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-Chapter Fourteen-

Once Lily had been situated in her bed they settled down and launched into the full explanation of what happened. No one took blame in who suggested going to Hogwarts, and they "Casually" left out how they got here. But when they talked about how Lily used her power they noticed that Dumbledore was very surprised, interested and extremely concerned. In fact the concern on his face over powered everything else, and the five knew that something was up, and it didn't look like it was a good something. After they had finished with the stories they waited on professor Dumbledore to speak first, but he didn't do it for the longest time. So they looked back at Lily, and James's heart nearly broke. She was lying their and could not have been more pale. The nurse Madame Anne was just finishing going over her and came towards the group.

"She will be alright, just don't expect her to wake up today and maybe not even tomorrow."

"What's wrong with her Madame Anne?" James asked quietly.

"She is suffering from extreme shock and exhaustion; she is going to need this rest." Upon seeing James's worried face, and those of the others she smiled reassuringly. "Do not worry! There is no permenate damage, all she needs is rest, she will be back to normal when she wakes up." The five of them smiled gratefully at her and looked back at professor Dumbledore.

"This worries me greatly. I have found out from a source of ours that Voldemort…." Only Madame Anne flinched "……Is trying to get all people who can do wandless magic on his side. Should they refuse, they usually die."

The five of their faces turned, if even possible, even more pale than before. "Professor is their nothing we can do. Lily was the first person to befriend me; I do not want to lose her as a friend and sister." Meg said quietly as she squeezed the hand of Sirius.

"Lily is always willing to help me no matter what she is doing, and she's taught me a great deal of things. Meg's right, she is like my sister too." Sam said, as she too squeezed Remus's hand.

"Lily was never worried about the fact that I'm a werewolf." Remus said it out loud because everyone in the group knew and no one else was in the hospital wing. "In fact she knew since first year and never told. She was the first person other than James and Sirius that I knew who didn't even flinch when they knew, and never treated me any differently. In fact she was better then the marauders. Pity never entered her eyes; she treated me just as she would treat anyone else. She is one of my greatest friends."

"Lily has always helped others even me when I really didn't deserve it. She's hid me from a few teachers and even took the blame for me for a few things I did. Since she became our friends she'd bethe thing other then Meg and Sam, that keep the mood almost always light, and everyone happy. It's my turn and the others to do the same thing for her. It's our turn to help Lily, not her us." Sirius said quietly. After seeing what had happened today he really wanted to help Lily. And other than the fact that she is his friend, he also wanted to do it, because he wanted to see James's and Lily's relationship work. No one deserves the other better then they do.

They all looked expectantly at James since they had all put in a comment. He was quiet for a few minutes looking at his hands then slowly he spoke. "I'd give my life to save Lily, I want to do anything that is possible to save her and keep her safe. And it's because………..it's because I love her."

The others were quiet, they all sort of knew it and yet when he said it, the tingly feeling came to every single one of them. Dumbledore smiled fondly at him and the others. "I will give Lily the chance to be trained on how to use her magic. And for you, defense lessons, which she too will be given a chance to take. You do not have to do this, and if for any reason the pressure becomes too hard for any of you, you can drop out at any time. Is there anyone who knows with now if they absolutely want to do this?"

They all looked at Dumbledore and one after the other put in there hand saying they were going to do it. Dumbledore's smile grew more largely. "Now that that is settled, you will have two day's of detention, for sneaking out."

They all laughed a small chip of the weight coming off them, and they slumped back a little in relief. Madame Anne then came out and sniffed in disapproval. "You five are about to pass out of shock and exhaustion too. I want you to go up to your dormitories, or the head's room, whichever you choose, and relax. I don't want you doing anything school, as much as it pains me to say that, and nothing major, just relax, or you can go to sleep."

"We'll do that Madame Anne. But I will be coming back later to see Lily again." James said smiling a little, then he and the others walked of to Meg's room, which had the most room, not to mention the miniature refrigerator and bean bag chairs to sit on. They talked a long time, mostly stories, quite a few of them were about Lily, but she was on everyone's mind at the time. Slowly one by one they drifted off to sleep. Meg and Sam fell asleep in the arms of Sirius and Remus, Remus drifting off next, and finally Sirius was yawning so bad that James just told him to go to sleep, and that he was going to go see Lily now.

James walked down the mostly deserted corridors, with the exception of the few students going to bed before the curfew was up. He reached the hospital wing to find that Madame Anne was sitting in her desk's chair asleep and softly muttering to himself. James smiled, he really liked Madame Anne, she had helped all six of them quite a bit. He grabbed a blanket off of the nearest hospital bed and placed it over Madame Anne, then made his way over to the bed that Lily was at.

