Disclaimer: I do not own the main characters such as Lily, James, Sirius and Lupin (they belong to J.K obviously) but I do own the others. I don't own, you don't sue!
This is my second Harry Potter fan fic. If you enjoy please read 'I Will Dare' my first one.
This story contains 15 chapters so far. Next chapter is 'Spring Fever' chap 13.
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Chapter 12: The Search for a Hero
"I thought you had a knife that could undo any lock," Lily said, watching James fiddle with the strong brass door handle. Sighing distractedly, wiping sweat from his brow, James turned to face her.
"I did but Sirius thought it would be funny to break into Zonkos for no apparent reason and not steal anything," he replied, shrugging at his best friend's idiocy before turning to eye the escape door with a growing distaste.
"Ah," Lily chuckled, surveying her boyfriend through dreamy eyes as he began to kick the door in anger, growling curses under his breath. However without his wand, nothing happened.
"Do you thing they protected the escape from muggle solutions as well?" James wondered, rubbing his foot absently.
Lily shrugged.
"Probably not."
"Oh good," James smiled wickedly, detaching a stick of wood from the polished bed post and shoving it forcefully into the lock. Watching idly with eyebrows raised, Lily restrained herself from laughing. Hissing in fury as the stick snapped, James began to pound the door, his eyes glittering in frustration.
"Still not opening?" Lily questioned mockingly, her eyes wide with innocence.
"I'm not finished," he sniped haughtily, standing back to examine the door. Before Lily could even retort, James flung himself forward, propelling all his strength against the ancient wood.
The old door was lifted clean off it's hinges, crashing to the ground in the middle of a corridor, dusty swirling as it fell.
Recovering from the initial shock, Lily looked to James who was dusting off his hands.
"Congratulations James, your quite the craftsmen," Lily muttered sarcastically, staring at the broken door.
"I like to think so," he smiled…
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"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Satin screamed, pointing a accusing finger at a red raced Cherry.
Satin's friend had taken shelter behind a sheepish looking Remus as she and Sirius came through the door, escaping their overnight prison.
"Before you say anything, it was not my fault," Cherry said, edging further behind Remus.
"Really? Funny that!" Satin hissed, stepping towards her cowering friend, Sirius cackling evilly behind her.
"So uh…have a good time?" Cherry muttered timidly, trying to divert the conversation away from the fact that she had kidnapped her best friend and locked her in a room with a crazy womaniser.
"Depends with which way you look at it," Satin nodded curtly, ignoring Cherry's questioning gaze.
"Weren't you guys watching anyway?" Sirius asked suspiciously, his eyebrows raised at Lupin, not seemingly to bothered that his friend had held him hostage.
"No because someone spent to much of her time watching James and Lily…get busy," Remus replied pointedly, shaking his head in shame of what Cherry had done, who was blushing furiously.
"OH MY GOD THAT'S GROSS!" Satin bellowed, silently thanking god that she and Sirius had not done anything. Turning to Cherry with her hands on her hips, Satin levelled her friend with a disgusted glare.
"But they were arguing about something that I couldn't hear and then they well… I couldn't help but watch. I mean not often you get to see gorgeous James Potter naked," Cherry replied wistfully, a perfect image of James' well defined abs instantly formulating in her mind.
"Yea while he was shagging his girlfriend," Sirius laughed, seemingly finding the whole situation rather amusing.
"Well he was on top so I couldn't see Lily," Cherry shrugged, quite pleased that she had managed to find a secret peep hole. Although she didn't have any feelings for James, she couldn't help but look at his body when she had the opportunity. 'Lily's so lucky,' she thought bitterly.
"Speaking of which shouldn't we let James and Lily out?" Lupin asked, ignoring Cherry's grunt of protest. She sighed in defeat as everyone looked at her, waving her arms dismissively.
"Fine. Let them out," Cherry groaned, realising that it would be seconds before Sirius told James that she was ogling at him. Cherry doubted that Lily would be pleased but she shook it off. It was Lily's fault that she had such a drop dead gorgeous boyfriend. He was after all, the famous James Potter.
