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Chapter Ten
Malfoy's Love Potion and Lily's Nightmare * * *
James was so happy that Lily was okay again. She was still really, really weak but he knew Madame Pomfrey would be able to help her.
As soon as Madame Pomfrey heard Lily's voice, she came rushing into the room, and was amazed when she saw Lily awake.
"Oh my word!" she said. James looked up at her. "Lily how on earth did you wake up? How are you feeling? Do you feel really ill?" Madame Pomfrey fired these questions all at Lily pretty quickly.
Lily smiled at her. "I'm fine, I just feel terribly weak," Lily said. James grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring smile, and Lily returned his smile.
"Alright dear I'll go get you a potion," said Madame Pomfrey. "I'm sorry to say you'll have to stay in here for a little more."
"Thanks okay," said Lily smiling. As Madame Pomfrey left the room, James looked at Lily and gave her one of the biggest grins she had ever seen.
"Lily, I love you so much," he said. "I love you, too," she said, and James leaned in and gave her a kiss. He really didn't understand the love between him and Lily.
She just always seemed to strengthen him. It was so mysterious. He was so in love with Lily.
"Oh my gosh! Lily, I just realized Sirius, Remus, Kristin, and Audrey don't even know you've recovered yet! They've all been worried sick!" James said. "I"ll go get them, they will really want to see you," he told her.
"Okay, James, just hurry back please," Lily said smiling up at him. "I will," he said grinning at her.
And just as he was about to grab the door to open it, it flew open. Lily saw that it was Remus and Audrey and was glad to see them. "Hey Prongs," Remus said, but Lily noticed his eyes looked dead. "How's Lily?" he asked.
"Go see yourself," said James grinning at them. Remus looked up immediately, and Lily waved at him. He raced over to her bed so fast, it was almost unbelievable. Audrey was right behind him.
"Lily!" he screamed, and he gave her a giant hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Lily I'm so glad you're alright! How are you?" he asked her.
James realized that Remus' eyes were full of the passion he knew, and that they were no longer dead.
"Oh my gosh Lily! I was so worried about you! I'm so happy you're alright!" Audrey said, as her eyes welted up with tears.
She then also gave Lily a hug. "We were all so worried about you! James, you have to go tell Sirius and Kristin Lily's okay! They both have been looking so pale lately," Audrey said.
Audrey and Remus then sat down to talk with Lily and James was glad that she had some company when he went to go get Sirius and Kristin.
As James was on his way to the Great Hall, he ran into Malfoy and his gang.
"Potter," sneered Malfoy as James ran into them, "why are you so annoyingly happy today? Oh and how's My Lily?" Malfoy asked him.
"Excuse me?" said James, who was getting really angry. "She's not Your Lily you stupid git! And you leave her alone, or I will break every bone in your body, understand?"
Malfoy took a step back and looked a little scared but tried not to show it.
"Oh y-yeah like I would obey you Potter. You better watch out for yourself, and Lily, you never know what's going to happen," he said, and then he and his gang left.
James then became a little worried. What did Malfoy mean he should watch out for himself? And Lily?
He wasn't worried about himself but he was worried about what Malfoy said about Lily. He figured he should just alert Padfoot and Moony about what Malfoy said and keep an eye out.
He then remembered he had to tell Sirius and Kristin Lily was okay so he rushed into the Great Hall. He just couldn't wait to tell them.
He looked around for them at the Gryffendor table and saw two sad, pale faces eating breakfast. He knew that in a few minutes Sirius and Kristin would be grinning like mad.
James ran over to them as fast as he could. "Sirius!" he shouted. "Kristin!" he shouted again.
They both looked up at him, with dead eyes. "What do you think James is so excited about, Sirius?" Kristin asked him.
"I dunno Kris," said Sirius, "but it must be something good, look at the grin on that guy." James ran up to the table.
"You guys!" he screamed, "Lily's awake!" he said, and before he had a chance to say anything else, Sirius and Kristin were already up and racing to the hospital wing. Sirius was so happy that he felt like he was flying.
He had been so worried about Lily and he felt what happened to her was his entire fault. He just couldn't wait to see her and give her a giant hug!
Kristin was thinking the same thing. She had really missed Lily. Whenever she had a problem it seemed as if Lily was always there for her. She just couldn't wait to see her.
The hospital wing doors slammed open and in ran Sirius and Kristin. "Lily!" they both screamed. Lily looked up at them and she couldn't help but smile. She couldn't wait until she could give Sirius and Kristin a big hug.
Sirius got there first. "Lily!" he screamed, and a tear almost slid down his cheek but he held it in.
"Lily I can't believe you're alright! I'm so sorry what happened. There was nothing I could do. I was so worried about you! I-'' but Lily interrupted him.
"Sirius! Look I still don't know what happened to me but I know that it wasn't your fault! It wasn't Sirius! There was nothing you could have done," Lily said.
