A/N: Okay, so here's the new chapter. It took me longer to get this one up, but I have finals this week and next, so I can't really be blamed. Enjoy this one!

Chapter 10: A Mysterious Note

The sorting ceremony went without much trouble, as usual. Ever since Sirius and James had stole the sorting hat 7 years before, nobody had tried to pull a prank at the opening feast. Lily was almost dying of boredom by the end of the ceremony, plus her thought hurt from cheering loudly for the new Gryffindors. By the time the dessert dishes disappeared, she was almost falling over, from a mix of tiredness and absolute dullness. She thankfully left the hall, letting the prefects deal with all the new, screaming kids.

After saying goodbye to her friends, Lily nearly ran to her new room, ready to get to bed. She didn't even care where James was, she knew he probably stayed behind to intimidate the first years. She finally reached her room, which was guarded by a giant painting of a dragon that looked more course than fearful.

" Hogswallop" Lily said to the dragon, uttering the password that had been given to her a few weeks back.

"Course 'tis, luv" the dragon replied, his voice skewed with a thick cockney. He swung to the side, revealing a large wooden door. Lily pried the door open and stepped into the room, gasping.

The room was absolutely perfect. The main room was cavernous with a large domed roof with paintings, an almost exact replica of the Sistine Chapel. The room was done in warm gold and scarlet, with a fire burning cheerily in the large fireplace. On the side opposite from the door was a curved staircase that split off in the middle. One pair of stairs led to a wooden door with the words "Lily Evans" written on it in scrolling letters. The other stairs led to James's room. Lily, who had thought that the Gryffindor common room was too decadent, was in awe at the splendor of this one. She quickly went up her staircase and entered her room.

It was a large room with a canopy bed done with golden drapes and an incredibly soft golden carpet. There was a little owl ledge where a beautiful tawny owl sat. Lily, who had never had the money to purchase an owl, though she desperately wanted one, ran over to it. She found a letter on the perch. Opening it she read:

"Lily- thought you might need some company. Congratulations on being made head girl!"

Lily read it twice and shook her head. She knew exactly who it had come from. In her fourth year, she and Sora had become animagi. Sora had taken the form of a black panther, which Lily thought was superbly wicked and she was quite jealous. She on the other hand, had turned into an owl. Sora was a bit jealous of Lily's form, saying that she had always wanted to fly. Both girls had wished that they could have traded, but they got used to their other forms after a while. But Sora knew that Lily had always wanted an owl to keep her company whenever she decided to go out on a flight.

Lily studied her new owl for a while. It was a skinny thing, and a bit taller than ordinary owls. It was also very regal and Lily loved it because it didn't look like any other owl she had seen before.

"You name will be…" Lily said, not quite sure what to name it. She turned the card over in her hand and saw that something had been written on the back.

"I know that you'll never come up with a name for the poor dear, so I took the liberty in doing it for you. His name is Abraham Lincoln". Lily burst out laughing. Sora had come over to the Evan's house once before and was absolutely bewitched by the biography of the American president Abraham Lincoln that her dad had been reading. Sora had thought that he was the oddest looking man she had ever seen. Looking up at the owl, Lily was quite shocked to find that it did indeed a bit like the man.

"Abraham Lincoln" Lily said. The owl cooed in reply. Shaking her head, Lily changed her clothes and got into bed, calling goodbye to her new friend.

Two month passed without anything major happening. Lily got used to her new Head girl duties and being separated from all the other Gryffindor girls. Sora and Alice were common visitors in her dorm and the rest of the H6 were there almost all the time as well, so it wasn't much different than before. Lily also started to get used to living with James. In fact, she had kind of gotten to like it. When it was just them two, James was much more mature and put together. It was like the rest of the H6 was a catalyst for his immature behavior. In fact as time went by, Lily found her minor crush on James growing larger, to the point where she had decided that the next time James asked her out on a date she would say yes.