"I think Lily would be interested to know what you were doing spying on her boyfriend?" Sirius said wickedly, obviously thinking along the same lines Cherry was as they made their way to the second room that held Lily and James. Grinning slightly as Cherry glared at him, Sirius' eyes began to gleam with mischievousness.
Walking silently from then on down a dark twisting corridor, Satin walked close to Sirius, needing the happiness and comfort he provided. He seemed unfazed by the haunted environment that they had entered, his face lit up with a evil glow as he plotted revenge against Cherry. Cackling slightly at the thought, he looked to see the Satin's uneasy expression and drew her close to him, settling her under the crook of his arm.
"Where is this room anyway?" Sirius asked, trying to break the gloomy silence that had penetrated his friends. They all seemed worried and wary about their dark surroundings and Sirius could hazard a guess that they were near the dungeons. The walls were dank and slimy, only lit by small flickering torches and it was cold and eerie.
"It's further down. We couldn't find anywhere else," Remus answered, shaking his head as Cherry walked into a large suit of armour, crashes echoing continuously down the hall.
"Are you trying to alert the enemy?" Sirius hissed, casting a wary glance at the tapestry into the Slytherin Common Room that they passed. Sirius was starting to get worried now. They must have been really far down if they had reached the Slytherins dormitories.
"Yea I doubt we could fight off one hundred Slytherins if they surfaced from their common room. There's nobody to help us here," Satin muttered, remembering that all other houses feared to dwell deeper into the dungeons than necessary.
"Don't worry. Cherry's ran into that suit of armour three times since last night. Every time," Lupin sighed, casting a annoyed glance at a disgruntled Cherry.
"Did not," she murmured.
"Oh my god. How much longer?" Sirius complained, scuffing his feet along the ground, much to the aggravation of his companions.
"Here we are," Lupin said as they walked around a corner, coming to face a small and dusty corridor. An old wooden door was located in the middle of the hallway, sides splintered and door knob broken. Cherry gasped.
Running quickly up to it, she looked at the wall which the door had hung on. The room inside was empty.
"THEY GOT OUT!" Sirius bellowed, surveying the remains of the door with shock.
"James must have broke it down," Cherry said mildly, kicking it slightly with her foot and eyeing it with interest.
Remus glared at her.
"Didn't you think to put a basic resistance charm on the door?" he yelped, causing Cherry to become a steady shade of red. She shrugged sheepishly, a look of innocence on her bronzed face.
"No I obviously didn't but what's the problem? We were going to let them out anyway," Cherry said, flicking her chestnut hair indigently over her shoulder and pouting at Remus.
"Yea but they don't know that. They might think that we were going to keep them in there for ever," Lupin cried, pointing dramatically at the door at his feet. Cherry rolled her eyes, folding her arms haughtily and turning away.
"Dude, your screwed," Sirius laughed, not noticing the faint footsteps coming from behind him.
"Indeed you are," a cold voice drawled, stepping into the narrow corridor, flanked by ten fellow Slytherins.
"OH MY GOD," screamed Cherry, her confident posture wavering for a second.
The Slytherins broad shadows fell over the four Gryffindors, causing Satin to gulp and move closer to Sirius that had already drawn his wand…
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"Can you hear anything?" Lily wondered as she and James sped through the dungeon corridors, hearing a faint crashing sound in the distance. It sounded like a suit of armour.
However James who seemed intent on exiting the lower school as quickly as possible, was muttering words such as "why the dungeons?" and "are they trying to get us killed?" quietly under his breath. Preoccupied by this, he didn't respond.
Shaking it off, Lily jogged quickly up to his side, his lengthy strides making it difficult for her to keep up with him. Still in her pyjamas she was shivering from the cold, goose bumps erupting on her pale skin. Even James seemed whiter than usual, his faint tan barely visible.
"James. Wait. Slow down," Lily stammered, grabbing onto his hand and alerting him to the fact that she was there.