Sirius wrapped her in a big hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'm so glad you're alright Lily dahling," Sirius said, smiling down at her. "Me, too," said Lily grinning.
Kristin was so happy to see Lily okay again and noticed that the dull eyes of Sirius and Remus were gone, and that they were now full of happiness and mischief again.
Kristin gave Lily a hug next. "Lily I am so glad you are alright. We were all worried sick. I'm so sorry what happened to you," she said, and then she started sobbing.
"Kristin it's okay," Lily said smiling at her, "I wasn't dead or anything," Lily said trying to make Kristin laugh. "But it seemed like you were Lils," Kristin responded, "I missed ya!"
"Well I'm here now," said Lily smiling at all of them. She was so glad to have the friends she had and the boyfriend she had.
When Madame Pomfrey told her that her friends had skipped classes and were at her bedside all the time, including nighttime, she was really touched.
"So what have you guys been up to while I was 'dead?" Lily asked them. "Nothing, really," said Audrey.
"Yeah we weren't really up to doing anything since we were so worried about ya Lils," said Remus. Lily grinned at them.
"Well at least I didn't miss anything," said Lily. "How long have I been out anyway? Oh man I don't even wanna think about all my school work!"
"Oh Lily you've only been unconscious for like a few days, not that bad," said Kristin trying to comfort her.
"Yeah and we've been skipping class, too Lily Flower, to keep you company," said James, who had entered the hospital wing a few minutes after Sirius and Kristin.
"Yeah so that means we have just as much work to make up as you do Lily," said Audrey. "Oh okay, at least I'm not alone on this then," said Lily smiling.
"Hey Lily Flower did you see all the get-well gifts that everyone sent you while you were sick?" James asked her.
"Oh no I didn't see those," said Lily looking over at the table next to her bed. On the table there were tons of flowers, candy, and get-well cards people had sent her.
"Oh my gosh! The flowers are so beautiful! And the cards and the candy are so sweet!" Lily said. "I can't believe everyone sent me all this."
"Yeah well half of it's from your secret admirers," said Sirius, grinning. "Well too bad, cuz she's taken," said James smiling at Lily who returned the grin.
Just then, Professor Dumbledore entered the hospital wing. They all looked up at him. "Ah Miss Evans, I'm so glad to see that you are well again," said Dumbledore, "your friends have all been so worried about you. Actually most of the school is worried about you if I do say so myself."
"Thank you, Professor," said Lily smiling. "Well, you all are probably wondering why I am here," said Dumbledore, "I am here to explain to Lily why she became so sick and it's a very serious matter."
Then he glanced around at all of them. "Your close friends are allowed to stay and listen if that's okay with you Miss Evans," said Dumbledore.
"Oh yes, please stay you guys," Lily said to them all. So Remus and Audrey sat down on the couch that Professor McGonnagall had transfigured for them earlier, and Sirius and Kristin sat down on the couch across from them.
James sat down in the seat right by Lily's bed and held her hand. Professor Dumbledore then spoke.
"The reason why Lily became seriously ill is very difficult to explain," Dumbledore said to all of them.
"You see, although you didn't see it," Professor Dumbledore said to Lily and James, "you to have been in love since you were in first year. Your love for each other built up over the years and it became stronger and stronger." Lily was confused on what this had to do with her becoming ill.
"Lily, the love you and James have for each other is different than the love of others. It is very unique. Lily, James loves you more than anyone in the whole world, and he'd do anything for you. He has more love for you then he has for others. And you have more love for him more than anyone else you know," Dumbledore told her, but she was still confused.
"Professor," Lily said, "I'm really touched by that but I don't understand what that has to do with me getting sick."
"I'm getting there," Dumbledore said, smiling. "You see, you two get your strength and power from each other. The love James has for you is so strong, and it's different than his love for others. Your love for James is also strong. As your love for each other grows you both get stronger. The love James has for you gives you strength and helps you to survive. You cannot live without his love, Lily," Dumbledore told her.
Lily was startled, as well as James and the others. James now understood why Lily was different. All his love went to her. And every time he kissed her, she was giving him strength from her love.
"The reason you became so ill, Lily" Dumbledore said, "is because when Ms. Wallace gave James the love potion, he was put under a spell, and all his love for you was taken away, and it went to Brianna, all at once. As the potion made James give all his love to Brianna, you strength was taken away, and you became very week. You were hardly surviving, and I think one of the reasons you were kept alive was the love from your friends."
This was unbelievable. Lily couldn't believe it, she was amazed. She lived on the love from James. She could have died, if it wasn't for the love from her friends, and she was so touched that they loved her so much. Small tears were slowly flowing from her eyes.
"It's okay Lily," James whispered, "you'll be alright. I love you so much!" he said, and Lily smiled at him.
Sirius was still a little bit confused. "Professor," he said, and Dumbledore looked over at Sirius smiling. "Yes Mr. Black?" he asked.