She was still sleeping and still looked pale, but some of the color had returned, which made James feel a whole lot better. He smiled fondly at her then thought about the day's events, finally being alone. The emotions of earlier came back to him. He was scared. Really, really scared. He loved Lily and he was sure that she was the one. Seeing her almost killed today, and so pale in the hospital wing here, it was tearing him up inside. He suddenly hated Voldemort even more so then before. Why did he have to be bad, after what Lily had told him, why couldn't he have been a better person. Why did anyone have to be bad, sure it was an alternate universe thinking that there could only be good in the world but it was the kind of thing that was worth fighting for. It was going to be worth fighting for the hope of the little kids who want to grow up in times that are not bleak, that have no Hope. He wanted to fight for the people who are constantly scared everyday because there families are targeted. He wanted to fight for Lily!

He fell asleep still thinking thoughts like this, and just before he drifted off he unconsciously grabbed Lily hand. Sometime in the middle of the night Madame Anne woke up with an uncomfortable crick in the neck noticing that she had a blanket over her. She slowly got up muttering under her breath something along the lines of 'She was getting really old!' and walked out to check on Lily. She walked out to see James asleep gripping Lily's hand and sighed. She was more worried about him killing over, then Lily would. James was worrying himself to death, and he was going to be just as exhausted as Lily was going to be when she woke up. She took the blanket she had had on her and wrapped it gently around James, then went back to her room, and fell asleep.

The four in Meg and Sam's room, woke up to an alarm clock that was in their heads. It's was ten' o'clock exactly, and as one by one they woke up they all slowly and stiffly got up and stretched. When all were half aware of their surroundings they noticed that James was not among them. Sirius sighed.

"That Marauder is going to die before Lily does if he doesn't realize soon that he needs his sleep as much as Lily needs hers."

"Ten to one that he fell asleep with Lily last night after we all dosed off." Sam said smiling lightly. James was a very predictable person.

"Yeah, that poor guy, he was torn up yesterday, when he though Lily was going to almost die. I think out of all of us he would have been the most affected." Remus said while he yawned and stretched.

"Well as soon as Lily waked up I'm gonna kill her." Meg said in a matter-of-fact tone. Which made the others laugh; trust Meg to lighten the mood when things were grim.

"C'mon we better go get to the hospital wing, and drag James to the kitchens. None of us have eaten since yesterday's lunch, and if he doesn't get food into that body of his he's going to pass out." Sam said. The others nodded and they all made there way to the hospital wing.

Sure enough when they got there they saw James asleep next to Lily's bed, holding her hands. He looked exhausted and had bags under his eyes, even in his sleep. Lily looked better then he did, the majority of her color had come back, and she looked like she was very peaceful at the moment. Sirius went over behind James, smiled his evil little smile, and slapped James hard on the back. James popped up, his eyes bulging at the pain that shot through his back. He looked back at Sirius who was avoiding eye contact and whistling and with reflexes faster then Sirius would have guessed for having just woken up James stood up and smacked Sirius hard, then in an instant looked back over at Lily to see how he was doing. The others seeing this laughed, James had it bad that was for sure.

"James c'mon let's go get some food, and then come back up here and eat it." Remus said lightly and gripped James's arm. A grip that clearly left no objection. He looked one last time at Lily then nodded his head, and the five of them walked out to go get something to eat from the kitchens.

A few minutes after they had left Lily slowly opened her eyes, and looked around, she immediately knew that James had been here, because of the fact that the chair was tipped over, which implied that he had slept here and had been woken up very abruptly. She smiled, crawled out of bed, and used the restroom, then came back out to see that professor Dumbledore was sitting next to her bed smiling.

"Good Morning Lily."

"Good Morning Professor." Lily said smiling largely, then climbed into bed knowing that when Madame Anne came back if she was out of bed she was going to be in some serious trouble.

"Feeling rested I hope."

"Yes I'm feeling a lot better then yesterday now that I've rested a little."

"Very good then I would like to talk to you about something. I am offering a class on defense for you and your five friends. And for you a special class to where you can learn to control that special power of yours."

Lily looked thoughtful. "When would it start?"

"Oh we'll give you a week or two to prepare, you'll be given a forewarning, but we're thinking on having the first meeting Friday, does that sound good to you?"

"It sounds wonderful; I'd love to do it."

Dumbledore smiled, then it lessened a little and his face became a little more serious. "Lily, you are going to have to be on your guard from now on. Voldemort now knows that you are a wandless magic user, and he is going to be targeting you. So please watch out for yourself, and no more unplanned trips to Hogwarts."

Lily looked bashful a little but smiled. "Yes professor, I know he'll be looking out for me now. It's just a little sad though."

Dumbledore looked confused for a moment. "What is sad?"

"Well I lost all of my present in the confusion, so I have to wait for the next Hogmead's trip to get all new ones." Lily really did look sad at this.

Professor Dumbledore chuckled and leaned in a little bit. "Actually when you go to your room, you will find that there happen to be a bag or two of presents in the back of your closet."

Lily's smile covered her face. "Thank-you professor!" And then she hugged him, and he lightly hugged her back.

"Now I had better go wake up Madame Anne or I will be in trouble."

Lily laughed and waved goodbye to professor Dumbledore left the room and smiled as Madame Anne came in through the same door a minute or two later. She did a basic check-up over Lily then smiled fondly at the girl; Lily had always been one of her soft spots, James being the other one.