Sora, on the other hand, had gotten into a bit of a spat with her father before coming to Hogwarts because he had wanted her to go to an incredibly stuffy Japanese magical college after Hogwarts, even though she told him repeated times that she wanted to go straight into auror training. Because of this she had been ignoring all the letters that he had been sending her over the past months. There was way more letters than usual and they were starting to clutter her bedside table. In fact, ever since Lily had left the Gryffindor dorm, there had been nobody to tidy up around Sora's bed. Even the house elves had given up on the girl.

On day, about two and a half months after the start of school, Sora entered the dorm at noon, wanting to get her potions textbook before heading off to lunch. She found Alice on her bed, intently reading a rather thick book.

"Studying?" Sora asked her. Alice looked up in dismay and shut her book quickly. Sora raised her eyebrows and read the spine of the book.

"Calder's Magical Primary School Yearbook" she read aloud. Alice turned a bright shade of red.

"It's nothing" she mumbled slightly, accidentally letting the book slip out of her fingers. It landed on the floor with a loud thud. Sora reached down to get it.

"Don't touch it!!" Alice screeched, stopping Sora straight in her tracks.

"What's the matter, mate? It's a primer year book, nothing big" Sora asked. Alice just bent down, scooped the book up, and hugged it to her chest.

"I just don't like people looking at it" she said tightly. Sora looked at her, confused, but decided not to probe into the matter. Everyone was allowed their secrets, after all. Sora just grabbed her textbook and left the room.

As soon as Alice heard Sora go down the stairs, she opened her year book up once more to a certain page that had been opened to so many times that it had started to fade. She traced her finger around the picture that she had traced a million times. She stopped to wonder what Sora would have thought if she had seen this picture.

Sora went to the potions room, where Lily had already set up her cauldron. She went next to her and dumped all of her things on the desks, putting her cauldron on the floor and casually flicking her wand it, starting the fire. She turned over to Lily to see that she was engaged in a conversation with James. Sora smiled to herself, knowing that it was about time that the two got together. They did make a very cute couple. Sora turned to the other side to see the creeper walk into the room, his book bag so full that it looked as though it was about to burst. He was carrying about five textbooks along with a million rolls of parchment in his arms and was trying very hard not to crash into anything.

"Need help, Severus?" she asked, but was rewarded for her kindness by receiving a sharp, cold glare from the boy. Sora shook her head. She knew why the creeper was mad at the boys of the H6, but she never knew why he was also angry at her and Lily. They really had done nothing to him.

"Sora, look at this"

Sora turned around to find Lily showing her a bit of paper. Taking it from her she saw a message scribbled on it.

"I was walking past the charms classroom the other night and found about five first years drinking fire whisky and making a huge racket in it. They go there every night and always make a clamor. It is very disturbing to the Hufflepuffs, whose dormitory is located next to the classroom. It would be great if you could go and check things out."

"I found it in the Head Girl's box this morning" Lily said. Sora shrugged her shoulders.

"I never heard the racket before, but the Gryffindor common room is on the other side of the school" Sora said.

"Nobody has ever complained before either" Lily said. "Do you think I should go?" she asked.

"Yeah- It wouldn't hurt to check it out" Sora said, getting out all of her ingredients. "Why?" she asked.

"I don't know. Something just doesn't feel right about this whole situation" Lily said, looking at the note once more.

"If you feel uneasy about it, take Abe with you. He's been trained to go get help if anything harms you" Sora said, neatly lining up her bottles. Lily nodded slightly and arranged her bottles as well.

"You're right" she said "I don't know why I was getting so afraid over a stupid little note anyways" she said.

That night, Lily put on her purple head girl cloak and made her way to the charms room with Abe sitting on her shoulder. On the way there she caught of Sirius, who was coming out of the library, holding a rather intimidating looking book on Herbology.

"Hey Sirius" she called out. Sirius looked up, saw her, and smiled.

"Hey yourself. What are you doing out so late?" he asked.

"There's been a disturbance report in the Charms classroom" Lily explained. Sirius frowned slightly.

"I just came from the Hufflepuff common room; Abbott and I are working on a Herbology project. I didn't hear anything in the charms room when I went past it" he said. Lily matched his frown.

"Well I guess I should just check it out anyway" she said slightly. Sirius nodded his head.