"I have a question," Sirius said, "if Lily became so weak when James was in love with Brianna, why didn't she become weak when he was dating other girls and not her?"
Dumbledore beamed at him. "That is a very good question Sirius, and I also realized that myself. But I also realized that when James was dating other girls, he still loved Lily, although you didn't realize it James. You may have liked the other girls but what you felt with Lily was different. You still loved Lily; you never loved the other girls when you went out with them. And that's the same reason why when Lily was dating other boys, James didn't become ill. Lily still loved James."
When Dumbledore finished everyone's jaw was hanging open. Lily, James, and everyone else just couldn't believe it.
"Well, I'm sorry I have to go so soon but I have an important meeting to attend to. Lily, I hope you get well soon, and be thankful that you have the friends you have the care so much about you," Dumbledore said, and then he left the hospital wing.
Madame Pomfrey then came hustling into the room. "Here Miss Evans you need to take this potion," she said, and Lily looked reluctant to take it.
James helped her sit up and drink it. When she was done Madame Pomfrey took the glass and once again left the room.
"Well," said Sirius, "guys we're gonna miss dinner. We better head down to the Great Hall to get a quick bite to eat."
Everyone agreed. "We'll be back up right after dinner Lily," said Remus, so they all got up and starting heading towards the door.
"See ya in about 20 minutes Lils," said James giving her a short kiss. "Okay I love you," Lily said to him. James smiled, "I love you more," he said, and then left the wing.
Lily felt just a little weaker since James left, but she knew she'd be okay if he was back up here soon.
Just then a Slytherin, who Lily recognized was a part of Malfoy the git's gang, burst into the Hospital Wing.
Lily suddenly became a little uneasy, and she hoped he didn't notice her. "Madame Pomfrey," the boy shouted. Madame Pomfrey came out. "What is it?" she asked looking worried.
"My friend and I were playing Quidditch out on the pitch and he got a bad injury, can you please come help him?" the boy asked her.
"Oh no! Lead me to him dear," said Madame Pomfrey. "Lily I'll be back in a moment," Madame Pomfrey said to her. The boy grinned at Lily and then left the wing with Madame Pomfrey behind her.
Lily got an uneasy feeling that something wasn't right, and she became a little scared. She couldn't move since she was so weak.
Little did she know that the Slytherin boy's friend wasn't really injured, and that this was just a way for Malfoy to get rid of Madame Pomfrey for a little bit.
Lily then heard the doors suddenly slam open. She couldn't sit up to see who it was, but she could hear them coming closer to her. She really hoped it was James.
But it wasn't. Lily looked into the cold, gray eyes of Luscious Malfoy. She was about to scream but Malfoy put his hand over her mouth.
"If you scream I'm going to have to punish you darling," Malfoy said to her. Lily suddenly became very scared. ***
In the Great Hall: James couldn't eat his dinner. He was getting the uneasy feeling that something wasn't right.
"James you haven't touched your dinner," Remus said looking at James. "Yeah well I kinda have the feeling that something isn't right," James said to Remus. "I'm worried about Lily."
"Really? I was getting that feeling too, but I thought I was just paranoid," Remus said to him. Then suddenly James had a flashback of earlier this morning when he ran into Malfoy.
This suddenly alerted James, and he became really worried. He then told Remus what happened earlier, and they both looked over at the Slytherin table and noticed Malfoy wasn't there.
Then they both looked at each other. "Lily!" they said, and then immediately raced out of the Hall and ran as fast as they could to the hospital wing. ***
"What do you want Malfoy?" Lily asked him coldly. "Oh well after I heard Brianna gave a love potion to James, it gave me an idea."
Oh no, Lily was thinking to herself. "Well you know how I could never get you to like me? Now I'm going to force you, and you'll have no choice when I give you this potion," he said to Lily.
"Help! Someone help me! JA-" Lily screamed, but Malfoy covered her mouth again. "I told you not to scream darling. Hmmm..what should I do to you as punishment?" he said. Lily was really scared now. She had no way out of this. She was too weak to move. *** James became very worried because he heard Lily's voice and she seemed to be yelling help, so he ran as fast as he possibly could, with Remus right behind him.
"Well I guess I'll just force you to drink the potion as punishment since I'm such a nice guy," Malfoy said, and Lily glared at him. '
"Now be a good little girl for me and open wide," Malfoy said to her, but she wouldn't budge. "I said open! Listen you're going to learn to obey me!" he said, and then he slapped Lily across the face.
"Aaahhh!" she said. "Never! Get away from me you stupid git I hate you!" Lily screamed at him.
"Oh you're going to regret speaking to me like that, darling," Lucsius said, and then he picked her up and threw her across the room.
Lily landed hard on the floor. She had already been in pain but this was much worse. "James!" she screamed! "James help me!"
But Luscius came running over, pinned her against the wall, and then tried to poor the potion into her mouth.
