Part
three of the series.
Disclaimer: I don't own
any of JK Rowling's characters or the concept of her
books.
On with the
story.
TRANSFIGURATION &DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK
ARTS
Lily and James arrived at Firewings a week
before school started to get settled. They received adjoining classrooms, thanks to Professor Fairy. Lily was going to teach
Transfiguration. James was going to
teach Defense Against the Dark Arts and Quidditch. Quidditch was a required class at
Firewings. James was more than
happy to teach two classes, since they were his favorite in school.
Life went well, James coached a winning
Quidditch team and Lily was their most loyal fan. Their classes were by far the most
interesting.
Lily's Transfiguration classes were far
more advanced than those of other schools. Not that the class was more difficult, they just did so well, they kept
moving on to more difficult things. For example, the FIRST YEARS were turning rabbits into
perfect pairs of slippers, before the Christmas holiday.
James had fun teaching his classes. He brought in many different Dark
Creatures for them to study. He
brought in a grindylow, Red Caps, a hinkypunk, and a boggart, just to name a
few.
During the Christmas holiday, Sirius,
Catrina, Remus, Ginger, Peter, and Elisabeth came for a visit. Sirius and Catrina were married and were
expecting their first baby in spring. Remus and Ginger were engaged. Their wedding was scheduled for mid-April. Peter and Elisabeth were newly
engaged. Peter had proposed only a
week earlier in one of the ancient ruins that they were studying. They had a wonderful holiday and were
sorry they had to go home.
Things began to go wrong after the
holidays were over. Lily's parents
had contacted Hogwarts to find out why she hadn't come home yet. They told her parents she was in
America, teaching, and married to James Potter. Then they found out how to send a
Howler, which they did.
It was breakfast time when it
arrived. When Lily saw the strange
owl, she got worried. Then she saw
the red envelope, she got scared.
"Lil, open it NOW!"
said James. "It only gets worse as
time goes on." She tore it open and
her mother's angry voice echoed through the silent Great Hall.
LILY, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN
YOU RAN AWAY WITH THAT POTTER BOY? YOU RAN AWAY FROM US, YOUR PARENTS! YOU THREW AWAY YOUR PERFECTLY HAPPY LIFE! WE WERE SO WORRIED! WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE YOU WERE! YOU WENT AGAINST OUR WILL FOR YOU! YOU MARRIED THAT POTTER LOSER AND
RAN AWAY FROM US! WHAT WERE YOU
THINKING?!
Lily ran, sobbing, from the Great
Hall. James went after her. He tried to comfort his darling
wife. "Lily, its alright. What they say doesn't matter,
anymore."
"No, James, you're wrong. It does matter. They controlled every part of my
life. They wanted to control
you! I won't let them do that!"
Lily said, still sobbing her heart out.
*Knock, Knock* "Who is it?" James asked.
"Professor Fairy. May I come in?"
"Sure, it's unlocked," answered James.
She walked in and patted Lily on the
shoulder. "Lily, I'm sorry you had
to endure that." She paused as Lily
blew her nose. "Your parents didn't
find out where you were from. They
probably found out from Hogwarts. I
don't know why they violated your privacy. But, to save some of it, you could give up your job here and move back to
England. Your parents would think
you were here and never know."
"I don't know. I just want to be with James. I want to be away from
THEM!" she yelled.
"Shhh, it's OK. We'll move somewhere where they can't
find us. We'll live our lives
together, like we promised we would. We could move back to England. They would think we were still here. The people here wouldn't tell where we
moved, right Professor?" James said.
"Exactly, James. It would work out even better if you
didn't tell us where you were moving. That way, we couldn't tell your parents, even if we wanted to," said
Professor Fairy.
"See Lil, your parents can't find us that
way," said James.
"That's okay, I suppose. But where would we go?" said Lily,
slowly stopping to cry.
"I'll leave you to discuss that. When you are done, come to my office and
I'll give you your paycheck," said Professor Fairy. She left the room.
"We could go to Hogsmeade, Godric's
Hollow, or some other wizarding settlement," said James.
"We could stay with Catrina and Sirius for
a while," said Lily.
"Yeah! They wouldn't find us there. Let's get packing!" said James. They left in a hurry.
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