Last time:
Only one week to find the golden goblet to stop the Dark Lord Riddle's massive army.
It didn't seem enough time.
That night while James was with Lily, he packed for her while she told him where everything was and where to put it.
James had already packed and so had Sirius.
Molly had insisted that if they were leaving the next day, Lily would need to stay in bed to gain strength.
James was currently picking up and folding Lily's clothes, her clothes seemed so small compared to his, well I suppose Lily was a small person.
Picking up an item of clothing, not really paying attention to what it was, he went to fold it, and realised that it was a bra.
He yelped and throw it across the room, only for it to land on Lily's amused head, making her look like she had dog ears.
Lily couldn't help but giggle as she pulled it off her head and got out of bed.
'I think I'll do the rest, thanks James' Lily said still giggling.
He gladly obliged getting up off the floor and walking out of the room blushing, leaving Lily.
'I don't see why every one is babying me like this, I mean I'm almost completely healed thanks to Molly, I sure am going to miss her, she is the first mother like figure I have had since my mother died.' Lily thought as she folded the items that James had avoided.
She finished packing and decided to go and see what James and Sirius were up to.
She found them out side, trying to get Nelly back into her yard, and not getting very far.
Nelly was resisting and clearly trying to get to the house.
'Nelly we have told you, Lily is alright now, she just has to rest!' James yelled at the distressed horse.
'James I don't think she's listening to you' Sirius pointed out the obvious.
Suddenly the mare spotted Lily and began galloping towards her happily, throwing her head in the air for emphasis.
'Why hello there Nelly' Lily said formally to mock the horse before throwing her hands over the white mares neck and hugging her tight.
Nelly nuzzled the red head with contentment.
'I heard what you did for us, and I thankyou so much, we wouldn't have made it out alive if you didn't' Lily mumbled into Nelly's coat.
Nelly neighed modestly.
'But you do realise that we owe James and Sirius an explanation' Nelly nodded slowly accept what they must do.
Lily walked over to the boys with Nelly trailing behind, she looked up at them guiltily.
'James, Sirius, I have something to confess, and I feel horrible for not telling you to start with, but I was afraid as how you would react.' She started cautiously.
'Flower, does this have something to do with Nelly being a Carmillia?' Sirius asked.
'Yea, how did you know?' She asked confused.
'Just a wild stab in the dark' Sirius replied 'You know seeming we rode in on her back and everything' he said smiling.
'So your not mad?'
'Why would we be?' said a calm James with a small grin on his handsome features.
'Few! I thought you would be, but I do suppose I owe you an explanation.' Lily said
'Nelly was born in the mountains of Naralee, both her parents were horse Carmillia, just like Nelly, her father was extremely strong' Lily started.
'There was a bounty placed on Nelly and her family for the first one to catch them and kill them. Nelly's parents were killed, but there was speculation to whether Nelly was a Carmillia or just a horse as she never transformed.'
'Hunters that killed her parents concluded that Nelly would fetch a good price once broken in, but no matter how hard they tried, she would not be broken' Lily smiled at Nelly in admiration.
'They were going to kill her when I heard of it, I was almost completely sure that Nelly was a Carmillia from the tales told about her resisting her training. So I came and bought her off them.'
'Nelly and me bonded and got close and one day she transformed for me. I helped her train and learn how to fight and fly, but we thought it best not to tell many people as her species is highly wanted.'
'Carmillia's have the ability to change their appearance between a certain animal, in this case a horse, to a large beast with special abilities. They are also extremely intelligent and hold grudges for life. Sorry James but I think she has mistaken you for a stable hand back when we first got her that stood on her tail.' Lily told them with a guilty smile.
'But on the bright side, travelling will be a breeze now that we can fly.' She said with a smile hoping to bribe them with the good news.
'Didn't you get frustrated that you couldn't fly everywhere? All those days of riding!' Sirius exclaimed.
Lily laughed and nodded her head.
'But Nelly's well being comes first, and I couldn't well have the entire expedition knowing her secret' Lily said with a laugh.
'But us, you could've told Sirius and I' James interrupted.
'I suppose I was being paranoid, you have to understand Nelly is very precious to me, and I couldn't bare thinking something would happen to her.' Lily told them shyly.
'Well now that we know the truth I suppose we can fly tomorrow' James said cheerfully.
'I was worried we would have to walk seeming we had to leave the horses back in the posies field' Sirius said relieved.
After awhile of planning and talking they all heading inside for a good night's rest, they would be needing their energy tomorrow.
The next morning Lily was woken up by a very excited Sirius.
'Wake up Lily! It's time to ride the giant Nelly!' and with that he cantered out of the room still screaming.
'Sirius is truly weird' she thought as she climbed out of bed nimbly.
All of her wounds were now almost healed, and Molly had made a special cream that should minimise scarring even though Lily hardly ever got scars.
Getting changed into her warrior clothing, something she hadn't worn since that fateful day down in the caves of Thundeera, Lily made her way down stairs.
She was greeted by the wonderful scent of Molly's fantastic cooked breakfasts, James and Sirius already tucking in and having devoured most of it already.
'Morning Lily dear, how did you sleep?' Molly asked in her motherly way.
'Very well thankyou, it looks like you have made quite the feast for us' Lily commented on the food fast diminishing with the boys eager taste.
Lily sat down and began to eat herself, though not as much as James and Sirius, they seemed to be having some sort of primitive battle with how much food they could consume.
Lily smiled as she thought this.
After breakfast they went and got their things and began to load an already transformed giant Nelly.
They turned after they had finished and went to say goodbye to the people that were so friendly and comforting to them.
Molly got emotional and shed some tears, making it contagious and Lily caught on too, both of them blubbering to each other.
The farewell was harsh on both sides as they had gotten to know each other very well, so as Nelly took off beating her wings hard from the front yard of the burrow, Lily made a mental note.
'These people will be highly commended and I will find some way to repay all of the good they did for us, though I don't think I could ever repay all of it.'
hey hey, till next time
this chapter was kinda pointless, but yeah some credit for the Weasleys, god knows they deserve it. I love the whole weasley family (minus percy maybe) in the HP series, so i thought that i would add them in my story. :D
next chapter up soon, i promise.
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