All she could do to avoid it was to toss and turn her head. "Drink it up Lily!" Malfoy said. "No way! Get away from me git!" Lily said, and Malfoy hit her hard, causing her to fall to the floor.
"Now, I guess we've learned not to talk to me like that anymore, right?" he said. Lily didn't say anything. She was to weak to even talk.
"Good, good," Malfoy said, "now open wide," but suddenly, Lily heard the doors of the hospital wing slam open.
"Lily!" she heard Remus and James both scream. "Oh Malfoy you are so dead!" shouted James.
Lily saw James run over to Malfoy, and it looked like what James was doing to Malfoy hurt. She could tell he was really angry.
Remus appeared at her side. "Remus!" she said, "please help me! Get me away from him!" she barely whispered.
"Oh my god Lily!" Remus said, "what happened? Did he hurt you?" Lily could tell how worried Remus was.
"Lemme help you," Remus said, and he picked her up and carried her back over to her bed.
She heard James shout "STUPEFY!" and heard him walking over to her.
"Lily!" he said. "Oh my god Lily I am so sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone! This is all my fault!" James said.
"No, no, it wasn't your fault at all James!" Lily said. "Can one of you please get Madame Pomfrey? I think she's out on the Quidditch Pitch! Please hurry I'm in a lot of pain," Lily told them.
So Remus went out to the field to find Madame Pomfrey, leaving James and Lily alone in the hospital wing (besides Malfoy who had been stupefied)
Lily began to cry. "James it hurts so much!" she said, and James grabbed her hand. "Lils I am so sorry! What'd he do to you?" James asked her, afraid to hear the answer.
Lily told him all about the Slytherin kid coming in, Madame Pomfrey leaving, and then Malfoy coming in and hurting her.
James felt so sick after hearing how much Malfoy hurt Lily. Oh man was Malfoy going to pay, James thought to himself.
Just then Madame Pomfrey, Dumbledore, Remus, Sirius, Audrey, and Katie all entered the room.
"Lily!" Sirius screamed, running over to her. "Are you okay Lily?" Audrey asked running over as well.
Lily tried to speak, but she was too weak. She was really tired. She heard Dumbledore speaking and Madame Pomfrey making a fuss in the back ground, and she slowly started drifting off. She fell asleep, glad that once again she had James by her side and her friends all around her.
Lily was having a wonderful dream. She, James, Sirius, Kristin, Remus, and Audrey were all having a great time swimming.
She was laughing and having a great time with all of them. Suddenly, that all disappeared, and she had a flash back.
She was a short little first year. She was sitting on the stool with the Sorting Hat on her head in front of the whole school.
Lily could feel the butterflies returning to her stomach. She felt every single person's eyes upon her.
"Well, well look who we have here," said the hat. "I can see you have a nice mind, and you are very brave. But you are going to have to make many sacrifices in your life. In a few years while you are still very young, you will sacrifice yourself to save your loved one, but it will all turn out okay in the end. Aaahhhh but now I am seeing the biggest sacrifice you will ever make. You will save the little boy who lived that you love, but it will cost you your life. Now where to put you.better be GRYFFENDOR!" the hat shouted, relieving Lily, and then the flash back ended.
Why was she having this strange dream? But she was ripped out of her that's and was having another dream. A beautiful, young, red haired woman was holding a 1-year old baby boy, and laughing with him.
A very handsome man about her age with messy jet black hair was sitting next to them, smiling at the woman and the baby.
But suddenly, it became very dark and the front door burst open. The woman and the man were no longer smiling. The woman started screaming.
The man picked up the baby boy and handed him to the woman. "It's okay, you will be alright! I love you darling! I love you Harry!" the man said, and kissed the woman and gave the little boy a kiss on the cheek.
Lily was so confused. Who the heck was Harry? What a nice name that was. She was ripped out of her thoughts when she heard the man say, "Lily, take Harry and go upstairs. Lock the door! I'll hold him off as long as I can. I love you darling!" he said, as his voice quivered just a little.
"No James I can't leave you! I love you!" the red haired woman said.
Lily was amazed. The man called the woman Lily and she called the man James. That must be her and James! Oh my gosh!
"No Lily please go! It's okay! Just take care of yourself. I love you sweetheart. Take care of Harry! Quick he's coming!"
"I love you James!" the woman said, and then ran upstairs with the baby. Then Lily saw a door open, and heard a high, cold laugh, that pierced her ears. A dark hooded figure entered the room, and the older James prepared to fight.
Lily became very scared. She was worried about the older James, Lily, and the baby, too.
"It is time for you to go now," the figure said, and pointed it's wand at James, who had already hit the figure with spells.
"Noooo!" Lily screamed, but the nightmare ended, and she opened her eyes. She was in her bed in the hospital wing, still screaming. ~*~*
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Chapter Ten
Malfoy's Love Potion and Lily's Nightmare * * *
James was so happy that Lily was okay again. She was still really, really weak but he knew Madame Pomfrey would be able to help her.
