lily, James, Remus, Tonks, Fred and Sirius.

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