"Sorry. I'm on another planet," he told her, glancing warily down the hallway as they came to a stand still.
"What's wrong?" Lily asked worriedly, surprised by the fear that was written over James' handsome face. It was rare to see James so distressed.
"We are at the lowest point of the school. It's where Slytherins can do what they want without the interference of teachers. It's dangerous. These people are like wannabe death eaters," James said quietly, wishing that someone, anyone, would come down the hallway. It would feel a lot safer if people rather than evil Slytherins were nearby.
"Hmm I'd be grateful for the presence of Peeves at the moment," Lily murmured, surveying the hall with narrowed eyes. Even the portraits that hung from the walls were smirking and leering at them, emblems of the Slytherin crest upon their chests.
"Even Peeves doesn't come down here. Come on we better go," James insisted, grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her down the corridor. However before they could move any further, a echoing cry travelled towards them.
"OH MY GOD!" screamed a voice in the distance, muffled by the walls and rooms separating them.
"Ok, what was that?" Lily choked, her voice sounded weak and strained despite herself.
But before James could answer, bangs like gun shots could be heard nearby with crashes quickly accompanying them. Although far away, the noises bounced off the stony walls and travelled quickly, alerting Lily and James to the fight.
"What do we do?" Lily stammered, looking at James' concerned face as he tried to locate the direction of the racket.
"We help," James replied as a muffled yell vibrated through the dungeons.
Taking off back down the corridor, James sprinted through the winding corridors, aware of Lily at his heels. He didn't want to bring her directly into a fight but he knew he had no choice. She would never stay when others were in danger.
Swinging after James past the Slytherin tapestry, Lily tried to ignore the sounds of battle ahead of them. Running as fast as she could she still fell behind James whose long stride had him the advantage. Panting heavily she slowly down for a second, waiting to catch her breath.
Just as she was about to set off in pursuit of James who was quickly gaining distance between them, a stifled yell came from her right.
Jumping back slightly, Lily examined the door which the shout had emulated from. Drawing out her wand, Lily was vaguely aware of James disappearing from view ahead of her. Intent on helping in the fight, he obviously wasn't conscious of that fact that Lily was no longer at his side.
Gripping the rusty old door handle, Lily heard scuffling coming from inside. Flinging the heavy door open she came face to face with was she knew as two sixth year Slytherins.
They both turned to look at her, the smallest of the two realising his chance of escape. He pushed past her before she could even react, knocking her into a small desk and causing her wand to skitter across the stone floor.
Releasing a small 'ouff' at the impact, Lily staggered against the desk, gripping its damp surface tightly to regain balance.
The other Slytherin stared at her, his small brown eyes blurry and unfocused as she gasped for breath. She recognised him as Bernard Crabbe.
"What you doing hear mudblood? He owes me and you let him get away," he slurred, staggering towards her. The stench of Fire Whiskey was heavy around him, making her choke as he drew nearer.
"Leave her to me Crabbe," another voice sneered.
Believing it to be her rescuer Lily turned around in relief, only to find Lucius Malfoy standing before her. 'Not again,' she thought, a shiver trickling up her spine as she looked into his cold blue eyes. She was suddenly aware of the fact that she was standing in her skimpy pyjamas and a red hot blush seeped onto her face.
Remembering the last time she had fought Malfoy she had been blown into a lake and that was when she was equipped with a wand. This time she was completely defenceless and Malfoy knew it.
Assuring the drunk Crabbe out of the room, he turned to her, his penetrating gaze taking in her almost naked appearance.
Stumbling backwards in what she thought was the general direction of her wand, Lily noticed the streak of blood falling down Malfoys cheek. His robes were ruffled and he was breathing heavily. Lily realised that he must have been involved in the fight.
"Now you mudblood are going to pay. Your filthy and your disgusting and I'm going to make you realise that," Malfoy spat, coming towards her and gripping her thin arms.
Squealing at his pincher like grip, Lily's eyes widened as she was pushed up against the wall forcefully, all the air being knocked out her lungs.