As soon as Madame Pomfrey heard Lily's voice, she came rushing into the room, and was amazed when she saw Lily awake.
"Oh my word!" she said. James looked up at her. "Lily how on earth did you wake up? How are you feeling? Do you feel really ill?" Madame Pomfrey fired these questions all at Lily pretty quickly.
Lily smiled at her. "I'm fine, I just feel terribly weak," Lily said. James grabbed her hand and gave her a reassuring smile, and Lily returned his smile.
"Alright dear I'll go get you a potion," said Madame Pomfrey. "I'm sorry to say you'll have to stay in here for a little more."
"Thanks okay," said Lily smiling. As Madame Pomfrey left the room, James looked at Lily and gave her one of the biggest grins she had ever seen.
"Lily, I love you so much," he said. "I love you, too," she said, and James leaned in and gave her a kiss. He really didn't understand the love between him and Lily.
She just always seemed to strengthen him. It was so mysterious. He was so in love with Lily.
"Oh my gosh! Lily, I just realized Sirius, Remus, Kristin, and Audrey don't even know you've recovered yet! They've all been worried sick!" James said. "I"ll go get them, they will really want to see you," he told her.
"Okay, James, just hurry back please," Lily said smiling up at him. "I will," he said grinning at her.
And just as he was about to grab the door to open it, it flew open. Lily saw that it was Remus and Audrey and was glad to see them. "Hey Prongs," Remus said, but Lily noticed his eyes looked dead. "How's Lily?" he asked.
"Go see yourself," said James grinning at them. Remus looked up immediately, and Lily waved at him. He raced over to her bed so fast, it was almost unbelievable. Audrey was right behind him.
"Lily!" he screamed, and he gave her a giant hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Lily I'm so glad you're alright! How are you?" he asked her.
James realized that Remus' eyes were full of the passion he knew, and that they were no longer dead.
"Oh my gosh Lily! I was so worried about you! I'm so happy you're alright!" Audrey said, as her eyes welted up with tears.
She then also gave Lily a hug. "We were all so worried about you! James, you have to go tell Sirius and Kristin Lily's okay! They both have been looking so pale lately," Audrey said.
Audrey and Remus then sat down to talk with Lily and James was glad that she had some company when he went to go get Sirius and Kristin.
As James was on his way to the Great Hall, he ran into Malfoy and his gang.
"Potter," sneered Malfoy as James ran into them, "why are you so annoyingly happy today? Oh and how's My Lily?" Malfoy asked him.
"Excuse me?" said James, who was getting really angry. "She's not Your Lily you stupid git! And you leave her alone, or I will break every bone in your body, understand?"
Malfoy took a step back and looked a little scared but tried not to show it.
"Oh y-yeah like I would obey you Potter. You better watch out for yourself, and Lily, you never know what's going to happen," he said, and then he and his gang left.
James then became a little worried. What did Malfoy mean he should watch out for himself? And Lily?
He wasn't worried about himself but he was worried about what Malfoy said about Lily. He figured he should just alert Padfoot and Moony about what Malfoy said and keep an eye out.
He then remembered he had to tell Sirius and Kristin Lily was okay so he rushed into the Great Hall. He just couldn't wait to tell them.
He looked around for them at the Gryffendor table and saw two sad, pale faces eating breakfast. He knew that in a few minutes Sirius and Kristin would be grinning like mad.
James ran over to them as fast as he could. "Sirius!" he shouted. "Kristin!" he shouted again.
They both looked up at him, with dead eyes. "What do you think James is so excited about, Sirius?" Kristin asked him.
"I dunno Kris," said Sirius, "but it must be something good, look at the grin on that guy." James ran up to the table.
"You guys!" he screamed, "Lily's awake!" he said, and before he had a chance to say anything else, Sirius and Kristin were already up and racing to the hospital wing. Sirius was so happy that he felt like he was flying.
He had been so worried about Lily and he felt what happened to her was his entire fault. He just couldn't wait to see her and give her a giant hug!
Kristin was thinking the same thing. She had really missed Lily. Whenever she had a problem it seemed as if Lily was always there for her. She just couldn't wait to see her.
The hospital wing doors slammed open and in ran Sirius and Kristin. "Lily!" they both screamed. Lily looked up at them and she couldn't help but smile. She couldn't wait until she could give Sirius and Kristin a big hug.
Sirius got there first. "Lily!" he screamed, and a tear almost slid down his cheek but he held it in.
"Lily I can't believe you're alright! I'm so sorry what happened. There was nothing I could do. I was so worried about you! I-'' but Lily interrupted him.
"Sirius! Look I still don't know what happened to me but I know that it wasn't your fault! It wasn't Sirius! There was nothing you could have done," Lily said.
Sirius wrapped her in a big hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'm so glad you're alright Lily dahling," Sirius said, smiling down at her. "Me, too," said Lily grinning.