"Sure, it is your duty, is it not?" he asked. Lily nodded her head. Sirius noted the girl's discomfort and nervousness.

"Do you want me to come with you?" he asked. Lily shook her head.

"No it's fine, you go back to the common room" she said.

"It's no problem really" Sirius said. Lily just smiled at him.

"It's okay, I've got Abe here to protect me" she said, nodding her head to the owl that was now flying behind her. Sirius shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, have fun then" he said, starting to walk away "good night" he called out. Lily watched his receding back until he turned the corner and walked out of sight. She wanted to call out his name and ask him to come with her, but she knew that would be stupid. What kind of seventeen year old girl was afraid of going to the charms room at night? Shaking her head, she walked towards the room.

Upon reaching the hallway, Lily heard no sound, but found the Charms door open.

"False alarm" she said to herself, very relieved that there was nothing to fear. She walked inside the room, just to make sure that nothing was out of place. As soon as she entered the room the door shut behind her and she heard the lock click. Lily looked around, her eyes wide, but the whole room was inky dark. Suddenly a light flickered in the corner of the room. Soon lights were flickering all around her. She found that she was in the middle of a circle of candles. The candles gave off enough light so that she could see the person standing at the other side of the room. Lily gasped when she saw who it was.

"So glad you could join us, Lily dear" the person said walking up to her. Lily found herself immobilized with fear.

"What…what do you want?" she asked, her voice coming out strangled.

"I want something that I will never be able to get while you are here" the person said, coming closer. "So I decided that the only way to get what I wanted was to get rid of you"

Lily's eyes widened and she tried to escape, but her mind and her body seemed to be moving independently of one another.

"What are you going to do to me?" Lily asked. The person just moved even closer, taking out their wand.

"Just relax Lily my dearest" the person said. Then everything went dark.

On the other side of the door, Abe was scratching away at the wood. The door had shut immediately as Lily stepped into the room, locking the owl out. Abe, though, was a highly trained owl and could sense danger when it came. After scratching at the door for a few moments with no prevail, he flew to the Gryffindor common room. The Fat Lady painting saw the owl coming and swung aside for him. Lily was a frequent visitor to the common room and she knew Abe well.

"Came without you master this time, did we dear?" she asked. Abe flew into the common and straight to the door of the girl's dorm. He tapped on the door for moments until a groggy second year girl let him in.

"What in the world?" she asked as Abe flew past her and to Sora's bed. He landed next to the sleeping her and pecked at her head. Sora awoke immediately.

"What are you doing you overgrown fur ball?" she screeched, rubbing her head where Abe had pecked her. Abe on the other hand just flew around her head in circles. Sora immediately knew what was going on.

"Lily's in trouble, isn't she?" she asked. Abe kept flying around her.

"Bloody" Sora muttered under her breath, getting up immediately. She tried to reach for her robe to put over her short nightdress, but found it to be too far away.

"Never mind" she mumbled, running out of the dorm, waking all of the girls up in the process.

"Come on Abe, let's get back up" she said. Abe cooed and flew after her. Sora ran down the stairs, her hair billowing behind her like a blanket of black silk. When she reached the bottom of the staircase she immediately turned and started to head up the boy's staircase. Upon reaching the boy's dorm she tossed the door open, making a loud bank. Most all of the boys woke up in shock, looking around for the cause of the noise. They were more than surprised to see Sora, looking as angry and as worried as sin in the doorway, wearing nothing more than a short nightdress, her hair falling wildly behind her. Sirius, Peter and Remus all looked up at her in wonder.

"What the bloody hell do you think you're doing here like that?' Sirius cried out. Sora just waved him comment away.

"Lily's in trouble" she said. Immediately the three boys were up and the four of them were running down the stairs in a matter of seconds with Abe flying behind them.

"Let's go get James" Peter said, and everybody nodded their head in agreement.

A/N: Ak, I know I'm a bit evil ending the chapter like this, but I like building suspense. So what happened to Lily? Who is this mystery villain? And how in the world will James react to this all? Stick around for the next chapter and find out….