Lily's breathing increased as she cursed the dark cloaked man in front of her. "Stupefy!" she screamed. The Death Eater easily blocked it nonverbally and shot a curse at her in the same, nonverbal way. Lily nearly dodged it and flung another curse in his direction.

He missed the spell by a thread. Lily cried in exasperation, flinging more spells at him as the masked man was doing to her. She shielded them, constantly yelling in her head: Protego. "Reducto!" she cried, whipping her wrist and wand in a quick movement. Again the masked man blocked the spell. That gave her enough time to cast another. "Expelliarmus!"

The Death Eater went flying into a burning house and screeched out in pain. Lily vaguely did a mental victory dance as she rushed to someone else who needed help.

She stepped in front of Remus and blocked a spell for him. "Alrigh' there?" she slurred, shooting a spell at the new Death Eater. Remus smiled and continued to duel the masked person.

"Thanks!" he said, blocking a spell from the right. "Tarantallegra!" he shouted, causing the Death Eater in front of them to start dancing. Lily smirked and picked up her robes to run to the next Death Eater—or find someone to get more answers from.

"Remus!" Lily cried, pointing her wand behind him. He turned around and casted a Death Eater through a window of an empty shack.

"Moony, I think the point of protecting the muggles is to not ruin the houses," Sirius shouted, dueling two masked figures at a time. Lily rolled her eyes and spelled one of the Death Eaters. "Fancy meeting you here, Evans." Lily snorted in response. "So, I'm guessing Prongs is lurking around here somewhere."

She nodded and continued to duel the Death Eater in front of her. They continued to throw spells and curses at each other just like a game of catch. Lily cringed as a spell sliced the side of her arm. "Expelliarmus!" The Death Eater shook his head at her as if he was smiling at her foolishness for using such a spell.

Her eyebrows furrowed and she casted another spell in his direction. He blocked it yet again. Now he was getting her mad but she wasn't going to tell him that like a cheesy coward.

"Avada Kedavra!" the Death cloaked man screamed, pointing his wand at Lily's face. Lily's eyes widened and jumped out of the way as the green light nearly missed her cloak. He took off his mask then, revealing an ugly gray face with red slits for eyes. "Lily Evans? I've heard loads about you." He sniffed the air. "You can even smell the mudblood stench in the air."

She froze in her tracks. Voldemort was standing in front of her, body and all. She inhaled air and looked him directly in his blood red eyes. "Voldemort," she spat, grimacing at his hideous face. He smiled nastily and screamed a curse at her.

"Protego!"

Then he was gone in a flash, as were the Death Eaters. Lily turned around in a circle, as if expecting them to pop out of nowhere. Then James showed up by her along with most of the Order.

"Did you see them all disappear?" Mad-Eye growled, his magical eye looking in all directions. Lily shivered and nodded, snuggling up in her black cloak. "Damn them. They were too nervous for their own good."

"I'm not sure that makes sense, Mad-Eye," Alice said nervously, looking around, fearful. Her husband wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close, murmuring words into her ear. She nodded and pulled away from him.

"It doesn't need to make sense!" he declared. "But it was odd that they disappeared so quickly."

"I agree," Sirius said, nodding his head. Others nodded in agreement also. Lily nodded once and inhaled a mouthful of winter air.

"Voldemort ran off too." She said quietly. "I was dueling him. He . . . disappeared with the rest of them." Lily paused to inhale more air. "I don't know what happened. It was as if whatever he had come here for was accomplished or whatever he wanted wasn't here."

"What happened?"

Lily turned to Dumbledore whose eyes were as bright as sapphires dancing in the moonlight. He was wearing blue robes with pearl and crystal embroidery; he wore a blue top hat.

Sirius cocked an eyebrow. "Well, now we know why they ran." He murmured, obviously disappointed. Dumbledore turned to him, not out of surprise but in thought.

"Voldemort . . . ran. Interesting. Do you know why?" some people flinched at the sound of his name.

"You of course. Everyone knows that it's you that he fears the bloody most." Sirius declared, waving his hands up in the air as if it was the easiest question to be answered.

"Actually, we—well I—was hoping that you knew why they ran." Remus asked, looking at his friend incredulously.

Dumbledore sighed and shook his head.

"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." James smiled, shaking his mates hands and turning to Lily. "Let's go home."

A/N: (Quick chapter . . .) This is my first actual action scene . . . did I do OK? Yes . . . *sticks tongue out* no? Well, I think you'd have to be pretty senile if you didn't like it. Haha. 'Tis not my favorite anyways.
Well, I'm just gloating now because I just went to see Eclipse last night . . . it was epic. Haha. Opening night was totally worth it.
Alrighty now, everyone have your quills? Good. Now I want you to right ONE review below (review button). Explain to me WHAT you liked about it. You MAY begin.
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