Before she could even scream, he had conjured a tight cloth around her mouth, that stopped her from being able to speak.
Laughing softly, his body crushed hers against the wall and she instantly felt herself begin to bruise. She struggled in his arms as his cold hand brushed over her now hard breasts through her top.
"You like that? You shouldn't. You dirty and your vile and you'll be that way forever especially for allowing me to do this," Malfoy cackled pushing his knee in between her thighs and forcing them to separate.
Tears were now cascading down her face as she shook her head vigorously, trying to push his heavy weight away from her. She was flushed from the effort, as he began to bite into her neck.
"You might ask why I'm not binding you. Well I like to see you struggle. It will only hurt you more," he insisted, fingers now ripping at her thin top.
"Well now. Hmm you've been letting someone bite you already," Malfoy hissed, examining the small red patches just above her chest that James had created with rough fingers.
"Lets see if we can do better than that," he laughed, lowering his hand and biting into her pale flesh…
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10 minutes earlier…
…"OH MY GOD," screamed Cherry, her confident posture wavering for a second.
The Slytherins broad shadows fell over the four Gryffindors, causing Satin to gulp and move closer to Sirius that had already drawn his wand.
"Well well what do we have here?" Malfoy sneered, moving towards the group, his eyes glinting with satisfaction.
"Fuck off Malfoy," Sirius bit back, scanning the arrivals with loathing.
"Your not in a position to make me do anything," Malfoy replied, holding out his wand and signalling for those behind him to do the same.
"Watch me!" Sirius cried, flinging a scolding hex at the Slytherin while moving Satin to the side. Malfoy easily reflected it causing Sirius to deflect his own curse.
Growling in fury, Sirius' wand exploded with similar spells that bounced and crashed into the walls around them. At this the other Slytherins began to react, sending curses spinning at the opponents.
Through the din Sirius was vaguely aware of Malfoy approaching him, wand drawn and sneer present.
Flicking his wand absently at Cherry on his right side sending her smashing into the wall, Malfoy cleared his path to Sirius. With a blinding flash of light, Sirius was thrown backwards, tumbling into Remus and sending them both crashing to the floor.
Groaning painfully, Sirius pushed himself onto her knees, aware of the thick battle fog now swirling around him. Remus was already shooting spells again, picking off the opponents through the mist. Realising that he should be helping him, Sirius scanned the hallway quickly for Satin.
Remus was at his side, cursing continually at the Slytherins who were stumbling through the haze. Cherry was on the opposite side of the corridor, attacking the enemy with her brutal fury, biting and kicking them in any way possible. Sirius smiled. Cherry never was one to go down without a fight.
Squinting his eyes, Sirius looked for Satin, recognising her whip of ebony hair where he had been previously fighting Malfoy. She was now in battle with him, releasing strings of powerful hexes and curses straight at the blond. She had obviously taken over when Sirius had been blasted.
Cursing slightly that Satin would even try and take on someone so dangerous, Sirius raised his wand and flicked it towards Lucius, still locked in battle with his girlfriend.
Before he knew what was happening, a streak of light struck Malfoy across the cheek, smacking him painfully with force. He reeled back with the intensity of the blow, feeling hot blood begin to run swiftly down his face. Looking up the familiar face of Sirius Black who was approaching the black haired witch he had been fighting, Malfoy realised it was his chance to get away.
Hearing Cherry scream in rage while single-handedly fighting off three Slytherins, Sirisu and Satin became distracted.
Looking hurriedly around the corner, Malfoy saw James Potter heading towards them, wand drawn and face set. Swearing quietly, he knew that he could not take on both James and Sirius. Disappearing into a tapestry on his right side before Sirius could see him, he saw a flash of red hair in the distance.
Realising it was his chance of revenge, Malfoy left the others to fight it out, intent on punishing the new Head Girl…
To be continued…
A/N Depressing chapter I know but I worked long and hard on this. It will get better in the next couple of chaps.
Next chapter: Exit Strategy
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