Kristin was so happy to see Lily okay again and noticed that the dull eyes of Sirius and Remus were gone, and that they were now full of happiness and mischief again.
Kristin gave Lily a hug next. "Lily I am so glad you are alright. We were all worried sick. I'm so sorry what happened to you," she said, and then she started sobbing.
"Kristin it's okay," Lily said smiling at her, "I wasn't dead or anything," Lily said trying to make Kristin laugh. "But it seemed like you were Lils," Kristin responded, "I missed ya!"
"Well I'm here now," said Lily smiling at all of them. She was so glad to have the friends she had and the boyfriend she had.
When Madame Pomfrey told her that her friends had skipped classes and were at her bedside all the time, including nighttime, she was really touched.
"So what have you guys been up to while I was 'dead?" Lily asked them. "Nothing, really," said Audrey.
"Yeah we weren't really up to doing anything since we were so worried about ya Lils," said Remus. Lily grinned at them.
"Well at least I didn't miss anything," said Lily. "How long have I been out anyway? Oh man I don't even wanna think about all my school work!"
"Oh Lily you've only been unconscious for like a few days, not that bad," said Kristin trying to comfort her.
"Yeah and we've been skipping class, too Lily Flower, to keep you company," said James, who had entered the hospital wing a few minutes after Sirius and Kristin.
"Yeah so that means we have just as much work to make up as you do Lily," said Audrey. "Oh okay, at least I'm not alone on this then," said Lily smiling.
"Hey Lily Flower did you see all the get-well gifts that everyone sent you while you were sick?" James asked her.
"Oh no I didn't see those," said Lily looking over at the table next to her bed. On the table there were tons of flowers, candy, and get-well cards people had sent her.
"Oh my gosh! The flowers are so beautiful! And the cards and the candy are so sweet!" Lily said. "I can't believe everyone sent me all this."
"Yeah well half of it's from your secret admirers," said Sirius, grinning. "Well too bad, cuz she's taken," said James smiling at Lily who returned the grin.
Just then, Professor Dumbledore entered the hospital wing. They all looked up at him. "Ah Miss Evans, I'm so glad to see that you are well again," said Dumbledore, "your friends have all been so worried about you. Actually most of the school is worried about you if I do say so myself."
"Thank you, Professor," said Lily smiling. "Well, you all are probably wondering why I am here," said Dumbledore, "I am here to explain to Lily why she became so sick and it's a very serious matter."
Then he glanced around at all of them. "Your close friends are allowed to stay and listen if that's okay with you Miss Evans," said Dumbledore.
"Oh yes, please stay you guys," Lily said to them all. So Remus and Audrey sat down on the couch that Professor McGonnagall had transfigured for them earlier, and Sirius and Kristin sat down on the couch across from them.
James sat down in the seat right by Lily's bed and held her hand. Professor Dumbledore then spoke.
"The reason why Lily became seriously ill is very difficult to explain," Dumbledore said to all of them.
"You see, although you didn't see it," Professor Dumbledore said to Lily and James, "you to have been in love since you were in first year. Your love for each other built up over the years and it became stronger and stronger." Lily was confused on what this had to do with her becoming ill.
"Lily, the love you and James have for each other is different than the love of others. It is very unique. Lily, James loves you more than anyone in the whole world, and he'd do anything for you. He has more love for you then he has for others. And you have more love for him more than anyone else you know," Dumbledore told her, but she was still confused.
"Professor," Lily said, "I'm really touched by that but I don't understand what that has to do with me getting sick."
"I'm getting there," Dumbledore said, smiling. "You see, you two get your strength and power from each other. The love James has for you is so strong, and it's different than his love for others. Your love for James is also strong. As your love for each other grows you both get stronger. The love James has for you gives you strength and helps you to survive. You cannot live without his love, Lily," Dumbledore told her.
Lily was startled, as well as James and the others. James now understood why Lily was different. All his love went to her. And every time he kissed her, she was giving him strength from her love.
"The reason you became so ill, Lily" Dumbledore said, "is because when Ms. Wallace gave James the love potion, he was put under a spell, and all his love for you was taken away, and it went to Brianna, all at once. As the potion made James give all his love to Brianna, you strength was taken away, and you became very week. You were hardly surviving, and I think one of the reasons you were kept alive was the love from your friends."
This was unbelievable. Lily couldn't believe it, she was amazed. She lived on the love from James. She could have died, if it wasn't for the love from her friends, and she was so touched that they loved her so much. Small tears were slowly flowing from her eyes.
"It's okay Lily," James whispered, "you'll be alright. I love you so much!" he said, and Lily smiled at him.
Sirius was still a little bit confused. "Professor," he said, and Dumbledore looked over at Sirius smiling. "Yes Mr. Black?" he asked.
"I have a question," Sirius said, "if Lily became so weak when James was in love with Brianna, why didn't she become weak when he was dating other girls and not her?"