"I'll let you go to the Hospital if-" She said, dimming the just a second ago brightened face of Lily "-if you promise to go to bed early the next few nights and sleep as late as possible without being late to your class. Understood?"

Lily smiled and nodded her head, she was about to say something when the James, Sirius, Remus, Meg and Sam walked through the door, and then immediately rushed to Lily's side seeing that she was awake. Madame Anne didn't even bother to scold, and slowly walked back to her room.

Lily was bombarded with question after question, the majority of them coming from James until she couldn't take it anymore! She could feel a head ache coming on. She put her finger to James's mouth and that quieted them all fast enough.

"I am not going to answer any of your questions till later. One because I am still a little tired, and two because I'm hungry and want to eat." Just as Sirius had grabbed a piece of bacon, and was about to stick it in his mouth Lily snatched it out of his hand and bit into it, a small smile of triumph on her face as she chewed.

Sirius was looking at her eating it then said in an incredulous voice. "You stole my piece of bacon!" Lily laughed at the comment, and with her laugh the worries of the day before began to ebb away slowly but surely.

The six had gone through the week, without little occurrence. The boys each got a detention, but there was noting abnormal about that, most of the teachers didn't even think that it was much of a punishment for them now anyways. Today was Friday and in a few minutes the class of self defense was about to begin. They were all excited and yet they all knew that Lily was the most excited of them. She always wanted to know how to control her power, but she had never told anyone about it and she wasn't sure it would have been a good idea. It only meant that Lily would have been found out sooner by Voldemort. The six were sitting at a table the only thing in a room when professor Dumbledore and McGonagall entered and smiled at them.

"You six are going to be training in the arts of defense, where you will learn to defend yourselves, and someone else. We will start by reviewing most of the things, and until graduation we will increase your knowledge of the spells, adding new one's there."

"This is not a course to be taken lightly or for showing off, it is going to be hard work, and difficult many times. Should you choose to leave, then that is you're choice, it is not a bad thing." Professor McGonagall said picking up off of where Dumbledore had left off.

When they both saw that no one was making even the slightest move for the door, and that even the emotions on the faces and in their eyes told them that they began. It was for the first thirty minutes of the hourly class a review, they tried it out on themselves choosing partners. James and Sirius paired up Meg and Lily, and Sam and Remus. Then the last fifteen minutes Dumbledore asked them to stop and beckoned Lily to come towards him. Lily along with the defense class would have a thirty minute class every Sunday with Dumbledore and McGonagall, learning how to harness her power.

Okay you five, and professor McGonagall. I would like you to move away from each other with sufficient distance from both your neighbor and the wall. Good." He said as they did so looking confused. "Now Lily here is what I was you to do. Put your hand in a ball to where the tips of you fingers are touching each other." He demonstrated with his own hands then nodded as Lily did the same thing. "Good not in this ball I want you to throw your power in, as the power grows, I want you to expand you hands, but try to keep your power in a ball shaped form, when you feel that your power has added enough, and trust me you will know when the time is right, I want you to clap your hands together, sending out your power."

Dumbledore backed up into a space, with distance from everyone else. "But remember, your power is an echo of your thoughts. Make sure your thoughts know that this is not to hurt anyone but to push them, make them tip over if possible."

Lily nodded nervously then looked at her hands, she felt kind of silly, but she felt encouragement in the atmosphere of the room. Slowly concentrating with all her will she felt some deep sense of power inside her as if it was like a well in her heart. She called forth that power, thoughts going through her head, all about how this was not to hurt them. She slowly went rigid and the light that always surrounded her began to glow growing stronger. A ball of light formed in her hands and as she felt the power grow she expanded her hands making sure the power stayed in a ball form. She felt when it was time to release it instantly, it was as if something chimed in her mind, like a large gong, and she clapped her hands together sending a wave of power throughout the room.

Dumbledore and McGonagall were pushed back, and the other five were actually tipped over, but the real accomplishment in Lily's eyes, was that no one was hurt. She smiled, a sense of overwhelming happiness entering her heart, and another good thing was that she wasn't feeling all that tired. She realized that the times she felt exhausted was when she used the power recklessly. With the help of Dumbledore and McGonagall she learned a few new tricks, and all six of them were greatly disappointed when the two professors' told them that it was time that the lesson ended, but they never the less, nodded and made there way out of the room.

"Let's go outside a little and walk around before curfew comes around." Lily said smiling. The others nodded their heads in agreement.

They were all heading towards the lake, when Lily who was in the middle felt a presence in the darkness of the shadow. Her smile left her face and she slowed down to where eventually she stopped completely, the other looking at her strangely as she looked in to a patch of shadows. They walked up behind her and was about to say something till she beat it to them. She took a single step forward stopped again and said a single word that made the hearts' of the other five turn stone cold.

"Tom!"

Out of that patch of shadows came a looming figure, which they all knew to be the looming figure of Voldemort!

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