Dumbledore beamed at him. "That is a very good question Sirius, and I also realized that myself. But I also realized that when James was dating other girls, he still loved Lily, although you didn't realize it James. You may have liked the other girls but what you felt with Lily was different. You still loved Lily; you never loved the other girls when you went out with them. And that's the same reason why when Lily was dating other boys, James didn't become ill. Lily still loved James."
When Dumbledore finished everyone's jaw was hanging open. Lily, James, and everyone else just couldn't believe it.
"Well, I'm sorry I have to go so soon but I have an important meeting to attend to. Lily, I hope you get well soon, and be thankful that you have the friends you have the care so much about you," Dumbledore said, and then he left the hospital wing.
Madame Pomfrey then came hustling into the room. "Here Miss Evans you need to take this potion," she said, and Lily looked reluctant to take it.
James helped her sit up and drink it. When she was done Madame Pomfrey took the glass and once again left the room.
"Well," said Sirius, "guys we're gonna miss dinner. We better head down to the Great Hall to get a quick bite to eat."
Everyone agreed. "We'll be back up right after dinner Lily," said Remus, so they all got up and starting heading towards the door.
"See ya in about 20 minutes Lils," said James giving her a short kiss. "Okay I love you," Lily said to him. James smiled, "I love you more," he said, and then left the wing.
Lily felt just a little weaker since James left, but she knew she'd be okay if he was back up here soon.
Just then a Slytherin, who Lily recognized was a part of Malfoy the git's gang, burst into the Hospital Wing.
Lily suddenly became a little uneasy, and she hoped he didn't notice her. "Madame Pomfrey," the boy shouted. Madame Pomfrey came out. "What is it?" she asked looking worried.
"My friend and I were playing Quidditch out on the pitch and he got a bad injury, can you please come help him?" the boy asked her.
"Oh no! Lead me to him dear," said Madame Pomfrey. "Lily I'll be back in a moment," Madame Pomfrey said to her. The boy grinned at Lily and then left the wing with Madame Pomfrey behind her.
Lily got an uneasy feeling that something wasn't right, and she became a little scared. She couldn't move since she was so weak.
Little did she know that the Slytherin boy's friend wasn't really injured, and that this was just a way for Malfoy to get rid of Madame Pomfrey for a little bit.
Lily then heard the doors suddenly slam open. She couldn't sit up to see who it was, but she could hear them coming closer to her. She really hoped it was James.
But it wasn't. Lily looked into the cold, gray eyes of Luscious Malfoy. She was about to scream but Malfoy put his hand over her mouth.
"If you scream I'm going to have to punish you darling," Malfoy said to her. Lily suddenly became very scared. ***
In the Great Hall: James couldn't eat his dinner. He was getting the uneasy feeling that something wasn't right.
"James you haven't touched your dinner," Remus said looking at James. "Yeah well I kinda have the feeling that something isn't right," James said to Remus. "I'm worried about Lily."
"Really? I was getting that feeling too, but I thought I was just paranoid," Remus said to him. Then suddenly James had a flashback of earlier this morning when he ran into Malfoy.
This suddenly alerted James, and he became really worried. He then told Remus what happened earlier, and they both looked over at the Slytherin table and noticed Malfoy wasn't there.
Then they both looked at each other. "Lily!" they said, and then immediately raced out of the Hall and ran as fast as they could to the hospital wing. ***
"What do you want Malfoy?" Lily asked him coldly. "Oh well after I heard Brianna gave a love potion to James, it gave me an idea."
Oh no, Lily was thinking to herself. "Well you know how I could never get you to like me? Now I'm going to force you, and you'll have no choice when I give you this potion," he said to Lily.
"Help! Someone help me! JA-" Lily screamed, but Malfoy covered her mouth again. "I told you not to scream darling. Hmmm..what should I do to you as punishment?" he said. Lily was really scared now. She had no way out of this. She was too weak to move. *** James became very worried because he heard Lily's voice and she seemed to be yelling help, so he ran as fast as he possibly could, with Remus right behind him.
"Well I guess I'll just force you to drink the potion as punishment since I'm such a nice guy," Malfoy said, and Lily glared at him. '
"Now be a good little girl for me and open wide," Malfoy said to her, but she wouldn't budge. "I said open! Listen you're going to learn to obey me!" he said, and then he slapped Lily across the face.
"Aaahhh!" she said. "Never! Get away from me you stupid git I hate you!" Lily screamed at him.
"Oh you're going to regret speaking to me like that, darling," Lucsius said, and then he picked her up and threw her across the room.
Lily landed hard on the floor. She had already been in pain but this was much worse. "James!" she screamed! "James help me!"
But Luscius came running over, pinned her against the wall, and then tried to poor the potion into her mouth.
All she could do to avoid it was to toss and turn her head. "Drink it up Lily!" Malfoy said. "No way! Get away from me git!" Lily said, and Malfoy hit her hard, causing her to fall to the floor.
"Now, I guess we've learned not to talk to me like that anymore, right?" he said. Lily didn't say anything. She was to weak to even talk.
"Good, good," Malfoy said, "now open wide," but suddenly, Lily heard the doors of the hospital wing slam open.
"Lily!" she heard Remus and James both scream. "Oh Malfoy you are so dead!" shouted James.
Lily saw James run over to Malfoy, and it looked like what James was doing to Malfoy hurt. She could tell he was really angry.
Remus appeared at her side. "Remus!" she said, "please help me! Get me away from him!" she barely whispered.
"Oh my god Lily!" Remus said, "what happened? Did he hurt you?" Lily could tell how worried Remus was.
"Lemme help you," Remus said, and he picked her up and carried her back over to her bed.
She heard James shout "STUPEFY!" and heard him walking over to her.
"Lily!" he said. "Oh my god Lily I am so sorry, I shouldn't have left you alone! This is all my fault!" James said.
"No, no, it wasn't your fault at all James!" Lily said. "Can one of you please get Madame Pomfrey? I think she's out on the Quidditch Pitch! Please hurry I'm in a lot of pain," Lily told them.
So Remus went out to the field to find Madame Pomfrey, leaving James and Lily alone in the hospital wing (besides Malfoy who had been stupefied)
Lily began to cry. "James it hurts so much!" she said, and James grabbed her hand. "Lils I am so sorry! What'd he do to you?" James asked her, afraid to hear the answer.
Lily told him all about the Slytherin kid coming in, Madame Pomfrey leaving, and then Malfoy coming in and hurting her.
James felt so sick after hearing how much Malfoy hurt Lily. Oh man was Malfoy going to pay, James thought to himself.
Just then Madame Pomfrey, Dumbledore, Remus, Sirius, Audrey, and Katie all entered the room.
"Lily!" Sirius screamed, running over to her. "Are you okay Lily?" Audrey asked running over as well.
Lily tried to speak, but she was too weak. She was really tired. She heard Dumbledore speaking and Madame Pomfrey making a fuss in the back ground, and she slowly started drifting off. She fell asleep, glad that once again she had James by her side and her friends all around her.
Lily was having a wonderful dream. She, James, Sirius, Kristin, Remus, and Audrey were all having a great time swimming.
She was laughing and having a great time with all of them. Suddenly, that all disappeared, and she had a flash back.
She was a short little first year. She was sitting on the stool with the Sorting Hat on her head in front of the whole school.
Lily could feel the butterflies returning to her stomach. She felt every single person's eyes upon her.
"Well, well look who we have here," said the hat. "I can see you have a nice mind, and you are very brave. But you are going to have to make many sacrifices in your life. In a few years while you are still very young, you will sacrifice yourself to save your loved one, but it will all turn out okay in the end. Aaahhhh but now I am seeing the biggest sacrifice you will ever make. You will save the little boy who lived that you love, but it will cost you your life. Now where to put you.better be GRYFFENDOR!" the hat shouted, relieving Lily, and then the flash back ended.
Why was she having this strange dream? But she was ripped out of her that's and was having another dream. A beautiful, young, red haired woman was holding a 1-year old baby boy, and laughing with him.
A very handsome man about her age with messy jet black hair was sitting next to them, smiling at the woman and the baby.
But suddenly, it became very dark and the front door burst open. The woman and the man were no longer smiling. The woman started screaming.
The man picked up the baby boy and handed him to the woman. "It's okay, you will be alright! I love you darling! I love you Harry!" the man said, and kissed the woman and gave the little boy a kiss on the cheek.
Lily was so confused. Who the heck was Harry? What a nice name that was. She was ripped out of her thoughts when she heard the man say, "Lily, take Harry and go upstairs. Lock the door! I'll hold him off as long as I can. I love you darling!" he said, as his voice quivered just a little.
"No James I can't leave you! I love you!" the red haired woman said.
Lily was amazed. The man called the woman Lily and she called the man James. That must be her and James! Oh my gosh!
"No Lily please go! It's okay! Just take care of yourself. I love you sweetheart. Take care of Harry! Quick he's coming!"
"I love you James!" the woman said, and then ran upstairs with the baby. Then Lily saw a door open, and heard a high, cold laugh, that pierced her ears. A dark hooded figure entered the room, and the older James prepared to fight.
Lily became very scared. She was worried about the older James, Lily, and the baby, too.
"It is time for you to go now," the figure said, and pointed it's wand at James, who had already hit the figure with spells.
"Noooo!" Lily screamed, but the nightmare ended, and she opened her eyes. She was in her bed in the hospital wing, still screaming. ~*~*
Alright that's the end of the chapter! I worked really hard on this one and it took me forever! I hope you guys liked it! So please, please review and tell other people about my story if u have the heart! If you want chapter 11 I advise you to review review review!
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